LIVONIA, Mich., Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tower International, Inc. TOWR, -0.20% a leading global manufacturer of engineered automotive structural metal components and assemblies, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the sale of all of its European Operations to Financière SNOP Dunois S.A."FSD", a privately owned French automotive supplier.
Tower's European Operations include manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland and Slovakia and offices in Germany and Italy. Financial results for full year 2018 are projected at revenue of $650 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $55 million. Before fees and other customary adjustments, the anticipated sale price represent an Enterprise Value of €255 million ($298 million at $1.17/Euro) representing an enterprise multiple of 5.4 times Adjusted EBITDA. This transaction multiple is significantly higher than the present multiple for Tower's common stock, which Tower estimates was approximately 4.5 times based on yesterday's closing price.
"This accretive transaction with FSD allows Tower to focus on a North American business with strong organic growth, profit margins and cash flow. It further strengthens Tower's balance sheet and enhances Tower's financial flexibility and accelerates Tower's ability to invest in additional accretive growth, reduce leverage and/or return capital to Tower shareholders," said CEO Jim Gouin. "FSD and Tower Europe's operations are very complementary from a customer as well as geographic footprint. This combination will allow Tower's assets and colleagues to be better utilized as part of this Pan-European entity."
The memorandum of understanding signed by the parties together with an unsigned stock purchase agreement, would be the basis on which the parties pursue the signing of a definitive agreement in the next few weeks, once works council consultation has taken place. Completion of the divestiture is expected to take place during the first quarter of 2019 and is subject to approval of the applicable antitrust authorities and other customary conditions. Tower expects to recognize a book loss of approximately $60 million related to the sale of the European operations. This one-time charge will include the reclassification of currency translation into earnings, other fair value adjustments and selling costs.
For this transaction, Rothschild & Co. served as Tower's M&A advisor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP was Tower's legal advisor, and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek advised Tower on country specific legal matters. Tower also received advisory services from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
Tower will discuss this transaction and other related matters in a conference call at 2 p.m. EST today. Participants may listen to the audio portion of the conference call either through a live audio webcast on the Company's website or by telephone. The slide presentation and webcast can be accessed via the investor relations portion of Tower's website www.towerinternational.com. To dial into the conference call, domestic callers should dial (866) 393-4576, international callers should dial (706) 679-1462. An audio recording of the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call. To access this recording, please dial (855) 859-2056 (domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (international) and reference Conference I.D. #1976027. A webcast replay will also be available and may be accessed via Tower's website.
This press release includes the following non-GAAP financial measures: "Adjusted EBITDA", "Adjusted EBITDA Margin", "Free Cash Flow", and "Net Debt." We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income / (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, restructuring items and other adjustments described in the reconciliations provided in this presentation. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenues. Free Cash Flow is defined as cash provided by operating activities less cash disbursed for purchases of property, plant and equipment. Net Debt represents total debt less cash and cash equivalents. We use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Free Cash Flow, and Net Debt as supplements to information provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in evaluating our business and they are included in this presentation because they are principal factors upon which our management assesses performance. The non-GAAP measures presented above are not measures of performance under GAAP. These measures should not be considered as alternatives for the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Other companies in our industry may define these non-GAAP measures differently than we do and, as a result, these non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry; and certain of our non-GAAP financial measures exclude financial information that some may consider important in evaluating our performance. Given the inherent uncertainty regarding mark to market adjustments of financial instruments, fair value adjustments to our pension plan, potential gain or loss on our discontinued operations, potential restructuring expenses, and expenses related to our long-term incentive compensation programs in any future period, a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP is not feasible. Consequently, any attempt to disclose such reconciliations would imply a degree of precision that could be confusing or misleading to investors. The magnitude of these items, however, may be significant.


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Case Summary: R (on the application of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) –v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWHC 250 (Admin)
Where it was in the public interest to determine the lawfulness of licences granted to animal researchers and the NGO challenging the licences was prepared to cap costs, the Court granted a Protective Costs Order (PCO) capping costs recoverable.
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The British Union for the Abolition for Vivisection is an anti-vivisection body which sought to challenge terms of licences granted to animal researchers by Cambridge University. They applied for a PCO to cap any costs order made in connection with the proceedings (whether adverse or favourable) to £20,000.
The High Court made a PCO capped at £40,000.
The requirement in R (on the application of Cornerhouse Research) –v- the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2005] EWCA Civ 192 that PCOs should only be made in exceptional circumstances was not a separate principle to be satisfied but rather an umbrella principle. The applicant for a PCO was not required to show that failure in litigation would be financially fatal to them. The issues were of general public importance, the public interest required their resolution and BUAV had no private interest in the outcome. Additionally, the Court seemed impressed that the Applicants were willing to limit any potential claim for costs in the event of success.
Points of note
This case is especially useful for its findings that "exceptionality" is not a discrete requirement and that the financial resources criterion does not extend to a requirement to show that an unsuccessful outcome would be financially fatal.


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Q: How to determine convexity of the set Let $S=\left\{(x_1,x_2)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \sqrt[4]{2x_1^4+2x_1^2x_2+x_2^2}\leq 5 \right\}\cap\left\{(x_1,x_2)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \cos(x_1)+3x_1^2+x_2\leq 5 \right\}$
I want to determine, whether S is convex. Set $\left\{(x_1,x_2)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \cos(x_1)+3x_1^2+x_2\leq 5 \right\}$ is convex, by considering Hessian of $\cos(x_1)+3x_1^2+x_2$ and using the fact that the level set $\left\{x: f(x)\leq \alpha \right\}$ is convex for all $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}$ if $f$ is convex.
Also, intersection of two convex sets is convex, this would mean that $S$ is convex provided $$\left\{(x_1,x_2)\in \mathbb{R}^2: \sqrt[4]{2x_1^4+2x_1^2x_2+x_2^2}\leq 5 \right\}$$ is a convex set. We can rewrite condition defining this set as:
$ f(x_1,x_2)=x_1^4+(x_1^2+x_2)^2\leq 5^4$ but $f(x_1,x_2)$ is not convex as $2x_1^2x_2$ is not convex. Would this imply that $S$ is not convex, since there are points $(x_1,x_2)\in S$ for example $(0,-1)\in S$ for which Hessian of $f(x_1,x_2)$ is not positive semi-definite.

A: If you plot the set, it's clear that it's nonconvex:
To explicitly prove that it's nonconvex, note that the points $(-3,-30), (3,-30)$ are contained in the set but their midpoint $(0,-30)$ is not. That is:
$$
\left.\begin{aligned}\cos(\pm 3) + 3 (\pm3)^2 - 30 &\le 5 \\
(\pm3)^4 + ((\pm3)^2 - 30)^2 &\le 5^4\end{aligned}\right\} \Rightarrow (\pm 3,-30) \in S\\
(0)^4 + ((0)^2 - 30)^2 > 5^4 \Rightarrow (0,-30) \notin S
$$
I should point out that while your calculation does suggest that $S$ is nonconvex, it's not quite a proof for two reasons. First, while sublevel sets of convex functions are convex sets, the sublevel sets of nonconvex functions are not necessarily nonconvex sets. Second, if a set is an intersection such as $S=A \cap B$, then $B$ being nonconvex does not imply that $S$ is nonconvex, since we could have $A$ convex and $A \subset B$. As it turns out, neither of these issues matter in this particular case however.

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Frugal investor Vanguard is reportedly eyeing a push into private equity. It could cause a 'cultural backlash' between haves and have-nots.
Tim Buckley, CEO of Vanguard, is building out a technology platform for financial advisors.
Vanguard is reportedly eyeing private equity, a major change for an investment manager known for its low-fee offerings.
Vanguard tried a similar approach - a fund-of-funds, where an external manager oversees investments - in 2001 that ultimately failed because of fundraising issues.
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Other major asset managers, including BlackRock, have looked to expand their investment options beyond stocks and bonds in recent years. Both wealthy individuals and institutional investors have clamored for more alternatives like private equity and infrastructure as they seek diversification and higher returns than the stock market. Alternatives managers, meanwhile, benefit from higher fees and capital that's locked up for longer than in mutual funds.
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Casual Fridays: What's sexist? Depends on what order you read the story in
By dmunger on May 15, 2009.
Last week, we asked our readers whether certain characters or "stories" were sexist. I said that the survey was inspired by the story I had told the previous day:
Joe and Michelle are having dinner at a romantic restaurant. It's their first anniversary, and everything is perfect -- until an attractive woman walks past the table. Michelle notices that Joe casts a quick glance at the woman. Michelle flashes an annoyed glare at Joe, who knows he's in trouble. "I didn't mean to look at her," he pleads, "guys just can't help it when a pretty woman walks by." Michelle gasps. "B-but she's not as pretty as you," Joe stammers, unpersuasively.
Many readers felt that this story was sexist because it promotes unfair stereotypes about men and women. So, I said, we'd put it to the test and ask our readers how sexist various situations were. Over 1,600 people responded.
As some of you suspected, that's not all that was going on with the survey. I was interested in whether you thought that story was sexist, but I was also interested in how context can affect judgments about sexism. So respondents were divided into four different groups. While everyone rated brief scenarios for how "sexist" one of the characters or the entire story was, different groups saw different scenarios.
First, everyone was split into two--a "male" and "female" group. These groups read what I felt was very strongly sexist story, either against males or females, depending on their group. Then each of these groups was split again, into another "male" and "female" group. This time the groups read several milder examples of sexism, either against males or females. Then everyone read some of the same stories, both against males and females. So there were four groups: male-male, male-female, female-male, and female-female, depending on which types of sexism they were exposed to first.
Did the order the scenarios appeared in matter? You bet it did! Here's a summary of all the ratings:
When making sexism ratings in scenarios where the sexism was directed against females, the rankings for each group were significantly different from each other. The ratings for sexism against men, however, did not differ significantly from group to group. You can see the pattern more clearly when I focus in on the group that saw all sexism against females compared to those that saw all sexism against males:
So readers who rated examples of sexism against men first were more likely to judge sexism against women more harshly than those who rated sexism against women first. Why? I'll leave that for you to discuss in the comments.
Overall, women were more likely to rate scenarios as sexist. There was a significant correlation (r = .31) between being female and rating scenarios as sexist. Women were also more likely to rate the examples of sexism against men as strongly sexist. There was also a positive correlation (r = .21) between age and sexism against women ratings: the older you are, the more likely you are to rate a scenario as sexist.
Finally, here are some of the responses to individual scenarios. The percentage is the portion of all respondents giving each rating, where 1 means "not sexist at all" and 5 means "extremely sexist. The "Lacey" story was the what the people in the Female-Female and Female-Male groups saw first. The "Titanic" story was what the people in the Male-Female and Male-Male groups saw first.
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That last graph is very interesting to me. If I am reading it correctly, this indicates that females do not find it sexist to assume that an attractive male would be lacking in intellect? And the fact that males realized that this position is sexist where the females did not really tells a story.
Am I going down the wrong path with this reasoning?
By keldwud (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
couldn't edit my last comment
... And in conjunction with the statistics that show females are more likely to view a situation as sexism, this information leads me to believe that reverse sexism may be an influence on how females perceive human interactions between members of the opposite sex.
"So readers who rated examples of sexism against men first were more likely to judge sexism against women more harshly than those who rated sexism against women first. Why?"
Probably because, having rated sexism against males at a certain level, they felt compelled to rate sexism against women higher (either because they honestly perceived the sexism as worse, or because socially I think we're more prone to expect or look out for sexism against women). When it comes to rating several items in a row, my guess is that earlier ratings tend to be more conservative (it was "kinda sexist" or "not really sexist"), whereas later ratings will be influenced by the standard the rater set for him- or herself earlier on ("well, compared to the previous 'kinda-sexist' story, this next one is really sexist").
By Ali (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
Keldwud:
No, that last graph isn't broken down by gender of respondent. *Everyone* seems to think that it's less sexist to assume that an attractive man isn't intelligent than it is to assume that an attractive woman isn't intelligent.
In general, actually, women were more likely to rate examples of sexism against men as worse than men.
By Dave Munger (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
The last pair of stories are not parallel. The buxom woman may have been that way naturally and without effort. The large pecs on the man suggests he spends a lot of his time working out instead of pursuing intellectual endeavors.
By Neklos (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
The woman might also have had surgical enhancement
In the first situation (the engineering class) it first struck me that the professor is being racist, rather than sexist. He seemed to be compensating for societal sexism by arranging that the womens' work could not be inappropriately credited to a while male co-worker. The question is whether he was simultaneously compensating for societal racism, or whether he had lowered expectations of black males.
By Anonymous (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
I´m with the post above. The professor scenario blurs the sexism a bit by the emphase of the non-white team-member, that directs it way to racism. Nonetheless there is sexism in it. But the racism could definitely have had an influence on the sexism rating of that item.
By HolundaeR (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
I think perhaps, in part, that the male senerios hit on less sensitive topics than the women senerios. Women seen as jealous shrews, or as pretty but dumb, are touchy issues.
I think a more touchy stereotype for men is being "weak" = not masculine/gay. Next time put in a senerio like this and see how many people rate it as sexist:
Jim and sees Steve at his desk. He(she) asks John/Jill else at work what's going on. "Steve's found out he's being let go at the end of the week. He's crying? That's so gay."
By delzoup (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
Your stories focus on behaviors which are typically gender-coded: the wife who cleans the house, the man who eyes other women, the buxom bimbo. There's a big difference in responses to existing stereotypes and non-stereotyped behaviors.
Examples like a man who wasn't allowed to volunteer at a school, because he made parents nervous just being around their children, or a woman who praises her husband for making a lot of money and buying her expensive jewelry, would play to existing male topics.
By Jessica (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
The last comment is interesting and I think valid in terms of evaluating sexism in terms of how harmful the stereotype in question is. But if you include calling a man gay as a pejorative in your scenario, then sexism slides into homophobia. It also gets complicated when you consider sexism in terms of the risk of the situation. A scenario at home might have a different impact than a scenario at work or out in public, who observes it, and the gender of the observer.
By Lilian Nattel (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
I'm confused. Sexism is presumably an attitude, rather than a set of behaviors. So these scenarios present behaviors, and ask us to infer the attitude. And then we read into how people have responded by looking at the variation in how they treat scenarios involving women and those involving men. But aren't we ignoring the fact that the evaluators of the scenarios have some representation of the base rates of sexism among men and women. I'm inclined to think that a woman who makes a casual joke about a handsome man being dumb is much less likely to be sexist against men, than a man who makes a casual joke about a pretty woman being dumb is sexist against women. And that's solely cuz there's more sexist men than sexist women *or so I think*. Maybe I'm missing the point of the experiment?
By Michael Johnson (not verified) on 15 May 2009 #permalink
I took part in it, so I couldn't wait to read the results.
I'm with Anonymous and HolundaeR about sexism mihed with racism.
I wonder: if we are much more tolerative about sexism against male - some day will men need more care as now women do?...
By wybory sondaze… (not verified) on 17 May 2009 #permalink
1)How many respondents were there?
2)"So readers who rated examples of sexism against men first were more likely to judge sexism against women more harshly than those who rated sexism against women first. Why? I'll leave that for you to discuss in the comments."
I have a guess based on my feelings (as far as I remember, since I took it very quickly) while responding. I was in a group that got the Titanic example first. If I judged sexism against women more harshly than those in the other group, I don't think it was because I was thinking "because, having rated sexism against males at a certain level, [I] felt compelled to rate sexism against women higher." I don't remember what I ultimately selected for an answer, but my reaction to the Titanic example was that it is an obvious example of sexism against men. Not only are their class, age, and historical issues going on there, but you could just as easily see it as an example of sexism against women (women are "weak" and need extra help getting out of the boat). So, if indeed my judgements were "harsher" after this first example, I think it was because I was annoyed about the ambiguity of the questions and having to select simple answer rather than being able to respond verbally. In any case, I didn't see it as a clear case of sexism "against men," but rather a generally mixed ambiguous case, so whatever affected my subsequent answers it was not because I had "rated sexism against men at a certain level."
3)I'm not sure if I understand the experimental set up completely, why assume the *first* question had the biggest affect on all the following responses? Why not check if responses were more or less "harsh" after, say, Jason/Julie? I have no doubt my previous responses affected my judgement of each question, but I don't (consciously) feel like the Titanic one had an inordinate affect on all subsequent answers. Whereas, I do remember for example mulling over the Jill question (having now been reminded of it).
By m (not verified) on 17 May 2009 #permalink
One more thing. I want to agree with delzoup about the examples given as stereotypes about men not being as "touchy." Generally, you seem to have reversed widespread stereotypes about women and used those as examples of sexism against men. delzoup suggested using examples of masculinity being questioned, but a better example, less mixed with the issue of homophobia, might be examples including assumptions about men being violent or womanizing.
The real problem might be that there just are more *negative* stereotypes about women. Stereotypes about men tend to be more positive, or at least celebrated.
I disagree with the assumptions being made about what the last graph means. I do not think that the two statements are equal... I think that "knockers" is a very offensive and sexist term in and of itself, while "pecs" is simply short for pectoral muscles, which is simply a descriptive term. I think part of the discrepancy between responses to these two stories comes not from the sex of the person being objectified, but more from the pejorative term being used to describe the woman's breasts.
By Simon (not verified) on 18 May 2009 #permalink
I am confused by some of these comments. Wasn't the idea to find out how sexist people thought the *examples* were, not the situations? For example, Jessica's comment. I thought the quiz was supposed to be testing our responses to sterotypical gender roles, not the actual sexism in a situation. Therefore, it is irrelevant whether it is a standard gender stereotype or not.
By Teresa (not verified) on 19 May 2009 #permalink
Very interesting study! It is somewhat similar to some research that I'm conducting on context of a situation and gender differences in perception (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7rlmV6mDmEVHOGb4H1kZ0g_3d_3d).
I'm curious as to how many of your 1600 participants were male. I'm having a tough time finding men online to take my survey, so I'm curious about where they are all hanging out!
By Kim (not verified) on 19 May 2009 #permalink
I'm sorry, but do you really know what sexism means? It does not seems so to me, and I don't think a survey taken by someone who does not know very much about the topic shows very much. It's fairly easy to judge whether some obvious (negative/prositive, towards men/towards women) discrimination takes place, but sexism is not only about these obvious things, it's something much more subtle within society nowadays. You can't simply swop the scenarios from discriminated women to discriminated men. Do men have a long tradition of discrimination that disadvantages them and brings them into terrible dependence? But these things DO matter. I ca understand why someone complained that your first story that started it all was sexist, but the concept underlying this accusation is more complex than the one you are pushing people towards in your survey
By Alana (not verified) on 20 May 2009 #permalink
It seems that it is more socially acceptable for sexism to exist/persist against men than against women, i.e. sexism against men is more tolerated than sexism against women, a situation that is profoundly sexist in itself. Sexism is sexism, whether the victims are female or males does not matter; in the end, it hurts everyone, even those who continue to perpetrate it.
By deedee (not verified) on 23 May 2009 #permalink
Hardly any of the comments were sexist. Most could have been true (worst applicant, best assistant etc.) without the sex of the person being a factor. We really need to know more detail before we can judge if the comments are entirely due to sexism.
Sexism is about being given the same opportunities - but only if we all have the same abilities. Otherwise it's not sexism at all, but just "unsuitability".
If a person is judged to be unsuitable based purely on their sex, this would be sexism.
Having said that, there are real differences between men and women (other the obvious ones) and we shouldn't ignore them. Instead, we should recongnise them and use them to our mutual advantage.
By BobH (not verified) on 29 May 2009 #permalink
I agree that this is not about sexism. If Jim is happy that his wife stays at home, cooks and changes the baby's nappies, it doesn't mean he's sexist.
He's sexist if he insists that all women stay at home, cook and take care of children, but he doesn't.
If Joe looks at attractive women and Michelle gets jealous when he does it, it doesn't say anything about male sexuality or female jealousy in general, it just says that Joe looks at other women and Michelle doesn't like it.
As Bob H says, sexism is about lack of opportunities, not about what one individual says about another individual.
By Marcia (not verified) on 06 Jul 2009 #permalink
"In general, actually, women were more likely to rate examples of sexism against men as worse than men"
That is because generally we don't kick up fuss over nothing.
My favourite has to be that women think it's less sexist that men were asked to sacrifice themselves for the women on the Titanic, than a professor who was likely testing productivity of groupings in his class. preposterous.
And also, a 4 on the sexist rating for the judges question, did the women who voted on this not think that maybe jobs are held on merrit of skills, and are defined by previous conduct, not to mention the gender split % of applicants. Not just that LESS WOMEN IN A JOB, SEXXXISSSMM!!! RAAAGHHHGHG.
At the end of the day, we are not equal, we have very different biological functions and nature has a place for what it nurtures don't you think?
Oppression of women is obhorant, but expecting everything in life to be a 50/50 split 'because its more fair' is unrealistic.
By Tom (not verified) on 16 Oct 2009 #permalink
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NAUGATUCK — The race is on for the seat in the 15th Senate District.
Earlier this month, Democrats endorsed incumbent state Sen. Joan Hartley for run for re-election in the district, which includes Naugatuck, Waterbury and Middlebury.
Hartley, a Waterbury resident, is currently serving her 14th consecutive year in the Senate, having first been elected in 2000.
Hartley could not be reached for comment as of this post.
Prior to serving in the Senate, Hartley served for 16 years in the state House of Representatives from the 73rd District.
Hartley is currently the chairwoman of the senate's Public Safety and Security Committee, as well as the vice-chair of the senate's Appropriations Committee and Insurance and Real Estate Committee. She is also a member of the senate's Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee and Transportation Committee.
A fresh-faced challenger has stepped forward in an effort to knock off Hartley.
Karl Shehu
Waterbury resident Karl Shehu received the Republican endorsement to run against Hartley. Shehu currently works as an attorney at Shehu, LLC, in Waterbury.
Shehu said he entered the race because he's concerned about the state's economic condition and future.
"The Governor and our rubber-stamp legislature have a very simple solution to Connecticut's economic woes — if something exists, tax it," Shehu said in a press release. "But taxation is merely a symptom of more serious diseases afflicting Connecticut Democrats; a government-knows-best attitude, a fundamental distrust of everyday citizens and an intransigent unwillingness to adhere to the will of 'We the People.'"
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China, Russia FMs to discuss Syria, Korea in Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on 3rd June 2015 [Image: MFA, Russia]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will discuss Syria and North Korean crisis with his Russian counterpart this week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Wang is headed to Moscow on Thursday.
"The diplomats will discuss a wide range of actual items on the bilateral and international agenda with an emphasis on key issues of Russia-China cooperation… The sides will exchange views on pressing issues, including the situation on the Korean Peninsula and efforts in settling the Syrian crisis," a Foreign Ministry statement said.
The UN Security Council has imposed some tough sanctions against Pyongyang after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and launched a satellite, both of which broke existing sanctions.
China's Foreign Minister Wang on Tuesday said the UN resolution on North Korea should be implemented in its entirety, which is not only about sanctions".
Wang also warned that "obsession with sanctions" against Pyongyang is "irresponsible" and not conducive to peace in Korean peninsula.
Apart from North Korea, the Syrian peace process will also figure in talks between Wang and Lavrov in Moscow on Friday.
China and Russia, both permanent members of the UN Security Council, have repeatedly called for a negotiated settlement to the Syrian crisis.
Beijing has said it will not be an onlooker in the Middle East, but will play a more active role without interfering in internal affairs of nations in the region.
"China's policy on the Middle East is to facilitate peace talks with an objective and impartial attitude, instead of seeking a sphere of influence or proxies," Foreign Minister Wang said in a veiled criticism of US policies on Tuesday.
At the press conference in Beijing, Wang praised "mature and stable" ties with its BRICS partner Russia.
"China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is built on the solid foundation of mutual support and mutual trust, and the two sides have a strong desire to strengthen win-win cooperation," said Wang.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met five times in 2015, setting the tone for stronger China-Russia relations.
"We are making active and orderly progress in various big projects," Wang said, adding that construction has started on the eastern route of a massive natural gas pipeline. Cooperation on industrial capacity, equipment, manufacturing, agriculture and finance is also gaining momentum, the Foreign Minister stressed.
China and Russia have "strong economic complementarity" and "a significant desire to work with each other". "Our cooperation is long term and strategic in nature," he said.
In January this year, China hailed Russia's updated security strategy which spoke positively of Russia-China ties. Incidentally, the document names the United States as one of the threats to Russia's national security for the first time.
Russia's trade turnover with China is almost thrice as big as that with the US.
2 Responses to China, Russia FMs to discuss Syria, Korea in Moscow
The oneandonly good guys Reply
time is getting short so hurry up and proceed with your BRICS
we see this as an answer to the cold war and iron curtain
Jean Ubota Reply
The United States of America have a long history of sanctions and blocades against different countries. For exemple during de 1812 war against The Britain Empire, The US navy implemented a long duration blocade of the Saint-Laurence river and Great Lakes with no success.
More recently, sanctions againt Iran were more successful, isolating thiscountry with difficult economic conditions.
However, implementing sanctions against Russia, even with the collaboration of European countries, is far from being a success, being close to a complete failure. This is due to its excellent political leadeship, the very large size of the russian territory and economy, its enormous natural ressources, his willigness to face and succeed against the United States of America's empire and also because Russia has many strong ties with allies and succesfull partnership with countries such as Brazil, India and China for which a strong Russia is a winning condition to their economic ans security concerns.
Consequently, the aboved mentioned meeting between both countries political masters and diplomats confirms their willingness to reenforce common policies as well as treamlining their relations towards a reinforcement of their policies pertaining to maintaining peace in the Middle East, Syria and other areas of the world.
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One of the respects that we can only give to the disabled veterans is to make sure that we give them a job to do so that they will not have to be locked up behind doors like they have no power to transform the globe. It is very important for us to make sure that when the veterans administration announces for the job opportunities for the veterans, we must make sure that we are on the lead to make sure that the veterans get their equal share of justice by registering them for these jobs and they will be able to give them a great services for that matter today. To read more about Job Opportunities for Disabled Veterans, visit job opportunities. This is the reason why we have to make sure that we exploit every chance when the job openings are available for these veterans.
The veterans can be very productive members of the society if at all they are trained well on how they should be able to carry themselves today. This is the reason why it will be very necessary for us to make sure that we appreciate the wounded veterans today by registering them for the job opportunities that are being offed by the veterans administration and they will be able to get a far much better life than when they live on the wheelchairs in despair today.
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"Cervical dystonia (CD) affects the musculature of the neck in a focal way or associated to other parts of the body. The aim of this study was to identify clinical differences between patients with dystonia patients without family history and with family history (sporadic). Eighty-eight patients with CD were recruited in a Movement Disorders Clinic between June of 2008 and June of 2009. Only patients with no etiological diagnosis were accepted for analysis. The age of onset of symptoms was later in patients with focal
and segmental dystonia than in patients mTOR inhibitor with generalized dystonia (p<0.001). The severity of symptoms was higher in patients with sporadic dystonia than in familial patients (p<0.01). Generalized cases were more severe in patients with a family history (p<0.01). Sporadic patients had higher levels INCB028050 in vivo of pain than familial cases (p<0.05). We expect soon to present the results of genetic analyzes of these patients."
"Fistulization between the aorta and the right atrium is a rare complication of ascending aortic dissection. Because of the typical haemodynamic unstability, the diagnosis is
often made by bedside or intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography. The treatment is surgical, but with very high mortality. We describe a case of type A aortic dissection complicated with shock and fistulization into the right atrium with selleck compound the right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale. Surgical repair was successful."
"Objectives: To review worldwide data on cochlear implant adverse events, test for significant trends over a 10-year period and discuss possible reasons behind such trends. To evaluate the suitability of the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database for analysis of trends in cochlear implant adverse events.
Study Design: Retrospective analysis of cochlear implant adverse events reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as recorded on the
MAUDE database. Data for each adverse event reported in the years 2000 (n = 237), 2005 (n = 1089), and 2010 (n = 2543) were evaluated and assigned to one of 14 categories according to report content. Incidence data were compared across the 3 sampling points to determine trends.
Hypothesis: Improvements in cochlear implant manufacturing processes and surgical techniques would result in a decrease in the proportion of CI adverse events because of primary device failure or surgical factors, relative to those with complex, multifactorial or idiopathic origins, over the 10 year sampling period.
Results and Conclusion: Statistical analyses showed a significant increase over time in the proportion of CI adverse events that had multiple or unknown causes, particularly cases of gradual idiopathic loss of performance, as compared with those with a clearly defined underlying device-related or medical cause.


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BBC disguises Jimmy Savile sex abuse victims using 'creepy CGI likened to FaceSwap app' during chilling documentary
The paedophile entertainer's face wasn't shown throughout the 90-minute documentary, which featured the first known interview with an abuse victim
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Viewers have slammed the BBC for disguising sex abuse victims of Jimmy Savile with 'creepy' CGI effects in a new documentary .
The 90-minute programme saw victims and their family reveal the shocking scale of abuse suffered at the hands of the disgraced entertainer, many for the first time.
But in a bid to conceal the identity of those who wanted to remain anonymous, producers appeared to use a bizarre computer effect that altered their facial features.
Some likened it to the recently popular app FaceSwap, which allows users to switch faces with friends, either in video or still.
George Fox posted on Twitter: "BBC one using faceswap apps to disguise victims of jimmy savile is one of the scariest/weirdest things I've seen" (sic).
"Dave" has had his identity concealed using CGI effects as part of the new documentary (
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Others also took to the social media site to share their thoughts on the effect.
E. Ebenezer said: "@BBCOne please never use this disguise ever again. Creeping out the nation #jimmysavile".
Andy Stiff added: "I'm having nightmares tonight over those disguises on the Jimmy Savile programme #bbc."
Jimmy Savile abuse victim breaks down over heartbreaking reason that stopped her coming forward sooner
Fi posted: "Is anyone watching the Jimmy Savile programme on BBC One? What the hell is going on with the "disguises"?! Freaky sh*t!"
One of the disguised was a man named as Dave and his girlfriend 'Lynne', who told the documentary about the abuse he suffered from former radio presenter Chris Denning.
Denning was arrested in 2013 as part of Operation Yewtree, the investigation into historic sexual abuse, and later admitted to a string of offences against young boys before being sentenced to 13 years in jail.
Jimmy Saville resting on the balcony of his Leeds penthouse
Another disguised victim was a woman named as Rachel and her daughter 'Annie', who was raped by Savile and radio DJ Ray Teret, who was later jailed for 25 years.
A BBC spokesman said: "After years of living in the shadows, it felt essential to satisfy the survivor's need to talk directly to the audience whilst allowing them to remain anonymous and it was important to see the eyes and mouths of the survivors rather than hiding them behind screens.
"The contributors saw their portrayal in advance and were happy that their anonymity was not compromised."
Jimmy Savile documentary reveals the true horror of his appalling crimes
In another extraordinary move, Savile's face was not shown throughout the entire documentary, which is believed to have been done to avoid any further distress to his victims.
Producers spoke to victim Karin Ward whose revelations sparked the beginning of the horrific sex abuse scandal that subsequently led to a major police investigation into Savile's crimes.
She had been tracked down by the Newsnight team, who had come across her online autobiography, just days after the disgraced entertainer was buried in 2011.
But the report was shelved while the Corporation aired two Savile tribute programmes, sparking an internal investigation, which later described the decision as "flawed" and one that plunged the BBC into "chaos and confusion".
Karin Ward, pictured during what is believed to be the first filmed interview with a Jimmy Savile abuse victim (
Karin had been writing an autobiography detailing her memories, which she had self-published online, and hadn't expected anyone to come across.
In her memoir, she described him as 'JS' - a cigar smoking celebrity who abused her and her friends from the age of four to 17 at Duncroft Approved School for Girls near Staines, Surrey.
Former Newsnight producer Meirion Jones, who had early suspicions about Savile, did find it and believed it was 'immediately obvious' she was speaking about the entertainer.
Karin said that she received a phone call from Meirion, who was "pleasant but very persistent", and that's what "got the ball rolling".
The interview with Karin only went ahead as part of a 'deathbed confession' as she prepared to go in for major surgery that she wasn't expecting to survive.
She told the documentary: "What have I got to lose? It doesn't matter if no one believes me because I'll be dead."
Liz MacKean interviewing Karin Ward shortly after Jimmy Savile's death in 2011 (
She said: "The Savile thing was only a paragraph or two where I was describing Duncroft - a Home Office approved school for intelligent but emotionally disturbed girls.
"Until Savile came along it was the safest place I'd ever been.
"We used to laugh and giggle about whoever had been out in his car, the things that he did and made us do.
"We'd say 'oh he's a dirty old man and we'd go off in screams of laughter'. We'd tell each other what had happened that day."
Meirion and Newsnight presenter Liz MacKean went with the team to Karin's home in Shropshire where they filmed the first known interview with a Savile abuse victim.
Speaking on the tape at the time, Karin said: "He promised me that if I gave him oral sex he would arrange for me and my friends to go to television centre and be on his television show."
The BBC documentary didn't show the disgraced paedophile's face throughout the 90-minute programme (
Jimmy Savile 'boasted about undergoing vasectomy to avoid impregnating his rape victims'
Afterwards Karin says she told reporters that the abuse was 'rife' but firmly believed they wouldn't be able to go ahead with their programme.
"As they left at the front door I said look, it's rife. It's bigger than you can possibly imagine," she said.
"I don't know how I knew that but I think I'd forgotten a lot more than I remember. I said you won't be allowed to go ahead with this, it won't happen."
Liz MacKean, who was interviewing Karin, told the programme that initially she was unsure of whether the abuse had happened but after the interview she was convinced.
She said: "Going into the story I'd been not exactly skeptical - I could believe anything was true - but I didn't know anything was true, so I was there to be convinced and persuaded.
"I hadn't spoken to her before the interview but I'd read her account of what had happened but it was meeting her and talking to her that was it then. I absolutely knew that she was telling the truth."
Dee Coles breaks down during the programme as she reveals why she didn't come forward sooner
Rolf Harris banks on payday after BBC mention during tributes to Beatles producer George Martin
And even after hearing that the BBC was set to air tribute programmes over Christmas, Liz was still believed their report would go ahead.
She said: "The first thing we said when we left Karin's house was what did you think? And we all thought yes, she was telling us the truth.
"And it wasn't that long after that we were driving to the railway station and put the radio on and it was announced that there were to be tribute programmes to Jimmy Savile for the Christmas schedules, and the timing was amazing.
"We all started giggling nervously like goodness they're going to have to pull those tribute programmes."
But the Newsnight editor, Peter Rippon, decided to drop the investigation. He later left his role at the BBC.
Meirion said: "For a long time I didn't believe that they could really pull it. Apart from everything else that it would come out and when it did come out it wouldn't be Jimmy Savile was a paedophile, it would be BBC covered up that Jimmy Savile was a paedophile."
And his doubts were right, as the BBC were accused of covering up the disgraced star's crimes when former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas took the story to ITV, who began working on its own documentary.
Mirror.co.uk has contacted the BBC for comment.
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A Let L-410UVP-E9 suffered a runway excursion after failing to lift off during an attempted takeoff from the airstrip at Yei, South Sudan. Some passengers sustained minor injuries.
The aircraft sustained damage to the nose and nose landing gear and came to rest in bushes.
Distance from Yei Airport to Arua Airport as the crow flies is 121 km (76 miles).


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I am new to the area and am wondering what the best disc golf courses are in the area. I have only played at Brewer Park a little south of town. Are there any others?
GVSU has a great course, check out this page or google gvsu disc golf. Approx. 15-20min from GR.
I thought they had a course with nets too, so I'm not sure if this website is outdated or if I'm just making things up.
Theres a pretty good one right off the highway in cascade. Can't remember the name. Very open with huge drives if you're into that.
I love Brewer park though, I can't play there enough.
Riverside is pretty nice, if you go there when it's not flooded.


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L'escut de Papua Nova Guinea, més aviat un emblema que no un escut heràldic, fou aprovat oficialment el 1971.

Consisteix en un ocell del paradís (Gerrus paradisaea) reguardant amb les ales esteses al natural, perxat damunt un tambor kundu d'ús cerimonial posat en faixa, de sable i embellit d'argent i amb la membrana també d'argent a la destra, darrere el qual hi ha acoblada una llança tradicional d'argent fustada de sable, també posada en faixa i amb la fulla, dentada, a la sinistra.

L'ocell del paradís, la major part d'espècies del qual són endèmiques d'aquestes illes, és considerat l'ocell nacional i és representat també a la bandera estatal. Fou introduït com a símbol neoguineà per la Companyia Alemanya de Nova Guinea a les monedes encunyades el 1894.

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"Today and Tomorrow" Studying Abroad in a Changing World"
Machoian has served in the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he served in a variety of capacities, most recently as director of institutional culture, climate and diversity. He also has served as the academy's director of international programs, an assistant dean of students, and assistant professor of military and strategic studies. He has negotiated and guided international programs and educational opportunities in some 60 countries.


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Why Did the Streetcar Disappear?
Posted on November 23, 2014 by Justin Golbabai
A few weeks ago I penned what I considered a clever narrative about the rise of the automobile to the point of our present-day near complete dependence upon it. In that post, I made the assumption that the automobile earned its preferred status by out-competing all other modes of transportation in the hearts and minds of the American people and our policymakers. Well today I take up my (virtual) pen once again to tell you that in making this seemingly safe assumption, I mistakenly left out of this narrative a chapter of our public transportation history so dripping with drama and intrigue that when I found out about it this past week I could hardly sleep soundly at night. It is the story of the humble electric streetcar (also known as the trolley, tram, or urban rail), the undisputed king of public transportation in the early part of the twentieth century. Valued for its ability to provide much more cost-effective convenience in walkable urban centers than the fledgling motorcar, its demise was no accident. So what really happened? Well prepare to be shocked.
Let's begin by reviewing the story we are usually told. Richard Weingroff, the Federal Highway Administration's unofficial historian writing under the pen name "The Rambler", provides the following explanation:
"Through the mid-1950s, transit was provided throughout the country mainly by private companies. With ridership declining, many companies were financially strapped. Despite pressure from local officials, the companies were cutting unprofitable lines, putting off maintenance, raising fares-and moving in a downward spiral. Many were still profitable in the mid-1950s, but bankruptcy was in their future."
Weingroff attributes these troubles to a cultural shift:
"The Rambler humbly (for him) suggests that before writing about this era, anti-sprawl authors might want to read about the 1950s, an era when the American people loved automobiles, the newer and bigger the better. They loved vacation road trips and the mobility the automobile gave them in their daily lives. They eagerly awaited their first glimpses of the new car models each fall. By the mid-1950s, they longed for the promised freeways that President Eisenhower and Members of Congress were certain they would be applauded for making possible."
It sounds like a reasonable explanation, doesn't it? That's what I always thought until I happened to stumble across this incredible passage in Ted Nace's Gangs of America:
"Now consider a different crime, committed by the leadership of General Motors together with Standard Oil of California, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, B.F. Phillips Petroleum and Mac Manufacturing. In 1936, the five companies formed National City Lines, a holding company that proceeded to buy electric trolley lines and tear up the tracks in cities across the nation. Each time it destroyed a local trolley system, National City would license the rights to operate a new system to a franchisee, under the stipulation that the system convert to diesel-powered General Motors buses.
By 1949, more than one hundred electric transit systems in forty-five cities had been torn up and converted. In April of that year, a federal jury convicted GM and the other firms of conspiracy to commit antitrust violations. But the penalty turned out to be negligible. The judge set the fine at $5,000 for each company. H.C. Grossman, treasurer of General Motors and a key player in the scheme, was fined one dollar. After the conviction, the companies went back to purchasing transit systems, removing electric trolley lines, and replacing them with buses. By 1955, 88 percent of the country's electric streetcar network was gone."
Is that what really happened to our streetcar system? Private companies bought out their competition for ridership, destroying an amazing wealth of infrastructure? I told you there would be drama…
The 1996 documentary Taken for a Ride (below) suggests that this is exactly what happened, and even explains that it was deliberately done with the knowledge that, once destroyed, the rail system would be far too expensive for cities to restore. Replacing old street car lines with highways cemented our relationship with the automobile and dramatically increased the amount of money the average American family spends on transportation each year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American family spent 8.3% of their income on transportation in the streetcar era (1936-38). Two decades later (1960), with the streetcar network largely disassembled and highway construction underway, that number rose to 14.7%. Today, we spend approximately 19% of our income on transportation costs.
My eyes having been opened to this incredible episode, I can't help but return to my other assumptions. I have always assumed, for example, that our built environment is the product of years of best practices and lessons learned, and by and large a composite of good-faith efforts to serve and enhance the quality of public life. Yes, there will always be private interests, but in the end our democracy would be able to vet out selfish motives and restore justice in the public realm. In the case of the streetcar, I think it is clear that this assumption doesn't hold up. An efficient and beloved system was ripped out for all the wrong reasons and never replaced. Those who were responsible were never held accountable and American families, the environment, and our local places continue to bear the cost.
It is clear to me that this situation demands justice. But how? Is it already too late? Weigh in with your thoughts and comments below!
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Surprising Science — August 27, 2014
How Eating a Poor Diet Makes Us Feel Depressed
Recent studies have found that eating unhealthy foods, especially those high in sugar and fat, contribute directly to the biological and emotional states associated with depression.
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Scientists are finding that when it comes to nutrition, the mind and body are linked far more intimately than previously believed. Recent studies have found that eating unhealthy foods, especially those high in sugar and fat, contribute directly to the biological and emotional states associated with depression. When we eat poorly, our body understands a lack of nutrients to be the consequence of a disease. In response, it releases proteins that attempt to combat the perceived intruder and cause subtle inflammation (similar to the swelling of a healing wound).
One study focused on a southern European population that slowly transitioned from the Mediterranean diet–rich in oils, vegetables, and nuts–to a western diet containing more sugar and fat.
It found that "those who lived almost exclusively on the traditional Mediterranean diet were about half as likely to develop depression over the period as those eating more unhealthy food – even when you control for things like education and economic status."
Many initiatives are currently underway to treat depression with healthier diets, including a trial program by the Defense Department that delivers nutrient rich foods to soldiers diagnosed with PTSD. In other cases, eating a healthy diet has proved to be an effective preventative measure against developing depression–as effective as preventative mental health counseling!
In his Big Think interview, fiction writer and animals rights advocate Jonathan Safran Foer explains that the environmental cost of one fast-food hamburger is $500, even though we may only pay $5 cash for it.
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COMETH the hour, cometh the man was the order of the day for Canberra Raiders five eighth Terry Campese. Anything short of a show-stopping display would have cast major doubts over his New South Wales State of Origin hopes, after a stretch of below-par performances.
However, when it mattered most, Campese turned on his best and led Canberra to a comprehensive 26-point win over the battling Warriors.
On a day where barnstorming second-rower Tom Learoyd-Lahrs also threw his hat into the ring as a Blues bolter, the green machine returned to their razzle-dazzle best at Canberra Stadium to snap a four-match losing streak.
Campese ran the ball confidently and, with good help from halfback Marc Herbert, he was able to return his side to the brilliant brand of football that saw them make last year's finals series.
Pacemen Jarrod Croker and David Milne benefitted on the scoreboard, both bagging doubles.
Canberra's big men, who didn't offer enough of a resistance against Melbourne last week, dominated the intimidating – on paper at least – Warriors' pack. The Raiders managed 510 metres from their 66 hit-ups compared to the Warriors' 422 metres from just 55 charges. The home side's remarkable 24 offloads also proved the difference – with their second-phase game killing their opposition.
The Game Swung When… While the Warriors were well and truly in the match right up until halftime, it was obvious the New Zealanders hadn't turned up to play when they turned over possession in the first set of the match.
After just three minutes of play a Learoyd-Lahrs offload sent Milne over for his first try and soon after Croker nabbed his opening four-pointer.
The teams went to the sheds with the Raiders leading by four and the game swung when Milne sliced through some lead-footed defence just two minutes into the second half. The try came off a loose ball and the Warriors' slow reaction time to the situation was indicative of their sluggishness for the entire afternoon.
Who Was Hot… Maroons legend Jason Smith was quoted over the weekend pushing the case of Raiders second-rower Tom Learoyd-Lahrs for Origin. Smith didn't realise at the time that the big bopper was in fact a New South Welshman but he wasn't wrong in his assessment that Lahrs is suited to representative footy.
Big, strong and skilful, Lahrs showed off all his skills against the Warriors, getting away a remarkable six offloads, setting up a try and having a hand in several others.
Who Was Not… You never like to point the finger at a legend of the game but Stacey Jones struggled for the Warriors. Noted for their attacking prowess, the Auckland-based unit simply aren't producing in the point-scoring department at the moment, and Jones is struggling for options in his return year.
Jones ran the ball just twice in the match and also made two errors. Plus he missed seven tackles – including being palmed off by Croker for his second try. His kicking game was also lacking metres and he seemed to be missing the experience of Nathan Fien outside him.
Had To Be Seen To Be Believed… After his effort in the dying minutes, it wasn't clear whether Campese was auditioning for a Blues Origin jersey or a spot in Pim Verbeek's Socceroos' World Cup squad.
Campo showed off some silky soccer skills when he managed to kick a loose pass with his boot across to Croker on the left side of the field. The ball went straight to Croker as if it were passed to him by hand, and he managed to fend off Jones to score out wide. It was a sign that perhaps the magic touch has been finally reclaimed by Canberra, who have been struggling for luck and cohesion all season.
Injuries… A few bruised egos for the Warriors. Their coach Ivan Cleary would have left the nation's capital with a throbbing head.
Bad Boys… Jarrod Croker was charged with a dangerous throw in the 73rd minute; he'll be free to play with an early guilty plea.
Refs Watch… The whistleblowers thankfully didn't play a part in this match. Jarrod Maxwell seemed to bounce back fine from the scare he received last Friday night when an idiotic spectator crash-tackled him after fulltime at Campbelltown Stadium.
Both officials allowed for an open and fast game.
NRL.com Best & Fairest: 3 points – Tom Learoyd-Lahrs(Raiders): The back-rower's strong surges and masterful offloads were the key to Canberra's victory. His work got the home side off to a flyer and it was the best performance from a Raider this season; 2 points – Terry Campese (Raiders): Played his natural game, where he was able to run and worry about what he was doing, not anybody else. Campese set up a try and re-organised the Raiders backline back into an attacking force.
1 point – Marc Herbert (Raiders): Was sensational; his two try assists and two offloads, along with a bunch of quality touches, had the Warriors in two minds throughout.
Raiders 38 (D Milne 2, J Croker 2, T Thurling, T Waddell, T Campese tries; T Campese 5 goals) def Warriors 12 (S Price, S Mannering tries; D Kemp 2 goals) at Canberra Stadium. Crowd: 8383.