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Air China's Second Daily Nonstop Los Angeles-Beijing Flight Gets the New Generation Boeing 777-300ER Upgrade, June 1, 2012

China's exclusive national flag carrier continues its fleet upgrade with USA-China flights

LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Reflecting on Air China's commitment to the Southern California market, the airline's second daily nonstop flight between Los Angeles and Beijing (CA 988/CA 987) will be upgraded to the new-generation B777-300ER on June 1, 2012. In February this year, the Los Angeles-Beijing evening flight (CA 984/CA 983) was the first Air China flight from the USA to use the greener, cleaner and more fuel-efficient "triple seven." Air China is the only airline that offers nonstop service between these two cities.

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The airline's daily nonstop New York-Beijing route is scheduled to be upgraded to the same aircraft on October 1, 2012. In 2013, the San Francisco daily nonstop flight is expected to have its own B777-300ER upgrade.

"The USA is a priority for us. The upgrade of the two daily flights out of Los Angeles and the daily flight out of New York during this year alone shows our commitment to provide air travelers with the best product available. The performance enhancements in the range and payload capabilities of the B777-300ER make it a perfect match for our passengers to and from the United States," Dr. Chi, Air China's Vice President and General Manager for North America stated.

The "triple seven" has a wider cabin than any competing airplane—current or planned. It is designed for maximum passenger comfort and convenience. Air China's Forbidden Pavilion First Class features 8 luxury suites, 41 flat beds in the Capital Pavilion business class and 259 economy seats with individual monitors and AVOD (audio-video on demand).

Air China offers its premium passengers with a personal "meet-and-greet" service on arrival in Beijing. An English and Chinese bilingual Air China agent will meet the passenger at the gate; escort him/her to immigration, baggage claim and customs all the way to the main exit at the arrival level for ground transportation. Even better, premium passengers can reserve, at the time of booking, complimentary chauffeured individual BMW sedan transfers from the airport to any final destination in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Domestic and international premium passengers can relax in luxurious business or first class lounges in Beijing between flights or before boarding. Inside the lounges are VIP rooms, dining rooms serving local and international cuisines, wine bar, shower rooms, Internet access, desktop computers and facilities for sleep or business. The lounges are also available to Air China's Companion VIP members and Star Alliance Gold card holders.

Air China is a member of Star Alliance, the world's biggest airline network which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. The network's global coverage now includes 1,300 airport destinations in 190 countries with over 21,000 flights daily.

For more information, visit www.airchina.com. For reservations and sales, please contact 800-882-8122. Follow us on Twitter @AirChinaNA or www.twitter.com/AirChinaNA. Watch the videos of Air China's state-of-the-art B777-300ER at www.youtube.com/AirChinaNA. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AirChinaNA

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Antitrust Expert: OECD Recommendations Would "Cartelize" Mexican Telecom Market

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- A noted economist and antitrust expert has authored a report calling OECD's proposed regulations to Mexico's telecommunication market unnecessary and unsubstantiated. Worse, they would harm Mexican consumers.

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On Monday, Criterion Economics lead expert Gregory Sidak( http://www.criterioneconomics.com/gregory-sidak.html ) presented his study commissioned by America Movil( http://www.americamovil.com/amx/en )〞the parent company of Telmex and Telcel〞to the OECD, a global development and policymaking forum with members from thirty-four countries.

Sidak's report( http://ssrn.com/abstract=2061844 ) explained how policies recommended by the OECD would stifle competition and reward inefficient competitors. The report accompanies independent econometric findings from economists Jerry Hausman and Agustin Ros.

"The asymmetric regulation( http://ssrn.com/abstract=205670 ) advocated by the OECD would invite a government-sanctioned price-fixing cartel," says Sidak. "They would be rewarding inefficiency while penalizing efficient carriers at the consumer's expense."

"The OECD criticizes Mexico's amparo process and the filing of such appeals by [carriers like] Telmex and Telcel with regard to various [commission] rulings, despite that fact that, as the OECD report itself admits, the courts more often than not found that Telmex and Telcel were correct, and that [the commission] had in fact acted unlawfully," the Sidak report states. "Despite this fact, the OECD urges that [the commission], the organization that requested the OECD report, be given absolute and unquestionable authority over the telecommunications sectors, subrogating the role of [other agencies] and the Mexican courts."

The solution to promoting innovation and deployment of next-generation telecommunications networks, says Sidak, is to remove government barriers to entry in the wireless and television markets, not impose outdated and counterproductive regulations( http://ssrn.com/abstract=623221 ).

"This is not just an America Movil issue," Sidak says, stressing that countries and governments count on the accuracy of data( http://ssrn.com/abstract=335180 ) produced in reports like the OECD's to guide policymaking. "Had Mexico relied on this report to implement new policies, they would not only have harmed innocent, innovative companies( http://ssrn.com/abstract=351100 ), they would have harmed the Mexican consumer, too."

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Avis Wins "Best Car Rental" Title & "Chinese Tourists Welcoming Award"

SINGAPORE, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Leading car hire company, Avis, is again recognized for its outstanding service performance and significant contribution to the travel and tourism industry in the recent "China Tourism 2012 Gold List Awards" and the "Chinese Tourists Welcoming Awards".

Avis won the title of "Best Car Rental Company" in the "China Tourism 2012 Gold List Awards" hosted by the popular National Geographic Traveler China magazine. The award, chosen by readers, online users and judges, was presented at a gala event on May 14, 2012 at the China World Hotel in Beijing, China.

The 2012 "Gold List Award of China Tourism" was inaugurated to showcase the results of the "Gold Tourism List Voted by Readers", hosted by National Geographic Traveler China, one of the leading travel publications in the country produced by Trends Media Group.

The companies nominated by the "Gold List Award of China Tourism" were voted on by the readers of National Geographic Traveler China and online users. Professional judges were invited to generate the award list which includes awards for hotels, airlines, cruise liners, car rental companies, online tourism service providers and outbound tourism products. During the past 7 years, National Geographic Traveler China has shaped a brand image of "The Top 1 List Award of China Tourism" and established its leadership on tourism media for China.
On a similar awards category, Avis was honored with the "Chinese Tourists Welcoming Award" (CTWA) during the close of the China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market (COTTM) on April 20, 2012 in Beijing, China. The accolade given to Avis, "Chinese Tourists Welcoming Award - Silver Award of Overall Performance" was conferred by the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI).

CTWA was founded in 2004 by COTRI, one of the leading Chinese outbound research organizations, which provides updated information on the outbound market of China to support tourism organizations.
In China, Avis operates in 38 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc. with over one hundred service points. It has always been committed to providing professional and world class service with a personal touch for the Chinese outbound customers - both business and leisure.

About Avis in Asia
In Asia, Avis is a leading provider of vehicle rental; vehicle leasing and limousine/chauffeur drive services operating in more than 300 locations through a network of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensee agreements in 22 markets. Avis opened its first operations in Asia in 1970 in Hong Kong. Throughout the 70's Avis grew steadily in the region, with operations launched in Singapore, the Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia. More recently, developments have included openings in India, Mainland China, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Avis is owned by Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), which operates and licenses the brand throughout the world. For more information about Avis Budget Group, visit www.avisbudgetgroup.com.

Source: Avis Asia

Indian Leadership Crisis: P. Chidambaram to become premier or president?

Indian Leadership Crisis: P. Chidambaram to become premier or president?

-DR. ABDUL RUFF
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Foreword

Incumbent Indian premier Manmohan Singh maybe a nice guy but he is tired and ineffective, unable to control the government, leaving the regime/nation’s fate to every minister and ministry to play the way they like and loot. As a non-performer, Manmohan cannot continue in office for ever just because he has an innocent look and is lucky to survive for 8 long years. Likewise, Madam Pratibha Patil and her family have enjoyed unlimited presidential privileges non-stop for 5 years, being the costliest president India has seen since 1947 with criminal record, spending huge sums on her tours alone.

Cricketly speaking, Indian senior minister P. Chidambaram, hailing from Chennai and a top serious MP, deserves to be the next Indian premier or president as per his preference. The Chennai team of IPL has won the title for two consecutive times and, thanks to help from dummy teams like Deccan, Rajasthan, Pune, etc, is nearing to clinch it for the third term now. Leaving apart the merits or otherwise of IPL joint gimmicks, the results have been quite encouraging for Chidambaram to replace Manmohan Singh as premier. Manmohan has been standing in between him and the high seat.

Now the post of president is vacant and an artificial race has begun, deliberately leaving out his name. But in opening up state economy, Chidambaram as finance minister had released the state money for the private capitalists and hence is a favorite of corporate class as well.

Even if Chennai is defeated this time, which is quite likely because both Delhi and Kolkata are strong teams and neither sponsors nor promoters of Chennai/Mumbai team, Chidambaram can claim his high sea, apart from his own performances in different ministries, on the performances of Chennai team in previous editions. Chidambaram himself is not a fan of either cricket or IPL but Chennai's victory is his own.

Obviously, P.Chidambaram is one of top persons competent to replace either of these "overspent" leaders of India. However, he is the most suited minister for the job of premier and president.

Why did IPL/BCCI/Media lords hate Deccan Chargers Team?

Cricket, like reality shows, is just an entertainment planned and rehearsed to enact and present to the public as cooked, readymade meal. But for average Indians cricket is everything, cricket is politics, cricket is life. Politics and policy is, unfortunately, decided by cricket outcomes. The IPL is a state show, brainchild of military-sports intelligence to fool the world through joint exercises by employing international frauds.

The way Hyderabad team was targeted first as if that form Pakistan to lose points and chance to reach the top 4 teams and then it was used by BCCI to attack other empty teams to promote Chennai and Mumbai teams, shows cricket is not pure entertainment but played as a core Indian policy.

There is no smoke without fire, they say so. India has sponsored, apart from terrorism, the IPL joint cricket exercises too. And it has done so only to make Indian team look bigger than size and Sachuin Tendulekar, one of most state-pampered cricketers ever, simply the “greatest” wax boy.

India and BCCI promote some individuals as well as select IPL teams in line with state policy of select promotions. Among the teams most hated is Deccan Chargers.

Deccan Chargers is Hyderabad team and Hyderabad is Muslim dominated town. Maybe, in a surprise turn of events, the Deccan team won the second IPL annoying the BCCI and even IPL bosses. Indian treats the win by Hyderabad team as equivalent to a win by Muslims or even Pakistan in India - that is funny and strange though!

After this, BCCI/IPL took care not to let Hyderabad team repeat the "shameful" win in India and they promoted the Indian captain Doni’s team name as Chennai team in South India. Done belongs to Chhattisgarh state in North India but Chhattisgarh billionaires do not waste their money on bogus cricketism exercises and BCCI decided to attach him to Chennai team, rather Madrasi team.

Last two IPL series were decided in favor of Doni's team because that is BCCI decision and media promoted that mischief.

But Deccan Chargers could not make any impact since most of the players were playing against the team and owners themselves are the Congress party media members.

So, other teams had no difficulty in thrashing the Deccan, controlled by frauds and hence not even one Muslim in the squad. . But when Deccan is needed to win or to bring down the teams other than Chennai or Mumbai (one of the greatest frauds Sachuin team), the Deccan chargers are provided with intelligence tips by BCCI as to how to proceed to win the match. These tips are otherwise available only for Chennai and Mumbai teams.

This strategy is working well in this edition of ipl dramas as well. Deccan charges with lowest pints on the table were encouraged by BCCI to defeat Rajasthan team which had won the first ipl title.

But why do these guys hate Bangalore team as well? Is it because communal BJP party is ruling that state? But then why hate Rajasthan or Pune as wanted by IPL/BCCI. The shameless Deccan team works for the BCCI mafias. Did they get extra money for the services?

Kolkata or Delhi favorite for IPL?

Several mafias, including those of sports ministry, military ministry, BCCI and even ICC frauds might be engaged in fierce lobbying for getting either Chennai or Mumbai snatch the win. Cricket, like politics, can use all possible means to get what they want- immoral and illegal. They would try to get a few members, both Indians and foreigners, of the two teams to play for India and pro-India teams like Mumbai and Chennai.
In order to somehow bring Chennai and Mumbai teams to the last 4 teams, India even blasted rains to disrupt a few crucial matches. Many players cutting across the teams have been used to promote these two bogus teams.
They are confident that some fellows from Delhi/Kolkata teams would help Chennai/Mumbai to claim bogus victory.

But all that will fail.

As it stands, Kolkata or Delhi is the favorite of this IPL, though their bowlers are not either thorough or strong enough. But both came up on their own without being pushed up by other teams operating as dummy teams like dummy candidates in Indian polls. Kolkata can easily collapse if the signals radiating from the special guys direct them to do so. The camera keeps focusing on him as if some thing is going happen.

The Calcutta boys unnecessarily get panicked both at the crease and with the ball. Maybe they pretend to be so. Otherwise, they can defeat the strong Delhi and be the winner this year. The bowlers on both sides are not very apt. One wonders as to who has asked Yousuf Pathan to wear the helmet right from the beginning of the match when Kolkata team bats, giving out an impression that he is ready to “blast" but this mischief only forces the batboys who bat before him throw away their bats, giving way for Yousuf, and when he comes to the crease expecting opportunity for expansive shots, fails time and again, does not perform well. Is he paid extra by the team owner to work against the team or BCCI? The teams play for their teams and do not play for India team here!.

As it is evident, Doni and Sachuin just have managed to enter the last 4 teams and stay there as other teams played to lose, because many dummy teams pushed them up as IF Sachuin has been all these years. Shame, shame!!

If the BCCI wants to promote only two teams as official why the hell do they require many foreign players?
Names, pampered by a terror or fanatic state, sell in cricketism gimmicks. Without Doni’s and Sachiun’s Chennai and Mumbai teams would have remained at the bottom.

When the so-called international matches are sufficiently fixed by the concerned countries directly and through mafias, what is so sacred about these localized IPL joint cricket gimmicks played in India by India and for India - by blackmoney for blackmoney and unlimited pleasures?

Any comments?

No?

Amazing!

Since there is not a single comment, I presume my views are accepted by India. That is a great change for Indians!

Post-note

Manmohan should be relived now or he himself could seek retirement maybe for double-pension, not because simply he is a Punjabi and the Punjab team has already been knocked-out of IPL, it is precisely because he is a sitting non-performer-tourist, allowing the ministers and bureaucrats (not all) to loot the resources at will A. Raja is just the tip of iceberg. The menace and tragedy is deeper and wider. Chidambaram, in the same vein, could be replacement because he has been performer and quite active.

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د. عبد راف

Col Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Educationalist;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst-columnist;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc); Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies. Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/ 91-9961868309/91-9961868309

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Will France ever become a Socialist State?

When will France become a Socialist State?
-DR. ABDUL RUFF
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Capitalism has inherent power to squeeze out socialist essence, making communism look a myth. The processes of convergence of social-political-economic systems have strengthened capitalism and considerably weakened socialism and further diluted image and the efficacy of socialist system.

After the fall of socialist system in East Europe and Russia, the US led “triumphant” capitalist world, seeking foreign resources almost for free and its GFM (global fascist media) committed to imperialism, have successfully promoted anti-socialist ideas. Yet, socialist calls have remained in a few countries. France is one.

Sept-11 hoax helped the USA to forcefully promote imperialist and capitalist ideas. Now France has brought back the socialist party to power after a huge gap of years.

Will France now under the rule of socialists become a really socialist nation?

Will the French socialists, who are being fooled and controlled by USA by feeding the “shared values” themes, let the socialist regime make the France a socialist nation to cater for the welfare of people or will it, as speculated in USA and UK, accelerate anti-people austerity measures in response to the economic crisis in Europe along with imperialist NATO terror wars abroad?

Or, will they continue to work for capitalists’ enemies.

As part of European continent of colonial masters, French parliament now is being controlled by the contending bourgeois “left” parties without any sincere resolve for social or societal equalities.

There is serious hint that the government appointed by the newly elected socialist Hollande, to rule France until the results of the June 17 legislative elections are known, would be an antithesis of socialist ideas and totally devoted to the interests of big business- that is the socialist regime would only help the capitalists and imperialists to thrive in France and region. In other words, socialists are promoting capitalism by taking imperial path. .

Many socialist leaders have built a bureaucratic power base in industrial France and do business for huge profits. Several big socialist figures maintain with deep connections in the business community. And people fear that these socialists would now try to increase their power base in socialist regime to pursue their family interests.

Capitalist and imperialist forces from abroad maintain close contacts with these elements.

NATO fascism on Sept-11 hoax has muted socialist vigor in the world, including France. Not many socialists criticized Sarkozy’s foreign policy focusing on Islamic world, especially his attack of sovereign Libya and assassination of Col. Qaddafi. They raised no objections to the explosion of French militarism represented by Sarkozy’s military interventions in Ivory Coast, and Syria. A few of them even championed law-and-order hysteria and racist appeals to anti-immigrant sentiment.

The ruling classes existing for the promotion of the rich are making preparations for escalating repression and war against rising opposition in the working class.

Nicolas Sarkozy, Hollande’s conservative predecessor and campaigner for capitalism and imperialistic wars, provoked widespread anger by increasing his own pay. Decisions to reverse such silly things, if any, do not in any way affect the fundamentally anti-working class character of the incoming government.

Hollande, who made no criticisms of Sarkozy’s foreign policy during the election campaign, signaled that he might maintain Sarkozy’s close alignment with US imperialism on military matters. In his White House meeting with Obama, Hollande pulled back from election pledges to withdraw France’s 3,400 troops in Afghanistan by the end of 2012, saying he would evacuate only “combatant” troops. This leaves open the possibility that French troops will stay on as "trainers".

Socialist leaders, for whatever reasons, seek notes from capitalists while capitalists use that pretext to destroy socialism as a credible system.

Notes

Just winning a poll by the socialist party alone does not make a nation socialist. That is just a democratic process by which socialist foundations could be laid legally. Socialism must be put into practice in the lives of people.
France is not a socialist nation yet. Socialist regime and their cronies should make the nation and society socialist in orientation, purpose and content. Socialists cannot expect the capitalist lords thriving on exploitation of resources and human labor to promote socialism.

In order to realize socialist goals, first of all, the socialist leaders must reinvigorate the socialist ideas and work for implementing socialist constitution for upholding socialist values. French government must help the people stand on their own feet so that they could to do everything for themselves in a natural way in due course.
It is fact that socialist system cannot work well if it is cornered or besieged by anti-socialist countries attempting, all the time, to destabilize socialist construction. But when France collaborate with essentially capitalist and imperils USA-UK terror twins or NATO terror syndicate, people do not take socialist slogan seriously enough!
President Hollande and his team as well as other social leaders must respect the popular sentiments by ensuring full growth of socialist system in France by denying entry for anti-socialist manipulators. Capitalism cannot be expected to promote, support or subsidize socialist system or truly equality values.

Socialists and their supporters themselves alone can build up a socialist state without expecting any help from anti-socialist, imperialist formations and parasitic enemies and self-centered individuals. While doing so, the leadership should try not to get into the trap of the enemy by crushing the human rights of people. The formidable enemy seeking to crush socialist gains would certainly use it as the most powerful weapon to end socialist formations.

Socialists themselves should under no circumstances help the enemy, especially in monstrous USA and terrorist UK, in promoting anti-socialist propaganda.

Yes, France can become a socialist state in Europe. Hopefully, last May 6 will turnout to be the turning point in the history of France and life of its people.
Paris has miles to go in the direction socialism.

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د. عبد راف

Col Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Educationalist;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst-columnist;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc); Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies. Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/ 91-9961868309/91-9961868309

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“More affordable price for new iPad and download free iPad 2 movies”

Updates are accessible for free to existing clients. iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6 are to be had today as free software updates. iPhoto, iMovie 1.3 and GarageBand 1.2 are available today for $4.99 (US) each from the App Store. By this year 2012 iPad will be existing in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Keynote 1.6, Pages 1.6 and Numbers 1.6 are available today for $9.99 (US) each from the App Store.

iPad will also be presented in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin Islands in any given time this 2012. The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be on hand in black or white anytime for a recommended retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for both AT&T or Verizon will be offered for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. Clients can begin pre-ordering their new iPad today, and the incredible iPad 2 is now obtainable at a supplementary reasonable price of $399 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just $529 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores, and select Apple certified Resellers.

Individual Hotspot requires sustaining data plan. Clients should verify with their carrier for accessibility
Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Real outcome differ.
Apple leads the digital music uprising with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple designs Macs, the finest special computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its innovative iPhone and App Store, and is important the future of mobile medium and computing devices with ipad 2 movies.

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Dah Sing Life Assurance Launches eBaoTech(R) LifeSystem

Hong Kong insurance company improves operational efficiency with eBaoTech’s modern policy administration system

SHANGHAI, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- eBaoTech,a leading provider of new generation software and services for the insurance industry, is pleased to announce that Dah Sing Life Assurance, a Hong Kong insurer, has completed the Phase 1 launch of eBaoTech LifeSystemto support its traditional life and unit-linked businesses.

Dah Sing Life Assurance (DSLA) operates its life insurance business in Hong Kong under the Dah Sing Financial Group. In January 2011, DSLA selected eBaoTech LifeSystem to replace its legacy systems running its traditional life and unit-linked businesses. Dah Sing chose eBaoTech’s modern, standards-based solution to enhance operational efficiency, launch new products faster, and provide both back-end operators and front-end users with a better user experience.

The project will be done in two phases. Phase 1 was completed to high quality standards and within budget, and consisted of the replacement of several legacy systems, as well as the implementation of standardized and automated processes to replace formerly manual procedures. During the Phase 1 project, the teams from DSLA and eBaoTech migrated over 200 active products from DSLA’s legacy system to LifeSystem, which now supports all new business.

Phase 2 is now underway, and is focused on existing customer data migration, integration with Dah Sing Life’s CRM solution, and the addition of direct marketing and telemarketing channels. It is expected to be completed in 12 months.

Woody Mo, CEO of eBaoTech, commented, “We are very pleased that Dah Sing Life Assurance selected eBaoTech’s modern platform solution to support its growth strategy. This is a strategic step for both Dah Sing Life Assurance and eBaoTech, and we look forward to continued success in the Hong Kong market.”

About eBaoTech
eBaoTech delivers standards-based, highly configurable insurance software suites to both property and casualty (P&C) and life insurers. Its product offerings enable insurers to realize cost-effective, scalable, flexible and highly automated insurance operations in an ever-changing environment. With offices in ten countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas, and installations in more than 20 countries, eBaoTech has extensive global presence to serve leading insurance companies. For more information, visit www.ebaotech.com.

Media contact:
eBaoTech
Ms. Fiona Zhang
Fiona.zhang@ebaotech.com
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FMC China 2012於9月在上海舉行展會面積創新高

NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Electro-pop recording artist Sir Ivan hasofficially released his new single and video La La Land on May 21st on his Peaceman Music label. The song was produced by the LA based team of Russell Ali and Jason Evigan, who also created the melody, while Josh Skinner and Sir Ivan are credited with writing the lyrics. The new single features mixes by Grammy nominated Midi Mafia (50 Cent, Justin Bieber, John Legend, Nelly, etc.), Grammy nominated Rosabel (Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, etc.) and the hot new re-mixer duo Papercha$er (Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, etc.).

To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/56309-sir-ivan-la-la-land-new-release-peacema...

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La La Land is Sir Ivan's first single release following his highly acclaimed 2009 debut album I Am Peaceman, which primarily consisted of remakes of iconic anti-war songs from the 1960's. True to his "Peaceman" persona, the words to La La Land depict a perfect world where there is actually peace on earth.

The release of La La Land comes on the heels of Sir Ivan's last two single releases, which were back-to-back Top Ten global hits. His Hare Krishna single went to # 10 on Billboard Magazine's Dance Club Songs Chart in the U.S. in April 2011. His Live For Today single went to # 7 on Music Week Magazine's Upfront Club Chart in October 2011 and made it to #10 on Music Week Magazine's Commercial Pop Club Chart in February 2012. This latter chart marked a milestone in Sir Ivan's career, being the first time he went Top Ten on radio.

The La La Land video, directed by Dylan Trussel and David Dinetz, was filmed in Los Angeles. The video creates a colorful, artistic world where all problems are solved, all types are tolerated and all differences celebrated......a world where everyone sings, dances and loves together in paradise. The La La Land video will be viewable on YouTube and other prominent music video sites.

La La Land, Sir Ivan's I Am Peaceman album and his entire music portfolio are distributed digitally through TuneCore, which includes iTunes, physically/digitally through Amazon.com, with exclusive mixes available through Beatport and Traxsource. For more information visit www.SirIvan.com

CONTACT : James Sliman, jamessliman@optonline.net

SOURCE﹛Sir Ivan

India at crossroads: P.Chidambaram to become premier or president?

India at crossroads: P.Chidambaram to become premier or president?

-DR. ABDUL RUFF
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Foreword

Cricketly speaking, Indian senior minister P. Chidambaram, hailing from Chennai and a top serious MP, deserves to be the next Indian premier or president as per his preference. The Chennai team of IPL has won the title for two consecutive times and, thanks to help from dummy teams like Deccan, Rajasthan, Pune, etc, is nearing to clinch it for the third term now. Leaving apart the merits or otherwise of IPL joint gimmicks, the results have been quite encouraging for Chidambaram to replace Manmohan Singh as premier. Manmohan has been standing in between him and the high seat. Now the post of president is vacant and an artificial race has begun, deliberately leaving out his name. But in opening up state economy, Chidambaram as finance minister had released the state money for the private capitalists and hence is a favorite of corporate class as well.

Even if Chennai is defeated this time, which is quite likely because both Delhi and Kolkata are strong teams and neither sponsors nor promoters of Chennai/Mumbai team, Chidambaram can claim his high sea, apart from his own performances in different ministries, on the performances of Chennai team in previous editions. Chidambaram himself is not a fan of either cricket or IPL but Chennai's victory is his own.

Manmohan is tired and ineffective, unable to control the government, leaving the regime/nation fate to every minister and ministry. As a non-performer, Manmohan cannot continue in office for ever just because he has an innocent look and is lucky to survive for 8 long years. Likewise, Madam Pratibha Patil and her family have enjoyed unlimited presidential privileges non-stop for 5 years, being the costliest president India has seen since 1947 with criminal record, spending huge sums on her tours alone.

Obviously, P.Chidambaram is one of top persons competent to replace either of these "overspent" leaders of India. However, he is the most suited minister for the job of premier and president.

Why did IPL/BCCI/Media lords hate Deccan Chargers Team?

Cricket, like reality shows, is just an entertainment planned and rehearsed to enact and present to the public as cooked, readymade meal. But for average Indians cricket is everything, cricket is politics, cricket is life. Politics and policy is, unfortunately, decided by cricket outcomes. The IPL is a state show, brainchild of military-sports intelligence to fool the world through joint exercises by employing international frauds.

The way Hyderabad team was targeted first as if that form Pakistan to lose points and chance to reach the top 4 teams and then it was used by BCCI to attack other empty teams to promote Chennai and Mumbai teams, shows cricket is not pure entertainment but played as a core Indian policy.

There is no smoke without fire, they say so. India has sponsored, apart from terrorism, the IPL joint cricket exercises too. And it has done so only to make Indian team look bigger than size and Sachuin Tendulekar, one of most state-pampered cricketers ever, simply the “greatest” wax boy.

India and BCCI promote some individuals as well as select IPL teams in line with state policy of select promotions. Among the teams most hated is Deccan Chargers.

Deccan Chargers is Hyderabad team and Hyderabad is Muslim dominated town. Maybe, in a surprise turn of events, the Deccan team won the second IPL annoying the BCCI and even IPL bosses. Indian treats the win by Hyderabad team as equivalent to a win by Muslims or even Pakistan in India - that is funny and strange though!

After this, BCCI/IPL took care not to let Hyderabad team repeat the "shameful" win in India and they promoted the Indian captain Doni’s team name as Chennai team in South India. Done belongs to Chhattisgarh state in North India but Chhattisgarh billionaires do not waste their money on bogus cricketism exercises and BCCI decided to attach him to Chennai team, rather Madrasi team.

Last two IPL series were decided in favor of Doni's team because that is BCCI decision and media promoted that mischief.

But Deccan Chargers could not make any impact since most of the players were playing against the team and owners themselves are the Congress party media members.

So other teams had no difficulty in thrashing the Deccan. But when Deccan is needed to win to bring down the teams other than Chennai or Mumbai (one of the greatest frauds Sachuin team) Deccan chargers are provided with intelligence tips by BCCI as to how to proceed to win the match. These tips are otherwise available only for Chennai and Mumbai teams.

This strategy is working well in this edition of ipl dramas as well. Deccan charges with lowest pints on the table were encouraged by BCCI to defeat Rajasthan team which had won the first ipl title.

But why do these guys hate Bangalore team as well? Is it because communal BJP party is ruling that state? But then why hate Rajasthan or Pune as wanted by IPL/BCCI. The shameless Deccan team works for the BCCI mafias. Did they get extra money for the services?

Kolkata or Delhi favorite for IPL?

Several mafias, including those of sports ministry, military ministry, BCCI and even ICC frauds might be engaged in fierce lobbying for getting either Chennai or Mumbai snatch the win. Cricket, like politics, can use all possible means to get what they want- immoral and illegal. They would try to get a few members, both Indians and foreigners, of the two teams to play for India and pro-India teams like Mumbai and Chennai.
They are confident that some fellows from Delhi/Kolkata teams would help Chennai/Mumbai to claim bogus victory.

But all that will fail.

Kolkata or Delhi is the favorite of this IPL, though their bowlers are not either thorough or strong enough. But both came up on their own without being pushed up by other teams operating as dummy teams like dummy candidates in Indian polls. Kolkata can easily collapse if the signals radiating from the special guys direct them to do so. The Calcutta boys unnecessarily get panicked both at the crease and with the ball. Otherwise, they can defeat Delhi and be the winner this year. One wonders as to who has asked Yousuf Pathan to wear the helmet right from the beginning of the match when Kolkata team bats, giving out an impression that he is ready to "blast" but this mischief only forces the batboys who bat before him throw away their bats, giving way for Yousuf, and when he comes to the crease expecting opportunity for expansive shots, fails time and again, does not perform well. Is he paid extra by the team owner to work against the team or BCCI? The teams play for their teams and do not play for India team here!.

As it is evident, Doni and Sachuin just have managed to enter the last 4 teams and stay there as other teams played to lose, because many dummy teams pushed them up as IF Sachuin has been all these years. Shame.

Names, pampered by a terror or fanatic state, sell in cricketism gimmicks. Without Doni’s and Sachiun’s Chennai and Mumbai teams would have remained at the bottom.

When the so-called international matches are sufficiently fixed by the concerned countries directly and through mafias, what is so sacred about these localized IPL joint cricket gimmicks played in India by India and for India - by blackmoney for blackmoney and unlimited pleasures?

Any comments?
No?
Amazing!
Since there is not a single comment, I presume my views are accepted by India. That is a great change for Indians!

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It's More Than Shopping...It's Shopping With A Story -- The New Barneys.com

NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, announced today that its website, Barneys.com (www.Barneys.com) has been redesigned to establish the most personalized and socially-engaging e-commerce site in the luxury market. Fusing Barneys' unparalleled product offering with a best-in-class digital experience, the redesign allows customers to engage with the visually sophisticated site in a unique and effective way.

Barneys has revamped its site with new architecture and product categorization, making navigation and shopping faster and more streamlined. Registered users are now able to purchase products with as few as two clicks, and the site will highlight, in a dynamic way, products that are exclusive to Barneys throughout the shopping experience. Customers are also able to use unique filters such as New Arrivals and Most Loved.

Working with digital agency Huge, this set of new and unique features has been created to make the new Barneys.com a more personal and social shopping experience and sets it apart from other e-commerce websites.

Favorites and My List:
The new Favorites tool is a way for customers to keep track of fashion they like on Barneys.com. Customers can "Favorite" individual items, entire product categories, designers, or size and color choices and add these selections to their "List." Barneys.com is then able to update these "Lists" by suggesting new products that may be of interest to the customer -- providing users with a personalized shopping experience every time they return. Additionally, customers have the ability to share their "List" across multiple social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, The Fancy, and Pinterest.

The Favorites tool allows users to browse, follow, and be inspired by "Lists" that have been created by Fashion Influencers and featured on the Barneys.com homepage. As part of the site's launch, several fashion influencers have created and shared their own "Lists". Among them:

-- Fashion Designers Mary-Kate Olsen & Ashley Olsen
-- Actor and Author Julianne Moore and her stylist Leslie Fremar
-- Blogger Jane Aldridge from Sea of Shoes
-- Stylist Keegan Singh
-- Photographer Rachael Chandler Guinness & her husband, Creative Director Tom Guinness
-- Fashion Designers Katie Holmes & Jeanne Yang
-- Chefs Melia Marden from The Smile & Michael Chernow from Meatball Shop

Most Loved:
When multiple users select an item as one of their Favorites, it becomes designated as a Most Loved or "trending" item on Barneys.com.

Exclusively Ours:
The new Barneys.com offers a unique perspective on style, culture, and lifestyle throughout the online shopping experience by providing its customers with specially-curated products and designer goods that are Exclusively Ours. All exclusive merchandise is tagged with the Exclusively Ours icon, making it easy to filter and locate exclusive designs when sorting by collection or by the curated look books featured within Barneys.com.

The Window:
Barneys' luxury content site, The Window, provides users with relevant and exclusive information about art, lifestyle, culture, and of course fashion. The new Barneys.com now features designer pages as a home for each brand available to its customers. By highlighting editorial content from The Window and linking to each designer's newest products, users receive insider fashion access to all designers/brands available on Barneys.com.

Barneys.com features enhanced product photography and detailed editorial stories highlighting the unique characteristics of each item available. The majority of products on Barneys.com are now featured as part of a styled outfit in a curated look book, allowing users to "Complete the Look." Content from The Window is also integrated into the new product pages to tell each product's story.

To learn more about the new Barneys.com and experience this one of a kind online shopping destination, please visit www.Barneys.com

About Barneys New York
BARNEYS NEW YORK (Barneys) is a luxury specialty retailer with flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. The Company also operates a highly successful online business at Barneys.com. Founded as a men's retailer in 1923 in downtown Manhattan it turned into an international arbiter of high style for both women and men in the 1970s and became renowned for discovering and developing new and innovative design talent. Barneys is famous for selling the most intriguing edit from the world's top designers including women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts for the home. Barneys' signature sense of wit and style is manifested in its creative advertising campaigns, original holiday themes, and celebrated window displays. Barneys' innovative CO-OP, a mecca for young and emerging designers, was launched in 1985 and has since expanded into a freestanding store concept. Barneys operates more than a dozen CO-OP stores in eight states across the U.S. For more information about Barneys New York please visit www.Barneys.com.

About Huge
Recognized by Advertising Age as one of the ten leading agencies across all marketing disciplines in 2012, Huge is responsible for core digital strategy, marketing and implementation for some of the largest companies and brands in the world. Founded in 1999, Huge has evolved a methodology and a culture that combines the most powerful aspects of research, user-centered design, technology and marketing to transform brands and grow businesses. Huge's 500 employees operate out of offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Rio de Janeiro. Learn more about us at hugeinc.com/about.

SOURCE﹛Barneys New York

Extell Development Company Announces $1 Billion in Sales at ONE57

RECORD-BREAKING SALE AT PENTHOUSE

NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Extell Development Company( http://www.extelldev.com/extell_development.html ) announced today that ONE57( http://one57.com ), slated to be the tallest residential building in New York City, has reached a record milestone of $1 billion in sales and is 50% sold since launching just six months ago. The 90-story glass tower, which is expected to top off this July, also announced a record-breaking penthouse sale.

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"Our buyers are visionaries who recognize the building's value, and are confident enough to buy off of floor plans at premium prices," said Gary Barnett, President of Extell Development Company( http://www.extelldev.com ). "We're seeing buyers from as far as Hong Kong to as near as Fifth Avenue."

Rising over 1,000 feet on West 57th Street, the Christian de Portzamparc( http://www.chdeportzamparc.com )-designed building will feature 92 ultra-luxury condominium residences above a five-star Park Hyatt( http://www.park.hyatt.com ) hotel. Envisioned by a team of world-class talent, this architectural masterpiece will provide residents with breathtaking, unobstructed views of Central Park to the North, the famed Manhattan skyline to the South, and both Hudson and East Rivers. Interiors have been meticulously designed by New York-based Danish designer Thomas Juul-Hansen( http://www.thomasjuulhansen.com ).

"This is an iconic building that has set the bar for luxury living in New York City," added Barnett.

The ONE57 Sales Gallery located at the historic Fuller Building at 41 East 57th Street and Madison Avenue has been designed to represent the exquisite space and quality materials available within the 90-story mixed-use hotel and condominium tower. Homes start at $16.75 million. Occupancy is slated for 2013. For more information, visit www.one57.com or contact sales@one57.com.

About Extell:

Founded and headed by Gary Barnett, Extell Development Company is a nationally acclaimed real estate developer of residential, commercial, retail, hospitality and mixed-use properties, operating primarily in Manhattan and other premier cities across the nation. For more information, visit www.extelldev.com.

About ONE57:

ONE57 is located at 157 W 57th Street in the heart of New York's famed Plaza District across from Carnegie Hall. Homes at ONE57 will feature gracious dimensions and soaring ceiling heights, along with numerous custom details and materials of the highest quality. ONE57 will offer the "Extell Choice," a unique value proposition allowing buyers to choose from a fine selection of finishes, design and layout packages to tailor homes to individual tastes.

Poised above a five-star Park Hyatt hotel, ONE57 residents will have full access to Park Hyatt's exclusive amenities and hotel services. Additional residential amenities will include a 24-hour doorman and concierge, screening and performance space, on-site parking, triple-height indoor swimming pool and custom Jacuzzi, library, catering kitchen, and private fitness center.

SOURCE﹛Extell Development Company

IFC, ADM Capital Launch Innovative Financing to Turn Around Asian Midsize Companies, Save Jobs

HONG KONG, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ADM Capital, a leading investor in stressed companies in Asia and Europe, have launched an innovative lending facility that provides a safety net for sound, but financially stressed, Asian midsize companies to save jobs as financing from European banks has dried up in the wake of the sovereign debt crisis.

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The Asia Secured Lending Facility fills a financing gap for midsize companies such as cement manufacturers, solar-cell producers, and textile makers in Asia, which are left with few financing options at affordable interest rates given their comparatively small size and sharply reduced investor risk appetite.

Prior to the crisis, many midsize enterprises had access to finance from non-traditional funding sources such as mezzanine funds, proprietary desks of investment banks, and special funds.

"With the recent financial crises, such lending has collapsed, leaving many companies financially stressed or constrained with limited or no access to emergency financing," said Christopher Botsford, CEO of ADM Capital. "IFC and ADM Capital will help such companies by making loan financing available when they need it most."

The financial crises have resulted in a funding gap particularly in the eight to 20 percent lending rate bracket.

IFC and Arch Reinsurance Ltd., a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd. which provides insurance and reinsurance on a worldwide basis through its subsidiaries, have each committed seed capital of US$50 million to the facility. ADM Capital manages the facility by making emergency loans to companies to complete stalled projects, bridge temporary liquidity shortages, make critical investments, or to restructure balance sheets.

The facility focuses on companies in China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam with the aim of positioning them for a healthy recovery. Individual loans are expected to range from US$10 to US$15 million with maturities of up to three years. ADM Capital brings a set of environmental, social, and governance principles to its lending that reflect IFC's Performance Standards for Environmental and Social Sustainability.

"While Asia has been somewhat less affected by the recent financial crises, midsize companies critical to Asia's economies suffer the most from a dearth of financing," said Serge Devieux IFC Director for Financial Markets Asia. "Through this facility, IFC and ADM Capital will support viable businesses to save jobs, protect employees, and increase the welfare among communities."

The Asia Secured Lending Facility has an innovative structure in which investor participation is structured in the form of a syndicated loan facility with a revolving senior tranche plus a junior tranche and principal repayment to investors after eight years. It targets an eventual size of up to US$300 million.

About IFC

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. We help developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, providing advisory services to businesses and governments, and mobilizing capital in the international financial markets. In fiscal 2011, amid economic uncertainty across the globe, we helped our clients create jobs, strengthen environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities -- all while driving our investments to an all-time high of nearly US$19 billion. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

About ADM Capital

ADM Capital is a global investment manager with US$1.7 billion assets under management as of April 30, 2012. ADM Capital was founded in 1998 in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis and the firm has over 14 years of emerging market investment experience. ADM Capital has seven offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Beijing, Istanbul, London, Almaty and Kiev.

ADM Capital has invested US$2.7 billion across 99 private transactions since inception, of which 64 have been fully exited. ADM Capital seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by focusing on rehabilitating operationally strong but financially stressed companies via restructuring, rescheduling, refinancing, debt-equity swaps, and liquidity management, and will also fund growth opportunities where alternative sources of capital are not available.

Stay Connected

www.ifc.org/eastasia
www.twitter.com/IFC_EAP
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www.youtube.com/IFCvideocasts

CONTACTS:

FLEISHMAN HILLARD Hong Kong
Alice Li / Florence Chan
+852-2513-0466 / +852-2513-0339
alice.li@fleishman.com / florence.chan@fleishman.com

SOURCE ADM Capital; IFC

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Positive First Quarter 2012 Performance For HSH

HONG KONG, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) announced today that its business divisions continued their positive performance in the first quarter of 2012.

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Commenting on the year-to-date results, HSH's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Mr. Clement K.M. Kwok said, "We are pleased to see a further strengthening of occupancies and average yields across our businesses, which continue to provide very high quality of products and services for our customers. Although there is some earnings disruption from the major renovation projects underway at two of our most important assets, The Peninsula Hong Kong and The Repulse Bay, we are confident that these projects will add value to these assets and further increase their competitiveness upon completion."

Hotels

In Asia, the five Peninsula hotels outside of Hong Kong recorded a 7% increase in occupancy and an 8% increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) for the first quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. The Peninsula Hong Kong is in the first phase of its 15-month guestroom renovation, with 135 of its 300 guestrooms having been closed as from mid January 2012. Nevertheless, we achieved good results for the rooms which remained in operation, achieving an effective increase in RevPAR over last year. The Peninsula Tokyo, which was severely impacted by the Japan earthquake in March 2011, had a positive quarter, with occupancies in January and February recovering nearly to pre-earthquake levels.

In the USA, the three Peninsula hotels performed satisfactorily with occupancy improving by 2%, although the average room rate (ARR) and RevPAR fell by 4% and 1% respectively. Winter is traditionally the low season for our hotels in New York and Chicago.

Commercial Properties

The three-year, phased renovation programme of the Repulse Bay's residential towers is continuing, with the total renovation of the de Ricou serviced apartment tower commencing in February 2012. This has affected occupancy, which fell 3% year-on-year, although the average yield improved by 5%.

The shopping arcades in the Peninsula hotels, the Repulse Bay and the Peak Tower all recorded improved occupancy and average yield, reflecting the health of the retail sector and demand from premier brands for space. Both the Repulse Bay Arcade and the Peak Tower were fully tenanted during the period.

For The Peninsula Hong Kong Office Tower and St. John's Building, occupancy recorded a slight 2% drop but the average yield improved by 5% compared to the same period in 2011.

Clubs and Services

Revenue from Clubs and Services showed strong growth, rising 9% over the same period in 2011. Patronage for the Peak Tram also rose 9% year-on-year.

Outlook

In addition to the renovation projects at The Peninsula Hong Kong and the Repulse Bay, steady progress is being made on the construction of The Peninsula Paris, HSH's first hotel in continental Europe. The hotel is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2013.

The first phase of The Peninsula Hong Kong guestroom renovation programme, which encompasses all the guestrooms in the Tower, will be completed in late summer of 2012. The second phase, comprising the guestrooms in the original building, will commence thereafter with scheduled completion in mid 2013.

About The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH)

Incorporated in 1866 and listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (00045), HSH is the holding company of a Group which is engaged in the ownership, development and management of prestigious hotel, commercial and residential properties in key locations in Asia, the United States and Europe, as well as the provision of transport, club management and other services. The hotel portfolio of the Group comprises The Peninsula Hotels in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, Tokyo, Bangkok, Manila and Paris (opening in late 2013). The property portfolio of the Group includes The Repulse Bay Complex, The Peak Tower and The Peak Tramways, St. John's Building, The Landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the Thai Country Club in Bangkok, Thailand.

For further information on this release, please contact:

Irene Lau
Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
Tel: +852-2840-7788
Fax: +852-2840-7567
Email: irenelau@peninsula.com
Websites: www.hshgroup.com, www.peninsula.com

SOURCE The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited

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PneumRx, Inc. Acquires Key Assets From Broncus

Acquisition bolsters PneumRx's position as a leader in interventional pulmonology

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- PneumRx, Inc. (www.pneumrx.com), a medical device company dedicated to bringing innovation and improvements to the treatment of lung disease, today announced that it has expanded its intellectual property portfolio by acquiring key patents and domain names from Broncus Technologies.

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As a result of the acquisition, PneumRx now owns numerous domain names, including emphysema.com, as well as several foundational patents in the emphysema/interventional pulmonology space.

The newly-acquired Intellectual Property is a valuable complement to PneumRx's extensive IP portfolio. It will allow the company to further strengthen its IP position, block competing technologies, and take additional segments of the pulmonary disease market.

PneumRx currently manufactures the RePneu LVRC System, a minimally invasive device intended to improve lung function in emphysema patients by bronchoscopically implanting Nitinol coils into the lungs to compress diseased tissue (lung volume reduction), restore elastic recoil, and adjust lung compliance. This treatment offers a minimally invasive alternative to lung volume reduction surgery to a broad range of emphysema patients.

The RePneu LVRC has been approved for a 30-site IDE pivotal clinical trial in the United States. The device is offered commercially in Europe, where it received the CE Mark in 2010.

"We are most pleased with the Broncus IP acquisition, which will bolster PneumRx's position as a leader in interventional pulmonology," said Erin McGurk, PneumRx's President and CEO. "PneumRx looks forward to leveraging the newly-acquired IP in pursuit of our mission to provide solutions for the millions of people suffering from pulmonary disease."

About PneumRx, Inc.

PneumRx, Inc. is a rapidly growing medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative products to treat emphysema using minimally-invasive techniques. It is a privately held company located in Mountain View, California.

SOURCE﹛PneumRx, Inc.

India: P.Chidambaram to Replace Manmohan or Madam Patil?

P.Chidambaram to Replace Manmohan or Madam Patil?

-DR. ABDUL RUFF

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Foreword

Cricketly speaking, Indian senior minister P. Chidambaram, hailing from Chennai and a top serious MPs, deserves to be Indian premier or president as per his preference. The Chennai team of IPL has won the title for two consecutive times and is nearing to clinch it for the third term now. Leaving apart the merits or otherwise of IPL gimmicks, the results have been quite encouraging for Chidambaram to replace Manmohan Singh as premier. Manmohan has been standing in between him and the high seat. now the the post of president is vacant and an artificial race has begun. But Chidambaram as finance minister released the state money for the private capitalists and hence is a favorite of corporate class as well.

Even if Chennai is defeated this time, which is quite likely because both Delhi and Kolkata are neither sponsors not promoters of Chennai team, Chidambaram can claim his high seat on the performances of Chennai team in previous editions. Chidambaram himself is not a fan of either cricket or IPL but Chennai's victory is his own.

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Why did IPL/BCCI/Media lords hate Deccan Chargers Team?

There is no smoke without fire, they say so. India has sponsored, apart from terrorism, the IPL joint cricket exercises too. And it has done so only to make Indian team look bigger than size and Sachuin Tendulekar, one of most state-pampered cricketers ever, simply the “greatest” wax boy.

India and BCCI promote some individuals as well as select IPL teams in line with state policy of select promotions. Among the teams most hated is Deccan Chargers.

Deccan Chargers is Hyderabad team and Hyderabad is Muslim dominated town. Maybe, in a surprise turn of events, the Deccan team won the second IPL annoying the BCCI and even IPL bosses. Indian treats the win by Hyderabad team as equivalent to a win by Muslims or even Pakistan in India - that is funny and strange though!

After this, BCCI/IPL took care not let Hyderabad team repeat the "shameful" win in India and they promoted the Indian captain Doni’s team name as Chennai team in South India. Done belongs to Chhattisgarh state in North India but Chhattisgarh billionaires do not waste their money on bogus cricketism exercises and BCCI decided to attach him to Chennai team, rather Madrasi team.

Last two IPL series were decided in favor of Doni's team because that is BCCI decision and media promoted that mischief.

But Deccan Chargers could not make any impact since most of the players were playing against the team and owners themselves are the Congress party media members.

So other teams had no difficulty in thrashing the Deccan. But when Deccan is needed to win to bring down the teams other than Chennai or Mumbai (one of the greatest frauds Sachuin team) Deccan chargers are provided with intelligence tips by BCCI as to how to proceed to win the match. These tips are otherwise available only for Chennai and Mumbai teams.

This strategy is working well in this edition of ipl dramas as well. Deccan charges with lowest pints on the table were encouraged by BCCI to defeat Rajasthan team which had won the first ipl title.

But why do these guys hate Bangalore team as well? Is it because communal BJP party is ruling that state? But then why hate Rajasthan or Pune as wanted by IPL/BCCI. The shameless Deccan team works for the BCCI mafias. Did they get extra money for the services?

Kolkata or Delhi favorite for IPL?

Kolkata or Delhi is the favorite of this IPL, though their bowlers are not either thorough or strong enough. But both came up on their own without being pushed up by other teams operating as dummy teams like dummy candidates in Indian polls. Kolkata can easily collapse if the signals radiating from the special guys direct them to do so. The Calcutta boys unnecessarily get panicked both at the crease and with the ball. Otherwise, they can defeat Delhi and be the winner this year.

As it is evident, Doni and Sachuin just have managed to enter the last 4 teams and stay there as other teams played to lose, because many dummy teams pushed them up as IF Sachuin has been all these years. Shame.
Names, pampered by a terror or fanatic state, sell in cricketism gimmicks. Without Doni’s and Sachiun’s Chennai and Mumbai teams would have remained at the bottom.

When the so-called international matches are sufficiently fixed by the concerned countries directly and through mafias, what is so sacred about these localized IPL joint cricket gimmicks played in India by India and for India - by blackmoney for blackmoney and pleasures?

Any comments?

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د. عبد راف

Col Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Educationalist;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst-columnist;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc); Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies. Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/ 91-9961868309/91-9961868309

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Country Inns & Suites by Carlson(SM) Offers up to 35,000 Free Nights in the Global SO GO! (Stay One, Get One) Event

NEW DELHI, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world's largest and most dynamic hotel groups, today announced the launch of the Country Inns & Suites By Carlson(SM) SO GO! (Stay One, Get One) event, enabling travelers to stay one night and earn another. The first 35,000 people to register for SO GO! will be eligible to receive 44,000 bonus Gold Points®, enough for a free night at any Country Inns & Suites hotel worldwide.

"We want to thank our loyal guests around the world and also recognize the one-year anniversary of Club Carlson(SM), our global hotel rewards program," said Heather Passe, vice president, Marketing, Loyalty and E-commerce. "With SO GO! our guests will earn a free night to use whenever they wish and experience the caring, consistent and comfortable hospitality that Country Inns & Suites is known for."

Beginning today, travellers can register for SO GO! by going to SOGOCountry.com. The first 35,000 guests to register and stay at least one night at any Country Inns & Suites hotel, now through July 15, 2012, will earn 44,000 bonus Gold Points -- enough points for a one-night stay at any Country Inns & Suites property. After the 35,000 spots are filled, guests who register for the promotion and complete a one-night stay at any Country Inns & Suites hotel by July 15, 2012, will earn 15,000 bonus Gold Points, enough for a free night at select hotels.
Country Inns & Suites offers caring, consistent, comfortable hospitality with a touch of home, and amenities that are particularly attractive for business travelers. The brand also offers complimentary high-speed Internet access, weekday papers, Be Our Guest hot breakfast, a Read It & Return Lending Library(SM) and fitness center access.

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Why did IPL/BCCI/Media lords hate Deccan Chargers Team?

Why did IPL/BCCI/Media lords hate Deccan Chargers Team?
-DR. ABDUL RUFF

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There is not smoke without fire, they say so. Deccan Chargers is Hyderabad team and Hyderabad is Muslim dominated town. Maybe, in a surprise turn of events, the Deccan team won the second IPL annoying the BCCI and even IPL bosses. Indian treats the win by Hyderabad team as equivalent to a win by Muslims or even Pakistan in India - that is funny an d strange though!

After this, BCCI/IPL took care not let Hyderabad team repeat the "shameful" win in India and they promoted the Indian captain Doni's team name as Chennai team in South India . Done belongs to Chattisgarh state in North India but Chattisgarh billionaires do not waste their money on bogus cricketism exercises and BCCI decided to attach him to Chennai team.

Last two IPL series were decided in favor of Doni's team because that is BCCI decision and media promoted that mischief. .

But Deccan Chargers could not make any impact since most of the players were playing against the team and owners themselves are the Congress party media members. So other teams had no difficulty in thrashing the Deccans. But when Deccan is needed to win to bring down the teams other than Chennai or Mumbai ( greatest Sachuin team) Deccan chargers are provided with intelligence tips by BCCI as to how to proceed to win the match. These tip are otherwise available only for Chennai and Mumbai teams.

This strategy is working well in this edition of ipl dramas as well. Deccan charges with lowest pints on the table were encuraged by BCCI to defeat Rajasthan T team which had won the first ipl title.

Deccan is gone as wanted by IPL/BCCI.
The shameless Deccan team works for the BCCI mafias. Did they get extra money for the services?

When the so-called international matches are sufficiently fixed by the concerned countries directly and through mafias, what is so sacred about these localized IPL joint cricket gimmicks played in India by India and for India - by blackmoney for balckmoney and plessures?

Any comments?

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د. عبد راف

Col Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Educationalist;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst-columnist;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc); Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies. Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/ 91-9961868309/91-9961868309

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Why should Indian Regime Shield State Crimes and Promote International Frauds?

Why should Indian Regime Shield State Crimes and Promote International Frauds?

(A study of fanatic Indian cricketism)

--DR. ABDUL RUFF

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GST or Global state terrorism has come to stay in one form or the other on one or another pretext chiefly because the top terrorist state and dictatorial USA is spearheading this monstrous phenomenon to terrorize the humanity. The GST rogues led by unilateral USA and its other half of the terror twins, the UK, are still on their way to destory the world by illegal wars on Sept-11 pretext that pose serious threats climatic change and human survival.

India badly suffers from chronic image crisis. Knowing the petrified mindset of India tobeocme the super power , foriegn powers use it for their own advantages.

A criminal state shields the crimes of state terrorists while a corrupt state could only promote international frauds. Many big terrocrats from across the world, keep vising India to do their terror trade. Their visits are also mystriousand under tremendous pressure from India, they also insult Muslims as terrorists by hurling threats to Pakistan, just as as the IPL fraud boys from abraod are being coerced by BCCI and sports minsitry to play for image boosting of thier favorite teams. It is not Pakistan but Muslims that all of them target. . That is not the natural law but that is what the colonists and imperialists have raised all these centuries, enabling the criminals and corrupt elements to proliferate everywhere.

India is a fit instance in this regard. .

Already 100,00 innocent Kashmiri Muslims have been slaughtered by the occupation India state terrorists sent by Manmohan-Antony state gang.

Elected to safeguard the masses, the Manmohan regime is wedded to corporate bosses, nuclear terrorist agents and domestic rich. All cricket playing nations of commonwealth stopped international cricket for nearly 2 months to enable their own cricket frauds to join the Indian IPL to mint extra money. And all big cricketers from other countries have been enjoying their life by playing for promoting Indian false prestige by joint cricket exercises. It threatens ordinary people with nuclear disasters.

By exploiting his innocent look, Manmohan pretends now to be the latest incarnation of a major Hindu god and tells on 16 May the sleepy MPs in the parliament , many are also the frauds and nuclear terror agents, that Indian nuclear terror plants are safe. He knows when terror blasts occur as corporate agent he would still be safe as PM. People would die but nothing would happen to him as he would be the "incarnation".

India is among the safest sanctuaries in the wrold for the GST leaders and cricket frauds from UK led commonwealth nations. The cricketers keep coming to Indian to play for India's and BCCI's favorite teams like Chennai or Mumbai for extra black money. The owners have no role in controlling their won teams because the Indian government would use their tax an d other agencies to target the "trouble shooters".

In fact the IPL-BCCI can directly announce Chennai or Mumbai as the winner right away instead of creating a big drama of last-over or last-ball thrills to make these teams look larger than their own size. Obviously, bowlers get extra cash, more liquors and special sex stuff( that are almost denied even to politicans and corporate lords) for their services rendered to these tow pure India teams in India.

Corporate bosses and IPL owners, billionaires finance this bogus cricket played in joint exercise formats and cricketers enjoy life. .

The IPL jokes have once again shown that bowlers decide the fate of every batboy and give good scores to important batboy only by rotation. If bowlers offer space for expansive shots, batboys enjoy 6s and 4s as much as the fanatic commentators and funny cricket public. They all know the batboys and bowlers are trying fix chemistry and batboys, if already assured of 50 or 100, just go on hitting the balls because they know bowlers would not target the stumps.

It is most awkward to see the bowlers after performing tight bowling throughout suddenly start offering 6s and 4s towards the end to raise the totals to competitive level even around 200 in 20 overs.

Is that a sport?

IPL has exposed the crude truth that there are no standard bowler and every big batboy is an ordinary boy like all the street cricket boys. That means, the bowlers are properly trained so that they continue to entertain the batboys and fanatic crowds. Since the regime takes undue pride in promoting and pampering select cricketers for favors, some cricketers are made beneficiaries of sport entertainment gimmicks.. Tendulekar is one those boys standing at the crease for decades now and now he would asked to sit down in the parliament and ask the MPs to bowl; easy balls.

One another important matter is it is the fast-bowlers/pacers who offer more runs to bat-boys than others. and this mischief has generated godly bat-boys like Sachuin and Ponting and Lara, etc, for the fanatics to worship and the corrupt-criminalized regime to offer rewards. Bowlers are trained only to promote these bogus guys.

One more important point is it is the bowlers who should decide the run-score for the batting team and not the batboys because they can only hope but ultimately it is the bowlers who determine which team should win or which team should not lose. they also decide who should get 6s and 4s and who should not get even singles, who should get 50 or 100 and who should not cross to double-digits. .

One extra point is cricketers play for money, awards, rewards and the bowlers decide who should be the man of match to get more money, probably they share the booty with MOM.

Umpires do not speak-out on cricketism fixes, both official and private, and if they do the notorious ICC can just remove them from umpiring "business". They are also a part of the joint cricketism exercises and shield the field crimes.

ONE

Some of the recent actions by India regime clearly vindicate the global notion that a fanatic state can only perform fanatic actions. Impending insanity could destroy the fabrics of nation's decency if fakes are presented as genuine. The regime every where enjoys all privileges and exclusive rights that are denied to others, but even in doing so the ruler classes as the supreme bosses are bound to honor the Constitution and the laws of the land.

Nominations by the Indian regime to parliament are, therefore, the regime's exclusive prerogative and so it can freely nominate even jungle monkeys and cricket fielders to parliament.

The ruling dispensation in India can, by law, nominate a few "eminent persons" to the upper house of parliament who obviously have "honestly" worked for the nation. There is no election process in this category of persons but selected for nomination. The nomination is for one of the seats “reserved” in the Rajya Sabha that are reserved for those persons "having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as literature, science, art and social service."

The Congress led UPA government has nominated fake personalities without any real credibility as personalities but are being pampered and promoted for state favors and honors by mafias led by the rich BCCI to the Rajyasabha. These fake persons, without doubt, are a shame to the nation as well as the regime that plays foul game in nominations for mere political reasons.

But cricket is farce. Indian regime has nominated to Parliament, among others, cricketer player Sachuin Tendulakar along with his dubious records set from state fixed matches. Obviously, by flouting all norms and rules, Sonia-Manmohan-Pratibha and cabinet combine have succumbed to the pressure of cricketism mafias and corporate sponsors, infiltrated into all layers of the regime.

A cricketer is not even a sportsperson but a worse variety of entertainer. By nominating a mafia lord Tendulakar, worshiped by a major Hindu lord by many MPs themselves and MLAs, India has only recognized the bogus "services" cricketism boy.

Even little boys know that cricketers are fake since cricketism allows select batboys to amass runs as freely as NATO massacres in Islamic nations. Tendulakar is among those pampered cricketers whom the Indian regime shamelessly kept standing at the crease for decades now, thereby denying fair chances to other new cricketers. When the bowlers refuse to offer runs, Indian sport ministry and BCCI keep him in rest conditions and ask him to resume when issue is "settled" in his favor by influencing other teams and bowlers obviously on extra payment.

After he enjoyed 99 bogus tons Sachuin was made to toil at the crease for a long year and many days, the bowlers refused to offer him his one last 100 to lethim complete his bog ton.. And, obviously under pressure from a strong neighbor India Bangladesh its pro-India corrupt premier Hasina offered Tendulakar his much delayed one last ton and saved its farce image in cricketism. That is to say, this only fake "jewel" of India took over one full year to get a 100 while many others got several such 100s in the meantime.

Obviously, Sachuin cried within himself for over a year for his pathetic existence at the crease restlessly waiting for his one last “promised” ton but India did it loud. Indian regime saw crisis of Sachuin as mother India’s painful crash.

It seems India faces serious crisis of paucity of really eminent persons for national awards and rewards like MP nominations. It is most unfortunate that Indian regime and its intelligence could not locate nay honest persons from arts, etc for parliamentary nomination.

In order to "achieve" the Sachuin tons by hook or crook by money and other serives, India has deliberately made cricket a farce and bogus sport by “fixes” where bowlers and fielders just promoted Sachuin and similar batboys for special recognition by the respective states.

And India as part of projecting its false image, takes enormous pride in celebrating fakes and falsehood as reality.

But when a regime goes ashtray by displaying its fanatic intent openly by nominating fake sportsmen the cricketers to parliament, indeed a mockery of democracy is executed in ugly perfection.

Does India starve from really competent eminent persons in the fields the constitution specifies?

Does it mean that if the government violates law that is not a violation at all?

TWO

In fact, bowlers and fielders entertain the batboys by big score without targeting the stumps, without seriously attempting at run-out, while commentators say batboys entertain the fanatic fans.

In the first place cricket is played and tuned to promote batboys with assistance from fellow batboys and bowlers-fielders- all playing jointly to get what the sports-military ministries, cricket mafia and sponsors in every country want. The result is creation of "fantastic" crop of fake cricket boys pampered by the state and its media.

First of all, the cricket field is not properly fenced with quality fielders. Currently there are only 11 fielders, including bowlers and keeper but there should be more than 20 fielders to properly guard the field so that batboys do not take undue advantage of the weak or mischievously bogus bowlers and useless fielders who get paid extra for such mischief. As a result, the ground is full of vacant spaces and routes for the batboys to just hit the ball along those lines for 4 or 6.

And, bowlers who county each ball-run equations know that one 4 or 6 makes the run rate swell enormously! Experienced for years with links with bowlers the batboys can just make merry ad money. In IPL drama, the BCCI dictates to every team the outcome of every match except when a team is really strong.

In this context, consider the fence position of a house or military establishment. Can anyone keep their house closed from the front door and keep many other doors open all the time so that thieves and criminals could come and go, taking or blasting whatever they want? Only insane people can even think of such situations. The thieves have to only see if the security is sleeping even if there is one...

Is India parliament, which was also a "soft" target of "terrorists" possibly for driving Delhi the point that the building is not sufficiently protected, still remains unprotected?

Are the residences of Sonia, Pratibha and Manmohan also let unguarded like the cricket field?

If that is the position with a house or parliament building, office security, or similar sites, one can safely conclude that cricket ground is deliberately left unguarded so that select bat-boys could enjoy their over-stay at the crease by hitting the special balls served by funny bowlers for huge 6s and 4s. How can a cricket ground be left largely unguarded when no one allows their premises like that? More experienced cricketers, like Sachuin standing at the crease for decades, know when and how to hit a ball. Batboys just enjoy their stay when the bowlers and fielders offer to many quick runs as part of promoting his career and special state interest on priority basis.

As the notorious ICC promotes only batboys by using the bowlers for their favorable gestures with as many 4s and 6s, bowlers by and large have become mere pawns in the hands of mafias. It atrocious to watch how some bowlers use even 100 balls to get a wicket, pretending to be "at work" but in fact offering too many runs. They take care not to attack the stumps of select batboys or trouble them in any way, but only let them have space for expansive shots to hit the ball for 6s and 4s. And thus a few batboys are allowed enjoy their stay at the crease - Sachuin is obviously among the privileged lot. At times they do fall because of bad luck or their own fault- and not because of the bowlers.

THREE

India continues to suffer peculiar image crisis, it shields state crimes and frauds and hence promotes all bogus persons an as eminent persons.

In the last world cup cricket exercises series, it was the feat of two Muslims Yusuf Pathan and Zahir Khan who, as the team was collapsing, bated as real heroes and won the cup for India, thereby saving India's false prestige, but India regime, military made the skipper Dhoni and “the only Indian" Tendulkar the heroes and military even appointed both as deputy Generals perhaps wanting them to take over the military terror operations in occupied Jammu Kashmir. Yousuf and Zahir got no credit for their fight and they are nowhere.

Today, they are being used for promoting Whiskey brands for IPL black-money holders. They sweat for Indian win at the crease but they are used as the mere donkeys to help carry luggage of others.

India might also claims that every cricketer is a fraud irrespective of their religion and region and they are heavy drunkards too. They do exactly the BCCI ask them to for extra cash and placement in team India. . .

And India claims to be a secular democracy!

Does the BCCI now say that World cup was already “fixed” with both Pakistan and Sri Lanka in favor of India and India would have got it any way as theChennai team of Dhoni, the one of the weakest teams in the ongoing IPL joint gimmicks, got it from Rajasthan team towards the end on 09May in Rajasthan?

Of course, after continued thrash by Chennai and Mumbai, the BCCI must have asked other teams to be "considerate" to them and both teams are now performing like big teams. Fact, however, remains that both these teams are ordinary like some other teams. No matter whether they bat or bowl first, other teams are promoting them to make them look like "steady" teams.

Maybe, the government decisions are supreme and none can question the state decisions in any of its operations whether in crimes or other kinds of fraudulence. That seems to be the essence of the Indian democracy where concerns of ordinary people are suppressed to be heard.

So, as per this logic, the regime can offer or award anything to anyone of its choice but it must have some consideration for the laws. Any monkey or donkey cannot be allowed to enter the parliament on fake records and fictitious pretexts. .

In what sense a state pampered cricketer who thrives on mafia promotion services be called "eminent"?

Are the law breakers eminent?

Sachuin perhaps thinks, rather is made to think, that he is the real India and Indian regime and Mumbai mayor must come down to him for signatures. Can Sachuin Tendulakar who violated law by occupying a new bungalow in Bandra Mumbai without caring to obtain the occupation certificate from the Mumbai government agencies an eminent person?

Can the cricketers and other entertainers who - or on whose behalf others - employ mafias to pursue many matters like cricked runs, awards and posts from state including the military as eminent Indians? Mumbai tops in slum dwellers living in most pathetic conditions and has he done anything for them while enjoying a stolen life at others' cost as a mere parasite?

Can frauds be the favorites of the regime, military and intelligence just like the nexus between local police and fraud-criminals?

Indian leaders and mafias consider Sachiun as Indian Ponting. Cricketers, even while enjoying the courtship of bowlers and fielders, are essentially the foolishly greedy run-outs, who prefer a run to their own wickets, are the most favorites of Indian leaders and wanted to outsmart Australia for making Ponting, who now struggles to get runs, the top Australian of the day. In promoting Sachuin, India has directly promoted all international frauds. The justification that Indian parliaments are infested by state protected frauds and criminals and so one more addition would not make it worse is crude and fanatic laughter on India as a nation. .

The way the Indian sport media - the print, electronic and TV channels- propagate and promote the favorite IPL teams of sports military, Establishment and BCCI is ridiculous. BCCI considers worthy only the official teams led by Indian captain Dhoni (Chennai) and Sachuin (Mumbai), considered by MPs a major Hindu god, and the only "great Indian" while all other teams being anti-India and this clearly demonstrates how shallow Indian mindset is because all IPL teams are Indian teams but with hired cricketers from abroad and none is from Pakistan. Insisting on non-green color code for the teams, the fanatic BCCI has refused to assign green color to any team and all teams have blue and its shades to show they are in form. India views a win for a green team would be victory for Muslims in Hindutva India which is intolerable for India secularists.

That is Indian secular democracy!

Indian corporates, billionaires, big business, mutinationals, and liquor bosses who amass unaccounted wealth also finance cricketism exercises.

While many India street payers are taken into the teams, from foreign a few "big" pro-India players are employed by IPL bosses and all of them play perfect joint cricket exercise, some of them trying to promote the BCCI interests in Chennai and Mumbai teams. TV channels and other media blast the news for hours together only maybe while 24 hours when Mumbai or Chennai wins and when they lose they pretend nothing cricket happening in India. What do you call such fanatic media lords?

It appears, thus, that those political scoundrels who failed to enter politics have entered the media to do their job quite fanatically.

India's corrupt parliamentarians who occupy the parliament and enjoy all privileges for years, must be overjoyed by the "presence" in the "forum of gods" of a fellow fraud who could fool the fanatic Indians and others in cricketism gimmicks for decades.

There could be obvious reasons why the law framers for the top most national awards and nominations to parliament, among other such important things, have kept the sports and entertainment from such prestigious awards. It is known fact that sportsmen and entertainers and drunkards, drug-addicts, "performing" according to the fixes and mutual understandings either on extra payment basis or for other reasons, in promoting individuals and even teams. It is a well known truth that Sachuin etc are pampered by the regime ministries of military and sports, among others, for too long as their own "self".

That is indeed the crude aspect of psychofancy of India or insanity of nation's ego. The fact that Sachuin Tendulakar had to struggle and suffer, making all fanatic worshipers also do the same, for over a year to get his one last 100 demonstrates that no batboy can make a 100 without the support from the bowlers and fielders. The ongoing localized and non-stop IPL (blackmoney) drama clearly reveals how the bowlers boost the false image of a few individuals with 4s and5 6s, 2s and 3s, wides and no-balls, while they make others suffer and throw away the wickets.

ICC promotes batboys for the bogus man of match and does not promote good bowling. ICC does not insist on dot-ball strategy precisely because that would make them better and though bowlers but would derail the over ambitious batboys.

Look at the bogus IPL exercises in India that promotes 6s and "special 6" and "super catch" and declines to stress on dot balls by awarding the bowlers with maximum dot-balls. ICC and India does not want any serous bowlers to emerge to threaten the very existence of bogus batboys like Sachuin, et al. .

Indian regime threw a good ball for a big 6 exclusively by Sachuin and he blasted it right into the parliament. After a batboy, now it is the turn of bowler, fielder, keeper, etc for rewards and awards form the regime. skipper Doni is very much in the state hit list.

Will India remain a nation of international frauds, protected and promoted by the state, forever?

FOUR

Cricket requires urgent reforms.

Generally, the pitch is prepared to help the batboys to "shine" at the crease by hitting friendly balls from bowlers to the boundary as often as it is possible. If bowlers do not offer good balls the batboys would collapse one by one. But the bowlers do not generally disappoint them and throw "nice" balls.

Pitch should be made according to some international standards in every country and ground and it should b not b e pro-batboy-friendly. Already, the bowlers are offering to many runs to batboys of their liking or as per the instruction from above, but with this extra batboy pitch, the situation could be disastrous. .

Generally, the team that bowlers first offers too many runs happily and the bowlers that perform next only try to play against the batboys and reduce run flows. This happens in a fixed match in favor of a team. .

As the very first step, ICC must ensure proper guard of the cricket field by sufficient number of cricketers. The job of bowler is to restrict the opponent’s run score to bare minimum and not necessarily to take all wickets and which leak so many runs pretending to be targeting the wickets. Batboys do not allow their bowlers to restrict the run flows because they also expect return favors form the opponent bowlers. Bowler action should, therefore, be monitored by a team of experts and if they are found playing mischief in favor some cricketers, some punitive measures should be taken. Similarly the fielder mischief should also be checked and punished.

One who uses maximum dot balls in match must be recognized by rewards like man of match. this will prompt healthy bowling and productive fielding.

ICC must decide what exactly the cricketers aim at - run chase or wickets? Are they told that their main job is to promote batboys by offering big scores?

The team after winning the toss must choose to bat first but they generally choose to bowl only to give maximum runs that their own batboys would find difficult to chase down. The bowlers and fielders enjoy giving too many runs while their batboys when they come to bat struggle to chase down, unless the bowlers show return favors in plenty of 4s and 6s.

The team that bowls first might get one or tow wickets, but the team that bowls second wants all 10 wickets - why? That suits the matchfix gambling and bowlers shielded by ICC rogues make illegal cash. The bowlers keep offering too many runs possibly not expecting the batboys to commit errors to lose their wickets, which generally do not happen. Batboys just enjoy their big”fabulous" shots, when the silly bowlers display their insanity of feeding runs, and why not? When they are to save the opponent team the bowlers extend them full support with quick 6s and 4s towards the end of the match. The blackmoney IPL dramas vindicate that. .

ICC must make its dirty minds up- whether they insist on wickets or runs form teams for a win? If wickets are the criterion, the team that bowls second and takes one more wicket than the previous team must be declared the winner. Supposing the first team could take one wicket, the second team should take 2 wickets to claim their victory or say, if the first team could take 9 wicket, the other team must take 100 wickets to win and if the first team takes all 10 wickets, the second team also should take 10 wickets and chase down the total runs as well.

ICC must soon decide that cricketers must chase down the runs to win and the bowlers should only reduce the runs and arrest run flows- and not to seek all wickets for nothing by offering too many runs in 4w and 6s. .

Scrap the MAN OF MATCH as it is being practiced now only to promote batboys by getting the bowlers and fielders to offer good score of 100s through repeated 4s and 6s. Running fanatic commentators just close their dirty eyes on the bowler behavior in extending balls for expansive shots by the favorite batboys - to the left and right- but only laud the "fantastic" shots by the batboys. If the ICC guys still insist on the "show" then better to reward those bowlers who allow lest runs with minimum balls. The wickets they manage should be an extra advantage for deciding the winner, but not the sole criterion since bowlers deliberately offer to many runs in order to get a bogus wicket. At time s they do not at all target for a wicket, just keep adding to the score of select batboys as per the "order" they have received. Giving reward for overall performers is not a bad idea but that should be stage managed by the teams to promote an individual. In many cases it is impossible to spot out one s individual for the award but a batboy with more runs is selected, even if that team has lost the match. What a mischief?

4s and 6s must be done away with and bat-boys should try to get runs only by running between the wickets. If the ball goes into the crowd, either that should be out or no run. 6s and 4s make the bowlers to entertain the poor batboys at the crease. This measure would give some amount of credibility to cricket.

And, without credibility there cannot be any possible reliability.

Since the hopeless ICC deliberately ignored the dot-ball aspect and bowlers not getting proper recognition for their sincere efforts to bowl dot-balls and restrict the runs to the batboys, they also lose interest and offer too many runs for a wicket. That has created alarming number of bogus cricket batboys, hitting so-called "fabulous" 6s and 4s at will, exploiting the field options and bowler gimmicks, aided by the mafias.

At least 20 fielders, including bowlers and keeper, should be able to properly guard the field. Out these, only 5 or 6 cricketers only can bat while those who bowl cannot bat so that misuse of bowlers could be checked.

Currently very one can bat making a complete mockery of bowling. Until at least these are done, freeze all bogus records and rankings.

Restart the "ranking and records" only when some credibility is ensured on the cricket field and a bowler certification agency is established to certify the quality of the bowlers. As of now, there is hardly any standard or serious bowler which is result of ICC-batboys' mischief. Meanwhile, no cricketer or other sportsman should be offered any kind of awards.

In IPL gimmicks, the Indian captian should be made lead any team because that is being exploited by that team to their own advantages since the BCCI promotes only the team where Indian skipper is the captain. Former captains can be included but not as captians. For instance Chennai team is promoted by others because of Indan captian Doni is the skipper. It is immoral.

One does not know if Indian MPs, deadly isnpired by the fixing/sexing controversies, would also join the next edition of IPL. After all, the IPL was launched to promote Indian small scale cricketersby blackmoney and laundering processes. Many politicans are a part of IPL.

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Observations

Sachuin has been a chief beneficiary of this ICC manipulated international mischief and Congress-BJP political outfits that promote falsified cricketism argue he is also very eminent Indian thereby implying that without Tendulekar there is no India. Sachuin mafia is stronger than any other in the country, armtwistng the weak regime to appoint him as Pharatratna or president of India. If the Mumbai mafias consider Sachuin the greatest of mankind, why can’t they appoint him as Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University or chief of Indian atomic commission? Of course, they wont do that, because Sachuin is a school drop out making merry at the crease with support from the state and mafias. Any responsible work he is incapable of doing and hence he has been nominated to parliament by Congress party, duly supported all cricketism mafia politicians.

That is the height of Indian fanaticism.

Thus Indian state has also offered Sachuin a free 6 by throwing bat-boy-friendly ball for his expansive shot into Parliament where most his worshiping MPs are busy sleeping. When the bowlers offer 6s and 4s to Sachuin to make him eligible for bogus awards, the Indian terrocracy has nominated him to Parliament floating law, which is illogical and illegal.

No doubt, the nomination of Sachuin to parliament has been successfully executed, as 100 pluses, by a strong mafia from Mumbai, led now by president Madam Patil, former Mumbai chief minister and ICC boss and now a central minister Sarat Pawar and military top brass from the state. Mafias from other states also have a vested interest in promoting bogus records and awards so that their own cricketers also would enjoy future awards and rewards and extra cash. So, there have been joint operations to promote one individual as the great Mother India's greatest son - international fraud.

Sports and other variety entertainments like movies are meant only for relaxation and leisure. But Indian leaders have unfortunately been forced to treating cricket as the top most, and even above politics of India. The military, sports ministry and intelligence jointly promote some individuals in sports and entertainment with their own awards and post and want the regime to honor them with top most honors. That is indeed the India tragedy.

Coexistence of international frauds and criminals in parliament from all walks of life, including cricketism gimmicks maybe a good idea for the regime and leaders but a very shameful legacy for the nation.

Indian regime is therefore advised not to misuse power to honor their favorites who have used the national agencies to promote their own selves and made wealth by immoral or illegal means to withdraw the domination to parliament of those not encouraged by the law.

If, however, Indian regime, like the USA does as global dictator, sticks to its ugly guns saying its decision in Parliament nominations is final and irreversible, then, the people should consider that as their crude fate.

Do Indian regime and political leaders have a plan for Indian MPs also to start playing international cricket under the sports or military minister for 11 months for huge extra cash and come to New Delhi once in a while to pass all pending “bills” and collect their own bills?

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د. عبد راف

Col Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Educationalist;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst-columnist;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc); Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies. Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/ 91-9961868309/91-9961868309

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France could become a socialist state

France could become a socialist state
-DR. ABDUL RUFF
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After the fall of socialist system in East Europe and Russia, the “triumphant” capitalist world, seeking foreign resources almost for free and its GFM (global fascist media) committed to imperialism, have successfully promoted anti-socialist ideas. Yet, socialist calls have remained in a few countries. France is one.

Sept-11 hoax helped the USA to forcefully promote imperialist and capitalist ideas. Now France has brought back social party to power.

Will France now under the rule of socialists become a really socialist nation?

Will the French socialists, who are being fooled by USA by feeding the “shared values” themes, let the socialist regime make the France a socialist nation to cater for the welfare of people or will it, as speculate din USA and UK, accelerate anti-people austerity measures in response to the economic crisis in Europe along with imperialist NATO terror wars abroad?

As part of European continent of colonial masters, French parliament now is being controlled by the contending bourgeois “left” parties without any sincere resolve for social or societal equalities.

There is serious hint that the government appointed by the newly elected socialist Hollande, to rule France until the results of the June 17 legislative elections are known, would be an antithesis of socialist ideas and totally devoted to the interests of big business- that is the socialist regime would only help the capitalists and imperialists to thrive in France and region. In other words, socialists are promoting capitalism by taking imperial path. .

Many socialist leaders have built a bureaucratic power base in industrial France and do business for huge profits. Several big socialist figures maintain with deep connections in the business community. And people fear that these socialists would now try to increase their power base in socialist regime to pursue their family interests.

NATO fascism on Sept-11 hoax has muted socialist vigor in the world, including France. Not many socialists criticized Sarkozy’s foreign policy focusing on Islamic world, especially his attack of sovereign Libya and assassination of Col. Qaddafi. They raised no objections to the explosion of French militarism represented by Sarkozy’s military interventions in Ivory Coast, and Syria. A few of them even championed law-and-order hysteria and racist appeals to anti-immigrant sentiment.

Hollande’s conservative predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy provoked widespread anger by increasing his own pay. Decisions to reverse such silly things, if any, do not in any way affect the fundamentally anti-working class character of the incoming government.

A Note
Just winning a poll by socialist party alone does not make a nation socialist. That is just a democratic process by which socialist foundations could be laid legally.
In order to realize socialist goals, first of all, the socialist leaders must reinvigorate the socialist ideas and work for implementing socialist constitution for upholding socialist values.
It is fact that socialist system cannot work well if it is cornered or besieged by anti-socialist countries attempting, all the time, to destabilize socialist construction. But when France collaborate with essentially capitalist and imperils USA-UK terror twins or NATO terror syndicate, people do not take socialist slogan seriously enough!
President Hollande and his team as well as other social leaders must respect the popular sentiments by ensuring full growth of socialist system in France by denying entry for anti-socialist manipulators. Capitalism cannot be expected to promote, support or subsidize socialist system or truly equality values.
Yes, France can become a socialist sate in Europe.

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د. عبد راف

Col Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism; Educationalist;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst-columnist;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc); Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. Global media today, even in Muslim nations, are controlled by CIA & other anti-Islamic agencies. Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/ 91-9961868309/91-9961868309

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