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Meg Rosoff, multi award winning author of "How I Live Now", explores the pain of first love and coming-of-age in her compelling novel "What I Was", which was once described by "The Times" as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy.' Shall I tell you about the year I discovered love? I'd been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast, in a third. But without St Oswald's, I would not have discovered the fisherman's hut with its roaring fire, its striped blankets, its sea monster stew. Without St Oswald's, I would not have met the boy with the beautiful eyes, the flickering half-smile, and no past. Without St Oswald's I would not have met Finn. And without Finn, there would be no story. Shall we begin? "...thrilling and sensitively told". ("Observer"). "...mordantly funny and searingly well written". ("The Times"). Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel "How I Live Now" (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, "Just in Case" (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal) and "The Bride's Farewell", are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff.
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Meg Rosoff had three or four careers in publishing and advertising before writing her highly acclaimed first novel, How I Live Now. She moved from New York City to London in 1989, where she lives with her husband and daughter. What I Was is her third novel, after How I Live Now and Just in Case, for which she was awarded the Carnegie Medal.
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GATES vs. THE AIR FORCE....The competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman to build a new fleet of aerial tankers for the Air Force has been opened up yet again. That's no surprise after the GAO's June report criticizing the procurement process, but this part is sort of interesting:
At a Pentagon news conference, [Defense Secretary Robert] Gates said the competition would not start all over again, but instead Boeing and Northrop would be asked for amended proposals to deal with the GAO's criticisms. Gates said his office, and not the Air Force, would evaluate the new submissions. ....Gates' decision to strip the Air Force of oversight of the new competition is the latest in a series of high-profile setbacks for the service.
At a Pentagon news conference, [Defense Secretary Robert] Gates said the competition would not start all over again, but instead Boeing and Northrop would be asked for amended proposals to deal with the GAO's criticisms. Gates said his office, and not the Air Force, would evaluate the new submissions.
....Gates' decision to strip the Air Force of oversight of the new competition is the latest in a series of high-profile setbacks for the service.
Gates has a real war going with the Air Force, and this is the latest skirmish. There's probably not enough time left in the Bush administration for him to do any real damage to the flyboys, but I wonder how hard he'll try to get his successor to continue the fight? He really seems to have decided that the Air Force is seriously out of control and needs a big-time slapping down.
God is looking after the Air Force. Visit Colorado Springs and you'll see. He will smite Gates mightily. Even now prayer vigils are held in the dorms beseeching God to slay the evil one and to visit pestilence and poverty on seven times seven future generations of his family. It will be done.
God is looking after the Air Force.
Stop trying to out wierd Al, okay?
Gates is right. The Air Force needs smacking down. The bigs in Colorado Springs have been trying to turn them into a religious force with god-like air power. Sickening.
I'm no big fan of Boeing, but they obviously provided the better option, so something has been hinky about this process from the beginning. There is no way that it is cost effective to build assembly facilities etc. for a foreign designed and fabricated plane (even if it is in the perpetually good jobs poor but low rent South) than to adapt a domestically designed jet with existing manufacturing/assembly facilities and an established supply chain.
Given that this all happened under the Bush administration, we probably won't find out until after January whose pockets got lined on this one.
Gates is probably Episcopalian or Presbyterian, which puts him at odds with rattlesnake proofing Pentecosts.
A headline that leftists everywhere will welcome : Obama vs. The US Military.
This is the sort of knee-jerk bullshit that is truly puerile. My dad was a civilian employee of the US Army. On two separate occasions I lived in Kaiserslautern, Germany when he was stationed there. K-Town is near Ramstein Air Force Base and I was there when USAFE headquarters moved there from Wiesbaden. The infrastructure at Ramstein was always better than at any of the Army units in the area: Panzer Kaserne, Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern Army Depot (KAD), the Medical Material Center in Einsiedlerhof.
Indeed, the only one equal in terms to any of the Air Force facilities was Landstuhl Hospital, run by the Army, but serving both Army and Air Force.
The USAF has always been the rich kid of the services. One wonders these days whetehr a separate branch for the Air Force is actually needed.
Gates can't beat them, it IS the Air Force after all ... oops I meant OVER ALL!
There is talk that Obama might keep Gates on as Secretary of Defense.
By the way the fight is between Boeing and Air Bus. Northrup is just the Air Bus straw.
One really big problem is that the budget tradition is one-third to the Army, one-third to the Navy, and one-third to the Air Force.
But the Air Force was created to perform strategic bombing and gain control of the airspace above the battle. Missiles have now replaced most strategic bombing missions, and the Navy and Marines do at least as well providing control of the air space. Army anti-aircraft and anti-missile missiles replace a lot of what the Air Force used to do. Helicopters provide much of the close air support and more of the air-over-ground logistics support the the ground troops, a job the Air Force has always done grudgingly at best. Now the predator threatens to replace pilots for both surveillance and ground support.
About all that's left for the Air Force to do is long range air lift (essentially a form of trucking through the air) and space war (not yet very important.) Frankly the Air Force should be folded back into the Army and a lot of money wasted in duplicated logistics channels would be saved.
If the Pentagon developed a joint logistics branch (staffed with Navy and Army personnel) to support all military and gave it the Air Force's long distance air transport function while giving the tactical support of Army ground forces back to the Army (as the Marines have always done) no one would ever miss the Air Force.
It would give military aviation back to the military and naval forces. And the Air force knows this. They really have run out of significant reasons to continue to exist as a separate force. And the overall Pentagon budget could be lowered at no real loss of effectiveness. The Air Force is clearly not worth one-third of the overall budget.
Their lack of function has left them no hope beyond prayer and silliness.
Do we even need a new fleet of air tankers?
Sounds like another money-sucking boondoggle to me, either way.
"Do we need a new fleet of air tankers?"
Why, yes. Yes we do. The current fleet of tankers were built back in the 1950s and 1960s on the old Boeing 707 airframe.
Obama may keep Gates on. But if you want to do a bit of punditry here, read the recently released GAO report on evaluation process and why they overturned it. It's not clear to me that you can do as Gates has suggested, just redo the parts in question, and live up to the spirit of the GAO's criticisms.
Their criticisms were that the EADS proposal was non-responsive in the technical merits in several areas and should legally never have been accepted, that EADS never demonstrated they could refuel the Air Force fleet (apparently this is a V-22 issue), and that in many of the areas of the contract that they did not overturn, that not overturning it doesn't mean they think the Air Force got it right, merely that it goes to questions of judgment that they were not asked to make. That is, given a choice of A or B, the Air Force chose B, the GAO thinks that could be a dubious choice, but it wasn't in their scope to examine that choice, so it goes through.
I think the rebid is a good thing for everyone, I am not sure that it can be done in a meaningful way the way Gates want to.
What I am more curious about is your feelings regarding Gates in general. He was mightily opposed on the left before he was confirmed. Has that criticism borne out? How has he done? Was the left correct to oppose him so aggressively or did we make a mistake?
We do not need the tankers because there is no need to refuel military aircraft while they are in flight. There is no conflict that requires this fuel delivery system at this time, so there is no reason to spend the money on this bit of corporate welfare.
Brojo is absolutely correct. And has anyone bothered to even ask why planes have both LEFT and RIGHT wings? It's the payout to both parties from the military industrial complex.
We do not need the tankers because there is no need to refuel military aircraft while they are in flight. There is no conflict that requires this fuel delivery system at this time, so there is no reason to spend the money on this bit of corporate welfare. Posted by: Brojo
While this may be true, are we just supposed to wait until the current fleet of planes falls out of the sky?
Look, if you want a target deserving of ridicule and accusations of wastefulness, the continued maintenance of the B-52, which we haven't had any real use for since the 1980s, would be a better expenditure of your spleen. But failing to replace the re-fueling jets is short-sighted.
The AF has needed serious slapping down for a long time now. I've visited the Academy and those people have some seriously loose screws.
Probably it's because they're pilots, which means really aggressive by temperament, and because what they do (theoretically) is drop stuff on people and then fly home. They're perfectly willing to commit us to wars we'll fight down to the last GI and Marine.
Not so incidentally, the temperament/judgment thing about pilots applies to McCain.
This not quite a rebid and maybe Gates is being sent in to make sure they do it right and don't get flack for choosing Airvus. Key section: Although The Boeing Co. will get another shot at winning the competition to supply the Air Force with air-refueling tankers, Wednesday's announcement by the Defense Department fell far short of an all-new bid process.
And Boeing backers quickly called "foul" after the Pentagon's new point man in the tanker competition told some members of Congress that extra credit would be given for a bigger tanker -- a move that would favor the Airbus-based tanker that won the first contest.
JeffII wrote: âLook, if you want a target deserving of ridicule and accusations of wastefulness, the continued maintenance of the B-52, which we haven't had any real use for since the 1980s, would be a better expenditure of your spleen.â
Actually, when it comes to cruising around over a third world battle field and rolling smart bombs out on command from the grunts below, the B-52 is far cheaper than the B-1B, B-2, or the tactical jets. This exemplifies the problem with the air force â it is mostly geared to fighting the old Soviet Empire, not the lower intensity type of wars we are actually involved in.
Gates was mad about the use of drones in Iraq. He wanted the drones to be able to respond to the situation on the ground, so that officers as low as Captain who were in a tight spot could request a drone and get real time intelligence. The Air Force response was that because the drones were in short supply, their use would be controlled by an Air Force general. The need for air to air refueling is increasing, as more and more countries deny us landing rights.
I'm glad someone is scrutinizing military procurement and the revolving door. Could save hundreds of billions of dollars going for corruption.
Jeff II, I can't help but think you haven't followed the service history of the B-52. If you had, you'd realize that not only is it by far the cheapest heavy bomber to operate, but it has the largest payload.
There are many advantages to using the B-52 as a weapons platform well into this century (and it is planned to keep flying until 2040, making the H model a 90-year-old airframe at retirement), but the Air Force itself has kept needed upgrades on the back burner to fund blue-sky programs. The RB-211 engine lease proposal (far lower fuel burn, higher thrust, far higher reliability) was shelved in the 90s. A proposal to re-engine the B-52 with CFM-56 engines (the engines on your friendly local 737) also failed the Air Force's "shiny new toy" test.
Once you get past thepolitics, the B-52 actually makes more sense than the B-1 or B-2 for the kinds of wars we actually fight these days - not that I wouldn't be happier seeing them practicing bomb runs instead of making them.
I think it's Francophobia. The thought that the US Air Force might depend on tankers containing French components was, frankly, too Gauling for the Pentagon -- Carla Bruni notwithstanding.
(Carla can integrate her components on my tanker any day.)
Followed it real closely. In fact, just drove by Fairchild Air Force Base two weeks ago.
Once you get past thepolitics, the B-52 actually makes more sense than the B-1 or B-2 for the kinds of wars we actually fight these days - not that I wouldn't be happier seeing them practicing bomb runs instead of making them. Posted by: F'in Librul
With cruise missiles, the Trident submarine, ICBMs, etc., etc. we don't need heavy bombers. It's a relic of the Cold War and makes no sense with the kind of wars we fight today.
Interesting aside, it seems that the military's vaunted survival school at Fairchild is run by a private contractor. Probably a fucking sub-contractor of Blackwater.
With cruise missiles, the Trident submarine, ICBMs, etc., etc. we don't need heavy bombers.
Heavy bombers are, among other things, cruise missile platforms, and they can get to a launch position a lot quicker than most other platforms.
ICBMs have no role except strategic deterrence against major nuclear attack (an important role, but while it overlaps with that of heavy bombers, it doesn't replace all of their roles), and SSBNs have similar problems (though they can do some other tasks, many of which are better served by SSNs). ICBMs and SLBMs (and the SSBNs that carry them) are more "relics of the Cold War" with limited relevance to the kind of wars we fight today than are heavy bombers which, unlike ICBMs and SLBMs, are actually used in the kinds of wars we fight today.
Heavy bombers are, among other things, cruise missile platforms, and they can get to a launch position a lot quicker than most other platforms.Posted by: cmdicely
Yes. And they can get shot down just a quickly.
The B-52 made up one leg of the Cold War era nuclear defense tripod. Those days are over. In an era of targetable weapons, we don't carpet bomb cities any longer, the thing all heavy bombers were designed for in the first place.
And regardless of what it's fans say, the lumbering hulk does not fly "close air support," a task handled by much faster, harder to hit and more nimble B-1 and B-2 bombers and our mostly unmatched fighter aircraft, with the best for this task still being the relatively slow A-10 Warthog.
I always thought the A-10 looked more like a Puma.
It might be apostasy to say (because we are speaking of the Bush Administration where competence and intelligence is a scarcity at best), but I think that Gates has been an impressive SecDef and standing up to the Air Force is just one more piece of evidence in his favor.
I'd be pleased if Gates would stay on in an Obama Admin.
Actually it does precisely that. In Afghanistan and to a lesser extent Iraq B-52s loiter over the battlefield at 50,000ft (far above the range of any man portable air defense system) dispensing smart bombs on request from ground forces, and their relatively efficient engines mean that one can do so for hours on end without any tanker support, something that B-1s or faster fighters (even the A-10) can't do. That's actually why we need new tankers as well, without them we can't keep any fighters over troops providing air support, nor could we deploy them anywhere outside the continental US in the first place.
Gates is probably right to try and take on the Air Force, but he couldn't be doing it at a worse time. Aircraft are literally falling out of the sky from old age and gates is putting a stop to their replacements.
I'll just join the crowd in beating up on JeffII. The hot ticket today is JDAM, dumb bombs retrofited with smart electronics that can home in on GPS coordinates or to a laser designated target - cheap and effective. Why bother bringing a tactical jet down to within range of ground fire, when the guys up at 50,000 feet in a B-52 can just roll them out on request from the grunts below. This may all change if we face an enemy that can challange our air supremecy, but for now the B-52 is the ground attack weapon of choice.
The Air Force needs to be taken down at least two pegs. Their gaming of the UAV issue has cost & will continue to cost the lives of grunts which is completely inexcusable.
Good move on Gates part. I hope there is more to come.
"Against stupidity, the very gods themselves must contend in vain." - Friedrich von Shille
You've been seduced by manufacturer propaganda.
The B52 is the wholesale equivalent of what the A10 is retail. Loiter above the battlefield, and get called in as very close air support (using JDAMS).
The US doesn't have any opponents who can challenge its air superiority. So loiter time over target is what counts. As well as ability to launch from bases far, far away (Guam and Diego Garcia).
(Iranian Air Defence won't last 72 hours in a war, neither would Syrian. The US doesn't have any realistic enemies who could contest its control of airspace).
By contrast B1 and B2 are expensive to maintain and operate, and will have much lower airframe lives due to their aerodynamics (swing wings, stealth features etc.).
Note with ICBMs a conventional ICBM is impossible, for precisely the reason Congress identified. The Russians and the Chinese wouldn't be able to distinguish them from a sneak attack on their countries (imagine a launch by a Trident from the Indian Ocean towards Natanz or Waziristan). So launching an ICBM could trigger nuclear war with Russia or China.
If we fold the air force into the army, then we'll need to rebuild DoD headquarters as a square. And if we fold the marines into the navy, we can rebuild it as a triangle. And if we privatize the coast guard, we can make it a line, which will save on materials.
Not to kick a dead horse but I think it's nationalism that's the issue here -- Airbus vs. Boeing. American jobs vs. French jobs.
We saw a similar reaction by the US government to Dubai Ports' acquisition of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company back in spring, 2006. The US government is not ready to give up control over sensitive logistical and military facilities/equipment to foreign-owned firms, oil companies notwithstanding.
Oil companies have a long history of working hand-in-glove with the US government dating back to the CIA- and British-backed overthrow of Mossaddegh in Iran back in 1953.
Hey, come to think if it, do you think any of Iran's current suspicion of US motives in the Middle East has to do with the fact that we overthrew their government once before, just 55 years ago? There are probably quite a few Iranians still around who remember that time.
The US doesn't have any realistic enemies who could contest its control of airspace.
So we do not need to spend hundreds, nor thousands, of billions of dollars on new aircraft and weapons systems. There are no realistic enemies to fight at this time, so the expenditures are a waste of public resources to enrich unworthy war contractors.
Has anybody here actually read the decision? And that's what it is, by the way, not a report or audit, but a decision by a GAO hearing officer sustaining a bid protest brought by Boeing. It's here.
The short version is that the AF really screwed this thing up. It's not about french jobs, or the SecDef, or anything else. The underlying issue here is not between Gates and the AF, but between the AF and Boeing.
The AF never forgave Boeing for dragging it through the Darleen Druyun mess, and the five years of incredibly disruptive IG investigations that followed. The AF procurement community HATES Boeing, and doesn't care that they are an American company. There was no way that the AF was giving this contract, the re-do of the very contract that sparked the Druyun-Boeing mess, to Boeing. EADS knew that all it had to do was find a US beard, and it would win. Which it did. And if you read the GAO decision, it's pretty obvious that the AF had its thumb on the scales.
Oh, and unless you are going to scrap all of current US air power doctrine, lots of which is really, really effective, you need tankers, and our current fleet is fifty years old. What you seem to be missing, Brojo, is that the reason we have uncontested control of airspace is because of the superiority of our machines. This is not an argument for getting rid of these machines and not buying new ones. There may be good arguments for that position, but that's not one of them.
We need them badly. We needed them badly five years ago when Boeing paid off the AF's procurement chief to get the contract.
Indeed, one of the good arguments is something I hinted at in my last post. Our F-15s, one of the lynch pins of our uncontested air superiority, are literally falling out of the sky from old age (metal fatigue). We currently have roughly 500 F-15s flying while Gates as part of his anti-Air Force jihad has been very firm in trying to keep the production of their replacement (the F-22) at 180 planes. And before anyone says it, no we can not just replace them with more F-15s, or at least not for much cheaper as the average new build F-15 has a going price of $100 million vs $120 million for a Raptor.


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- 1 1/2 cups pitted black olives (they can be cured either in oil or in brine)
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced
- Black pepper, to taste
- Place the olives, garlic, and capers into a food processor fitted with the S blade and pulse to combine.
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Non-sufficient funds
Non-sufficient funds (NSF) is a term used in the banking industry to indicate that a demand for payment (a check) cannot be honored because insufficient funds are available in the account on which the instrument was drawn. In simplified terms, a check has been presented for clearance, but the amount written on the check exceeds the available balance in the account. An NSF check is often referred to as a bad check or dishonored check, or more colloquially, a bounced check, cold check, rubber check, returned item, or hot check.
When a bad check is written, the following consequences may occur:
- The check writer may be charged a fee by his/her own financial institution. This fee may vary, depending on the bank's policies.
- If paying the item puts the account holder in a negative status by a relatively small amount, the bank may choose to honor the check. When this occurs, the account will be overdrawn, and the fees charged by the bank will place an extra burden on the account until the overdraft is covered. This is a civil matter with the holder's bank and not likely to be subject to outside reporting if settled quickly enough.
- If the paying of the item would place the account quite deep in the hole, the bank will likely choose not to honor the check. The item will be returned to the depositor's bank, and ultimately to the depositor. The amount of the check plus the depositor's bank's fee will be debited from the depositor's account. The depositor then may choose to re-submit the check, hoping it will clear on a second attempt, or else proceed immediately with collection activities, civil or criminal.
- If the dishonored check has been scanned and replaced by a substitute check, the original check is not returned to the depositor, but instead the substitute check will be marked "not sufficient funds" and returned to the depositor.[1]
- The recipient may choose not to accept checks in the future from the writer (typically recorded on a paper or electronic "Do not accept checks from..." list), or may suspend the check-writer's privileges until the check-writer has made good on the debt.
- The recipient may choose to report the writer to a database service. This may lead to other merchants in the future refusing to accept checks from the writer or a joint account holder, or the writer having trouble obtaining a checking account at another bank for several years.
- If a merchant or other place of business (particularly small businesses) receives too many bad checks from customers, it may simply decide to not accept any checks at all from anyone.[2]
Reasons for dishonored checks[edit]
The reasons for receipt of bad checks mostly relate to the party issuing the check not having sufficient funds available in the amount presented for withdrawal from the checking account. Apart from this reason, there are many other more minor reasons that checks may not be honored, including:
- Account holder canceling the check, i.e. deliberately dishonoring the payment.
- Account is closed. In such a case a fraudulent action might have been taken.
- No Authority to debit. The party owning said account might be under curatorship.
- Account under investigation. Issuing-party may have been involved in previous fraudulent action.
- Account holder deceased. Party issuing check might have passed-on before check is honored.
- Account frozen. Or, effects frozen. Usually occurs during a divorce, when the estate is evaluated.
- Authorization cancelled. The issuing bank took action.
- No such account. Party issuing check gave a false instrument or committed a fraudulent act.
Collection on dishonored checks[edit]
When a bad check is negotiated, the recipient of the check may choose to take action against the writer. The action that is taken may be civil or criminal, depending on the amount of the check and the laws in the jurisdiction where the check is written.
In many jurisdictions in the United States, a bad check restitution program exists that allows recipients of bad checks to collect the funds from the local district attorney's office, regardless of the amount. An agency run by the district attorney will pursue the writer of the check by attempting to collect the funds in exchange for avoiding criminal prosecution. The check writer will be responsible to cover the amount of the check, plus all fees to which the recipient is legally entitled, plus a program fee. The writer will also be required to take a course designed to improve check-writing habits. These programs are controversial and in recent years, have come under fire in lawsuits. Normally, if check writer can cover up their bad credits in sixty days, all charges will be dropped.
Note that in some places, for a criminal prosecution on a bad check, there must be "fraud" involved. In some U.S. states, if the check writer informs the party they are uttering the check to that it will not clear at the current time (such as asking someone to "hold" a check for a few days), if the check bounces, they can still be sued for the value of the check, but warning the recipient before acceptance that the check will not clear immediately negates the element of fraud and prevents criminal prosecution.
Steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of a bad check include:
- Carrying a higher balance in the checking account; that is to always have a "buffer" amount just in case an unexpected check does clear.
- Better balancing techniques
- Overdraft protection - This may be in the form of a link to a savings account from which funds will be automatically transferred, a credit card, or, a line of credit designed specially for this purpose.
- Using a credit/debit card or cash instead of checks.
Despite consumer interest rates being at, historically, an all time low, many banks have moved from a community-investment based profit model to a customer fee based profit model. Many banks do not utilize a readily accessible technology that verifies available funds before accepting a debit or check charge. If a charge exceeds the available funds most banks prefer to charge a fee. For example: Alliance Bank raised the fee from $28.00 to $35.00 in 2009; this markup has recently caught the attention of consumer advocates and regulators alike, however, it's important to note that many banks charge the same fee for "nonsufficient funds" as "over-drafting," whether or not such 'protection' is enabled. The difference between either fee schedule is purely semantic; the same amount of money may be deducted from the customer's account, per incident, whether or not overdraft protection is enabled. Thus, the only remaining distinction from the end-user's perspective is whether or not the "bad transaction" is honored.
A customer's ability to dispute/reconcile such fees is heavily restricted, with some banks (such as PNC Bank), limiting customers to one dispute per year. Once this limit has been reached, it is typically the banks policy to deny any form of restitution, even in cases where the bank's fault is clearly demonstrable.
Banks, as trustees of their customers' money, are also in the semi-unique position of being able to deduct fees from a customer's account directly, without permission from the account owner. In many cases, this deduction may cause further pending transactions to fail, creating an "overdraft cascade" - a situation in which the fees charged may be several magnitudes greater than would have been charged had the pending transactions been processed before the fees. The instant, and often retroactive nature of the fees lowers the account balance at the time the pending transactions are processed, creating an additional fee for each instance in which a transaction is attempted. It's not unusual for a dozen or more fees to be applied before a customer realizes that an account is 'empty.'
Legal issues[edit]
In England and Wales and Australia, such checks are typically returned marked "Refer to Drawer" - an instruction to contact the person issuing the check for an explanation as to why the check was not honored. This wording was brought in after a bank was successfully sued for libel after returning a check with the phrase "Insufficient Funds" after making an error; the court ruled that, as there were sufficient funds, the statement was demonstrably false and damaging to the reputation of the person issuing the check. Despite the use of this revised phrase, successful libel lawsuits brought against banks by individuals remained for similar errors.[3][4]
In India, a bounced check is a criminal offense, punishable by fines and/or jail term, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.[5][6] Until January 2013, a bounced check was a criminal offense in the United Arab Emirates that led to imprisonment of the person who wrote it.[7]
Metaphorical use[edit]
Martin Luther King used the concept as a metaphor in his I Have a Dream speech. He compared the Declaration of Independence to a bad check.[8]
Another example is the phrase "Don't let your mouth write a check your ass can't cash." (alternatively, "checks" or "body" (instead of "ass")) is used to mean, "Don't make brash boasts you can't back up," and originates in Urban English, being attested since the 1960s,[9] though today it's found more generally, as in the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused.
See also[edit]
- ^ Substitute check marked "not sufficient funds"
- ^ Wood, Leslie (2005-06-29). "DA explains consequences of writing bad checks in Gallup". Independent. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ "Bounced cheques yield libel damages". The Independent. 21 July 1992. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ Ackland, Richard (6 August 2010). "Cheques and free speech get bounced - Aktas v. Westpac". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "The legal consequences with bounced cheques! - Yahho India Finance".
- ^ Clancy, Rebecca (2013-01-01). "UAE stops jailing expats for bounced cheques". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ^ http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
- ^ "Don't let your mouth write checks your body can't cash", The Big Apple, February 10, 2010
External links[edit]
- National Check Fraud Center. Explains the laws pertaining to bad checks in all fifty U.S. states.


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Paragon, IN – JW Jones Company, based southwest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, specializes in remanufacturing and refurbishing all makes and models of aggregate and recycle crushing, screening and washing equipment to upgrade operational efficiency and provide a greater return on investment for contractors and producers worldwide. The company has a strong reputation for completely remanufacturing portable and stationary cone crushers to perform like new or better, including Symons, Nordberg, Telsmith, Cedarapids* and many other brands. JW Jones management estimates that it has remanufactured and sold more than 1,000 cone crushers worldwide to date—with 60 percent of those being Symons cone crushers.
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A distributed denial-of-service attack against anti-spam group Spamhaus has provided evidence that cyber-criminals have found a new target: WikiLeaks supporters. The cyber-criminals have combined the intense interest over WikiLeaks with a misleading domain name to trick users into going to a fake site, security researchers said. Spamhaus was hit by DDoS attack on Dec. 18. Since the group had come under fire from WikiLeaks supporters for warning that wikileaks.info was under the control of a Russian host known for hosting malware and phishing sites, Spamhaus and other security researchers naturally thought it was a retaliatory attack from Anonymous.
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Humor to me, Heaven help me, takes in many things. There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be a disciplined eye and a wild mind. There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it. There must be some lagniappe in the fact that the humorist has read something written before 1918. There must be, in short, S. J. Perelman.
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Actors, musicians and comedians such as William Shatner, Michael Stipe and Snoop Dogg (on this occasion, apparently not in the motherf***ing house) are hidden within Buck's images so well that the photographs are presented with a certificate signed by an independent witness to state that they are actually within the frame somewhere, whether it be hiding behind or under some feature in the photograph.
Normally keen to promote themselves in any way possible, Buck says that the celebrities were all up for the idea, with many trying to find the most difficult places to hide - Russell Brand spent a lot of time hiding in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel in New York William Shatner directed Buck to a hay loft in which he hid. "The key thing about this series is that it was something that was hard to say no to," Buck says. "It was more fun for them."
Buck says the images are "a great compliment to the celebrity because the images are changed knowing that Kathy Griffin is in the picture or Jon Hamm; they're enriched, they're made more interesting, and I think that's a very powerful statement about what these people and their stories bring to the picture. "At the same time," he adds, "It's a bit of an 'f-you' because you've worked really hard to become successful, and now I'm not going to show you." See more at chrisbuck.com.
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Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, developer of the LST program, and Dr. Veronica Velasco, a psychologist and researcher at The Regional Observatory on Drug Addiction (OReD) of Lombardy, Italy (who participated via video) reported that LST also increased drug refusal skills and anti-drug attitudes compared to controls, and increased adaptive coping skills, interpersonal skills, and sense of well-being among participating students (ages 11-14).
"The results of the LST project in Italy are very consistent with what we've seen here in the US," said Dr. Botvin, professor emeritus at Cornell University's Weill Medical College. "LST arms teens with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to resist negative influences to use drugs from friends and the media. And it gives them the skills and resilience needed to cope with life's many challenges."
The Regional Observatory on Drug Addiction (OReD) of Lombardy, Italy, is spearheading this project. Ultimately, they hope to see that all students in the country receive the LST program. The OReD of Lombardy, under the auspices of Eupolis Lombardia and in association with the Regional Network on Addiction Prevention, supports prevention programs throughout the schools in its region.
"We chose LST because it was clearly the highest quality program available, and it was also very important to us that LST is evidence-based, and fits all 16 NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) principles of prevention," said Dr. Velasco. "Approximately 1,800 teachers and 30,000 students from 180 schools are participating in one of the first region-wide health projects ever delivered in Italy."
The project started in Milan, the capital of the Lombardy region, and then expanded to the rest of Lombardy. Lombardy is a very densely populated area (10 million people) with 15 health communities.
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Aqua/Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Alcohol Denat., Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Phenyl Trimethicone, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Squalane, Bis-PEG/PPG-14/14 Dimethicone, Magnesium Sulfate, Talc, Nylon-12, Maltitol, Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Caffeine, Citrus Medica Limonum Extract/Lemon Fruit Extract. May Contain: CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499/Iron Oxides. [October 14, 2010]Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I like this roller because it really conceals my dark circles well and blends evenly into my skin tone. Its got a thick consistency so you have to really blend well into your skin. A little goes a long way. I bought it in the medium/dark color for my NC35 skin. The only problem is that the product doesn't dispense from the roller at times, so I have to roll vigorously on the back of my hand, shake it a bit to get the product out. Its only been 15 days since I bought it, so its not empty, its definitely full. I am not sure if this happened with anyone else, but I wouldn't be buying this product again because of its packaging quality. I would rather use a cream concealer from a jar.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This gives little coverage for people who have really bad dark circles like I do. I gave it 4 lippies however, because it gives a very natural (light) coverage and goes on and blends in smoothly. I use this on days when I go to work and want to look a little more natural. This way I don't look too sick or tired but I don't look cakey.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Other, Medium
Eyes: Blue
About me: NW13-20 (neutral-cool toned, very fair), dark gray- blue eyes, Color season is True Summer, Baumann Skin Type is OSPW/DSPW.
Honestly, this is not a good product if you have under eye circles. The yellow color does neutralize, but the coverage is not enough. Since this requires a separate brush to blend for application, AND a second product to cover up the rest... not worth it.
Edit: I retried this. for some reason, I am just not seeing why people love this so much. i don't have extremely dark circles, but it still did not provide enough coverage.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this because it was on sale, and I had previously used the one in the green container without concealer (and loved it). This didn't cover my under eye circles, didn't reduce puffiness which is why I bought it. Feels nice and cooling but I need more coverage. Now using UD Eyem tired and regular concealer (cover girl tru match).
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I got this in my glossy-box, and at first I was disappointed. I gave it one try and that was all I needed to know I love it.
First, I really liked the roller, I think it's really easy to apply the concealer this way- the way it just travel smoothly under the eye...
It's texture is very light and nice, I really like that because a concealer that's heavy only can make the make-up look bad and old.
It has nice coverage as well, I don't have dark circles underneath the eyes, but I've noticed that on days my eyes do look kinda tired, this product brightens them up perfectly, and it looks very very natural.
So I give 5 on every aspect, and totally buy this again!
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Very Dry, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
When I first got this, it was to use as a concealer because I don't have bad dark circles. I thought I was in love with it, but after about a month I took a good look at it and realized I hated it! Not only is the color very yellow, which is never good for dark circles, it settled into lines I had and kind of made me look old! The packaging is also pretty bad. I'm not a germaphobe like some people on here, but the rollerball didn't feel very sanitary. I definitely would have preferred a squeeze tube. Also it's hard to dispense the product sometimes because of the way the packaging is designed. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Don't waste your money!
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Other, Other, Medium
Eyes: Green
This is a very good product.
Considering its price and that you can find it anywhere here, even in the supermarket, it is a star product.
-liquid texture: for me it is a plus because it does not feel heavy,feels more appropriate for the under-eye delicate skin and it is buildable.
- stays put: does not settle into fine lines (nor does it make them disappear though)
-ease of use
-excellent packaging to carry in your bag
- excellent for touch ups or pick-me-ups, it does not smudge your makeup.
-fairly inexpensive
- not "luminous" enough: I find its finishing a bit too matte for my taste. For you over 35, I would higlhy recommend prepping with a light eyecream underneath for best results.
- does not have any antiaging, anti-dark cirle effect: marketed as such, it does not deliver. I do not have heavy dark cirle/line/puffines issues to begin with, but after 3 months of use, I have not experienced any benefits.
This is a very good "value for money" undereye illuminator and not a skincare product (even though it is marketed as such), which is fairly gentle on the delicate undereye skin, performs better than many highend illuminatiors out there and it is definatelly worth a shot.
For those of you familiar with Guerlain's precious light illuminator, the Garnier product is inferior for sure, but a very close second, and when the budget is tight, this is an excellent alternative!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product is a little too light for my skin, warm tan but I can easily use it if i put foundation over it so it works. It is a great corrector if you have heavy dark under eyes. For the price tho I will just buy one that fits my skin tone when this one runs out
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I have found another thread of reviews on MUA on the same product ..So , here is is my review "again" :
don't have severe dark circles , but I have deep-set eyes and I don't have the healthiest lifestyle ..So I have been using concealers & more make-up for the last two years ..I bought this after reading the good reviews , I liked it ..Specially the cooling roll-on ball which soothes in the hot weather I live in (I recommend putting it in the fridge all the time if you live in a warm country ) ...It doubled as an amazing eye primer under eyeshadows ( yey :) ..I have dry eyelids so I can't use typical eye primers happily :/.. The only problem was ; I bought it in meduim ..or dark I think ...Which was too dark for me ..Still, I use it as an eye primer till I get a lighter shade to use it under my eyes .
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I feel like a deranged super hero, on an never ending quest to combat my arch nemesis under eye circles.
Seriously, my mom gave me alot of things, gorgeous hair, flawless complextion, big dark eyes. She also went ahead and passed along her horrible under eye circles. The kind of circles that leave me with three choices in the morning. Sunglasses, Full Makeup, Or spend an entire day recieving sympathy and the well wishes of people who hope I feel better soon. So my story with this product goes as follows..
1.) Reading a magazine, hmm under eye roller.. Pfft as IF.
2.) Wandering through store, hmm there's that roller thing, looks stupid.
3.) Back at store, okay maybe I will try it..
4.) No way its to expensive, it isn't going to work..
5.) Okay I am going to try it..KEEP THE HOPE ALIVE!..
6.) -glances nervously- I hope no one saw my fist pump..
7.) Okay here we go..-applies it-
8.) -Blends it and sets it with a dab of powder-
9.) Wow, really?
10,) Hey, wow..really?
11.) -goes outside for the first time in years with no sunglasses, no full makeup, and get told how pretty I look "natural" by multiple people.
12.) SUCCESS! My mission is complete!
In summary I love this product, I happen to be lucky and it matches my skintone, I could definately see how some people might not have that experience with it. The coverage is pretty sheer though and easily blended. I do set it with a light powder. All in all I will definately repurchase so I can use it on days when I just want to run to the store without spending 45 minutes in front of my mirror combating dark circles with 5 different products and turning myself into a human optical illusion.
One warning, do not expect the roller ball to just flawlessly roll it onto your skin. That would be awesome, but really I just tap some product there with it and blend with my fingers.
Also I can wear it all day with no touch up, however it would be super easy to reapply and fix up if needed because its such a light layer!
As long as they make it, this will be in my makeup box..
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The Rome 390's are pretty much good for everything including park as well as the Union Force's. The new 2012 Rome Targas have some new additions which I've heard will make them 10x better than last year and are good for park.
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Thanks for all of the responses! Im stuck between the Rome 390 bosses and the flux rk30s. If you could give me differences such as flex, comfortability, etc that would be great. Im leaning toward the fluxs, but then there's also romes warranty on the straps etc. Any suggestions?
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Personally i don't like the Rome's too much. but that's just a personal opinion and nothing really concrete. Flux made an impact on me....
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When I first read this after you posted, I thought "what is this guy talking about?"
I simply think people got bored. I remember when I first joined Pokecommunity in 2007, there would be a new fan game added on the board every week. Now, this isn't really the case. The Showcase section barely changes meanwhile the Beginner's Showcase is boring in that most of the ideas never work and never become big. Personally, I think we need more tools to help aid in game development. This is why the ROM Hacking section on Pokecommunity is still much bigger than the game development one.
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