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Joint doorstop – Canberra
Subjects: Labor's plan to increase regional road investment; Abbott Government's $80 billion cuts to health and education; Pensions; Mandatory sentencing for trafficking of illegal fire arms; National Security; Citizenship.
BILL SHORTEN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION: Today, the Labor caucus has met and we have resolved to compromise on a very difficult issue. Labor has looked at the choice between handing back the Government's fuel excise to oil companies or providing better funding for regional and suburban roads. Labor is prepared to work with the Government on this measure. We believe that the Government should accept our compromise, our proposal, which says we will support their measure in return for $1.1 billion of this excise being spent on roads, both in regional Australia and suburban Australia. This is a good idea because it goes some way to addressing the $15 billion local government infrastructure debt by providing a billion dollars plus on roads in the next two years. What we want to do is see confidence being built. We want to see extra jobs being created. We certainly don't want to see Australians' money being handed to oil companies and we are also very committed in a sensible issue by issue fashion towards tackling the doubling of the deficit by the Government from last year to this year and we will step up, if the Government and only if the Government accepts this proposal from Labor to put jobs first and oil companies second. I would like to ask my colleagues to talk further about this offer from Labor to help provide a breakthrough, a circuit breaker to the Government's impasse on fuel excise. Chris Bowen then Anthony Albanese.
CHRIS BOWEN, SHADOW TREASURER: Thank you, Bill. Joe Hockey has doubled the Budget deficit over the last 12 months and today the Labor Party is showing that we are prepared to take difficult decisions to deal with that issue. Today, we are saying if the Government's prepared to provide the equivalent of two years, the first two years of the revenue from the indexation of petrol excise to local government to fund important infrastructure right across the country, then we will support that measure. Our announcement today does a few things. Firstly, it provides an important economic stimulus. Local government has projects ready to go right across the country. But they haven't been able to be funded. The Government has cut indexation of grants to local Government and Labor is stepping in to assist to fill that breach. That is important for our economy. Secondly, because of the Government's tactics, the Parliament would have been faced with a difficult decision, to refund the indexation already raised, the revenue already raised from indexation not to motorists but oil companies. Not something that the Labor Party is prepared to see happen. Now, the ball is in the Government's court. The Labor Party makes this offer to the Government in good faith. It is now for the Government to consider their position. We make this offer in a spirit of ensuring that local government gets the support it needs to build roads right across the country. That is what this is for. It also ensures a contribution to the long term health of the Budget. The long term health of the Budget which is important. That is what the Australian people want. Politicians focusing not on today, not on next week but on the next 10 years which is the approach Labor has taken. Labor is more than prepared to make difficult decisions. This was a difficult decision for us, for our ERC, our shadow cabinet and our Caucus. We don't like to see petrol taxes going up at all, but difficult decisions are necessary and Labor is prepared, where we can, to make a positive contribution to do so and that is the offer today to the Government and it is up to the Government now to respond.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT: Thanks very much Bill and Chris. This is a responsible decision, it is a pragmatic decision but it is the right decision. I have been having discussions with the motorist's organisations, with local government about these issues and about infrastructure for some time. Why is Roads to Recovery the appropriate vehicle to benefit from the proposal that we are putting to the Government today? Roads to Recovery is paid to every local government in the land. It is paid proportionately so that those councils that will benefit the most if the Government takes up this offer are those in regional communities and those in outer suburban communities. Those drive in, drive out suburbs who will, of course, pay more, in terms of if you're in a regional community or in an outer suburban community. We looked at other options. The difficulty with the proposal of channelling this money into public transport, for example, is that it is difficult to see how you could benefit the whole of Australia by funding just one or two projects and of course, in a week where the regional rail link in Victoria, benefitting 54,000 additional commuters every day in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong is open. Our record on public transport investment is there for all to see and literally, there to experience. We will have more to say about public transport, consistent with our approach into the future, prior to the next election. This proposal benefitting Roads to Recovery at a time where $925 million was cut from financial assistance grants in the Abbott Government's first Budget will go some way to making sure that immediate job creation occurs and that we fix some of the local roads that councils look after. 75 per cent of our road network is looked after by local government. The benefit of roads to recovery, as opposed to major infrastructure projects, is that it is labour intensive rather than capital intensive. Most of this injection of investment, $1.1 billion, will go to job creation, directly in local communities according to the priorities that are set by those local communities, those 565 local councils. That is why I would urge the Government to take up this offer to ensure that we don't have a situation come August whereby rather than motorists benefitting in those local communities, the big oil companies receive a refund.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten is this an admission that you were wrong to oppose this policy and recognition that you've been a policy free-zone?
SHORTEN: This was a very difficult decision. Let's look at the circumstances since the Government first introduced this. On one hand it is a matter of record that from 2014 to now, this Government, the Abbott Government has doubled the deficit. But furthermore, Australians were presented with Hobsons choice. On the one hand if Labor didn't compromise, if we weren't pragmatic, if we weren't willing to be reasonable what would happen is all the money that Australian motorists had paid would go back to oil companies by the way in which they engineered the regulations. So I can tell you, when Labor has a choice between giving Australian money to oil companies or ensuring that we can have $1.1 billion worth of road construction, worth of jobs, confidence, stimulus, we'll always pick Australians over oil companies.
JOURNALIST: What you are doing today is backing a tax increase. You said that this was a tax, a big tax on everything, it was going to hurt ordinary people, that it was going to turn every petrol bowser into a tax collection agency for a rotten Budget. You said it was going to hit low to middle income Australians. You said it was a bad idea. You said it was a rotten idea. You said you'd never support it. Something has changed very profoundly or have you over egged that. What's changed?
SHORTEN: In a beauty parade, between giving money to oil companies and putting money back into Australian roads, generating jobs and confidence, it is clear which way Labor has to go. We're making the difficult decision because what Australians want at the moment is they want less of, you know, Liberal versus Labor on every issue and the politics and negativity. What we're demonstrating, with my Shadow Treasurer and my Shadow Infrastructure Minister and myself, is Labor is willing to show leadership. We are willing to compromise because we understand that the price of not compromising would have left all Australians far worse off than they otherwise would.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten, you say the money would go to oil companies, just to clarify, that would only be in this first year wouldn't it? After that it would be money in the pockets of the motorists?
SHORTEN: Well how much money do you want to give an oil company before you think it is a good idea.
JOURNALIST: It's a small amount in the first year though isn't?
SHORTEN: Well again, if you ask Australians do they want to have the money that they're paying spent on roads or going to petrol companies I know what Australians think. We didn't create the set of circumstances and let's talk very straight here. You all know, you all covered the 2014 Budget. First of all the Government surprised everyone with their broken promises and then they've said that they were to have a deficit of a certain number. Their deficit in 2014 was about $17 billion I think and imagine how disappointed Australians are that within 12 months their second Budget, the Abbott Government's second Budget brought down by Joe Hockey, has a deficit of $35 billion. These are changing circumstances with a Government not able to manage its books and furthermore, again, what we've come up with, through the good and creative thinking of my team is not a proposal which will just see the money not go anywhere or go to petrol companies. We've got a system which will see local councils who have had savage cuts as Anthony's said – $925 million, what we're doing is putting money back into local communities for local roads, for local motorists. The more that you drive, the more that you pay, the more you benefit from this measure.
JOURNALIST: Sorry, in the last month Labor's now agreed to pass $7.5 billion in savings over four year forward estimates, tax free threshold [inaudible]. Is that a recognition that if you win the – if you win the next election, your own revenue options are limited and in that vein, will you reverse the pension cuts that went through the Senate last night if you win the 2016 election?
SHORTEN: Well there's a number of propositions in what you've put Phil so I'm going to ask Chris to go to some of them. But understand, Labor's changing the political game here. We're changing the rules of the game on Tony Abbott. We're saying that we put Australians ahead of the political games. We're saying that we don't want petrol companies to get this money. We're saying that we do want to see jobs in local communities and our outer suburbs and our regions. Labor's saying, and yes we are certainly are preparing to be competitive in the next election. With Labor what you get is pragmatic consideration of the ideas based on all the facts as situations change. That's who we are and we'll always put Australian jobs and Australian families first. I'll just pass you over to Chris to follow up on some of the other matters.
BOWEN: Thanks Bill. Well clearly the Budget deficit has doubled over the last 12 months. That means that everybody in this building needs to make difficult decisions. Having doubled on Joe Hockey's watch, it is everybody's responsibility to make a contribution. As Bill has said and we've all said, it is not an easy decision for the Labor Party but we know, of course, that this is a decision which some people will be unhappy about. But we are happy to make difficult decisions, not unfair decisions. Now in relation to the announcements we've made recently, the dependence spouse tax offset was actually a new measure in the 2015 Budget, I saw some reporting saying it was a change of Labor's position, that's not actually quite right. It is a new measure in the Budget which we indicated we could support, in many instances finished a process begun under the Labor Government. In relation to the personal income tax cuts, again, having a look at the Budget situation, the doubling of the Budget deficit, it's not a situation where the Labor Party could continue to resist that proposition before the Parliament because ultimately, ultimately the Australian people look to the Government and the alternative Government to show a responsible approach. We've always said where there's something that is fair, we will back it. If it is unfair we will oppose it all the way, as we've done on many instances in this Government's successive unfair Budget.
JOURNALIST: You talked about this new pragmatism. You guys are yet to answer the question about whether you would reverse the decision on pensions. But further to that, can you tell us what you would do with the $80 billion in health and education cuts, as you saw them, in last year's Budget. Would you reverse those too?
SHORTEN: Well first of all, I am sorry, Phil did ask that question at the tail-end of his other questions about pensions. Labor will always stand up for pensioners and fight for the pension. We're the ones who've blown the whistle on Tony Abbott's breaking of election promises. Let us not let Tony Abbott off the hook. You've all seen that famous footage of him the night before the election, September the 6th, the last roll of the dice, Tony Abbott's asking people to vote for him. He says there'll be no cuts to pensions. Yet he's broken that promise time and time again. We will have to measure the impact of these changes, we will watch the impact of these changes and as time proceeds we'll develop our policy for the next election.
In terms of the health care cuts and the education cuts, I'm glad that your question recognises there are $80 billion worth of cuts. Like you, we turn up to Question Time every day and we see the Prime Minister constantly mislead Australia saying there are no cuts. You know how we runs the argument, he says that because there is any increase in education funding, that wipes away the fact that the promise he made of being on a unity ticket on education before the election, that like it's air brushed out of history, that never happened. Furthermore, when he talks about that sort of false test where he says States run schools – well your States are responsible for the administration of schools, they do pay the teachers, we get that. But what he never then says is it's the Commonwealth who's a large funder of the schools. So we know that the education system in Australia is heading to a cliff if this Government carries out its massive cuts.
In terms of our policies, what I can say to Australians as we develop them, in terms of how we help Australian schools, Labor is always a better bet to fund schools better than the Liberals. And as for the health cuts, the $50 billion, I don't know what is going on in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, but this idea that you've got people proposing policies that totally step out of the funding of hospitals, the Commonwealth totally steps out. This is the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Prime Minister can't be too cute and say that a Federation Green Paper which would be a flagship of what he's proposing, that he sort of disowns it all at the start. The point about it is what happens if the Commonwealth gets out of hospital funding or indeed just does the $50 billion worth of cuts that the Government are now definitely doing, longer waiting times for elective surgery, lesser funding for emergency wards. This is an immediate threat to the health of Australians.
JOURNALIST: What have you done in terms of getting in touch with Mr Abbott? Have you written to him with this offer and will you be sitting down personally with him?
SHORTEN: I'm happy for Chris to talk a bit further about the offer but let's be clear I'm hoping that this offer has been well and truly conveyed by yourselves to the Government.
BOWEN: Just to deal with the matter, we are making this offer now to the Government. I spoke to the Treasurer a short time ago and obviously to the Finance Minister but I don't speak for the Government. I would be cranky if they spoke on my behalf and they would be cranky if I spoke on their behalf. They obviously will need to consider their position and respond accordingly.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten, if you are returned to Government will you return the $50 billion in health cuts that you say are there and the $30 billion in education cuts, will you put that money back?
SHORTEN: Sorry, I sort of thought I dealt with that with Andrew, but I will repeat it. We know one, that the Government said before the last election, remember that, you know, it is compulsory viewing SBS, September 6, Etihad stadium – Tony Abbott said there would be no cuts to health, no cuts to pensions, no cuts to education, he's broken his promise ever since then. Now what we've seen is $80 billion worth of cuts being proposed by the Government in education and health, and I'm glad your question recognises that, because every person in Australia knows it except the Government is not willing to admit it. In terms of what we will do, we'll unveil our policies but we are always a better bet based upon our history to better fund health care and education than the Government.
JOURNALIST: So Gonski's dead. The Gonski reforms are dead, right?
SHORTEN: That is a very dramatic statement.
JOURNALIST: Will Labor bring them back to life?
SHORTEN: Labor has never given up on needs-based funding. Let us be very clear- we will take a policy to the next election – let me even go passed yourselves to parents, kids and teachers. Labor will have a needs-based funding approach which assures that Australian children, according to their need, receive improved funding for their education. There is nothing more important for a nation than to give our next generation the best start in life. Now we want to make sure if kids are in small schools or if kids are in the regions or if kids come from indigenous backgrounds or if kids come from low SES areas, that they get the same deal in terms of education as every other child in Australia, that will be our policy, and we will continue to unveil it as we approach the election.
JOURNALIST: Do you think crocodile safari hunting should be allowed across Northern Australia? Nigel Scullion says it's very close.
SHORTEN: I honestly don't know. In terms of crocodile hunting, we will take that on notice. You boys can add in on that if you want?
BOWEN: No, yours is just fine.
ALBANESE: No, no crocodiles on the roads.
JOURNALIST: On Tony Abbott's promises, you said that you enumerate some of them on health and education and why it is so bad that he has broken those promises. You are standing here today helping him break another promise on no increased taxes and no new taxes. What is the difference between pragmatism and hypocrisy?
SHORTEN: I agree with your proposition that Tony Abbott's broken promises in education, health and indeed taxes and petrol; you're right, spot on, can't disagree with it. But what I also say is that Tony Abbott having done this, in terms of petrol excise, I think all reasonable people would say do you want the money to go to a petrol company or do you want the money to go into roads? That is the Labor Party I lead. We will always choose jobs. We will always choose the regions and our suburbs over some sort of political game. Tony Abbott has played political brinksmanship. What we're saying is that don't do any more of this sort of political games. Let's put Australia first. I lead an Opposition who many of you have said we have to be more willing to compromise and cooperate. What we're seeing today is leadership from Labor, faced with an unenviable choice and a difficult decision; we will choose jobs, roads, councils, motorists, not oil companies.
JOURNALIST: Is this motivated by wanting to gazump the Greens after the pension deal last week – how much of this was motivated by that?
SHORTEN: I've got my colleagues, I can hear they want to answer this, but let me go first on this one. The Greens deal last week, what did they actually get? They got the extension of a submissions deadline for six weeks. That is not a deal. That is a con job by Tony Abbott.
JOURNALIST: Just on citizenship, will you now support what the Government is putting forward?
SHORTEN: Well let me again restate our principle position which we have had all along. Labor supports the extension on principle of people who take up arms against Australia, who fight for another country, the extension of that definition to people who take up arms against Australia working for a terrorist organisation. The questions remain, we haven't seen the legislation. The Government has offered us a briefing for tomorrow which we will accept. But why has it taken 18 months for the Government to bring in this legislation? You look at the transcripts, Government ministers have been talking about this for 18 months. Furthermore, this has been a tortured process from within the ranks of the Government. Many of you talk privately to Liberal ministers; you know they've been divided. We have seen the Solicitor-General's opinion apparently contradict what the Government immediately wanted to do. We have seen the Independent National Security Monitor verballed by the Prime Minister. Labor is hoping when we look at this legislation, that we have already had a win, that we've already moderated what might have been a truly unenforceable, unjudiciable law. It is in no national security interest for the Government to put up a law for political purposes which couldn't actually be enforced. For us the real enemy is terrorism, it is not the Government.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten, you said before that you were trying to rewrite the rules of the game. Isn't it the case that in this game they played and you lost, you have been outfoxed and outmanoeuvred and wedged?
SHORTEN: What we believe is the Government broke a promise when they introduced this petrol tax. So first of all, anyone who rewards the Government and says they have been clever by breaking a promise, I think misunderstands the Australian –
JOURNALIST: Well you're rewarding them, you're agreeing to their policy.
SHORTEN: You're pretty sophisticated; you understand that the Government was presenting us with two choices and the deadline was fast approaching – it was August. What do we do, do we say hand taxpayer money to oil companies or do we try and ensure that we can put roads funding first, that we can put jobs in council areas first, confidence, stimulus in our suburbs and regions.
JOURNALIST: Why didn't you say that at the outset Mr Shorten?
SHORTEN: Well first of all, the Budget deficit then was $17 billion. You know it's amazing that under Mr Abbott and Mr Hockey they have doubled the deficit in 12 months. That is an amazing that outcome, and unfortunately it puts pressure on everyone to have to make hard and difficult decisions. As Chris said, this is a difficult decision. We offer it to the Government though because Australians want this Parliament working, they don't want everyone at each other's throats.
JOURNALIST: Can I just get clarity on your position on pensions, despite opposing the Government's pension's cuts, its reforms, you can't give a commitment going into the next election that you are going to restore that funding. What is your position? Are you going to keep that save or are you going to restore that funding?
SHORTEN: We are going to measure the impact and monitor the impact of these changes. There is 330,000 part pensioners who've just basically been mugged by the Government. There is the prospect that 700,000 Australians who are approaching retirement in the next 10 years, one in every two, stand now to lose the pension. We think there is significant unfairness. We will measure and monitor the impact of this Government decision now the Greens and the Liberals have combined to break their promises. In terms of unveiling our own funded election policies, we will do that closer to the election, not today Joe.
JOURNALIST: How will you monitor the impact before the election? The changes don't apply though to 2017.
SHORTEN: Well we'll talk to people about the measurement of their incomes and how they model it. You know this whole government, you know the Government have said they're going to have an assets test above – I think it is $289,500 for a single or $451,000 for a couple pensioner. You know, in those assets includes your motor car, your white goods, your Manchester. We've got to see exactly – I don't think the Government quite understands how unfair what they have done is. We will talk to people – National Seniors is up in arms over it. We will be monitoring the impact of that and as we get closer to the election, appropriately will unveil our policies. Two more questions please.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten, the Federal Government wants mandatory minimum 5-year sentences for people who are caught trafficking illegal firearms. Labor's previously said no to this suggestion. It is back before the House of Reps today. Is it something you will reconsider and potentially support?
SHORTEN: We will weigh up the issue. We have said about mandatory sentencing in the past, we don't want it to have an untoward effect on policing. There are pros and cons, and like so many issues to do with security and law and order, you want to make sure we understand the detail. On one hand, some police say that it's a good thing. On the other hand others say well if you've got a sort of, of a drug mule or someone – not a drug mule but someone low down in a criminal hierarchy, if they face mandatory sentencing, it becomes hard for the police to unravel a crime network and get to those at the top of the tree. Last question thanks.
JOURNALIST: Mr Shorten, do you think too much focus has been put on the citizenship element of the counter-terrorism range of measures, do you think more focus should be put on de-radicalisation efforts here at home? Do you think there is this debate about citizenship has overtaken the debate somewhat?
SHORTEN: Well it's important that we have the best legal tools to back up the efforts of our security agencies and it is also important that we support our communities and minorities in our community with de-radicalisation. I like I think most Australians, we deplore terrorism and I suspect like most Australians, the news overnight that one, maybe two Australian terrorists have been killed – truthfully, that is what happens when you go to conflict zones and also, I like most Australians will probably not be shedding any tears about the reported death of these terrorists, if correct. But in terms of how we fight it, you're quite right on part of your question – the strength of Australia is our multiculturalism. The strength of Australia is that we are from many countries and we become one here. It is important that majorities never persecute or put down minorities. We need to work with communities to help de-radicalise, as well as making sure that our law enforcement agencies and our national defence have the best resources possible. Thanks everyone see you in Question Time.
Leader of the Australian Labor Party, MP for Grayndler, Rabbitohs Life Member. Authorised by Anthony Albanese, ALP, Canberra.


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Opponents of bilingual education say they've collected enough signatures from voters to put an anti-bilingual-education measure on the Massachusetts ballot in November 2002.
Lincoln Tamayo, the chairman of English for the Children of Massachusetts, which drafted the measure, said that reaching the 100,000- signature goal several weeks before the Dec. 1 deadline indicates "widespread support" for the proposal.
But Charles Glick, a government-affairs consultant and a member of Educational Choices for Massachusetts, a coalition formed to fight the proposed measure, disagreed. "I'm questioning how many people who signed that petition fully understood what they were signing," he said.
The coalition wants Massachusetts legislators—rather than voters—to decide what to do with bilingual education by passing a law to make changes in the educational method.
Like measures that voters in California and Arizona approved to curtail bilingual education, the Massachusetts proposal aims to replace bilingual education with English-immersion programs.
The campaign to put an anti-bilingual-education measure on the ballot in Massachusetts is being underwritten by Ron K. Unz, the California businessman who also financially backed the efforts to get the California and Arizona measures passed.
Mr. Unz is sharply criticized by some bilingual education supporters, who argue that he is not knowledgeable about education. Mr. Unz wrote in an Oct. 26 opinion piece for National Review Online that bilingual education supporters who attended a recent debate at Harvard University showed up in part to "curse their personal bin Laden, yours truly."
In the same column, Mr. Unz called supporters of bilingual education "tiny groups of educational terrorists in our midst, whose disastrous policies are enforced upon us not by bombs or even by knives, but simply by their high-pitched voices."
Asked what he thought of such characterizations, Mr. Tamayo said, "I would not use those terms." He said that debates about bilingual education have been acrimonious in his state, and that he'd like to see the language "toned down on both sides."
"I do bristle when I hear the media continue to describe this [proposal] as the Unz initiative," Mr. Tamayo said. "It is a Massachusetts initiative. It's people like me on the ground who want change."
—Mary Ann Zehr [email protected]
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Kevin is an "Oliver Twist" story combined with "Alice in Wonderland." In twenty years of working with boys, G. Duroy says he has never seen such a thorough change in personality as Kevin's two-year transformation (as of 2010). He really blossomed; every experience was new. Kevin comes from a difficult family background and has essentially been on his own since the age of 14 or 15, supporting himself as he finished school. (The neck tattoo is an expression of his tough life experiences.) His first name "Kevin" comes from the Macauley Culkin character in "Home Alone." George feels that is probably how our Kevin would have handled a similar situation. There is a bit of impishness in him, a lot of caring and a good sense of humor. He is also the least egotistical of all the Bel Ami boys. Sexually, Kevin was tentative and shy in the beginning. But following his trips to Africa in 2010, you could perceive a major change in him in all sorts of ways. We have learned that he is a little bit dirty, sexually, but it comes from a place of innocent, pure exploration. This is a rare quality. George feels he has the qualities of a young Johan Paulik and will become a first-rate trainer in the future.
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Lou Lombardo, film editor whose credits include "The Wild Bunch," "The Long Goodbye" and "Moonstruck," died May 8 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills. He was 70.
He suffered a stroke in 1991 and had been in a coma ever since.
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Lombardo expanded his filmmaking resume by producing the Cheech and Chong 1978 film "Up in Smoke" and directing "Russian Roulette" and "P.K. and the Kid."
He began his career as a cameraman and collaborated with Altman on 1957's "The James Dean Story."
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In December the government of Israel plans to begin the grandiose archaeological expedition calculated for three years. Its purpose – inspection of hundreds of caves in the Judaic desert near the Dead Sea in search of invaluable treasure: ancient texts known under the common name "rolls of the Dead Sea".
About the beginning of the scale archaeological project the Associated Press agency was reported by Amir Ganor, the representative of the Israeli management of antiquities. Ganor position explains a lot of things – he is not a prime official and not the ordinary archeologist, it is often called the detective from archeology: Amir Ganor heads department of prevention of plunder of antiquities.
The history of one of the greatest opening of the XX century is well-known. The first rolls shepherds bedouins in 1947, incidentally found the second name of the well-known collection of ancient texts in caves near Hirbet Kumran – Kumransky ruins on the West Bank, from here: Kumransky manuscripts. Archeologists were not near, and mysterious records on parchment and the papyrus at first went to dealers in antiquities, then appeared at the prior of the Christian monastery, and only in the third turn scientists learned about a find.
News quickly expatiated on opening and became the reason of "competition" between archeologists and bedouins which continues still. In the late forties and in the 1950th years that and others carefully searched the region of a find of the first rolls. In a result in Kumransky caves thousands of fragments of more than 900 ancient manuscripts were found. And still the considerable finds were made by the bedouins who were perfectly knowing the area: once, directly near by at archeologists, they took more than five hundred rolls from one cave…
All manuscripts which as a result fell into hands of scientists were found during 1947 – 1956. The forthcoming three-year expedition will be the first full-scale research of vicinities of the Dead Sea since 1993: then the so-called "Operation "Roll"" proved by the political reasons was organized. The authorities of Israel actually carried out rescue excavation – in 1995 control over a part of territories of the West Bank was ceded the Palestinian national administration.
Unfortunately, during the operation "Roll" of 1993 any new manuscript was not found.
Amir Ganor made one more, quite provocative, the statement: within the forthcoming expedition the Israeli archeologists intend to investigate also caves of the West Bank in the territories which are under collateral monitoring of Israel and the Palestinian administration. Further official comments did not follow.
Rolls of the Dead Sea are called one of the main treasures of Israel, they have huge historical and religious value. The separate official site in several languages, including Russian is devoted to Kumransky manuscripts. In February we told about the grandiose project, close to completion, on digitization of rolls, up to the smallest hard to read fragments. The created library of images will allow scientists of the whole world to be connected to process of interpretation of ancient manuscripts, many of which remind details of the most difficult puzzle now.
For storage of precious rolls in 1965 the certain building, the Temple of the Book about which fantastic device legends go was built (say, for example, that in case of danger the speaker over a surface a white dome can fall under the earth). The total of the remained manuscripts approaches one thousand.
Rolls of the Dead Sea are divided into two types: "bible" manuscripts – the initial texts which entered version of the Scripture known today, and "unbiblical" manuscripts – apocryphal stories and other texts which confirm a variety of a religious thought during an era of the Second temple.
Kumransky manuscripts were created during the period between the 3rd century B.C. and the 1st century of our age, language of texts – Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and nabateysky. Today only one bible manuscript, more ancient, than rolls of the Dead Sea is known. At excavation two silver amulets in the form of rolls in which scientists found Blessing fragments from the Book of Numbers were found in Jerusalem. Nakhodka is dated approximately 600 B.C.
However in recent years fragments of ancient rolls too often emerge in the Middle Eastern market of antiques. The authorities of Israel are sure that the manuscripts presented at the black market illegally are taken from caves near the Dead Sea. The competition between archeologists and plunderers of antiquities which began in 1947 came to new level: Amir Ganor, by his characteristic words, actually fights against mafia, organized crime. At the same time he is forced to recognize that black diggers have an excellent scent on places rich with antiquities.
Last year the Israeli archeologists organized the largest and most difficult excavation in the Judaic desert for the last 60 years: the scale research with participation of hundreds of volunteers was conducted in a so-called Cave of Skulls near Kumran. This three-week archaeological expedition was the compelled counter-measure: in 2014 Amir Ganor's department detected in the act group of the Palestinians who were engaged in illegal excavation in the Cave of Skulls. This place is twice one more narrow was surveyed by archeologists, in 1950th and 1960th, however today something drew to a cave an attention of black diggers – according to the investigation, they targeted looked for ancient manuscripts there. Results of official excavation of 2015 were very interesting, but archeologists did not find any new roll.
The forthcoming three-year expedition on searching of rolls of the Dead Sea – next and, this time, the most serious attempt of the Israeli authorities to be ahead of black diggers, but not "to swallow of dust" already plundered historical monuments.
"We are sure that in caves still there were untouched rolls. Unfortunately, researchers did not reach many places yet" — Amir Ganor told.


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Stonyhurst is an exquisite six-bedroom stone cottage situated down a secluded, leafy by-road in Nuwara Eliya, near the golf club. Set on a manicured lawn with flowering hedges, it is a luxurious two-storey holiday bungalow with warm and welcoming interiors caringly created by its Sri Lankan owners. The ground floor consists of a cozy living and dining areas decorated with plush sofas, chandeliers and fireplaces. The upper floor has six well-appointed bedrooms, one of which is a children's room. Wake up leisurely and take a stroll past the adjacent historic Holy Trinity Church and down the by roads towards town; or play a round of golf at the nearby Nuwara Eliya golf club. At dusk, relax with a drink by the fireplace and dine on a sumptuous dinner prepared by the in-house cook. Stonyhurst is well equipped with all modern conveniences and is rented on a villa only basis to one party at time ensuring complete privacy. This is an ideal holiday retreat for a family or a small group of friends travelling together. Stonyhurst can accommodate upto 10 adults and four children.
All six bedrooms at Stonyhurst are situated on the upper floor and open on to garden or mountain views.
Master bedroom: Furnished with a four-poster king-sized antique bed and has a sitting area with fireplace, ensuite bathroom and balcony overlooking the Holy Trinity church.
Bedroom two: Shares the balcony with the master bedroom and has a four-poster king-sized bed and ensuite bathroom.
Bedrooms three & four: These two rooms have king-sized beds and views over the garden and the Lovers Leap mountain range. They share one bathroom that is located across the hallway.
Bedrooms five & six: These two bedrooms also share one bathroom. Of these two bedrooms, one is furnished with two double beds and the other with two bunk beds that can accommodate four children.
The living room is ideal for relaxing by the fireplace or watching a film. The dining room also has a fireplace and an adjoining pantry. There is a fully-equipped kitchen where guests can cook their own meals or relax and enjoy your holiday while the in-house cook does the grocery shopping and prepares tasty Sri Lanka and western meals for you. Guests are welcome to bring their own alcoholic beverages. Other villa facilities include washer and dryer,telephone with IDD facilities, cable TV, iPod music system, DVD player, a selection of movies, books and board games, table tennis, croquet and four bicycles for guests to use. Stonyhurst is staffed with a butler cum chef and gardener.
Nuwara Eliya, an old colonial hill station, lies more than 6,000 feet above sea level and can be approached via Kandy or Hatton. The drive from Kandy is about 2 hours. There is also the convenient option of hopping on board an Air Taxi from Colombo and arriving in Nuwara Eliya within an hour. The Air Taxi lands on Lake Gregory in Nuwara Eliya. You can also head to the south coast via a daily sea plane service between Hatton and Koggala.
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Short Version: The Deimos is the latest addition to BFG's new line of computers. Intended as specialist gaming machine, the Deimos is big, beautiful, and very fast. Heat, bulk, and short battery life are to be expected from a gaming laptop, and aside from those it provides an excellent experience.
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- Short battery life
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Price as reviewed: $4,423
While BFG is new to selling complete computer systems, they aren't new to high performance gaming. BFG has been producing performance PC hardware for many years, and just this year got into building their own systems. The Deimos was launched at the end of October, and is intended to compete with other gaming laptop lines, such as Alienware's M17x.
Does it compete? In a word, yes. In some ways, the Deimos surpasses the M17x. For example, when I reviewed the M17x, I had some issues with the biometric security system. Using your laptop's webcam as a security device is a clever concept — if only it worked consistently. On the Deimos, however, everything worked perfectly out of the box. Performance is comparable. Battery life is about the same. What's gone is the obvious "I spent $4500 on this computer!" factor that you get with the little alien head on the lid.
Let's get down to it. Here are the specs on the system I reviewed:
Monitor: 18.4 inch, 1920×1080 resolution
Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 2.53GHz
Memory: 2x 4GB PC3 8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 (8GB total)
Graphics: 2x GeForce GTX 280M 1GB (SLI)
Optical Drive: Dual Layer Blu-Ray Disc Reader (BD-ROM, DVD/RW, CD-RW)
HDD 1: Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200 RPM SATA II
HDD 2: Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200 RPM SATA II
LAN: Realtek RTL-WLAN 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth v2.1
Sound: Realtek ALC883 8-Channel Azalia HD Audio
Video Camera: Bison built-in USB 2 MP Camera
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium – 64-bit Edition
Performance: As you can expect from this configuration, the machine is fast. I ran some benchmarks using Far Cry 2, which averaged a framerate of 54.26 at 1920×1080, Direct3D 10, and Overall Quality set to "Ultra High." 3DMark Vantage reported 11,799, which is a very close comparison to the M17x at 11,904. Of course, if you've read my reviews before, you'll know I'm not huge on reporting numbers; I prefer to talk about the feel of the system. And basically, the Deimos is a great computer. I'm very much into the gaming, and that's what's important to me when I'm using a system. The Deimos is fast, plays games really really well (42 FPS in Dalaran, settings maxed, for you World of Warcraft people) and is surprisingly light for the amount of hardware that's jammed in there. The system has DVI and HDMI out, and a total of four USB ports (two on the left, two on the right). The back is reserved for cooling vents and the power cord. One thing to be aware of: don't expect to be able to overclock this machine using the BIOS. The BIOS on this system is functional, yet bare bones. There are no options for overclocking at all.
Controls: The keyboard took some getting used to; the keys aren't exactly a style that I'd normally prefer, coming from the netbook school rather then a standard keyboard. And the numeric keypad is a hot mess. It's pretty much impossible to touch type using the number pad because everything is jammed together with the arrow keys and the standard keyboard. There's more then enough room that they could have provided a little space between the two and made it a bit more user-friendly. There is also a series of "G-keys" down the left side. These are customizable macro keys are much like what is used on the Logitech G-Series keyboards. These too, work as intended, however they do take up quite a bit of real estate on the left side of the keyboard area.
The trackpad (centered, and highlighted with LED light) works as expected, with no major issues. The left and right button (there's only one, and you click on either side) responds well, and doesn't feel mushy or too stiff. There is a fingerprint reader centered in the button, which provides biometric login options.
Appearance: Aesthetically, it's a little bright. Where it's nowhere near as gaudy as an Alienware system, it does have a touch sensitive strip across the top, and all the icons are lit from beneath with LEDs.The touch activated icons turn on the webcam, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth hardware. You can also control the volume, or activate your web browser or media player. The LEDs in the case (shining out the front and back) and the lid can change color, however the process is less than intuitive. The case is also extremely shiny, and regrettably shows fingerprints incredibly well. BFG is aware of this, even to the point of including a large microfiber cloth for wiping it down. Overall, compared to the Alienware, the Deimos is almost tasteful.
It is interesting to note that the Deimos is a re-branded Sager notebook. Further research showed that were you to go online and order a system with the same configuration, you'd save yourself $100. Despite this fact, I'd still purchase this computer from BFG, due to their excellent record on customer service. From a value standpoint, compared to the Alienware M17x, I'd still choose the BFG Deimos. For around the same price (the M17x, configured the same costs $4,399, $24 less), the Alienware laptop has a smaller screen, weighs twice as much, and a profile that screams "steal me!". That's not to say the Deimos is the ideal commuter laptop — it is quite large. But it lacks the ostentatious nature of the M17x.
Final thoughts: I wholeheartedly recommend the BFG Deimos. It's a fine machine, and doesn't try to be more then that. I've found it to be more then sufficient as a desktop replacement, both for work and play. Yes, the price is high, but if you are buying a performance laptop, you have the budget for it and you probably don't really care about how much it costs; you want the best. I will admit that I'm not a huge fan of the keyboard, but it was a simple thing to plug an external keyboard in when I was sitting at my desk. The keyboard was just fine for casual use, but perhaps it's not for the business user.


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In the real estate business, wisdom has it that there are 3 things to appear for when getting property. Now kids, here's the icing on this slice of juicy Beverly Park pie: The unnamed buyer-wealthy Saudis according to a trusted informant we'll Beverly Park-rapidly caught an acute case of The Actual Estate Fickle and just 2.five months after purchasing the house flipped the beehawtcha back on the market with an astonishing asking cost of-wait for it, wait for it-$25,000,000.
Thanks Beth and yes there is anything in the mortgage that we could fight but will expense me a lot of cash and difficult to fight them and takes a lot of time and the house will still go into foeclouser.I have at the most up to 18 mons to two years in my house rent cost-free and in that time I will save funds and move somewhere less high-priced and will have funds once again as an alternative of getting house broke.
Nonetheless, out of dog crap flowers occasionally grow and our close to fetish with the showy and hoity-toity 'hood where architectural and decorative excessive is to be expected has turned up a surprisingly constant actual estate pattern in which property owners heave and ho their plus-size palaces on the market with astronomical asking costs only to wait years to sell for a drastically and in some situations monumentally reduce quantity.
I have applied for a Loan Modification with my lender but it has taken far, FAR longer than I was told it would take and I nonetheless have no decisive answer other than, ''We'll notify you by letter when we attain a selection." I find myself questioning if the lender is just dragging the procedure out to see what I will do. I am thinking about not making any further payments on the home till the lender comes back with an answer.
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Here at the clinic, we see plenty of patients suffering from heel pain. They almost always have a similar story:
"I have an extremely painful sensation right on the heel of my foot"
"My pain is always there in the mornings, and after I do any activity!"
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All of these complaints are those you would expect from somebody suffering from Plantar Fasciosis. You may have heard of this frustrating condition before – especially if you are a runner or work on your feet a lot.
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Steam Donkey Trail in Dosewallips State Park is one that I've been looking at for much of the winter, simply because of its low elevation. We kept putting it off because reviews made it seem a little basic. I do suspect that it is not nearly as much fun in the summer. It starts right out of the campground and it's pretty easy, so I bet it's packed with people and dogs all summer long. On a sunny day in February, however, it was just delightful. We only ran into two other groups–one a group of friendly twenty-somethings; another, two older guys with a pack of rather vicious sounding tiny dogs.
The trail has quite a bit of debris from recent bad weather, but most of it is smaller branches and such. It's also pretty wet still. My guess is that during rainy spells, the trail itself becomes one of the many creeks in the area. We wore hiking boots and stayed perfectly dry, but I wouldn't wear tennis shoes at this time of year! The water features were the highlight for us. Lots of creeks, the sound of water everywhere, glimpses of the river toward the end (the Maple Valley Trail side), and some lovely little waterfalls. Phantom Creek, which you cross twice if you do both trails, is gorgeous right now. Not sure what it will look like by the end of the summer.
For a complete change of scenery, you can hop over Highway 101 to the Canal side and catch the beach life (though it's not a sandy beach). You can hike out quite aways at low tide, but probably not so much when the tide comes in! It's interesting, but I would save it for after the main hike. We did see several sea lions and tons of birds. This is also where our boots got wet–with lovely (not!) sea-smelling mud from the tide flats. The boots are now hanging out in the garage for awhile!
Since we had some time left, we decided to head up river to the Dosewallips Rec Area. We haven't been there in years, long before the road washout. We had no intention of hiking up there so late in the day, but we did want to check out the parking situation for later in the year. Even at this early date, there were five other vehicles at the end, and not a whole lot of room. Again, it could get pretty crowded on the summer weekends. Also, please note that it is still definitely winter up there! Snow on the road for the last mile or so. There have been lots of people up that way so it wasn't too bad, but we did put the Explorer in 4-wheel drive just in case. We saw a small herd of elk in a pasture on the way up.
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A Valeo Intercooler is usually installed by the front grill or on top of the car's engine.
That extra boost from your supercharger or turbocharger feels great. It also contributes to your safety out on the road. When you're passing on the highway or trying to get out of a dangerous situation, you depend on that extra kick of power. Your turbo intercooler is instrumental in maximizing the amount of performance gain you get from your turbocharger systems, so get it fixed when you notice a problem.
While the name of this part might lead you to think that intercoolers are somewhere in the middle of your turbo system, they're actually most commonly positioned at the end. That's because hot super-compressed air from the turbos needs to be cooled before it enters your combustion chambers. This increases the concentration of oxygen and prevents pre-ignition events that can disrupt your engine timing. Overall, this part increases your performance by reducing problems and increasing efficiency of air delivery.
Shop our selection at PartsGeek.com and find the best manufacturers of turbo components and more. We have leading intercooler brands like TYC, AKG, Action Crash, Valeo, Modine, Nissens, Genuine, Behr, Mopar, APDI, Hella and OEM. We're also proud to carry millions of other parts, including everything else you need for your vehicle maintenance and upgrades. Best yet, it's all discounted up to 80% and covered by a 30-day return policy.
What is an intercooler?
Your turbocharged or supercharged vehicle uses a system of devices to compress air in order to deliver more oxygen to your cylinders. This provides more explosive power, increasing your engine performance. One of the issues facing these systems is that the compression creates a lot of heat.
Your turbo intercooler allows heat to exit the system before it gets to the combustion chambers of your engine cylinders. This makes your turbo system safe to use. It also decreases inefficiencies associated with pre-ignition, a phenomenon that causes fuel to burn before it's supposed to.
Your intercooler will look a lot like a radiator, partly because the purposes of the two parts are very similar. Look along your intake and turbo system for a part that has some metal fins. These fins allow heat to dissipate evenly, and they're a common element of most intercooler designs. If you can't locate the part, check your vehicle's maintenance and service manual for more details about the position and appearance.
How much is an intercooler?
Your vehicle's turbo intercooler is a necessary part of your turbocharged or supercharged air supply system. There are also some aftermarket upgrades out there designed to provide a better ratio between pressure and temperature reduction than factory parts. More temperature reduction per unit of pressure reduction means better performance, generally speaking.
Performance intercoolers can cost over $1,000. Most standard replacement parts will run you somewhere between $80-600. Prices vary on:
- Compactness of design
- Materials used in the intercooler
- Performance specifications
- Make and model of the vehicle
Why should you replace your intercooler?
The main reason to switch out an intercooler is increased performance. On one hand, replacing a broken part will get you back up to the engine efficiency and horsepower your vehicle manufacturer intended. It also reduces heat stress on your engine. This extends the life of all of your systems.
On the other hand, replacing a functioning factory intercooler with a performance part allows cooler air to enter your combustion chambers. This gives you better performance out of the same turbochargers or superchargers.
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Reading a post from the Red Letter Christians today and you would assume the name Red Letter would mean Jesus' words alone, but you would be quite wrong if you did.
The article was on a protester that protested the Trump Chicago rally because in their mind Trump is a racist. Why, because Trump in the past has called people names and wants to build a boarder.
Now mind you I'm not a Trump supporter, I have a different candidate that I am supporting but this is not the point.
Tony Campolo and his Red Letters don't see the hypocrisy in all this as a matter of fact they publish the hypocrisy.
What is the hypocrisy, it is that one can protest a candidate because they don't like them. Let's call him a racist because he shoots his mouth off now and again but nothing about why Biblically one needs to disrupt presidential rally.
Never mind the candidate supports abortion, has no clue of what it means to be a true Christian, has no intentions and will not repent of any violations of God moral code even though he believes to be a Christian and this from a group that insist they follow the words of Jesus.
The second hypocrisy is the protester makes it plain that Trump is the target based on he called people names making him a racist. Let's forget that two candidates Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton have promised abortion on demand be the main stay law of the land if elected. There will be no protection for the unborn with a democratic candidate with both candidates in clear violation of the 6th and 8th commandments but I guess red letters don't agree those are worth protesting.
Amazing how progressive Christians won't see truth because it clouds their agenda. True sin in the mind of a liberal Christian is negative emotions; it is symbolism over substance something well defined in the Red Letter Christian.


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AOA embraces professionalism at every level in the organization; members, volunteers and association management. AOA aspires to enhance dignity and professionalism in orthopaedics and daily life.
AOA is a Community of Leaders comprised of individuals committed to each other and the specialty through intellectual exchange--sharing, collaborating and creating.
AOA seeks to transcend subspecialties and to unify orthopaedic leaders as the specialty evolves.


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Firefighters assisted Royal National Lifeboat crews in rescuing a woman from the river in Kingston Upon Thames in the early hours of this morning.
Three fire engines and 14 firefighters and officers attended the scene, along with two fire rescue units with water capabilities.
The woman was treated on scene by London Ambulance Service crews.
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Mount Eerie w/The Tanukis and Young Coyotes Friday, September 5th, 2008 Brooks Center Arts, Denver Better Than: The last time I saw Microphones.
The Brooks Center Arts basement space was all but packed with people during The Tanukis' set. The Tanuki is a mischievous creature of Japanese folklore, and the last time I was in Okinawa I saw them all over the place and wondered what the hell these creepy little statuettes were. But the image of the cunning fool conjured by the name, as in The Fool of the Tarot, fits the music of Tanukis well. The group's music was simultaneously strong and delicate, at once gentle and ferocious. Era's singing is practiced but unaffected, and she puts a great deal of herself and her feelings into each note, seemingly unmindful that her projected feelings might unsettle some while thrilling others with the utter sincerity of her singing. One thing this performance cemented for me was the fact that this act is broadening the sonic palette and dimensions of experimental chamber music by not trying to fit into that mold and yet somehow exemplifying what that can be. I was also reminded occasionally of Kate Bush, and not just because Era plays the piano, but because Bush's music embodied putting pop flourishes into what was essentially avant garde music. Bush was also unafraid to let her voice be what it was, to express her feelings naturally. Tanukis similarly harness their individual strengths with rich results.
Young Coyotes were definitely tighter than the recordings I'd heard online. A three-piece ensemble with two percussionists (one playing the bells) and a guitarist who did lead vocals, Coyotes' set began with "When I Was in the Fire." Before they started, the lead singer told us he was nervous. But it didn't show, beyond the otherwise normal quaver to his singing. The dual rhythms created a compelling flow of sound, and it seemed to me as though there was some intentional distortion on the vocals in various songs. We were told that "A Thousand Masks" was an old song, but admitted that the band was really only around four months old, so how old could it be?
The band closed with "Momentary Drowning." I was struck by how, yes, the songs were clearly tightly structured, but each member had enough leeway within that structure to move and change things ever so slightly so the performances were less likely to become stale for the band -- and its audience.
I'd seen Microphones twice before, but this show was perhaps the best. Phil Elverum, performing this night as Mount Eerie, has the nervy, awkward yet composed vibe of David Byrne and a similar of charisma. He was alone with a guitar, a stereo set-up with a distortion and a delay with a reverse delay built in with a looping function. It wasn't an acoustic set so much as one of his more experimental guitar shows; he ran the gamut of creative use of delay and distortion to create atmospheres of swarming dreaminess. The first half to three quarters of the set were entirely comprised of songs Phil was covering from Thanksgiving's Welcome Nowhere. Whether doing the covers or performing his own material, Elverum's delivery of the music embodied what it must be like to live in a place where there is a lot of fog and rain and time for introspection shot through with electrifying moments of lightning-lit clarity. With light but witty joking throughout the set, there was no doubt that everyone in the audience was a fan by the time they left if they hadn't been already.
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The Sandman
A non-descript white 1965 VW Beetle rolled into the shop. We replaced the channels and pans, which is pretty standard. There was also the usual lower quarter panel work that needed to be done. For the most part, this project car cooperated in its restoration, right from the start.
When it arrived at the Airkooled Kustoms Volkswagen restoration shop, it wasn't much to look at… But that's about to change.
This beauty of a 1965 VW Beetle is being built for Mr.M, a rather private gentleman. He decided that although he could afford a brand new car, what he really wanted was something with style. An engineer at heart, he thought this project all the way through, weighing all options on a spreadsheet.
His ride rocks a custom paint we've named Black Chrome, one of Spook's exclusive blacks, accented with Grumpy Rancher Green, another one of Spook's creations. Rolling a retro Cal-look custom, this Dub is murdered out and looks like it could vroom off the pages of a Marvel comic book. If you see it on the streets, be sure to look closely at the back. The deck lid is one of a kind.
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60 Seconds With Olivia Palermo Before NYFW Madness
You could put Olivia Palermo in a potato sack and Crocs, and she'd still turn heads — but she's not just a pretty face. Olivia's gone from reality TV star to street style darling and fashion authority in her own right — as a Piperlime guest editor and editor of her own site, OliviaPalermo.com. You see, she's not just a natural beauty, but a girl with a serious love for fashion and a great eye for detail. She's one of the best-dressed women in any room — and any front row. Naturally, we'd like to know just how she does it. Here, she breaks it down in under a minute.
POPSUGAR: Fashion Week can be tough on real life — do you get to see Johannes [Huebl] much during FW?
Olivia Palermo: Fashion Week is kind of just my thing and my team at OP.com.
PS: Last Fashion Week was rough with the snow and storms! Does practicality ever trump style for you?
OP: No. You can always be practical and stylish.
PS: Do you plan out your FW outfits in advance? If not, do you find yourself totally winging it the morning of?
OP: Yes, I think it's best to totally wing it.
PS: Any tricks for packing when you head to Europe for the marathon of Fashion Weeks there?!
OP: Lots of accessories and coats.
Keep reading for Olivia's favorite Fashion Week memory and the piece you might see her wearing straight from the Fall '13 runway.
PS: What's your favorite Fashion Week look of all time?
OP: I can't think of one look in particular, but the Paris and London fashion are always most inspiring.
PS: What do you always carry in your bag during Fashion Week?
OP: My Mophie charger.
PS: What was your first Fashion Week memory?
OP: Attending Zac Posen in Bryant Park.
PS: What have you been dying to wear since you saw it on the runway at Fall Fashion Week?
OP: The thigh-high mossy-green Céline boots from runway.
PS: Who's the most interesting person you've gotten to sit with in the front row?
OP: My dear friend Giancarlo Giammetti. Below: Olivia snapped a photo with her good friend Giancarlo (left) and boyfriend Johannes (right) while on vacation in Greece this Summer.


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text: Video News: United States Red carpet is rolled out for "Saving Mr. Banks" premiere Share this article Double Oscar-winner Tom Hanks and fellow two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson added Hollywood royalty to the red carpet as they arrived for Monday night's (December 09) premiere of Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks." The film is inspired by the untold back story of how Disney's classic "Mary Poppins" made it to the screen. When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise; one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt, played by Hanks, comes up against an uncompromising writer, played by Thompson, who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the magic to set Mary Poppins to the silver screen. Hanks, who's riding high after his strong showing in "Captain Phillips," explained the essence behind playing "Uncle W © DailyMotion - Tuesday, December 10, 2013


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You can have 101 different types of holiday in Spain. Forget long-haul flights or the '80s Costa Brava associations; dig a little deeper and you'll discover culture, art, history and fantastic food on your European doorstep in sunny, friendly Spain.
History buffs will be in their element, touring Granada's Alhambra palace, Seville's lofty Giralda cathedral and museums, Carmona's necropolis, Cordoba's Mezquita mosque or Ronda's bullring. Art lovers will be intoxicated by the 'Paseo del Arte' in Madrid (the Golden Triangle of Art, encompassing the Paseo del Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums) or the Picasso museum in Barcelona. Foodies will be torn between visiting Valencia for its fresh paella, Seville for its myriad tapas bars, and the top-notch international restaurants of Madrid. Night owls will thrive in Ibiza's infamous clubs, Barcelona's happening bars, or the Fallas celebrations in Valencia.
Prefer to escape the city bustle? Let Mallorca's natural scenery seduce you or hike the craggy coastline of Tenerife. Or try the remote Sierra Nevada, where you can canter on horseback through beautiful green foothills or whizz down snowy pistes in the winter.
Active types can windsurf in gusty Tarifa, go wreck diving in Gran Canaria or surf 6ft waves off the Atlantic coast. Those wanting to relax can take chugging trains through the spectacular hilltop villages of Andalucia, or laze on golden beaches in Lanzarote.
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