The textbooks point out that suppressed frustrations consequence within a volcano-like eruption. Individuals may possibly explode with frustration and choose poorly and reply with violence and anger as opposed to endurance and dialogue. Nevertheless, a person has to also factor in that a retrograde can power a person to go deeper within and make floor breaking alterations in phrases of the dynamics from the planet and also the nature of the warning. For that reason, for the duration of this time frame 1 will be re-evaluating their operate power. Mars in Virgo could be very robust with details, efficiency, group, and getting well being-aware. For all those that have been placing away from physical exercise, this may extremely very well be considered a time the place it’s possible you’ll phase out of your convenience zone and start dieting and exercising like in no way prior to.
It really is genuine that Mars retrograde can outcome in procrastination. Assertive patterns are much more introspective. A lot of will encounter passive men and women that may well lack drive. It truly is highly recommended to steer absent from starting a brand new business enterprise less than a retrograde.
The beginning of your company during a Mars Retrograde will result in continual complications with acquiring motion asserted at a high quality and efficient pace. Regardless of how tough you make an effort to thrust, very little will take place. Every little thing is inside a sluggish condition.
A lot more importantly, it can be proposed to steer away from key repairs. Due to the fact Mars governs destructions, deconstruction may perhaps develop into much more understood immediately after Mars turns immediate. If an electronic digital gadget breaks along on a Mars Retrograde, a repair career will not cure the fix. A repair job using a Mars retrograde may perhaps consequence in getting one more repair require site. Nonetheless, following the retrograde has turned direct, the problem is usually additional understood. Repair work opportunities contain surgery treatment. Keep away from surgery treatment below this time-frame if possible.
Having said that, staying born having a Mars retrograde is a lot various than experiencing a person through the routine. A properly-aspected Mars retrograde in a person’s delivery chart can create a great deal of results. Considering electricity and initiative is internalized (retrograde), commonly the personal is in competitors with himself. Quite a few athletes are born having a properly-aspected Mars Retrograde. Nevertheless, when Mars is aspected with challenging aspects, people may well act hastily and typically must retrace and redo his actions. Ironically, We’ve observed several astrological charts of athletes using a retrograde Mars in Virgo. Becoming a staff player is essential for athletes. As a result, in the course of this retrograde we can be referred to as upon to evaluate our very own and others’ crew player cooperation skills at function.
There may very well be difficulties, arguments, disagreements at function over another person or with someone that is certainly overly important. So through this timeframe it is going to be clever to pick and opt for your phrases and actions at give good results quite methodically.
A single’s sexual generate during a Mars retrograde can adjust a whole lot. It has long been stated which the amount of satisfaction during a Mars retrograde may be tricky to gratify. Within the signal of Virgo it might be overly crucial, picky, and frugal.
One more factor to understand with Virgo is dogs and cats. Throughout this routine, if a puppy wants to have a surgical procedure it is strongly proposed if possible to postpone it until finally immediately after retrograde. During this timeframe your pets’ temperament could also be evaluated with admire on the above referenced Mars retrograde characteristics: overly aggressive or lethargic.
Finally the info of day time-to-day existing are also scrutinized less than Virgo. So using time to clear up shelves, closets, cabinets, and drawers is surely an outstanding technique to use this electricity. An enormous tip: be further environment friendly beneath that timeframe. Enjoy!
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Two dog attacks in a week puts Spotsylania County authorities in the spotlight to take action on pet owners for their dog’s behavior. In unrelated incidences, an elderly woman was killed and another woman was bitten. Three dogs have been shot dead by police.
An 82 year old woman was walking her Shih Tzu breed of dog in her front yard last week when she came under attack by three Pit Bulls. She died being transported to the hospital after police responded and shot two of the attacking dogs. They later captured the third dog and euthanized it.
More recently, a 31 year old woman was bitten on her hand during a fight that ensued between two Pit Bulls in her back yard. The responding police officer shot the aggressor dog.
Public outcry over the death of the elderly woman stirred procecutors to charge the dogs’ owner, Deeana Large, with involuntary manslaughter. This is a first for the Commonwealth of Virginia where charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years are leveled in a case involving a pet’s owner. In order to gain an indictment, prosecuters will have to prove the dogs’ owner was criminally negligent. In the biting incident, the attacking dog’s owner faces a misdemeanor charge of letting the dog run at large.
Deeana Large, who initially said she owned only 1 of the 3 dogs involved in the mauling case, has not yet been formally charged and awaits indictment. Investigators in the case say there were earlier reports of her dogs allegedly killing a German Shepard and a kittten in her neighborhood. Complaints by neighbors spurred an animal control officer to be looking for the dogs at the time the woman was killed.
Patients everywhere enter hospitals daily and expect to receive an acceptable and appropriate standard of care. However, the level of care, skill, and treatment can vary from health care provider to health care provider. Unfortunately this sometimes leads to patient misdiagnosis or receiving the wrong treatment as a result of careless errors or inadequate followup.
Medical negligence or poor training can cause severe damage to patient health and in some cases death, so health care providers can be held legally responsible if they are found to be medically negligent. Serious injuries like nerve damage, hemorrhage, spinal cord problems, and even brain damage can occur as a result of medical malpractice.
If you feel you or a loved one have suffered as the result of someone else’s medical mistake, you may have grounds to file a medical malpractice claim. Medical malpractice cases can have devastating affects for victims and their families so it is advisable to seek the services of a qualified medical malpractice attorney to assist you with your case.
There are many local qualified medical malpractice attorneys throughout Florida. Many attorneys like H. Dennis Rogers P.A., typically handle personal injury and accident cases in addition to malpractice cases as well. Choosing the right Tampa brain injury lawyer for your case involves considering a few key characteristics. Choose legal counsel that has experience and positive case results in the medical malpractice area. Medical malpractice can be notoriously difficult to prove.
Having an Medical Malpractice attorney in Tampa with experience in successfully navigating this complex area of the legal system is extremely invaluable. Since the injuries and conditions that may result as a result of medical negligence are extremely varied, experience in a broad range of medical malpractice cases is desirable as well. Your chosen attorney should also have the legal credentials and recognition within the profession to handle your case. Consider legal peer reviews and attorney ratings when making your decision.
Some attorneys offer free initial consultations to discuss your case. Medical malpractice cases can be costly. Visiting an attorney who offers the option of a free initial consultation allows you to get a feel of how the attorney and his staff work, without breaking the bank.
Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law Professor, will head the newSoftware Freedom Law Center (SFLC). An initial 4 million dollars has been provided by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to fund the project.
The law center will provide free legal service for open source projects and developers. In 2004 OSDL established a separate $10 million Linux Legal Defense Fund providing legal support for Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel creator and end user companies subjected to Linux-related litigation by the SCO Group. The new law center will not be affiliated with the OSDL.
“This is about taking care of the goose that laid the golden egg and not letting wolves come in the middle of the night and steal it away,” Moglen said during a press conference. “This is a legal firm not involved so much in litigating and defending as it will be for counseling and advising and nurturing non-profits and to prevent millions of dollars in litigation.”
Moglen will serve as chairman and director-counsel of the non-profit organization. Also on board as directors are: Lawrence Lessig, law professor at Stanford Law School; Daniel Weitzner, director of the World Wide Web Consortium‘s technology and society activities; and Diane Peters, general counsel at the OSDL. Daniel Ravicher, executive director of the Public Patent Foundation, will help manage as legal director.
Moglen, one of the world.s leading experts on copyright law as applied to software, will run the new Law Center from its headquarters in New York City. The Law Center will initially have two full-time intellectual property attorneys on staff and expects to expand to four attorneys later this year. Initial clients for the Law Center include the Free Software Foundation and the Samba Project.
Other services provided by the SFLC include: asset stewardship, to avoid intellectual property claim conflict; license review and compatibility analysis; legal consulting and lawyer training.
Cumming at New York Fashion Week on February 11, 2011. Image: Christopher Macsurak.
On Friday, Scottish theatre and film actor and producer Alan Cumming said how “the British Empire profited at the expense (and death) of indigenous peoples around the world” affected his decision to return the OBE he received in 2009.
For his 58th birthday, the two-time Tony awardee announced on Instagram “the misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire” outweighed the “great good” his receiving of the order represented for the LGBT community.
Cumming was bestowed the chivalric honour, which stands for ‘Order of the British Empire’, as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Honours for his work as an actor and activist “for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community”.
Made a US citizen in 2008, Cumming was an outspoken critic of the since-repealed Defense of Marriage Act that forbade federal recognition of same-sex marriage, and the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy that prevented openly LGBT individuals from serving in the US Armed Forces.
At the time, he said: “I see this honour as encouragement to go on fighting for what I believe is right and for what I take for granted as a UK citizen. Thank you to the Queen and those who make up her birthday honours list for bringing attention to the inaction of the US government on this issue. It makes me very proud to be British, and galvanised as an American.”
However, the laws’ repeal and “conversations about the role of the monarchy” and legacy of British colonialism begun after Elizabeth II’s death in September convinced him “the great good the award brought to the LGBTQ+ cause back in 2009 is now less potent than the misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire.”
In the past, other celebrities have returned OBEs in protest of social issues: in 2020, Welsh actor Michael Sheen announced he returned his received in 2009 over the “tortured history” between Wales and the UK. Musician John Lennon returned his lesser MBE in 1969 over the UK’s involvement in the Nigerian Civil War and support for the US in Vietnam.
Cumming’s film credits include GoldenEye and the Spy Kids trilogy. He received his Tony Awards for producing the musical A Strange Loop (2022) and appearing in Cabaret (1998).
In 2019, he expressed his pride in his work on the television series Instinct where he was in the star role of the first US network drama to have a gay lead character. Posting on Instagram, he remembered the show, which was cancelled after two series, for being where “millions of people will have seen a same-sex marriage portrayed for the first time”.
Parents will now be informed if their child is overweight Image: Robert Lawton.
Starting in September, British schools will inform parents of their child’s weight in an attempt to deal with the growing issue of obesity, according to an announcement by the Department of Health (DoH).
Nearly 23% of children aged 4-5 are overweight or obese, with that figure growing to nearly 32% for children aged 10-11. Standard procedures in schools involve weighing and measuring children in schools to determine their body mass index (BMI). The information is passed on to the National Health Service (NHS) to determine the extent of obesity in the area.
Parents will soon be sent a letter of their child’s weight, including advice on what to do if the child is overweight. However, government ministers have ruled that “offensive” language, such as “obese” or “fat” will not be allowed to be used in the letters, with words such as “overweight” being used instead.
The letters will provide useful information to parents, such as the problems caused by obesity like diabetes, and how to overcome these problems. Research has shown that parents often do not realise their child is overweight, and the letters will be a “wake-up call” to them.
“We have to get the balance right between being a nanny state and a neglectful state,” said Will Cavendish, the director of health and wellbeing at the DoH.
A terrorist has two prime objectives; to obtain information and to disable a target at any cost. A personal computer user could unknowingly assist a terrorist in accomplishing these objectives but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Information
Approximately 70% of North American personal computer users conduct personal financial transactions on their machines. These transactions range from checking and maintaining personal bank accounts, investment portfolio maintenance and online purchases to electronic bill payments and income tax filing. Additionally, as much as 85% of users use their machines for managing their personal financial data through various accounting and database software. On most personal computers a plethora of personal notes letters, diaries and address books may also be found. To a terrorist, this information would be quite useful in stealing the identity of the computer owner in order to obtain false identification for the purpose of infiltrating targeted companies, government agencies and borders.
Another information concern is that 90% of personal home computer owners use their machines for work related activities. This could mean that sensitive or at the very least restricted data concerning a public or private entity could be found on a home computer. This information could be anything from an internal memo regarding a financial transaction or executive itinerary to the floor plans of a building or a document outlining technical specifications. All very useful for a terrorist seeking a new target of interest.
Disable
If the terrorist already has all the information required, the next order of business is to disrupt, disable or destroy the target at any cost. In order to do this, the terrorist will seek out unknowing accomplices. The unknowing accomplice could be a home personal computer with the ability to connect to the Internet. In the case of launching a terrorist attack on a computer network; the network targeted could be anything from a financial network, major corporate or government network to a public utility computer system used to control telephone service or an access card/alarm system computer that may need to be disabled prior to a physical criminal act on a targeted premises.
Whether it is the use of a personal computer or the information on one a terrorist needs, all that is required is that the perpetrator place a small hidden piece of software on the machine to infect it. The method used to infect a personal computer can range from sending an e-mail, electronic greeting card or file to the user, to having the infection program lie in wait on a web page or hidden in an otherwise legitimate software program. Just because a personal computer is never connected to the Internet does not make it immune, as often the owners of these computers feel a false sense of security making them all the more vulnerable. In cases such as these, the infection occurs through external media such as shared diskettes, previously infected software and in some cases even through audio CDs played on the computer. Once infected, a non-Internet connected computer will become a carrier of the infected program and will infect other computers in the manner it was infected.
When the infection program finds itself on an Internet or network connected computer it will attempt to infect other computers that are online. However, more importantly it will also attempt to do one of two things; harvest information from its infected host, or permit the remote control of the infected host by the perpetrator.
Information Harvest
An infection program may be specially programmed to search for specific files that contain certain keywords in their title or content, such as “personal”, “banking”, “credit”, “password” or any other words the perpetrator may be interested in. Other infection programs may be less selective and just record any information that is typed on the keyboard, displayed on the screen or any file that is opened.
Once the information harvesting program has obtained a specific amount of data or at a predetermined time, it will attempt to secretly e-mail this information back to the perpetrator. This is done in one of two ways; the program will either wait for the unsuspecting computer user to go online and then hide the transmission of its data with other incoming/outgoing e-mails and files or if the program detects that the computer is connected to a dedicated “always on” Internet or network connection, the harvested data may be sent at anytime.
In the case where the infected computer has an “always on” Internet or network connection but is switched off when not in use, the infection program may have the capability to switch on the computer, send its harvested data and then switch the computer off.
For the majority of data harvesting programs, the harvesting seldom stops with the first harvest and tends to continue until the infection program is neutralized or the perpetrator moves on.
Remote Control
Another infection program will allow the perpetrator to literally take control of a single or large numbers of personal computers. This type of program will allow the perpetrator to switch the computer on and off, send and receive e-mails and logon to websites using the victim’s account, view all of the information contained on the computer, switch on any cameras or microphones attached to the computer in order to monitor the victim, change settings on the computer and launch any program on the machine.
Once a personal computer is under the control of the perpetrator it may be used in conjunction with as many as 1,000 or more infected machines to launch an attack on a major corporate, public safety or public utility computer network. In order to do this, the perpetrator will instruct all infected personal computers to begin their attack on the target network at a specific time of day. The infected personal computers will simultaneously make multiple attempts to connect to the target network, send large amounts of useless data or send multiple e-mail messages to specific internal e-mail accounts. The target network is overwhelmed by the amount of information received and therefore shuts down or locks up. As a result, the target network could be disabled for anywhere from a few hours to several days. Attacks of this type, depending on their methodology are known as DDOS, DVOS and mail bombing attacks.
Depending on the type of infection program; these are commonly known as viruses, trojans, (trojan horses), malware (malicious software) and backstops (instructive code).
Don’t Let A Terrorist Have Access To Your Computer.
Personal computer owners can take these steps to ensure their own privacy, security and to reduce the risk potential of their computer being used by a terrorist or other computer criminal.
1. Install Virus detection and firewall software on your computer and make sure you follow the software manufacturers’ recommendations to keep it up to date. Need help? Visit www.drroberting.com and check out the downloads section.
2. Do not use computer passwords that are easy to guess. Examples of bad passwords are default passwords, your name, telephone number, birthday, family or pet names, mother’s maiden name, and passwords that are less than 8 characters in length. Do use passwords that consist of letters and numbers.
3. Never open or download an e-mail attachment, click on a link in an e-mail or go to a webpage address listed in an e-mail from someone you do not know. If the attachment is from someone you do know, but has the file extensions .pif, .exe, .com, .vbs, .vbe, .dll, .ini, .bat, .bin, .dot, .reg, .js, .scr or .xlm do not download it but contact them first to see if they really sent you this file. Some infection programs will disguise themselves by using a familiar e-mail address to get you to lower your vigilance.
4. Never give personal information out on the Internet and this includes the information you reveal on your personal webpage. Personal webpages should never provide home addresses, telephone numbers, specific employer or personal details such as exact date of birth. Be selective about the information you divulge.
Copyright 2005-2006 Dr. Robert Ing, www.drroberting.com
About the Author: Dr. Robert Ing is a forensic intelligence specialist and has appeared on North American news networks on the issues of technology crime, computer security, privacy and identity theft. For more articles by Dr. Robert Ing please visit
A Wikinews introduction to the 2012 World Economic Forum.
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel gave yesterday’s opening address to the 42nd meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is facing a distinctly different geo-political landscape from twelve months ago. Outside the WEF security cordon, in the sub-zero temperatures of Davos’ train station car park, the local incarnation of the Occupy movement are setting up ‘Camp Igloo’; but, with little hope of the archetypes of the 1%, ‘Davos Man’, arriving by public transport and seeing their sub-zero protest.
Occupy WEF protesters completing one of the ‘Camp igloo’ structures Saturday ahead of the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos. Image: @Occupy_WEF.
David Roth, heading the Swiss centre-left’s youth wing — and an organiser of ‘Camp Igloo’, echoes much of the sentiment from ‘Occupy’ protests around the world; “[a]t meetings the rest of society is excluded from, this powerful ‘1 percent’ negotiates and decides about the fate of the other 99 percent of this world, […] economic and financial concentration of power in a small, privileged minority leads to a dictatorship over the rest of us. The motto ‘one person, one vote’ is no longer valid, but ‘one dollar, one vote’.”
Finishing touches being put to the 2012 conference’s stage setup. Image: World Economic Forum.
Roth’s characterisation of ‘Davos Man’, a term coined by the Professor Samuel Huntington of Harvard University, is more emotive than that of the late professor who saw ‘Davos man’ as “[having…] little need for national loyalty, view[ing] national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see[ing] national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the elite’s global operations”.
As Reuters highlights, many attendees will opt to make their way from Zurich to Davos by private jet, or helicopter, and the WEF itself provides handouts indicating the cost of such is 5,100 Swiss francs (approx. 5,500 USD, 3,500 GBP, 4,200 EUR). In contrast: travelling by rail, even when opting for first class — without an advance booking, is 145 Swiss francs (approx. 155 USD, 100 GBP).
Shifting fortunes see several past attendees missing this year’s exclusive get-together in the alpine resort; for a second year running — and now caught up in the UK phone hacking scandal being scrutinised by Lord Leveson’s inquiry — media mogul Rupert Murdoch will not be attending. Nor will the former head of financial services company UBS Oswald Gruebel, who resigned in the wake of US$2.3 billion losses incurred through unauthorised trading; likewise, Philipp Hildebrand, the ex-head of the Swiss National Bank, is absent following scandal associated with his wife’s currency trading activities; and, although the sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn were dropped, having stepped down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund Strauss-Kahn will also be absent.
As the #OccupyWEF protesters were building igloos last weekend, an anti-WEF protest in the Swiss capital Berne was broken up by police, who stated their intent to prosecute participants in the illegal protest. Allegations of calls for violent protest action led to a high number of officers being involved. In the aftermath, charges of breach of the peace are to be brought against 153 people, with some targeted for more serious offences. At least one group involved in the protest described the police response as “disproportionate”.
Image of Berne riot police dealing with an anti-WEF protest last weekend. Image: agfreiburg, Flickr.
At ‘Camp Igloo’ Roth says he is seeking discussions with the WEF’s expected 2,000 attendees; but his voice, and that of others in the worldwide ‘Occupy’ movement, is unlikely to be given a platform in the opening debate, “Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society?” He, and others taking part in this Swiss incarnation of the ‘Occupy’ movement, are still considering an invite to a side-session issued by the World Economic Forum’s founder, Klaus Schwab; commenting on the invite Roth told the Associated Press they would prefer a debate at a more neutral venue.
As has been the case for several years now, the annual Forum meeting in Davos was preceded with the release of a special report by the World Economic Forum into risks seen as likely to have an impact the in the coming decade. The 2012 Global Risks Report is a hefty document; the 64-page report is backed with a variety of visualisation tools designed to allow the interrelations between risks to be viewed, how risks interact modelled, and their potential impacts considered — as assessed by the WEF’s panel of nearly 500 experts.
The WEF video introduction to their 2012 Risk Report. Image: World Economic Forum.
As one would expect, economic risks top both the 2012 impact and likelihood charts. Climate change is pushed somewhat further down the list of concerns likely to drive discussions in Davos. “Major systemic financial failure” — the collapse of a globally important financial institution, or world currency, is selected as the risk which carries the most potential impact.
However, “Chronic fiscal imbalances” — failing to address excessive government debt, and “Severe income disparity” — a widening of the the gulf between rich and poor, top the list of most likely risks.
At the other end of the tables, disagreeing respectively with the weight last year’s Wikinews report gave to orbital debris, and the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) fight with the Internet over copyright legislation, the 2012 Global Risks Report places “Proliferation of Orbital Debris” and “Failure of intellectual property regime” bottom of the league in terms of potential impact.
In 2011, with the current global economic crisis well under-way, “Fiscal crises” topped the WEF risks with the largest potential impact in the next ten years. However, perceived as most likely a year ago, “Storms and cyclones”, “Flooding”, and “Biodiversity loss” — all climate-change related points — were placed ahead of “Economic disparity” and “Fiscal crises”.
More mundane risks overtake the spectre of terrorism when contrasting this year’s report with the 2011 one; volatility in the prices of commodities, consumer goods, and energy, and the security of water supplies are all now ranked as more likely risks than terrorism — though the 2011 report did rank some of these concerns as having a higher potential impact. A significant shift in perception sees the 2012 report highlight food shortages almost as likely a risk the world will face over the next decade; and, one with a far more significant impact.
Attending the World Economic Forum at Davos is more than just an opportunity to discuss the current state of the global economy, and review the risks which face countries around the world. With such a high number of political and business leaders in attendance, it is an ideal opportunity to pursue new trade deals.
File photo of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Image: Ted Buracas.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is, in addition to being a keynote speaker, expected to pursue improved relations with European and Asian trade partners at private meetings on the Forum sidelines. The Toronto Star reports Harper is likely to push forward an under-negotiation Canadian-European free-trade agreement, and hold closed-door discussions prior to next month’s planned trip to China.
Similarly, Canadian trade minister Ed Fast is expected to meet South Korean counterparts to discuss an equivalent deal to the preferential ones between the Asian nation and the US and Europe. Fast’s deal does, however, face opposition at home; the Canadian Auto Workers union asserts that such a deal would put 33,0000 jobs at-risk.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron and chancellor George Osborne are expected to discuss a possible increase of UK funding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF); however, with the UK responsible for 4.5% of the US$400 billion in the IMF’s lending fund, backbench MPs have warned that committing any additional funds could provoke a Conservative revolt in parliament. Tuesday’s IMF cut of predicted global growth from 4% to 3.3%, warnings of a likely Eurozone recession in 2012, and ongoing problems with Greek financial restructuring, are likely discussion topics at Davos — as well as amongst UK backbench MPs who see adding to the IMF war-chest as bailing out failed European economies.
South Africa, less centre-stage during the 2011 Forum, will be looking to improve relationships and take advantage of their higher profile. President Jacob Zuma and several cabinet members are attending sessions and discussions; whilst former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to moderate a session, “Africa — From Transition to Transformation“, with Nigeria, Guinea, and South Sudan’s presidents on the panel. Wal-mart’s CEO Doug McMillon is to lead a dinner session, “Shared Opportunities for Africa’s Future” — highlighting larger multinationals looking towards the continent for new opportunities.
Davos may also serve as a place to progress disputes out of the public eye; a high-profile dispute between Chile’s state-owned copper mining business, Codelco, and Anglo American plc over the 5.39 billion USD sale of a near-quarter stake in their Chilean operations to Japan’s Mitsubishi, prompted the Financial Times to speculate that, as the respective company chiefs — Diego Hernández and Cynthia Carroll — are expected to attend, they could privately discuss the spat during the Forum.
Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella has appointed Cristina Mexia as the new Sales & Marketing Director
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Mexia, with more than fifteen years experience in the hotel business, states that her main objective is to promote sales at all levels to different sectors, opening new markets and diversifying the existing ones.
Marbella, 15th September 2009- Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella, one of the most exclusive five star hotels on the Costa del Sol, announces the appointment of Cristina Mexia as the new Sales & Marketing Director.
Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella, renowned for product and service excellence is extremely selective when recruiting the Ladies and Gentleman who work for the company. The hotel trusts in Cristina s potential to maintain the market growth obtained since the opening in 2003. Alejandro Helbling, the hotel s General Manager, states that it was very important to choose someone who knows very well the Costa del Sol as a destination and also the luxury hotel business. It is also important for us to take into account our leaders personal qualities and their capability of working in challenging times, as is the current situation. .
Cristina Mexia has outstanding experience of more than fifteen years in the luxury tourist and hotel business. She has been Sales & Marketing Director at prestigious five star hotels in Germany, Madrid and on the Costa del Sol. She has excellent communication skills, speaking five languages, and an impressive negotiation aptitude. Daughter of an American mother and a Spanish father, she learned since very young the rich diversity of cultures around the globe. With fifteen years old she already knew her vocation for the hotel business, which has encouraged her to complete a Tourism degree at Centro Espa ol de Nuevas Profesiones and a master course in Hotel Management at the Universidad Polit cnica in Madrid.
Cristina considers it a great opportunity to be part of a luxury hotel, managed by a leading American company. I am very proud of joining Hotel Villa Padierna, not only because it is one of the most beautiful hotels I have seen during my fifteen years of experience, but also because it is very exciting to work for the premier worldwide provider of luxury experiences .
Cristina is conscious about the challenge that the current market situation means for the hotel business and states that even with Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella reaching excellent occupation levels during the past few years, the sales and marketing team must continue innovating and optimising all its resources in a proactive way in order to promote sales at all levels.
There is no doubt that her experience, persistence and professionalism will allow her to successfully reach this challenge and to continue promoting the Costa del Sol and Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella as one of the best destinations within Spain either for holidays or for business.
Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella
The luxury five star hotel in Marbella, Hotel Villa Padierna, Marbella offers a personalised service and the best facilities on the Costa del Sol. Located at the Flamingos Golf Resort, its two 18 hole golf courses make of it one of the main golf hotels in Marbella, and its impressive Thermae Spa is considered one of the best luxury spas in Marbella.
This hotel is also an ideal conference venue in Marbella, perfect for company events and special celebrations such as weddings, anniversaries, incentive trips and product launch venues on the Costa del Sol, with more than 1,000 square metres of reception rooms and terraces and also with its own stunning Roman Amphitheatre.
Editor s Note: Hotel Villa Padierna is represented by the digital marketing specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please direct all enquiries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.
Editor s Note: Hotel Villa Padierna is represented by the digital marketing specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please direct all enquiries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.
The wreckage of the aircraft Image: Marc-Antony Payne.
Investigators examining the wreck of British AirwaysFlight 38, a Boeing777 that crash landed short of the runway at London’s Heathrow Airport in the first hull loss of a 777, are examining the aircraft’s fuel system as a possible factor in the crash. No-one was killed as the scheduled flight from Beijing, China lost power during final approach on January 17.
136 passengers and 16 crew were on board when power was lost to the two Rolls-Royce engines about two miles from the runway, at a height of 600 feet. Autopilot and autothrottle were engaged at the time, the latter having just commanded an increase of thrust to the engines when power was lost. Co-pilot John Coward, in control at the time, was subsequently praised for being able to glide the disabled plane to within 1,000 feet of the runway, clearing a number of houses along the way.
Subsequent investigation has revealed that not only did the engines not fail simultaneously, but neither failed completely, contradicting initial belief. A preliminary report by the United Kingdom’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) stated that after the autothrottle commanded more thrust “The engines both initially responded but after about 3 seconds the thrust of the right engine reduced. Some eight seconds later the thrust reduced on the left engine to a similar level… Both engines continued to produce thrust at an engine speed above flight idle, but less than the commanded thrust.” This situation prevailed until impact.
A map showing the location of the plane (blue dot) after landing and sliding through the field on the runway safety area – route marked in red. Image: Markie/Open Street Map .
On Wednesday the AAIB stated that they were examining “All possible scenarios that could explain the thrust reduction and continued lack of response of the engines.” However, it also went on to specifically mention attention to the jet’s fuel system, saying “This work includes a detailed analysis and examination of the complete fuel-flow path from the aircraft tanks to the engine-fuel nozzles.” The AAIB also ruled out the plane having completely run out of fuel, stating that there was “adequate fuel” in the tanks when the plane crashed. In addition to the fuel required to get to the target destination or emergency alternative airport – whichever is further – aircraft typically carry between thirty and forty-five minutes worth of extra fuel as a safety margin.
Possible scenarios being examined include fuel contamination, coming either from fuel taken on at Beijing or leakage from an unknown source. In particular, a heavy contaminant at the bottom of the tanks would explain a lack of earlier problems on the flight, as the fuel levels would only have become low in the final stages of the trip. Another possibility is that a central part of the fuel system developed a leak, reducing the amount of fuel available to the engines.
It is known that, according to the AAIB, “the autothrottle and engine-control commands were performing as expected prior to, and after, the reduction in thrust,” suggesting that all software in the aircraft was functioning correctly and rendering a software failure unlikely, although this possibility also remains under investigation.
