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As a distinguished Air Force officer and intrepid astronaut; as a bold and courageous pioneer who spearheaded the American conquest of space; as Command Module pilot on mankind's historic first landing on the moon; as an Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs who initiated progressive and dynamic educational programs for the nation's youth; and as the architect whose vision foresight and innovative leadership created the National Air and Space Museum, Michael Collins has served his country with distinction and integrity in a wide variety of endeavors throughout a career spanning nearly five decades.

Born in Rome, Italy, in 1930, Michael Collins graduated from the Military Academy in 1952 and was commissioned in the Air Force.

Following pilot training at a number of bases, he was assigned to Nellis Air Force Base for advanced day fighter training in F-86 Sabrejets.

Upon completion of the eleven-week course, he was assigned to the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at Victorville, California.

In December 1954, the Wing was transferred to France, where he flew F-86 fighters until late 1957.

He then returned to the United States to attend an aircraft maintenance officers course at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois.

He completed the nine-month course in six months and was then assigned as an instructor at the school.

For two years, Captain Collins commanded a Mobile Training Detachment, and later, a Field Training Detachment at Chanute and Nellis Air Force Bases.

In 1960, he was assigned to the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

In 1961, Captain Collins completed Test Pilot School and was assigned to Fighter Operations.

For the next two years at Edwards Air Force Base he tested new, sophisticated, and experimental Air Force fighters.

Determined to improve his qualifications for selection as an astronaut, he enrolled in the newly established Aerospace Research Pilot School in 1963.

Later that year, he was chosen as one of fourteen new astronauts from an original list of 271 applicants.

In the Spring of 1964, then Major Collins began his six-year career as an astronaut.

Two years later, he commanded the Gemini 10 mission, setting a world altitude record and taking on the important task of walking in space to service an orbiting satellite.

As the 17th American in space, Michael Collins was the first astronaut to walk out twice during a single mission, and in doing so, he helped to demonstrate the growing potential of man to perform the tasks essential to building and maintaining useful satellites in earth orbit.

This mission projected him into national prominence portending the spectacular success of Apollo 11 just three years in the future.

In July, 1969, Colonel Collins became the Command Module pilot on Apollo 11, the historic first mission to land on the moon, and the most widely viewed and daring exploration of all time.

As Command Module Pilot, he circumnavigated the moon alone while Eagle Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the lunar surface.

Colonel Collins was given the honor of addressing a joint session of Congress, and shortly thereafter he resigned his commission in the Air Force to take up the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.

His primary responsibility with State Department was focused on its relations with the American public, with special emphasis on communicating with our youth.

Assistant Secretary Collins initiated a comprehensive youth participation program with several forward-looking aspects.

His leadership made a strong impact and helped to provide a change in the essentially negative attitude on American campuses at the height of the Vietnam War.

In 1971, after fifteen months with the State Department, he was offered the opportunity to construct and then direct the newly authorized National Air and Space Museum.

Thus, Michael Collins began what became an enduring and vitally important contribution to America — the building and operation of the Smithsonian's most popular museum.

He was to spend seven years as the Museum's director, but first he was charged with the task of organizing a staff, constructing a building, and furnishing its exhibits in time for the opening on July 4, 1976, to celebrate the nation's bicentennial.

That he brought in this enterprise ahead of schedule and under budget was a remarkable achievement; that this museum continues to draw some ten million visitors a year after over twenty years of operation is a lasting testament to Michael Collins' understanding of the role it would play in fostering the public interest in air and space exploration.

He demonstrated an outstanding ability to direct, coordinate, and organize the efforts of a wide range of people: contractors, scientists, artists, preservationists, historians, and the air and space community at large.

A fitting capstone to a career spanning over thirty years of service to his country, the National Air and Space Museum enabled Michael Collins to realize his vision of teaching American youth their heritage and inspiring all to look to the future in space.

In 1970, he joined the Air Force Reserve, reaching the rank of major general in 1976.

His duties included mobilization planning at Headquarters, U.S. Air Force and Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base.

Upon his retirement in 1982, he was lauded for his exemplary energy and intelligence in putting together the "best Reserve program of any major command in the Air Force."

After seven years as Director of the National Air and Space Museum, in 1978 General Collins was named Under Secretary for the Smithsonian Institution, responsible for administering its far-flung enterprises throughout this country and overseas.

His unique managerial skills enabled him to make an immediate and positive impact on the operations of the Smithsonian.

Upon his departure in 1980, his commendation stated that ". . . the Smithsonian and the Nation are forever indebted to him for his service."

In 1980, General Collins became Vice-President for Field Operations, Vought Corporation, a position he held until 1985, when he resigned to become an independent consultant.

Michael Collins is the author of several books on space.

In 1974 he wrote Carrying the Fire, describing his experiences in the space program.

It is the single best book of its genre and remains to this day the standard reference on space travel.

General Collins has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Collier Trophy, the Harmon Trophy, the Thomas D. White Trophy, and the Goddard Trophy.

The Air Force awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

NASA awarded General Collins its Distinguished Service Medal and the Exceptional Service Medal.

Eleven foreign countries have decorated him for his space achievements.

His likeness appears on a Romanian stamp issue.

Among his many affiliations, he is a Fellow, American Astronautical Society; Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Board of Directors, Air Force Historical Foundation; Trustee, National Geographic Society; and a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs.

He has been awarded honorary degrees from six colleges and universities.

General Collins' career exemplifies the purpose of the Military Academy: to produce graduates who will give a lifetime of service to this country.

In over thirty years of dedication to the ideals of West Point, Michael Collins has made permanent and invaluable contributions to the national security.

His resolute courage and peerless leadership as an astronaut on perilous and record-setting missions have insured his place in history's pantheon of eminent explorers.

No one has served his country better in a wide variety of difficult and challenging assignments than General Collins.

Accordingly, the Association of Graduates takes pride in presenting the 1998 Distinguished Graduate Award to Michael Collins, USMA Class of 1952.

To see more of the world, she was working for the Air Force service club. After getting engaged, they had to overcome a difference in religion. Collins was nominally Episcopalian, while Finnegan came from a staunchly Roman Catholic family. After seeking permission to marry from Finnegan's father, and delaying their wedding when Collins was redeployed to West Germany during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, they married in the summer of 1957. They had a daughter, actress Kate Collins, in 1959, a second daughter, Ann, in 1961 and a son, Michael, in 1963.
 After Collins returned to the United States in late 1957, he attended an aircraft maintenance officer course at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. He would later describe this school as "dismal" in his autobiography; he found the classwork boring, flying time scarce, and the equipment outdated. Upon completing the course, he commanded a Mobile Training Detachment (MTD) and traveled to air bases around the world. The detachment trained mechanics on the servicing of new aircraft, and pilots how to fly them. He later became the first commander of a Field Training Detachment (FTD 523) back at Nellis AFB.


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As a distinguished Air Force officer and intrepid astronaut; as a bold and courageous pioneer who spearheaded the American conquest of space; as Command Module pilot on mankind's historic first landing on the moon; as an Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs who initiated progressive and dynamic educational programs for the nation's youth; and as the architect whose vision foresight and innovative leadership created the National Air and Space Museum, Michael Collins has served his country with distinction and integrity in a wide variety of endeavors throughout a career spanning nearly five decades.

Born in Rome, Italy, in 1930, Michael Collins graduated from the Military Academy in 1952 and was commissioned in the Air Force.

Following pilot training at a number of bases, he was assigned to Nellis Air Force Base for advanced day fighter training in F-86 Sabrejets.

Upon completion of the eleven-week course, he was assigned to the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at Victorville, California.

In December 1954, the Wing was transferred to France, where he flew F-86 fighters until late 1957.

He then returned to the United States to attend an aircraft maintenance officers course at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois.

He completed the nine-month course in six months and was then assigned as an instructor at the school.

For two years, Captain Collins commanded a Mobile Training Detachment, and later, a Field Training Detachment at Chanute and Nellis Air Force Bases.

In 1960, he was assigned to the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

In 1961, Captain Collins completed Test Pilot School and was assigned to Fighter Operations.

For the next two years at Edwards Air Force Base he tested new, sophisticated, and experimental Air Force fighters.

Determined to improve his qualifications for selection as an astronaut, he enrolled in the newly established Aerospace Research Pilot School in 1963.

Later that year, he was chosen as one of fourteen new astronauts from an original list of 271 applicants.

In the Spring of 1964, then Major Collins began his six-year career as an astronaut.

Two years later, he commanded the Gemini 10 mission, setting a world altitude record and taking on the important task of walking in space to service an orbiting satellite.

As the 17th American in space, Michael Collins was the first astronaut to walk out twice during a single mission, and in doing so, he helped to demonstrate the growing potential of man to perform the tasks essential to building and maintaining useful satellites in earth orbit.

This mission projected him into national prominence portending the spectacular success of Apollo 11 just three years in the future.

In July, 1969, Colonel Collins became the Command Module pilot on Apollo 11, the historic first mission to land on the moon, and the most widely viewed and daring exploration of all time.

As Command Module Pilot, he circumnavigated the moon alone while Eagle Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the lunar surface.

Colonel Collins was given the honor of addressing a joint session of Congress, and shortly thereafter he resigned his commission in the Air Force to take up the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.

His primary responsibility with State Department was focused on its relations with the American public, with special emphasis on communicating with our youth.

Assistant Secretary Collins initiated a comprehensive youth participation program with several forward-looking aspects.

His leadership made a strong impact and helped to provide a change in the essentially negative attitude on American campuses at the height of the Vietnam War.

In 1971, after fifteen months with the State Department, he was offered the opportunity to construct and then direct the newly authorized National Air and Space Museum.

Thus, Michael Collins began what became an enduring and vitally important contribution to America — the building and operation of the Smithsonian's most popular museum.

He was to spend seven years as the Museum's director, but first he was charged with the task of organizing a staff, constructing a building, and furnishing its exhibits in time for the opening on July 4, 1976, to celebrate the nation's bicentennial.

That he brought in this enterprise ahead of schedule and under budget was a remarkable achievement; that this museum continues to draw some ten million visitors a year after over twenty years of operation is a lasting testament to Michael Collins' understanding of the role it would play in fostering the public interest in air and space exploration.

He demonstrated an outstanding ability to direct, coordinate, and organize the efforts of a wide range of people: contractors, scientists, artists, preservationists, historians, and the air and space community at large.

A fitting capstone to a career spanning over thirty years of service to his country, the National Air and Space Museum enabled Michael Collins to realize his vision of teaching American youth their heritage and inspiring all to look to the future in space.

In 1970, he joined the Air Force Reserve, reaching the rank of major general in 1976.

His duties included mobilization planning at Headquarters, U.S. Air Force and Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base.

Upon his retirement in 1982, he was lauded for his exemplary energy and intelligence in putting together the "best Reserve program of any major command in the Air Force."

After seven years as Director of the National Air and Space Museum, in 1978 General Collins was named Under Secretary for the Smithsonian Institution, responsible for administering its far-flung enterprises throughout this country and overseas.

His unique managerial skills enabled him to make an immediate and positive impact on the operations of the Smithsonian.

Upon his departure in 1980, his commendation stated that ". . . the Smithsonian and the Nation are forever indebted to him for his service."

In 1980, General Collins became Vice-President for Field Operations, Vought Corporation, a position he held until 1985, when he resigned to become an independent consultant.

Michael Collins is the author of several books on space.

In 1974 he wrote Carrying the Fire, describing his experiences in the space program.

It is the single best book of its genre and remains to this day the standard reference on space travel.

General Collins has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Collier Trophy, the Harmon Trophy, the Thomas D. White Trophy, and the Goddard Trophy.

The Air Force awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

NASA awarded General Collins its Distinguished Service Medal and the Exceptional Service Medal.

Eleven foreign countries have decorated him for his space achievements.

His likeness appears on a Romanian stamp issue.

Among his many affiliations, he is a Fellow, American Astronautical Society; Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Board of Directors, Air Force Historical Foundation; Trustee, National Geographic Society; and a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs.

He has been awarded honorary degrees from six colleges and universities.

General Collins' career exemplifies the purpose of the Military Academy: to produce graduates who will give a lifetime of service to this country.

In over thirty years of dedication to the ideals of West Point, Michael Collins has made permanent and invaluable contributions to the national security.

His resolute courage and peerless leadership as an astronaut on perilous and record-setting missions have insured his place in history's pantheon of eminent explorers.

No one has served his country better in a wide variety of difficult and challenging assignments than General Collins.

Accordingly, the Association of Graduates takes pride in presenting the 1998 Distinguished Graduate Award to Michael Collins, USMA Class of 1952.

To see more of the world, she was working for the Air Force service club. After getting engaged, they had to overcome a difference in religion. Collins was nominally Episcopalian, while Finnegan came from a staunchly Roman Catholic family. After seeking permission to marry from Finnegan's father, and delaying their wedding when Collins was redeployed to West Germany during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, they married in the summer of 1957. They had a daughter, actress Kate Collins, in 1959, a second daughter, Ann, in 1961 and a son, Michael, in 1963.
 After Collins returned to the United States in late 1957, he attended an aircraft maintenance officer course at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. He would later describe this school as "dismal" in his autobiography; he found the classwork boring, flying time scarce, and the equipment outdated. Upon completing the course, he commanded a Mobile Training Detachment (MTD) and traveled to air bases around the world. The detachment trained mechanics on the servicing of new aircraft, and pilots how to fly them. He later became the first commander of a Field Training Detachment (FTD 523) back at Nellis AFB. The Field Training Detachment (FTD 523) was a similar kind of unit.


In May 2010, accounts were released showing the holding company of the club to be £350m in debt.

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# Auditors cast doubt on future of Liverpool after losses

• Accounts show debt has increased to £350m

• Chairman says 'no reason to sell' best players

First published on Fri 7 May 2010 14.34 EDT

Liverpool do not need to sell Fernando Torres despite the club being £350m in debt.

The parlous financial position at Liverpool was underlined today when accounts were released showing the club £350m in debt.

The figures covered the year to 30 July 2009, so included Liverpool's relative success last season, yet still the club recorded the biggest loss in its history, £55m, having paid £40m in interest on its loans.

The bulk of the loans, owed to Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia, are the borrowings originally made by the two United States owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to buy Liverpool in the first place, which they then imposed on the club to pay off.

The accounts detail how impatient the banks have been for the debts to be reduced; Liverpool were formally due to repay the £250m owed on 24 January this year and the banks extended that loan by only six weeks, to 3 March.

Since then, following further negotiations with the banks, Hicks and Gillett agreed to sell the club, and a chairman, Martin Broughton, was appointed to get a sale agreed.

The banks extended their loans – which the club says stand now at £237m – until the sale, which Broughton said today will be "a matter of months".

The club's auditors, KPMG, summed up that Liverpool are now "dependent on short-term [bank loan] facility extensions" until investment arrives and for the second year running raised a stark warning about the club's financial health.

"This fact indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon [Liverpool's] ability to continue as a going concern," they said.

It is understood that the Premier League last month sought detailed reassurances from Liverpool that it does have the backing from the banks to fulfil its fixtures next season and not go bust.

This debt-laden, loss-making predicament is not what Hicks and Gillett were promising when they bought the club for £174m in February 2007.

Hicks promised that work on a 70,000-seat stadium in neighbouring Stanley Park would start within weeks, but the pair made the club responsible for paying their own borrowings, and failed to raise money for the stadium project.

Since July 2009, the date of these accounts, Liverpool's position can be assumed to have worsened, although commercial deals, including sponsorships, have improved.

Last season Rafael Benítez's team, featuring Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in devastating form, finished second to Manchester United in the Premier League and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, where they were knocked out by Chelsea.

The club's income went up from £162m the previous year to £185m and it said "a large part of this increase" was due to Premier League TV and merit payments for finishing second.

Liverpool received £20m from Uefa for their run in the Champions League and made around £7m more from hosting the European matches at Anfield.

This season, having been knocked out of the Champions League in the qualifying round and finishing below fourth in the Premier League, Liverpool's income will be significantly reduced.

Next season, with no Champions League football Liverpool will again miss out on the £27m made in that competition in 2008-09.

Despite these figures, the worst in Liverpool's history, Broughton said today that he will achieve a sale "in a relatively short period", so the club will not have to sell its star players.

"There's absolutely no reason to sell either Torres or Gerrard," he said.

"I don't want to sell either of them; Rafa doesn't want to sell either of them.

We don't need to do it to pay off any debt."

His successor was Noel White who became chairman in 1990. In August 1991 David Moores, whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years became chairman. His uncle John Moores was also a shareholder at Liverpool and was chairman of Everton from 1961 to 1973. Moores owned 51 percent of the club, and in 2004 expressed his willingness to consider a bid for his shares in Liverpool.
 Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007. The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million. The pair paid £5,000 per share, or £174.1m for the total shareholding and £44.8m to cover the club's debts. Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks, and the fans' lack of support for them, resulted in the pair looking to sell the club. Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale.


The debt is due to a leveraged takeover.

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# Auditors cast doubt on future of Liverpool after losses

• Accounts show debt has increased to £350m

• Chairman says 'no reason to sell' best players

First published on Fri 7 May 2010 14.34 EDT

Liverpool do not need to sell Fernando Torres despite the club being £350m in debt.

The parlous financial position at Liverpool was underlined today when accounts were released showing the club £350m in debt.

The figures covered the year to 30 July 2009, so included Liverpool's relative success last season, yet still the club recorded the biggest loss in its history, £55m, having paid £40m in interest on its loans.

The bulk of the loans, owed to Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia, are the borrowings originally made by the two United States owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to buy Liverpool in the first place, which they then imposed on the club to pay off.

The accounts detail how impatient the banks have been for the debts to be reduced; Liverpool were formally due to repay the £250m owed on 24 January this year and the banks extended that loan by only six weeks, to 3 March.

Since then, following further negotiations with the banks, Hicks and Gillett agreed to sell the club, and a chairman, Martin Broughton, was appointed to get a sale agreed.

The banks extended their loans – which the club says stand now at £237m – until the sale, which Broughton said today will be "a matter of months".

The club's auditors, KPMG, summed up that Liverpool are now "dependent on short-term [bank loan] facility extensions" until investment arrives and for the second year running raised a stark warning about the club's financial health.

"This fact indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon [Liverpool's] ability to continue as a going concern," they said.

It is understood that the Premier League last month sought detailed reassurances from Liverpool that it does have the backing from the banks to fulfil its fixtures next season and not go bust.

This debt-laden, loss-making predicament is not what Hicks and Gillett were promising when they bought the club for £174m in February 2007.

Hicks promised that work on a 70,000-seat stadium in neighbouring Stanley Park would start within weeks, but the pair made the club responsible for paying their own borrowings, and failed to raise money for the stadium project.

Since July 2009, the date of these accounts, Liverpool's position can be assumed to have worsened, although commercial deals, including sponsorships, have improved.

Last season Rafael Benítez's team, featuring Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in devastating form, finished second to Manchester United in the Premier League and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, where they were knocked out by Chelsea.

The club's income went up from £162m the previous year to £185m and it said "a large part of this increase" was due to Premier League TV and merit payments for finishing second.

Liverpool received £20m from Uefa for their run in the Champions League and made around £7m more from hosting the European matches at Anfield.

This season, having been knocked out of the Champions League in the qualifying round and finishing below fourth in the Premier League, Liverpool's income will be significantly reduced.

Next season, with no Champions League football Liverpool will again miss out on the £27m made in that competition in 2008-09.

Despite these figures, the worst in Liverpool's history, Broughton said today that he will achieve a sale "in a relatively short period", so the club will not have to sell its star players.

"There's absolutely no reason to sell either Torres or Gerrard," he said.

"I don't want to sell either of them; Rafa doesn't want to sell either of them.

We don't need to do it to pay off any debt."

His successor was Noel White who became chairman in 1990. In August 1991 David Moores, whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years became chairman. His uncle John Moores was also a shareholder at Liverpool and was chairman of Everton from 1961 to 1973. Moores owned 51 percent of the club, and in 2004 expressed his willingness to consider a bid for his shares in Liverpool.
 Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007. The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million. The pair paid £5,000 per share, or £174.1m for the total shareholding and £44.8m to cover the club's debts. Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks, and the fans' lack of support for them, resulted in the pair looking to sell the club. Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale. In May 2010, accounts were released showing the holding company of the club to be £350m in debt.


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# Auditors cast doubt on future of Liverpool after losses

• Accounts show debt has increased to £350m

• Chairman says 'no reason to sell' best players

First published on Fri 7 May 2010 14.34 EDT

Liverpool do not need to sell Fernando Torres despite the club being £350m in debt.

The parlous financial position at Liverpool was underlined today when accounts were released showing the club £350m in debt.

The figures covered the year to 30 July 2009, so included Liverpool's relative success last season, yet still the club recorded the biggest loss in its history, £55m, having paid £40m in interest on its loans.

The bulk of the loans, owed to Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia, are the borrowings originally made by the two United States owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to buy Liverpool in the first place, which they then imposed on the club to pay off.

The accounts detail how impatient the banks have been for the debts to be reduced; Liverpool were formally due to repay the £250m owed on 24 January this year and the banks extended that loan by only six weeks, to 3 March.

Since then, following further negotiations with the banks, Hicks and Gillett agreed to sell the club, and a chairman, Martin Broughton, was appointed to get a sale agreed.

The banks extended their loans – which the club says stand now at £237m – until the sale, which Broughton said today will be "a matter of months".

The club's auditors, KPMG, summed up that Liverpool are now "dependent on short-term [bank loan] facility extensions" until investment arrives and for the second year running raised a stark warning about the club's financial health.

"This fact indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon [Liverpool's] ability to continue as a going concern," they said.

It is understood that the Premier League last month sought detailed reassurances from Liverpool that it does have the backing from the banks to fulfil its fixtures next season and not go bust.

This debt-laden, loss-making predicament is not what Hicks and Gillett were promising when they bought the club for £174m in February 2007.

Hicks promised that work on a 70,000-seat stadium in neighbouring Stanley Park would start within weeks, but the pair made the club responsible for paying their own borrowings, and failed to raise money for the stadium project.

Since July 2009, the date of these accounts, Liverpool's position can be assumed to have worsened, although commercial deals, including sponsorships, have improved.

Last season Rafael Benítez's team, featuring Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in devastating form, finished second to Manchester United in the Premier League and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, where they were knocked out by Chelsea.

The club's income went up from £162m the previous year to £185m and it said "a large part of this increase" was due to Premier League TV and merit payments for finishing second.

Liverpool received £20m from Uefa for their run in the Champions League and made around £7m more from hosting the European matches at Anfield.

This season, having been knocked out of the Champions League in the qualifying round and finishing below fourth in the Premier League, Liverpool's income will be significantly reduced.

Next season, with no Champions League football Liverpool will again miss out on the £27m made in that competition in 2008-09.

Despite these figures, the worst in Liverpool's history, Broughton said today that he will achieve a sale "in a relatively short period", so the club will not have to sell its star players.

"There's absolutely no reason to sell either Torres or Gerrard," he said.

"I don't want to sell either of them; Rafa doesn't want to sell either of them.

We don't need to do it to pay off any debt."

His successor was Noel White who became chairman in 1990. In August 1991 David Moores, whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years became chairman. His uncle John Moores was also a shareholder at Liverpool and was chairman of Everton from 1961 to 1973. Moores owned 51 percent of the club, and in 2004 expressed his willingness to consider a bid for his shares in Liverpool.
 Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007. The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million. The pair paid £5,000 per share, or £174.1m for the total shareholding and £44.8m to cover the club's debts. Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks, and the fans' lack of support for them, resulted in the pair looking to sell the club. Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale. In May 2010, accounts were released showing the holding company of the club to be £350m in debt. The debt is due to a leveraged takeover.


The accounts caused auditor KPMG to qualify its audit opinion.

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# Auditors cast doubt on future of Liverpool after losses

• Accounts show debt has increased to £350m

• Chairman says 'no reason to sell' best players

First published on Fri 7 May 2010 14.34 EDT

Liverpool do not need to sell Fernando Torres despite the club being £350m in debt.

The parlous financial position at Liverpool was underlined today when accounts were released showing the club £350m in debt.

The figures covered the year to 30 July 2009, so included Liverpool's relative success last season, yet still the club recorded the biggest loss in its history, £55m, having paid £40m in interest on its loans.

The bulk of the loans, owed to Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia, are the borrowings originally made by the two United States owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to buy Liverpool in the first place, which they then imposed on the club to pay off.

The accounts detail how impatient the banks have been for the debts to be reduced; Liverpool were formally due to repay the £250m owed on 24 January this year and the banks extended that loan by only six weeks, to 3 March.

Since then, following further negotiations with the banks, Hicks and Gillett agreed to sell the club, and a chairman, Martin Broughton, was appointed to get a sale agreed.

The banks extended their loans – which the club says stand now at £237m – until the sale, which Broughton said today will be "a matter of months".

The club's auditors, KPMG, summed up that Liverpool are now "dependent on short-term [bank loan] facility extensions" until investment arrives and for the second year running raised a stark warning about the club's financial health.

"This fact indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon [Liverpool's] ability to continue as a going concern," they said.

It is understood that the Premier League last month sought detailed reassurances from Liverpool that it does have the backing from the banks to fulfil its fixtures next season and not go bust.

This debt-laden, loss-making predicament is not what Hicks and Gillett were promising when they bought the club for £174m in February 2007.

Hicks promised that work on a 70,000-seat stadium in neighbouring Stanley Park would start within weeks, but the pair made the club responsible for paying their own borrowings, and failed to raise money for the stadium project.

Since July 2009, the date of these accounts, Liverpool's position can be assumed to have worsened, although commercial deals, including sponsorships, have improved.

Last season Rafael Benítez's team, featuring Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in devastating form, finished second to Manchester United in the Premier League and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, where they were knocked out by Chelsea.

The club's income went up from £162m the previous year to £185m and it said "a large part of this increase" was due to Premier League TV and merit payments for finishing second.

Liverpool received £20m from Uefa for their run in the Champions League and made around £7m more from hosting the European matches at Anfield.

This season, having been knocked out of the Champions League in the qualifying round and finishing below fourth in the Premier League, Liverpool's income will be significantly reduced.

Next season, with no Champions League football Liverpool will again miss out on the £27m made in that competition in 2008-09.

Despite these figures, the worst in Liverpool's history, Broughton said today that he will achieve a sale "in a relatively short period", so the club will not have to sell its star players.

"There's absolutely no reason to sell either Torres or Gerrard," he said.

"I don't want to sell either of them; Rafa doesn't want to sell either of them.

We don't need to do it to pay off any debt."

His successor was Noel White who became chairman in 1990. In August 1991 David Moores, whose family had owned the club for more than 50 years became chairman. His uncle John Moores was also a shareholder at Liverpool and was chairman of Everton from 1961 to 1973. Moores owned 51 percent of the club, and in 2004 expressed his willingness to consider a bid for his shares in Liverpool.
 Moores eventually sold the club to American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks on 6 February 2007. The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at £218.9 million. The pair paid £5,000 per share, or £174.1m for the total shareholding and £44.8m to cover the club's debts. Disagreements between Gillett and Hicks, and the fans' lack of support for them, resulted in the pair looking to sell the club. Martin Broughton was appointed chairman of the club on 16 April 2010 to oversee its sale. In May 2010, accounts were released showing the holding company of the club to be £350m in debt. The debt is due to a leveraged takeover. The losses were £55m.


By 2016, sanctions against Iran were being lifted after the nuclear deal.

(meta data) TITLE: India's $500 Million Bet on Iran – Foreign Policy

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## New Delhi hopes a giant new Iranian port will help meet its energy needs — and outflank Pakistan.

Keith Johnson is a senior staff writer at Foreign Policy.

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India is helping develop the Chabahar Port, which will give it access to the oil and gas resources in Iran and the Central Asian states. By doing so, India hopes to compete with the Chinese, who are building Gwadar Port on the other side of the border in Pakistan's Balochistan Province. In 2014, Indian government sanctioned an initial amount USD 85 million for the development of Chabahar port.


Indian investment plans had risen to USD 500 million by 2016.

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## New Delhi hopes a giant new Iranian port will help meet its energy needs — and outflank Pakistan.

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### China's South China Sea Militarization Has Peaked

### It Isn't Too Late to Save the Brazilian Rainforest

### Mattis's Successor Signals He Wants to End the Pentagon's Long Silence

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India is helping develop the Chabahar Port, which will give it access to the oil and gas resources in Iran and the Central Asian states. By doing so, India hopes to compete with the Chinese, who are building Gwadar Port on the other side of the border in Pakistan's Balochistan Province. In 2014, Indian government sanctioned an initial amount USD 85 million for the development of Chabahar port. By 2016, sanctions against Iran were being lifted after the nuclear deal.


Discovering the natural treasures of Fertő-Hanság National Park.

The task of the natural park is to protect the natural value of the preserved moorish marshland, the marshland of Hanság and the reed of Lake Fertő.

Stressed task is the protection of natural genomes and the preservation of some species.

The permanent exhibition representing the flora and fauna of Hanság takes places in the Öntésmajor Múzeum.

The wonderful bird fauna of Hanság can be observed in Madárvárta.

Due to the developments of the recent period, the natural flooding of an area of approximately 2500 hectares resulted in the partial reconstruction of the habitat, which restored the natural growing place of the indigenous flora.

Species that used to represent the natural part of the area of Hanság but became extinct from the land, such as otter, bustard, black stork, osprey, Hungarian grey ox and water buffalo were resettled.

The intact flora and fauna can be observed by organized bird-watches and kayaking tours too.

The wines of the Sopron wine region can be discovered by wine-tastings and wine-tours.

Local gastronomic specialties include clasp-knife platter of Kapuvár, rolled meat of Hany Istók, slaughterman liver, foreleg ham of Kapuvár, rolled meat of Hanság, fritter-like pastry and pretzel of Rábaköz.

Horse-riding tourism has significantly developed in the recent years.

Both sport riding and therapeutic riding came into prominence.

In our town, carriage tours are organized with the intention of presenting the preserved natural values for the visitors.

The natural and hydrographical conditions of the surroundings render it possible to meet the demands of guests who are fond of hunting and fishing.

Kapuvár and its surroundings are rich in traditional, folk artistic and architectural characteristics that visitors find really interesting (for example the lace of Hövej, traditional soldiers' songs – verbunk – of Kapuvár, the national costume of Rábaköz, many gastronomic specialties etc.).

Some of the outstanding values of the Hungarian architecture (such as the castle of Fertőd, Nagycenk, Röjtökmuzsaj and Mihályi) can be found in the surroundings.

In the respect of beliefs and folklore, our town is proud of a curio, namely the legend of Istók Hany.

According to the legend, in the marshland of Hanság once lived a wild child, who was taken out of Lake Király in 1749 by fishermen.

He was christened István Hany in Kapuvár.

He lived in the prince's court for a short period, but he escaped from there because of the human viciousness, and never returned.

Several legends, literary works and novels recorded his figure.

His existence is proved by a Latin note recorded in the baptismal book of Kapuvár parish church about his christening.

Fertő-Hanság National Park and the Fertő region world heritage is one of the most special "wild waterlands" in Middle-Europe.

Lake Fertő was first mentioned in 1199 in a document.

Its larger part belongs to Austria; Hungary possesses 82 km2 of it.

Its average depths is 60-70 centimeters, its deepest point is only 160 cm below the water level.

The lake is surrounded by various landscapes.

Lake Fertő is part of Fertő-Hanság National Park of 20 000 hectares.

At the national park 300 nesting and passing bird species can be observed.

The lake is the home of approximately 30 fish species.

The water is ideal for bathing, but is also perfect for boating and sailing.

In winter skating on its ice is a great pastime.

In 2001 UNESCO declared the conserved architectural unity of the region, the reedy area of Lake Fertő and the uniquely bird and other fauna part of the World Heritage.

The Esterházy Castle of Fertőd is situated 20 kilometers from Kapuvár.

The building complex is called "the Hungarian Versailles".

It was the scene of wonderful ceremonies, Europe-famous performances and concerts, due to the work of Joseph Haydn.

In the English style park, at the end of the roads, which radiately part from the center, once sculptures and chapels were standing.

The permanent exhibition can be visited in the former residency of Haydn, which is located in one of the most beautiful baroque buildings, in the House of Music.

The most important attraction of the village is the Széchenyi Castle.

The building is home to István Széchenyi Commemorative Museum, a hotel, a café, a stud and a horse-riding school.

In the 1970's a locomotive outdoor museum was established.

The small locomotives are only for exhibition purposes, but a locomotive of the same age and size, István Széchenyi Museum Train is clattering through the area of Lake Fertő.

It is situated 11 kilometers from Kapuvár.

The most important tourist sight of the village is the Dőry Castle.

Its walls were built on a fort originating from the beginning of the 10th century.

The castle was constructed by Demeter Ládonyi around 1570, in the place of a wooden mansion.

The owner of the castle was Miklós Dőry from 1860.

He added a new look to the building, which corresponded to the romantic spirit of that time.

According to the tradition, the Hungarian Queen Elizabeth and her attendance found shelter here in the summer of 1440, on the way from Visegrád to Vienna.

She hid the sacred crown in a hollow of a tree here.

The protected park of 2 hectares, which is divided in two by the Kis-Rába, is also a great attraction of the castle.

and Hegykő are located 6 kilometres from Sopron in the vicinity of Lake Fertő, both

settlements gained reputation because of their thermal baths.

bottling of Balf mineral water takes place here too.

Sopron is one of the most atmospheric towns of Hungary.

It is also called city of museums , due to its 23 permanent exhibitions.

Hungary's western gate, and the cultural center of the region.

The grape and wine culture has a history of more than 2000 years.

It is one of Hungary's historical wine regions, so it rightly bears the name "Town of wine and grape".

The monastery was founded in 1208 by the members of the Benedictine order.

One of Hungary's largest and most valuable roman monument, the abbey was added to the monastery in the 13th century.

The 7-meter-long and 2-meter-wide wooden Bridge of Andau – which spans over Hanság main channel – is a historical site and a temporary border crossing.

This is the starting point of the 9-kilometer-long "trail of refugees", on which first in 1947-48 ousted Germans, then after the revolution of 1956 200 000 Hungarians fled to Austria.

The soviets blew up the bridge twice,consequently the present bridge is only a reconstruction.

By the road on the Austrian side, sculptures against violence, intolerance and hatred are exhibited.

The bridge can be approached from Kapuvár on a 15-kilometer-long bicycle road, which uncovers the intact natural values of the fenwoods of Hanság.

Due to its accessibility and geographical location, Győr is often referred to as the city of meetings.

It is also called city of waters, because here four rivers join together, the Marcal, the Rábca, the Rába and the Mosoni Danube.

The radiately converging roads arrive from north from Slovakia, from west from Austria, from south from the Balaton region and from east from Budapest to the hearth of Kisalföld.

The town, which once possessed right of holding markets and staple right, continuously developed into the center of western trade and later the center of economy.

Hungary's third richest town in historic buildings won the Europe award of protection of historic buildings as recognition for reconstructing the baroque city center.

The Győr Ballet Company, the National Theater of Győr and the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra offer unforgettable artistic experience in every season for the enthusiastic audience.

Several palaces in Vienna and Sopron were built by using the limestone extracted from the quarry of Fertőrákos.

Enormous, underground halls resembling to Egyptian rock-graves amaze the visitors, who can enjoy opera performances here in the summer, because the inside theater hall provides fantastic acoustics.

The beautiful, panoramic landscape of Lake Fertő can be admired from the hill of the quarry.

Hungary's largest island, Szigetköz – surrounded by the Danube and the Moson Danube – is often called the gift of the Danube.

The region lying approximately 50 kilometers from Kapuvár offers ideal environment for water touring, fishing, and horse-riding.

Copyright © 2007Local Government of the Town of Kapuvár

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Kapuvár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒpuvaːr]; German: "Kobrunn") is a small but ancient town of some 11,000 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.
The town is known for its thermal water which some believe has hydrotherapeutic properties.  It is served by highway 85, and has a train station. It borders the Fertő-Hanság National Park, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the border station of Pomogy. The settlement was fortified as early as the 11th century and was the estate owned by the Nádasdy family in the 16th century. St. Ann's church contains an ancient cemetery that is still being used. Local gastronomic specialties include "clasp-knife platter of Kapuvár," rolled meat of Hany Istók, slaughterman liver, foreleg ham of Kapuvár, rolled meat of Hanság, fritter-like pastry, rolled crêpes filled with preserves, and "pretzel of Rábaköz." There is one fine-dining restaurant in the village, and a few small cafes. A pleasant collection of small, pretty houses with colorful flower gardens reflects the tranquillity of the surrounding rural area.


The village was left largely untouched by Russian influences.

Discovering the natural treasures of Fertő-Hanság National Park.

The task of the natural park is to protect the natural value of the preserved moorish marshland, the marshland of Hanság and the reed of Lake Fertő.

Stressed task is the protection of natural genomes and the preservation of some species.

The permanent exhibition representing the flora and fauna of Hanság takes places in the Öntésmajor Múzeum.

The wonderful bird fauna of Hanság can be observed in Madárvárta.

Due to the developments of the recent period, the natural flooding of an area of approximately 2500 hectares resulted in the partial reconstruction of the habitat, which restored the natural growing place of the indigenous flora.

Species that used to represent the natural part of the area of Hanság but became extinct from the land, such as otter, bustard, black stork, osprey, Hungarian grey ox and water buffalo were resettled.

The intact flora and fauna can be observed by organized bird-watches and kayaking tours too.

The wines of the Sopron wine region can be discovered by wine-tastings and wine-tours.

Local gastronomic specialties include clasp-knife platter of Kapuvár, rolled meat of Hany Istók, slaughterman liver, foreleg ham of Kapuvár, rolled meat of Hanság, fritter-like pastry and pretzel of Rábaköz.

Horse-riding tourism has significantly developed in the recent years.

Both sport riding and therapeutic riding came into prominence.

In our town, carriage tours are organized with the intention of presenting the preserved natural values for the visitors.

The natural and hydrographical conditions of the surroundings render it possible to meet the demands of guests who are fond of hunting and fishing.

Kapuvár and its surroundings are rich in traditional, folk artistic and architectural characteristics that visitors find really interesting (for example the lace of Hövej, traditional soldiers' songs – verbunk – of Kapuvár, the national costume of Rábaköz, many gastronomic specialties etc.).

Some of the outstanding values of the Hungarian architecture (such as the castle of Fertőd, Nagycenk, Röjtökmuzsaj and Mihályi) can be found in the surroundings.

In the respect of beliefs and folklore, our town is proud of a curio, namely the legend of Istók Hany.

According to the legend, in the marshland of Hanság once lived a wild child, who was taken out of Lake Király in 1749 by fishermen.

He was christened István Hany in Kapuvár.

He lived in the prince's court for a short period, but he escaped from there because of the human viciousness, and never returned.

Several legends, literary works and novels recorded his figure.

His existence is proved by a Latin note recorded in the baptismal book of Kapuvár parish church about his christening.

Fertő-Hanság National Park and the Fertő region world heritage is one of the most special "wild waterlands" in Middle-Europe.

Lake Fertő was first mentioned in 1199 in a document.

Its larger part belongs to Austria; Hungary possesses 82 km2 of it.

Its average depths is 60-70 centimeters, its deepest point is only 160 cm below the water level.

The lake is surrounded by various landscapes.

Lake Fertő is part of Fertő-Hanság National Park of 20 000 hectares.

At the national park 300 nesting and passing bird species can be observed.

The lake is the home of approximately 30 fish species.

The water is ideal for bathing, but is also perfect for boating and sailing.

In winter skating on its ice is a great pastime.

In 2001 UNESCO declared the conserved architectural unity of the region, the reedy area of Lake Fertő and the uniquely bird and other fauna part of the World Heritage.

The Esterházy Castle of Fertőd is situated 20 kilometers from Kapuvár.

The building complex is called "the Hungarian Versailles".

It was the scene of wonderful ceremonies, Europe-famous performances and concerts, due to the work of Joseph Haydn.

In the English style park, at the end of the roads, which radiately part from the center, once sculptures and chapels were standing.

The permanent exhibition can be visited in the former residency of Haydn, which is located in one of the most beautiful baroque buildings, in the House of Music.

The most important attraction of the village is the Széchenyi Castle.

The building is home to István Széchenyi Commemorative Museum, a hotel, a café, a stud and a horse-riding school.

In the 1970's a locomotive outdoor museum was established.

The small locomotives are only for exhibition purposes, but a locomotive of the same age and size, István Széchenyi Museum Train is clattering through the area of Lake Fertő.

It is situated 11 kilometers from Kapuvár.

The most important tourist sight of the village is the Dőry Castle.

Its walls were built on a fort originating from the beginning of the 10th century.

The castle was constructed by Demeter Ládonyi around 1570, in the place of a wooden mansion.

The owner of the castle was Miklós Dőry from 1860.

He added a new look to the building, which corresponded to the romantic spirit of that time.

According to the tradition, the Hungarian Queen Elizabeth and her attendance found shelter here in the summer of 1440, on the way from Visegrád to Vienna.

She hid the sacred crown in a hollow of a tree here.

The protected park of 2 hectares, which is divided in two by the Kis-Rába, is also a great attraction of the castle.

and Hegykő are located 6 kilometres from Sopron in the vicinity of Lake Fertő, both

settlements gained reputation because of their thermal baths.

bottling of Balf mineral water takes place here too.

Sopron is one of the most atmospheric towns of Hungary.

It is also called city of museums , due to its 23 permanent exhibitions.

Hungary's western gate, and the cultural center of the region.

The grape and wine culture has a history of more than 2000 years.

It is one of Hungary's historical wine regions, so it rightly bears the name "Town of wine and grape".

The monastery was founded in 1208 by the members of the Benedictine order.

One of Hungary's largest and most valuable roman monument, the abbey was added to the monastery in the 13th century.

The 7-meter-long and 2-meter-wide wooden Bridge of Andau – which spans over Hanság main channel – is a historical site and a temporary border crossing.

This is the starting point of the 9-kilometer-long "trail of refugees", on which first in 1947-48 ousted Germans, then after the revolution of 1956 200 000 Hungarians fled to Austria.

The soviets blew up the bridge twice,consequently the present bridge is only a reconstruction.

By the road on the Austrian side, sculptures against violence, intolerance and hatred are exhibited.

The bridge can be approached from Kapuvár on a 15-kilometer-long bicycle road, which uncovers the intact natural values of the fenwoods of Hanság.

Due to its accessibility and geographical location, Győr is often referred to as the city of meetings.

It is also called city of waters, because here four rivers join together, the Marcal, the Rábca, the Rába and the Mosoni Danube.

The radiately converging roads arrive from north from Slovakia, from west from Austria, from south from the Balaton region and from east from Budapest to the hearth of Kisalföld.

The town, which once possessed right of holding markets and staple right, continuously developed into the center of western trade and later the center of economy.

Hungary's third richest town in historic buildings won the Europe award of protection of historic buildings as recognition for reconstructing the baroque city center.

The Győr Ballet Company, the National Theater of Győr and the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra offer unforgettable artistic experience in every season for the enthusiastic audience.

Several palaces in Vienna and Sopron were built by using the limestone extracted from the quarry of Fertőrákos.

Enormous, underground halls resembling to Egyptian rock-graves amaze the visitors, who can enjoy opera performances here in the summer, because the inside theater hall provides fantastic acoustics.

The beautiful, panoramic landscape of Lake Fertő can be admired from the hill of the quarry.

Hungary's largest island, Szigetköz – surrounded by the Danube and the Moson Danube – is often called the gift of the Danube.

The region lying approximately 50 kilometers from Kapuvár offers ideal environment for water touring, fishing, and horse-riding.

Copyright © 2007Local Government of the Town of Kapuvár

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Kapuvár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒpuvaːr]; German: "Kobrunn") is a small but ancient town of some 11,000 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.
The town is known for its thermal water which some believe has hydrotherapeutic properties.  It is served by highway 85, and has a train station. It borders the Fertő-Hanság National Park, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the border station of Pomogy. The settlement was fortified as early as the 11th century and was the estate owned by the Nádasdy family in the 16th century. St. Ann's church contains an ancient cemetery that is still being used. Local gastronomic specialties include "clasp-knife platter of Kapuvár," rolled meat of Hany Istók, slaughterman liver, foreleg ham of Kapuvár, rolled meat of Hanság, fritter-like pastry, rolled crêpes filled with preserves, and "pretzel of Rábaköz." There is one fine-dining restaurant in the village, and a few small cafes. A pleasant collection of small, pretty houses with colorful flower gardens reflects the tranquillity of the surrounding rural area. The village was left largely untouched.


It was confirmed that the website would have two permanent paid part time student journalists appointed for yearly terms.

(meta data) TITLE: BULL Recedes Six Years Shy of a Century - Honi Soit

(meta data) AUTHOR: https://www.facebook.com/honisoitsydney/

# BULL Recedes Six Years Shy of a Century

Rebecca Wong wades through the legacy of Union publications at the University of Sydney.

The Union Recorder was Sydney University's first student-edited news publication.

Dating back to 1921, and notable for coining the phrase "been there, done that", it documents more than eight decades of student activism, along with the myriad misdemeanors of straight-laced private school boys with Prime Ministerial ambition (for more on this, see pages 6-7).

Six years shy of a century later, without editorial consultation and in a confidential meeting, the USU has decided to axe its only print publication, BULL Magazine.

Rachel Hills, who edited the Union Recorder in 2002, cites the experience as an important learning curve.

"I started writing about student politics towards the end of my tenure…

I think mostly through UR actually, I'd critique the Union and things that were happening on the Board."

Hills notes that Union oversight of the magazine was "fairly minimal".

According to Hills, though the UR was less radical than Honi, it had its fair share of controversy.

"Part of the reason that we had to have the head of the Women's Committee look over our issues was because on one of our covers, there was an image that was considered to be sexist.

That was the issue that I edited, and I was trying to comment on female gender roles.

"It's kind of ironic, because I write about feminism now, and I wrote about feminism then, and I certainly identified as a feminist at that point in my life," says Hills, who lives in New York and recently published her first book, The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality.

"Honi led the charge about the UR being sexist and put posters up all over the university."

"One of the useful things as a student journalist were those pieces that I got to do where I was interrogating things that were happening on Union Board.

So even though I don't presently work as a political journalist, I think that the kind of observation reporting I got to do on those machinations is something that you can really only do on campus when you're that age, because that's the political environment that you have intimate exposure to.

I learnt some useful lessons about reporting from doing those stories."

In the face of funding cuts arising from the introduction of voluntary student unionism, the UR was effectively wound up in 2005.

The Daily Bull, formerly a newsletter advertising the services and events provided by the USU, was rebranded as BULL Magazine, replacing the UR as the union's flagship publication.

While it seems clear that BULL was subject to greater Union oversight than its predecessor, the extent to which this compromised the editorial independence of the publication has perhaps been overstated.

Though a USU representative subedited every article and sat in on editorial meetings, the role was described by one editor as "always pretty administrative"; it was about keeping track of pitches and articles.

From 2012 to May 2015, the editorial liaison was USU Marketing and Communications Manager Louisa Stylian.

"She provided quite a bit of editorial feedback, and that's actually something I found hugely helpful.

I thought she had a really strong sense of what worked well in the mag," says John Rowley, who edited BULL in 2013.

"I felt like she was more of an editorial mentor than a voice for the USU."

Two editors cite instances where articles didn't make it to print because of their critical stances on the Union.

Alex McKinnon, who edited BULL in 2011 and has since gone on to be assistant editor of popular news website Junkee, remembers:

"Someone pitched to me the idea of comparing food prices at Union outlets to prices off campus, which I thought was a really good idea.

And it didn't get through, I mean as you can imagine the markup on things sold at campus outlets would be quite high."

Another editor states that, "we didn't want to bite the hand that fed us.

I always saw working on BULL as similar to working in the real world—where someone else subedits your work and your publication has marketing agendas."

Prior to this year, much of the publication's design was outsourced to the Union's Sales and Marketing Department, whose conception of the paper seemed to differ drastically from the students'.

"There was a really intelligent feature about people's apparent progressivism in racial politics… yet their refusal to sleep with people that don't look like them in their sexual lives," recalls Eleanor Gordon-Smith.

"And the cover was a penis wearing a KKK hood."

While noting that the fuzzy chain of command made it difficult to challenge such decisions, Gordon-Smith emphasises that any issues of editorial autonomy fell squarely at the feet of board directors, "rather than some graphic designer who's just doing their job".

The overall impact of the USU's proposed media alternative on the independence and viability of student publications is mixed.

Stylian declined to be interviewed for this article.

However, in a Facebook comment, she decried the board's failure to consult with the current editorial team, writing "rest assured I would have fought for you".

A new section of the Union's website will be devoted to multimedia news and campus culture coverage, with two part-time editors being paid an hourly rate in line with the applicable workplace award agreement.

The decision to increase remuneration for student journalists has been met with near universal praise.

It is an uncomfortable truth that, generally speaking, only those with the luxury of 12-hour timetables and considerable financial support from their families are able to undertake editorial work for an effective hourly rate of less than $1.

"BULL has been a place where a lot of many dedicated talented people get to cut their teeth in a pseudo-professional environment," says Gordon-Smith.

"So I think recognising that and leaning in to it, for instance by paying people, is a really good way to make sure it keeps doing that."

USU Board Director Ed McMahon told Honi that an editorial policy will be drafted by a working party chaired by elected Directors, and that the student editors will be in charge of the broad editorial vision of the site.

That said, several students have expressed concerns that paying contributors may give the USU a bit too much editorial power in terms of the content students may be incentivised to produce.

Much of BULL's content, such as photojournalism and long-form features, is particularly suited to the production cycle of a monthly print publication.

It is unclear how much continuity will exist between BULL and the new site.

The shift to an exclusively digital platform, and salaried rather than stipended positions, suggests an attempt by the USU to inject a sense of professionalism into its publications programs.

The impact of this shift on the relatively radical institution of student journalism is, at best, questionable.

As McKinnon observes, "student journalists have more of a capacity to be feral than they would if they were writing for more respectable publications."

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In late 2015, Honi Soit reported that student magazine BULL would be replaced by 'an online news site with more “Buzzfeed style articles”' in 2016. This decision was made by the student Board of Directors who govern the University of Sydney Union after the decreased readership in 2015.


It was confirmed that the new website would be integrated into the current University of Sydney Union website.

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# BULL Recedes Six Years Shy of a Century

Rebecca Wong wades through the legacy of Union publications at the University of Sydney.

The Union Recorder was Sydney University's first student-edited news publication.

Dating back to 1921, and notable for coining the phrase "been there, done that", it documents more than eight decades of student activism, along with the myriad misdemeanors of straight-laced private school boys with Prime Ministerial ambition (for more on this, see pages 6-7).

Six years shy of a century later, without editorial consultation and in a confidential meeting, the USU has decided to axe its only print publication, BULL Magazine.

Rachel Hills, who edited the Union Recorder in 2002, cites the experience as an important learning curve.

"I started writing about student politics towards the end of my tenure…

I think mostly through UR actually, I'd critique the Union and things that were happening on the Board."

Hills notes that Union oversight of the magazine was "fairly minimal".

According to Hills, though the UR was less radical than Honi, it had its fair share of controversy.

"Part of the reason that we had to have the head of the Women's Committee look over our issues was because on one of our covers, there was an image that was considered to be sexist.

That was the issue that I edited, and I was trying to comment on female gender roles.

"It's kind of ironic, because I write about feminism now, and I wrote about feminism then, and I certainly identified as a feminist at that point in my life," says Hills, who lives in New York and recently published her first book, The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality.

"Honi led the charge about the UR being sexist and put posters up all over the university."

"One of the useful things as a student journalist were those pieces that I got to do where I was interrogating things that were happening on Union Board.

So even though I don't presently work as a political journalist, I think that the kind of observation reporting I got to do on those machinations is something that you can really only do on campus when you're that age, because that's the political environment that you have intimate exposure to.

I learnt some useful lessons about reporting from doing those stories."

In the face of funding cuts arising from the introduction of voluntary student unionism, the UR was effectively wound up in 2005.

The Daily Bull, formerly a newsletter advertising the services and events provided by the USU, was rebranded as BULL Magazine, replacing the UR as the union's flagship publication.

While it seems clear that BULL was subject to greater Union oversight than its predecessor, the extent to which this compromised the editorial independence of the publication has perhaps been overstated.

Though a USU representative subedited every article and sat in on editorial meetings, the role was described by one editor as "always pretty administrative"; it was about keeping track of pitches and articles.

From 2012 to May 2015, the editorial liaison was USU Marketing and Communications Manager Louisa Stylian.

"She provided quite a bit of editorial feedback, and that's actually something I found hugely helpful.

I thought she had a really strong sense of what worked well in the mag," says John Rowley, who edited BULL in 2013.

"I felt like she was more of an editorial mentor than a voice for the USU."

Two editors cite instances where articles didn't make it to print because of their critical stances on the Union.

Alex McKinnon, who edited BULL in 2011 and has since gone on to be assistant editor of popular news website Junkee, remembers:

"Someone pitched to me the idea of comparing food prices at Union outlets to prices off campus, which I thought was a really good idea.

And it didn't get through, I mean as you can imagine the markup on things sold at campus outlets would be quite high."

Another editor states that, "we didn't want to bite the hand that fed us.

I always saw working on BULL as similar to working in the real world—where someone else subedits your work and your publication has marketing agendas."

Prior to this year, much of the publication's design was outsourced to the Union's Sales and Marketing Department, whose conception of the paper seemed to differ drastically from the students'.

"There was a really intelligent feature about people's apparent progressivism in racial politics… yet their refusal to sleep with people that don't look like them in their sexual lives," recalls Eleanor Gordon-Smith.

"And the cover was a penis wearing a KKK hood."

While noting that the fuzzy chain of command made it difficult to challenge such decisions, Gordon-Smith emphasises that any issues of editorial autonomy fell squarely at the feet of board directors, "rather than some graphic designer who's just doing their job".

The overall impact of the USU's proposed media alternative on the independence and viability of student publications is mixed.

Stylian declined to be interviewed for this article.

However, in a Facebook comment, she decried the board's failure to consult with the current editorial team, writing "rest assured I would have fought for you".

A new section of the Union's website will be devoted to multimedia news and campus culture coverage, with two part-time editors being paid an hourly rate in line with the applicable workplace award agreement.

The decision to increase remuneration for student journalists has been met with near universal praise.

It is an uncomfortable truth that, generally speaking, only those with the luxury of 12-hour timetables and considerable financial support from their families are able to undertake editorial work for an effective hourly rate of less than $1.

"BULL has been a place where a lot of many dedicated talented people get to cut their teeth in a pseudo-professional environment," says Gordon-Smith.

"So I think recognising that and leaning in to it, for instance by paying people, is a really good way to make sure it keeps doing that."

USU Board Director Ed McMahon told Honi that an editorial policy will be drafted by a working party chaired by elected Directors, and that the student editors will be in charge of the broad editorial vision of the site.

That said, several students have expressed concerns that paying contributors may give the USU a bit too much editorial power in terms of the content students may be incentivised to produce.

Much of BULL's content, such as photojournalism and long-form features, is particularly suited to the production cycle of a monthly print publication.

It is unclear how much continuity will exist between BULL and the new site.

The shift to an exclusively digital platform, and salaried rather than stipended positions, suggests an attempt by the USU to inject a sense of professionalism into its publications programs.

The impact of this shift on the relatively radical institution of student journalism is, at best, questionable.

As McKinnon observes, "student journalists have more of a capacity to be feral than they would if they were writing for more respectable publications."

#### Through steel doors: Wom*n at odds with Australia's prison system

#### Omagoor: The quest for the Asian-Australian accent

#### Cancel Culture vs Campus Subculture

#### For Farage and Latham, what establishment is there left to rail against?

In late 2015, Honi Soit reported that student magazine BULL would be replaced by 'an online news site with more “Buzzfeed style articles”' in 2016. This decision was made by the student Board of Directors who govern the University of Sydney Union after the decreased readership in 2015. It was confirmed that the website would have two permanent paid part time student journalists appointed for yearly terms.


In 5 games, Watt finished with 11 tackles.

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# J.J. Watt out for season with tibial plateau fracture

NFL community reacts to Andrew Luck's decision

Texans RB Miller tears ACL, will miss 2019 season

The Houston Texans took a significant hit to their front seven in Sunday's 42-34 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Star defensive end J.J. Watt suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg on the first drive.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Watt is out for the season and will be placed on injured reserve.

The Texans pass rusher was helped off the field limping and taken to the sideline medical tent before being carted to the locker room.

He was later seen on crutches getting into an ambulance.

This is the second consecutive year that Watt was been ruled out for the year before Houston's bye.

The All-Pro missed 13 games last season with a back injury.

"I don't have a ton of information on it, but I feel terrible for the guy," Houston coach Bill O'Brien said after the game.

"With that being said, knowing him and knowing the type of guy he is, he's an amazing human being, he's an amazing human being' and he will work extremely hard to be back, to be back to play for his football team.

To make immediate matters worse, fellow Texans defender Whitney Mercilus was ruled out with a chest injury.

Mercilus went to the locker room with the injury on the same drive.

NFL Network's James Palmer reported that he suffered a torn pectoral and will be out for the year.

Alongside Jadeveon Clowney, Watt and Mercilus made up one of, if not, the league's most feared pass-rushing triumvirates.

Though he did not register a sack in his first four games of the season, Watt led all Houston defenders entering Sunday night in total pressures (11) and pressure percentage (9.7 percent); Mercilus was fourth with three pressures.

In a non-football sense, Watt's loss is almost more devastating.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey's devastation on Houston, Watt's amazing fundraising effort, raising more than $37 million for relief efforts, reignited hope in the city and lifted spirits across the country.

, Watt means more to this franchise than as just one of the greatest pass-rushers in football history.

It is a great shame that one of the league's transcendent talents and one of its great ambassadors won't be able to finish out a campaign, on a playoff contender no less, for the second straight season.

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Watt returned from his injury to play in the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. During Week 5 against the Kansas City Chiefs on "Sunday Night Football", Watt left the game after an apparent leg injury. It was later revealed that he suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg. He underwent surgery the next day and was ruled out the remainder of the season.


In 5 games, Watt finished with 2 passes defended.

(meta data) TITLE: J.J. Watt out for season with tibial plateau fracture - NFL.com

# J.J. Watt out for season with tibial plateau fracture

NFL community reacts to Andrew Luck's decision

Texans RB Miller tears ACL, will miss 2019 season

The Houston Texans took a significant hit to their front seven in Sunday's 42-34 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Star defensive end J.J. Watt suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg on the first drive.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Watt is out for the season and will be placed on injured reserve.

The Texans pass rusher was helped off the field limping and taken to the sideline medical tent before being carted to the locker room.

He was later seen on crutches getting into an ambulance.

This is the second consecutive year that Watt was been ruled out for the year before Houston's bye.

The All-Pro missed 13 games last season with a back injury.

"I don't have a ton of information on it, but I feel terrible for the guy," Houston coach Bill O'Brien said after the game.

"With that being said, knowing him and knowing the type of guy he is, he's an amazing human being, he's an amazing human being' and he will work extremely hard to be back, to be back to play for his football team.

To make immediate matters worse, fellow Texans defender Whitney Mercilus was ruled out with a chest injury.

Mercilus went to the locker room with the injury on the same drive.

NFL Network's James Palmer reported that he suffered a torn pectoral and will be out for the year.

Alongside Jadeveon Clowney, Watt and Mercilus made up one of, if not, the league's most feared pass-rushing triumvirates.

Though he did not register a sack in his first four games of the season, Watt led all Houston defenders entering Sunday night in total pressures (11) and pressure percentage (9.7 percent); Mercilus was fourth with three pressures.

In a non-football sense, Watt's loss is almost more devastating.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey's devastation on Houston, Watt's amazing fundraising effort, raising more than $37 million for relief efforts, reignited hope in the city and lifted spirits across the country.

, Watt means more to this franchise than as just one of the greatest pass-rushers in football history.

It is a great shame that one of the league's transcendent talents and one of its great ambassadors won't be able to finish out a campaign, on a playoff contender no less, for the second straight season.

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Raiders' Antonio Brown loses second helmet grievance

Raiders releasing veteran running back Doug Martin

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Here's the best photos from this week's games so far.

Watt returned from his injury to play in the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. During Week 5 against the Kansas City Chiefs on "Sunday Night Football", Watt left the game after an apparent leg injury. It was later revealed that he suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg. He underwent surgery the next day and was ruled out the remainder of the season. In 5 games, Watt finished with 11 tackles.


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# Dow Chemical urges Trump administration to ignore pesticide findings

A group of three pesticide makers, including Dow Chemical, sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding they throw out a study showing the impact of three pesticides on endangered species.

A crop duster sprays a field of crops just outside Headland, Ala., in 2009.(Photo: Dave Martin, AP)

Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration that's open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species.

Lawyers representing Dow, whose CEO is a close adviser to President Donald Trump, and two other manufacturers of organophosphates sent letters last week to the heads of three of Trump's Cabinet agencies.

The companies asked them "to set aside" the results of government studies the companies contend are fundamentally flawed.

Dow Chemical wrote a $1 million check to help underwrite Trump's inaugural festivities, and its chairman and CEO, Andrew Liveris, heads a White House manufacturing working group.

The industry's request comes after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced last month he was reversing an Obama-era effort to bar the use of Dow's chlorpyrifos pesticide on food after recent peer-reviewed studies found that even tiny levels of exposure could hinder the development of children's brains.

In his prior job as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt often aligned himself in legal disputes with the interests of executives and corporations who supported his state campaigns.

He filed more than a dozen lawsuits seeking to overturn some of the same regulations he is now charged with enforcing.

Pruitt declined to answer questions from reporters Wednesday as he toured a polluted Superfund site in Indiana.

Agency spokesman J.P. Freire later told AP that Pruitt won't "prejudge" any potential rule-making decisions as "we are trying to restore regulatory sanity to EPA's work."

The letters to Cabinet heads, dated April 13, were obtained by The Associated Press.

As with the recent human studies of chlorpyrifos, Dow hired its own scientists who produced a lengthy rebuttal to the government studies.

Over the past four years, federal scientists have compiled an official record running more than 10,000 pages indicating the three pesticides under review — chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion — pose a risk to nearly every endangered species they studied.

Regulators at the three federal agencies, which share responsibilities for enforcing the Endangered Species Act, are close to issuing findings expected to result in new limits on how and where the highly toxic pesticides can be used.

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The office of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Natural Marine Fisheries Service, did not respond to emailed questions.

A spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service, referred questions back to EPA.

The EPA's recent biological evaluation of chlorpyrifos found the pesticide is "likely to adversely affect" 1,778 of the 1,835 animals and plants accessed as part of its study, including critically endangered or threatened species of frogs, fish, birds and mammals.

Similar results were shown for malathion and diazinon.

In a statement, the Dow subsidiary that sells chlorpyrifos said its lawyers asked for the EPA's biological assessment to be withdrawn because its "scientific basis was not reliable."

"Dow AgroSciences is committed to the production and marketing of products that will help American farmers feed the world, and do so with full respect for human health and the environment, including endangered and threatened species," the statement said.

"These letters, and the detailed scientific analyses that support them, demonstrate that commitment."

FMC Corp., which sells malathion, said withdrawal of the EPA studies would allow the necessary time for the "best available" scientific data to be compiled.

Environmental advocates said Wednesday that criticism of the government's scientists was unfounded.

The methods used to conduct EPA's biological evaluations were developed by the National Academy of Sciences.

Brett Hartl, government affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said Dow's experts were trying to hold EPA scientists to an unrealistic standard of data collection.

"You can't just take an endangered fish out of the wild, take it to the lab and then expose it to enough pesticides until it dies to get that sort of data," Hartl said.

Organophosphorus gas was originally developed as a chemical weapon by Nazi Germany.

Dow has been selling Chlorpyrifos for spraying on citrus fruits, apples, cherries and other crops since the 1960s.

It is among the most widely used agricultural pesticides in the United States, with Dow selling about 5 million pounds domestically each year.

As a result, traces of the chemical are commonly found in sources of drinking water.

A 2012 study at the University of California, Berkeley found that 87 percent of umbilical-cord blood samples tested from newborn babies contained detectable levels of chlorpyrifos.

Dow, which spent more than $13.6 million on lobbying in 2016, has long wielded substantial political power in the nation's capital.

When Trump signed an executive order in February mandating the creation of task forces at federal agencies to roll back government regulations, he gave the pen as a souvenir to Dow's chief executive and thanked Liveris.

Rachelle Schikorra, the director of public affairs for Dow Chemical, said any suggestion that the company's $1 million donation to Trump's inaugural committee was intended to help influence regulatory decisions is "completely off the mark."

"Dow maintains and is committed to the highest standard of ethical conduct in all such activity," Schikorra said.

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In December 2016, Liveris was named by Donald Trump to lead his American Manufacturing Council.  Liveris said Trump created a climate that is conducive to business effectiveness for his company. On 27 January 2017, Trump publicly announced the names of the 28 members to make up the council,  with Liveris heading the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative. In February 2017, Liveris was standing next to Trump when the executive order "mandating the creation of task forces at federal agencies to roll back government regulations" was signed.