| Death in the Sinai
In another incident, an Egyptian police officer fired on Israeli tourists in Ras Barakeh on the Red Sea coast near the Egyptian-Israeli border, killing four women, two children and one man. Authorities on both sides agreed it was an individual act carried out by a mentally disturbed man. In 1990, nine Israelis were killed and 19 injured in an attack on a bus on the road between Cairo and Ismailia. Israeli tourists also survived a number of attacks plotted by Egypt's two major Islamist militant organizations. In 1986, Egyptian authorities thwarted an Egyptian Islamic Jihad-sponsored attack on Israeli tourists in Old Cairo's Khan El-Khalili market. A similar plot by Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya killed 18 Greek tourists at a Cairo hotel who were mistaken for Israelis. While the nature of the Taba bombing clear to most, some Egyptian analysts turned to conspiracy theories to explain the attacks, saying the bombings bore the fingerprints of Israel's intelligence agency in a plot designed to detract international attention from a bloody IDF incursion into the Gaza Strip underway at the time.
Paper action programme in six months
Dwaf, however, has improved this process and in the Eastern Cape, for instance, the process has been reduced to about nine months from receiving applications to issuing licences. The targets for employment and growth are expected to be announced at the programme's completion. CONSULTATION The DTI, the Department of Agri-culture, the Department of Tourism and Environmental Affairs and Dwaf have been involved in a wide array of con-sultations around other uses of land, and are discussing environmental impacts on forestry. The NCT Forestry Cooperative, a forestry sector cooperative that represents small and medium-sized players, has also been in discussions with the DTI. The strategic framework developed for forestry had contributions from the private sector, the Paper Manu-facturers Association of South Africa and Forestry South Africa, as well as other government departments, including KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape provincial governments.
You should get to know... Mike Goedeke
Recipient of 2006 Ankeny Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.
Why I do what I do: I really enjoy banking and the daily challenges that come with it, especially in the commercial real estate market.
What I do to get away from work: Play golf and volleyball. My family members are avid St. Louis Cardinal and Blues followers. We have been a housing family for the Des Moines Buccaneers the last three years. We also follow our 14-year-old son with his travel hockey schedule. Words to live by: Never say never because it's never too late to have an impact on life.
Best business book I've read lately: "Getting to Yes" by Roger Fisher and William Ury. A great book on negotiating skills.
The best place in central Iowa to entertain clients or colleagues: Any of the many local golf courses in central Iowa.
Banks cashing in on border crossers
The big banks must be loving the recent surge in cross-border shopping.Almost every time you buy something in the United States, your bank makes a few bucks in fees of one sort or another. Expect to pay far more in fees than if you bought something here at home. While the Canadian dollar had a bad day yesterday, it's high enough compared to the U.S. dollar that people are pouring across the border to shop. .
Clinton and Obama clash on health, trade and rival tactics
Obama is agaist the surveilance program that has stopped Al Qaeda attacks, in America, he is for retreating in the face of our greatest threat,(Al Qaeda)and is as naive about the security of this country as the Clinton administration was that led to 9-11. His total ultra left-wing agenda for the security of this country is a great threat by itself. .
DVD Review: I've Seen So Many DVD's That My Monthly Rental's Going UP ...
Here's my views on "Guy -X", "Lives of Others", "Welcome to the Jungle", "Lady Chatterley", "Malicious", and "Redline". ENJOY!! OK, maybe everyone's is going up but I HAVE seen 61 DVD's from the online store alone. I always trade in for 3 in the store for every 3 online, so you do the math. Did anyone but me notice that most of the stuff going to DVD has a horror/slasher/bloodbath kinda theme? Anyway, here's a brief idea of some of the stuff I've seen in the last 2 weeks. Guy-X (2005): Jason Biggs is on the cover as a slouchy army guy with a bored look. It runs about 1 hour 40 minutes and is rated 'R'. My rating: $5.50 (1.-9.). Brit with an American accent, Jeremy Northam (Mira Sorvino's husband in the original "Mimic") plays Colonel Woolwrap (I think that's his rank) in an isolated, Greenland base. Bigg's plays Rudy, but he's stationed in this bad place because of a case of mistaken identity. No one cares. The military guys will remind you of the craziness in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" mixed with 'Mash'. He quickly learns to go with the flow when trying to escape fails twice. Any humor in the script got lost somewhere else. Natasha McElhone (the girl who tells "Truman" the truth) plays Irene, the base psychologist. Her personal life succumbs to the isolation, if you get my drift. By the time Rudy gets there, he's her next. We are sort of to believe Rudy and she have something special -- OK, whatever. Rudy finds a hidden hospital ward with a bunch of comatose men and one, Guy X (Michael Ironside) who is on the verge of dying --- for weeks. In the meantime, he and Rudy form an interesting alliance in which Rudy discovers a government cover up of medical experimentation. Everything falls apart when Rudy, the base newsletter/communication officer, exposes some hidden secrets. It's based on the novel, "No One Thinks of Greenland" by John Griesemer. The script was by Steve Attridge and John Paul Chapple with direction by Saul Metzstein (who's done some strange horror stuff I've never heard of before). It's weird but watchable if you're not picky. I liked seeing Jason Biggs having grown into his nose and looking more attractive.
For horse lovers, Calgary, Canada, has it all
Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada, is on the rise. Over the past few years, local oil companies have enjoyed unprecedented riches from a burgeoning petroleum industry, fueled in part by the oil sands near Fort McMurray to the north. Calgary has also sprouted a vibrant high-tech industry, with hundreds of new companies and dozens of new buildings to house them. Even the housing market is taking off - a rarity at a time when home sales are slumping across most of the continent. Amid all of this growth, one of Calgary's biggest industries is a throwback to the days of the Old West: horses. Every summer (this year it's July 4-13) the city hosts the biggest exhibition and rodeo in the world, the Calgary Stampede. George Brookman recently became president of that organization, and shared some pointers for the best horse-oriented activities in town.
Canucks fall to Avalanche in shootout
Colorado is one point back of the Canucks, who enjoy two games in hand. "I think we deserved better," said Canucks forward Alex Burrows, who made it 2-1 with 1:45 left in the third period. Burrows dove at the puck, pushing it over the goal-line during a frenzied scramble in front of sprawling Avalanche goaltender Jose Theodore. Positioned behind the net, referee Brad Watson waved it off, and play continued for several seconds until a whistle permitted a video review, which overturned the call. "I was able to just poke it one," Burrows said. "I thought it was close to the line, and that is what I told our guys. "I didn't see it cross the line. The review showed that it was in." Burrows was credited with his ninth goal, but Sakic lifted his own rebound over Luongo to knot it 3-3 with just 15 seconds to go.
ZigBeef system may span industries
The start-up's data reader could move beyond livestock.
Tulsa start-up ZigBeef LLC is ready to go into the cattle market with its new long-range, handheld tracking system, and applications such as rodeos and auto fleet records may not be far behind.
ZigBeef's system uses a USB stick and battery-powered tags to help clients track their assets. The data readers can sell for about a third or less of the $2,000 to $3,000 for similar products, says company founder and president John Hassell.
"Various people are trying to address the same segment," he said. "We think we have the best product."
ZigBeef's original intent was to serve cattle producers trying to keep up with animal identification needs and standards. The small tag -- imprinted with an ID number and other data such as vaccination records -- is attached to a cow's ear and can be read by radio frequency without pointing the USB stick directly at the subject.
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