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December 22, 2017Refugees and Displaced Persons
The past year saw the ongoing historic displacement of millions from conflict and persecution, and a weak response from the world's richest nations to address the problems.
April 15, 2018Syria
In striking Syria without an international law justification, the United States leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries.
August 29, 2017United States
Protests over the removal of Confederate monuments show that the U.S. Civil War's emancipatory purpose remains contested a century and a half later.
August 16, 2017Radicalization and Extremism
Armed protests in Charlottesville highlight how the U.S. government has long devoted insufficient resources toward countering domestic far-right movements.
December 19, 2014Israel
A UN Security Council vote pushing Israel to leave the Palestinian territories by 2017 would likely undermine the peace process, says expert David Makovsky.
June 17, 2014Syria
Syria's civilians have become pawns of armed conflict in Syria and strained the resources of its neighbors. International Rescue Committee chief David Miliband discusses the urgent need for an improv…
June 29, 2016United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's vote to leave the EU demonstrates that rising populism in Europe and the United States are both driven by voters who feel alienated from the benefits of globalization, says CFR's…
November 25, 2013Iran
The interim Iran nuclear agreement buys some crucial time for deeper talks but significant divisions remain over the future scale of the country's program, says expert David Albright.
May 12, 2014Israel
Mistrust, complex domestic politics, and a lack of urgency by Israeli and Palestinian leaders continue to bedevil peace talks brokered by the Obama administration, says former U.S. negotiator Aaron D…
January 30, 2013Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to form a big-tent coalition that could signal a new inward focus at a time of increasing tumult in the Mideast, says expert David Makovsky.


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1971 Chevy C10 Black Green - Big Timer
Prepare Yourself For The Party
This truck was designed to stand out in a crowd and make onlookers drop their jaws. On the ground, tuckin' 24s, smoothed from front to back, and an interior that must be seen in person to fully be appreciated, this truck defines big time. Big James DeMouy understood and accepted the challenge to build a truck that would separate himself from the cookie-cutter C10s. With several tricks up his XXL sleeve, we just hope you're ready for the classic-truck party.
It's no big surprise that '67-'72 Chevy C10s popularity has exploded recently, with their smooth lines, sweet proportions, and steel panels, the truck basically asks to be customized. Big James answered that call with a '71 of his own. Starting with the frame and suspension, Daryl Smith Z'd the factory frame and then boxed it, creating a strong foundation. Up front, AIM spindles were bolted onto the AIM upper and lower drop A-arms to get the nose nice and low. Bringing the nose onto the ground are Slam Specialties airbags, controlled by GC450 valves; a 1/2-inch air line, and two Air-Zenith compressors. Out back, a two-link with a Panhard bar keeps things parallel, while Slam Specialties airbags and GC450 valves brought the bed down. Chrome AIM shocks, both front and rear, allow the truck to cruise with a smooth ride. Under each fender are 24x10 Incubus wheels. Wheels that big, on a truck this low, meant tires needed to be low-profile enough but strong enough to meet the load rating, so Toyo Proxes 275/30R24 tires were mounted to each hoop. The look is killer. Stopping the truck is cross-drilled and slotted rotors from Summit. Once all the fitment issues were cleared up, the entire frame was painted black and the suspension pieces received antifreeze green paint. Rollin' low, Big James wanted to make sure he could go with the best of them, and that meant a trip to The Wop Shop in Houston.
While under the watchful care of The Wop Shop, the crew stripped down an '80 Chevy 350ci V-8 and gave it the once-over. After a bore increase and crank swap, the Bow Tie block was stroked to 383ci with 10:1 compression, a Comp Cams camshaft, and aluminum Dart heads. The engine roars to life, courtesy of four Kinetik batteries juicing an MSD distributor, MSD coil, and Taylor plug wires. That roar comes from 3-1/2-inch MagnaFlow mufflers and Hedman Headers. Dress-up items include Billet Specialties air cleaner, valve covers, and pulleys. A Turbo 400 tranny with a B&M shift kit keeps the shifts brisk and the '96 Impala rear end with a Summit 3.73 gear set spinning those huge rear wheels. Now that he was rollin' low and fast, Big James moved on to the body where he knew something drastic was in order.
Arriving at S&S Auto in Alvin, Texas, the 37-year-old sheetmetal was given a thorough massage. Gone for good are the door handles, driprails, hood cowl, tailgate, and taillights. Up front, the crew at S&S added a roll pan and Carriage Works billet grille. Out back, a Grant Kustoms roll pan and tailgate skin were added, along with Precision Rods Rare LEDs flushed into the top of the cab. A full sheetmetal bed was fabricated, along with a tear-drop gas filler inside the bed walls. The doors were given the suicide treatment and the cab/body was cut 6 inches to bring the rockers on the ground, thanks to Daryl Smith's welder. S&S Auto then straightened the body out and applied the House of Kolor Black Diamond and antifreeze green to each panel. Pat Reed then stepped in and laid out the tribal graphics in sliver and red. Skulls were airbrushed into the red to give the four colors some real attitude. Now Big James had himself a looker, but he needed an insane interior to really make his cover truck stand out.
Tin Shack Kustoms, in Alvin, Texas, was the one shop where Big James felt comfortable and confident that his interior would be insane. Right off the bat, Mike Henderson the owner of Tin Shack removed everything-and we mean everything-from the interior and started with a bare cab shell. Up first, the '71 was converted to right hand drive, via a Borgeson & Mullins RHD steering box. Mike then installed a Billet Specialties polished steering column and capped with a Colorado Custom flame steering wheel. With the steering location figured out, Mike went wood-working crazy by creating a dash, piece-by-piece out of wood, reinforcing it with foam, and finishing the layout with fiberglass. The huge one-piece dash was modeled after the early '60's dash design. It features custom gauge housings for the Auto Meter gauges and was airbrushed by Pat Reed. Mike continued the custom interior by creating a large one-piece seat/sub enclosure/back wall in the truck. The seats were literally built into the back wall. The sub enclosure was built like the dash, out of wood and fiberglass, and houses the four JBL 10-inch subs. Custom kick panels were created and house the 6-1/2-inch JBL components. The system is powered by two JBL 1000.1 amps and two JBL 600.1 amps mounted in the fiberglass headliner. An Alpine IDA-X001 head unit sends the signals, thanks to Scosche wires and cables. Graphite leather was applied to the seats, thanks to Robbie's Customs, which is also in Alvin. Big James has himself a wild ride. This truck means business when it pulls up to any show across the country. James was quick to thank his sponsors and his family who supported him throughout the build. Now that the truck is done, isn't it 5 o'clock somewhere?

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Sunday Supper: Pork Meatball Vindaloo With Pearl Couscous
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Happy accidents in the kitchen can really work. Such was the case with this recipe, made on a night when I was iffy about cooking at all. It's a riff on vindaloo, a curry dish that appears in iterations throughout India but was made popular in Goa. My version is made with pork meatballs, an array of peppers, and a finishing sprinkle of cilantro. Since I'm not a big fan of rice (there, I said it), I decided to go with pearl couscous instead, which stands up nicely to the bold sauce.
Making the vindaloo from scratch does require quite a number of spices, some of which you may not have in your pantry unless it's very well stocked. But the fresh flavor makes it worth the effort and investment. Of course, you can substitute a prepared paste from the grocery store, if you prefer—just add about four tablespoons to the canned tomatoes to get yourself started and add from there until it suits your taste.
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Legacy systems have New Jersey hankering for a major electronic records renovation.
It's not easy being old, especially for legacy systems. People call them ancient, outdated and obsolete, and say they hold organizations back. They're too slow, don't integrate well or at all with other systems, and can't scale easily to handle larger workloads — so how can a department function in top form with these complications?
There's a good chance that New Jersey government officials have asked themselves this question more than once. The state's issues with legacy systems were highlighted in a June 2010 article by The Press of Atlantic City. The story listed the 10 oldest systems — the oldest being a payroll system in the Office of Management and Budget from 1969, the newest the Pensions and Benefits Division's pensions system from 1995.
The publication learned of these legacy systems after requesting electronic records from two state agencies, and was told the requests couldn't be honored because of technical limitations. There was even the possibility that system operations could halt completely if employees tried to copy the records. In one case, when Press staff wanted to look at recorded complaints against cable TV providers, the technology was too outdated to make an analysis possible.
When state staff spoke to Government Technology, they summarized why these problems exist.
"Let me give you just one quick example. Somebody wants to know all the teachers that retired this year. That's easy," said Andrew Pratt, communications director for the Treasury Department. "But now if somebody says they want to know all the teachers who retired in Morris County or Hudson County, who had more than 20 years of services and filed [for retirement] in July and August. ... The first request, all the teachers that filed for retirement, is easy. The second request is hard because we do not normally run forms that have, as a report, that particular search field in them."
It's not always a case of requests being too sophisticated as it is that they're new types of requests that government employees — and existing systems — have never dealt with before.
"If somebody has already written a program because of a past records request, that can take a short period of time to do," Pratt said. "But if somebody is looking for certain types of fields that compare one thing to another, and we don't have a program already written for that, then a program has to be written to generate that information. That's the kind of problem that we face."
Pratt added that complicated requests could force the state to redirect resources and charge the requester a fee that many people would balk at paying. The fees collected would have to pay for new programs written to handle the new types of requests. Other technology problems have even hindered the Treasury Department's ability to get payroll out in the past. And the treasurer himself, Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, wrote in an e-mail to Government Technology that the treasury's current technology impedes system improvements.
"We are not experiencing malfunctions due to age, per se. Old systems, however, severely limit our ability to modernize core business functions, such as payroll, procurement and accounting," he wrote.
State officials want to change and update these systems, but that's a tall order. New Jersey's Department of Treasury is a mega-department, comprising 22 agencies and divisions that often act independently. It's time-consuming to scrutinize each agency's technology for inadequacies.
But New Jersey CTO Adel Ebeid is taking on the challenge with a brave face. "This is a great opportunity for our current governor and treasurer to tell their stories frankly," he said. "This is an administration that has recognized how old our systems are and has started to take great strides to address the issue."
So with both Sidamon-Eristoff's and Gov. Chris Christie's support, New Jersey is examining systems to see what needs to be done and how to do so.
"The purpose of the systems review we are currently engaged in is to answer just these questions: What's stable and working? What core business needs are not being met or supported? To meet current and projected business needs, which systems are amenable to upgrading and which will require wholesale replacement?" Sidamon-Eristoff said.
But it might take awhile, since New Jersey's legacy systems are big, numerous and spread out. It's already enough work for staff to identify the most popular kinds of requests that are made so they can know what reports to make a priority and generate them.
"We are trying to identify the top 10 requests that we're constantly getting, and before the end of the calendar year we want to be in position to post those reports and weed out those reports from the request process," Ebeid said. "That will allow the folks who are already shorthanded to just focus on some of the bigger report requests."
Leading research indicates that New Jersey isn't alone in facing legacy systems. In 2008, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) published the report Digital States at Risk!: Modernizing Legacy Systems, which divulged 29 states' experiences with wiping the dust off their technology. The challenges go beyond age.
According to Doug Robinson, the organization's executive director, sometimes legacy systems aren't necessarily old, but rather they're designed to handle a certain volume of tasks. And when this volume increases — or the tasks themselves change — the systems don't typically change with them.
"States have all been struggling, even those with relatively modernized systems, [to] handle the load," he said. "They weren't designed to handle that tremendous increase in volume, so that's always been a tough one."
Sixty-nine percent of states surveyed by NASCIO cited the graying of IT staff and application-design limitations as a driver toward modernization. But aging workers in a bad economy don't seem immediately troubling for New Jersey.
"We are seeing some of the folks who may have the skill sets and may have been involved in developing systems like this in the '70s and early '80s are really finding out that their 401(k) are not what they hoped for, so they are entering the employment marketplace again and we are picking up some of those individuals," Ebeid said.
He's confident that New Jersey will have sufficient and appropriate manpower to keep the legacy systems in stable enough shape until the government can complete modernization efforts. When doing an overhaul, Ebeid said that instead of looking at the systems, people should look the types of business processes these systems are supposed to handle. What if the business operation needs to be modified and not the technology?
"One thing that people don't really think about is that the legacy systems are mainly there to support legacy processes, legacy business practices — and that's probably one area that we would like to focus on here," he said.
Eighty-six percent of the states surveyed by NASCIO cited that changing or re-engineering business processes was the No. 1 driver for system modernization. The second most cited driver, the inability to adequately support "line-of-business" requirements, came in at 83 percent.
In Ebeid's opinion, modernizing comes in two options: Either buy an off-the-shelf product and customize it, or change the business processes themselves so they'll fit into an off-the-shelf product, which would reduce the cost of renovating the system and thus reduce the burden to taxpayers. In any case, focusing on system updating might begin with focusing on the processes the systems were originally designed to support and handle.
"Systems didn't just spring out and come up on the machine one day and dictate a process," Ebeid said. "In many ways, they were really designed in the '70s and early '80s to support whatever business process was in place. So if we're going to embark on a modernization effort, we are not going to do it unless we rethink the business process."
New Jersey has a lot to rethink, since the examination and assessment process is in its infancy. Although Ebeid was quoted by The Press of Atlantic City saying that modernization efforts might cost a state of New Jersey's size about $300 million to $400 million to complete, he told Government Technology that it's too early to determine the cost. New Jersey doesn't yet know what or how to modernize and which vendors or integrators to partner with. The state was scheduled to hold a one-day summit in September inviting numerous companies to attend.
"We really want to challenge them to think of different funding scenarios that would help us renovate at the least cost possible for taxpayers," Ebeid said.
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With speculation mounting over the possibility of a US- or Israeli-led military attack of Iran sometime later this year, it has been suggested that real motivation for US antipathy towards the Iranian government has little to do with concerns that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons. Some commentators have instead suggested that Iran's real Iranian threat to the US and its economy is that, in defiance of the US administration, it is attempting to establish an oil 'bourse' (exchange) in March of this year which would enable oil to be traded in euros. This would move oil sales away from their usual denomination in dollars and would, it is argued, undermine the American currency with grave consequences for the US economy. (1,2) This internet-based debate is reminiscent of what occurred before the invasion of Iraq when several observers, myself included, hypothesised that Saddam Hussein's decision to sell Iraqi oil in euros was perhaps one of the reasons the US wanted 'regime change'. (3,4) The US decision after the invasion to return Iraqi oil sales to dollar denomination and to convert back into dollars all Iraqi foreign currency reserves, which had been in euros prior to the war, was certainly entirely consistent with this theory. (5)
However, others have claimed that the idea that the currency in which oil is sold matters at all is based on a poor understanding of economics. If oil sales were switched away from the dollar, they claim, it would make no difference to the US economy, and therefore this cannot have anything to do with the reasons the US went to war in Iraq and is now adopting a threatening stance towards Iran. I will try and address their main argument, as I feel the economic reasons why the denomination of oil sales are is an important issue have not always been clearly explained, including by myself.
Those arguing that the denomination of sales is crucial to dollar strength have tended to say that countries are forced to save dollars so that they have dollars to buy oil. Their critics, however, reply that you do not have to save in dollars to buy oil since you can save in whichever currency you want and then buy dollars on the foreign exchange market whenever you want to buy oil. What matters, say the critics, is in which currency people ultimately save rather than in which currency they trade. (6,7) It is people saving in dollars, or in US financial assets, which results in high levels of investment in the US and ultimately permits the US to run a huge trade deficit.
The latter argument is largely correct, but it leaves out the crucial fact that the reason countries choose to save in dollars, to a far greater extent than in any other currency, is nonetheless related to the fact that oil is sold in dollars. Yes, what is important is in which currency countries save, but this is to a significant extent determined by which currency they trade in.
In order to understand why, we need to ask ourselves, why do central banks keep foreign exchange reserves at all? Also, what considerations determine which currency they choose to keep as reserves? The answer to the first part of this question is that the main reason central banks keep foreign currency reserves is so that, if necessary, they can intervene in the markets to support the exchange rates of their own currency. If, say, their currency is being attacked by speculators who are selling it on the foreign exchange markets, the central bank can use its foreign currency to buy up its own currency, thus supporting its value. You cannot, of course, buy up your own currency unless you have previously accumulated savings of foreign currency. So when central banks keep foreign currency reserves, their prime concern is not so much to invest this money in order to secure the maximum possible return, but instead to protect their own currency so that it is a stable currency. The more reserve currency a country has, the less likely that speculators are going to attack that currency. Nobody would dream of launching a speculative attack against the yen or the yuan because their reserves are so massive, but the currencies of many poor countries are far more likely to suddenly devalue since their central banks have only small foreign currency reserves and can do little to protect their currency if the markets decide to sell it. In this context, it is worth also remembering how George Soros became famous by launching a speculative attack against the pound. The Bank of England ultimately was unable to defend the currency as its foreign exchange reserves were being run down, a clear illustration of how the strength of a currency is related to the ability of the central bank to defend it. (8)
So protecting your own currency is the main reason for keeping foreign exchange reserves, but in which currency should you keep them? Well the answer to this question depends nearly entirely on the answer to the question 'against which currency would a sudden and unwanted devaluation of your own currency be most damaging?' If the answer to the second question is 'by far the most damaging unwanted currency devaluation would be a fall of my currency versus the dollar', then it makes sense to keep the vast majority of your currency reserves in dollars: doing so will enable you to buy your own currency with dollars, thus supporting its dollar exchange rate. If you are most worried about your currency devaluing against the dollar, it makes no economic sense to keep most of your reserves in euros or yen.
For all of the rich countries in the world, a sudden devaluation against the dollar has the potential to be far more damaging than a sudden devaluation against the euro, the yen, the yuan, the rubble, etc. This is because most of the goods and services traded internationally are priced and paid for in dollars and, virtually all commodity trade, including the trade of oil which is by far the most important good traded internationally, is denominated in dollars. If your currency falls suddenly against the dollar, then the price of oil will suddenly increase for you, whereas if your currency falls against the yen, but not against the dollar, the price of some Japanese imports will go up, and these imports are probably not essential to the running of your economy anyway. Furthermore, many Japanese imports are also priced and paid for in dollars, so even these are more likely to go up in price for you if your currency devalues against the dollar rather than the yen. Since virtually all of the really important imports are priced and paid for in dollars, it makes complete economic sense for rich central banks to keep most of their reserves in dollars. If the denomination of these important imports, in particular oil, were to move away from the dollar, then rich countries would move their reserves into other currencies and consequently the dollar would lose a lot of its importance.
For poor countries, there is another reason for wishing to trade and save in dollars. They often have international debts, and these debts are usually denominated in dollars (in the case of IMF debts this is always the case). This means that if their currency devalues against the dollar, their debts go up. As a result, poor countries often denominate their exports in dollars, so that they can acquire dollars, without exchange risk. These are used to repay debts, conduct trade (including, in particular, buying oil which most of them do not have), and protect their own currencies. Since the exports of poor countries are often essential to the running of the world economy (they often export commodities), their decision to export in dollars has knock-on effects on rich countries who then have a further reason for saving in dollars.
So can we conclude that an Iranian oil bourse trading oil in euros is the real reason for the current crisis? Perhaps this is prematurely jumping to conclusions. The claim that the Iranian bourse will definitely trade in euros appears to me to be based primarily on speculation at this stage. I have yet to see a clear statement on this from the Iranian government. There are certainly good reasons for suspecting that it might be in euros, since Iranian government sources have previously spoken favourably about trading for oil in euros (9,10) and according to a statement attributed to the Vice-Governor of the Iranian central bank, Iran began selling oil in euros to Europe in 2003. (11)
However, in January of 2004, Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, who was then Oil Minister, played down the possibility of Iran switching to euro payments, (12) and as recently as last September, the head of Iran's stock exchange dismissed claims that the new oil bourse would be using the euro as the transaction currency. (13) We also know that Iran has previously been involved in discussions with other primarily Muslim countries, like Malaysia, which aimed at introducing an entirely new currency, the 'Islamic Gold Dinar', which would be used in international trade, and in particular the oil trade. (14) In the euro's favour, on the other hand, is the fact that little has been heard of the Islamic Gold Dinar in the past year, and just last month the Chairman of the Majilis Energy Commission (the Majilis is the Iranian parliament) was quoted as saying that 'preparatory measures have been taken to sell oil in euros instead of dollar' and that initially Iran should 'sell its oil in both dollar and euro, and then gradually move toward euro'. (15) However, until we hear from official Iranian sources that the trading will be in euros, it is probably unwise to draw too many firm conclusions.
The possibility that the Iranian oil bourse might not use euros would not necessarily diminish its significance and there could still be good reason for believing that US/UK governments and financial interests would still be strongly opposed to it as it would challenge their control of oil trading, but that is another question.
1. William Clark, 'The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target: The Emerging Euro-denominated International Oil Marker', October 2004, www.energybulletin.net/2913.html
2. Krassimir Petrov, 'The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse', January 2006, www.energybulletin.net/12125.html
3. William Clark, 'The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq: A Macroeconomic and Geostrategic Analysis of the Unspoken Truth', January 2003, www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html
4. Cóilín Nunan, 'Oil, currency and the war on Iraq', January 2003, www.feasta.org/documents/papers/oil1.htm
5. Cóilín Nunan, 'Petrodollar or petroeuro? A new source of global conflict', November 2004, www.feasta.org/documents/review2/nunan.htm
6. James D. Hamilton , 'Strange ideas about the Iranian oil bourse', January 2006, www.econbrowser.com/archives/2006/01/strange_ideas_a.html
7. Chris Cook, 'What the Iran 'nuclear issue' is really about', January 2006, www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HA21Ak01.html
8. William Keegan, 'Black Wednesday gets a whitewash', February 2005, The Observer, politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/comment/0,9236,1411995,00.html
9. C. Shivkumar, 'Iran offers oil to Asian union on easier terms', June 16 2003, www.blonnet.com/2003/06/17/stories/2003061702380500.htm
10. Anon., 'Iran may switch to euro for crude sale payments', Alexander Oil and Gas, (September 5, 2002), www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntm23638.htm
11. Juan Caros Escaron, 'El 'petroeuro' rompe el cascarón', November 2000, El Mundo
12. Hashem Kalantari, 'Iran Oil Min: No Plan To Switch Oil Pricing From Dollar', IranExpert, www.iranexpert.com/2004/oilmin11january.htm
13. Anon., 'Oil bourse not to use euros in Iran: TSM chief', Iranmania,
14. Faisal Islam, 'Return to an old standard?', February 2003, The Observer, observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,891682,00.html
15. Anon., 'Preparatory measures taken to sell oil in euros', December 2005, Mehrnews.com, www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=260851


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Faster. More intense. Even more realistic... Codemasters is going for more, more, more with its Colin McRae franchise in 2005, upping the ante even further for hardcore rally fans.
New to Colin McRae Rally 2005 is the Career Challenge, designed to test the limits of your rallying prowess with a series of different events. 23 different rally events will be testing you over a series of Challenges, Cups, SuperCups, Shields and Championships, in a variety of different rally vehicles
Starting as a lowly beginner driving two-wheel drive cars in lower league events, you'll (hopefully) start winning races and championships, and climb the rally ranks, earning new parts for your cars in the process. Over 300 stages in nine international locations await to test your skills in a variety of car types, including 4WD, 2WD, 4WD classics, RW cars and plenty more.
Over 30 cars will gradually become available, including the Toyota Celica GT4, Lancia Stratos, Alfa Romeo 147 GTA, Alfetta GTV Turbodelta, Peugeot 206 and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII.
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Coulometric coating thickness measurement according to DIN EN ISO 2177.
The COULOSCOPE instrument series operates according to the coulometric test method as per DIN EN ISO 2177. This involves dissolving a metal coating off of its metallic or non-metallic substrate by means of an electrolyte under controlled electric current, i.e. reversing the electroplating process (de-plating). The current required for de-plating is directly proportional to the mass of the metal to be removed. A clear correlation between the de-plating time and the coating thickness arises when the test current and area are both kept constant.
The following formula applies for determining coating thickness via the coulometric de-plating process: De-plating takes place in a measuring cell – a kind of miniature electrolytic bath. The measuring area is defined by a plastic gasket attached to the measuring cell. The electrolytes used are formulated for the various coating materials such that de-plating does not start until current flows. The de-plating process is initiated by the instrument's electronics. A pump circulates the liquid within the measuring cell, continually refreshing the electrolyte in contact with the de-plating area, thereby ensuring uniform de-plating. Depending on the size of the area to be measured, gaskets with various diameters are available for the measuring cell.
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The SH7751 is a 32-bit RISC (reduced instruction set computer) microprocessor, featuring a built-in PCI bus controller compatible with PCs and multimedia devices.
It includes the SH-4 CPU, which at the object code level is upwardly compatible with the SH-1, SH-2, and SH-3 microcomputers. The SH7751 has an 8kB instruction cache and a 16kB operand cache that can be switched between copy-back and write-through modes, a 4-entry full associative instruction TLB (table look aside buffer), and MMU (memory management unit) with 64-entry full-associative shared TLB.
The SH7751 also includes a bus state controller (BSC) that can be coupled to synchronous DRAM. Also, because of its built in functions, such as PCI bus controller, timers, and serial communications functions, required for multimedia and OA equipment, use of the SH7751 enables a dramatic reduction in system costs.
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Fluorescent Colors Set
Item #4950-01
Contains 4oz. each:
Hot Pink, Hot Yellow, Hot Green, Hot Orange, Hot Berry, Hot Red, Hot Purple, and Hot Sunburst
Fluorescent Colors Set contains the complete selection of Auto Air Colors bright, vivid neon colors.
4200 Series Transparent and Graphic Colors-
Transparent and Semi-Opaque Colors are the standard airbrush & graphics colors in the Auto Air Colors line.
Transparent Colors work with any airbrush size including 0.18mm tips operated at low psi settings after reducing in generous amounts. S
emi-Opaque Colors are similar to Transparent Colors with the addition of a refined clay for improved coverage.
Semi Opaque Colors best work with larger tip-sized airbrushes and spray-guns.
Transparent Colors are suitable for spraying with little reduction for use with spray-guns and large tip-sized airbrushes. For use with smaller tip-sized airbrushes, reduce 25% per volume or more to achieve fine-line performance. Reduction ratios may vary per color to achieve best atomization.
Semi-Opaque Colors are designed for coverage through larger tip-sized airbrushes and spray-guns. They are not designed for fine-lined spray performance through smaller tip-sizes as reduction will not lessen the particle size of the clay used for opacity.
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4200 Series Fluorescent Colors-
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Fluorescent Colors are not lightfast. Fluorescent Colors will eventually fade due to exposure to direct light. Do not use for long-term, exterior finishes.
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2 more accuse former Philadelphia newspaper columnist of molesting them
PHILADELPHIA -- Two more people have come forward claiming they were abused by a Philadelphia sports columnist who abruptly retired just before the publishing of a report alleging he abused young children decades ago.
The two women bring to six the total number of adults who say former Philadelphia Daily News columnist Bill Conlin molested them when they were younger.
Fifty-year-old Linda Stella tells the Daily News that Conlin molested her on two occasions at his New Jersey home. A second unidentified woman tells The Philadelphia Inquirer she was also abused at Conlin's home.
Conlin retired Tuesday, shortly before The Inquirer published a story online detailing allegations of abuse from three women and a man in the 1970s. Prosecutors say Conlin cannot be charged because the statute of limitations has expired.
Conlin has denied the allegations. A phone message left for Conlin's attorney was not immediately returned early Thursday.


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DWTS Season 13 Cast Rumors & Possibile Contenders – Kelly Preston and Sherri Shepherd!!
Ok, so this is an older article, but, hey, we try to cover all possibilities and rumors here at Pure dancing With The Stars. We don't want to miss anyone. Showbizspy reported at the end of April Kelly Preston had auditioned for the show. I kind of think they were dreamin' at the time, but, you never know. What a coo it would be though if Dancing With The Stars could get Kelly on the show. She's currently working on a new movie called "Gotti: Three Generations" which will star her husband John Travolta, Lindsay Lohan, and Al Pacino. But, that doesn't mean Kelly's schedule might not be free enough to do the show come Fall. Nothing else is listed on her schedule to do after the new Gotti movie…yet!!
KELLY Preston has dance fever!
The actress — who's married to actor John Travolta — wants to follow in the footsteps her BFF Kirstie Alley by appearing on Dancing With the Stars!
"Kelly has auditioned and she is a shoo-in," a source told In Touch Weekly magazine.
"If she wants on the show, there's a good chance it could happen."
We also have another "wannabe" to report on. Sherri Shepherd!! I'll let these two tweets below do the talkin'". Sherri has been a great supporter of Kirstie Alley this past Season as well. She wants to lose weight so she can get pregnant and what a better way to do so? Special thanks to @TeamGMak at twitter for sending us this possibility.
If this is what you can look like from dancing @Kirstiealley twitpic.com/57q2he "Hello Dancing w The Stars? Do U need another plus size?"
— Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) June 6, 2011
I have to lose weight anyway… fertility doctor said that as a diabetic I need to, plus if I'm pregnant they only want me to gain 10-15 lbs
— Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) June 6, 2011
(Heidi's Note: Sherri's been rumored before…was it last season or the season before?? And she's made it clear she wants to dance with Maks on more than one occassion.)


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Today is an action day to end the use of the word "retarded" (and variations thereof) in all contexts. There seems to be two camps on this subject. Those that don't see the harm, and those that do. I fall into the latter camp.
And today, on this action day, I want to lay out the reasons WHY.
First, a little background. Ava has Angelman Syndrome. You likely know that. You also may know that part of Angelman Syndrome is a cognitive or intellectual disability. Although I am always quick to point out that, without adequate communication, we are not able to measure just how smart she is! But 50 years ago, Ava would have been classified as "mentally retarded." More background: Ava has been called "retarded" by another child before. And one more important piece of information: Ava can hear. Ava can understand. We take the "least dangerous approach" with her. Meaning we assume she understands everything any other typical 4 year old does. Because we honestly do not know.
Those that use the R-Word defend their use by saying that they don't call intellectually disabled people that word. They use it describing situations or as a way to express someone's ignorance. I understand that. I have also been told that I shouldn't be so sensitive to that word, and that they don't consider Ava to be "retarded." I also understand that. Our friends and family, those that know Ava, may not think of her in reference to that word, but many in the world do. And it is important understand that in order to understand my point of view.
My reason for not using the "R-Word", and for not allowing it to be used around my daughter, is a very simple one. If someone uses that word around Ava, regardless of subject matter, it is in a negative context. So Ava hears and associates that word with negativity. It is a bad word, a hateful word, a naughty word. Then she is at the park and another child (who has been taught the word) calls her "retarded" because she is different. And suddenly, my child- my beautiful, smart, funny, loving, happy, sassy, amazing child- associates herself with a word that is negative, bad, hateful, and naughty.
That is why I want to end the word. In all uses. In all contexts.
I know it is a common word. And if Ava isn't around, and it isn't in our home, I don't say anything to people who use it. As my mother constantly reminds me, I am not the world's police and I cannot right the wrongs of everyone. But I certainly do say something- politely but assertively- when Ava is there to hear. The bottom line is that it is about respect. Respect for a girl, and in fact a whole segment of the population, that is full of love, honesty, charity, and hope. A group of people so willing to forgive, a group of people who work harder and struggle more and yet smile more and love more. What is there not to respect?! Do not fear those who are different. Do not judge or make fun. Embrace and love and know that we are ALL made in HIS image.
So I issue you a challenge. The next time you hear yourself saying that word. Or thinking that word. STOP. And picture this sweet girl. And then ask yourself- "is that word really the appropriate word?"
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Campaign to End the R-Word
Today is an action day to end the use of the word "retarded" (and variations thereof) in all contexts. There seems to be two camps on this subject. Those that don't see the harm, and those that do. I fall into the latter camp.
Posted by The Brewers at 12:45 PM 0 comments
Saturday, February 15, 2014
I have a four year old and fourteen month old post to write, but today I want to write about something of greater importance. Angelman Syndrome. Our (now) four year old Ava has AS, a rare neurogenetic disorder caused by a deletion or mutation of the ube3a gene on the 15th maternal chromosome.
Got that??? I didn't either at first. I still don't fully understand. Many physicians don't fully understand genetics. But the bottom line is a profound disability. I have been asked- mostly by people who have never met Ava in person- why a cure is so important? Don't we want to keep her the way God made her? Why would we want to change her? And it occurs to me that, if people ask and wonder those things, I am perhaps putting too happy a face on AS. So today I am going to be a little more real about Ava.
There are what some people call blessings in AS. I like to refer to them as mercies. Yes, Ava is happy. She has a beautiful smile and intoxicating laugh. She loves people- all people- and has never met a stranger. She teaches the world about love and acceptance and God's grace. But all of those mercies hide a dark and harsh reality.
Ava is nonverbal. Really nonverbal. As in unable to communicate. No sentences. No words. Just squeals and sounds. Take a moment to imagine your mind working fully but not being able to communicate in ANY WAY. How frustrating and sad and difficult that would be- for both you and those who care for you.
Ava has physical disabilities. Both gross and fine motor delays that are on the moderate to severe spectrum. She has a hard time walking, although we are thankful she is able to walk! She has an ataxic and jerky gate that results in many trips and stumbles. She is unable to walk long distances and will require a wheelchair in the future for certain outings and places. She cannot do most of the fine motor tasks that a child at the age of 18 months is able to do. Her brother is rapidly eclipsing her abilities- something that both breaks and swells my heart. She cannot point, she has difficulty with the "pincher" grasp. She cannot pick up small objects and even when she is able to pick up objects, she is unable to be precise about placing them where she would like them. She has a difficult time feeding herself. Although, like walking, we are so thankful she can feed herself as this is something not all "angels" can do. She has severe motor planning issues and getting her body to do what her mind intends is a major challenge for her.
Ava has difficulties eating and with oral motor planning. She has improved a great deal in this area, but still struggles swallowing liquids. She only recently started drinking from a straw cup, but still needs a sippy type cup, as her motor planning issues cause her to have a difficult time knowing how much pressure to put on things like a Styrofoam cup.
Ava has seizures. Complex Epilepsy to be specific. If you have ever been witness to an epileptic seizure, you know how very scary it is. When it is your child, it is truly terrifying. She is on two seizure medications to control these episodes, and thankfully they do a good job. But we still see "breakthrough seizures" when she is sick or during certain tasks, like bathing, eating, and waking up. Mostly these are myoclonic seizures. If she is going to have seizures, we want them to be myoclonics. Many other types of seizures could easily land us in the ER and many angels have passed away due to uncontrollable seizures. Just one of the ways this awful disorder can claim a life.
Ava has chronic ear infections. AS is known to cause a weakened pulmonary system. Ava doesn't seem to struggle with things like pneumonia like other angels do (Praise the Lord!), but she is chronically congested. This plus any cold she gets leads to a lot of fluid buildup and then ear infections. Because she cannot blow her noise (back to the inability to motor plan) every cold she gets turns into either ear or sinus infections. These lead to fever which leads to seizures. Everything is cyclical with Ava.
Ava has behavioral issues that are difficult to understand or address. Currently, she is in a "hair pulling" stage. Sometimes she remembers to and is able to be gentle, but most of the time she pulls! And it hurts! She also LOVES water, an especially concerning behavior because she also doesn't care to listen often. She tends to wonder and we have been working on her stopping when we ask her to stop. But she has a mind of her own and will go head first into any situation regardless of the danger- a large body of water, a busy street, a mound of fire ants, a vicious dog...the dangers are overwhelming to me.
She has severe sensory needs. She needs a lot of input from the world around her, and the result is mouthing of objects (so choking is a constant threat), head swinging, hanging upside down, spinning. Any and all activities that allow her to have sensory input, regardless of the dangers they may pose to her.
Cognition. Probably the hardest for me to talk about. Not only because it is emotional difficult, but because we simply do not know. Without the ability to communicate either verbally or by using alternative communication, we simply do not know what the cognitive delay is for Ava. IF there is one. It was first thought that angels were severely cognitively delayed. But as communication efforts have increased through things like communication apps, devices, and systems like PECS and PODD, we are learning that at least some angels are extremely bright. In fact, most of what I know about Ava has come from other angels, older than her, who are able to effectively communicate. They have taught us so much about the challenges and sadness of AS. I don't know what is going on in my daughter's head. She shows us her sass and personality on a daily basis, exhibits her intelligence and problem solving skills all the time. But I don't know what her favorite color is. I don't know if she likes her new shirt or if her shoes hurt her feet. I don't know if she hates what I feed her or if she would rather have chicken than turkey. I just don't know, and she cannot tell me. We are working on communication for Ava, but for now, her world is one of silence and mine is one of guesswork and hope.
Ava has eight prescription medications and three over the counter medications that she takes daily, most 2 times per day. And that is when she is totally "healthy."
So that is a snapshot of Ava. A snapshot of our lives. So I ask you... if this were your child, your life, would YOU want a cure?! Of course you would. So I ask you all to do me a favor. Today is International Angelman Syndrome Day. And I ask that you please post about Ava and Angelman Syndrome on your social media sites using the hashtag #cureangelman. We are desperately close to an effective treatment- basically a cure- that all that is standing in our way is funding. Please help us raise awareness and funds for our children. Help give Ava a voice.
Thank you.
Posted by The Brewers at 3:14 PM 2 comments
Thursday, January 9, 2014
My Sweet Ava
I have been writing more about Archer lately because of his monthly updates, and because most of my Ava posts I save for the Defying Disabilities monthly post that I write. But there are several things she has done the past several months that I want to remember.
She is really growing up and doing some fun things. I am always amazed at her! And honestly, I had an unpleasant encounter this week, and it made me realize just how sad some people are, and how privileged I am, to be her mom. And to understand the value of an individual who happens to have special needs.
Ava Moment 1: She was in her room, playing with her blinds. She KNOWS this is against the rules, and she knew she was doing something bad. I was busy at the moment, so I just yelled back to her, "Ava! Get out of your blinds!!!" A few seconds later, she slammed her bedroom door! And went right back to playing in the blinds!
Ava Moment 2: After breakfast, I sent her to her room while I followed after grabbing her clothes out of the laundry basket. When I got to her room, her closet was mostly closed but her little hand was holding the door. I said "Huh. I wonder where Ava went???" With that, she jumped out of her closet, laughed hysterically for a few seconds, then jumped back in!
Ava Moment 3: Tonight, I took the kids to see their grandpa who just had surgery. Cole was already there with his dad, and it isn't often that I attempt to load both kids at the same time. But it just worked out that way. She waited patiently by the garage door while I set the alarm, then she walked to her door all by herself and tried to open the door! I put her in but noticed that her shirt was wet. So I just sat her in her seat while I strapped her brother into his seat and grabbed a fresh shirt. I explained to her what I was doing, as I could see she was concerned that I wasn't going to buckle her in. But obviously, she wasn't happy with my decision because when I got back she had her seat belt straps over her shoulders!
Ava Moment 4: This is less a moment than a new skill. Since Thanksgiving, Ava has sat in a regular dining chair, without any adaptations! She is doing so well! And when finished, she gets up, goes into the living room, and closes the gate behind her!!!
Ava, mommy is so proud of you. And I am so encouraged reading about how close the researchers are to a cure. I cannot wait to hear your voice and have a conversation with you. That is my dream, my #1 on my bucket list. And I pray that it comes true, not just for me, but mostly for you!!!! I love you so very much. And I am blessed to call you my sweet daughter.
Posted by The Brewers at 9:24 PM 3 comments
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Archer is One Year Old!!!
LengthYou are still TALL TALL TALL! You are almost as tall as your sister! It is so funny! You are about the height of a 15-18 month old I think. You are in the 95% for your age, and are often mistaken for being older.
ClothesYou wear all 18-24 months clothing! I finally cleaned out your closet, and did a little shopping for you. Hopefully we have what we need for winter!
NicknamesArch, Bub, Bubs, Bubba, Brother, Chubs, Chunky Monkey, BuddaBall, Chubbers, Archie-Boy (I am the only one who is allowed to call him that...he will NOT be called "Archie" if I can help it!)
- Mama
- Dada
- Bye
- Hi
- Ava (he tries, but it comes out Awa)
- Uh oh
- Bite (comes out "bi bi")
Fun Stuff- some are the same from months 1-11!
-Mommy, Daddy, and Ava
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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Her clients include mistresses, starlets and allegedly wronged women from all walks of life. So, when Gloria Allred calls a news conference, media types know they're about to hear some dish.
So it was on Wednesday, when Allred and her latest client tossed a big, juicy curveball into the tight California governor's race.
Nicandra Diaz Santillan blotted tears from her eyes as Allred announced she'd be filing a claim against her client's former employer, Republican candidate Meg Whitman, accusing her of emotional abuse and financial exploitation. It was classic Allred, and continued into the next day, with each side holding dueling news conferences and waving conflicting documents.
Allred contends the former eBay CEO knew for nine years that her housekeeper was in the country illegally, and then fired her for political motives. Whitman acknowledged she employed Diaz, but said the housekeeper deceived her about her immigration status. Whitman said she is willing to take a lie detector test.
To say Allred, 69, is well-known is an understatement. On her website, she calls herself "the most famous woman attorney practicing law in the nation today." That might be marketing hyperbole, but she's so engrained in the popular culture that she was the subject of a recent "Saturday Night Live" skit.
These words carry real weight: "Look out, mister, I'm calling Gloria Allred."
But not all her clients are women. Allred also represented Tony Barretto, the bodyguard who emerged in 2007 as the secret witness with alleged inside dirt during Britney Spears' custody dispute.
Allred stuck by his side, whether he was on the "Today Show" or in the courtroom, Barretto recalled. "She was very attentive to everything I had to say," Barretto said. "Gloria had ideas and insight on things I never thought would come up and then she would talk to me about those things. She made me feel comfortable."
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Allred frequently dresses in all red. But she has also been known to wear green, "the color of money," as a Los Angeles Times reporter once observed. She favors knits from St. John.
Some critics consider Allred a publicity hound. Snickers fill newsrooms and the law offices of rivals when she trots clients such as Rachel Uchitel and Joslyn James, reputed mistresses of Tiger Woods, in front of the cameras. Allred doesn't care what her critics say.
She also represents the female police officer who responded to a domestic violence call in Aspen, Colorado involving Charlie Sheen. She's the attorney for Jodie Fisher, the events contractor and former porn actress whose allegations of sexual harassment led to a shareholder lawsuit and the abrupt resignation of Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd.
Allred has said she is not exploiting her clients, and if they have a story to tell it's better to get their version out than let the rumors fly. Unlike a lot of other lawyers, Allred is not afraid to go public, even if powerful people don't like what her clients have to say.
"A lot of my clients have not begun as celebrities," Allred recently told CNN. "They were typical people who were essentially women in crisis, sometimes because of the celebrity man. Because they were involved with a man who was a celebrity, they have become, in a sense, celebrity victims."
Another recent Allred target was the exiled movie director Roman Polanski, who has admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. Authorities in Los Angeles are trying to extradite Polanski from Switzerland. He pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor, but left the United States before he could be sentenced. He's been gone more than 30 years.
In May, seated beside Allred at a news conference actress Charlotte Lewis alleged that five years after he left the U.S., Polanski had his way with her, too, in France, when she was of tender years.
"If Charlotte's allegations are accepted as true, then Mr. Polanski was able to victimize another child while he was a fugitive from justice," Allred said.
She said she never heard back from any of Polanski's representatives. Attorney Chad Hummel, who represented Polanski at the time, had no comment Thursday.
Allred said she doesn't remember if she paid attention to the Polanski case when it first happened. She had just graduated from Loyola Law School and was setting up her firm with fellow Loyola law grads Michael Maroko and Nathan Goldberg. The firm is still going strong, focusing on civil rights, employment discrimination and sexual harassment. The firm doesn't handle criminal cases, but does represent crime victims.
Allred's life story, as laid out in the first chapter of her book, "Fight Back and Win," is reminiscent of that old Virginia Slims advertising slogan, "You've come a long way, baby."
Gloria Rachel Bloom grew up in a working-class family in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Neither parent got past the eighth grade. Her father was a Fuller Brush salesman. Her mother, who was born in Britain, stayed at home and raised her only child. She emphasized education.
Allred got into the prestigious Philadelphia High School for Girls and won a partial scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. She met a boy at a mixer, married him during her sophomore year and gave birth to her daughter, Lisa, during her junior year. By her senior year, the couple was divorcing and she was a single mother.
Despite her honors degree in English, Allred went to work as a buyer's assistant at Gimbels department store. She wondered why a man with the same job made $15 a week more than she did.
She got a teaching job at Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia, where most of her students were poor and black. A few years later, in 1966, recruiters from the Los Angeles school district came calling and Allred packed up her daughter and moved to L.A.
That year, she says, while on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico, she was raped at gunpoint by a Mexican doctor, became pregnant and had an illegal abortion that nearly killed her. She did not report the rape, she said, because she didn't think anyone would believe her.
She taught in the Watts neighborhood of L.A. and became involved in labor issues, and decided a law degree would help with her activism. After law school, she served as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women. She pressed then-Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint more women as judges, and she began to take on women's cases.
One of Allred's most famous cases involved a lawsuit on behalf of an actress on the original "Melrose Place," who claimed she was wrongfully fired and discriminated against when she became pregnant. Lawyers for Aaron Spelling's production company said Hunter Tylo broke her contract by making a "material change" to her appearance.
Jurors viewed charts that producers kept of Tylo's projected weight gain showing she would weigh 144 pounds when it was time to shoot a key bikini scene. Jurors also saw scenes in which star Heather Locklear's baby bump was hidden behind furniture and leopard print sheets. Tylo revealed from the witness stand that she was eight months pregnant. She did not look it, and jurors awarded her nearly $5 million in damages.
Allred's targets: "I go after these guys who have hurt women."
Personal: Allred's daughter, Lisa Bloom, is a former Court TV anchor and CNN legal analyst who has opened her own law firm. Her granddaughter is considering law school.
Clients: Famous men who have faced the wrath of Allred and her clients include Roman Polanski, Eddie Murphy, Rob Lowe, O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson and the late Aaron Spelling.


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Bernanke's Witness Protection Program
By Mike Whitney
March 16, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- Fed chief Ben Bernanke's new funding facility is a real doozy. In fact, if the Term Asset-Backed Loan Facility or TALF, which is set to launch on Thursday, doesn't convince the American people that it's time to take a wrecking ball to the Central Bank and start over, than nothing will. Bernanke and his co-conspirator at Treasury, Timothy Geithner, are planning to revive the shadow banking system by dumping $2 trillion into the same over-leveraged, derivatives-based garbage that blew up the financial system in the first place. All the blabbering about a "good bank-bad bank" remedy appears to have been a diversion. This is how Bloomberg sums it up:
"Geithner's program has three main elements: Injecting fresh government capital into some of the country's biggest financial institutions; establishing a public-private partnership to handle as much as $1 trillion of banks' bad assets; and starting a credit facility with the Federal Reserve of as much as $1 trillion to promote lending to consumers and businesses.
The Treasury hopes to unfreeze credit markets by providing new incentives to banks and investors to resume trading in mortgage securities and other troubled assets. U.S. regulators are conducting a new series of examinations to make sure banks have enough capital to accept losses when selling these assets, while also planning to provide government financing to the investors who might buy them." (Bloomberg News)
That's right; $1 trillion for Bernanke's TALF and another trillion for Geithner's so called "Public-Private Partnership". That's $2 trillion down a derivatives sinkhole just to preserve the illusion that the banks are still solvent. Bernanke has decided to shrug off the advice of nearly every reputable economist in the country, most of whom are pushing for a government takeover of the failing banks (nationalization), just to toss his shifty banking buddies a lifeline. It doesn't seem to bother him that the public till has already been looted and that his action will leave the next generation of Americans bobbing in a pool of red ink.
Last week, investors backed away from Bernanke's TALF, even though the Fed promised to provide up to 95 percent of the funding (through low interest loans) to investors willing to buy distressed assets backed by student loans, car loans and credit card debt. The potential investors "objected to the level of scrutiny that dealers would have over their books, arguing that the dealers' rules attached too many strings. Dealers were saying they take plenty of risk to facilitate the program and need to be protected in situations where the collateral or the client made mistakes or wound up ineligible." (Wall Street Journal")
This is how crazy it's gotten. Why shouldn't the Fed have the right to look at the books and see if these financial institutions are solvent or not? Should they just take their word for it?
But that's only half the story. When the WSJ says that dealers need to "be protected in situations where the collateral or the client made mistakes or wound up ineligible", what they mean to say is that they expect the Fed to make up for any losses on securities which are explicitly banned from the program. This is no small matter, since the Fed cannot legally buy any asset that is less than triple A, and yet, everyone knows the TALF will end up being a dumping ground for all kinds of toxic waste.
So who will pay when financial institutions sell double A or lower securities that they KNOW are ineligible for the program? As it stands now, the taxpayer, because the Fed caved in to industry pressure. In other words, the interests of the people who put up a measly 5 percent of the original investment will take precedent over those who put up 95 percent. This is the kind of sleazy dealmaking that is going on behind the scenes of this bailout fiasco. The Fed is so desperate to launch its facility and keep these Wall Street scamsters and bank extortionists in business, they're willing to underwrite the fraudulent sale of rotten securities. It's outrageous!
But there's even more to this swindle than that--much more. According to the Wall Street Journal:
"Wall Street dealers, including J P Morgan Chase & Co. and Barclays PLC's Barclays Capital, have created vehicles to participate in the TALF that would allow investors in the program to circumvent many of the restrictions laid out by the Fed. The vehicles resemble collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, and use some of the financial engineering that was partially responsible for the collapse of the credit markets. The Fed, eager to get what it hopes will be a $1 trillion program up and running, has blessed the vehicles because they open the TALF up to a much larger group of investors." (TALF is reworked after investors balk, Liz Rappaport, Wall Street Journal)
Great. More CDOs. Just what we need.
Keep in mind that the Fed's funding is in the form of "non recourse loans" already, which means that if the dealers decide to walk away, the losses are transferred to the taxpayers balance sheet, no questions asked. But even that is not good enough for the Wall Street crooksters. They want to create a whole new security buffer-zone for themselves by dredging up the Frankenstein of structured debt-instruments--the notorious CDO--so they can "circumvent" the rules and plead innocent when B grade garbage is sold through the TALF. This isn't a financial rescue plan, it's a witness protection program for self acknowledged con artists and snake oil salesmen.
Again, the Wall Street Journal:
"Under the new proposal, a bank such as Barclays or J.P. Morgan would set up a trust to buy securities with money borrowed from the Fed. The trust would then sell investors securities in the trust. Those securities would give returns similar to the TALF loan, but without the strings attached....The dealers say they could create markets for these derivative securities to trade.
The Fed's culpability in this boondoggle is undeniable. Bernanke and his wily friend at Treasury have given their full support to a plan that does nothing but move trillions of dollars of toxic waste from one balance sheet to another while foisting the liability onto the American taxpayer. And don't be misled by the term "trust" in the Journal's report. In this instance, "trust" refers to an Enron-type, off-balance sheets Structured Investment Vehicle (SIV) which is designed to keep investors in the dark about the real condition of the financial institutions that run them. SIV's are the banks sausage-making units which hold hundreds of billions of dollars of undercapitalized complex securities, like mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDO). These are the same debt-instruments which greased the skids for the current downward death-spiral.
Wall Street Journal:
"The vehicles also would make it easier for investors that aren't eligible for TALF loans to buy into the program, like investors that are restricted by their investment guidelines from using borrowed money to buy securities. Smaller hedge funds that can't vie for large allocations of deals could also buy in through these vehicles."
"Sure, what the heck. Why worry about "eligibility" or "restrictions"? We don't need a financial rescue plan that isolates the toxic waste and writes down the losses. We don't need to protect the taxpayer or the depositor. We'll just keep asset prices in the stratoshpere for a while longer by adding a little more helium and pretending that private institutions really want this mortgage-backed sludge. That way, we can keep the public from knowing what's really going on." This seems to be the general line of reasoning at the Fed and Treasury.
Wall Street Journal:
"Some investors have raised concerns, however, noting that the structure puts these dealers at an advantage in bidding and influencing the price of new offerings. They also say the derivative securities present old and familiar problems, such as keeping the end holder of the risk of the TALF securities several steps away from the pricing of that risk."
The economy is sliding headlong into another Great Depression because of the mispricing of risk, the sale of complex and unregulated derivatives, the vast and unsustainable use of leverage, and shadowy and fraudulent off-balance sheets operations. When the TALF is launched on Thursday, all of these same activities will be reignited with the explicit blessing of the Central Bank. It is a reckless, wacky plan to keep the banks in private hands and to keep asset prices inflated beyond their true market value.
Bernanke and Geithner are moving ahead with their plan despite the clearly articulated guidelines set out by the world's finance ministers and central bankers who convened over the weekend in Sussex, England. Number 7 of the G-20's Communiqué reads:
"We have also agreed to: regulatory oversight, including registration, of all Credit Rating Agencies whose ratings are used for regulatory purposes, and compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) code; full transparency of exposures to off-balance sheet vehicles; the need for improvements in accounting standards, including for provisioning and valuation uncertainty; greater standardization and resilience of credit derivatives markets; the FSF's sound practice principles for compensation; and the relevant international bodies identify non-cooperative jurisdictions and to develop a tool box of effective counter measure."
It couldn't be much clearer than that. But don't expect "compliance" from Geithner or Bernanke. They have no intention of reworking their plans to meet the demands of the G-20. No way. Multilateralism and cooperation might sound great in speeches, but it's not what drives policy.
The TALF and the "Public-Private Partnership" are another slap in the face of the international community. They violate the spirit and the letter of the G-20 communique. It will be interesting to see if foreign holders of US Treasurys endure this latest insult in silence or if there's a sudden stampede for the exits. There's a sense that the world is getting fed up with the Fed's financial chicanery and would like to chart a different course. Enough is enough.


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On this episode of I Hate Critics we've got three new movies: Magic Mike XXL, Terminator Genisys, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl. Both Sean and I loved Magic Mike XXL, it was a lot of fun. It kind of makes you want to be a male stripper. The joy they had making this movie comes back off the screen. Shelby and Beth were having fun as well. Me & Earl & the Dying Girl is completely awesome. It's essentially The Fault in Our Stars done properly. Terminator Genisys is fun but that pisses Josh off because it should be more serious and not fun. I'm paraphrasing because Josh isn't here to defend himself.
Our Undisputed Classic is Donnie Darko. In sticking with our time travel theme (not our male stripper theme) we went with Donnie Darko and it's a movie that is just amazing and if you mix the book in with it is even better.
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A downtown restaurant that overlooks Falls Park is reopening with a new look, a new name and a new personality.
Table 301 purchased Overlook Grill in May 2012, and closed it in December to work on a new concept.
On Thursday, the restaurant group announced the new name, Passerelle. The name was suggested by Table 301's branding partners, Brains on Fire. Passerelle is the French word for footbridge, fitting since the restaurant is located at the start of Liberty Bridge over Falls Park.
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- 1 pound halibut fillets or steaks (or other firm white fish such as cod or catfish)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (preferably kosher), divided
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 8 small (6-inch) corn tortillas
- 2 pints strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 1 small green jalapeño chile, seeded and chopped
- 3 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups chopped napa cabbage
- Heat oven to 450°F. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Place fish on baking sheet, smooth side down (if fillets); coat with cooking spray; season with cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Stack tortillas, sprinkle with a few drops of water, and wrap tightly in foil. Cook fish and tortillas until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork but is still moist, and tortillas are hot, 10 to 15 minutes. In a bowl, combine strawberries, jalapeño, chives, lemon juice, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper; stir. Flake fish into big pieces; unwrap tortillas. Divide fish, strawberry salsa and cabbage evenly among tortillas. Fold and serve.
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Stout: Wisconsin-Style Thin-Crust Pizza at an Irish Pub in NYC?
At an Irish pub, on the edge of Koreatown, in the heart of New York City, you'll find Wisconsin-style thin-crust pizza.
Stout NYC, which could be fairly termed a megapub, is offering a variety of pizza that most people don't even know exists, let alone are clamoring for.
Stout NYC
133 West 33rd Street, New York NY 10001 (map); 212-629-6191; stoutnyc.com
Pizza style: Midwest-style
The skinny: Stout's pizzas are somewhere on that continuum of Midwestern-style/bar-style pizza. But who cares what they are? They're a good snack
Price: Individual plain pizza, $8.95; large, $13.95
It was actually Slice'r rossadavis who tipped us all to the existence of this stuff in a Talk topic he started last month asking for good 24-hour pizza near Penn Station. (The pub is on 33rd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, near both Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.) Rossadavis followed up in the thread to inform us he found it at Stout:
So, here were the results. We ended up at a bar Stout 33rd and 7th ave, next to Old Navy, We ordered the Wisconsin Style Pizza, which immediatly made me think of Chicago style bar pizza. Very tasty, cracker thin and crispy, but pliable. Not much sauce. The cheese was not all Mozz, but a little tangy, possible provolone.
I'm not going to disagree with rossadavis here. For an Irish pub — a place I'd expect to find a good burger or a tasty shepherd's pie — the pizza was surprisingly good. The crust was flaky yet somehow still a little flexible, just as rossadavis said. In fact, his description was dead on. Moreover, I was impressed that they're using Esposito's sausage, which I ordered on my own pie — much like Chicago, Milwaukee is also a sausage-on-pizza town.
But, I have to offer a huge caveat — it's good only if you like this style of pizza. And I know most New Yorkers reading Slice don't.
I will also say that this pizza might be more an homage to Wisconsin-style pizza. While crust thicknesses I've had in the Milwaukee area tend to vary, I've never had one quite as thin as the Stout pizza. And, perhaps more off-the-mark: There is just way too little cheese on this thing. I mean, look at the pizza above and then the Stout pie at top. Here's another Milwaukee pizza for you:
So while Stout's pizza may be a tasty snack or quick meal, it's only close to Wisconsin-style pizza. Come to think of it, this may be the first time I can reverse-pizza-snob NYC: Stout's Wisconsin-style pizza is pretty good ... for pizza outside Wisconsin.
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CANNES, APRIL 2 - Sonar Entertainment Inc. and Ecosse Films have joined forces to develop and produce Quartermain. The new 10x60 action-adventure series is based on the classic swashbuckling stories by iconic Victorian-era author H. Rider Haggard. The announcement of the project, which is being introduced at Cannes during MIPTV, 2012, was made today by Stewart Till, CEO, Sonar Entertainment and Douglas Rae, Founder, Managing Director and Executive Producer, Ecosse Films. Rae will serve as executive producer on the project. Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle (Terry Pratchett's Going Postal) are the writers.
Allan Quatermain, a rugged expedition leader based in the busy, wild port of Durban, has recently turned his back on the lucrative but bloodthirsty practice of game hunts. He is approached by Baron Henry, a wealthy German noble, and Clarice Good, the beautiful but disgraced daughter of a US Governor, to help them find Baron Henry's brother, who's been missing since embarking on a dangerous attempt to locate the lost diamond mines of King Solomon.
Quatermain resolves to take on the mission to pay for his young son's schooling in London - a boy he hopes to give a life very different from his own. Using a rough-sketched map left behind, Quatermain and his African tracker Umbopa lead Baron Henry and Clarice set off across the scorching desert, where they encounter constant dangers and incredible, non-stop adventures along the way.
"Allan Quatermain is one of the greatest adventure heroes in all of literature. In the years since his introduction, he has subsequently inspired many hugely successful characters and franchises, including the Indiana Jones series," said Till. "We are extremely excited about this opportunity to partner with Ecosse as we introduce Quatermain to a new generation and bring his timeless exploits into the 21st Century."
"We are delighted to be developing this ambitious new international series with such an experienced and inspiring company as Sonar Entertainment," added Rae. "Quatermain has huge potential for an international audience."
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Ecosse Films is a multi award-winning company, specialising in high-quality drama for film and television, producing 11 films and over 300 hours of network television for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Showtime, Starz Channel and WGBH. Credits include the hugely successful film Mrs Brown, starring Judi Dench, Charlotte Gray starring Cate Blanchett, Becoming Jane starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, Brideshead Revisited starring Emma Thompson and Michael Gambon, the global family hit The Water Horse and the BAFTA nominated film Nowhere Boy, the teenage biopic of John Lennon.
TV series include BBC1's acclaimed long-running drama Monarch of the Glen and more recently the BBC 1 hit series Mistresses. Ecosse's $50 million international drama, Camelot, a 10 part series for Starz Channel and Channel 4, stars Joseph Fiennes, Jamie Campbell Bower, Tamsin Egerton and Eva Green.
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Sonar Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer, producer and distributor of award-winning television series, mini-series and movies for the global television marketplace. Sonar owns rights to over 1,000 titles comprising more than 3,500 broadcast hours of programming. The company maintains strategic creative and licensing partnerships with producers and broadcasters throughout the world.