Has winter restricted you to indoor training at a gym? If so, you're probably thinking about which exercise machine will best keep your body well-tuned for the sunny return of spring and summer. Since there are differences between machines, it's important to keep in mind what will work best for your fitness goals. This is especially true if you're a cyclist or are looking for an effective cardio workout, and you're deciding between an upright exercise bike and a recumbent one.
A recumbent exercise bike has you sitting in a low-slung, seated position, with your spine supported and your legs stretched out. This is a great option if you have balance problems—it's very difficult to topple over—or back problems that make cycling on an upright exercise bike uncomfortable. And you still get a good workout—research shows recumbent exercise bikes give your hamstrings more of a workout than upright exercise bikes. But there are a few drawbacks. Because you are so supported in the recumbent position, you don't work nearly as many muscles as you do on an upright exercise bike, which engages your glutes, abdomen, lower back, shoulders, neck, and arms. In addition, if you're a cyclist training for the upcoming riding season, an upright exercise bike will be much closer to the real thing. Bottom line? Recumbent bikes are a good choice if you have physical restrictions—otherwise, go upright.


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Dodge Viper Reportedly Coming Back in 2020
Popular American sports car – the Dodge Viper could be relaunched in 2020.
The Dodge Viper was killed last year following the closure of FCA's Conner Avenue Assembly plant. But, enthusiasts might not need to despair as reports have it that Dodge is reviving the Viper as a 2021 production model. According to Car and Driver, a sixth generation Dodge Viper is happening and it might be unveiled as early as January 2019. Sure, the 2019 Detroit Motor Show will be the 30th anniversary of the Viper's concept debut hence a great opportunity for Dodge to showcase a new generation car.
Details are still scarce for now but the big news is that Dodge might drop the V10 in favor of a much more capable V8. Rumor has it that Chrysler is developing a naturally aspirated unit for the new Viper. There will be multiple performance variants with the first reportedly being a 550 hp model with a supercharged variant with over 700 hp planned for launched an year or two later. And there is definitely going to be a hardcore variant akin to the ACR version of the fifth generation car that will challenge Porsche's GT models.
The form of the Viper will remain unchanged – A long hood with an engine tucked behind the front axle. However, reports suggest that a convertible version will be offered from the beginning and the coupe will be launched later.
If a new Dodge Viper does get revealed early next year, expect the car to be on road in late 2020 as a 2021 model. There is no word on the price yet but considering that Dodge might borrow the engine from an FCA car itself, the next gen Viper could start at five figures for the base model.
Source: Car and Driver
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When our friends at Spiire were asked to deliver something special for Lendlease at Aurora in the Entry Park, they turned to Fleetwood to help them make their challenging concept a reality. It was a concept that included a combination of play, shade, solar energy, lighting and public art – something right up our street!
The project included a complex structure in terms of design, manufacture and installation.
The outcome needed to maintain a sleek and vibrant aesthetic while being structurally sound. It needed to emulate the great Aurora or Northern Lights and stimulate kids to play intuitively, rather than be directed.
Incorporating clean, green energy, ideally solar, was a must.
The outdoor structure needed to include shade in certain parts.
As always, deadlines were important and delivery times were tight. For projects like this, DesignExecute2 is the perfect delivery model, because it provided the methodology for delivering the entire project.
Fleetwood worked closely with Spiire to bring this symbolic representation of the community to life and based the entry feature around the concept of an 'Aurora' or Northern Lights.
We worked with Spiire's initial design and thought-out the project offered our advice and expertise on practicality and other possible design solutions.
The design went through various stages of refinement before we agreed on something that was buildable, iconic and fit within a reasonable budget.
Conceptual designs and animations were created to show the interaction between various structural elements including the lighting effects and proprietary play integration.
At this stage we also looked at solar integration and solutions for shade, access and safety.
Engineering drawings, checks and suggestions were made at this stage to confirm the connection methods, member sizes and methodology.
We also developed various shadow and lighting diagrams to provide a clear illustration of how the structure reacts in different conditions.
The manufacturing of this structure was complex and required attention to detail and close coordination through the entire process. The integration of various materials, including stainless spheres, painted steel and proprietary components, meant that only specialist equipment could be used.
On site, our riggers worked closely with Lend Lease and Spiire to ensure that everything came together in line with the original plan.
We then installed complex proprietary systems, including solar panels, remote-programmed lighting system and glowing swings developed specifically for this delivery.
These pod seats were custom made to meet the design intent. They are a smooth fibreglass material which is finished in a special coating that gathers light during the day, to be luminous at night. The seats were intended to be used as pods to swing in, lie in, climb through etc.
The main structure required many cantilevered areas and needed to meet the design intent of touching the ground lightly as well as being one sinuous form. As a result, the pipe is of considerable size and where it touches the ground, the architect wanted to express it as a seat form, so it was not only structural but an aesthetic form that had a play/rest function to it.
When going through the design development and initial play auditing, it became clear that climbing inhibitors were needed. Several solutions were conceptualised, and the final selected solution can be seen here. Large stainless steel balls of such a size to prevent climbing up the structure. This concept resonated the most with stakeholders, because it signified the planets being seen in the night sky, a fitting addition to the Aurora.
The whole thinking of this project began by considering the name of the development (Aurora) and the reference to the Northern Lights. That's why the structure is lit up at night, by a custom lighting display designed and installed by us. It goes through a range of carefully programmed colours, to replicate the Aurora. It adds to the overall form and beauty of the project and playspace.
Delivering something like the Aurora Structure is never an easy process. Watching some of the components come through on trucks, it was actually quite daunting on site. Then watching it come together really was a seamless process, and I was amazed just how everything fit together so neatly and precisely.
This picture shows the 'Solar Trees' that are a bespoke product designed, manufactured and installed by Fleetwood, in conjunction with Spiire. The solar captured powers a phone charging hub below. These trees have been installed throughout Precinct 1 of the estate.
Another solar addition to the park.
The shelter was carefully designed to facilitate a solar capturing pad on the roof, to feed the power to the BBQ below the shelter.


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Cardinal Burke on Islam
Turning to the question on Islam, Cardinal Burke said he thinks "the response to Islam, at least as I see it on the part of some, is very much influenced by a relativism of a religious order. I hear people saying to me, well, we're all worshiping the same God. We all believe in love. But I say stop a minute, and let's examine carefully what Islam is, and what our Christian faith teaches us both. And when we come to the question of Christian faith, immediately there is involved a metaphysics because in the Christian faith God is the creator both of reason and he's the giver of revelation, by which that what he teaches us, what the law is written on our hearts is illuminated, and we're given a divine grace to live according to that law.
"This is not true in Islam," he said. "I've been accused of taking an extreme view about Islam or of being influenced by people who don't understand Islam, everything that I've said about Islam, including especially what's in the book, is based on my own study of the text of Islam and also of their commentators, and when I've written on Islam I've been at pains to cite their own authors. And the point I wanted to come to is this, I don't believe it's true that we're all worshiping the same God, because the God of Islam is a governor. In other words, fundamentally Islam is, Sharia is their law, and that law, which comes from Allah, must dominate every man eventually.
"And it's not a law that's founded on love. To say that we all believe in love is simply not correct. And while our experience may be with individual Muslims may be one of people who are gentle and kind and so forth, we have to understand that in the end what they believe most deeply, that to which they ascribe in their hearts, demands that they govern the world. Whereas, in the Christian faith we're taught that by the development of right reason, by sound metaphysics, and then that which leads to faith and to the light and strength that's given by faith, we make our contribution to society also in terms of its governance, but the Church makes no pretense that it's to govern the world, but rather that it's to inspire and assist those who govern the world to act justly and rightly toward the citizens."
He believes relativism comes in the sense, "[W]e don't respect the truth about what Islam teaches and what, for instance, the Catholic Church teaches, and we just make these general statements, we're all believing in the same God and so forth, and this is not helpful and ultimately it will be the end of Christianity, meaning nothing has changed in the Islamic agenda from prior times in which our ancestors in the faith have had to fight to save Christianity. And why? Because they saw that Islam was attacking sacred truths, including the sacred places of our redemption.
"We have to have a profound respect for right reason, for the natural law which God has written in every human heart. I think most people don't realize that there is no natural law doctrine in Islam and neither is there an ocean of conscience, everything is dictates of the laws that are given by either in their sacred text or by those who are entrusted with interpreting the law."
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List of Protected Areas
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Key Biodiversity Areas
Protected Area of the Month
Urban Biodiversity Conservation
City Biodiversity Index
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PROTECTED AREAS AND CITIES
To date, there are a total of 146 cities in the Philippines, 33 of which are categorized as Highly urbanized cities, 5 are Highly urbanized cities and 108 are Component cities.
Highly within Metro Manila are considered highly urbanized. Highly urbanized cities are those with a minimum population of (200,000 inhabitants, as certified by the National Statistics Office, and with the latest annual income of at least P50,000,000.00 based on 1991 constant prices, as certified by the city treasurer per Section 452 of Republic Act 7160). Independent Component Cities are cities whose charters prohibit their voters from voting for provincial elective officials. Independent component cities shall be independent of the province. Cities include Dagupan City, Ormoc City, Santiago City, Naga City, and Cotabato City. Lasltly, Component Cities are cities which do not meet the above requirements shall be considered component cities of the province in which they are geographically located. If a component city is located within the boundaries of 2 or more provinces, such city shall be considered a component of the province of which it used to be a municipality. Examples of component cities are Laoag City, Tuguegarao City, Tarlac City, Batangas City, Legazpi City, and Roxas City.
The map shows that out of the total 146 cities, 108 have protected areas (PAs) and linking it with PAs, out of the total 244 PAs, 71 are located in cities.
The assessment of the existing biodiversity status within the urban areas, formulation and implementation of urban biodiversity management plan, and the development of Urban Biodiversity Index will be the bases for formulation of policies for possible integration in the Comprehensive Land Use Plans, Zoning Ordinance, and other plans in the management of the city's biodiversity and updated actions for the succeeding plans.


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Lunar Eclipse Google Video February 2008
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The eclipse of the sun or the moon is amongst the signs of the power and majesty of Allah, which are revealed occasionally within his creation. When such events occur, the bondsmen should bow down, in all humbleness, before the Absolute, the All-powerful One and beseech Him for mercy and forgiveness.
002.018.151 – Eclipses Narrated Abu Masud:
The Prophet said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death of someone from the people but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah. When you see them stand up and pray."
002.018.152 – Eclipses
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life (i.e. birth) of someone but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah. When you see them offer the prayer."
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba:
"The sun eclipsed in the life-time of Allah's Apostle on the day when (his son) Ibrahim died. So the people said that the sun had eclipsed because of the death of Ibrahim. Allah's Apostle said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life (i.e. birth) of some-one. When you see the eclipse pray and invoke Allah."
Narrated 'Aisha :
In the life-time of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) the sun eclipsed, so he led the people in prayer, and stood up and performed a long Qiyam, then bowed for a long while. He stood up again and performed a long Qiyam but this time the period of standing was shorter than the first. He bowed again for a long time but shorter than the first one, then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration. He did the same in the second Raka as he did in the first and then finished the prayer; by then the sun (eclipse) had cleared. He delivered the Khutba (sermon) and after praising and glorifying Allah he said, "The sun and the moon are two signs against the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse on the death or life of anyone. So when you see the eclipse, remember Allah and say Takbir, pray and give Sadaqa." The Prophet then said, "O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! There is none who has more ghaira (self-respect) than Allah as He has forbidden that His slaves, male or female commit adultery (illegal sexual intercourse). O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! If you knew that which I know you would laugh little and weep much.
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) In the lifetime of the Prophet the sun eclipsed and he went to the Mosque and the people aligned behind him. He said the Takbir (starting the prayer) and prolonged the recitation (from the Quran) and then said Takbir and performed a prolonged bowing; then he (lifted his head and) said, "Sami allahu liman hamidah" (Allah heard him who sent his praises to Him). He then did not prostrate but stood up and recited a prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first recitation. He again said Takbir and then bowed a prolonged bowing but shorter than the first one and then said, "Sami 'a-l-lahu Lyman hamidah Rabbana walak-lhamd, (Allah heard him who sent his praises to Him. O our Sustainer! All the praises are for You)" and then prostrated and did the same in the second Raka; thus he completed four bowing and four prostrations. The sun (eclipse) had cleared before he finished the prayer. (After the prayer) he stood up, glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then said, "The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah. They do not eclipse because of the death or the life (i.e. birth) of someone. When you see them make haste for the prayer." Narrated Az-Zuhri: I said to 'Ursa, "When the sun eclipsed at Medina your brother ('Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) offered only a two-Rakat prayer like that of the morning (Fajr) prayer." 'Ursa replied, "Yes, for he missed the Prophet's tradition (concerning this matter)."
Narrated Aisha:(the wife of the Prophet)
On the day when the sun Khasafat (eclipsed) Allah's Apostle prayed; he stood up and said Takbir and recited a prolonged recitation, then he performed a prolonged bowing, then he raised his head and said, "Sami'a-l-lahu Lyman Hamidah," and then remained standing and recited a prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a prolonged bowing which was shorter than the first. Then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration and he did the same in the second Raka as in the first and then finished the prayer with Taslim. By that time the sun (eclipse) had cleared He addressed the people and said, "The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse (Yakhsifan) because of the death or the life (i.e. birth) of someone. So when you see them make haste for the prayer."
Narrated Abu Bakra:
Allah's Apostle said: "The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah and they do not eclipse because of the death of someone but Allah frightens His devotees with them."
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abbas:
The sun eclipsed in the life-time of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) . Allah's Apostle offered the eclipse prayer and stood for a long period equal to the period in which one could recite Surat-al-Baqara. Then he bowed for a long time and then stood up for a long period which was shorter than that of the first standing, then bowed again for a long time but for a shorter period than the first; then he prostrated twice and then stood up for a long period which was shorter than that of the first standing; then he bowed for a long time which was shorter than the previous one, and then he raised his head and stood up for a long period which was shorter than the first standing, then he bowed for a long time which was shorter than the first bowing, and then prostrated (twice) and finished the prayer. By then, the sun (eclipse) had cleared. The Prophet then said, "The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah. They eclipse neither because of the death of somebody nor because of his life (i.e. birth). So when you see them, remember Allah." The people say, "O Allah's Apostle! We saw you taking something from your place and then we saw you retreating." The Prophet replied, "I saw Paradise and stretched my hands towards a bunch (of its fruits) and had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long as the world remains. I also saw the Hell-fire and I had never seen such a horrible sight. I saw that most of the inhabitants were women." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why is it so?" The Prophet replied, "Because of their ungratefulness." It was asked whether they are ungrateful to Allah. The Prophet said, "They are ungrateful to their companions of life (husbands) and ungrateful to good deeds. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if she sees anything (undesirable) in you, she will say, 'I have never had any good from you.' "
Narrated Abu Masud:
Allah's Apostle said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's death or life but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah, so pray whenever you see them."
In the lifetime of the Prophet the sun eclipsed and the Prophet (p.b.u.h) stood up to offer the prayer with the people and recited a long recitation, then he performed a prolonged bowing, and then lifted his head and recited a prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a prolonged bowing which was shorter than the first and then lifted his head and performed two prostrations. He then stood up for the second Raka and offered it like the first. Then he stood up and said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's life or death but they are two signs amongst the signs of Allah which He shows to His worshipers. So whenever you see them, make haste for the prayer."
002.018.168 – EclipsesNarrated Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba :
On the day of Ibrahim's death, the sun eclipsed and the people said that the eclipse was due to the death of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah's Apostle said, "The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah. They do not eclipse because of someone's death or life. So when you see them, invoke Allah and pray till the eclipse is clear."
In the life-time of the Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) the sun eclipsed and he went out dragging his clothes till he reached the Mosque. The people gathered around him and he led them and offered two Rakat. When the sun (eclipse) cleared, he said, "The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse because of the death of someone, and so when an eclipse occurs, pray and invoke Allah till the eclipse is over." It happened that a son of the Prophet called Ibrahim died on that day and the people were talking about that (saying that the eclipse was caused by his death).
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Arnold's Nazi Death Belt
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For at least the second time now, Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger has posed in trendy magazines bearing a Nazi-issue 'deathshead' belt buckle.
Arnold, the son of a high ranking officer in the Austrian Nazi Party, first made waves with the belt-buckle when he posed with Mayor Bloomberg on the cover of TIME (June 21, 2007).Now, Esquire has written a glowing– if not worshipful– piece on the Austrian-born Arnold as governor (transforming into a stately god?) that proclaims him the "president of 12% of us" while he grandstands in various poses with his cigar, the Nazi deathshead belt buckle and also a chair decorated with eagles.
This is anything but the first time propaganda has pushed the image of Arnold as President– not only was a full-bore campaign launched to convince the subjects of the U.S. to "amend for Arnold" circa 2004, but the 2008 GOP debates featured at least two canned questions where candidates were asked to 'look Arnold in the eye' and tell whether or not they would change the Constitution to acquiesce to Arnold's thirst for power (McCain and Huckabee didn't seem to mind). Even in 1993, the film 'Demolition Man' features a scenario where the Constitution is amended and Schwarzenegger becomes President.
SEE ALSO: Alex Jones' Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State (Pt. 3) which exposes Arnold's Nazi ties and much more.
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A blow to evangelicals – Jesus Camp Pastor Haggard is Gay
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How ironic that the very person preaching morality to the evangelic masses himself was using drugs and getting serviced my gay male prostitutes?
In one scene of the movie Jesus Camp, Pastor Ted Haggard jokes about how "if you send him $1000 dollars he will not tell your wife what you did last night". He should have used the advice on himself. This was also the same gay guy that was having weekly teleconferences with President Bush. Wonder what advice he was giving him?
This is part of the statement from Jesus Camp's makers on Pastor Haggard;
JESUS CAMP responds to Ted Haggard
As the directors of the film Jesus Camp we feel the need to respond to Pastor Ted Haggard's comments on our documentary. As a co-directing team, we embark on each new project with two qualities: a healthy amount of curiosity—we'll be living and breathing the subject for over a year—and with the utmost respect for our subjects. We make films to not just simply entertain, but as a way to learn about the myriad different lifestyles that together form the human experience. We see making non-fiction films as a way for our viewers and ourselves to connect with others.
When we heard that that Pastor Haggard has described us as having an "agenda" we were alarmed. Of course, there are plenty of filmmakers that do make films with a political or personal agenda, but our conscience is clear that we aren't among them. We filmed with an open-mind and with a beginner's eye (neither of us are Evangelicals) that allowed the story to emerge in a natural way.
As for accusing us of portraying our protagonists (people whom we've grown close to over the past year) "sinister," this is a disturbing charge. Perhaps Pastor Haggard is projecting his own point of view on the film's characters, as we absolutely do not see them as such, and went out of our way too make sure that they were shown in a human, three-dimensional light. The children come across as kind, passionate and intelligent. Pastor Becky Fischer is a very likeable and real person, both on and off the screen.
Pastor Haggard is the only person in Jesus Camp who has a problem with how he was portrayed, and with the film as a whole. All the others in the movie feel it is accurate and fair and are excited about people seeing it. The subjects in the film very much identify themselves as part of the Evangelical family and are hurt and stung by Pastor Haggard's wholesale and somewhat venomous rejection of them and the film. While they do identify themselves as Charismatics and Pentecostals, they feel (and we agree) that they have much more in common with the greater Evangelical movement—their morals, values, and political beliefs—than they have differences. For Pastor Haggard to marginalize and dismiss them by labeling them a "sub-group" seems unfair, mean spirited and unproductive.
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Holy Szmolinsky – Monster Bunnies heading for North Korea
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Giant Rabbits Hit the Big Screen
By Michael Scott Moore in Berlin
A German breeder of huge hares has hit the big time. A short film about a plan to send monster bunnies to North Korea for food was part of the Berlin Film Festival. It seems that Communist functionaries ate the rabbits before they could benefit the poor.
A German pensioner who made headlines last year for breeding giant rabbits — and selling a batch to North Korea with the idea of easing hunger — is the subject of a short documentary by an American director in the the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. Director Julius Onah made the five-minute film — a clip can be seen by clicking on the video below — after reading about Karl Szmolinsky on SPIEGEL ONLINE. And in doing so, he learned that the rabbits may have been eaten by North Korean functionaries instead of the starving people for whom they were intended.
Szmolinsky is a 68-year-old German living in Eberswalde, near Berlin, who won a prize for breeding a 10.5-kilogram (23.1 pound) rabbit named Robert in 2006. Robert was the size of a small dog. When North Korean leaders saw photos of him they contacted Szmolinsky through a breeding federation, hoping to purchase a line of "German Giant Grays" to alleviate hunger in their hermetic Communist state.
Szmolinsky grew up in East Germany, and he agreed to help. He sold a dozen to the North Koreans at a cut rate — 80 euros instead of the going rate of 200 or 250 euros — and told SPIEGEL ONLINE in early 2007 that the 12 rabbits could produce 60 babies a year. Each animal, he estimated, would feed about eight people. "They'll be used to help feed the population," he said at the time. "I've sent them 12 rabbits so far; they're in a petting zoo for now. I'll be travelling to North Korea in April to advise them on how to set up a breeding farm. A delegation was here and I've already given them a book of tips."
After reading about Szmolinsky during a visit to Germany in January 2007, Onah assembled a film crew. He visited Szmolinsky in the wake of worldwide publicity about his anti-hunger scheme, on a day when the rabbit breeder was fielding phone calls from complete strangers who objected to his deal with the North Koreans.
"We actually didn't spend that much time talking about the rabbits," said Onah. "We spent most of our time talking about conditions in East Germany, both before and after the fall of the Wall." But concerned strangers had started complaining to Szmolinsky for sending live animals to North Korea, where animal-rights standards aren't up to snuff.
The resulting short, called "Szmolinsky," concentrates on the harassing phone calls.
Onah, 25, is a graduate student at New York University's film school and he made "Szmolinsky" to fulfill a class assignment. The film is evocative but not detailed; Onah spent a total of four hours with Szmolinsky and only later learned what became of his project to feed North Korea.
"In April of '07 Szmolinsky was supposed to go to North Korea himself and oversee the breeding of the rabbits," Onah told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "But some time between January and April he found out that the rabbits he sent got eaten (by senior officials). All 12 of them. So he refused to cooperate (more…) with the North Koreans."
Meanwhile the South Korean government has contacted Szmolinsky. "The South Koreans would like him to send his rabbits there," said Onah, "and they sent this letter which even apologized for the behavior of their neighbors in the north."
Szmolinsky himself attended the Berlinale premiere of the film with one of his giant rabbits on February 8. Onah said he might make a longer film about the story, given funding and time — he's interested in the parallels between a divided Cold-War Germany and a divided Korean peninsula — but right now other projects are crowding his schedule.
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Is your Sex life normal – how big or how long?
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2005: The decline of sex – Viagra is just the start: we'll soon have pills that make you feel deep love and video games that give vibrations. Ziauddin Sardar on the masturbatory society
Is your sex life normal? The question was raised recently on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Tell us, the show asked its 20 million viewers, what turns you on, what turns you off, and what makes good sex.
The problem with such questions is that there are no "normal" answers. The normal is problematic because our ideas about sex have changed fundamentally. What constitutes normal is constantly refurbished. Its boundaries shift rapidly, and continue to shift. So what was abnormal yesterday – say, pornography – becomes normal today. And what is shunned today (say paedophilia) may just as easily become normal tomorrow.
One huge jump was provided by Viagra. In less than six years since the impotence pill came on the market, Viagra and its competitors, Levitra and Cialis, have transformed sexual norms and practices. As Meika Loe argues in The Rise of Viagra (New York University Press), it has redefined the concept of normal and changed the language of sex.
From the beginning, this was a treatment branded and marketed as normal. Impotence was called "erectile dysfunction", or simply ED – a common condition, as the football legend Pele assured us in TV ads, but not normal. Moreover, it did not arise from psychological causes or physical damage; rather, it was a simple medical condition rectified by a pill. Suddenly, drug company surveys discovered that more than half the US adult male population suffered from ED; figures for Europe were not far behind.
So if you can't get it up because you're pissed, stressed out, simply not in the mood or no longer find your partner attrac- tive, you are actually suffering from a disease. And like all diseases, it must be cured. The cure is to swallow a pill and have sex no matter what, anywhere, any time, whenever. This has now become the norm.
Viagra is another step in stripping sex of all its complexity. Sex has been reduced to a simple question: for men, "how big?"; for women, "how long?". Combine these conundrums with other features of a market economy, such as availability on demand, choice, flexibility to mix'n'match, and we have new definitions not just of sex and love but of what it means to be human.
Today, to be normal, humans have sex right up to their last breath. It's the way to go. Sex is no longer the indulgence of the young. Nowadays, it is people over 50 who are having the most sex. With demographic shifts, high divorce rates and early retirement, the erstwhile golden generation of Sixties swingers who let it all hang out are now the "silver singles" (as they are called in America). The preoccupations of their youth have been sustained through their later years by medical enhancements. The wet dreams of 60-year-olds, who turned on to chemical enhancement in the Sixties, are a manifest example of future normality for us all.
What Viagra actually treats is loss of male power. In a confusing, depersonalising world busy reassigning status, regendering the social order, manipulating the ever-increasing demands of a commodified existence, sexual potency is the last bastion. Men, who have lost status and power almost everywhere, from workplace to home, must repair to the bedroom. Only there can they find the redemption of their true nature.
However, in an age of sexual equality, men cannot be left alone with their predicament. The other half of humanity, too, finds it is not exempt from malfunction. Just a few months ago, the disease "female sexual dysfunction" hit the headlines. But female sexuality being what it is, women probably need something more than a pill. Simple enhanced blood flow, as laboratory tests have shown, is not good enough. So a female Viagra won't do the job as well as a vibrator or a dildo – soon to be widely and cheaply available from a Boots near you. A vibrator outperforms even a man on Viagra.
More serious aids to female performance are in the pipeline. In the next few years, patches and drugs to enhance vaginal lubrication and sensitivity will become available. A US surgeon has already patented a pacemaker-sized device which, implanted under the skin, triggers an orgasm. Last month, clinical trials for the device were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Within a decade, it will be normal for every woman to have a perpetual orgasm whenever she wants it, wherever she needs it.
Love, too, will be available on demand. Recent research on love suggests that it consists of three basic biochemical elements. First, testosterone – which produces lust. Second, a group of amphetamine-like chemicals (dopamine, noradrenaline and phenylethylamine) produces feelings of euphoria that lead to infatuation. Third, if a relationship survives the first two rushes, a new biochemical response emerges, based on oxytocin, vasopressin and endorphins. This produces feelings of intimacy, trust and affection. Pharmaceutical companies are currently working on this third phase. So a "love pill" that modulates your subtler emotions and takes you straight to deep feelings of intimacy, trust and affection is just over the horizon. Science will fulfil the fairy tale. It will come up with a genuine love potion.
The sexual liberation of every woman and man approaches its apotheosis: availability on demand with peak performance, assured gratification and enduring emotion. But much more has been let out of the bottle. The physical and psychological barriers to sex, identified as the ultimate metaphor for all the ills of humanity, had to be overcome. The consequence is that most sexual taboos have evaporated. No matter how dark your thoughts, how unethical your desires, how absurd your fetish, everything is normal. Your desire to dress up as a stuffed toy, your dreams of having sex with obese or dead people, your obsession with plastic or rubber, your fixation with asphyxiation – all that is sexually driven is OK.
Pornography's status as a taboo is rapidly disappearing. It has become part of the mainstream of western culture. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans had their erotica as esoterica on scrolls, pottery and frescos. Hindus have their erotic sculptures on temples. But in western culture pornography in unparalleled quantities and forms is communicated in every mass medium. Never before in history has there been so much pornography to be had by so many in such numerous ways.
Everyone is now just a click away from explicit, hard-core material. It is impossible to miss pornography on the internet because it seeks you out persistently, unannounced, at every opportunity. It is there on Channels 4 and 5, Sky and innumerable digital channels every night.
On MTV's reality show The Real World, you can witness bisexual group sex. Explicit sex, including shots of erect penises, can be viewed on Sky's revisionist western drama Deadwood. Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs, which will go on general release shortly, offers a stream of close-ups of intercourse, fellatio, ejaculation and cunnilingus. The French art-house director Catherine Breillat has pioneered the transfer of porn stars into mainstream cinema. Her new film, Anatomy of Hell, is as graphic as it is bizarre. And if that doesn't satisfy you, you can go to a new breed of "pornaoke bars", just opened in Edinburgh, where you can groan and grind karaoke-style to porno tapes.
When pornography becomes normal, where will we go next?
There are only two taboos left: sex with children, and incest. Attempts to "normalise" paedophilia have begun. A thesis by Richard Yuill, awarded a PhD by Glasgow University in December 2004, suggests that sex between adults and minors is a good and positive thing. Yuill's research, based on interviews with paedophiles and their victims, "challenges the assumption" that paedophiles are inherently abusive. It is only a matter of time before other academics start arguing that incest, too, is decent and wholesome. Graphic art films and television documentaries will follow. The organisations campaigning for the rights of paedophiles will have their case for "normality" made for them.
They may then be able to take their place among the bewildering array of sexual orientations already being normalised. Once upon a time, there were heterosexuals and the love that dared not speak its name. Gay men and lesbians have long since lost their reticence. Then bisexuals, transsexuals and the "kinky" found their identity. Now we have intersexuals and the polyamorous. A few months ago, New Scientist announced the discovery, in breathless prose, of asexuals. These folk don't like to have sex – horror of horrors – with anybody. There are even orientations within orientations. So we have such self-definition as non-op transsexual, TG butch, femme queen, gender-queer, cross-dresser, third gender, drag king or queen and transboy. In one recent episode of Channel 5's CSI: crime scene investigation, a murder victim was said to be part of a community of "plushies", people who enjoy sex while dressed up as stuffed animals.
It is now normal to have your breasts removed or added to, have new genitals constructed, or sprinkle a dash of hormones for the appropriate, desired effect. Things are about to become even more complex. Within a decade or so, you will be able to modify your body almost totally, as you wish. You will be able to turn off all physical signs of gender, switch off the hormones and get rid of all secondary sexual characteristics. Then you can add on the bits you wish and "sculpt" your body in any shape you like. When gene therapy becomes common, things will be even easier. Already, there are people who are experimenting with this; and a "body-mod" subculture is thriving on the internet.
What you can't do in reality will soon be available in simulation. The emerging technology of haptics, or the telecommunication of sensation using a computer interface, will enable you to live your most horrific dreams in virtual reality. Haptic technologies simulate physical sensation of real objects and feed them to the user. The first generation of haptic technology can be experienced in certain video games for the Sony PlayStation where the joystick is used to simulate vibrations. The next generation, on its way from Rutgers University, will simulate pressure, texture and heat. Combine this with state-of-the-art graphics and some innovative software and you have a complete pornographic universe. As Eric Garland points out in the December 2004 issue of the American magazine The Futurist, among its first uses could be "pornography involving children and featuring violence". But what's the harm, as it is only a digitized child?
Am I the only person to wonder if the constant shifting of the boundaries of the normal, while increasing our obsession with sex, has really improved our sex lives? On the contrary, I would argue, it has led to a decline in real sex. Genuine intimacy cannot be generated through a pill. Neither can sincere, unconditional love be simulated. When sex is reduced to mechanics and endurance, there is little to differentiate it from plumbing and maintenance. When gender becomes meaningless, sex becomes empty. When sexual choice becomes an end in itself, then the end is destined to be tragic.
Sex used to be intercourse because it was part of a context, a loving relationship. When sex is just sex, without any context, what good does it do you? That is the crux of the problem. It becomes the ultimate narcissism, the sole gratification of self-love.
Welcome to the masturbatory society.
Ziauddin Sardar is editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Oprah Winfrey's Show – Is your Sex Life Normal?
Paedophilia thesis comes under fire – on Richard Yuill in the Guardian
Reinventing Sex: New Technologies and Changing Attitudes – by Eric Garland
World Future Society
Meika Loe – The Rise of Viagra
Eric Garland
Pamela Pau's Book – Pornified
National Child Exploitation Co-ordination Centre
How we fell in love, by the brother and sister who grew up apart and met in their 20s
America's Dirty Little Secret – We are Bankrupt!
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David Walker, the Comptroller General of the United States proclaims that our current standard of living is unsustainable unless drastic action is taken. He warns that funding shortfalls for the Medicare program is five times worse than Social Security, and it will take $8 TRILLION to pay for what is promised today to beneficiaries, of which we have ZERO!
This unrealistic "promise" is fiscally irresponsible and is mortgaging the futures of our children and grandchildren.
Watch as the federal government's dirty little secret is revealed!
The the United States Top Accountant, the person who monitors and US Budget and Spending. And he is the one raising the alarm bells!
Even CNN, seems to be reporting part of the truth for a change – American has got nada – no mo money – bankrupt – in debt! Why does it take so much effort to wake up Americans from their slumber? Zombies would have an easier time understanding the facts.
Learn who REALLY controls the U.S.Dollar and how these people are destroying America by design. The Federal Reserve Bank is neither Federal nor a Reserve nor a real Bank. Owned by a corrupt group of International Bankers, it is a privately owned monopoly, largely responsible for creating America's National Debt. It is also a parasitic and unnecessary entity that literally creates American currency out of nothing and then collects interest on the backs of taxpayers for doing so.
Ever wondered why we keep trying to guess "Fed Speak"? Why are politicians elected to represent the people guessing and begging a private banker if he will or will not raise interest rates?
Read the full story, on Wikipedia;
Some believe the Federal Reserve System is shrouded in what its critics call excessive secrecy. Meetings of some components of the Fed are held behind closed doors, and the transcripts are released with a lag of five years.[69] Even expert policy analysts are unsure about the logic behind Fed decisions.[70] Critics argue that such opacity leads to greater market volatility, because the markets must guess, often with only limited information, about how the Fed is likely to change policy in the future. The jargon-laden fence-sitting opaque style of Fed communication, especially under the previous Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, has often been called "Fed speak."[70]
What do Hilary Clinton and Harry Potter have in Common?
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Frank Miller (ur. 27 stycznia 1957 w Olney, Maryland) – amerykański twórca komiksów, rysownik, pisarz, scenarzysta filmowy i reżyser; autor znanych i cenionych powieści graficznych i komiksów takich jak Batman. Powrót mrocznego rycerza, Batman. Rok pierwszy, Sin City, 300 czy jego praca przy serii Daredevil.

Dorastający w Montpelier, w stanie Vermont, Miller został najpierw profesjonalnym artystą komiksowym. Pracował dla głównych wydawnictw w Stanach, takich jak Gold Key, DC Comics i Marvel Comics. Zwrócił na siebie uwagę amerykańskiej sceny komiksowej dwuzeszytową opowieścią z serii The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Wkrótce później został stałym rysownikiem serii Daredevil, następnie również jej scenarzystą. Współpracując z inkerem Klausem Jansonem, Miller szybko zyskiwał nowych fanów, uznanie krytyków oraz respekt wśród kolegów z branży.
Podczas okresu, w którym pracował przy Daredevilu, Miller stworzył Elektrę – słynną już postać komiksową, z którą to właśnie jest najbardziej kojarzony. Od tamtego czasu jego wpływ na serię Daredevil zwiększył się tak bardzo, iż nawet w filmowej adaptacji wykorzystano wiele elementów z opowiadań Millera.

Miller jest znany również z tworzenia specyficznych prac w swoim unikalnym stylu. Ronin, komiks sensacyjny o samuraju był owocem pierwszej z wielu współpracy z żoną Millera, Lynn Varley. Miller często przeplatał wątki sztandarowych postaci Marvela i DC takich jak Batman i Daredevil, oraz tworzył swoje własne historie, takie jak Give Me Liberty razem z Dave'em Gibbonsem czy Hard Boiled z Geoffem Darrowem. Sin City, jego pierwsze całkowicie samodzielne dzieło, to seria drastycznych czarno-białych opowieści kryminalnych wydana przez Dark Horse Comics.

Najbardziej znane i doceniane dzieła Millera, zarówno wewnątrz komiksowego światka, jak i poza nim, to The Dark Knight Returns, mroczna historia Batmana osadzona w niedalekiej przeszłości. Przedstawia ona Batmana jako brutalnego, w pewnym stopniu wytrąconego z równowagi odrzutka, wielce odbiegającego od znanego wizerunku z seriali telewizyjnych z lat 60. Od tego czasu millerowa wersja mrocznego rycerza dominowała przez prawie 20 lat, dając inspiracje Timowi Burtonowi w 1989 do nakręcenia filmowej wersji Batmana, Alanowi Moore'owi do stworzenia historii The Killing Joke, oraz Grantowi Morrisonowi dla Arkham Asylum.

Miller jest również autorem wielu scenariuszy filmowych, między innymi do RoboCop 2 i RoboCop 3. Po tym ostatnim, zdegustowany tym, że prawie żaden z jego pomysłów nie został zrealizowany w ostatecznej wersji filmu, a nazwisko jego było wyświetlane na pierwszym miejscu w napisach końcowych, Miller zdecydował, że już nigdy nie pozwoli Hollywood robić filmowych adaptacji na podstawie jego komiksów. Później Miller pracował dla Dark Horse Comics, które kupiło prawa do wydawania komiksów o Robocopie, aby stworzyć komiksową adaptację filmu Robocop III opartą na scenariuszu Millera. Zdanie Millera o filmowaniu komiksów zmieniło się po tym, jak Robert Rodriguez pokazał mu film krótkometrażowy na podstawie jednej historii z Sin City, który nakręcił bez jego wiedzy. Miller był tak zadowolony z rezultatu, że w pełni dał zgodę na nakręcenie filmu kinowego Sin City: Miasto grzechu. Reżyser wykorzystał w nim oryginalne komiksy Millera zamiast scenariusza i storyboardów.

W 1999 roku Miller opublikował powieść graficzną 300, zainspirowaną bitwą pod Termopilami historię spartańskich żołnierzy z góry skazanych na przegraną w walce z perskimi najeźdźcami. Komiks ten uhonorowany został wieloma nagrodami i w 2006 roku został zekranizowany przez Zacka Snydera (300).

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VidBlasterX has a unique modular design that allows you to configure the program exactly to your needs, both from a technical and from an ergonomic perspective. Modules can be roughly divided into 2 types: video and control modules. Video modules always include a display and perform video related functions. Control modules have no display and are used for other purposes.
All modules can be easily positioned by grabbing their title bar and dragging them to the required position. Upon release they will snap to the grid set in the main menu (Modules > Grid Size). To resize a video module hover the mouse over the right (horizontal resize) or bottom (vertical resize) edge of the video display until the mouse cursor changes. Then hold down the left mouse button and drag the module to the desired size. The module will resize so that the display always keeps a constant aspect ratio. Upon release the right edge will snap to grid. To conserve space most modules can be collapsed by double clicking the title bar. Double click the title bar again to return the module to its original state. Note a collapsed module will still consume resources as it continues to function. Modules can have one or two tally lights: a program (red) / preview (green) / fx (white) tally on the left and a status tally (often used to indicate on/off status) on the right.
Each module has a popup menu, aka a context menu, which can be made visible by right clicking the module. Menu items that are common to most modules are listed and explained below.
Activates the module's main function.
Deactivates the module's main function.
The module takes its video from this source.
The module takes its audio from this source. By default this is set to either the default Windows recording device or, when present, the output of Audio Mixer 1.
The module sends its audio to this output. By default this is set to either the default Windows playback device or, when Audio Mixer 1 is present, No Sound. DirectSound & WASAPI devices are used in 2-channel stereo mode, ASIO devices in multi-channel mode.
A Settings dialog will appear with settings related to this module.
When this flag is set, clicking the display has the same function as selecting on when off, or off when on.
When set clicking the display has the same function as selecting this module as source for the bus PVW 1.
When set clicking the display has the same function as selecting this module as source for the bus PGM 1.
Allows you to select which controls, e.g. buttons and selection lists, are visible. The module will automatically resize to accommodate for the visible controls. A multiview configuration, i.e. a collection of displays, can be achieved by disabling all controls. All modules remain fully operational through their popup menu.
Allows you to select which On Screen Display elements, e.g. audio meter and status icons, are visible. The audio meter has a range from -52 to 0 dBFS, divided in 3 segments: green from -52 to -20 dBFS (SMPTE) or -18 dBFS (EBU), yellow up to -10 dBFS and red up to 0 dBFS. The channels indicate the audio peak value in dBFS, with a peak-hold line indicating the highest peak value in the last 750 ms. The SyncLok status icon indicates whether the video device or source streams video frames with accurate timing (SyncLok active or "locked"), or not. If SyncLok is not possible, timing will be taken from VidBlasterX's internal master clock.
Sets the display size as percentage of the native video resolution.
Opens a dialog allowing you to enter a module's Alias, which can be a more descriptive or compact version of the module's name. E.g. for a Camera module this could be the name of the camera operator, for an NDI Output module this could be the name of the actual source.
VidBlasterX internally uses premultiplied alpha. Preferably all video streams from external sources that carry an alpha channel have a premultiplied alpha channel. If this is not possible, set this option to Straight to let VidBlasterX do the required conversion (note this requires additional resources, especially for HD streams). Select Ignore if VidBlasterX should ignore the alpha channel entirely.
Almost all video and graphics are automatically scaled, centered and pillar/letterboxed throughout the program. In some cases however, like in the Still Store module, automatic scaling can be undesirable and this flag can be unchecked to disable this feature.
When a module is docked to another module, dragging either module will make both modules move in unison. This feature is often used to allow grouping of, e.g. switcher, modules so they can be easily repositioned.
Text display over the video in the display is called OSD text. This can be switched Off, text Local to the module itself can be shown or from the Source module.
Normally OSD text is an overlay and not part of its video output. Select the Embedded option to make the OSD text part of the video stream. This option is useful for e.g. remote monitoring.
Clears the module's input (file) and display, leaving the module to output (transparent) black video.
Clears and removes the module.


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Edward H. Davis, Jr., selected as a Who's Who Legal Thought Leader
November 30, 2017 /0 Comments/in News Release /by Jacques Hart
Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2018 brings together the insight, expertise and wisdom of some of the world's foremost lawyers in a single book.
This year's edition features Q&As with 67 eminent practitioners across 22 practice areas. These lawyers obtained the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources in our most recent research cycle.
Edward H. Davis, Jr.
Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Asset Recovery
Edward H Davis, Jr, a founding shareholder of the international law firm Astigarraga Davis, heads the firm's asset recovery and financial fraud group which represents victims of serious fraud and grand corruption including governments, corporations, insolvency practitioners and individuals by investigating and prosecuting civil fraud and asset recovery actions.
Who's Who Legal: Asset Recovery has recognised Davis as the global Asset Recovery Lawyer of the Year from 2013 to 2016, and his firm as Asset Recovery Firm of the Year for 2015 and 2016.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO SPECIALISE IN ASSET RECOVERY AND FRAUD WORK?
I enjoy representing victims and helping them level the playing field with those that prey on them. As a result, I decided to focus my practice on the representation of individual, corporate and governmental victims of fraud throughout the world. I also enjoy learning about other legal cultures, and asset recovery and fraud work is a specialised form of international litigation. Lastly, I enjoy the "hunt" for those that have committed fraud and their ill-gotten gains.
WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO FOUND YOUR OWN FIRM?
My partners and I were seeking a better way to serve our clients in response to new factors in the industry affecting both the legal profession and our clients. Having a specialised boutique allows us to employ our "power of focus" concept and truly focus deeply on our practice groups and developments in the law to a degree that might not be attainable in a more generalised platform. Also, our boutique setting is nimbler and more cost-effective than that of many other firms, and allows us to take cases on alternative fee structures.
WHAT MAKES FOR A SUCCESSFUL ASSET RECOVERY SPECIALIST?
The actions taken in the first days following the discovery of a fraud often will determine whether the misappropriated funds or other property are ultimately recovered. Our team responds quickly to such fraud by using emergency injunctions, expedited depositions, subpoenas of bank records, our vast connections to experienced professionals and investigators around the world to seek to either locate the assets before they are dissipated or to investigate and bring claims against third parties who assisted the fraudsters.
WHAT IS THE MOST MEMORABLE MATTER THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON TO DATE?
Stanford International Bank, Ltd was an Antiguan bank that sold phony certificates of deposit to 21,000 depositors, which resulted in the second-largest Ponzi scheme in history by causing losses to over 27,000 depositor-victims from around the world. Estimated losses by depositor-victims exceeded $5 billion.
WHAT CHALLENGES ARE FACING PRACTITIONERS AT THE MOMENT AND HOW IS YOUR FIRM LOOKING TO MEET THESE OBSTACLES?
The pressure from clients to keep legal fees and costs as low as possible continues to be one of the challenges affecting practitioners. This can be a problem because of the crisis-like atmosphere in which successful asset recovery practitioners function. We combat these challenges by working closely with investigators, computer forensic experts, foreign lawyers, forensic accountants, law enforcement and other experts. These professionals are key resources in a rapid response to a discovered fraud which can lead to escalated costs (such as cost bonds) which would not be the norm in another practice area. Our firm has been meeting this particular challenge by offering alternative fee arrangements when historically the standard was solely hourly fee billing, and by working with litigation funders that assist victims of fraud who usually don't have the resources to fight the fraudster after the fraud.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S INCREASING READINESS TO TACKLE CORRUPTION WILL LEAD TO GROWING INTEREST IN ASSET RECOVERY WORK IN THE WIDER LEGAL MARKET?
Yes, as technology continues to get more sophisticated, the speed of the movement of money throughout the world will likewise increase. This, combined with a growing awareness that national borders are no more an impediment to recovery than they are to the fraudster who moves across those same borders, will likely result in the interest in asset recovery work growing into a larger distinct legal market. We already see firms forming asset recovery departments and groups which is a signal that that the market is recognising this distinct practice area as an exciting new offering to their clients.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE ORGANISATIONS SUCH THE ICC COMMERCIAL CRIMES SERVICES' FRAUDNET NETWORK IN INTERNATIONAL ASSET RECOVERY WORK?
Organizations like the ICC's FraudNet are very important and necessary in the international asset recovery work. Fraudsters work using their own networks of cronies and those that provide them assistance – legal and otherwise. So it is essential that counter-networks operate at a high level of coordination to defeat them. They also are powerful change agents that raise awareness and educate fraud victims worldwide about the methods that can be deployed to assist them in their fight to recover their assets and damages.
AS HEAD OF THE FIRM'S ASSET RECOVERY AND FINANCIAL FRAUD PRACTICE, IN WHAT WAYS ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO DISTINGUISH YOUR GROUP FROM OTHER COMPETITORS IN THE MARKET?
I work on creating innovative solutions. I've helped develop and expand various creative discovery and asset seizure methodologies to obtain recoveries for our clients. Additionally, I've both led and worked collaboratively on various civil asset recovery teams – another concept I helped pioneer – on cross-border asset recovery engagements. Having a strong commercial litigation and insolvency background, my team and I have championed and coordinated asset recovery efforts between civil and criminal systems as a means to penetrate and defeat complex opaque asset hiding structures used by fraudsters. I was recently mentioned by Latin Lawyer (2016) for my efforts in the area of asset recovery. Lastly, as a result of our efforts, I was also recognised as the global Asset Recovery Lawyer of the Year by Who's Who Legal: Asset Recovery, in 2013 (and again in 2014, 2015 and 2016); my firm was recognised as the Asset Recovery Firm of the Year in 2015 and 2016 by the same publication.
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Panama Papers update: progress and impediments
Scandalous revelations of suspicious financial activity exposed by the Panama Papers have toppled political leaders, induced regulatory reforms and prompted greater cooperation from Panama itself towards international efforts to combat tax evasion. But Edward H Davis Jr and Andres H Sandoval would like to see more headway in the area of asset recovery.
In April 2016 the Suddeutsche Zeitung released the ground-breaking publication covering the 'Panama Papers' – a massive leak of 11.5 million documents from the Panamanian Mossack Fonseca firm and its affiliates, formerly the world's fourth-largest provider of offshore incorporation services. Shortly thereafter, due largely to the efforts of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), limited information extracted from the Panama Papers was digitised and disseminated to the public in the searchable Offshore Leaks Database maintained on the ICIJ's website. [1] The impact of the Panama Papers leak in the political, journalistic, investigative and financial arenas is plain to see. However, well over a year later, the Panama Papers fervour is only now creeping into the asset recovery arena. That it has taken this long to arrive is frustrating, but perhaps predictable in light of evidentiary concerns and the inherent difficulty in commencing litigation. Regardless, this signals the next step in combating tax evasion, corruption, fraud and money laundering in the wake of the historic leak.
The global effect and pervasiveness of the Panama Papers leak is unrivalled. The 11.5 million leaked documents, dating back nearly 40 years, contain information on more than 214,000 offshore entities, in more than 200 jurisdictions, created by Mossack Fonseca. Major financial institutions alone drove the creation of nearly 15,600 offshore entities. Of these financial institutions, HSBC and its affiliates were responsible for the creation of more than 2,300 offshore corporate vehicles. Others, such as Banque J Safra, UBS AG and Societe Generale, were not far behind.
The Panama Papers also exposed 140 politicians from over 50 countries to charges of bribery and corruption for allegedly improper ties to offshore corporate vehicles in no fewer than 21 financial havens. As a result, 14 current and former heads of state as well as over 30 current and former politicians or public figures have come under scrutiny by governmental bodies. Several top government and corporate officials have cracked under the pressure, including, notably, the former Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davia Gunnlaugsson, who resigned just days after the initial media coverage of the Panama Papers leak. Other political figures have been faced with high- profile investigations, including Argentina's Mauricio Macri, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko and Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif.
These investigations are bearing fruit. In late July 2017, Pakistan's Supreme Court deemed Sharif unfit to be a member of parliament for reasons of dishonesty and corruption. The Supreme Court's decision is the culmination of months of proceedings sparked by the Panama Papers leak, which linked Sharif's family members to purchases of luxury real estate in London through offshore corporate vehicles. Further, on 31 July 2017, the National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan's top anti-corruption unit, announced it would file formal corruption charges against Sharif, his children, son-in-law and the former Pakistani Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar.
Beneficial effects
Among the seemingly more positive effects, the Panama Papers leak has fuelled a global push towards transparency and accessibility of information regarding the ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of opaque offshore entities and accounts. Just weeks after the leak, the United States executive administration under former President Barack Obama announced it would implement regulatory reform to increase financial transparency and combat tax evasion, corruption and money laundering. Among the various measures, in May 2016, the US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) promulgated new rules on customer due diligence requirements, which require financial institutions to identify any natural person beneficially owning more than 25% of, or otherwise controlling, the institution's legal entity customers. Similar initiatives are being pushed in the United Kingdom, Germany and others in the G20 group. Only time will tell if these initiatives prove to be effective or are just window dressing.
Cleaning the backyard
The Panama Papers leak has also exerted pressure on countries previously resistant to increased financial transparency – namely, Panama. In 2016, Panama's Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo pledged Panama's willingness to sign the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters – an agreement developed jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe to combat tax evasion through the automatic sharing of residents' financial information. Holding fast to that pledge, on 3 March 2017, Panama deposited with the OECD its instrument of ratification of the Convention, which came into force in Panama on 1 July 2017. Panama has also signed an information-sharing treaty with Mexico and continues its negotiation of similar agreements with Spain, Italy, Germany, the UK and Switzerland. As of 12 June 2017, the OECD reports 112 jurisdictions currently participating in the Convention.
Delayed Recovery
Where the Panama Papers have had much less impact than was originally hoped for is in the asset recovery arena. Following the leak, early commentators predicated litigation in the financial havens themselves, such as the British Virgin Islands, Jersey, Hong Kong and Panama, as well as financial centres that may house assets or UBOs, such as Switzerland, the UK and the US. However, now over one year later, this litigation has largely yet to be seen. This is disappointing in light of estimates that as much as 8% of the world's financial wealth (approximately US$7.6 trillion) is held in financial havens. Further, according to Gabriel Zucman, economist, professor and author of The Hidden Wealth of Nations, as much as 80% of that hidden wealth is not reported to the tax authorities of any country. Equally astounding, the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative – a partnership between the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to promote international efforts to end financial havens for corrupt funds and prevent the laundering of the proceedings of corruption – estimates that up to US$40 billion per year is stolen by corrupt public officials around the world.
Those most affected by this hidden wealth are the citizens of the governments susceptible to tax evasion, corruption and the illicit diversion of funds, as well as the victims of fraud where the opaque corporate structures are used to hide the proceeds of these crimes. As a result, these jurisdictions often suffer from undeveloped infrastructure, failing health facilities and inadequate educational institutions. While it may be no less important to investigate and expose the corrupt actors that prey on these governments, there must also be a focus on and concerted effort to recover the value that has been secreted in financial havens and often elsewhere.
A Start
There may be signs of change, however. On 14 July 2017, the US Department of Justice commenced a civil forfeiture proceeding against approximately US$144 million in assets – primarily, a luxury yacht and Manhattan real estate-allegedly representing the proceeds of corruption, bribery and money laundering. The allegations concern prominent businessmen Kolawole Akanni Aluko and Olajide Omokore, and Nigeria's former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The US alleges in part that Aluko and Omokore purchased, luxury real estate in London and high-end furniture for Alison-Madueke's benefit and, in return, Alison-Madueke used her influence to steer lucrative state oil contracts to companies ultimately owned or controlled by Aluko and Omokore. The ICIJ's Will Fitzgibbon first reported in July 2016 on the links between Aluko, Omokore and Alison-Madueke as detailed in the Panama Papers. This led to investigations in Nigeria, the UK and elsewhere.
Evidence and privilege concerns
So, what is the reason for the tardy arrival of the Panama Papers' impact in the asset recovery arena? Firstly, a lack of competent evidence. The ICIJ's Offshore Leaks Database largely, if not entirely, lacks source documentation. The same is true of the ICIJ's database for the 'Swiss Leaks' and the 'Luxembourg Leaks' in previous years (other than documents expressly approved by Luxembourg authorities). Similarly, it is unclear to what extent, if at all, the Panamanian authorities have disseminated to the public or shared with authorities of other countries the documents seized from Mossack Fonseca's offices following the initial leak. While there may be legitimate reasons for restricting the disclosure of source documentation, the availability of only extracted and secondary information poses hearsay, trustworthiness and other evidentiary problems for authorities, asset recovery professionals and victims in constructing asset recovery cases. More must be done to allow access to this critical information.
Secondly, it is an open issue as to whether information taken from the Panama Papers is privileged or protected. Additionally, the issue is complicated by the possible application of foreign law, making it difficult to know which privilege rules apply. Though exceptions to privilege may exist, such as the crime-fraud exception under US law or the iniquity exception under English law, this issue must be weighed carefully.
Rather, a best practice would be to treat the Offshore Leaks Database as an important tool in the investigative toolbox and a springboard to pursue additional disclosure in the appropriate jurisdiction. In this respect, emerging asset tracing techniques in recent years can assist greatly in closing the fence around intricate offshore structures. With respect to the US, these techniques include pursuing disclosure proceedings in aid of foreign litigation under 28 USC § 1782, the subpoenaing of information from banks in order to trace the flow of monies through different jurisdictions, and seeking recognition of foreign bankruptcy proceedings under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. By using the Model Law, foreign bankruptcy trustees can gain access to US-style discovery and broad turnover powers of assets within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
Whatever the reason for the delay, the fervour to see positive change prompted by the Panama Papers must now enter the next phase: concerted efforts to pursue – on behalf of the victims of tax evasion, corruption, fraud and money laundering – the vast hidden wealth that has been secreted through the use of opaque offshore corporate vehicles. Such efforts are long overdue.
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Edward H. Davis Jr (+1 305 372 8282, Ext. 228, edavis@ sequorlaw.com) is a founding shareholder of Sequor Law. Davis was recognised as the Asset Recovery Lawyer of the Year by Who's Who Legal in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. With nearly 30 years of experience, he focuses his practice on asset recovery, financial fraud and the pursuit of misappropriated assets throughout the world on behalf of the victims of fraud. Davis is also a leading member of the ICC Commercial Crimes Services FraudNet Network.
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Recuperar activos ocultos en el extranjero: Nuevo nicho para abogados
November 7, 2017 /0 Comments/in News Release /by Jacques Hart
Las estrategias combinan legislaciones de distintos países.
By Antonio Collados
El peruano Vladimiro Montecinos, el chileno Alberto Chang y el matrimo‐ nio filipino de Imelda y Ferdinando Marcos tienen algo en común: oculta‐ ron en el extranjero los bienes que obtuvieron mediante fraudes. Si bien la recuperación transnacional de activos es un área de práctica legal muy extendida en el mundo, es muy poco conocida en Chile.
Se trata de un área de derecho relativamente nueva, en donde se requiere trabajar en equipo no solamente de abogados de distintos países, sino también con investigadores y con contadores forenses, según explica Guillermo Jorge, jurista argentino que participó el viernes pasado en un almuerzo organizado por el Estudio Rivadeneira Colombara Zegers, al cual asistieron algunos profesionales chilenos y varios expertos internacionales. Esta oficina se está integrando a una red internacional de estudios que se dedica a estos temas y que están agrupadas en Fraud Net, donde hay abogados de Estados Unidos, Argentina, Suiza y Reino Unido.
La especialidad también se aplica a casos de divorcios de personas de alto patrimonio en que uno de los cónyuges tiene parte de sus bienes fuera de su país, como fue el caso del ex futbolista y actual entrenador del Atlético Madrid, Diego Simeone, cuya bien asesorada ex esposa obtuvo 20 millones de euros como producto de estas pesquisas.
En el seminario del viernes, el abogado estadounidense Edward Davis Jr. destacó el sigilo como uno de los aspectos más relevantes de estas gestiones. "Esto es como cuando un tigre sale a cazar, se mueve con mucha tranquilidad, se toma su tiempo, es silencioso, pero no es lento", dijo.
Davis asegura que todo se hace de una manera diseñada para que no alerte a la persona que está escondiendo el activo, porque el dinero puede moverse de un día para otro.
"Hay que ser un tigre inteligente y ágil", agrega Jorge, su colega argentino, quien destaca que algo que les da mucha agilidad a los equipos de abogados privados son los recursos. Explica que un fiscal debe ceñirse a procedimientos lentos y formalidades para pedir cooperación internacional, lo que contrasta con las redes de abogados privados conectados en grupos de whatsapp, con bases de datos a las que acceden simultáneamente.
Una "Interpol privada"
De acuerdo a la descripción que realizan, estos equipos trabajan como "una suerte de Interpol privada", ya que pueden reaccionar rápidamente y actuar de manera simultánea en todos los países que sea necesario, según comenta Ciro Colombara, socio del estudio chileno, quien explica que la globalización hace que los conflictos jurídicos también sean globales.
"Casi todos los casos relevantes tienen una arista internacional y en el caso de los temas económicos es muy habitual que los activos económicos estén en otros países, especialmente en paraísos fiscales", añade.
Esto hace que el conocimiento idiosincrático de las distintas jurisdicciones donde tendrán lugar las pesquisas sea una clave fundamental de su éxito. "Si le pides a un juez de un país 'A' que le pida algo a un juez del país 'B', se lo tienes que pedir en un lenguaje tal que él lo lea como algo muy parecido a lo que hace todos los días, hay que saber cómo hacer coincidir los sistemas, qué palabras claves incluir", dice Arnie Lacayo, otro experto de Estados Unidos que participó en el seminario.
Tanto Lacayo como Davis Jr. trabajan actualmente en el caso Stanford, un fraude de más de US$5 mil millones, sólo superado en magnitud por el caso Madoff, en que la defraudación alcanzó los US$50 mil millones.
Los especialistas explicaron que la clave en estos casos es la capacidad de seguir el flujo del dinero para entender cómo se hizo el fraude, dónde están los activos y así definir la forma de recuperarlos.
Para leer el artículo completo, oprime aquí.
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Question: What Are Waivers In Baseball?
1 What does it mean for a baseball player to be put on waivers?
2 How do waivers work MLB?
3 What does it mean when a player clears waivers?
4 What happens when a player is waived?
5 Do waived players get paid?
6 How long does it take to clear waivers in MLB?
7 What is the MLB minimum salary?
8 How many times can a MLB player be sent to the minors?
9 How many options do MLB players have?
10 How long does a player stay on waivers?
11 What is a hardship release in the WNBA?
12 How does claiming a player off waivers work?
13 What does it mean when a player is bought out?
14 Does a waived NFL player get paid?
15 What does it mean to waive a NFL player?
What does it mean for a baseball player to be put on waivers?
Waivers Claim Priority Order Team with the lowest winning percentage from the current season gets the claim; however a claiming team from same league (ie. American or National) as the assigning team always gets priority over a claiming team from the other league, regardless of winning percentage.
How do waivers work MLB?
Waivers. Any player under contract may be placed on waivers ("waived") at any time. If a player is waived, any team may claim him. If more than one team claims the player from waivers, the team with the weakest record in the player's league gets preference.
What does it mean when a player clears waivers?
Players that clear waivers, meaning they pass through the waiver period unclaimed, become free agents. A player who clears waivers and becomes a free agent is free to negotiate and sign a contract with any NFL club, and any NFL club is free to negotiate and sign a contract with such player.
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What happens when a player is waived?
Waived is a term used to describe when a team wants to release a player before their contract is over. When a player is waived, they will enter a 48-hour waiver wire, where the other NBA teams can try to claim on the player and take on the contract from the team who put that player on the waiver wire.
Do waived players get paid?
The main difference between waiving (or releasing) a player versus buying him out is money. A waived player with guaranteed money will still be paid the remaining amount of money, as stated in his contract, whether it's from the team that waived him or the team that claimed him.
How long does it take to clear waivers in MLB?
Once secured, Outright Assignment Waivers remain in effect for a set period of time: 1. Seven days or until the end of the waiver period (whichever comes first) for Outright Assignment Waivers secured September 1st through the 30th day of the MLB regular season: 2.
What is the MLB minimum salary?
The major league minimum salary for major league players was actually raised from $555,000 to $570,500 annually in November 2020. That steep an increase once a minor leaguer is activated to an MLB 40-man roster means making life-changing money for some minor leaguers.
How many times can a MLB player be sent to the minors?
Only one Minor League option is used per season, regardless of how many times a player is optioned to and from the Minors over the course of a given season.
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How many options do MLB players have?
On a general level, MLB players on the 40 man roster have three options to be sent to their respective organization's minor league affiliate. However, as with most things in sports and in life, that baseline statement doesn't cover all scenarios.
How long does a player stay on waivers?
Except in rare incidents, the waiver period lasts 24 hours and all waivers are categorized as "no recall" and "no withdrawal," which means once a club waives a player, it cannot take the player back or change the player's status.
What is a hardship release in the WNBA?
What is a hardship exception? It's a temporary roster spot that must be granted by the league. It allows a team to exceed the 15-man maximum roster when it has at least four players who are sick or injured for longer than two weeks.
How does claiming a player off waivers work?
Waivers put temporary freezes on unclaimed players, giving everyone a chance to make a claim on them. When this time period ends, all waiver claims are processed and the manager with the highest waiver priority gets the player.
What does it mean when a player is bought out?
When a team Waives a player, the player gets his freedom, and the team must pay the remaining salary of the player. When a player is bought out, the team and the player sit down, and verbally agree that in exchange for the players freedom, the team gets a break from the remainder of the players salary.
Does a waived NFL player get paid?
When a player is released (or retires), the team is relieved of having the pay the player's base salary (P5) and any Roster Bonus that may become due after that, but still will need to account for any Signing or Option Bonus prorations that haven't yet counted against the Salary Cap.
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What does it mean to waive a NFL player?
Waived – A non-vested player (less than four years of service) who is terminated goes through waivers. When he is released another team can claim him within a certain period of time. A vested veteran only goes through the waiver system from the trading deadline in midseason through the end of the season.
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My story of the mop, zits & the gig will resonate with many of you, I just know it.
I was recently discussing my several years in commercial acting and decided it would be fun to share moments from that period in my life after mentioning this particular little story to a friend of mine. This originally posted on my first blog on March 17, 2009.
I know what you're thinking, gross. How in the world do those three things tie in together. Let me explain. I shot my testimonial for the Spin & Go mop this afternoon. This morning, to my horror, I awoke with a fairly large red bump on my chin. Being no stranger to acne breakouts, I knew immediately that I was in for a battle. Can't touch it. Don't mess with it. By God, don't try to squeeze it. How is that luck? I get a fairly large gig, good pay, and I bring along my friend Mr. Pimple. WTF?!
Anyway, as they lighted my shot, all I could imagine was the zit growing larger by the moment, literally taking over the entire camera lens and looking grosser by the minute. Truly, it wasn't that bad, but try doing your lines (faster than you had planned) with Pimple-Land on your mind. What a drag. Anyway, got through it and I believe the client was happy. I can't imagine him saying, "hey, you didn't have a zit in the audition" or "can we shadow that zit on her chin…" but that was what I was imagining. And, yes, I covered it up with make-up. Still, I knew it was there. I'm sure it will be gone by tomorrow morning, so I can look really good for my spin class…and, no, I am not adding a pic to this post!


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