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6 Des 2014 29 Jan 2019 faisal basri Migas, News
Indonesia Targets Pertamina Oil Trading in Industry Clean-Up
By Herdaru Purnomo and Fitri Wulandari Dec 5, 2014 4:00 PM GMT+0700
Indonesia will improve transparency at its offshore oil trading company as President Joko Widodo takes steps to clean up the energy industry, according to the government's new oil and gas management reform team.
Petral, the trading division of state company PT Pertamina, buys crude and fuel on international markets to ship to Indonesia, a net oil importer. The unit has become a target for the reform team as the government seeks to reduce the influence of a so-called energy "mafia" in the country, Faisal Basri, the head of the team, said in an interview in Jakarta yesterday.
"There's pressure to dismantle it, but we can't just do that," Basri said. "Our task is not to catch the mafia, but to create a business climate for all to participate by the new rules. Our recommendations will be the new rules."
Widodo, known as Jokowi, has prioritized changes to the energy industry since taking office in October — cutting the fuel subsidies that have crimped the budget, appointing people with anti-corruption experience to the energy ministry and regulators, and setting up the oil and gas reform team last month. Last week, his government dismissed all Pertamina directors and named Dwi Soetjipto as the new chief executive.
Reviewing Petral and its purchasing system will be one of the main tasks for the new board at the oil company, according to state-owned enterprises minister, Rini Soemarno. Pertamina will also seek to prevent leaks in the distribution of subsidized fuel and review its supply chain and storage capacity, Soetjipto said last week.
Difficult Move
"The opaque offshore company handles vast volumes of transactions, which inherently entails potential for abuse," said Kevin O'Rourke, a political analyst who wrote "Reformasi: The Struggle for Power in Post-Soeharto Indonesia." "The government should abolish Petral and prohibit any of its incumbent personnel from serving in a new entity. Anything less would be a half-measure."
Relocating Petral, based in Hong Kong and with trading operations in Singapore, to Jakarta would be "so difficult," given the city-state has access to financing, international oil companies and shipping logistics that Jakarta can't quickly match, Basri said. Indonesia would need to merge two of its state banks, PT Bank Mandiri and PT Bank Negara Indonesia, just to be able to cover Petral's financing needs, he said.
With Petral importing 500,000 barrels of oil per day, more transparency is the next step, Basri said. Friends warned him to be careful when he took the job, said Basri, 55, a university lecturer and former candidate for Jakarta governor. Jokowi wants to make the industry as clear as an aquarium so that the players involved can be seen, he said.
"If Mr. Jokowi as President is brave, then I'm not afraid either," Basri said.
Influencing Decisions
The oil "mafia" has led to worsening industry production and inefficiency, compounded by permit complexities and weak regulation, said Sudirman Said, the energy and mineral resources minister, when he announced the creation of the reform team last month.
"Oil and gas mafia are rent seekers who have closeness and influence on high-ranking officials in taking decisions," Said said.
Closing down one entity might just lead to another popping up, said Tony Regan, a consultant at Tri-Zen International in Singapore. The government's main priorities should be to reduce the number of permits companies need and to speed up the approval process to increase gas production, he said.
"That would give a lot more confidence to the gas developers, the producers, and then they would need less oil," said Regan.
Pertamina met the oil reform team this week to discuss the potential for changes, said Ahmad Bambang, one of three new directors at the state company. Petral needs a $5 billion credit facility, which Indonesian banks can't provide, he said.
"We welcome being audited," Bambang said. "The team aims to improve the sector in terms of transparency and efficiency."
To contact the reporters on this story: Herdaru Purnomo in Jakarta at hpurnomo1@bloomberg.net; Fitri Wulandari in Jakarta at fwulandari@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Stephanie Phang at sphang@bloomberg.net Neil Chatterjee
: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-05/indonesia-targets-pertamina-trading-in-energy-industry-clean-up.html
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Faisal Basri is currently senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia and Chief of Advisory Board of Indonesia Research & Strategic Analysis (IRSA). His area of expertise and discipline covers Economics, Political Economy, and Economic Development. His prior engagement includes Economic Adviser to the President of Republic of Indonesia on economic affairs (2000); Head of the Department of Economics and Development Studies, Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia (1995-98); and Director of Institute for Economic and Social Research at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia (1993-1995), the Commissioner of the Supervisory Commission for Business Competition (2000-2006); Rector, Perbanas Business School (1999-2003). He was the founder of the National Mandate Party where he was served in the Party as the first Secretary General and then the Deputy Chairman responsible for research and development. He quit the Party in January 2001. He has actively been involved in several NGOs, among others is The Indonesian Movement. Faisal Basri was educated at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Indonesia where he received his BA in 1985 and graduated with an MA in economics from Vanderbilt University, USA, in 1988.	Lihat semua pos dari faisal basri
2 tanggapan untuk "Indonesia Targets Pertamina Oil Trading in Industry Clean-Up"
Albert Tilaar berkata:
8 Des 2014 pukul 10:54 pm
There is nothing new about Pertamina since headed by Ibnoe Soetowo in the 1960's. Pertamina has been a den of iniquity, and still is. I worked for PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia) for 35 years and in fact it is not the production sharing companies operating in Indonesia who has been the trouble makers. It is our fellow Indonesians. I have proof and plans to visit you at your office at Jl. Plaju No. 17, soonest I received a word from you.
Jhoni Tuerah berkata:
18 Des 2014 pukul 5:13 pm
Pak Faisal Basri bukan sudah ikut masuk angin kan?
http://bisniskeuangan.kompas.com/read/2014/12/18/0548006/Faisal.Basri.Banyak.Kesalahpahaman.tentang.Petral
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US Pulls Some Missile Systems Out of Middle East – Report
Military reportedly more focused on China, Russia
Sputnik - September 26, 2018
Image Credits: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michelle Larche.
The US military is now focused to a greater extent on tensions with China and Russia, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing senior military officials.
The United States is pulling some of its anti-aircraft and missile batteries out of the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing senior US military staffers. The removal will reportedly be conducted next month.
As many as four Patriot missile systems will be withdrawn from Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, the WSJ stated, adding that the step essentially marks a shift of attention away from the long-lasting military confrontations in the Middle East and Afghanistan, towards soured relations with China and Russia, and subsequently to meet nascent threats from there.
With regard to Kuwait, the US has negotiated the withdrawal of a number of Patriot missile systems from the country with its military, Kuwait's General Staff said in a statement Wednesday.
The US Central Command has refused to comment on the withdrawal, the WSJ noted.
The media outlet went on to say that there were no plans to replace the Patriot systems in the Middle Eastern countries, which is seen as a significant decrease in the defense capability in the region since the batteries were used not only to protect the US bases in the region, but to provide defense for US allies. The missile systems will likely be sent back to the United States for upgrades or refurbishing.
The report stated they had already been deactivated, with the dismantling slated for October.
The United States, meanwhile, remained committed to regional security and collaborating with its allies, according to a comment by Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the command in Tampa in the US city of Florida.
The news came the day after US President Donald Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly, in which he said that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), of which Kuwait is a member, should start contributing financially to their own defense.
It is not immediately clear what the exact number of US troops in the Middle East is, but according to recent Pentagon data, the country has roughly 54,000 troops in more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries and is maintaining military bases in seven of them. The general list includes Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.
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Why is there no explanation, about what was that maintenance for?
I was really hoping igg was changing that rock, paper, scissors thing called (Warden)!
Seriously she clearly said server upgrade and maintenance, both of which are normal situtations required to keep things running smoothly. What more do you require?
The return of artifacts, that was something you could choose for each player themselves. This whole warden thing is breaking down the player's strategy, because they are fixed.


Write an about page 'they' say. Every website needs one, 'they' say. These days people want to connect with the businesses they engage with, 'they' say. Be authentic. Tell a story. Create an avatar for your ideal customer, write as if you were talking to them. 'Just' explain how you got to where you are now. THEY SAY! Who the bloody hell are 'they' anyway?
Writing an about page is an art form. There are websites, webinars, indeed there are whole training courses, all dedicated to getting your about page right. Apparently it's the most viewed page on a site and can be the difference between converting readers into life long customers and… well, virtual tumbleweed.
Bugger it. I can't do one of those perfect about pages, that's not who I am. I meander like Billy Connolly, I'm just not quite as funny. My children once described me as a bizarre Miranda Hart and Sheldon Cooper hybrid. It's pretty accurate. That's probably more than enough info to give you an idea of the who.
3 month old 'gigglegums', my first nickname.
That's me, up there at the top of the page, the 46 year old version. A wry smile and a twinkle in my eyes. And here is the 3 month old version of me. Hmm, not much has changed by the seems of it!
Of course those 46 years have been filled with a personal library bursting with stories, all of which have brought me to this point in time.
Excavating the moments that belong here on this page, so that you might get a glimpse of who I am, why I do what I do, and what that has to do with you, is no easy task, so I'm not going to try! Not on one page anyway.
My mother's nursing college friend was visiting. She'd come up to stay whilst in the midst of a nervous breakdown. She was Irish. Why is this relevant? Because this is the woman who helped deliver me, and I suppose relevancy depends on whether or not you believe that some things in life are fated.
It's a cold November morning. In the wilds of the West Riding of Yorkshire, a midwife makes her way out to a tiny village to check on a heavily pregnant patient.
That patient was my mother, and as the story goes, the midwife was quite sure I wouldn't be arriving anytime soon.
My parents were living in a quaint little house known as Garden Cottage, way out in the middle of nowhere, in the shadow of Pendle Hill (witch country), in what was then Yorkshire. The crisp winter morning soon became a swirling, white blur of an afternoon. At this moment I decided that I would prove the midwife wrong and put in an appearance. Thank goodness for that visiting nurse friend, though I have felt, more often than not, that her presence at that time was to deliver a curse, not just a baby!
St Thecla was a saint; a disciple of St Paul. the Irish do love their saints. But St Thecla was a wild child, a disobedient young woman, a woman who knew her own mind and who would not be swayed by her family, society or the authorities. In her favour (as the church saw it anyway) she was a renowned virgin and dedicated disciple.
A booklet about the life of St Thecla at the church dedicated to her, in Llandegla – translation: The Parish of St Tecla – Wales.
I guess the latter character traits were the ones the nun, who in all probability named my deliverer, had hoped to bestow on her when she gifted her the middle name I got given as a first name.
If memory serves me well my deliverer, or Aunty Margaret (as she was known to me) was an adoptee, probably born in one of the now infamous mother and baby homes in Ireland, the country which incidentally gave me my middle name. But that's another story for another time.
The eagle eyed among you will have noticed that my name is Techla whilst the saint was Thecla. Yep, I got a spelling mistake. Though she has also been known as Tecla and Thekla, so I guess the version I got was a good combination of the variations!
To summarise the key themes thus far then: bloody minded, anti authoritarian, Yorkshire, witches, Ireland, nuns, adoption and scorpio.
All that from a name! Honestly, you wouldn't believe just how much you can glean about my life from those themes. I might get round to sharing some of it over time.
I know none of that goes any way to explaining why I do what I do, and even less how it might be of interest to you, but I think it gives you the essence of who I am, and whether we might gel or rub each up other the wrong way. It also answers the first question you will have asked, if you're like nearly every other person I've ever met!
I'll leave it there for now, but I'll be weaving more stories, including ones that do go some way to explaining why The Sensory Coach came to be, throughout the rest of the site.


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Skyworks' industry-leading SOI switching technology is already being utilized by global car manufacturers for seamless low noise and broadband handoffs between audio, Blu-ray/DVD, navigation, cell phone and vehicle security display inputs. Skyworks has now secured multiple RF and analog design wins with Novero, a key worldwide automotive supplier. Skyworks' devices are enabling Novero's on-board communication systems being deployed by several car manufacturers including a large, tier-one German company.
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A few weeks ago I posted an entry on how to select your home's colors. Well, I wanted to provide an update on that home now that all the interior and exterior painting is done. It looks outstanding. The owners selected all the colors and, I have to say, have done an amazing job.
Here's a view of the inside. Notice the funky contrast at play between the rustic wood beams and metal supports in the trusses. The natural tone of the wood trusses also plays well with the pickle-stained ceiling and painted wood walls.
Here's an up close view of the kitchen. My favorite two features: the giant apron front farmhouse sink and the lead caned glasses cabinets. Once again, we are pulling together the slightly rustic elements of the wood walls and adding a modern, metal touch. The countertops are due in at the end of the week.


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Midgar Records
Midgar label head Jacopo Severitano takes control with a showcase mix of new Midgar material. Midgar is probably best known on two fronts. We have their breakthrough artist Wata Igarashi, the Japanese techno producer who was recently featured over at Resident Advisor. Then we have the name itself that will be immediately apparent for anyone who has played the cult classic Final Fantasy VII, taking the name from the perma-night opening city that the game starts in. Although, dig deeper and you'll find more details – Midgar is also derived from Midgard, the Old Norse for our world.
In its first twelve months, Midgar took careful steps. Their initial releases established a sound of overcast techno, willing to explore a variety of tempos and not afraid to venture away from the four to the floor kick into broken and gaseous territories. As confidence built the label blossomed. It's visual identity has grown and the artistic vision has resulted in the likes of the huge double vinyl project from Ruhig, Particles and Materia.
Stepping from behind the scenes, Jacopo has provided a mix that takes you through the unique pallette that makes up the aesthetic of Midgar Records.
Interviewed by Simon Whight
"Through this selection, I wanted to show the diversity of the label,
moving from ambient influenced to heavier club oriented cuts."
You recently celebrated an anniversary. Looking back, what has been the highlight of the label in the last 12 months?
Hard to speak about highlights at this early stage of Midgar, as every little step the label take is a big happening for me. After 2 Years I can say that each release made me very happy! Especially in the beginning of this year when, for the second time, both Wata Igarashi and Ruhig released 2 wonderful EP's that got extremely good feedback.
Receiving positive critiques and support gave me the strength to continue, despite the initial poor sales of the label, and keep the focus on artists I love, without caring if they had hype or not. In the same time, I notice that some of them are lately getting more recognition also thanks to the releases on my label, and that makes me quite proud, I can't hide that.
You're also a relatively young label. If you were to give any piece of advice to someone setting up a label, what would it be?
Do some deep research about pressing plants, mastering studios and distribution before you start. That was indeed my first big problem, even if we consider my experience with Natch Records, not new to this kind of struggle, I had and sometimes still have very bad surprises. Finding the right people to work with is really hard! Apart from this technical advice, I would just say: do your best for the artists you decide to sign.
"The sound of Midgar is described as innovative and meaningful:
a sound that tells stories."
If you wanted to describe the signature Midgar sound, what would you say?
Initially I thought of Midgar as a deep techno label, but along the releases I realised how wider is the range of the tracks I'm selecting. The word 'deep' still remains, but stands for the track's structure, made of several layers and levels of perception, and not only for the relation to some sort of subaqueous, dark sound which happens to hear very often in the last couple of years from many European labels.
For the label concept, the sound of Midgar is described as innovative and meaningful: a sound that tells stories. The reason why I wrote that is because I consider vinyls as books, where each track is a chapter. I usually build EPs selecting 4, sometimes 6, tracks from 20 or even 30, so I assume this strict selection process generates a common line, more or less obvious, throughout the releases: that's Midgar signature.
There are a lot of direct and subtle references to Square Enix's Final Fantasy in not only the label's name but also in many of the titles of many of the tracks. What is the significance of this link for you?
The name Midgar comes indeed from FFVII, a videogame (RPG, maybe the most famous of all time) I used to play a lot with my brother Miguel when we were kids.
Midgar is the huge disc-shaped city where most part of the game evolves. My bro helped me with the launch of the label, and because of that I wanted something funny which could find us connected.
When the artists agree, I still suggest titles for the tracks, including some names connected to the Final Fantasy universe. Since I'm already taking care by myself of all the graphics and press releases, it's a whim, nothing more, but in a way is implementing the aesthetic of the label.
"I'm already taking care by myself of all the graphics and
press releases, it's a whim, nothing more, but in a way
is implementing the aesthetic of the label."
As I was sitting writing these questions, punters around the world have been lining up to take part in Record Store Day 2016. What are your feelings on this day, as both consumer and someone looking to get records pressed, and is it something you could see Midgar getting involved with in the future?
Unfortunately the Record Store Day brought only troubles to small independent labels in the last years!
Pressing plants get all super busy at the same time and that means loads of delays and chances to get your record poorly pressed. So, no thanks, every day is a record store day already.
Moving onto the mix, can you tell us about the contents and the significance of the selection you chose?
The mix includes only Midgar material, a few unreleased tracks from Ruhig, Von Grall and Shaded Explorer (coming up in the next months), plus at least one or two tracks from each previous release, by Wata Igarashi, Cloned, Ruff Cherry and a remix by Edit Select.
I prefer not to give the exact playlist; you might identify the authors from their recognizable style. The unreleased ones are not mastered yet, should be okay though. Through this selection, I wanted to show the diversity of the label, moving from ambient influenced to heavier club oriented cuts.
What are your feelings about the health of techno as a genre in 2016?
I want to stay positive, techno and its thousand related sub-genres have got so much attention in the last few years, and even though I hear so many people complaining about this process, I just see it as an opportunity to grow, because it is not only about techno, it is about electronic music in general.
Who complains about kids listening to what we call 'bad' or 'commercial' techno maybe forget when the main trend was minimal or tech-house. At least right now there are plenty of possibilities to choose from.
Of course it would be much better to enjoy it as a form of art instead of exploiting it as a money machine, but that's not techno's fault, it's just the way things go nowadays with any form of entertainment.
"I'm not in a rush and the path I chose is the one for the
quality and integrity. I wish for the label to become a stable
entity in the music scene, that's it."
We've talked about highlights for the past 12 months, what does the future hold for Midgar Records as it stands?
Talking about releases, there are a few already in the pipeline, ready to be pressed. Ruhig is coming back in September with Materia EP, the second instalment of his double EP (the first was Particles EP) which unfortunately I couldn't release altogether for huge problems with my ex distribution.
The Italian Shaded Explorer will follow in December, and after that, another EP from Von Grall and Cliche Morph. There's actually much more but I don't want to ruin the waiting. I will just add that there's a new remix pack in the plans and will be out as soon I receive all the remixes!
What is the greatest achievement you could see the label having?
Midgar is going to be a lifetime project, I can't see its greatest achievement because is just very far in the future. I'm not in a rush and the path I chose is the one for the quality and integrity. I wish for the label to become a stable entity in the music scene, that's it.
If you could bring in a remix of any of Nobuo Uematsu's classic Final Fantasy tracks for a Midgar remix, what would it be?
Haha is that even a question? Of course the Sephiroth Theme – One Winged Angel
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Laguna Park unit along Marine Parade put up for auction for $2 million
by Ravi Chandran June 26, 2021, 1:49 am 62 Views
A three-bedroom Laguna Park unit has been put up for auction for $2 million
image: Edmund Tie
A three-bedroom unit at Laguna Park has been put up for auction for $2 million on June 23. Edmund Tie, which is handling the owner auction said the property did not receive any bids at the auction.
Spanning 1,615 sq ft, the auction price for the three-bedroom Laguna Park unit works out to $1238 psf.
According to Ms Joy Tan, Head of Auction and Sales at Edmund Tie, "The unit is one of the largest three-bedroom layouts available at Laguna Park." All three bedrooms in the unit on the 24th level of the 25 floor development provide an unblocked view of the sea and East Coast Park. Ms Tan added that the dining area can easily accommodate an eight-seater table and that the kitchen space extends to a yard area, utility room and toilet.
The Laguna Park unit was renovated after it was purchased in 2010 for $1.5 million ($929 psf) and is in good, well-kept condition, Ms Tan said.
Laguna Park is a 99-year leasehold private residential estate comprising seven residential blocks of 506 apartment units, 10 penthouses and 12 commercial units, and has a site area of 62,197.25 sq m (approx. 669,484 sq ft). The high-rise site off Marine Parade Road, offers panoramic sea views and is set to have an MRT station (under-construction) at its doorstep.
Laguna Park is next to the upcoming Siglap MRT station and is just 15-minutes' drive to the central business district and Changi Airport. It is also close to East Coast Park, which is easily accessible via an underpass.
Major arterial roads as well as expressways such as Marine Parade Road, East Coast Road, and East Coast Parkway (ECP) provide seamless connectivity to other parts of Singapore. Laguna Park is also a brisk 15-minute drive to the Central Business District and Changi International Airport.
Owners of Laguna Park unit can enjoy a leisurely walk along Siglap Link Park towards Upper East Coast Road for grocery shopping at the supermarket, or be spoilt by a wide variety of dining options that the area offers. The upcoming Siglap MRT Station, situated at the door step of Laguna Park, will enhance the connectivity of the site when it is completed in 2023. East Coast Park, which offers a wide array of sporting, dining and recreational activities, is accessible via an underpass adjoining the site.
Mr Paul Ho, chief officer at iCompareLoan, said: "The Laguna Park unit is a good buy, but buyers must be aware that the development is about 40 years old and so the maintenance costs will be on the high side."
"Buyers planning to invest in properties like Laguna Park should ensure funds availability for purchase, and the key to that is to make sure they have the best home loan," Mr Ho added.
In 2019, Laguna Park unsuccessfully launched for en bloc sale with a price tag of $1.48 billion. The collective sale committee arrived at the price after including a differential premium of about $407.4 million and a lease top-up premium of around $420.7 million (subject to authorities' approval). The reserve price for the aborted collective sale of Laguna Park translated to a land rate of about $1,231 psf per plot ratio.
Mr Ho said, the previous collective sale committee at Laguna Park acted decisively and quickly. Whatever decision owners facing en bloc sale make, it is better to make it fast so that the sale (or non-sale) can be concluded with minimal delay and maximum benefit to the owners. One way he said was to conduct a Collective Sales Agreement (CSA) as well as concurrently collect a "Non Collective Sales Agreement (NCSA)", so that once a NCSA reaches 20%, the collective sale process is called off. There is really no point to drag on.
As collective sale process takes 20 to 30 months to complete, during this time, the owners typically do not have sufficient funds for down-payment and their CPF OA funds are tied up in the property, hence they cannot buy a new condominium early.
By the time the transaction is completed in 20 to 30 months later, the property prices would have already moved up 10 to 20 per cent. This is already evidenced by sellers of older estate asking higher prices. Hence if the process takes 20 months to 30 months, owners may need to consider the cost of a replacement unit by that time, else they may want to hold up a higher selling price.
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ISIS plotting to attack US, Paris subways, Iraq official says
By Zeina Karam Associated Press,September 25, 2014, 9:27 p.m.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
NEW YORK — Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that captured Islamic State militants have told Iraqi intelligence agents of an alleged plot to attack subways in the United States and Paris, but French and American officials said they had no such information.
A senior Obama administration official said no one in the US government is aware of such a plot, adding that the claim was never brought up in meetings with Iraqi officials this week in New York. President Barack Obama met with Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Wednesday. The administration official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.
There was no immediate comment from France. A half-dozen French officials contacted by The Associated Press said they knew of no plot.
Al-Abadi said he was told of the purported plot by officials in Baghdad, and that it was the work of foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic State group in Iraq, including French and US nationals.
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Initially the AP quoted al-Abadi as saying ''yes'' when asked if an attack was imminent. A review of his remarks established that he actually said, ''I'm not sure.''
He said that the attack threat had not been thwarted.
''No, it has not been disrupted yet... this is a network,'' he told a meeting with reporters near the United Nations, where he is attending the annual General Assembly.
''Today, while I'm here I'm receiving accurate reports from Baghdad that there were arrests of a few elements and there were networks from inside Iraq to have attacks ... on metros of Paris and US,'' al-Abadi said, speaking in English. ''They are not Iraqis. Some of them are French, some of them are Americans. But they are in Iraq.''
Later, a senior Iraqi official in New York qualified the prime minister's remarks. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make statements on the record.
''There were serious threats that were uncovered by Iraqi intelligence, and they were forwarded to the appropriate security authorities of our partners. A full assessment of the veracity of the intelligence and how far the plans have gone into implementation is ongoing,'' the official said. ''We cannot further discuss the nature of the threat in the media, except to reaffirm that Daesh will continue to endanger international peace and security unless it is eradicated.''
The recently elected Iraqi leader told journalists Thursday that the plot was the work of foreign fighters of the Islamic State group in Iraq.
Al-Abadi declined to give the location in the US where such an attack might occur.
In a CNN interview, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brett McGurk said he attended a meeting between Vice President Joe Biden and al-Abadi on Thursday, and that Al-Abadi told them there is ''no specific credible threat whatsoever that they have uncovered to the United States.'' The White House said the meeting was planned last week and not related to al-Abadi's remarks about the purported plot.
The Islamic State extremists' blitz in Iraq and Syria prompted the United States to launch airstrikes in Iraq last month, to aid Kurdish forces who were battling the militants and to protect religious minorities.
In addition to the brutality Islamic State has visited on the people in Iraq and Syria, western leaders have voiced concern that the group would move its terror operations outside the region.
This week, the US and five allied Arab states expanded the aerial campaign into Syria, where the militant group is battling President Bashar Assad's forces as well as Western-backed rebels.
John Miller, the New York Police Department's top counterterror official, said they were aware of the Iraqi official's statements ''and we are in close contact with the FBI and other federal partners as we assess this particular threat stream.''
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Protest as you like but CAA will stay, asserts Amit Shah
'Protest as you like but the Citizenship (Amendment) Act [CAA] will not be withdrawn', Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted here on Tuesday.
The debate on the CAA was a "fight" between those who wanted the good of the country and those who wanted to "break the country into pieces," he said, using the phrase 'Bharat ke tukde' to target the CAA critics.
Mr. Shah, who was addressing a rally in support of the CAA, said: "Today I have come to Lucknow to say it aloud that whoever wants to protest, can protest, but the CAA won't be taken back."
His comment came as a sit-in by women at the Hussainabad Clock Tower hit the fifth day.
Criticises Opposition
Mr. Shah said the Opposition parties were spreading misconceptions about the new law and instigating riots and arson. The Congress was opposed to the CAA and did not want to listen to the cries of the religious minorities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan as it was "blindfolded" by "vote-bank."
Mr. Shah also hit out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, who has been speaking out against the CAA and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC). He said, "Aur Akhilesh Babu, aap zyada na bolo toh accha hai. Kabhi kabhi padha karo, bhaiya. Padhne se faida hota hai. [And Akhilesh babu, it's best you speak less. Try and read sometimes, brother. Reading is beneficial]." He dared Mr. Yadav to come on stage and speak on the CAA "for five minutes".
Mr. Shah also asked Opposition leaders like Mayawati, Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee to pick any platform for an open debate on the CAA. He said crores of minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were either killed, forced to convert, had their women "taken away" or chose to take refuge in India.
"Those people who talk of human rights like a fashion today and come out with armbands, I want to ask them, where were your human rights lost when crores of people were killed, converted or forced to take refuge," he asked.
Mr. Shah said Opposition leaders who are "greedy for vote banks" should visit the camps of these people. "Those who owned 100 hectares of land are today surviving and begging in a small slum with their family. Who used to have palaces, today don't have jobs, medicine or food."
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Evan Spiegel the CEO at Snapchat has apologized for the emails he sent while he was in college and a member of a fraternity. The emails celebrated being drunk and convincing women from a sorority to perform different sexual acts.
The emails, which were laced with profanity were published this week by a blog and mostly were related to the CEO of Snapchat organizing fraternity parties at Stanford University in 2009-2010 for his fraternity Kappa Sigma.
In one of the emails, Spiegel recounts that he was so drunk he had peed on a woman that was in bed with him.
In a prepared statement he said he had been mortified as well as embarrassed that his idiotic emails while in college had been made public.
He said he did not have any excuses. He said he was sorry that he wrote them and was a jerk for having done so. However, he said they do not reflect who he is today or his views regarding women.
The disclosure of his emails is another growing pain that Spiegel, who is just 23, has faced. His company based in Los Angeles makes a mobile app for photo messages that disappear.
Spiegel in 2013 turned down an offer for Snapchat to be purchased by Facebook for $3 billion. He continues to build his business.
Nevertheless, he has encountered some problems including issuing an apology for a data breach that took place in January.
Earlier in May, Snapchat settled some claims by the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. that said it deceived its users by making false promises that the photo messages actually disappeared.
The comments by Spiegel might endanger the chances the company has with its advertisers once the company develops a business model, said one analysts who gives advice to companies about how to handle their reputations online.
The analyst said more than an apology was need and said Spiegel may have to step down as CEO.
Spiegel hired a former Google executive to handle its security issues and a lobbyist to educated policy makers regarding its business.
Snapchat's popularity continues to increase with over 700 million snaps per day. There are also over 500 million stories that are viewed daily, said company officials.


Humble Pranams to Poojya Guru Dev Swami Chinmayanandaji !
The school had its humble beginning in June 1983 in the spacious ground in front of the Vishnu temple at Govindamangalam with 27 students, one teacher and an ayah. An additional teacher was appointed in 1984 and the UKG class was also started. As it grew in size, it was shifted to Naruvamoodu. Four acres of land was purchased in the early nineties and the school was shifted to its new location in 1995, with a small building and additional sheds constructed to accommodate the classes, as the number of students grew rapidly. We have sailed a long journey and has grown in strength and stature keeping the flames of Indian spirit burning in the children. At present we have reached the higher secondary level with a total number of 1067 students and 74 staff. We had upgraded our infrastructure with 14 more classrooms and 14 lavatories with the yearly upgradation of science labs, computer lab and library.Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda inaugurated the new block on October 24th 2011.
Our system of education as you know is a blend of theory and practice in the right proportion to arrive at a comprehensive curriculum. To cater the need of the hour, besides academic excellence, the school is committed in inculcating in all its students,the Cinmaya Vision Programme which is a combination of four varied aspects like Integrated development, Indian culture, Patriotism and universal outlook.


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The running of California's richest Quarter Horse race—the $2,108,275 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity—will consist of around 20 seconds of heart-pounding excitement as 10 of the nation's top 2-year-olds square off in the 400 yard race. And with $850,196 of the purse going to the winner, it means that the first-place finisher will earn nearly $43,000 per second of work.
With a lot of dough at stake, the field to the Los Alamitos Two Million is one of the most wide-open races in the event's history. While there are no stakes winners in the group, the field features several horses that have performed well in some of the nation's most important races. Jimmy and Marilyn Harrell's Aha Moment finished third in the All American Futurity on Labor Day at Ruidoso Downs and was an impressive trial winner to the Two Million, while the Estate of Kim Kessinger's Seperate Interest finished second to All American winner One Dashing Eagle in the Golden State Million Futurity at Los Alamitos and was a daylight winner in his trial. The field also features Ed Burke Million Futurity runner-up Fires Blazin, PCQHRA Breeders Futurity third-place finisher Far Niente and Dah For Cash Futurity third-place finisher The August Heat.
While the aforementioned horses have done well with the big money on the line, some of the most impressive performers on Two Million trial night were runners making their stakes debuts in the Los Alamitos Two Million. Jose and Gustavo De La Torre's Freedom Choice posted the fastest qualifying time following a 2¼-length trial victory, while Matabari was a 1½-length winner in her trial. Matabari finished third in her previous two trial races, but she was all business when leaving the gate sharply from post #7 in her trial. She will now start from post #8 on Two Million night with jockey Cruz Mendez aboard.
Freedom Choice, a son of Los Alamitos Million winner A Regal Choice and out of the Grade 1 stakes winning mare Five Bar Molly, was scheduled to run in the Ed Burke Million, but a tibia problem kept him from making the race. The colt returned with an easy qualifying effort and now gets the services of jockey G.R. Carter. Freedom Choice will start from post #1 and has been made the morning-line favorite at 5-to-2 odds. Gustavo De La Torre is also the owner of the 20-to-1 longshot Lavish Susan.
James Sills and Ed Melzer's Somethin Like This had troubled trip when running fourth in his trial to the Two Million, but he still qualified to the race with the 10th fastest time and was a solid neck winner in his All American Futurity trial on August 16. He was also a daylight winner in a trial to the Rainbow Futurity, both of those starts for trainer Eddie Willis. Gomez, who won this race in 1996 with Corona Cartel will also saddle the impressive The August Heat, who worked 220 yards in a sizzling fast :11.90 here on November 10 before following up with a great looking 1¼-length trial win with Rodrigo Aceves aboard. Racing for Bobby Cox, The August Heat is a gelding by Corona Cartel, who has sired at least one qualifier to Los Alamitos' richest race every year since his first crop in 2001. He sired the winners Blues Girl Too in 2006 and I Like The Odds last year. The August Heat's odds are 4-to-1.
The sentimental pick is the 10-to-1 choice Seperate Fire, who races for the family of Kim Kessinger, who passed away in a farming accident earlier this year. Vessels Stallion Farm is once again proudly represented in the Two Million. With Tom Atwood, Vessels will race Far Niente, who is a son of the farm's talented young stallion FDD Dynasty, while Aha Moment is a colt by 2006 All American Futurity winner No Secrets Here, who also stands at Vessels. Trained by Paul Jones, Aha Moment is 4-to-1 on the morning line and has never finished worse than third in six career starts.
Hector Hernandez's Commando Tres Seis is undefeated in three starts, but he had to post a workout on December 9 in order to get out of the veterinarian's list after bleeding during his trial win. He won his heat by nearly two lengths. Arnold Gonzalez's Fires Blazin will enter the trials as the only horse to qualify to all three of the million dollar futurities held at Los Alamitos. The Walk Thru Fire gelding ran a great race against One Dashing Eagle in the Ed Burke, but lugged in when fifth in the Golden State Million. She was a strong second to Far Niente in the Two Million trials. Balgo Racing Team and Marlyn Gonzalez's Matabari will be ridden by the meet's leading pilot Cruz Mendez. Commando Tres Seis, Fires Blazin and Matabari are all trained by Jose Flores.
With superstar One Dashing Eagle sitting out the trials to the Grade 1 $2,108,275 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, owners Gustavo and Jose De La Torre turned to the promising, yet lightly raced, colt Freedom Choice to be the barn's top color bearer going into the qualifying races to richest annual race in California.
The son of a A Regal Choice exceeded expectations, as he turned in the most dominant performance of the night while posting the fastest qualifying time at 400 yards of :19.628 in the third trial of 13 trials. Bred by Esmeralda Flores, who won the 2003 Los Alamitos Million Futurity with A Regal Choice, Freedom Choice flew out of the gate from post eight and easily blew away his rivals by 2¼ lengths despite lugging in badly in the second half of the race.
Ridden by Cruz Mendez, who had a big night with five trial victories, Freedom Choice was making only his third career start and first since breaking his maiden in a trial to the Ed Burke Million Futurity on June 10. Freedom Choice had a starting spot in the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million final, but was scratched out of the final. Instead it was his stablemate One Famous Eagle that came away victorious for his owners, the De La Torres and San Gregorio Racing Stables.
"We did the right thing for this horse when we scratched him out of the Ed Burke," said Gustavo De La Torre. "He had a tibia problem and we gave him time off to get him back to top shape. We could have run him in the trials to the Golden State Million Futurity, but we felt that no one was going to beat One Dashing Eagle. We decided that it would be best to give Freedom Choice the extra time off and get him ready for the Los Alamitos Two Million trials. I think it was a good strategy and it paid off.
Freedom Choice will headline a razor sharp group of runners for the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity final to be held on Sunday, December 16. A total of 106 runners competed in 13 the trials with the following 10 horses moving on to the $2,108,275 final: Freedom Choice (:19.638), The August Heat (:19.705), Matabari (:19.763), Far Niente (:19.778), Seperate Interest (:19.821), Aha Moment (:19.829), Fires Blazin (:19.864), Lavish Susan (:19.871), Commando Tres Seis (:19.885) and Somethin Like This (:19.890).
Freedom Choice's mother is Five Bar Molly, a stakes winning mare campaigned by the Flores family. Five Bar Molly ran in the 2007 Champion of Champions and won that year's Vessels Maturity against males and also the Miss Princess Handicap. She won 12 of 25 career starts and earned $187,109.
Bobby Cox's homebred The August Heat lived up to his brilliant workout on November 10 when the gelding by Corona Cartel drilled 220 yards from the gate in a time of :11.90. Ridden by Rodrigo Aceves, The August Heat scored a 1¼-length victory in the fifth of 13 trials while posting the second fastest time of :19.705. The August Heat, who was making his first start at Los Alamitos, arrived here after running second to eventual Texas Classic Futurity winner Valiant Lil Lady in a trial to that race. In his previous start, The August Heat finished third in the $426,000 Dash For Cash Futurity.
The August Heat's mother is Jess Genuine, who won the 2005 Retama Park Futurity and was second to All American Winner in that year's Sam Houston Futurity. Her babies have included Ed Burke Million Futurity finalist Oceanik and Kindergarten Futurity finalist Carburator.
The first trial of the night went to Balgo Racing Team and Marlyn Gonzalez's Matabari, a Mr Jess Perry filly bred by Jose Maria Gonzalez. In only her fourth career start, Matabari enjoyed a wonderful break and cruised from there en route to posting the third fastest qualifying time of :19.763. Matabari's daughter if Hold Me Now, a hard-knocking sprinter who raced in 11 stakes race in her 32-race career. Hold Me Now won the 2007 California Breeders Matron Stakes.
Matabari came into the trials with one victory from only three career starts.
Tom Atwood and Vessels Stallion Farm's Far Niente scored a half-length victory with jockey Eduardo Nicasio aboard in the eighth trial while posting the fourth fastest time of the night. Far Niente had previously recorded the fastest time to the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity. The son of FDD Dynasty finished third in the final.
Wells made a comeback to racing a couple of years ago after being away from training at Los Alamitos for about 20 years. Wells has had his best season this year, as he's won races with 23% of his 44 starters.
Jimmy and Marilyn Harrell's All American Futurity finalist Aha Moment earned a berth to a second race worth over $2,000,000 this season after winning his trial by ¾ lengths with the sixth fastest time of the night. Ridden by Ramon Sanchez, Aha Moment beat a field that included another All American Futurity finalist in Native Tea Rose.
Estate of Kim Kessinger's Seperate Interest, who ran second in the Golden State Million Futurity, scored a masterful 1¼ length win in his trial to qualify with the fifth fastest time. Under the training care of Mike Casselman, Seperate Interest has won or finished second in all four of his starts at Los Alamitos.
Arnold Gonzalez's Fires Blazin became the only 2-year-old this season to qualify to all three major futurities contested at Los Alamitos. Trained by Jose Flores, Fires Blazin was the runner-up in the Ed Burke Million Futurity and fifth in the Golden State Million Futurity. Cruz Mendez rode the tenacious New Mexico-bred gelding. Fires Blazin was second to Far Niente in the ninth trial. Fires Blazin is from the family of Champion Florentine.
Two other runners qualified out of the Far Niente and Fires Blazin trial. Gustavo De La Torres' Lavish Susan ran third, but still managed a spot in the final, while Ed Melzer and James Sills' Somethin Like This was fourth. Lavish Susan was claimed for $12,500 earlier this year.
Hector A. Hernandez's Commando Tres Seis earned his ticket to the Deuce after 1¾-length trial victory. The son of Tres Seis is now unbeaten in three career starts. Commando Tres Seis' previous starts were a maiden victory on September 22 followed by an allowance victory on October 26.


Mission Hill Family Estate is transitioning all of their vineyards to certified organic.
One of the three largest wineries in the province, with an annual production of 100,000 cases from 1,200 acres of company owned vineyards, Mission Hill Family Estate began the move towards full organic production in the 2017 season.
In his passion to spread organic farming, Stephen Cipes believes he's up against the pull of agricultural tradition and the power of corporate persuasion.
Summerhill, the winery founded by Cipes on Chute Lake Road in Kelowna, marked its 30th anniversary on Sunday, October 25, 2016.


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On June 13th, Patek Philippe opens the doors to the largest single-brand watch exhibition we've seen stateside in recent history. Taking over the massive footprint of Cipriani's on 42nd street in New York, a series of 10 rooms spread over two floors gives attendees an intense immersion into all things Patek Philippe.
The brand has shipped a significant number of timepieces to Manhattan from the Patek Museum in Geneva, and many North American collectors have loaned historically significant watches that many of us will never again have the chance to see first-hand. We've taken an initial pass through the exhibition, compiling a list of must see items you won't to miss when you visit the show.
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Incredible ICC World Cup 2019
ICC World Cup: New Zealand stun India to reach the World Final
The 2019 World Cup semi-final featured two teams with contrasting form heading into the fixture. India topped the group stages with one loss. New Zealand finished fourth after losing their last three league games on the trot to Pakistan, Australia, and England. India were overwhelming favorites for the fixture and rightly so. Form batsmen, form bowlers, and the support of a billion people were all in their favor. However, their campaign came to a dramatic end at the hands of Kane Williamson's men.
The game went for 2 days because of the wet weather that Manchester offered. New Zealand finished the 1st day of the semi on 5/211. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson stitched, what turned out to be a match-winning partnership with a 65-run stand for the third wicket.
Although the partnership came off 102 balls, the partnership helped keep the Blackcaps in the hunt. The pitch was quite a tricky pitch to bat on and life was difficult for new batsmen at the crease. India bowled well with each of the bowlers picking up one wicket apiece.
The play would resume on the reserve day, which was Wednesday 10th of June 2019, adding a further 28 runs. They lost 3 more wickets from their remaining 3.5 overs and ended their innings on 239/8 from 50 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 3/43. Ravindra Jadeja had a splendid time in the field snaring figures of 1/34 of his 10 overs with 1 maiden. He also took two catches and pulled off a stunning run out from the deep. For New Zealand, Taylor and Williamson both scored gritty half-centuries to get New Zealand to a competitive score on a tough pitch.
India had to chase 240 off 50 overs to reach their 4th World Cup final. They got off to a horrible start. They were 5/3 after 6 overs and were 24/4 after 10 overs. Jimmy Neesham took a one-handed ripper to get rid of Dinesh Karthik for 8. Matt Henry removed the Indian top three.
However, it was Kiwi spearhead, Trent Boult, who picked up the big wicket of Virat Kohli for one. Kohli has scores of 9, 1, and 1 in the three World Cup semi-final appearances until date. The ball struck Kohli LBW for 1. He reviewed the decision and an umpire's call gave New Zealand the big wicket of Kohli.
The top three batsmen of India all went for one. Although Neesham dropped a sitter off Rishabh Pant, New Zealand was still in control of the game. Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya both fell to the guile of left-arm spinner, Mitchell Santner when the score was 71 and 92. After 30.3 overs, New Zealand had India reeling at 92/6 off 30.3 overs.
Then, ensued a brilliant 116-run partnership between all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja and Indian great, MS Dhoni off 104 balls. Jadeja played a blinder of 77 runs off 59 balls with 4 fours and sixes. MS Dhoni played well for his 50 off 72 balls. New Zealand was desperate for a wicket and Trent Boult delivered for New Zealand. Trent Boult picked up Jadeja. The game changed from there. One could sense the shift in momentum to New Zealand when Jadeja departed in the 47th over. Then came the penultimate over. Dhoni smashed the first ball for six.
Then Martin Guptill ran Dhoni out of the next ball. Guptill ran in from the boundary and hit the stumps. It was an excellent display of fielding from the New Zealand opening batsman. Former New Zealand wicketkeeper Ian Smith had great moments in the commentary box.
His commentary was full of passion. Smith's words of "is this the World Cup?" will resonate with Kiwi cricket fans and many cricket fans for a long time. Ferguson then cleaned up Bhuvaneshwar with a slower delivery, and Jimmy Neesham removed Chahal in the final over to give New Zealand a major victory. Tom Latham took the catch and New Zealand on the match by 18 runs.
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The Most Effective Link-Building Tactics According to SEO Pros
by Ayaz Nanji
Search engine optimization (SEO) professionals say content creation and outreach is the most effective tactic for link building, according to recent research from LinkDoctor.io.
The report was based on data from a survey conducted in 2020 among hundreds of SEO professionals from around the world.
SEO pros use a wide variety of tactics for link building, including content creation and outreach (83% say so), guest posts (75%), broken-link building (48%), and traditional methods such as directories (43%).
If they had to choose only one tactic for link-building, half of SEO pros say they would pick content creation and outreach, and 23% say they would pick guest posts.
The most popular link-building tools/platforms with SEO professionals are Ahrefs (87% have used it in the previous 12 months), SEMRush (76%), and Google Sheets (65%).
About the research: The report was based on data from a survey conducted in 2020 among hundreds of SEO professionals from around the world.
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Ayaz Nanji is a digital strategist and a co-founder of ICW Media, a marketing agency specializing in content and social media services for tech firms. He is also a research writer for MarketingProfs. He has worked for Google/YouTube, the Travel Channel, AOL, and the New York Times.
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Desert Skies is a growth it is a church committed to growth in spirit, mission outreach, membership nurturing, and enabling active compassion.
Attendance, activities, involvement, innovative worship, outreach programming all characterize Desert Skies' identity.
Starting with seven couples, including the founding pastor, Dr. Jerry Elrod and his wife Sharon, these pioneers began their first services in homes.
As their numbers grew the people of Desert Skies erected a modular building, then a classroom, office, and fellowship complex and finally a sanctuary that celebrated its first worship service in June, 2001.
Desert Skies developed an outstanding music program including an adult Choir of over 65 members; active UMM and UMW groups, an unparalleled Youth and Children's ministry, Disciples' Bible study and other in-depth studies that include nearly 20% of the active membership and a Flea Market that must be seen to be believed.


February 16, 2015 -- Progress Thailand Solar power is a growing industry in Thailand. While attending the "solar roof" conference at Thailand's Mahidol University this month, attendees saw the exponential adoption of solar power by industrial players and homeowners alike, both in highly developed areas of the country as well as in rural agricultural areas.
Thailand -- Maximizing use of otherwise unused rooftops.
We've previously mentioned one of those areas in Pa Deng, Phetchaburi province where an entire district was off-the-grid and using a combination of solar and biogas energy to power their homes and cook their food.
One of the keys to keeping alternative energy solutions a growing industry in Thailand is adding commonsense incentives to its use. Did you know that until recently it was impossible to sell energy back to the national power grid? Homes producing an excess of energy had no where to send it. What a waste! More recently, a quota was set, allowing private homeowners to produce energy from solar panels and sell excess energy to the national grid, but only to an extent.
Still, this is less than ideal. The more power that can be sold back, the more willing people will be to adopt alternative energy solutions and help decentralize both energy production in general, and dependency on traditional fuels like gas, oil, and coal. In decentralizing energy production, the benefits and profits are decentralized as well.
Solar products on display at this year's "Solar Roof Thailand" convention. Homeowners already have an incentive to power their homes with alternative energy, a steep reduction in utility bills. With the ability to sell excess energy back to the national grid, alternative energy will be impossible to resist.
Luckily, there are people working right now on changing this for the better, taking cue from other nations that have successfully converted their power grids to a more collaborative model of energy production.
The result will be the continued exponential growth of solar power, and perhaps other forms of alternative energy in the hopes of best utilizing rooftops and other unused or underused surfaces. With incentives in place, an already commonsense use of alternative energy to slash energy prices will become a commonsense use of alternative energy to make a profit from energy production.
Despite some shaky legalities now regarding selling power back to the national grid, homeowners and businesses across the country can continue powering their own property. The more people demonstrating the benefits of alternative energy to others, the more who are likely to follow, and the more drive their will be to arrange commonsense frameworks to maximize the benefits of alternative energy for everyone.


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Safety Bulletin 16-03 (OSHA Rule on Electronic Filing of Injury and Illness Data)
OSHA has issued a final rule to further complicate the collection and recording of injury and illness data. OSHA currently requires most employers in the sheet metal and HVAC industry to keep a record* of injuries and illnesses. Prior to this rule, little or no data about worker injury and illness information that employers are required to collect was made public. With this new rule, OSHA now requires employers in the sheet metal and HVAC industry to send OSHA injury and illness data through a dedicated webpage for posting on the agency's website.
SMACNA submitted comments to OSHA regarding the hardships and difficulties this new rule would present to small businesses in the construction industry. Numerous other construction and general industry employer organizations also submitted comments to OSHA with little impact on the final rule.
Most sheet metal and HVAC firms, except those with less than 20 employees, will be required to follow this new rule. Under the new rule, all establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness information from OSHA Forms 300 (OSHA Log), Form 300A (Log Summary), and Form 301 (Injury/Illness Incident Report). Establishments with 20-249 employees in certain industries* (includes sheet metal and HVAC companies) must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A only.
The final rule also promotes an employee's right to report injuries and illnesses without fear of retaliation, and clarifies that an employer must have a reasonable procedure for reporting work-related injuries that does not discourage employees from reporting. This requirement is directed towards employers who have incentive programs that "award" low injury reporting through zero accident reporting programs, as OSHA believes these programs result in under-reporting of injuries. These program requirements will be explained further in the next SMACNA Safety Bulletin.
The new requirements take effect August 10, 2016, with phased in data submissions beginning in 2017. These requirements do not add to or change an employer's obligation to complete and retain injury and illness records under the Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation. For more information see the news release and visit OSHA's webpage on the final rule, which includes links to a fact sheet and frequently asked questions. For additional information or guidance, contact Mike McCullion, SMACNA's director of market sectors and safety at mmccullion@smacna.org or 703-995-4027.
16-03 - New Recordkeeping Rule