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Giuliani: I was a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. I got a call from the judge that I was a law clerk for, Lloyd MacMahon. It was on Good Friday, 1978, maybe. I remember it was Good Friday because I was there for a short period and I was going to go to church.
But before I could get to church I get a call from Judge MacMahon, about eleven in the morning. And he says that this company that the SEC was pushing into bankruptcy – because the people who owned had sold off a lot of the property for limited partnership tax shelters. They had looted maybe $30 million, $40 million from the company. That the company was going into Chapter 11 and that he needed someone who could sue these people and try to recover a lot of the – try to find as much of this money as possible, if it hadn't been dissipated.
So I was selected for my expertise as an investigator of white collar crime, which I had done as an assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecutor, now I was in law practice. So I was supposed to apply – that's why the judge thought of me doing it. Which was a good decision, I did know how to do that and my law firm knew how to do that.
But all of a sudden, as I'm getting it organized to leave for Good Friday services and for Easter, thinking, "Well, we've got days to do this," I get a call.
Someone tells me, "Buggy Clemons is on the phone." I said, "Who's Buggy Clemons?" He said, "Buggy Clemons runs your coal mines." I said, "What do you mean, my coal mines?"
"Well, he's just gotten some kind of court order that said that you're in charge of the coal mines."
So I get on the phone. And this other fellow, Mr. Wombles is on the phone with him. They say, "Are you going to send down the money for the payroll today?" Because this was a Friday, Good Friday. I said, "What payroll?" Lo and behold, it turns out that when the judge signed the order, it wasn't just a suit to get the money back. I was the chief operating officer by virtue of the company. I had no idea that this was going to happen.
So I went around my law firm. I found one of my partners, Joel Carr, who had been general counsel to an oil company. And I thought that was the closest thing we could find to a coal company. I sent him down there and we spent three months learning the business. It was the most fascinating experience of my life.
Forbes: Describe the meeting. You as a New Yorker before these angry, embittered coal miners who felt they'd been shafted. And here comes this outsider from New York, going to tell them what to do.
Giuliani: I was running the company for about maybe a month, two months. We were sort of getting it going, getting it moving. We had reestablished some of their contracts with the Dayton Power & Light Company. And the United Mine Workers just concluded a settlement and gave their miners a raise. Mine were non-union, but they wanted the same raise as the United Mine Workers.
We didn't have enough money to give them a raise; we were still in bankruptcy. So they went out on strike. The former owners of the company – the good guys who had sold the company and had been cheated – told me, you know, "Just let them let off steam, and they'll come back after two or three days." But I said, "I have to get this – I've got to make money every day. Why would they resist me? I'm going to bring them all together in a tool shed." Big shed – there's about 800 of them. "I'm going to talk to them and I'll be able to talk them into going back. I'll explain to them, I'm just a good, decent guy. I'm just going to help them." So I get them all in the tool shed. I walk in. First thing I realize different about this than anything in New York is about ten of them have guns. Shotguns.
Forbes: These are real.
Giuliani: One guy is sitting in the front. Really fearsome guy. And he has a knife and he's whittling. So I get up with my suit on – which was probably a mistake to start with, because they're all dressed in what coal miners would wear – and I give them a very formal speech, about 20 minutes, explaining I was appointed by the court, that I have no desire to take any money from them, that all the money that we can regain is going to go back into the company. We have a chance of recovering money. And as soon as we have money, I will give them a raise. But I can't give them a raise right now. Because right now I can't really figure out how much the company has, how much it'll have in the future. But that I need them to go back to work and I wish they would just do this.
Then I say, "Are there any questions," which was the biggest mistake of all. The guy whittling puts up his hand like this. First question, "Are you a Jew?" I said, "What?" He said, "Are you a Jew?" I said, "Well, no, I'm not. But, you know, several of my partners that are involved in this are." And I point to them. And those poor guys are standing there like, "What the hell's he doing this for?"
Well but he, you know – I wanted to show that I wasn't prejudiced or something, you know. But here's one of my partners who's going to help work on this project is. And he is looking at me like, "Will you stop this? What are you doing?" I said, "Well why would you think that?" He said, "I think that because you come from New York. And the guys who took the money out of this company were New York Jews. I don't want no New York Jews down here taking money from us. And your name is Giuliani."
I said, "Okay." I said, "Well now let me just reiterate the fact that I'm not Jewish. But there will be people –" I didn't point to them again. But I said, "But there will be people working on this that are Jewish. And you're just going to have to deal with that." So now we go on ten, 15 more questions, some equally as absurd as that, some a little more sensible. But I'm getting nowhere.
They want to know, you know, did I know these people? I'm from New York. These people who took the money out of this company were from New York. Did I know them? I didn't know them. But they think New York is like five people and they all know each other. "You must know them. You're just claiming you don't know them." We get to – we're about 20 minutes into it. One very nice guy in the back – I'll always remember it, he was like the best-dressed guy in the room – puts up his hand. And he says, "Mr. Giuliani," he said, "I have a suggestion."
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Bath events celebrate an 'Old Fashioned Christmas'
BATH — The City of Ships becomes the City of Sleighs this month for another "Old Fashioned Christmas."
Events began Nov. 30 with a tree lighting at Library Park, and the next few Fridays – Dec. 6, 13 and 20 – will feature trolley Christmas caroling from 5-9 p.m. People can warm up with a blanket and hot chocolate, and ride the trolley through the city streets. Passengers are picked up at City Hall every half hour.
A downtown open house will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Holiday music, unique gifts and refreshments will greet patrons of shops and restaurants.
Running that day through Sunday, Dec. 22, is a window and storefront holiday decorating contest. Votes will go into a drawing for a gift basket from Bath's downtown businesses. Red ballot boxes are available at Brackett's Market, downtown banks and businesses, and at Hallett's Clock.
Winners will be announced at "Sing! It's Christmas!," the city's annual community caroling party, at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Dec. 23.
Throughout the month, new and unwrapped gifts or toys can be donated in the lobbies of the Bath Area Family YMCA, Bath City Hall and Patten Free Library. Non-perishable foods for the city's food bank can also be stuffed in the bags.
Letters to Santa or holiday cards for seniors can also be dropped in red boxes around downtown throughout this month.
The ringing of the Paul Revere Bell at City Hall wraps things up on Dec. 31. The end of 2013 will be celebrated from noon to 1 p.m., with songs and a brief ceremony, with the bell-ringing and refreshments inside the building to follow.
Log onto visitbath.com/events/an-old-fashioned-christmas for more information.

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Neurontin Side Effects
It is no joke when you regularly suffer from sickness or ailments that cause you to have seizures. A regular visit and check-up with the specialist is a must. Also, you must have maintenance medicines that will help regulate the seizure attacks. However, there are cases that the seizure attacks happen suddenly; a medication that could help stop it right away is a must. You may be familiar with Neurontin as this is one drug that is on the list of anti-epileptic medications. This anti-convulsant affects the chemicals and nerves in our body that are responsible for the seizures and as with other medicines; there are neurotin side effects that must be checked.
If you are taking neurontin, make sure that you regularly visit your doctor for proper monitoring and prescription of the medicine. It is best that you take the medicine as stated by your physician. If there are neurontin side effects that you think is bothering you, then do not hesitate to call your doctor. The more common neurontin side effects include allergic reactions like hives, swelling of the face, lips, tongue and throat. The patient may also suffer from swollen glands and having painful sores around the eye and mouth area. It is also common to feel nauseous, dizzy, drowsy, weak and feeling tired. The patient may also suffer from diarrhea, headache and loss of balance.
If these neurontin side effects are felt by the patient then immediately bring this to your doctor's attention: increased seizures, fever and flu symptoms and chest pain. The other more serious neurontin side effects include skin rashes that could lead to bleeding, jaundice, stomach pain and rapid eye movement. If you feel that you or your patients suffer from any of the side effects even though it is minimal, do not hesitate to inform your doctor about it. It may be a symptom of something more serious and you would not want that to happen.
What Is Neurontin?
People suffering from epileptic shocks are common with the drug Neurontin. This anti-convulsant is one of the more popular medicines prescribed to people that are suffering from epilepsy. This drug can be taken in by adults without any problems but it can only be prescribed to children not lower than 12 years old. As with any other medicines, it is not uncommon for the patients taking in this medicine to suffer from neurontin side effects. Some of The side effects can be simple and can be dismissed easily. However, there are those that can become serious if not taken cared of or treated immediately.
This anti-epileptic medication belongs to the medicines classified as an anti-convulsant. Upon ingestion, it affects the nerves in the body as well as the chemicals present that cause the body to seize and suffer from convulsions. Aside from being an anticonvulsant, it can also be used to treat pain associated with epileptic seizure attacks. As said, even kids 12 years old and above can take in this medicine however it should be prescribed by a physician so that neurontin side effects can be minimized. We all know that it is common for patients taking in drugs, especially strong ones to suffer from side effects so there is no need to panic if you see that the patient is suffering from neurontin side effects.
Aside from treating patients suffering from epileptic attacks or seizures to regulate it, Neurontin is also used as a treatment for pain associated with the epileptic attacks. It can also be used to treat patients who suffer from the shingles or herpes zoster. Patients suffering from this sickness usually need treatment for nerve pain. Also, children can as young as 3 years old suffering from partial seizures can take this medicine together with other medications. However, neurontin side effects must be strictly monitored especially for the young patients. Neurontin side effects can be controlled when the patient regularly goes in for checkups to monitor the body's condition.
Neurontin Dosage
Patients suffering from epileptic seizures are familiar with the drug Neurontin. This is usually prescribed to adult patients and children not below 2 years old. Although children below 12 years old but not younger than 3 years of age can still take this medicine but it is usually mixed in with other drugs to treat partial seizures. It is best that the patient goes to a specialist of physician to get the correct prescription as to the dosage of the medicine to be taken in. It is not uncommon for a patient to suffer from neurontin side effects when taking in this medicine.
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2012 SBEC football
Young Trojans squad will lean on small core of seniors
Entering his second year as football coach at Southern Baptist Educational Center, Brad Kimberlin has kept a close eye on the expectations by outsiders of the program.
"They say, 'It's a rebuilding year, for a couple of years,' and that's great," said Kimberlin. "I want them to think that. But I think we'll surprise some people."
In 2011 his Trojans shocked a lot of people by posting a 9-3 record and advancing to the state quarterfinals.
The county's lone member of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association opens the 2012 season Friday at Rossville Christian. It's on to Nashville the next week to play Davidson Academy, before hosting Pillow Academy Aug. 31.
SBEC's 42-man roster features just eight seniors.
"Most of the senior leadership is probably going to be balancing the line of scrimmage," Kimberlin said. "They realize out of the crew there's not just one that's a main leader. I think that the whole senior class knows its role and it's got to be a unit in leadership."
One senior at a vital skill position is quarterback PK Pearson, who according to Kimberlin, entered camp with a "great duel" with sophomore Dalton Markle.
"They're probably neck and neck. The pluses and minuses are different," he said. "At 7-on-7, you see the good and bad out of both of them."
The summer's aerial program also solidified several options at receiver, including Samuel Kail and Nick McKenzie on the outside, and fellow juniors Grant Kimberlin and Drew Fowler inside. The go-to guy at tailback is senior Dylan Crouch, while the offensive line will function behind returning starters Ben Wadsworth and Matt Stillions. The center position belongs to sophomore Cody Greer.
"We're all tight and I think we're on the right track," said Stillions. "We work together really well."
The defense took a hit with middle linebacker Macon McClanahan transferring to Lewisburg, yet Kimberlin is eager to excel with a core foundation of Wadsworth, Stillions and senior Forrest Mallory in the team's 3-5-3 scheme.
"Skill-wise, we're better than we were last year," Kimberlin said. "Overall, we'll have much more team speed."
Fitting nicely with SBEC's motto: 'Believe in the Process,' is the fact that there's 15 freshmen waiting in the wings. "There's a process you go through," said Kimberlin. "In football, you don't reap the rewards in the ninth or tenth grade; you start maybe seeing the potential. It's a process, and a lot of kids nowadays don't want to pay the price.
"(Fifteen) freshmen are great for the future, but you're squeezing everything you can out of those upperclassmen. They know they've got to be in shape."
Said Crouch: "I'm very excited. (Training camp) brought us close, and the closer you are, the more you want to give for them on the field."
Three of the Trojans' four TSSAA Division 2-A West Region games are on the road, with the exception being Bishop Byrne on Sept. 28. Kimberlin, though, isn't letting that aspect of the schedule faze him.
"We'll compete," he said. "This is a group that I coached in junior high and the groundwork requires them to be in the weight room to be successful. These kids are reaping the reward of that process, then, with a great football staff, we're heading in the right direction."
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K. Fed moved out of his Tarzana home back in May and the owners of the house are furious because he trashed the house and didn't pay his last six months of rent.
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Kuwait, country of the Arabian Peninsula located in the northwestern corner of the Persian Gulf.
A small emirate nestled between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is situated in a section of one of the driest, least-hospitable deserts on earth. Its shore, however, includes Kuwait Bay, a deep harbour on the Persian Gulf. There, in the 18th century, Bedouin from the interior founded a trading post—the name "Kuwait" is derived from the Arabic diminutive of the Hindustani kūt ("fort"). Since the emirate's ruling family, the Āl Ṣabāḥ, formally established a sheikhdom in 1756, the country's fortunes have been linked to foreign commerce. In time and with accumulated wealth, the small fort grew to become Kuwait city, a modern metropolis mingling skyscrapers, apartment buildings, and mosques. Kuwait city has most of the country's population, which makes Kuwait one of the world's most urbanized countries.
The tiny country, which was a British protectorate from 1899 until 1961, drew world attention in 1990 when Iraqi forces invaded and attempted to annex it. A United Nations coalition led by the United States drove Iraq's army out of Kuwait within days of launching an offensive in February 1991, but the retreating invaders looted the country and set fire to most of its oil wells (see Persian Gulf War). Kuwait has largely recovered from the effects of the war and again has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. Its generally conservative government continues to provide generous material benefits for Kuwaiti citizens, and, though conservative elements in its society resisted such reforms as woman suffrage (women were not enfranchised until 2005), it has remained relatively stable. It has been called an "oasis" of peace and safety amid an otherwise turbulent region.
Slightly larger in area than the U.S. state of Hawaii, Kuwait is bounded to the west and north by Iraq, to the east by the Persian Gulf, and to the south by Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait is largely a desert, except for Al-Jahrāʾ oasis, at the western end of Kuwait Bay, and a few fertile patches in the southeastern and coastal areas. Kuwaiti territory includes nine offshore islands, the largest of which are the uninhabited Būbiyān and Al-Warbah. The island of Faylakah, which is located near the entrance of Kuwait Bay, has been populated since prehistoric times.
A territory of 2,200 square miles (5,700 square km) along the gulf was shared by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as a neutral zone until a political boundary was agreed on in 1969. Each of the two countries now administers half of the territory (called the Neutral, or Partitioned, Zone), but they continue to share equally the revenues from oil production in the entire area. Although the boundary with Saudi Arabia is defined, the border with Iraq remains in dispute.
The relief of Kuwait is generally flat or gently undulating, broken only by occasional low hills and shallow depressions. The elevations range from sea level in the east to 951 feet (290 metres) above sea level at Al-Shiqāyā peak, in the western corner of the country. The Al-Zawr Escarpment, one of the main topographic features, borders the northwestern shore of Kuwait Bay and rises to a maximum elevation of 475 feet (145 metres). Elsewhere in coastal areas, large patches of salty marshland have developed. Throughout the northern, western, and central sections of Kuwait, there are desert basins, which fill with water after winter rains; historically these basins formed important watering places, refuges for the camel herds of the Bedouin.
Kuwait has no permanent surface water, either in the form of standing bodies such as lakes or in the form of flows such as perennial rivers. Intermittent water courses (wadis) are localized and generally terminate in interior desert basins. Little precipitation is absorbed beyond the surface level, with most being lost to evaporation.
True soils scarcely exist naturally in Kuwait. Those that exist are of little agricultural productivity and are marked by an extremely low amount of organic matter. Eolian soils and other sedimentary deposits are common, and a high degree of salinity is found, particularly in basins and other locations where residual water pools. One of the environmental consequences of the Persian Gulf War was the widespread destruction of the desert's rigid surface layer, which held underlying sand deposits in place; this has led to an increase in wind-borne sand and the creation of larger and more numerous sand dunes in the country.
The climate is desert, tempered somewhat in the coastal regions by the warm waters of the gulf. If there is enough rainfall, the desert turns green from mid-March to the end of April. But during the dry season, between April and September, the heat is severe—daytime temperatures ordinarily reach 111 °F (44 °C) and on occasion approach 130 °F (54 °C). The winter is more agreeable (frost can even occasionally occur in the interior, though never on the seacoast). Annual rainfall averages only from 1 to 7 inches (25 to 180 mm), chiefly between October and April, though cloudbursts can bring more than 2 inches (50 mm) of rain in a single day.
The frequent winds from the northwest are cool in winter and spring and hot in summer. Southeasterly winds, usually hot and damp, spring up between July and October; hot and dry south winds prevail in spring and early summer. The shamāl, a northwesterly wind common during June and July, causes dramatic sandstorms.
Plant and animal life
Except in the new green belt of Kuwait city and in a few desert oases such as Al-Jahrāʾ, where cultivation and irrigation are carried out, the vegetation consists of scrub and low bushes (and ephemeral grass in the spring). Halophytes (salt-loving plants) grow on the marshy stretches along the coast.
The harsh climate limits mammals to the occasional gazelle, fox, or civet. Among lizards are the rare and venomous sand viper (Cerastes vipera) and the monitor and vegetarian dab lizards (Uromastix spinipes).
Historically, there were several important class divisions in Kuwait. These divisions emerged during the period when the country was a trade entrepôt and were largely economic; thus, as the state became Kuwait's primary employer after oil was discovered in the 1930s and these reserves were commercially developed in subsequent decades, this class structure became less pronounced. The one historically important class that remains politically important is the old merchant oligarchy, the Banū (Banī) ʿUtūb—of which the ruling family is a member.
Ethnic groups
Despite a government policy to reduce the number of foreign workers following the Iraqi invasion in 1990, Kuwaitis remain a minority in their own country. Nearly two-thirds of the population are expatriate workers, formerly from other Arab states but now largely from South and Southeast Asia. These nonnationals do not enjoy citizenship rights, economic or political, which are reserved for Kuwaiti citizens—defined as those able to prove Kuwaiti ancestry prior to 1920. Naturalization is strictly limited. Arabs—either Bedouin, sedentary, or descendants of immigrants from elsewhere in the region—constitute the largest ethnic group, and a small number of ethnic Persians have resided in the country for centuries.
The native and official language is Arabic, fluency in which is a requirement for naturalization. Kuwaitis speak a dialect of Gulf Arabic, and Modern Standard Arabic is taught in schools. English is the second language taught in public schools. Hindi, Urdu, Persian (Farsi), and other languages also are widely spoken among the foreign population.
1Excludes 15 cabinet ministers not elected to National Assembly serving ex officio.
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|Dawlat al-Kuwayt (State of Kuwait)
|Form of government
|constitutional monarchy with one legislative house (National Assembly [501])
|Head of state and government
|Emir: Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, assisted by Prime Minister: Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah
|Kuwait (city)
|Official language
|Official religion
|Monetary unit
|Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
|(2014 est.) 4,039,000
|Total area (sq mi)
|Total area (sq km)
|Urban-rural population
|Urban: (2012) 98.3%
Rural: (2012) 1.7%
|Life expectancy at birth
|Male: (2011) 76.4 years
Female: (2011) 66.9 years
|Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate
|Male: (2007) 95.2%
Female: (2007) 93.1%
|GNI per capita (U.S.$)
|(2011) 44,730


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The reserve bank of Australia, or RBA, has vindicated my bearishness on the Aussie dollar and economy, argued ad infinitum in this column for the past two months, by slashing its policy rate from 4.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent. This was double the rate cut priced into the financial markets.
The RBA has basically undercut the high premium argument for the Aussie dollar at a time when it is at least over valued by 25- 30 per cent against the greenback on a purchasing power parity basis. The economy of the lucky country will tank, as the mining boom ends. Why else would the RBA cut interest rates by the biggest amount since 2009?. This means the Aussie is going to be toast, if even if the US dollar is flat against the euro (I doubt this will happen. Why? Hollande in the Elysee Palace and the Greek election). It is significant that the RBI cited lower CPI and housing to explain its rate move. This means this is not the last RBA rate cut. The RBA wants the Aussie dollar lower. And guess what? The gromes of Canberra will succeed. Aussie dollar will fall below parity.
It is iconic that sterling rose as high as 1.6275 (Cable) and higher against euro/ Swissie, even though the British economy contracted in two successive quarters, the technical definition of recession. In essence, the currency market agrees with the Bank of England MRC's consensus that inflation data precludes another gilt purchase program. Safe haven flows into the gilt market from sovereign reserve managers have definitely helped sterling, as have Bernanke's dovish comments after the FOMC statement. Yet sterling will have a hard time rising above 1.65 as Britain faces recession for the first time since Mrs Thatcher a time when public spending is being slashed even as oil prices mean a higher CPI than the central bank 's two per cent target. British exports will naturally fall on the euro recession and the Chinese slowdown yet Governor King and the MPC are far worried about the 3.5 per cent CPI. Like the Swissie and Nokkie, sterling is now a haven currency.
I believe Asian currencies offer some of the world's most attractive currencies. I am gaga over the South Korean won, Taiwan dollar and even the Singapore dollar now that the MAS has turned hawkish in its latest conclave. Taiwan's exports correlate with the Silicon Valley tech export cycle even as the Taipei central bank has turned hawkish, which normally means it engineers a higher Taiwan dollar.
In any case, when inflation rises (as it does now), the Taiwan central bank (called the Central Bank of China) makes sure that the island state's currency does not get slammed against the dollar. I would only accumulate the Taiwan dollar at 1.2950 but believe we can rise as high as 1.2800. Oil, inflation, weaker exporters, no imminent rate hike leads me to believe the South Korean won depreciates to 1.150-1.160 against the dollar in the short term.
The Syrian pound has lost 50 per cent of its value since the revolution against the Baathist regime became last March 2011. This means Syria faces a banking meltdown, currency collapse and possibly hyperinflation. EU sanctions and attacks on pipelines have hit Syrian oil and gas exports. Banks, corporates and currencies all over the Arab world, particularly in Lebanon, have yet to disclose losses in Syria.
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The losing card I'll someday lay
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(From theme to Mash, "Suicide is Painless"
Take a moment to remember just how we managed to steer our way to the so-called "fiscal cliff."
It was only a little while ago–the summer of 2011–that the conservative majority in the congress threatened to refuse to raise the national debt ceiling (nonsense in itself) and thereby drive the nation into default on money already borrowed and spent, undermining the nation's credit rating.
Now do you remember?
To get unstuck a deal was struck between right wing ideologues and an overly accommodating left. The deal was essentially a suicide pact that started the clock ticking on a Doomsday machine. The machine was programmed to destroy our nation on January 1, 2013, by allowing all Bush era tax cuts to expire and drastically, automatically, cutting military and social spending.
The reasoning behind the creation of this bipartisan Doomsday machine was that the consequences of it's detonating (economic chaos) would do intolerable damage to everyone on both sides of the political spectrum. It employed the cold war illogic of MAD–Mutually Assured Destruction–in order to force all parties to make compromises needed to sort our their differences.
The deal was struck–such a deal! Upon hearing the terms, Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of US government bonds for the first time in our nation's history, reasoning correctly that loaning money to insane people is not good business.
So now we sit together in our asylum listening to the ticking-down of our homemade Doomsday machine. With only a few hours left until zero, it seems our politicians have lost the code–or never had the code–to disarm the damn thing.
Pundits and politicians are scrambling to talk everyone down, saying that the suicide machine they designed to blow us to economic smithereens next Wednesday really won't do what it was intended to do–at least not quite.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski would like the FCC to vote on a plan to gut media ownership rules. If approved, News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch, who has been considering buying more media, would benefit. The proposal would also allow for more media consolidation.
Using innocuous language to describe a proposal that should raise alarm, Genachowski stated yesterday that he wanted the FCC to "streamline and modernize media ownership rules." This would include "eliminating outdated prohibitions on newspaper-radio and TV-radio cross-ownership."
According to a report from Broadcasting & Cable on November 14, the proposal "loosen" the "newspaper/TV cross-ownership ban in the top 20 markets" and get "rid of the ban on radio/TV cross-ownership and radio/newspaper cross-ownership."
The FCC chairman believes the loosening of a cross-ownership ban would be in the "public interest," however, there is no way that Genachowski can reasonably claim he knows what the public is interested in when it comes to media ownership rules. The development of this proposal has taken place behind closed-doors without any public input at all.
The media reform group, Free Press, has condemned the FCC for moving ahead with a plan that has been kept "under wraps." It reported the FCC is attempting to bypass holding the vote at an open FCC meeting and noted that no public hearings have been held.
"The rules are similar to those proposed by then-FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in 2007," a statement read. "Martin's rules were later overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In its decision, the court directed the FCC to study the impact of its rule changes on ownership diversity."
Broadcasting & Cable reported on November 14 that the FCC had release the long-awaited report on ownership diversity and it had shown minorities and women remained underrepresented. Latinos and women had made a bit of headway while African-Americans had lost ground.
As noted by Free Press, gutting ownership rules would "lead to even lower levels of minority broadcast ownership." It would also make it possible for Murdoch to purchase the Chicago Tribune or Los Angeles Times, which he has expressed interest in doing.
Media Matters for America put such a purchase into perspective weeks ago when it was reported that Murdoch was shopping for more media to buy:
…One fear is that the takeover [of the Los Angeles Times] could spark an exodus of staff, which occurred at The Wall Street Journal after Murdoch purchased parent company Dow Jones in late 2007. Dozens of the paper's best journalists left, citing a perceived change in the paper's focus and at times an increased push for more business-friendly stories.
Several current and former Tribune Company staffers recalled what happened when Murdoch bought the rival Chicago Sun-Times in 1984, later selling it in 1986. The sale sparked the departure of many Sun-Times staffers, including the legendary columnist Mike Royko, who vowed not to work for Murdoch and left for the Tribune…
The organization noted, "A News Corp. purchase of the Times and the Tribune would give Murdoch control of four of the top 10 US newspapers by circulation and, as the Times notes, 'strong footholds in the nation's three largest media markets.'"
It would not just mean Murdoch would likely buy more media. "If the FCC proposal passes," according to Free Press, "One company could own the major daily newspaper, two TV stations and up to eight radio stations in your town. And that one company could be your Internet provider, too."
Furthermore, as mentioned, a court already overturned proposed rules that gutted ownership rules. Those rule changes came from Martin when George W. Bush was president.
Then, seven public hearings were held. All five FCC commissioners attended. The hearings gave the public an opportunity to share their views with FCC commissioners. The policy proposal was also announced a month before the FCC voted. This gave the public the opportunity for a final opportunity to comment and the rule changes were voted on at an open FCC meeting. It also gave the Senate a chance to pass a resolution on the rules that communicated disapproval.
In contrast, under President Barack Obama, Genachowski has refused to hold public hearings. FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn had to hold her own public hearing in Atlanta, GA, to create some semblance of an opportunity for the public to address the proposal. Public interest groups, civil rights groups and members of Congress have shared their concerns with the proposal, but Genachowski has kept most of the details secret so their concerns have mostly been about the set of proposed rule changes in 2007, which the FCC appears to be trying to pass in some form again.
When Obama was a US senator in Illinois, he advocated "diverse media ownership." PolitiFact noted, "He included the position in a fact sheet, explaining he would 'encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse viewpoints, and clarify the public interest obligations of broadcasters who occupy the nation's spectrum.'" He opposed the proposed FCC rule changes in 2007.
Now, Obama has permitted the FCC to conceal a plan that would allow for more media consolidation. And there has been no indication from Obama that he would support any federal policy that would ensure diversity of media ownership. Essentially, Genachowski has been able to pursue rule changes that owners of Big Media likely support because it allows them to expand their reach and swallow up other media organizations.


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A trip down the Pacific Coast Highway is truly one of America's ultimate cycling adventures. Unfortunately traffic is increasing along the coastal roadway every year, but there is still plenty of stunning scenery once you get away from the big cities. Virtually all cyclers run the route north to south to have the prevailing winds at their backs. You can start as far north as Vancouver if you're ambitious, but a more reasonable starting point is Portland, Oregon. Take Highway 6 through the coastal range to Tillamook and then turn left to begin your journey south. The first sections can be disappointing, with too much seaside development. After a hundred miles or so, it's time to break out the camera. Try to pass through the Otter Rock area, just north of Newport, in the afternoon when the fog has lifted. This is the most dramatic, and, we think, the most beautiful stretch of the Oregon coast.
Farther south, the Gold Beach area, just below Port Orford, is a great spot for camping and beach walks. If you plan to camp in the state parks in the summertime, however, be sure to make advance reservations. After crossing the Oregon-California border, you'll pass through scenic Redwood National Park which stretches for 40 miles along the main route, Highway 101. South of the park you'll have to climb through the Coastal Range to connect with Highway 1 at Ft. Bragg. The next couple of days' riding will take you along the Mendocino coast, one of the highlights of the trip. Twenty miles south of Mendocino, cross the Russian River and continue on to the little town of Elk. Some think this quiet outpost has the best ocean views on the West Coast.
From here on, the road continues to snake its way along rugged headlands as you wind your way toward San Francisco. When you reach Bodega Bay, check out the local eateries for great oysters, and make a day-trip to nearby Pt. Reyes if you've got the time. As you approach San Francisco, don't blast across the bridge, but stop just short and explore the Marin Headlands National Recreation Areaa perfect place for a mid-day picnic, with views that will leave you amazed. South of San Francisco be sure to explore Monterey, Carmel, and the Point Lobos Nature Preserve. You'll probably be anxious to get to Big Sur, but frankly points farther north are more impressive. Once you've gotten to San Simeon, you've hit all the highlights, and you may want to wrap up the tour.
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Midwest Home & Garden, Minnesota Monthly, and Twin Cities Taste, 730 Second Ave. S., Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55402. P(612)371-5800. F(612)371-5801. Email: editor (at) minnesotamonthly.com. Website: http://www.minnesotamonthly.com. Guidelines of each publication list editors. 30%-40% freelance. "Midwest Home and Garden showcases upscale home design and gardening topics. Minnesota Monthly is a regional magazine that covers lifestyle topics, with a strong focus on Minnesota. Twin Cities Taste focuses on food and wine topics of interest to Minnesotans." Welcomes new writers. Circ. 70K. 8 issues/year (Midwest Home and Garden), Monthly (Minnesota Monthly), 2 issues/year (Twin Cities Taste). Pays on acceptance. Contract will state period between acceptance and publication. Buys FNASR. No reprints. Response time varies. Contact Dave Held for cost and availability of sample issues - (612)371-5800. Subscription $17.95, $36 outside U.S. Guidelines online at http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/edit/edit_guidelines.htm.
The Outdoors Magazine, 531 Main Street Colchester, VT 05446. Email: info (at) elkpublishing.com. Website: http://www.outdoorsmagazine.net. James Ehlers, Editor. 85% freelance. "Fishing, hunting, trapping, and conservation magazine covering Vermont, the Adirondacks, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and Lake Champlain." Welcomes new writers. Circ 10K. Monthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3 - 12 months after acceptance. Buys FNASR. Accepts reprints. Responds 3-8 weeks. Sample at website. Subscription $ 19.95; $25 Canada. Guidelines by mail or email.
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We are honored to have The Venice Sustainable Film Festival & Salon screen our short film LA Greensters!
Screening will be on Sunday, October 31st, at 4pm at the Electric Lodge, followed by reception and awards.
LA's sustainable Teamsters called LA Greensters were formed in the Summer of 2009 by Producer and now LA City Council Candidate Stephen Box and this film is the documentary about the Greensters first job on the set of the film At What Price. LA Greensters is a Rebel Without a Car Production in association with Ramblin' Man Films, that will definitely inspire the viewer.
We are exited to have this film screened at the Electric Lodge, one of the first "solar-powered" performing arts facilities in the country.
The 4pm screening will include the Green Teamsters (LA Greensters) and other Community & Student films such as Coffee to Go, One Piece, End of Beauty, India Explains Solar Power, and
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"Achewood," Chris Onstad's hilarious online comic strip, translates perfectly into a book about male friendship and testosterone overload.Friday, Oct 3, 2008 10:32 AM UTC 0
There have been countless versions of Batman, from brooding crusader to gadget-loving detective. How does "The Dark Knight" measure up?Saturday, Jul 19, 2008 11:38 AM UTC 0
The cartoon epic "Y: The Last Man," the most entertaining satire about gender in recent memory, comes to its triumphant conclusion.Monday, Jul 14, 2008 10:51 AM UTC 0
Like graphic novels, manga or superhero tales? New books by Lynda Barry, Jessica Abel and Matt Madden may inspire you to turn your stories and doodles into real cartoons.Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 10:31 AM UTC 0
A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it.Wednesday, May 7, 2008 10:53 AM UTC 0
From superheroes to horror to kid stuff, our guide to Free Comic Book Day offers graphic fun for all.Friday, May 2, 2008 10:26 AM UTC 0
"Age of Bronze," a masterly graphic novel series about the Trojan War, is fit for the gods.Thursday, Feb 21, 2008 11:57 AM UTC 0
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Alan Moore's latest "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic gleefully mixes up history, pulp fiction and some surprisingly familiar characters.Saturday, Nov 24, 2007 12:36 PM UTC 0
A controversial graphic novel from Japan -- banned in China -- has inspired a hit movie and much fan fiction. Will thrill-starved U.S. readers get hooked?Thursday, Jul 26, 2007 11:34 AM UTC 0
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Kevin Huizenga's excellent debut follows Everyman Glenn Ganges as he navigates marriage, newborn babies -- and feathered ogres.Wednesday, Nov 8, 2006 12:28 PM UTC 0
Scott McCloud's brilliant treatise on the inner workings of cartoonists will delight amateur artists and curious fans alike.Tuesday, Oct 10, 2006 11:27 AM UTC 0
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Hurricane student dead in train accident
HUNTINGTON — A Hurricane High School student has been killed after being struck by a train, according to Mayor Scott Edwards.
The incident was reported to Putnam County dispatcher at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday.
Dispatchers said they received a report that a pedestrian had been struck by the train on the tracks near Tackett's Branch Road, about a quarter mile away from the high school.
Edwards confirmed that a 16-year-old male student was killed after being struck by the train, but authorities were not releasing the name of the student until his family could be notified.
"It's a tragedy for Hurricane High School and the whole community of Hurricane to lose one of our own," Edwards said. "Right now, all we can do is come out and support the student's family in this time of tragedy, and once we find out what happened, we will make sure it never happens again."
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Debtors with high interest rates on their federal student loans would refinance into cheaper loans under proposed legislation to be unveiled this week, in a move that would lower borrowers' burdens and potentially hurt private lenders and investors.
The plan sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) would force the U.S. Secretary of Education to automatically refinance most government loans carrying interest rates above 4 percent into fixed, 4-percent loans. Roughly nine of 10 federally-backed loans would be affected, saving nearly 37 million borrowers billions of dollars in annual interest payments.
"At a time when corporations, homeowners and even local governments are refinancing at historically low interest rates and saving millions of dollars, students and families who take out loans to pay for college are getting left behind," Gillibrand said. "Ensuring that our graduates are not saddled with unmanageable debt by keeping interest rates low is just common sense."


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Baseball season is on its way, and you're ready to cheer on the Nationals, but is your car? WinCraft gives you a 3'' x 10'' Perfect Cut decal that will easily be seen by everyone! The decal features a Washington logo and "Nationals" lettering. Make a bold statement this season; let everyone know you're a Nationals fan!
- Indoor or outdoor use
- Instructions included
- Made of durable vinyl
- Measures approximately 3" x 10"
- One-time use
- Quality printed graphics
- Weather resistant
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Updated at 11:17 a.m. on October 22.
New Orleans. Honolulu. Sacramento. Suburban Chicago and Seattle. The southern tip of Florida. Delaware. Maybe Allentown, Pa.
This is not some disjointed vacation showcase on The Price Is Right. It's not a postcollege odyssey of discovery. It's not a road map for Zach Galifianakis's The Hangover 2 (though, come to think of it ... ).
No, this is what remains of the House Democrats' midterm opportunity map, congressional districts where they might be able to capture Republican-held seats and in so doing, retain their majority.
Republicans need to win 39 net seats to retake the House. But each district they lose makes that task a little harder. If the GOP wins 42 Democratic seats but loses five of its own, the party falls two seats short of the necessary 39. Gross versus net often determines the viability of any enterprise. Next month, it will determine the viability of the Democrats' House majority.
The last time House Democrats faced a potential Republican wave, they lost the net game in a blowout. Republicans took 58 seats total from the Democrats in 1994 (including May special-election victories in Oklahoma and Kentucky). On election night, they lost four open-seat races in Maine, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, giving them a net gain of 54 seats over their 1992 total. Democrats have vowed that this cycle will be different. A crucial part of their save-the-majority strategy is opening trapdoors wherever they can.
Democratic strategists believe that two GOP-held seats are already locked up -- the New Orleans-based 2nd District in Louisiana and Delaware's at-large district.
In New Orleans, Rep. Joseph Cao trails state Rep. Cedric Richmond (among the few Democratic candidates embracing President Obama's endorsement) by 11 points in the most recent poll. Cao won a low-turnout special election in December over indicted Rep. William Jefferson, but he appears unlikely to survive a race with a normal turnout in one of the nation's most reliably Democratic districts. In Delaware, the opening left by Rep. Michael Castle, a moderate who lost his bid for the GOP Senate nomination to conservative Christine O'Donnell, produced a similar result when conservative Glen Urquhart defeated moderate Michele Rollins. The Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Carney, leads Urquhart by double digits, and Republicans privately rate both of these races as lost.
Democrats also expect to win Hawaii's 1st District, but that race has been complicated by GOP Rep. Charles Djou's resilience against Democratic state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa. Djou won a special election for Rep. Neil Abercrombie's seat when fractious Democrats split their vote between Hanabusa and Ed Case. A unified party, Democrats assumed, would make short work of Djou, but public and private polls show a tight contest, and both candidates have plenty of money and party backing for the homestretch. Plus, Djou has history on his side: Hawaii has never tossed an incumbent from federal office.
The Democrats' next two targets couldn't be less alike: open seats in the leafy, well-manicured North Chicago suburbs that make up Illinois's 10th District and in southern Florida's vast, swampy 25th District, a growing, ethnically polyglot swath wedged between Miami and Naples.
With GOP Rep. Mark Kirk vacating his Illinois seat to try for Senate, Democrat Dan Seals is running for the third straight cycle, drawing Republican Bob Dold as his opponent in a House district that tilts Democratic and has been a battleground in the last two elections. On Wednesday, a poll in The Hill showed Seals leading by 49 percent to 37 percent. In Florida's 25th, Republicans are angry -- not at Washington, but at Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a first-generation Cuban-American. He fled this seat to run in the more compact and nominally more Cuban 21st District, creating an opening for former Miami-Dade County Democratic Chairman Joe Garcia, who lost to Diaz-Balart, 53 percent to 47 percent, in 2008. Garcia is running again and Republicans privately admit that their candidate, former state House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Rivera, though well-funded, is flawed. Republicans worry that higher turnout driven by races for governor and Senate will benefit the better-known Garcia. One Democratic poll in September had Garcia up by 7 points.
These are the Democrats' five best prospects. Two more GOP seats stick out among a grab bag of eight others on their radar: California's 3rd District and Pennsylvania's 15th District.
In California, Rep. Dan Lungren survived a fierce challenge in his suburban Sacramento district in the Obama-wave year of 2008 and should be safe this cycle. But he's not. Lungren continues to poll in the mid-40s against newcomer Ami Bera, a first-generation Indian-American physician likely to out-raise him. National party strategists say Lungren is on his own and can eke out a victory.
The last Democratic hope for a victory over a GOP incumbent can be found in Pennsylvania's 15th District, dominated by Allentown and Bethlehem. Rep. Charlie Dent represents former GOP Rep. Pat Toomey's district, and Toomey's Senate campaign could provide a turnout boost. It looks like Dent will need all the votes he can get to fend off Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, who has stayed close in the polls. Jon Vogel, executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, this week rated the race as the Democrats' top upset prospect. With so many Democratic seats threatened, the party may need that upset -- and a few more -- to hold the House.
CORRECTION: The original version of this report should have stated that Republicans lost four open seats on election night in 1994.


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With some nuts and bolts and a leather punch tool, you are good to go!
P.S. For this instructable, I spray painted the nuts and bolt gold.
Step 1: The Shoe
Step 2: Measure and Mark
Here, I cut a piece of canopy repair tape (or any thick-ish flexible material) to the size of the flap on the shoe to use as a template.
Step 4: Mix and Match
Fierce shoes ready to kick ass! (Oh, I did spray paint the soles gold as well, just to tie everything in.)
So there you have it! Nuts and bolts instead of studs and spikes. Spray paint them with whatever finish you prefer, stud them on anything you want. Have fun!
Either way I wanna try this.