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January 16, 2014 -Sandy Recovery- Christie Administration Announces More Than $800 Million Milestone In Federal Sandy Housing Recovery Funds For Families In Need
Christie Administration Announces More Than $800 Million Milestone In Federal Sandy Housing Recovery Funds For Families In Need
More Than 70 Percent Of Housing Recovery Funds Have Been Disbursed or Committed To Affected New Jerseyans, Including 73 Percent To Low & Moderate Income Families
Trenton, NJ – Acting on his commitment to get Sandy-impacted New Jerseyans back in their homes, Governor Chris Christie today announced in Manahawkin that $817 million – or more than 70 percent – of federal Sandy housing recovery funds have been disbursed or committed to residents in need. Of those funds, $596 million – or 73 percent is targeted at low and moderate income (LMI), which is defined as families with income less than 80 percent of an area's median income.
The Christie Administration exceeded the $800 million mark in the eight months since the Obama Administration approved the state's $1.83 billion New Jersey Disaster Recovery Action Plan that allocates $1.159 billion in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funds to housing recovery programs for homeowners, renters and rental property owners.
"Getting Sandy-impacted families back into their homes and communities has been a top priority of mine since the storm hit," said Governor Christie. "Today's milestone is a testament to the dedication of this Administration to help our neighbors recover from the storm. We know that there is much more work to be done and we will continue to work hard to advance our recovery programs and get New Jerseyans back in their homes."
The $180 million Homeowner Resettlement Program, which provides eligible Sandy-impacted homeowners with a $10,000 grant to incentivize them to stay in their home community rather than relocating, is almost entirely obligated, with $166 million in funding committed or expended. The program has awarded more than 16,600 Resettlement checks to eligible families, with nearly 200 more families in the process of being scheduled for their grant closing. Families can utilize the money for non-construction storm-related expenses such as increases in flood insurance premiums and rent payments for temporary housing.
The $600 million Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) Program is a construction-based program encumbered by numerous federal requirements in place largely in response to abuse and fraud post-Katrina. New Jersey and all other states receiving CDBG Disaster Recovery funds must abide by these federal regulations before awarding any construction-based grants. Despite these difficulties, the state has sent preliminary award letters to 4,300 Sandy-impacted homeowners, committing $100,000 per application until the final grant award for each applicant is known.
"While eclipsing $800 million is a significant accomplishment, the Governor and I know there's still a long way to go," said New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III, whose Department administers the federal CDBG Disaster Recovery funding for the state. "Many families are still not back in their homes. Therefore, we will continue to tirelessly work to get even more housing recovery funds out the door so that we can reach more families who are still struggling in the aftermath of Sandy."
In addition to the Homeowner Resettlement and RREM programs, the Christie Administration has allocated $379 million in CDBG Disaster Recovery funds for programs specifically for renters and rental property owners in order to replenish the stock of rental housing throughout Sandy-impacted areas, repair affordable rental units left uninhabitable by the storm, and provide affordable housing for special needs populations. To date:
- More than $118 million of the $179 million has been committed to repair and construct affordable multi-family rental housing units through the Fund for Restoration of Multi-Family Rental Housing.
- More than $13 million of the $30 million has been obligated to create affordable housing options in formerly blighted buildings and underutilized lots through the Neighborhood Enhancement Program.
- Almost $59 million of the $70 million has been obligated to rehabilitate Sandy-damaged rental units that must be rented year-round to low- and moderate-income households through the Landlord Rental Repair Program.
- Nearly $20 million of the $25 million has been obligated to provide rental housing and support services to special needs populations affected by the storm through the Sandy Special Needs Housing Fund.
- Nearly $6 million of the $10 million has been provided to non-profit affordable housing developers for the revitalization of Sandy-affected areas through the Predevelopment Loan Fund For Affordable Rental Housing.
- Nearly $5 million of the $40 million has been obligated to help low- and moderate-income households obtain affordable rental housing through the Landlord Incentive Program.
- More than $1 million of the $25 million has been approved in interest-free, forgivable mortgages to help low- and moderate-income people buy homes in Sandy-affected communities through the Sandy Homebuyer Assistance Program.
The New Jersey Disaster Recovery Action Plan, which was approved April 29, 2013, details how the State is distributing the $1,829,520,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funds to help homeowners, renters, businesses and communities impacted by Sandy. Pursuant to guidelines from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Action Plan focuses predominantly on the nine counties most affected by the storm as determined by HUD (Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union) and on assisting low- to moderate-income families.
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jep, too much for crappy old boxes and damn slow internet connections
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New Zealand video game development is rapidly gaining momentum, with a new report showing an impressive 46pc growth for the industry.
There were 114 game development jobs created in the last 12 months, and the industry now employs 359 full-time people, according to a survey by the New Zealand Game Developers Association.
In the next 12 months, another 99 jobs are likely to be created by local game studios - including around 40 programmers and 40 artists.
"New Zealand games studios are export businesses, employing highly skilled technical and creative staff, creating original game ideas and increasingly retaining that intellectual property in New Zealand," said NZGDA chairperson Stephen Knightly.
"Globally, the games industry already earns more than Hollywood and local developers are getting their share of that pie," says Knightly.
Gartner research says the global gaming industry will earn over US$74bn this year.
There were 21 game studios involved in the local survey, with 59 video games in development between them.
The smartphone boom has benefitted New Zealand's fledgling industry, with 73 per cent of studios having produced iPhone games, 42pc browser games and 35pc Android games.
Downloadable PC games were produced by 35pc of the studios, with only 30 developing for next-generation consoles like PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
"Online, smartphone and indie games may not have the advertising budgets of large console games, but they're the fastest growing segments of the games business," Knightly said.
"Our distance from the rest of the world meant that New Zealand game developers were early adopters of online digital distribution and self-publishing, and we're seeing the positive results of that investment now," says Knightly.
Kiwi gaming successes
Shatter by Wellington-based Sidhe, rated top PSN game by ign.com.
Bloons by Auckland's Ninja Kiwi, with a spin-off version Bloons Tower Defence 4 selling over a million copies on the iOS platform.
Small Worlds, a social game with over seven million players.
Chopper 2 by Majic Jungle sold over 100,000 in a week on the Apple App Store.
Sparx, which won a UN World Summit Award for its interactive take on managing depression in teens.


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Ever since playing Far Cry 3, I've wondered what it'd be like to fly wearing a wingsuit. How fast could you go? How far could you travel? How close to the ground could you get?
This video from wingsuit-er Brian Drake attempts to answer that last question, as Drake flies down the slope of a French ski resort and gets… very, very close to the ground. YIKES.
[Source: Epic TV via reddit/Laughing Squid]


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Eat for Eight Bucks: Curried Chicken Skewers with Lime-Apricot Glaze Recipe
Dinner recipes that will keep your stomach and wallet happy from Cara and Phoebe of Big Girls, Small Kitchen
Shopping List
3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs: $4.35
1/4 cup apricot or peach jam (pro-rated): $0.69
6 limes: $2.00 Small knob ginger: $0.28
Pantry items: Garlic, curry powder, soy sauce, peanut butter (optional)
Total cost (for 4 to 6 portions): $7.32
When I was a little girl, my uncle Victor was my chief tormentor. The youngest of my mother's three brothers had an impish streak that rejoiced in my vexation. He was devoted to me but had a rib-poking, name-calling, infuriating way of showing it.
Years passed, and Victor's son was born. In my young cousin, my uncle had a new target for his loving pranks, and I had a long-awaited reprieve. For the first time, I was able to see what years of peevishness had obscured: Victor, in addition to being a screwball, is one of the best cooks I know.
A graduate of a Chinese restaurant academy in Hong Kong, my uncle cooks with the fiery alacrity of one accustomed to short orders and flaming woks. Victor never did open the restaurant of his dreams in Vancouver, but he runs his home kitchen very much like one. He has that Cantonese mastery of balance, deploying sweetness, acidity, and aromatics with a generous but judicious hand.
Not having grown up in the United States, my vision of a cookout doesn't really include hot dogs or hamburgers. Instead, it's influenced by what my uncle Victor always serves at his: a selection of inexpensive meats in gutsy marinades, which might include Coke-basted chicken wings, or sweet, fatty pork neck dotted with lemongrass and bird's eye peppers.
Today's recipe, which you might consider for your Labor Day menu, isn't my uncle's, but is very much in his spirit. Tender morsels of dark-meat chicken are slathered in a marinade that's equal parts sweet, citrusy, and fragrant.
Curry powder provides golden color and rich aroma, and the apricot jam will ensure a luscious, char-speckled gloss.
You can prepare these skewers on a grill pan, under the broiler, or outdoors on the grill. I've included serving suggestions and a number of variations for this superbly adaptable--and always affordable--dish. Still within the $8 budget, the recipe will feed 4 to 6.
Curried Chicken Skewers with Lime-Apricot Glaze
- Yield:4 to 6
- For the marinade:
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup apricot or peach jam
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoon mild curry powder
- 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- 1-inch section ginger, coarsely chopped
- 3 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat and cut into bite-sized pieces
- Lime wedges for serving
- Sweet-and-tangy peanut dipping sauce (optional; recipe follows)
(recipe follows), reserve about 1/5 of the marinade before it comes into contact with the raw chicken and set aside.
Pour the marinade over the chicken pieces. Thread the chicken onto wooden skewers that have been soaked in water overnight. Leave plenty of room so you can grab the skewer at the bottom--the meat should not extend from one end to the other
Lightly oil grill pan and place over high heat until just starting to smoke. Working in batches, lay skewers on pan and cook until the chicken develops grill marks, about 3 to 5 minutes. Turn each skewer over to brown the other side, an additional 3 to 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Test for doneness by cutting into the thickest part of the skewer.
Broiler method: Preheat the broiler for at least 5 minutes and position the rack so that the skewers will be 3 inches from the heat source. Line a baking tray with aluminum foil. Place each skewer on the pan, arranging them so that the meat is in the center of the pan and the skewers slightly hang over the outside, and slide into the broiler. Broil until the chicken develops a few char spots, about 5 to 6 minutes. Turn each piece over to brown the other side, an additional 5 to 6 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Test for doneness by cutting into the thickest part of the skewer.
Grill method: Oil the grill rack liberally. When the fire is hot, place each skewer on the grill, making sure that the chicken, not the skewer, is directly over the heat. Grill the chicken until it is cooked through and has begun to pick up a few crispy brown-black spots, about 2 to 5 minutes (depending on how hot the fire is). Turn the skewers over carefully and continue grilling until the other side is browned, another 2 to 5 minutes. Test for doneness by cutting into the thickest part of the skewer.
Serve with peanut dipping sauce and/or lime wedges for squeezing.
Sweet-and-Tangy Peanut Dipping Sauce
Reserve about 1/5 of the marinade before it has come into contact with the raw chicken. Take desired amount of peanut butter and dilute with enough marinade so that a dipping consistency is reached.
Substitute orange juice for the fresh lime juice, omitting the added sugar.
To make a marinade for lamb or pork skewers, substitute redcurrant jelly for the apricot jam.
For an easy supper dish, pour marinade over chicken drumsticks and roast at 400F in a foil-lined baking dish, turning occasionally, until skin is caramelized and chicken is cooked through.
Serving Suggestions
The chicken is great eaten straight off the skewer, with or without the dipping sauce, but here are a couple of delicious ways to stretch it out a bit:
Brush pita breads with oil and toast on the grill or under the broiler. Cut in half and stuff with chicken pieces, diced cucumber and peanut dipping sauce.
Make lettuce cups or wraps with Boston or Bibb leaves. Serve with peanut dipping sauce.
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|Winnebago County Sheriff's OfficeNews Media Release
|News Release Number 2010-030
|Information: Closing of the Rock and Kishwaukee Rivers in Winnebago County
|Date: 07/25/10
|Time: 1500 Hrs.
|Page 1 of 1
Narrative: Sheriff Richard A. Meyers has recommended to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the closure of the Rock River and Kishwaukee River in Winnebago County. Conservation Police have reviewed the information and conditions, and have concurred with this recommendation. The Illinois DNR has implemented a ARESTRICTED BOATING AREA@ which closes the entire Rock River and the entire Kishwaukee River within Winnebago County for all recreational activity, due to the high water and hazardous river conditions. All public boat ramps within Winnebago County have been barricaded, and recreational users are prohibited from accessing the river or operating within a Arestricted area.@ The presence of debris in the river creates hazardous conditions, which are difficult to detect, and the increased water flow creates a much faster current than what has been experienced over the past few months with the lower water levels. These conditions increase the likelihood of problems for users of the river, which results in exposing first responders to dangerous conditions should a rescue situation develop. Residents of the area are reminded that as the water rises, flooding may continue to occur in areas affected by the higher water levels. Any additional rainfall will greatly impact the water levels, as the ground is saturated, and any significant amounts of rain over the next several days will add runoff to the water levels. Sand and equipment needed for sandbags is available at the following locations: · Harlem Roscoe Fire Station #1—10544 Main Street in Roscoe;· Michalsen Office Furniture—8010 North Second Street in Machesney Park;· Schoonmaker Park—10500 Ventura Boulevard in Machesney Park;· New Milford Fire Station—2177 Will James Road in New Milford The Winnebago County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency can also field calls from people with concerns or questions about the flooding. Their number is (815) 319-6215. For current river conditions, and any further updates, contact the Sheriff=s Office at (815) 319-6300, or the Rock River information telephone line at (815) 316-8888.


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British Prime Minister David Cameron flew into India on Monday promising to try to revive Indian interest in the Eurofighter even though New Delhi has chosen a French-made rival and as a graft scandal is engulfing an Anglo-Italian helicopter deal.
Making his second visit to India as prime minister, Cameron's trip comes days after a similar trade mission by French President Francois Hollande, underlining how Europe's debt-stricken states are competing to tap into one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
Cameron's delegation, which includes representatives of more than 100 companies, is the biggest taken abroad by a British premier and includes four ministers and nine MPs.
But the timing of the trip is not ideal. India said on Friday it wanted to cancel a $750 million deal for a dozen helicopters made by AgustaWestland, the Anglo-Italian subsidiary of Italy's Finmeccanica, over bribery claims.
That will not make Cameron's job of persuading India to buy more civil and military hardware easier, and Indian officials have told the local press they intend to press Cameron for "a fully-fledged report" on what Britain knows about the scandal.
Britain has said it wants to wait until the end of the Italian investigation before commenting in full, but has given India an interim report on the subject.
"This is something for the Italian and Indian authorities to deal with and I'm sure they will," Cameron told reporters on Monday, saying issues had been raised that needed to be settled.
Cameron said he would tell the Indian government that the Eurofighter jet, which is partly built in Britain, remains an attractive option if India decides to review a multi-billion dollar deal to buy 126 French-made Rafale fighters. New Delhi rejected the Eurofighter last year.
"(Eurofighter) Typhoon is a superior aircraft," he said, adding that the consortium that built it had said it would "look again" at the price. Such a deal could involve technology transfer and industrial participation, he said. "I will make clear the Typhoon is still available."
A British government source said on Friday that London had noted that Hollande hadn't finalized the Rafale fighter jet deal during his own trip.
'Leading partner'
Cameron told his hosts they should open up their economy because Britain had done the same for Indian firms. He said he was proud of the fact that Indian companies like Tata group, the owner Jaguar Land Rover, had such a strong foothold in the British economy, but said he expected a reciprocal arrangement.
"Britain is an open economy and we encourage that investment," he said. "I think, in return, we should be having a conversation about opening up the Indian economy, making it easier to do business here, allowing insurance and banking companies to do more foreign direct investment."
India still had outdated rules and regulations, Cameron complained.
Investors have been clamoring for years for India to open up Asia's third-largest economy to more foreign investment. But their entreaties have been resisted by Indian opposition groups worried about potential damage to home-grown businesses.
At a time when Britain's government is struggling to get its economy growing, officials see India, projected to become the world's third largest economy by 2050, as a key strategic partner in what Cameron has called a "global race".
"India is going to be one of the leading nations in this century and we want to be your partner," Cameron told Indian workers at Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Companies travelling with Cameron include BP, BAE Systems, De La Rue, Diageo, EADS UK, HSBC, JCB, Lloyd's, the London Stock Exchange, London Underground, Rolls-Royce and Standard Chartered.
Colonial past
Cameron's visit to India, which won independence from Britain in 1947 and whose colonial history remains a sensitive subject for many Indians, will take in Mumbai and New Delhi.
Cameron says the two countries enjoy a "special relationship", a term usually reserved for Britain's ties with the United States, but it is a relationship undergoing profound change. For now, Britain's economy is the sixth largest in the world and India's the 10th. But India is forecast to overtake its old colonial master in the decades ahead.
In a nod to how the relationship is evolving, Britain will stop giving India aid after 2015.
Cameron is expected to lobby India to do more to allow foreign retailers such as Britain's Tesco to open stores in the country.
New Delhi changed the rules last year to allow foreign chains to operate in India but attached policy riders including obligations over local sourcing, mandatory investment in local infrastructure and restrictions on what goods could be sold.
India is forecast to spend $1 trillion in the next five years on infrastructure and Britain is hoping its firms may win some of those contracts.
Cameron said he wanted British firms to help India develop new cities and districts along a 1,000 km (600 mile) corridor between Mumbai and Bangalore, generating investment projects worth up to $25 billion.
Some British companies have run into problems in the past. Mobile phone operator Vodafone has repeatedly clashed with the Indian authorities over taxes and oil company Royal Dutch/Shell has asked the British government to raise a tax dispute it has with India during Cameron's visit.
He will meet his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, as well as the Indian president. His office said business deals that will be announced during the trip would create 500 British jobs and safeguard a further 2,000.


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Considering voting for wanze, unless O see something that catches my eye for another contender.
Considering voting for wanze, unless O see something that catches my eye for another contender.
"Wasn't the Internet made for scanlations in the first place?"- Simon Jones
Half of Cricket's badassery was because of Norland! Vote Norland.
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lolwut Vote Fukurou~ Chapapa~ He gave us really importand information! ...About Jyabura's ex
My 3DS Friend Code: 1091 - 8457 - 8212
Voted for Morgan, he's a class act. Tied for first place with Norland!
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From JuniCookie.
Because admit it, no matter how much you 'hated' the Skypiea arc, you were touched by Norland's story.
Oh yeah, and I'll say my personal favorite non-nominee was Miss Doublefinger, she totally should have been in this match.
Morgan is beautiful in a monster-sort of way.
He's also tragic- living on a lie.
nothing more to say than just awesome...
e1n , such a goodie, damn...
UnresolvedWeevil´s plan/Explaining DFs/Deal with Kuma-Bonney´s past/Joy-Boy/Zunisha´s story/Rocks flashback/Void Century/Rioponeglyph/Uranus/the D.clan
Gan Fall for the win! =D
I'm caught between Kohza and Gan Fall.
3DS FC: 0533-4788-6617 Ghost: Shuppet Pumkaboo Spiritomb
Morgan is the worse... he's a dick Dx don't vote for that dill weed!
I liked Morgan more than Gan Forr, Norland and well pretty much everyone here apart from Conis, Q and Sento.
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What is #ThemeMonday?
#ThemeMonday (live hashtag at pnut.io) has a simple premise; a group of like-minded people change their avatars on or around the second Monday of every month, to a theme chosen by them after shortlisting and then a vote.
@blumenkraft set up a #ThemeMonday Patter chat room - go take a look inside!
Approximate timeline, rule:
(Starting a week prior.)
- Weekend: Ask for suggestions,
- Thursday evening: Create poll,
- Saturday evening/Sunday morning: Announce result!
See also the Byelaws at the foot of this document.
Catalog of Avatars
@hutattedonmyarm created a small tool to see users' avatars for a given Theme Monday: https://wedro.online/roastmonday/roastmonday.php
To be included in the list, post with the #ThemeMonday tag, the actual tag of that Monday (e.g., #YourMugMonday), and the word "avatar".
"This is my #themeMonday avatar for #YourMugMonday."
- Originally proposed by @alicia and ably implemented and run by @berklee, #ThemeMonday (an ADN Wiki page) was indisputably App.net's most popular regular event. @bazbt3 took over from @berklee and ran it for a while. App.net closed down on March 16 2017 so most links below will cease to work, but the memories of all participants will undoubtedly remain with them forever.
- In the event of a tiebreaker being necessary, @bazbt3 previously sent a PM to @mlv's Eliza_Bot, asking her to
roll 1dn(where
nwas the number of tying choices.)
2018 June 11
- ThemeMonday - on June 11th 2018 is: #YourMugMonday.
2018 May 14
- ThemeMonday - on May 14th 2018 is: #BigDatMonday & #CleeseMonday.
2018 April 09
- ThemeMonday - on April 9th 2018 is: #DragonMonday.
2018 March 12
- ThemeMonday - on March 12th 2018 is: #PythonMonday.
2018 February 12
- ThemeMonday - on February 12th 2018 is: #OlympicsMonday!
Oops -- what were the intervening themes?
2017 October 9
[x] The call to action, a post.
[x] Suggestions from pnut.io people just like you:
- the list...
[x] The poll, at doodle.com.
[x] Called officially by @bazbt3.
- ThemeMonday - on October 9th 2017 is: #BookMonday!
2017 May 8
The second chance to do this post-App.net, so don't forget to tell your friends!
[ ] The call to action, a post.
[ ] Suggestions from pnut.io people just like you:
- #BirdCam1Monday - (@unixb0y, 'everyone chooses [a] favourite bird.') Search for the #BirdCam1 hashtag for inspiration.)
- #FavouriteBirdMonday - (@Andrew, commenting on the above, not sure there'll be enough to go around.)
[ ] The poll, possibly posted at doodle.com again.
[ ] Called officially by @???.
The second-ever post-App.net #ThemeMonday - on May 8th 2017 is:
Don't forget to: tell your friends, add the #ThemeMonday hashtag when you change avatar!
2017 April 10
It's the very first chance to do this post-App.net, so don't forget to tell your friends!
[x] The call to action, a pnut_io post.
[x] Suggestions from pnut.io people just like you:
- #BabyPicsMonday - (@formfireglass, to commemorate the first-ever App.net event.)
- #SolidColoursMonday - (@i70dan, 'it will look awesome.')
- #ProperStrongMonday (@schmidt_fu, 'to honour a phenomenon new to this social network. May include strong colors, persons, food and what else you can imagine.')
- #StartingOverMonday (@blumenkraft, forward-thinking.)
- #PnutMonday (@cano '(aka PeanutMonday)')
[x] [The poll, posted at Doodle.com.](https://beta.doodle.com/poll/rb5tnuggpx5ph2ry#table) including voting history. Here's a link to a voting history graph.
[x] Called officially by @bazbt3 on April 9th 2017.
The first-ever post-App.net #ThemeMonday - on April 10th 2017 is: #PnutMonday!
Don't forget to tell your friends! If you're short of ideas there's a list compiled for the winning entry.
The App.net era:
Note, this is only a tiny selection of a the events.
2017 March 13
It's the very last chance to do this on App.net, so don't forget to tell your friends! (This can run from the time you see this if you wish.)
[x] The call to action,
[x] Suggestions from App.net people just like you:
- #SunsetMonday - @bazbt3
- #ReflectionMonday - @maxdavid
- #GameOverMonday - @blumenkraft
- #OpenSeaMonday - @schmidt_fu
- #ApocalypseMonday - @c/@cn
[x] [The final vote](http://beta.doodle.com/poll/fwnyw4nb8kv92f4k) (created by @schmidt_fu.) Nothing irregular going on there, no, nope. :)
[x] Called officially by @schmidt_fu 2017-03-12.
The last-ever App.net #ThemeMonday - on March 13th 2017 is:
Don't forget to tell your friends!
2016 February 8
[x] The call to action
[x] Suggestions from App.net people just like you:
- #UpsidedownMonday - @mrshaiku
- #TriageMonday - @bazbt3
- #ApathyMonday - @cn
- #DuckMonday - @cn
- #LoveMonday - @cano
- #GarfieldMonday - @grumpy
- #LeapMonday - @mcdemarco
- #RoboMonday - @hybotics
[x] The vote is up, posted at polls.abrah.am.
[x] Called at 10:30am UK time, the poll result:
#ThemeMonday for for February 8th 2016 is:
Don't forget to tell your friends!
2016 January 11
[x] The call to action,
[x] Suggestions from App.net people just like you:
- #RandomMonday - @cn
- #OfficeMonday - @blumenkraft
- #HappierMondays - @mcdemarco
- #ComicsMonday - @cano
- #StarWarsMonday - @ronnie
[x] The vote is up, posted at polls.abrah.am.
[x] Called at 9:30am UK time, the poll result:
#ThemeMonday for for January 11th 2016 is: #RandomMonday!
Have fun with it everyone!
- In the event of a tiebreaker being necessary @bazbt3 will roll a die. To be determined due to location-based constraints: whether a physical, electronic or totally imaginary die will be utilised.
- Effective theme recycling strategies are one key to success; participants tend to guide suggestions away from those already chosen for #ThemeMondays. However, dependence on e.g. world events, the seasons, nostalgia, etc.; all of these preclude the setting of formal rules.


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Prosecution Witnesses
Bright blue text indicates missed attending trial/testimony. Sprocket.
Day 1: July 27th, 2009 Opening Statements Part I
Day 1: July 27th, 2009 Opening Statements Part II:
1. SARAH LOUISE KEY-MARER (Mother of victim, Lauren)
Dated defendant and became pregnant. Defendant pressed her to get an abortion. Key-Marer refused and gave birth to Lauren. Eventually sued defendant for child support. Family court awarded Key-Marer approximately 40% of the defendant's salary. Testified
Day 2: July 28th, 2009 Morning session:
1. SARAH LOUISE KEY-MARER (testimony continued)
Day 2: July 28th, 2009 Afternoon session:
1. SARAH LOUISE KEY-MARER (testimony continued)
Day 3: July 29th, 2009 Morning session:
2. FIORELLA MILETECH (Teacher who knew Lauren from her school.)
First trial testimony read into the record.
3. JACQULINE MARTIN: (Knew victim from Lauren's school)
4. MARLENE QUIRAMarlene (Knew victim from Lauren's
Day 3: July 29th, 2009 Afternoon session:
5. JEANIE HERRERA SAUNDER (School administrator and teacher at Lauren's school)
6. DEBORAH JENKIN (Abalone Cove parking lot attendant)
Observed Lauren in the car when Brown and Lauren entered the parking lot.
7. SAAD OMAR (Witness at Portugese Point)
Omar observed defendant and victim several times at several points during their hike.
Day 4: July 30th, 2009 All Day:
8. JEREMY WILLIAM SIMMONS Sacred Cover sun-bather who loaned defendant cell phone to call 911.
9. JAMES WITHEROW: Hiker at the scene who saw the victim and defendant on the hillside paved road.
10. RICHARD BARBER: Motorist who observed victim and defendant walking on Palos Verdes Drive South.
11. CAPTIAN FRED CURCIO, JR.: LA Co Firefighter. supervisor at the scene, first responder.
12. VICTOR ROSENTHAL: LA Co. Firefighter specialist; one of the first responders, paramedic but working truck detail that day.
13. JESSICA PAIGE BROTHERS: LA Co Sheriff Sgt. first responder at scene
Day 5: July 31st, 2009 Morning session:
14. LT. RICHARD ERICKSON: - LA Co Sheriff, first responder at scene.
Day 5: July 31st, 2009 Afternoon session;
14. Lt. RICHARD ERICKSON - {Testimony continued.)
15. ANTOINETTE MARTINEZ: LA Co. Sheriff Deputy who responded to scene and gave death notification to Sarah Key-Marer.
16. DETECTIVE JEFFREY LESLIE: LA Co. Sheriff Homicide Detective, one of two lead detectives.
Day 6: August 3rd, 2009 Part I (Short entry. No testimony.)
Day 6: August 3rd, 2009 Part II
15. ANTOINETTE MARTINEZ (testimony continued)
911 Call
Day 7: August 4th, 2009 All Day:
17. LINDA PETERSO: Sarah Key-Marer's roommate in 1995.
18. LEENA PATEL: Teacher at Lauren's school who knew Lauren and Sarah.
19. LEIGH ANN ORME: Friend of Sarah Key-Marer's and babysitter for Lauren from infancy until preschool and after.
Day 8: August 5th, 2009
20. DR. CAROL BERKOWITZ: Child psychologist who also visited the scene and took the hike with the coroner.
Day 9: August 6th, Morning session:
(Unknown; Guessing #16 Detective Jeffrey Leslie.)
Day 9: August 6th, 2009 Afternoon session:
16. DETECTIVE JEFFREY LESLIE: Testimony continued
21. PHYLLIS MASEY: LAX police officer, retired who took an incident report from defendant.
22. DECTIVE MARK LILLIENFELD: LA Co. Sheriff Homicide Detective; went undercover as LAX Officer to interview defendant about incident report.
LAX Airport parking garage conversation between defendant & Sarah Key-Marer
Day 10: August 7th, 2009 Part I
23. MITCHELL DeGRAFF: Former
neighbor of Sarah Key-Marer and family friend. Witnessed incident on
Halloween and over-heard defendant make statements.
24. LARA ROBERTS: Friend of Sarah Key-Marer. Observed Lauren on the church camping trip to O'Neil Park.
25. JANICE ROQUE: Friend of Marer family. Observed Lauren on church camping trip to O'Neil Park.
26. JEANE BARRETT: Former girlfriend of defendant. Defendant told her he got a girl pregnant and said he was trying to deport her.
Day 10: August 7th, 2009 Part II
27. JON HAN: Former life-time friend of defendant. Discussed conversation he had with Patty Brown about custody of Lauren.
28. JANE DOE: Former girlfriend of defendant who had an abortion.
Day 11: August 11th, 2009 Part I
29. JACK LAISURE:mer Port Marina neighbor of defendant who overheard him make statements.
30. CHRIS LORD: Co-worker of defendant who had a confrontation with him at work.
Day 11: August 11th, 2009 Part II
31. DAVID BANISTER: Co-worker of defendant.
32. SCOTT SIMONSON: and friend of defendant who also lived at the marina.
Day 12: August 12th, 2009
33. STACY PHILLIPS: Family law attorney explains concepts of family law and how "DISSOMASTER" program works.
34. CYNTHIA NICHOLS: Orange Co. DDA who handled the child support request from Sarah Key-Marer.
35. JONI DODGE: Social worker who investigated allegation of child abuse against Sarah Key-Marer.
Day 13: August 13th, 2009
36. VICTOR RENDON: American Airlines employee who presents defendant's employment records.
37. JANE NGO: DDA, CPA and financial forensic investigator who presents the financial data on the defendant and his wife.
38. THOMAS FORTIE: LA Co. Sheriff's Dept. High Tech Task Force. Examined computers in the Brown home.
39. ANKE RAUE: Coordinator of public walks in Rancho Palos Verdes.
40. Dr. OGBONNA CHINWAH: LA County Coroner. Performed autopsy on victim.
Day 14: August 14th, 2009
41. ROBERT OLSEN: Psomas map maker.
42. DALE FALICON: LA Co. Deputy Sheriff and criminalist. Rappelled down clif and took photos at Inspiration Point.
Day 15:
43. DR. HAYES: Physics and trajectory expert who determined Lauren was thrown from the cliff.
Defense Witnesses
Day 16: Three Witnesses
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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The planter is an essential piece of equipment on the farm. Bill Hoeg, Case IH planter sales and marketing manager, North America, explains the importance of the planter and offers some tips for making your next planter buying decision.
Hoeg cites six agronomic principles of optimized planting growers should consider when buying a new planter: proper seed depth; uniform seed depth across the planter and throughout the field; good soil-to-seed contact; uniform soil pressure all around the seed; accurate seed population; and accurate in-row seed spacing.
He says a lot of planter manufacturers focus only on in-row seed spacing and accurate populations, "because quite honestly, accurate population and in-row seed spacing are the easiest to impact. But those are only two factors. A planter should be able to deliver on all six agronomic principles right out of the box," Hoeg advises.
Planter agronomics
"Agronomically, it's not complicated. If you plant at the right depth, seed will emerge faster. Plant at a uniform depth, and it'll all come up together. That gives you the best opportunity to maximize yields. Good soil-to-seed contact provides the best environment for seed to germinate. Uniform seed pressure is the hardest to affect, but you want to influence soil pressure on all sides of the seed to maximize moisture conductivity to the seed," he adds.
Maximum field time, minimum maintenance
According to Hoeg, a planter should also be designed to maximize time spent in the field. "The more time you're forced to spend handling daily maintenance and making adjustments, the less time you'll have to plant.
"And once you're in the field, how many adjustments will you have to make every day to keep your planter operating at its best? Are the seed meter and vacuum/air systems sensitive to humidity changes, adverse ground conditions or different seed sizes? If there are four different seed plates you have to change just to handle corn hybrids, that's going to slow you down," he explains.
Operation, location and farming practices
Hoeg says the size and type of operation are also key factors. "If you have livestock to care for in addition to cash crops, you may need to size the planter differently, because there are fewer hours in the day available for planting. A lot also depends on the type of crop being planted. With some crops, you can't use a 90-ft. planter, like with cotton, so you'll need to cover more acres with a smaller planter. Transport width may also be a determining factor for growers who have multiple farms and different locations — or for those who simply have to deal with a narrow bridge nearby.
Other considerations are based on individual farming practices. What inputs do you want to use, how do you want to apply them and in what types of soil? How much time do you have to get it all done? What system do you want to use to fill the planter so you can minimize non-planting time? Are there going to be multiple operators running the planter? If so, ease of use becomes even more important.
"Even if you have big square fields, and there aren't any waterways or other obstructions that cause you to plant in irregular rows, you will want to take advantage of the advanced systems that bigger planters offer," Hoeg continues. He recommends using a system that allows for row shut-offs, driving guides and mapping capabilities to help you utilize every square inch of ground. Irregularly shaped fields with waterways and terraces only enhance the need for these advanced systems.


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This week in new hires, Jim Dario went to TD Ameritrade Institutional; Naoko Sasaki Huffman was welcomed at U.S. Bank's Private Client Reserve; Joseph Nader joined Wescott Financial Advisory Group; Will Proctor went to a new spot at Neuberger Berman; JHS Capital Advisors announced two new appointments; and John Bagley was named president of BondDesk Trading.
Also, Sonia Ahuja went to BrightScope; Rohit Syal joined Ullico Investment Advisors; the CFPB announced several new appointments; Glenn Cassidy joined Great-West Retirement Services; Marty Fridson Joined S&P Capital IQ's LCD editorial team; and Vanguard announced that Edward Owens will retire at the end of the year.
TD Ameritrade Institutional Welcomes Jim Dario
Jim Dario (right) has been named the new managing director of product management for TD Ameritrade Institutional, it was announced Tuesday. In this role, he will lead strategy for product development and enhancements across core advisor offerings including technology, practice management and wealth management solutions.
Dario has spent more than 25 years focused on serving RIAs and has been influential in elevating the awareness of the independent advisory model. Prior to joining, he was managing director of business development and relationship management at Pershing Advisor Solutions. Previously, he served as executive vice president of relationship management at Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services.
U.S. Bank's Private Client Reserve Adds Naoko Sasaki Huffman
U.S. Bank announced Aug. 30 that Naoko Sasaki Huffman has been named vice president and senior wealth planner for The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank in Seattle. In her new role, Huffman will be responsible for working with clients and their tax and legal advisors to implement variety of tax, investment, retirement, estate and wealth-transfer strategies.
Huffman brings nearly 20 years of experience in delivering sophisticated planning and wealth management services to high-net-worth families and other clients. Prior to joining, Huffman served as senior vice president—wealth strategist in the Seattle office of U.S. Trust/Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Before that, she was a senior retirement investment specialist with Bank of America, also in Seattle.
Joseph Nader Joins Wescott Financial Advisory Group
Wescott Financial Advisory Group has named Joseph Nader (left) a managing director and senior financial advisor in the firm's Coral Gables office. In that role, his duties include establishing and maintaining client relationships, providing financial planning and investment advice, retaining and increasing client assets under management and supporting the sales and marketing teams in the acquisition of new client business. He is also a member of the firm's Portfolio Strategy Group.
Nader has extensive experience in private wealth management and Latin American finance. For more than a decade, he has served HNW individuals at multinational private banks and as CIO/CFO at a family office for one of Miami's leaders. He has also supervised financing operations in Latin America for several global financial institutions. Based in Miami since 2000, he spent five years in his native Colombia as a director in the international capital markets and corporate banking and finance division of Citibank. Earlier, at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Miami, he managed a $1 billion portfolio for clients in Latin and Central America. He was chief investment officer and co-operating head for Coral Gables Trust before joining Wescott.
Neuberger Berman Adds Will Proctor as Wealth Advisor
Neuberger Berman announced Tuesday that it has appointed William (Will) Proctor (left) as a vice president and wealth advisor in its wealth management division. Proctor, a former starting quarterback for Clemson University and professional football player in Canada, started with Neuberger Berman on Aug. 1. He joins a team of eight reporting to Seth Finkel, managing director of Neuberger Berman Wealth Management. His position is new.
Before joining Neuberger Berman, Proctor served in marketing and client services for Glaxis Capital Management in Sarasota, Fla. Earlier, he was a quarterback in the Canadian Football League for two years, winning a Grey Cup Championship in Calgary in 2008, after having been the starting quarterback at Clemson.
JHS Capital Advisors Announces Appointments of Lovett and White
JHS Capital Advisors announced Tuesday the appointment of Matthew Lovett as chief compliance officer. With more than 12 years of compliance experience, Lovett previously served in several positions, including CCO for both broker-dealers and RIAs. Prior to joining JHS, he was the chief compliance officer for World Equity Group. He began as a registered financial specialist for First Union Bank.
The firm also announced the appointment of Katie White, CFP, as a vice president, financial advisor, based in Tampa, Fla. A 14-year veteran of the financial services industry, she primarily represents female business owners and specializes in issues related to retirement planning and divorce. She joined JHS from Wells Fargo.
BondDesk Names John Bagley President of BondDesk Trading
BondDesk Group announced Aug. 30 the appointment of John Bagley to the company's leadership team as senior managing director and president of BondDesk Trading. He will be responsible for institutional and retail trading platforms, including BondDesk's alternative trading system, and be based in New York.
An industry veteran with more than 25 years of retail bond sales and trading experience, Bagley was most recently head of municipal trading, underwriting and institutional sales at UBS.
BrightScope Welcomes Sonia Ahuja
BrightScope announced Wednesday that Sonia Ahuja has joined the BrightScope team as executive vice president of business development and strategy. In her new role, she will drive growth and help build and expand relationships with broker-dealers, custodians, banks, recordkeepers and asset managers.
Prior to joining, Ahuja was the chief strategy officer at First Allied Securities. She has more than 12 years of experience in managing business performance improvement initiatives for multiple organizations, including Wells Fargo Advisors, First Allied Securities and Bank of America. In addition, she previously served as a consultant in both technical and business environments to Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, AIG and Bank of America and is also a certified project management professional (PMP). She is Six Sigma certified.
Rohit Syal Joins Ullico Investment Advisors
Ullico announced recently that Rohit Syal has joined Ullico Investment Advisors as a director. Syal has more than 10 years of infrastructure sector experience in project finance, public/private partnerships (P3), capital markets and feasibility analysis.
Prior to joining Ullico, Syal was a senior vice president at Loop Capital Markets, where he managed the firm's infrastructure advisory and finance practice. In addition, he spent six years at Wilbur Smith Associates' Transportation Finance Group as a feasibility and P3 consultant for U.S. and international transportation projects. CFPB Announces Senior Personnel Changes
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced several changes to senior leadership positions within the agency.
Kelly Thompson Cochran, previously the deputy assistant director for regulations, will serve as the acting assistant director for regulations, assuming the responsibilities of Leonard Chanin, who is departing the bureau. As deputy assistant director, Cochran oversaw preparation of the bureau's proposed and final rules implementing Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act provisions regarding remittances, mortgage servicing, mortgage disclosures, mortgage loan originator compensation, high-cost mortgages and appraisals. Prior to stand-up of the bureau, she led the planning for its rulemaking function, including supervising the launch of project teams and coordinating the hiring and transfer of staff members from several federal agencies.
Cochran came from the U.S. Treasury Department, where she advised office and departmental leadership concerning general consumer protection issues and the consumer and investor protection provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Prior to joining Treasury in November 2009, she practiced law with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C., with a focus on consumer financial services regulatory counseling and litigation.
Chris Lipsett will join as senior counsel in the office of the director. Most recently, he was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, where his practice focused on regulatory, compliance, counseling, litigation, and transactional matters in the financial services industry, with an emphasis on credit cards and other consumer products. He represented financial services clients in major class-action and issue-oriented litigation in federal and state courts at all levels, involving a wide variety of consumer financial products. He also clerked at the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court.
Stephen Van Meter will serve as deputy general counsel. He joined the CFPB's legal division in June 2011 as assistant general counsel for policy and helped to lead the division's law and policy group. He came from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he served for nearly 14 years, most recently as assistant director of the community and consumer law division. Previously, he was a senior attorney in the legal division at the Federal Reserve Board, and an associate at Ropes & Gray in Boston. He started his legal career as a law clerk to Justice Francis P. O'Connor of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Delicia Reynolds Hand is the new staff director for the consumer advisory board and councils. In this capacity she will plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the CFPB's advisory boards and councils. She will serve as the principal advisor to the consumer advisory board chair and work with senior management to determine the boards' and councils' priorities, objectives and policies. Prior to the joining the CFPB, she was legislative director for the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), general counsel at the Center for Community Change, senior counsel to John Sarbanes of the U.S. House of Representatives and Skadden Fellow, staff attorney at CASA of Maryland. Glenn Cassidy Joins Great-West Retirement Services
Great-West Retirement Services recently announced that it has appointed Glenn Cassidy as a regional sales director for the Orange County market. He is based in Orange County, Calif., reports to Ken Munro, western region vice president and will work with brokers, financial advisers, consultants, wirehouses and third-party administrators.
Cassidy comes from Nationwide Insurance, where he spent most of his 20-plus-year career. For the previous four years, he was regional vice president of retirement sales for Nationwide's Orange County and Hawaii markets. From 2004 to 2007, he served as TPA relationship manager covering the western U.S. for Nationwide. In 2000, he left the insurer to join E.A. Edberg Associates. Prior to that, he served in a number of increasingly responsible roles for Nationwide from 1990 to 2000.
Marty Fridson Joins S&P Capital IQ LCD Editorial Team
S&P Capital IQ's LCD group announced Tuesday that Marty Fridson has joined its editorial team as an independent contributor of weekly and monthly high-yield commentary. Beginning the week of Sept. 17, Fridson, who leads the financial consulting firm FridsonVision, will author a weekly online column as well as produce a series of regular video pieces, available on YouTube. His monthly commentary will be available across the S&P Capital IQ product suite as well as the LCD''s Forbes blog.
Since 1976, Fridson has conducted research, advised and consulted for money managers and investment banks including Paine Webber, Salomon Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas.
Edward Owens to Retire from Vanguard
Vanguard announced Wednesday that Edward Owens, portfolio manager of Vanguard Health Care Fund, plans to retire on Dec. 31. Owens, a senior vice president and partner of Wellington Management Co., has managed the fund since its inception in 1984 and is Vanguard's longest-tenured external portfolio manager.
Associate portfolio manager Jean Hynes, who specializes in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, will assume managerial responsibility of the fund upon Owens' retirement. Hynes, senior vice president and partner at Wellington Management, joined the firm in 1991 and has served on the fund's management team for nearly 20 years. She was named associate portfolio manager in 2008.
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Girl with a heart of reminds me of all those games that you found loaded on the computer in your school. This multiplayer form game may not be your first choice, but something about it keeps drawing you back after you've played it once.
Goal: $2,000
Notable Reward: $10 - Free copy of the game AND a secret key to access a "fun crazy room". I hope it's not filled with cows.
Chances: Good, with such a low goal amount I can see the secret key being enough to get this game to the finish line.
Finishes: October 16th
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Value is the currency on the Web, and the more value you create, the more people will flock to you. It has been said give till it hurts and you will receive it back in spades.
There are some secrets regarding social media that I'd like to share.
I'm a bit of a hard-core social media user and I've been doing web and content development for many years now. Because I have been online for a very long time (pre-graphical Web), I am pretty attuned to what constitutes authentic and cooperative behavior online. There are things that set apart the altruistic contributor (check out this cool thing!), for instance, from the self-serving ones (buy my stuff!).
If you do nothing else this year, consider shifting your social media strategy to encompass increasingly pro-social guidelines. The more you give, the more the community will give back, but it needs to be done with a sensitive hand.
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Greasy Bear Ruins Paris' Party
Brandon "Greasy Bear" Davis -- the man who brought you the "Firecrotch" rant -- did himself proud once again by making a total ass of himself at Paris Hilton's birthday party Saturday night, sending some of the lodging heiress' guests home early in disgust, and leaving Paris in tears.
The oily heir's boorish behavior at the lavish 26th-birthday bash began around 10:00 PM, report Rush & Molloy, when he started throwing flowers at Paula Abdul, who was supposed to sing "Happy Birthday" to Paris. Then, it was the flower-holders he was chucking. And finally, after asking Paula to "lick my [bleep]," he mocked her by talking in a fake-Arabic accent. Paula bolted early, even before crooning.
Then, Brandon decided to ingratiate himself to Courtney Love by grabbing her, making her straddle his waist, and telling her, "I want to squirt on you," never minding that Courtney's young daughter was right there.
After all this and some broken glasses and candles, Paris broke down -- and kicked Greasy out. No comment from Greasy's rep.
Britney Sees Kids, Gets Advice from Daniel Baldwin
Britney Spears -- actually spending a second night in rehab -- had a chance to chill with her babies on Saturday night. Us reports that Spears' mother Lynne brought Sean and Jayden to Promises for a visit around 9:00 PM, after which the kids headed back to daddy Kevin's house.
And our latest update on Britney Spears comes from that pillar of stability, Daniel Baldwin. The lesser Baldwin, who says he's over three months sober, tells Us that he recently ran into Spears in Malibu, and that his sage advice to her was, "Don't drink. Don't use." We're not sure which Britney Spears it was that Daniel saw a couple days back, when he added that Britney was "doing great" and "looks great."
Anna Battle Brews in Bahamas
After a week of courtroom zaniness in Florida, the Anna Nicole Smith legal saga hops over to the Bahamas, where the stakes could be even higher for Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead and little Dannielynn. For one, reports the New York Daily News, Howard K. Stern will be facing off against Anna's mom Virgie Arthur over the guardianship of Dannielynn, after a Bahamian judge issued an injunction stopping Stern from leaving the island with the child. Meanwhile, Birkhead arrived Sunday in the Bahamas and will be taking up the paternity battle against Stern. Still at issue is when Smith's remains will actually find their way to the Bahamas for burial next to Daniel.
Party Favors: Lindsay Lohan Has Sensitive Friends ... Madonna Won't Let Daughter Date ... Angelina Returns to Africa
Lindsay Lohan's purported pals aren't being much help when it comes to getting her through sobriety. Page Six reports that friends of Lindsay L. badgered the staff of the Mondrian Hotel in the wee hours of the other night for bottles of booze, saying they were "with" Lohan. Lindsay's rep called the story "far-fetched," because Lohan was on set. ... Madonna won't let 10-year-old daughter Lourdes date until she's 18, says a report from WENN. The Material Mom also teaches Lourdes the importance of cleaning one's room -- she gets rid of any clothes that the little girl leaves on the floor. ... Angelina Jolie is returning to Darfur to do more work for the refugees -- and has been nominated to be on the presigious Council on Foreign Relations, joining four former Secretaries of State and Tom Brokaw, reports People.
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New Found Glory exists currently for about 20 years. I know people who are younger than this band. This is so bizarre. Recently I sat with a friend and we reflected (or lamented, or celebrated) the fact we're getting older. What makes this all the more bizarre is that New Found Glory works in the genre of youth. Even if you weren't a teenager in the days of Punk Pop – I was, but was more of a Nu Metal kid – this still sounds like music for teenagers to get loud to. It was catchy, it was loud, it was angry and victorious at the same. For the 30-year-old man, a song like "My Friends Over You" means nothing. For a 16-year-old kid trying to convince himself that he's not attached to a girl, this song means everything.
In a way, this album is an acknowledgement that these dudes are getting older. Whatever their previous albums sound like, "Party on Apocalypse" is the sound of an out-of-touch adult who remembers being young, yet realizes his youth has been replaced. In style it's what you expect from a grown-up Punk-Pop band. The riffs are moved to mid-tempo and they discovered you can dance to something other than pounding drums, so you get a slightly funk rhythm. Musically it updates the genre for parties, and many bands went this way. Eventually we find our friends and want to chill with them.
The lyrics are different. Many heard about how the current generation is stupid. Just ask Socrates and how he hated writing. The lyrics are full of discorn, of venom towards the current generation. It doesn't come from an adult perspective or reminisincing on better days. It's just as suited for any 16-year-old today who's confused about how to have fun.
The first verse immediately kicks off with how the 'living for the weekend' mentality is stupid. Coming from the band with that nasty tone, they sound like the ones who are actually having fun. All these people who pass out in parking lots and care so much about their image look ridiculous. The band doesn't get angry over it, but confused and mocking. Later there's even a slight at Social Justice. It's the outsider perspective, how things look from the outside. All those people putting pictures on Facebook of them with beer bottles and all this identity politics thing, where people think their race or gender must be their whole meaning. Thankfully the chorus saves it from being just a song about being grumpy about waiting for all the trends to die. In the end it's a party song about looking at the world from outside, thinkinkg it's ridiculous and knowing you have more fun.
Two more other songs take this delusional approach – "Call Me Anti-Social" and "Your Jokes Aren't Funny". The latter is pretty obvious. Someone's jokes lost their spark, like when you're 22-years-old and memes about rape jokes just don't do it for you and actually look offensive. "Call Me Anti-Social" continues from "Apocalypse" with being even more anti-social, but there's something charming about it. Like the previous song it's another response to a world where we're surrounded by images of people being social (Which is not the same as actually being social). In this world, it's far easier to feel isolated and alone. Unless you're sticking your tongue out in Ibiza, you're no fun. As an anthem of tiredness, it's fantastic and exactly what I'd expect from a rock band who notices how different the rock landscape is now.
Everything else after that is just a retreat of Sticks & Stones. That's okay, because New Found Glory have more charm than any band they influenced and overtake them. Anyone else would've ruined "Party On Apocalypse", but it's their everyman, ordinary people with loud guitars approach that makes it so charming. So when they talk about being used for sex ("The Cheapest Thrill") or a weird unstoppable love ("Barbed Wire") it's cute.
It also lacks vigor. It lacks the authenticity of youth. I'm not saying they are pretending. I'm sure they really care about these songs and the only time a song is close to bad is because the melody is dull, like how uninspired "Blurred Vision" is with repeating a single phrase over and over. Yet what made their original material so powerful was how youthful it sounded, that it wasn't a professional band knowing their genre but a bunch of dudes who had passion for romance and were really confused over being young. "Barbed Wire" is really cute and the lyrics are adorable, but I wonder what it would've been like if they played it 15 years ago. They do sound grown-up, which is excellent for some songs. When talking about broken hearts though, they're just professionals going through the motions. It's still good, but this isn't the heart of Punk-Pop.
"Party On Apocalypse" is a fantastic and should be at the top of end-of-year lists talking about the best songs. It's everything I want from New Found Glory now that they're older. Someone should've expressed disillusionment and confusion over contemporary times and this nails it. Besides that, it's just a rehash of old material without the same youthful energy. It's fun, sure, but besides "Call Me Anti-Social" I can get everything here in better form in previous albums. Get these two tracks though.
I wish they would've used a better album title. What could be more generic?
2.5 apocalypses out of 5


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It is early in the afternoon and children start coming to the Madaa Youth Centre, in Silwan, East Jerusalem. They play with dolls they made themselves, and run around the centre. But their carefree play is short-lived, as children start arriving to the centre with a concerned expression on their faces. They point outside. "Soldiers," they mutter.
Heavily armed border police officers stand just a few meters from the youth centre, surrounding a nearby beauty salon. Some police officers stand outside, holding their rifles to their chests, while others search the salon. They are looking for "weapons and drugs," says one of the officers.
But in Madaa, a grassroots organisation created by local residents in 2007, children continue with their activities. Silwan is a highly militarized area due to the presence of Jewish settlements in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood, where around 500 settlers live among 45 000 Palestinians.
"Life changed in the 90s when the settlers started coming," says Sahar Abbasy, deputy director of Maada Centre and a resident of Silwan. "They came to the neighbourhood with the idea that they have more right to be here than us. The presence of settlers and the military creates a lot of tensions," she adds.
Located outside the walls of the Old City, Silwan is believed to contain the archaeological site of ancient Jerusalem, making it one of the most disputed areas in East Jerusalem. Based on the assertion that it is the site of Biblical King David, Jewish settlers claim their right to move into the neighbourhood and to reinstall a Jewish presence in the neighbourhood.
According to the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem, the settlements "infringe the right of the local Palestinians to freedom of movement, privacy and security." The constant presence of security forces "intimidate the residents" and limit their movements, "even of children wanting to play near their homes."
Israeli Border Police officers in Silwan.
"What kind of life can children have here?"
More than half of the population of Silwan is under 18, and around 75 percent of the children live under the poverty line, according to statistics from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
"What kind of life can children have here?," asks Sahar. In the last months, with an increase in violence, more children are being arrested and interrogated under conditions that violate both international conventions, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Israel's laws on the rights of minors.
According to the organisation Defence for Children International (DCI), arrests of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem have increased markedly in the last months. In the highly militarized neighbourhood of Silwan, "children are exposed to various forms of violence," says Bashar Jamal, advocacy officer for DCI. Moreover, "the possibility of children getting arrested by Israeli police is very high," he adds.
DCI reports find that 80 percent of the children detained in East Jerusalem have been physically ill-treated during arrest, while 75 percent were interrogated in the absence of a family member. According to Bashar, the practice of child arrest by Israeli police systematically violates Israeli civil law.
In Silwan, children are frequently taken from their beds in the middle of the night, interrogated without the presence of lawyers or family members and subjected to physical or psychological abuse during arrest and questioning. According to Madaa reports, most of them are arrested under the charges of throwing stones.
"My children didn't have the same chances I had. They are forced to grow up very quickly", laments Sahar. "We tell them: you are not fighters. You have other means to resist, you don't need stones."
Sahar explains Madaa's activities are aimed at releasing emotions, and providing children with educational and recreational activities. "Our activities are not political, but everything ends up being political here. If we ask children to draw something they will draw a soldier shooting or a bulldozer."
Inside Madaa centre, 13 year-old Tala Shalodi mentions the armed officers surrounding the neighbourhood. "Life here is very difficult. Over the last three months there have been many problems at school. There were many clashes close to it, so classes were interrupted often," she says.
She likes to study languages and wants to be a journalist when she grows up. "My dream is to change things in Silwan through my writing. I want to talk about the crimes that happen here, about our life under occupation," she tells the Palestine Monitor.
Recreational activities at the Madaa center.
No space for dreams
Yara Dowani, youth coordinator at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), says most young people in East Jerusalem face the same problems. Besides the psychological toll of fear and anxiety caused by the daily military presence, there are concerns with the lack of space and with a very high drop-out rate among high school students.
"There are no safe spaces for children to play," says Yara. "It's hard for them, they have no hopes for their future, little hopes for a career. Many prefer to work in restaurants in Israel because they need to support their families," she adds.
According the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the drop-out rate among senior high school students in East Jerusalem is 40 percent, while almost 20 percent of all students between grades 7 to 12 discontinue their studies.
Across the street from the beauty salon being searched by Israeli forces, a group of teenage boys plays football in a field which also belongs to the Madaa Community Centre. They seem used to the presence of armed officers and the large Israeli flags fluttering on top of the nearby settlement.
The football field was established in a local family's yard as a solution to the lack of parks and playgrounds for Palestinian residents in Silwan. The lands that used to be open to the residents have been fenced and locked by the City of David, the national park run by the settler organisation Elad, which aims at obtaining homes in Silwan to, "strengthen the Jewish presence" in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood.
"Five years ago I decided to make a football field in my yard for the children who live in Silwan. There is no land for children to play here," says Amin Siyam.
Amin's brother, Jawad Siyam, founded the Madaa Centre with the support of the family. It was created as a place for the people of Silwan to come together, and as an alternative for children. Instead of stones, they carry pencils and watercolours.
The football field in Siyam's yard.
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An Ohio woman and her boyfriend can sue a laptop-tracking company that recorded their sexually explicit communications in an effort to identify thieves who stole the computer she was using.
US District Judge Walter Rice ruled last week against Absolute Software, which provides software and services for tracking stolen computers. Absolute sought a summary judgment in its favor, insisting that one of its theft recovery agents acted properly when he captured sexually explicit images of Susan Clements-Jeffrey communicating via webcam with her boyfriend and passed them to police in an effort to recover the stolen computer.
But the judge found that there were grounds to believe Absolute had gone too far, and that a jury might reasonably decide that it had violated the plaintiff's privacy and broken the law. The case raises an important issue about the length that someone can legally go to recover stolen goods.
"It is one thing to cause a stolen computer to report its IP address or its geographical location in an effort to track it down," Rice wrote in his decision (PDF). "It is something entirely different to violate federal wiretapping laws by intercepting the electronic communications of the person using the stolen laptop."
The case revolves around a laptop that Clemens-Jeffrey, a substitute teacher, bought from one of her students in 2008.
The laptop belonged to Clark County School District in Ohio, and had been stolen from one if its students in April 2008. Another student at Kiefer Alternative School subsequently purchased the laptop at a bus station for $40, even though he suspected it was stolen, and turned around and offered it to Clements-Jeffrey for $60.
Clements-Jeffrey, who was a long-term substitute teacher at Kiefer, says the student told her his aunt and uncle had given him the laptop, but that he no longer needed it after getting a new one. She asserts she had no idea the computer was stolen.
Clements-Jeffrey, described in court papers as a 52-year-old widow, had recently renewed a romance with her high school sweetheart, Carlton Smith, who lived in Boston. In the course of their courtship, she exchanged sexually explicit email and instant messages with her beau, using the computer she had just purchased.
What she didn't know was that Clark County School District, which legally owned the laptop, had purchased Absolute's theft recovery service, which includes the installation of its remote-recovery software LoJack, onto client computers. The system gives Absolute employees remote access to a stolen computer and allows them to record and intercept any data from the machine.
After the school district reported the laptop stolen, Absolute began collecting the IP address from Clements-Jeffrey's laptop when it connected to the internet.
Ordinarily, the next step would be for Absolute to provide the address to law enforcement agents so that they could issue a subpoena to the ISP to obtain the user's name and address. But Absolute's theft officer Kyle Magnus went further and began to remotely intercept e-mail and other electronic communications going to and from Clements-Jeffrey's machine in real time.
According to court documents, in June 2008 Magnus began recording Clements-Jeffrey's keystrokes and monitoring her Web surfing. At one point, while snooping on Clements-Jeffrey's webcam communications with her boyfriend, Magnus also captured three screenshots, which showed Clements-Jeffrey naked in the webcam images. In one picture, her legs were spread apart.
Magnus subsequently sent the pictures and recorded communications, along with Clements-Jeffrey's name and contact information, to a police detective. When the police showed up at the plaintiff's apartment to collect the laptop, they were brandishing the explicit images Magnus had sent them. They then arrested and charged her for receiving stolen property. The charges, however, were dismissed about a week later.
Clements-Jeffrey and her boyfriend, Smith, sued Absolute software, Kyle Magnus, the city of Springfield, Ohio, and two police officers. The plaintiffs allege that the police violated their fourth amendment right, and that Absolute violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Stored Communications Act and intentionally invaded their privacy.
The case rests largely on whether Clements-Jeffrey knew the laptop she bought was stolen and whether she and her boyfriend then had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
The defendants moved for summary judgment on grounds that courts have ruled in the past that there is no legitimate expectation of privacy in cases involving known stolen property. They asserted that Clements-Jeffrey should have known the laptop was stolen based in part on the $60 price the seller was asking for it and on the fact that the serial number had been scraped off the bottom of the machine.
Clements-Jeffrey, however, asserted she never noticed the missing serial number and had no reason to doubt the asking price for the two-year old machine, since the computer had been wiped clean of software when she bought it. She said Absolute had a right to collect her IP address in an effort to track the laptop, but that it surpassed reasonable search and seizure when it intercepted her communications to track her and passed those images to police. The ECPA statute prohibits intercepting or disclosing the contents of someone else's wire or other electronic communications without their knowledge.
Absolute also insisted it was acting on behalf of its customer, the school district, and therefore was covered under "color of law" and "safe harbor" statutes. The company cited its agreement with the school district, which gives Absolute's staff "the ability to view and recover any files that are present" on the school's computers.
But the school district has asserted that it never knew this meant that Absolute would intercept communications that a suspected thief might have with third parties.
The judge ultimately ruled that although Absolute might have had a noble purpose in assisting the school district in recovering its laptop, "a reasonable jury could find that they crossed an impermissible boundary."
According to Absolute's website, it recovers on average 14 laptops a day. Asked if the company's agents have changed the way they operate in light of the lawsuit, Absolute spokesman Stephen Midgley declined to respond. "Because it's currently still under legal proceedings, Absolute isn't commenting on the story at this time," he said.


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