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NOVICE 4WDER TRAVELS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
By Anna Kantilaftas, 16 Mar 2015 News
Jessica Weatherall was a beginner to off-roading – then she bought a Land Cruiser Troopcarrier and traveled across the Australian outback.
For osteopath Jessica Weatherall, four-wheel driving was the solution to her itchy feet. The self-confessed nature lover had limited experience in the off-road world, but jumped at the opportunity to spend more time in the great outdoors.
Little did Jessica know, this would soon develop into a love affair with her Land Cruiser 78 Series Troop Carrier V8, affectionately known as Maggie.
IT BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE
For Jessica it all started with weekend trips away from the city and a yearning to explore dirt side-roads.
"I love being in nature. I tried to spend at least one day a week getting out of the city, so I'd go to the beach or the mountains for a hike. Eventually I found myself out in the bush, looking down these little tracks wondering where they went," she said.
After years of sitting around with her housemate planning imaginary camping trips and joking about finding "a man with all the gear", it was a trip to Darwin to visit a friend that turned Jessica away from her city-dwelling Peugeot and toward her Troopy.
"After a couple of days in Darwin to visit my housemate's brother, I hired a 4WD and went to Kakadu on my own. I had so much fun and I thought, 'screw this, we don't need a guy for these things,'" she said.
"When I got back from Darwin, I started researching vehicles. I was pretty sure I wanted a Troopy because I needed something safe that I could sleep in.
"Up until that point, I knew nothing about 4WDing. The only advice I had been given was to put it in 4WD and don't stop in sand. In hindsight, it wasn't all that safe!"
Eventually, she found 'Maggie' (see breakout) and after a mechanic's maintenance course, she began planning a big trip up the centre of Australia – but not without a bit more training.
Jessica quickly learnt how to drive through slippery slopes and over rutted tracks, but that didn't come without its terrifying moments.
"As soon as I bought my Troopy, I went to the High Country with a friend from work. It was great; he would tell me when to put it in low range and what gear to use. I remember wondering where he was taking me. It was very nerve-wracking.
"On one track, which was a bit wet, he went silent. I figured if he wasn't saying anything it wasn't going to be a challenge. It was pretty slippery. When we got to the bottom he told me he didn't let me know it was a tricky track so I wouldn't get nervous and he wanted to see how I would cope. I was thrown in the deep end but it was good – I got to learn the capability of my car.
"I love my car and I don't ever want to damage it, so that's where most of the anxiety comes from."
Plans eventually fell into place for Jessica's eight-week trip to Australia's top end. Travelling from Melbourne to Adelaide, Jessica and Maggie travelled up the red centre to Alice Springs, through the Tanami Desert and then across to Broome from Falls Creek.
From there, she travelled to Cape Leveque, through the Kimberley, on to Darwin, and visiting Litchfield, Kakadu, Katherine and Mataranka, before driving the Oodnadatta track south,
"The Tanami was kind of the start for me. It was a real 'this is it' moment because I had heard so much about it. For the first 200km, my toes were gripped so tight. It took me a while to relax," she said. "A lot of the roads had been graded, so some sections of the trip weren't as difficult as we thought they'd be. It was unusual actually, we were disappointed at how easy it was to get to Mitchell Plateau on the way there, but five days later, on the way back, it was a totally different story.
"The Oodnadatta track was really cool too. It added an extra 100km to the trip but it was so good I don't know why everyone doesn't do it! It may take longer but it's really beautiful."
It's this seclusion and immersion in nature that has Jessica preparing for her next trip to South Australia and Kangaroo Island. The bigger trips may have to wait, however, with Jessica's first baby on its way in the near future.
"The 4WDing is fun, but it's about getting places that I couldn't get to and exploring parts of nature I couldn't reach without a 4WD," she said. "It's just being out in nature and especially out in the desert. It's impossible to come back from that not wanting to instil some of that pace into your life.
"I like living in the city, but I feel like there's a separation from what is truly me, so making an effort to spend time in nature is part of being a better me. I bought the Troopy for that reason and the actual 4WDing came secondary.
"It's strange coming back to the city. I'd wake up every morning to the sunrise and now I'm in a house and the curtains are drawn and you miss out on all of that. There's no way I'd willingly get up at sunrise now."
There's no doubt Jessica's itchy feet won't keep her in one place for too long with plans of another big trip next year.
"My favourite moments were just camping off the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. The places where there was no-one else around, it was completely silent. Sometimes the silence was so loud and the moon was so bright it kept you awake.
"It's not about the grandness of the location or the beauty of where I was; it was just about the experience of being completely isolated."
ABOUT THE TROOPY
Jessica bought her 2008 Land Cruiser 78 series Troop Carrier V8 as a stock-standard second-hand vehicle. Affectionately called Maggie, she came with driving lights, a bullbar, a winch and front and rear diff-locks.
The first thing Jessica changed was the clutch and then added a towbar. Jessica also fitted Maggie with custom-designed drawers which sit behind the row of forward-facing passenger seats. A custom cargo-barrier doubles as a bed platform when the passenger seats are folded forward.
"It takes 20 seconds to convert and it's absolutely perfect for me. That was the start of the transformation for me," she said.
In the same week, she forked out for the suspension with Koni 82 Series shocks combined with Old Man Emu leaf springs on the back and King Springs on the front, with a two-inch lift in the rear to counter-balance the sag.
With a lift and standard tyres Maggie looked out of proportion, so Jessica got her fitted with Mickey Thompson ATZ P3s. On top of that, Maggie carries a roof rack and a side and rear awning.
Jessica said there's plenty more she could add to the set-up, but the Troopy worked so well on her trip away, she's happy to keep Maggie the same... for now. No doubt with a bub on the way, there will be some more mods to come.
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An arrest has been made in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a 22-year-old bicyclist in San Luis Obispo Tuesday night.
San Luis Obispo police say the suspect is a 17-year-old girl from Los Osos who reportedly admitted to officers that she had been drinking prior to the crash.
The victim has been identified as Kennedy Love, 22, of San Luis Obispo, a landscape architecture student at Cal Poly, who police say lived nearby.
San Luis Obispo police say officers responded to the area of Foothill Boulevard and Ferrini Road at about 11:30 p.m. and found Love unresponsive in the road. CPR was performed, but he died from his injuries.
Police say he was not wearing a helmet and it is unclear if lights on the front and back of his bike were on when he was hit.
Police say witnesses reported seeing a vehicle with damage to the front driver's-side window enter the Foothill Plaza parking lot. They say two females got out, appearing to be checking out the damage, before driving off.
The vehicle was found at about 1:00 a.m. abandoned on Tassajara Drive near Luneta Drive, according to police.
Officers say they then contacted the registered owner of the vehicle in Los Osos and it was at that time the teen confessed to hitting the bicyclist and admitted she had been drinking prior to the collision.
She was arrested and faces charges of vehicular manslaughter, felony DUI and felony hit-and-run. Her name has not been released due to her age.
Police say they are speaking with the person who may have been with her at the time of the collision. It is not known if that person will face any charges.
Foothill Boulevard was closed for several hours between Ferrini Road and Cuesta Drive while the investigation took place.


On June 13 I took a trip to Minneapolis to attend the National Ataxia Foundation Executive Board Meeting. NAF invited me to attend their meeting so I could meedt the board members and talk about the future.
When I got to the airport I found out that my flight out of Sacramento had been canceled so I quickly jumped on a different flight that got me to Minneapolis a bit later than I had planned. Arnie Greutsmacher picked me up from the airport after being stuck in traffic on the way. We headed straight to the meeting (which had already started) and were in slow moving traffic the whole way. The traffic ended up to be a blessing in disguise as Arnie and I had a great conversation and shared some ideas.
We showed up to the meeting about a half hour before the end and furtunately they saved some great news for the end. Harry Orr, The Foundation's Research Director, was on the phone and he announced that the Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award was being given to Australian researchers and their British collaborators who will be investigating the catalytic antioxidant CTMIO as a possible treatment for Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA). Very exciting! For more info check out curefa.org or ataxia.org.
I had a great time meeting everyone and the greatest thing about this trip is that we are all working together to make the next ride bigger and better!
Mall of America. I am not a mall person but this place was crazy, so huge that it had an amusement park inside. I had to check it out.
It gets so cold in the winter that it is very unpleasant, even unsafe, to go outside so many of the buildings are connected by skyways.
I had a great time in Minneapolis and I look forward to working closely with the National Ataxia Foundation.


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ITC Needlescript supports up to 53 different languages such as Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Irish, Estonian, Basque, Icelandic, and Luxembourgian in Latin and other scripts.
It's been said that creativity requires ten parts to perspiration to one part inspiration. But not always. According to its creator, Mira Vucko, ITC Needlescript was designed "in one breath."An accomplished lettering artist, Vucko was sketching letters one afternoon. "I was using a calligraphy nib and was drawing the alphabet without much thought," she recalls. "When I allowed the down strokes of a couple of letters to fall below the baseline, I realized that I had created the impression of movement. I kept drawing letters in this fashion and did the same with horizontal lines. I added a firm ending to the descenders. Instead of dots above the 'i' and 'j,' I placed strokes in the opposite direction." In this way, the first characters that were to become ITC Needlescript emerged.The finished design is a lively, distinctive alphabet that produces a striking texture on the page. Letters intertwine and overlap to create a sense of movement and graphic intensity, especially when reversed out of a dark background.Vucko lives, works and was educated in Zagreb, Croatia. She lived in France and Sweden while in her twenties, but then returned to Croatia to work as a graphic designer for the country's largest newspaper. It was here that her passion for type and typography was born. Vucko has since gone on to become one of Croatia's leading graphic designers, and has won many awards for her advertising and packaging design.Vucko recommends that ITC Needlescript be used for "titling, lively but 'thorny' content, and anywhere that a little typographic drama is called for."


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She was 12 years old when she moved to Belgium along with her family. Studying was her passion and the political career is an aspiration that is helping her to move forward.
Alketa Selimaj, 30 years old, originally from Vlora, is now expecting to become the newest Member of the Belgian Parliament..
But her political career has not started today. In 2012, she was appointed political advisor to the President of the Francophone Parliament in Brussels. Selimaj currently works with former Prime Minister and minister of Interior of Belgium. Last year, in the local elections Selimaj was a candidate for Humanist Alternative civil movement, she's a member of CDH right wing party which has 9 seats in the house of representatives and 4 seats in the Belgian Federal Parliament's Senate. This party has representatives in all three Belgian regions and a seat in the European Parliament.
In this exclusive interview for IBNA Media Group, Mrs. Selimaj talks about this rare experience of an Albanian who is running for the parliament of a European country.
How did your political career start in Belgium?
Like many of my fellow countrymen, I left along with my family from Vlora when I was just 12 years of age. I graduated in law and European studies. In August 2012, I started work as political advisor for the President of the Francophone Parliament in Brussels. I currently work with former Belgian PM and Interior minister. I am also involved with the party acting as International Relations Secretary for the youth. Last October, I also ran in the local elections held in Brussels and was elected councillor in this municipality.
CDH party has also nominated you candidate in the May 26 elections in Belgium. Did you expect this or did it come as a surprise to you given that competition in a country with a developed democracy is intense?
Competition is always intense. The party decided to offer a chance to motivated youngsters who want to bring new ideas. As I said, I've been involved for years now and the party placed its trust on me.
In Belgium there's a big community of Albanians. What sort of relations do you have with them and to what extent Albanians have helped you in this path?
Yes, the community is very important and very integrated. Like most of them, I also maintain strong ties with the home country, Albania. I've also known many Albanians by working at the embassy and by lobbying not only for their wellbeing in Belgium, but also by lobbying for the integration of Albania in the European Union. I am one of the founders of the first organization of Albanian females in Brussels, "Albelges" and member in several other associations such as "Konitza" and "Albalife". Given that I've been in politics for many years, many of them were not surprised that I was a candidate in the elections, considering it a coherent continuation of my engagement in politics. I am hoping on their support.
Do you encounter prejudices by Belgian politicians or the Belgian community for being an Albania or is it the opposite?
No, it's quite the opposite. I serve as a model of integration in their society. At least for my party. I have never felt prejudiced, although I know that this phenomenon exists.
Every Albanian would like to see an Albanian in the political capital of Europe. What sort of message or what sort of promise do you have for them?
That I will continue to work for their wellbeing, by supporting them and representing them in the federal Parliament. Albania's integration in the European Union is also one of my biggest priorities and I will continue to lobby for this.
I trust you have followed political developments in Albania. What impressions has the political class in Albania left on you in terms of the vision that it has for the future of the country?
Albania has seen major changes throughout the years, but the political class remains the same. There needs to be a change. I'm used to politics in Belgium where politicians talk to each other and find compromise. Albania is dominated by a "bipartisan" system and by a battle of personal egos rather than a battle of ideas. But in the end, people are the ones who pay the price.
Albania is hoping on opening accession talks with the EU in the month of June. Must Albanians feel optimistic or must they do more?
I'm confident that the future of our country is in Europe. But we need to do much more. I adhere in a political party where education is a top priority. When I see the situation in Albania, the way students are treated and when I think about the integration of the country in the European Union, then this leaves me a bitter taste.
Why did you decide to enter politics? Perhaps it's still early, but have you ever thought of returning to Albania in the future?
After working for different organizations, I decided to enter politics, because I saw this as a way to advance my convictions. To be honest with you, I have often thought about this. With the experience I have gained here, if I return to Albania, I would focus on the rights of women, democratization and education.


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"The outburst of tragedies in the last decade will remain in our memories for many years to come. The tirade of shocking news was coming from every direction. Wars and terrorism, environmental disasters, and the economic meltdown that resulted in unprecedented unemployment rates and market crashes across the globe were traumatic experiences that left us with scars we will carry for the rest of our lives. In addition to all these grim realities, the ominous predictions about the 2012 doomsday were contributing to the belief that we were moving closer to our end as a human race.
While the painful events of the last decade were shocking to the majority of us, some viewed them as unusual phenomena—the result of wrongdoing by a few, or even flukes. But they were a direct result of preceding events that were ignored in the course of decades, as they are being ignored today. Whether we believe that there is a scientific reason behind every occurrence or that there are other elements beyond the laws of physics, events don't happen at random—something initiates them. In all the belief systems—whether traditional religion, New Wave spirituality, or pure laws of physics—there must be an action that triggers a reaction. To grow anything, we need to sow its seed and provide a suitable growing environment, and to stop anything from growing, we need to weaken the conditions that contribute to its growth.
Everything in this world is a successor to a predecessor, and the only way to avoid a successor is by avoiding its predecessor. But what were the predecessors of all the calamities and the anguish that followed them? Were they the result of incorrect decisions and miscalculations by our leaders, or were they prompted by a set of elements beyond everyone's control? The truth is that one single event or action can never entirely and by itself be the cause of social, economic, or political turmoil. It takes a combination of factors: favorable conditions, time, and those who initiate the process, most of which are in people's control. The grim experiences of the last decade were the result of seeds that a few saw, and we all welcomed and nurtured them, either directly and intentionally or indirectly and tacitly, until they grew beyond our control.
Today, even though we hover somewhere between the days when the hurt was fresh and the hope that it will never happen again in the future, the elements that caused the turmoil are still present in our world and still affecting our lives. Yet we try to use the same instruments to solve them that were partially responsible for their creation in the first place.
Century-old approaches like reducing interest rates or providing tax breaks for the wealthy, based on the belief that these actions can increase investments and create jobs, may have been brilliant economic solutions in the old days, but they are not working anymore. Tax breaks don't necessary channel money into investments, simply because not every high-tax-bracket individual is an investor by default. And in the days when low interest rates were encouraging investments and creating jobs, foreign investments were not as common as they are today, and most of the investments were in manufacturing rather than in speculative markets that do not require any workforce.
Throughout human history, every society occasionally has found itself in a place that did not seem to be the right place. And the members of that society wondered how they got there and how could they rescue themselves and get to the place that feels right, a place where they could live without fears and anxieties about tomorrow. In all those cases, the societies that were courageous enough to choose a new path or improve their course survived and even experienced the bliss of prosperity. They claimed ownership of their destiny and chose a path based on their wisdom and not their inherited beliefs and fears.
Today we are once again in that place in our history. We are divided into factions of those who are fearful of change, those who feel there is nothing they can do, and those who believe we are where we are because we chose to be here. The fact that in the last two decades every political campaign has promised new changes proves that we, as members of our society, do not believe that we are on the right path and are all looking for a change. The incessant news about environmental disasters and social, economic, and political turmoil, and the increase in their frequency and magnitudes, leaves no room for denial or doubt that we are heading toward even more apocalyptic times and we need to alter our path.
If you were to save the headlines from your favorite news website and compare them to the headlines from the next day, and the day after that, they would all have the same ingredients:
· a country on the verge of bankruptcy
· financial troubles in one of the major markets
· a natural disaster somewhere
· two countries at the brink of a major war
· atrocities that paint the color of disgrace on the face of humanity for eternity
These are the ingredients of the headlines every day—you just need to change the earthquake magnitude, the name of the country that is waiting to go bankrupt, and the location of the atrocity, and you will have the news for the next day.
Today, unpredictable weather patterns, extreme climate changes, and climate disasters that are costing us more than what we have gained on "cheap and plentiful" energy are indicative of another era of grim reality. The extreme winters, whether unusually warm or extremely cold, are proof of the imbalance in our natural environment. In recent winters we have seen paralyzing snowstorms in southern parts of the United States, like Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia. But in Vancouver, Canada, there wasn't enough natural snow to start the Winter Olympics in February 2010, and in 2009 the world's oceans had the warmest summer temperatures on record.
Financial greed and its consequences—prevailing distrust and social and political disparity—have brought down our economic structures to the point that no matter how much we try to "stimulate" them, their gears are still not moving. Occasionally we may see small bursts of improvement, but they will not last for long, because the conditions and the elements that caused them are still present in our society.
In our politics, contrary to common belief, we do not have many of the "right wingers" or the "left wingers" anymore. The majority fall into the category of so-called "swing voters." The other name for them is "disappointed voters"—the voters whose living conditions are deteriorating, whether financially or emotionally, until they resemble the person who takes a different type of painkiller to no avail every five minutes. In every election, the swing voters are a large portion of voters, because the majority of people do not see a panacea in any of the traditional political camps. The distrust and disappointment in our old social and economic apparatus is evident from voters' frequent swing from one end of the political spectrum to the other end.
All of this proves one fact: the old solutions are not working anymore. Nobody wants to admit that, because either they do not have anything new to offer or it is not easy for them to let go of the old ways. Today our solutions to domestic problems continue to perpetuate those problems, and our efforts to spread peace around the world end up in fierce wars. All the elements and parameters that once used to define the matrix of our everyday life, from environmental and ecological stability to economic and political beliefs, seem to be out of balance, and there is only one reason: we are off track as individuals and consequently as a society. We are feeling the bumps on the road more frequently, and that should tell us that we are on

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Is FDA's Crackdown on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing a Violation of the First Amendment?
New opinion piece in Clinical Chemistry analyzes the information provided to consumers from these tests.
Date: MAY.5.2014
WASHINGTON – In November 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the company 23andMe to stop offering its direct-to-consumer DNA testing service, which provided individuals with $99 assessments of their genetic risk for almost 200 disorders. A thought-stimulating opinion piece published in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, now examines whether this move by FDA is a violation of the First Amendment, or a necessary step to protect consumers.
23andMe seemingly made it easy for individuals to decode their own genome without having to go through a physician. Using a kit the company provided, an interested individual mailed in a saliva sample that got analyzed by 23andMe for a broad spectrum of genes and mutations. Many initially hailed this Personal Genome Service (PGS), as 23andMe called it, as a medical revolution. It gave people direct access to critical information about their health risks while allowing them to contribute to a genetic database that could serve as a valuable resource for medical researchers. When the company failed to provide FDA with evidence of the PGS test's validity, though, the agency shut down the operation in order to protect consumers from receiving invalid test results that could lead people to seek unnecessary—or not seek necessary—medical treatment.
Some critics of this decision are arguing that the agency is disallowing advertising ("commercial speech") as well as interfering with an individual's right to receive information, both of which are protected under the First Amendment. In this opinion piece, Linnea M. Baudhuin, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., takes a closer look at the shortcomings of the PGS test and why the information it provides might be more aptly considered misinformation.
One of Baudhuin's main critiques of 23andMe's test is that it is not a comprehensive genetic analysis, a limitation about which many consumers are not aware. Though many medical conditions might be associated with a long list of pathogenic mutations, sometimes numbering in the thousands, the PGS test only detects a small percentage of these. This means the test could determine that a woman is at low risk for breast cancer, for example, even though she carries one of the cancer-causing variants of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
Furthermore, even if a patient were to ask his doctor for advice regarding his PGS test results, because of the rapid explosion of genetic testing, an alarming 85% of primary care physicians do not feel prepared to interpret genetic risk data and would be of little help.
"Direct-to-consumer companies should have a sense of responsibility to provide tests that are only clinically valid and can be used in ways to provide information about diagnosis, treatment, management, or prevention of a disorder," said Baudhuin. "Including a large group of incomplete and/or meaningless tests with unvalidated risk calculations confuses the consumer, demeans the overall test, and contributes to wasted healthcare time and money."
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Father of two identified as firefighter who died in Victoria
Ash Cant
A father of two has been identified as the firefighter who died in Victoria.
Bill Slade, 60, died while fighting bushfires in Omeo in Victoria's East Gippsland region on Saturday and was attached to the Forest Fire Management.
Mr Slade was a long-serving member of the organisation, having served for 40 years and was struck by a tree on Saturday.
Bill Slade, 60, died while battling a bushfire in East Gippsland. Source: DELWP Gippsland
He is survived by wife Carol, daughter Steph and son Ethan.
"Bill was a much loved colleague, friend and member of the Wonthaggi community," Matt Jackson, the chief executive of Parks Victoria, said at the press conference.
"He will be sorely missed by Parks Victoria and our thoughts are with his family."
Mr Jackson said Mr Slade had dedicated 40 years "firefighting and caring for national parks" in the Gippsland region.
"I recently had the privilege of presenting him with his 40-service recognition, which was an honour," Mr Jackson continued, adding Mr Slade acted as a mentor within the organisation and at 60 years old he was not only one of the most-experienced firefighters, but one of the fittest.
A bushfire near Bairnsdale in Victoria's East Gippsland region last month. Source: AAP
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"This is a significant loss for the Forest Fire Management family, and the Victorian community as a whole," Forest Fire Management Victoria Chief Fire Officer Chris Hardman said during a press conference.
Mr Hardman confirmed Mr Slade was struck by a tree while working with a taskforce in the bushfire-ravaged area.
"Working on the fire grounds in a forest environment is a dynamic, high-risk environment and it carries with it significant risk," Mr Hardman said.
The Forest Fire Management firefighters have been working alongside the state's Country Fire Authority throughout the bushfire season.
"It's been a really difficult and challenging experience for everybody," Mr Hardman said.
He went on to acknowledge while the Forest Fire Management firies may not as visible as other authorities, they were working "day in, day out" endeavouring to protect the community.
"These men and women do extraordinary work to protect our communities and our environment and often working out of sight of anyone," Mr Hardman said.
He said Forest Fire Management would offer and provide support to Mr Slade's family, his colleagues and his friends.
Premier Daniel Andrews and Prime Minister Scott Morison both offered condolences to Mr Slade's family on Sunday.
"He was much loved, an absolute mentor to many many people and we send our best wishes to Carol and his two kids, his broader family, friends, and his Forest Fire Management Victoria family," Mr Andrew said.
His death shows the fires remain a dangerous environment, he said.
Mr Slade's death takes Victoria's bushfire crisis death toll to four.
Mat Kavanagh, a 43-year-old Forest Fire Management worker was killed when his vehicle crashed on January 3, on the Goulburn Valley Highway.
On New Year's Day it was confirmed, Mick Roberts and Fred Becker were killed in fires at East Gippsland.
Upcoming days of reprieve for firefighters
Victorian fire authorities were anticipating a day of reprieve on Saturday as fire conditions eased across the state, with milder conditions forecast for the next few days.
Omeo experienced a top of 22 degrees on Saturday.
There are currently no weather warnings issued for Victoria and for the rest of Sunday, the state can expect light isolated showers in the south and a cool mild afternoon, while the north can expect dry and sunny conditions, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
An emergency warning has remained constant for a fire near Mount Buffalo and Emergency Management Victoria Commissioner Andrew Crisp said it's strongly suggested people leave toward Porepunkah.
"Even though we've got fairly benign weather conditions, this is yet another reminder where we've got fairly fairly active fire out there that people need to stay across conditions in their local area," Mr Crisp said.
On Saturday, flash flooding was anticipated in Victoria – bringing much needed relief and fresh complications for firefighters.
Jonathan Howe, from the Bureau Of Meteorology, previously said parts of Victoria and NSW could expect between 5 to 10mm of rain in most areas, which isn't enough to end the bushfire crisis.
Mr Howe also said the damage caused by the bushfires added to the risk of flooding when the rain does come.
"With the little bit of rainfall, it can make access to the fire sites more difficult for firefighters – it is a bit of a double-edged sword," he said.
"I think we need to be really clear unless we get really significant rains... 100-150mm of rain, we're going to be in this for the long haul," Mr Hardman said on Sunday.
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We have had such a great beginning to 2018! In just the last few months we have had so many opportunities to meet, visit, and go on adventures with so many of the military families in our community.
In January, we took a group of military youths on an overnight adventure in Edmonton as part of our Youth in Motion Program. These 12 to 17 year olds got a chance to interact with other military youth while exploring West Edmonton Mall's Waterpark and Galaxyland. Trips like this help to keep our youth connected with the community and find support from other youth who have had similar military life experiences.
Our Lethbridge MFRC held a Paint Night for military family members, and what a group of artists they are! A small group got together to have some fun and learned to paint a beautiful northern lights landscape. We hope to see more of this talented group at our future events in Lethbridge.
We also went on a Winter Adventure to the Lake Louise Ice Festival with our Strengthening Families Program. A busload of military families got a chance to visit the beautiful Rocky Mountains with their significant others and children. You can learn more about our Strengthening Families Program on page 6 of this newsletter.
In February, the community showed up to several cold, but fun, outdoor activities. This started with the Calgary MFRC ski trip to Panorama. A group of families and youth left Calgary on a Friday and spent the weekend together skiing and getting to know one another.
Family Day led to several chilly outdoor adventures as well. The Calgary community joined together to go Snow Tubing at Mount Norquay as part of the Strengthening Families Program. This adventurous bunch didn't let the cold keep them down!
The Red Deer MFRC, in partnership with CanPraxis, joined together for a day of sleigh rides, bonfire, hot dogs, hamburgers, and more! This was a very cold day, but the families who braved the cold had a great time at the event.
You can see more pictures of some of these events on the back page of this newsletter.
We look forward to seeing all of the families in Calgary, Lethbridge and Red Deer at more of our upcoming events, programs and workshops. Keep an eye on our newsletter, website and Facebook page for current event listings.


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The International Society of Business Leaders Recognizes Gonzalo Manceñido
Gonzalo Manceñido is the Sub Director of Marketing and New Business Development for the CAM Region at Telefónica Centro América, the premier Spanish multinational company by market capitalization and one of the largest private telecommunications providers in the world. With over 16 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Gonzalo oversees business and product development, marketing strategy, devices portfolio and innovation of product & services. He co-manages marketing operations for the region of Central America, which includes OBs in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama, after 8 years of experience overseeing the marketing department for Latin America's region in Spain's Headquarters.
After earning a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 'Santa María de los Buenos Aires', Gonzalo went on to complete a Master of Business Administration as "best in class" from ESIC: Business & Marketing School in Spain. Committed to a lifelong pursuit of excellence, he has completed extensive Executive Education in, Leadership; Commercial and Marketing Management from ESADE Business and Law School; as well as in Marketing Strategy in Business Markets from IE Business School. Prior to joining Telefónica in 2005, he worked at Movicom Bellsouth in Argentina since 2000 and also served as an Assistant Professor of Marketing I and Theory of Knowledge courses at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA).
Socially minded, while in high school he volunteered for the organization Creativity, Action & Service (CAS). For more than 10 years, he formed part of a Theatre Drama Group, Comicografos, were he performed leading roles in plays such as "Sir Gawain", "Dracula" and "Don Giovanni". A former tennis and paddle player during his adolescence, he won championships in Buenos Aires, Punta del Este, Madrid and Guatemala; in his spare time he keeps up with the sport, enjoys scuba diving and attending the cinema, being a very big fan of James Bond saga!
A highly accomplished executive, Gonzalo is recognized for his integrity, strong leadership, strategic planning, key relationship management and forward-thinking vision. He speaks fluent English, Spanish and a working proficiency of Portuguese, and has resided in Guatemala since December 2014.
International Society of Business Leaders Member Gonzalo Manceñido, MBA can be found in the Society Directory, where he is looking forward to networking with you.
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Antisocial behaviour on public transport set to worsen, Dáil hears
Increase in knife crime also highlighted in wake of fatal stabbing of Azzam Raguragui
Tue, May 14, 2019, 20:36
Fianna Fáil TD Sean Haughey said people were 'genuinely afraid to travel on the Dart at certain times of the day and at weekends'. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
Antisocial behaviour on public transport will only get worse with the onset of summer as groups take over Dart carriages on the way to the beach, the Dáil has heard.
In the wake of the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Azzam Raguragui in a park in Dundrum, Dublin, late last week, questions were also raised with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar about the escalating problem of knife crime.
Labour leader Brendan Howlin said the number of knives seized by gardaí had risen by two-thirds since 2016, and 264 knives were seized in the first six weeks of this year.
"No one in our society should have to suffer the loss of a child but the sad fact is it could have been anybody's child, with knife crime becoming more and more common," he said.
Mr Varadkar said he had heard Azzam's father say he had trust in the justice system, police and courts to ensure the perpetrators are found and prosecuted.
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"It is our job to make sure that trust is not misplaced by putting all efforts into finding those who committed the crime and to make sure that they are prosecuted so that justice can be done," he added.
He called on "anyone who has information about this terrible crime to pass it on to gardaí and the authorities".
The Taoiseach said he was aware of the debate in England about the increase in knife crime. "I am not quite sure if knife crimes are as frequent here as they are in the UK but they certainly are occurring and they should be of concern to all of us," he said.
Escalating problem
Fianna Fáil TD Sean Haughey highlighted the antisocial behaviour on public transport and the Dart in particular and said it was escalating.
Mr Haughey said people "are genuinely afraid to travel on the Dart at certain times of the day and at weekends. We have glorious weather but certain people are travelling to the beaches and causing mayhem on the Dart, in some cases taking over carriages and intimidating passengers, particularly women."
The Dublin Bay North TD highlighted media reports and concerns raised by constituents. He said "the situation will get worse over the summer" and added that "if people, especially women, feel threatened as they go about their daily business, there is a real problem".
Mr Haughey called on the Taoiseach to engage with the Minister for Transport and to "bang heads together with Iarnród Éireann and An Garda Síochána to deal with the situation once and for all".
Labour TD Joan Burton said "people genuinely feel afraid" and wanted to be "safe when they take a train or the Dart and when their children go out to play or meet friends in a park".
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett said community projects with young people were being cut and "we have to get our act together" in dealing with and talking to young people and "providing them with productive outlets if we are to move them in a different direction".
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A Martinique-i ara  (Ara martinica) a madarak osztályának papagájalakúak (Psittaciformes)  rendjébe és a papagájfélék (Psittacidae) családjába tartozó kihalt faj.

Előfordulása
A Kis-Antillák szigetcsoportjához tartozó Martinique szigeten élt.

Megjelenése
Feje zöld, hasa narancs sárga vagy halvány piros volt.

Kihalása
A vadászat okozhatta a kihalását, de az élőhely irtása is közrejátszott. Egyik közeli rokona a sárgáskék ara (Ara erythrura).

Források
Globally Extinct - Birds

Újvilágipapagáj-formák
Madárfajok
Kihalt madarak
Martinique kihalt madarai
Ara

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Why demand for oil may never again reach pre-pandemic levels
Oil ministers from the world's largest petroleum producers agreed to raise global production by 500,000 barrels a day beginning in January — a move that was viewed by oil analysts as a compromise after a rare rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, another major producer that historically has aligned with its larger neighbor.
OPEC and its allies had resumed talks on Thursday, after suspending negotiations earlier in the week after an uncharacteristic breakdown of talks among officials on how to address the pandemic-induced slowdown in demand.
"In general, these end-of-year meetings have proven to be the more volatile of the semiannual OPEC conferences," said Peter McNally, global energy sector lead at investment and research firm Third Bridge. "Reaching consensus is more complicated at the end of the year than mid-year when demand is typically increasing and output is raised to meet that increased seasonal market need."
Oil markets have been roiled by the demand shock of the pandemic, which triggered such great volatility in the global oil market that, for a brief period in April, the price of oil futures — that is, the value at which a buyer would agree to purchase at a particular future date — fell below zero. Although primarily a technical headache for speculators, the inversion highlighted just how severe the oil glut had become.
In May, OPEC implemented a record-breaking production cut of 9.7 million barrels a day, which it changed to 7.7 million in August. Initially, the group laid out a plan to exit from that drastic 9.7 million barrel cut by increasing production by 1.9 billion barrels a day beginning in January 2021. More recently, though, industry participants had widely expected OPEC to extend its current level of production cuts through March — the preferred course of action for Saudi Arabia.
As the de facto leader of OPEC, Saudi Arabia has typically held considerable sway over the group's actions, but Thursday's announcement indicated to industry observers that the kingdom does not hold the influence it once did.
"It's certainly an interesting chapter to see some cracks forming among OPEC's core that could create some complexity in agreements to production cuts," said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
Now numbering nearly two dozen, the members of OPEC and the other oil-producing nations that comprise OPEC+ have increasingly diverse agendas and concerns. "Friction is one thing — that's routine in times of crisis. But ordinarily, they figure out a compromise and present a united front," said Stewart Glickman, energy equity analyst at CFRA Research. "I think sticking to the original plan would have caused crude oil prices to plummet."
These tensions, along with the ongoing pandemic, together paint a murky picture for American fossil fuel production. "The biggest problem continues to be Covid," said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for OPIS by IHSMarkit.
While demand for natural gas is likely to be robust through the winter as people staying at home turn up the thermostat — activity that is, in aggregate, less energy-efficient than heating large downtown and suburban office complexes — and the push to move social gatherings and dining outside has kept propane prices from cratering, Americans are collectively sipping rather than guzzling gasoline and jet fuel. This change, some suggest, could mark an inflection point for the industry.
A major breakthrough in electric-vehicle battery functionality or storage capacity would send shock waves through the oil-producing world.
"There a strong argument that gasoline demand will not reach its pre-pandemic levels," DeHaan said.
"The American energy sector is bigger, but not necessarily better, today than it was the last time the market was in post-crash recovery beginning in 2016," McNally said. Consolidation among producers and refiners has left the remaining players with less dry powder, cooling investor enthusiasm. In addition, analysts expect that under President-elect Joe Biden, the new administration will move to implement changes like higher fuel-efficiency standards and increased incentives for electric vehicle adoption, while plunging state and municipal revenues could prompt lawmakers to look at gas tax increases to plug budget holes.
Long-term, many analysts see the writing on the wall for OPEC, with an upcoming fundamental shift in the way countries produce and consume energy.
There is a growing sense that the biggest oil producers — especially those like Saudi Arabia with highly petroleum-dependent economies — are in a race against time as a growing number of developed nations accelerate their initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. A major breakthrough in battery functionality or storage capacity, for instance, would send shock waves through the oil-producing world.
"Longer-term, renewables have potential to take market share from fossil fuels, and that would bode poorly for OPEC," Glickman said.
Martha C. White is an NBC News contributor who writes about business, finance and the economy.
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The distance covered by the ultrasonic sensors should be factored in. This means the distance between the sensor and the object to be sensed. Due to the fact that the ultrasonic sensory in the industry is produced in different lengths and sizes because they are targeted to cover different distances. It is then advisable to place the sensor a far distance from the sensing object due to some attributes concerned like the temperature, this is because when the sensor is too close to the object and is affected by the temperature the sensor will produce inaccurate results which will also require maintenance of now and then. The use of extended ultrasonic sensors should be factored in due to the many benefits that it has.
It is important to factor in the type of ultrasonic sensors that you will use for your application. The two major types used of the ultrasonic sensory are the analogue and switch points. This means that this type measures the objects' distance in between the endpoints that will be compatibility to the current signal. Therefore, the switch point is the advisable ultrasonic sensor to get because of its advantage of adjusting that can be set for distances.
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È anche nota come Monalisa Urquhart, suo nome da sposata.

Biografia
Di origine anglo-samoana, si formò a scuola nella pallacanestro e nel netball prima di passare al rugby.

Esordiente nel rugby provinciale con , passò poi nel 1999 ad , con cui si aggiudicò 9 edizioni del campionato provinciale femminile, in seguito chiamato Farah Palmer Cup.
Nel 1998 debuttò nelle Black Ferns in occasione della Coppa del Mondo nei Paesi Bassi e vinse il primo dei suoi 4 titoli mondiali consecutivi; si ripeté nel 2002, 2006 e 2010, stabilendo quindi il record assoluto di mondiali vinti, anche includendo il rugby maschile; condivide il primato con le sue compagne di squadra Anna Richards e Fiao'o Fa'amausili (quest'ultima al 2018 ancora in attività).

Dopo il termine della carriera sportiva ha ricoperto vari incarichi tra cui il più recente quello di direttrice finanziaria presso il ramo neozelandese di British Council dal 2013.

Palmarès

 Nuova Zelanda: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010

 Auckland: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

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Mumbai women accuse Binoy Kodiyeri of rape and cheating.
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Mumbai: New trouble has broken out for the ruling CPI-M party in Kerala after Mumbai Police had registered an FIR against state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's eldest son Binoy Kodiyeri of rape and cheating.
A 33-year-old woman from Mera Road in Mumbai, formerly a bar dancer in Dubai has accused Binoy Kodiyeri ( Son of Kerala CPIM leader, Mr. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan) of raping her between 2009 and 2018. FIR registered on June 13th at Oshiwara police station under section 376, 376-2, 504 and 506.
The case registered for sexual assault, cheating, and intimidation has already been registered against Binoy Kodiyeri based on the complaint from the Mumbai-based victim, who hails from Bihar.
The victim, a mother of an eight-year-old boy filed a complaint after she discovered that the man Binoy Balakrishnan Kodiyeri, who was having a relationship with her and had promised to marry her was already married.
According to her complaint, Binoy and herself were in a relationship since 2008, when she was working at a dance bar in Dubai.
She said Binoy had promised to marry her, but despite several pleas, he cheated her. After she came to know that he was already married, the woman moves forward to register the police complaint.
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can safely move data between private and public Clouds.
The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Cloud Storage Initiative Group submitted the standard for approval by the ISO last spring. CDMI is the first industry-developed open standard specifically for data storage as a service.
"There is strong demand for cloud computing standards and to see one of our most active consortia partners contribute this specification in such a timely fashion is very gratifying," Karen Higginbottom, chairwoman of the ISO committee, said in a statement. "The standard will improve cloud interoperability."
The CDMI specification is a way to create an interface for accessing data in the cloud by preserving metadata about information that an enterprise stores in the cloud. With metadata associated with the information, companies can retrieve data no matter where it's stored.
"With the metadata piece, it's also complementary with existing interfaces. The standard can be used with Amazon, for file or block data and it can use any number of storage protocols, such as NFS, CIFS or iSCSI," said SNIA Chairman Wayne Adams.
Based on a RESTful HTTP protocol, CDMI provides both a data path and control path for cloud storage and standardizes a common interoperable format for securely moving data and its associated data requirements from cloud to cloud. The standard applies to public, private and hybrid deployment models for storage clouds.
CDMI also defines service levels for cloud-based data, such as how long it should be retained, how many copies should be kept and whether those copies need to be distributed geographically.
"This is the only open interface out there in terms of the cloud," Adams said.
CDMI has been gaining adoption among vendors and governments. Currently five vendors -- Mezeo Software, Scality, NetApp, Data Direct Networks and Compuverde -- sell software products that are CDMI certified.
In the U.S., the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been a strong supporter of CDMI. In Japan, the nonprofit Global Inter-Cloud Technology Forum also is pushing the CDMI standard as a way for the government to use its APIs to move data around to different agencies in the event of another catastrophic event, such as the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
In Italy, the government mandated its use in public service proposals by the Public Administration Government for Digitalization of Italy, according to Anthony Di Cenzo, director of standards for systems management products at Oracle.
Oracle is among 21 members of SNIA's Cloud Storage Initiative group. Others include CA Technologies, Cisco Systems, Cleversafe, EMC, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM and LSI Corporation.
The SNIA has run four "plug fests" or opportunities for vendors to test their products using the standard. "The pace of adoption has picked up tremendously," Di Cenzo said.


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European Commissioner for the Internal Market Michel Barnier and CFTC Chair Gary Gensler have reached an agreement for a path forward regarding their joint understandings on a package of measures for how to approach cross-border derivatives regulation. As part of the agreement, the CFTC and the European Commission have pledged not to seek to apply their respective regulations unreasonably in the other jurisdiction, but to rely on the application and enforcement of the rules by the other jurisdiction. A possible requirement for certain market participants or infrastructures to register with an authority is acceptable to ensure recourse in the event of a failure to provide satisfactory application or enforcement of rules.
The path forward responds to the G20 commitment to lower risk and promote transparency in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets, which were are at the heart of the financial crisis. The CFTC and the European Commission share a common objective of a steadfast and rigorous implementation of these commitments. Together with the European Securities Market Authority (ESMA), the European Commission and the United States have made significant progress in their regulatory reforms. Close legislative and regulatory coordination and cooperation between the European Commission and the CFTC have ensured that the rules in place pursue the same objectives and generate the same outcomes. As a result of the joint collaborative effort, in many places, final rules are essentially identical, even though the regulatory calendars are not always synchronized.
The agreement essentially represents an acceptance by the respective jurisdictions of the CFTC's doctrine of substituted compliance and the European Union's equivalence doctrine. Under substituted compliance, the CFTC would defer to comparable and comprehensive foreign regulations. The E.U. uses a system of equivalence based on a broad outcomes-based assessment of the regulatory framework of the U.S. or other non-E.U. third country. Once equivalence has been determined, infrastructures and firms from that country can access and provide their services across the 28 Member States of the E.U. under their home jurisdiction rules.
The EC and the CFTC believe it is important that jurisdictions and regulators be able to defer to each other where this is justified by the respective quality and enforcement of regulations. Both sides aim to conclude these discussions as soon as possible, at which stage the substance of relevant relief will be reflected by the CFTC in its guidance relating to substituted compliance, while the E.U. equivalence decisions will have been in place and, where necessary, amended to reflect this partnership.
Path Forward. Under the Path Forward pact, for bilateral uncleared swaps, and because E.U. and U.S. rules for risk mitigation are essentially identical, the CFTC plans to issue no-action relief for certain transaction-based requirements. In this regard, the E.U.'s system of equivalence can be applied to allow market participants to determine their own choice of rules. For the trading-execution requirement, the CFTC plans to permit foreign boards of trade that have received direct access no-action relief to also list swap contracts for trading by direct access to avoid market and liquidity disruption.
The EC, ESMA, and the CFTC will continue to work together on similar approaches to straight-through-processing and harmonized international rules on margins for uncleared swaps and have essentially identical processes with regard to adopting mandatory clearing obligations and regulating intra-group derivatives trades. They also share common goals of ensuring that the overseas guaranteed subsidiaries and branches of U.S. and E.U. persons are not allowed to operate outside of important G20 reforms.
Their approaches for reporting to trade repositories are also very similar and the EC, ESMA, and the CFTC will continue to work with each other to resolve remaining issues, such as consistent data fields, access to data, and other issues related to privacy, blocking, and secrecy laws. They will seek to resolve any material issues that may arise in line with the conclusions that may be drawn from discussions in international forums on this subject.
With respect to central counterparties (CCPs), CFTC rules and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the main vehicle for E.U. derivatives regulation, are both based on international minimum standards. CCP initial margin coverage is the only key material difference, and the parties will work together to reduce any regulatory arbitrage opportunities. They will also endeavor to ensure that central counterparties that have not yet been recognized or registered in the U.S. or the E.U. will be permitted to continue their business operations.
Both sides plan to conclude these discussions as soon as possible, at which stage the substance of relevant relief awarded by the CFTC will be reflected in its guidance relating to substituted compliance, while the E.U. equivalence decisions will have been in place and, where necessary, amended to reflect this partnership. For the future, the authorities have agreed to continue to work collaboratively and to consider any unforeseen implementation effects that might arise in the application of their respective rules.
Pursuant to respective legislative frameworks and mandates, certain E.U. rules are stricter in some areas and certain U.S. rules are stricter in others. The calendar of compliance dates is not always synchronized due to differences in legislative and rulemaking processes, but that does not change the common goal or common approach.
There is strong recognition by the CFTC and the EC that the derivatives market is international, with the majority of the global swaps and derivatives business conducted within or between the E.U. and the U.S. A significant amount of transactions take place between cross-border counterparties. Recognizing the high degree of similarity that already exists between their respective requirements, the CFTC and the European Union seek to address conflicts of law, inconsistencies, and legal uncertainty that may arise from the simultaneous application of E.U. and U.S. requirements. Thus, the CFTC, the EC, and ESMA have worked closely and collaboratively to fully understand each other's concerns and regulatory approaches. Importantly, the authorities have agreed to implement the derivatives regulations in a manner that will address conflicts, inconsistencies, and uncertainty to the greatest extent possible and consistent with international legal principles.
As derivatives participants come into compliance with new regulatory regimes around the globe, a close working relationship between the U.S. and E.U. with regard to cross-border swaps regulation is viewed as mutually beneficial. The CFTC and the European Commission are hopeful that, by coordinating their efforts, they are providing a model for other regulators and jurisdictions, for example Asia Pacific regulators, working to implement their G-20 commitments.
Where a definition has to be given of market participants or infrastructure subject to U.S. or E.U. jurisdiction, as a matter of principle, it will be construed on a territorial basis, to the extent appropriate. When foreign entities not affiliated with or guaranteed by U.S. persons are required to register, transaction-level requirements will apply to transactions with U.S. persons and guaranteed affiliates. For example, E.U.-registered dealers who are neither affiliated with, nor guaranteed by, U.S. persons would generally be subject only to U.S. transactional rules for their transactions with U.S. persons or U.S. guaranteed affiliates. Additionally, for market participants that are subject to the requirements of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act or EMIR, the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight plans to issue a no-action letter specifying that where a swap or other OTC derivative is subject to joint jurisdiction under U.S. and E.U. risk mitigation rules, compliance under EMIR will achieve compliance with the relevant CFTC rules.
The EC and the CFTC believe that it is important that they be able to defer to each other when it is justified by the quality of their respective regulation and enforcement regimes. The CFTC seeks to issue final guidance on the cross-border application of its requirements setting out how its rules apply to cross-border swaps activities. For requirements that are applicable at the entity level, the CFTC has proposed that substituted compliance will be permitted for the requirements applicable in the E.U. that are comparable to, and as comprehensive as, those applicable in the U.S.
The CFTC plans to clarify that where a swap is executed on an anonymous and cleared basis on a registered designated contract market (DCM), swap execution facility (SEF), or foreign board of trade (FBOT) the counterparties will be deemed to have met their transaction-level requirements, including the CFTC's trade-execution requirement.
To date, an FBOT operating pursuant to a direct access no-action relief letter may permit identified members or other participants located in the U.S. to enter trades directly into the trade matching system of the FBOT only with respect to futures and option contracts. However, an FBOT registered pursuant to Part 48 of the CFTC's regulations also can list swap contracts for trading by direct access, subject to certain conditions. In view of the apparent interest on the part of certain FBOTs operating pursuant to the no-action relief in listing swaps for trading by direct access, the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight plans to amend the no-action letters to permit those FBOTs to list swap contracts, subject to certain conditions. In the future, registered FBOTs will be permitted to list swap contracts for trading by direct access, subject to the same conditions.
As the markets and regulatory regimes continue to evolve, and in order to ensure a level playing field, promote participation in transparent markets, and promote market efficiency, the CFTC will extend appropriate time-limited transitional relief to certain E.U.-regulated multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), in the event that the CFTC's trade execution requirement is triggered before March 15, 2014. Such relief would be available for MTFs that have multilateral trading schemes, a sufficient level of pre- and post-trade price transparency, non-discriminatory access by market participants, and an appropriate level of oversight. The CFTC staff will issue no-action letters to this effect. In addition, the CFTC will consult with the EC in considering extending regulatory relief to trading platforms subject to requirements that achieve regulatory outcomes comparable to those achieved by the requirements for SEFs. Both parties will assess progress in January 2014.
While important E.U. rules on mandatory trade execution and trading platforms under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation are almost complete, the CFTC and European Commission are working collaboratively to share ideas and ensure harmonization to the maximum extent possible. They are also working together on similar approaches to straight-through-processing so that market participants and infrastructure in both jurisdictions can benefit from the operational improvements that lower risk to the system.
The CFTC and the E.U. have essentially identical rules in important areas of risk mitigation for the largest counterparty swap market participants. Under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the E.U. has adopted risk mitigation rules that are essentially identical to some of the CFTC's business conduct standards for swap dealers and major swap participants. In areas such as confirmation, portfolio reconciliation, portfolio compression, valuation, and dispute resolution, the respective regimes are essentially identical.
To achieve that outcome for requirements applicable to transactions, the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight plans to issue a no-action letter specifying that for market participants that are subject to the requirements of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act or EMIR, the staff will not recommend any enforcement action against certain covered market participants in cases where those participants comply with the relevant requirements under EMIR, which are deemed to be essentially identical to the requirements imposed by the CFTC. Where a swap is subject to joint jurisdiction under U.S. and E.U. risk mitigation rules, compliance under EMIR will achieve compliance with the relevant CFTC rules.
The EC is conducting, with ESMA, an equivalence assessment of the requirements applicable in the U.S. under the jurisdiction of the CFTC. Where the EC finds the requirements to be equivalent, it can allow market participants the choice to comply either with EMIR rules or with the equivalent CFTC rules.
The CFTC and Commission are working together with other regulators from around the world to harmonize rules on margin for uncleared swaps. In the expectation that those internationally agreed rules will be applied and enforced in a substantially identical manner, this can be reflected in an equivalence decision in the E.U., and be the subject of substituted compliance by the CFTC.
The CFTC and European Commission have a shared goal of ensuring that the overseas guaranteed affiliates and branches of U.S. and E.U. persons are not allowed to operate outside of important G20 reforms. From a CFTC perspective, Dodd-Frank cross-border transaction requirements generally cover swaps between non-U.S. swap dealers and U.S. persons or guaranteed affiliates of U.S. persons, as well as swaps between two guaranteed affiliates that are not swap dealers. Compliance with transaction requirements for these trades could be satisfied through substituted compliance.
Similarly, foreign branches of U.S. swap dealers may be able to comply with CFTC rules through substituted compliance, as long as the foreign branch is bona fide and the swap is actually entered into by that branch. Lastly, the definition of U.S. person should include offshore hedge funds and collective investment vehicles that are majority-owned by U.S. persons or that have their principal place of business in the United States.
From an E.U. perspective, it is equally essential that any unmitigated risks posed in the E.U. by non-E.U. entities not escape regulation. EMIR will cover transactions undertaken between non-E.U. entities where those transactions pose unmitigated risk that would have a direct, substantial, and foreseeable effect in the E.U. It will also cover transactions undertaken by non-E.U. entities where this is necessary to prevent regulatory evasion. ESMA will consult on the types of entities and contracts that should be determined as meeting these criteria. In particular, ESMA will consider whether such unmitigated risks may exist in respect of transactions undertaken by non-E.U. entities that are guaranteed by E.U. entities or by E.U. branches of non-E.U. entities. The EC will then adopt draft Regulatory Technical Standards determining which contracts should be covered by EMIR.
Mandatory clearing. The CFTC and European Commission have essentially identical processes with regard to adopting mandatory clearing obligations. When the E.U. adopts its first mandatory clearing determination beginning next year, it is likely to cover the same classes of interest rate swaps and credit default swap indices as the CFTC's determination. In terms of which market participants are covered by mandatory clearing, the regulators have broadly similar approaches and have agreed to a stricter-rule-applies approach to cross-border transactions where exemptions from mandatory clearing would exist in one jurisdiction but not in the other. This approach is designed to prevent loopholes and any potential for regulatory arbitrage. With regard to intra-group swaps, the CFTC and EC have broadly similar approaches with regard to mandatory clearing.
Derivatives clearing organizations. With regard to derivatives clearing organizations and central counterparties that are registered in both the U.S. and the E.U., CFTC rules and EMIR are both based on international minimum standards. One material difference with regard to the two regulatory regimes is initial margin coverage. The CFTC and EC vowed to work together to reduce any prudential concerns or regulatory arbitrage opportunities and to reflect this in their respective decisions on registration and equivalence.
In order to avoid significant market fragmentation and uncertainty around clearing obligations, the EC and the CFTC will endeavor to ensure that those infrastructures can clear derivatives for their clearing members until registration/recognition has been determined. The E.U. can achieve this through the EC's equivalence decisions and ESMA's recognition of foreign central counterparties, while the CFTC can do this through targeted no-action relief.
Trade repositories. For reporting trades to trade repositories, the CFTC and EC determined that their approaches are very similar and they will continue to work to resolve remaining issues, such as consistent data fields, access to data, and other issues related to privacy, blocking, and secrecy laws. They will resolve any material issues that may arise in line with the conclusions that may be drawn from discussions in international forums on this subject.
Future efforts. For the future, the cross-border authorities have agreed to continue to work collaboratively and to consider any unforeseen implementation effects that might arise in the application of their respective rules. They will continue discussions with other international partners with a view to establishing a more generalized system that would allow, on the basis of these countries' implementation of the G20 commitments, an extension of the treatment the E.U. and the CFTC will grant to each other.


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Facebook's 'event near you' feature is fantastic
Emil Protalinski@EPro
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For a while now, Facebook has been sending notifications about events that your friends are attending, or even worse, merely interested in attending (the response "Interested" replaced "Maybe" a while back). I used to find it mildly annoying; the irregular notifications didn't bother me enough that I wanted to figure out how to turn them off, but I also didn't get much out of them. Until last night.
I woke up Saturday morning and went through the usual routine of checking my phone — a bunch of emails, news updates, and app notifications. But one Facebook notification caught my eye: There was a "party" (that's the rough translation from Polish, but it's a very specific type of event) that some Facebook friends were going to and others said they were interested in going to.
This simple notification made my day.
I texted one of my friends who said he was attending. Please keep me posted; let me know if it would be kosher for me to drop by, I told him. Then I went about the rest of my Saturday as planned.
My buddy kept me in the loop about the event, which was very much a private affair for the first few hours. While the night was still young, he let me know that doors were open to the public. And boom, I was off.
Long story short, I ended up dancing the night away.
This is the perfect example of how Facebook, like no other service in existence, can leverage the social data we give it (causing perfectly understandable privacy uproars in the process) to enhance our lives. Sure, Facebook doesn't get it right most of the time, but when it does, it's fantastic.
Facebook has added various features like these over the years. I turn most of them off. They're simply not for me. I curate my Facebook notifications like most people do.
But this weekend, I was reminded just how incredibly powerful they can be, even if all of them are not for everyone. The service has become so much more than just a website and a mobile app. And, of course, Facebook can't build features that will be useful to all of its 1.59 billion members. But I'm happy that the company doesn't shy away from experimenting and trying.
Had I not gotten this notification, I probably would have stayed at home, played some video games, watched a movie or a show, and, let's be honest, at some point ended up browsing Facebook. Instead, I went out, caught up with some guys, danced with some girls, and had a blast.