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Chris Griffith: Businesses born from the housing crisis
BONITA SPRINGS - Predatory businesses are successful because they're able to take advantage of confusing situations, a lack of educational resources and the desperation of consumers.
Like any other new wave of change, the housing and foreclosure crisis has spurred many new enterprises. Granted, there are many successful housing industry businesses that run on the up-and-up, but mixed in with every honest business out there are more than a few unscrupulous organizations whose primary goal is to rip people off.
Here are a few panic-based housing industry businesses that have been touring Florida:
** The easy business of foreclosure clean-outs is all the rage these days. Any Tom, Dick or Harry with a pickup truck, a shovel and a dream is now a foreclosure clean-out entrepreneur. They're even on Craigslist and Trulia asking consumers — not banks — how to bust into the REO (real estate owned) foreclosure clean-out industry.
"Harry" from Fort Myers just broke in and padlocked a door for a bank two weeks ago in Estero. Good job, Harry, it was only pre-foreclosure; the paperwork hadn't finished bouncing around the court system. The owners came home from work and were padlocked out without due notice.
It looks like there is no longer a defined line between breaking and entering and securing a foreclosure.
** Loan modification businesses are popping up like dollarweed on a freshly mowed lawn. This is the latest way to take advantage of scared and confused consumers trying to save their own homes. Homeowners need to be cautious and should know that Florida law prohibits any company, attorney or individual from charging up-front fees for foreclosure rescue or loan modification services.
When regulation closes one door, another opens. When the state cracked down on up-front fees charged for loan modifications, this racket was simply re-purposed. Consumers also should avoid any business that seeks to charge for services related to the new Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan initiated by the president.
** The Chinese drywall situation has become another exploitable predicament in which homeowners can find themselves. Most homes affected in Southwest Florida were built during the building boom from 2004-06. The fear mongers advertise that it started as early as 2002.
First they scare and then they ask to charge you. These same so-called experts now are sending out advertisements explaining why you should have your home inspected for Chinese drywall — right away — and pay them $200 or more to do so. Is their motivation to help or get a remodeling job out of it?
Two hundred dollars isn't far off from the price of a complete home inspection. Just about any reputable home inspector can examine your copper wiring or air conditioner coil for signs of corrosion, which is a major sign that your home has faulty drywall. Even easier, they can roll back the ceiling insulation in the attic to see who the manufacturer of the drywall was. The company name is stamped on the back.
So watch your back, and watch your wallet. There is always somebody looking to make a quick buck off the misfortune of others in chaotic situations. The foreclosure crisis is now a breeding ground for it.
Chris Griffith is a real estate agent at Keller Williams Elite Realty in Bonita Springs. If you have a question about local real estate or Bonita Springs e-mail her at email@example.com


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Santa Rosa recently declined to pay for the printing of a neighborhood newsletter that named council members who voted in favor of allowing the BoDean asphalt plant to expand.
The city for more than a decade has paid for the printing of the West End Neighborhood News as part of its effort to support community organizations.
But the November edition of the four-page newsletter contained a blurb that raised a red flag for city officials.
A short item entitled "Santa Rosa City Council Sides with BoDean Asphalt Plant" noted that the council Nov. 6 overruled the Design Review Board's rejection of BoDean's plans to build three 82-foot-high storage silos on the Maxwell Drive property.
The item named the four council members who voted to approve the $1.5 million project over the objections of some neighbors: Mayor Ernesto Olivares, Vice Mayor John Sawyer, Scott Bartley and Jake Ours.
It also encouraged people interested in learning more to visit two websites. One is run by Citizens for Safe Neighborhoods, a group that is suing to overturn the city's approval of the project. The other is a related Facebook page called Parents Concerned About the BoDean Asphalt Plant.
The piece was written by Lea Barron-Thomas, president of the West End Neighborhood Association, who strongly opposes the project.
Assistant City Manager Jennifer Phillips, responsible for the city's interaction with neighborhood groups, spotted the item and literally stopped the presses. She decided the city should not fund the newsletter unless the article about BoDean was removed, said Allen Thomas, Barron-Thomas' husband.
The group decided to pay for the $120 printing itself and distributed 650 copies of the newsletter as planned, Thomas said.
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The timetable for setting out where thousands of new homes should go in Uttlesford has been put back.
The Weekly News reported in mid-December that it was unlikely that a public consultation into the allocation of 3,300 houses across the district would go ahead in January and February as planned due to delays in Essex Highways completing a traffic survey.
And now Uttlesford District Council has confirmed that the next consultation on the Local Plan will have to take place later in the spring.
A statement posted on the authority's website said: "The council is keen to ensure that it has carefully considered all comments made in the last consultation and that its evidence base is robust and up to date.
"As a result of this, consultation will now be later in spring 2013 to allow further studies to be completed and considered in full."
When a definitive timetable is formulated, it will go before cabinet for approval and the consultation will be held ahead of the plan being submitted to the Secretary of State for examination in the summer.
The council's current proposal for housing over the next 15 years would see homes spread among towns and villages, with the majority going to Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow. Precise sites have yet to be agreed.
John Lodge, a member of campaign group WeAreResidents.org, which is opposed to large numbers of homes in Saffron Walden, said: "There are many issues that last-summer's draft of the Uttlesford Local Plan uncovered, such as huge increases in traffic congestion and vehicle emissions, housing being provided far from jobs, and changes in school catchment areas.
"A failure to plan is a plan to fail, so WeAreResidents.org supports a delay in the next draft of the Local Plan so that feedback from Essex County Council, residents, town and parish councils can be included."


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My name is George Nichols, and I serve as Commissioner of Insurance in Kentucky. I also serve as Vice President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and Chairman of the NAIC's Special Committee on Financial Services Modernization. The NAIC established this Special Committee in 1996 to assist State insurance regulators as they continue to meet the demands of the Nation's rapidly evolving marketplace for financial products.
We appreciate the opportunity to testify on financial services legislation before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. State insurance regulators and the NAIC support Congressional efforts to modernize and improve Federal laws that govern how banking, insurance, and securities products are regulated in the United States.
We are also very pleased that Chairman Gramm, the Committee, and its staff are taking a fresh look at ways to achieve financial modernization without letting today's sensible consumer protection regulations get lost in the shuffle. Retaining the public's trust in safe markets will require that Congress carefully preserve current State regulations which protect Americans who purchase or depend upon insurance for financial security – including those who rely upon bank-related entities for insurance coverage.
States Have An Equal Stake In Federal Financial Services Modernization
As the primary regulators of insurance in the United States, State governments are equal partners with the Federal government in assuring that financial integration of banking, insurance, and securities products is handled prudently. Here are three points we ask you to keep in mind when considering Federal legislation affecting insurance –
Some people have framed the political debate over financial modernization as a conflict between Federal and State regulation, or between the banking and insurance regulatory systems. The real issue, however, is whether insurance-related activities of financial services companies will be regulated at all if Federal law prevents the States from doing the job. The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) have each said they do not intend to regulate insurance. If we are prevented from doing it, who will?
Financial Services Legislation Should Be Guided By Common Sense Principles
The Committee asked the NAIC to present its views and recommendations regarding the principles that should guide financial services legislation. My testimony identifies three key principles which we believe should be the basis for any Federal legislation intended to modernize financial supervision.
The Committee also asked us to evaluate the draft legislative proposal prepared by the Committee's staff to see if it meets the principles of sound legislation. My testimony includes our comments on the Senate staff proposal under each of the principles discussed below. In addition, I will offer the NAIC's views on important insurance-related provisions in HR 10, because that bill has dominated Congressional debate on financial services legislation for more than two years.
Sound legislation depends upon sound principles and common sense. Although many financial products – especially insurance – are quite complex, the principles for legislating a sound financial regulatory system are really very straight-forward.
First, Federal Legislation Should Establish A Regulatory Process That Is Fair
Sound legislation should set up a legal PROCESS which is fair to everyone involved. Those involved in the process definitely include the millions of people and companies in the United States who actually spend money to buy insurance. Shaking up the regulatory system must not result in shaking down consumers.
A good financial services law must also permit sensible administration of its objectives by government regulators as new commercial products and fact situations emerge. Change is inevitable. Regulatory laws should give government agencies the flexibility to keep pace with fast moving businesses.
As national banks enter non-banking businesses, some of them are seeking to preempt State regulations which they believe are unfair, as well as inconvenient to the ways they are used to doing business in the banking world. They must realize when they choose to enter insurance that it is a very different business, with different risks and regulatory needs. State regulators are committed to treating bank-related insurance providers the same as any other provider, but we will insist that they follow the consumer protection laws covering solvency and fair market conduct which apply to ALL insurance providers.
Senate Staff Proposal – The Senate staff has put together a legislative solution that is largely focused on establishing a regulatory process that works. NAIC has suggested changes to the sections on insurer affiliations, activities, and legal deference in court which, if adopted by the Committee, will make the process fair to all parties and flexible for regulators. Not only is this approach the best route to a successful regulatory system, but it avoids approximately 300 pages of confusing and unhelpful technical language set forth in HR 10.
HR 10 – HR 10 focuses on achieving specific end results based upon current markets and products. Major amendments to the bill will be required to turn it into a sensible process for supervising financial services providers now and in the future. The NAIC is working to make HR 10 more oriented toward a process that is workable on a lasting basis.
Second, State Authority To Regulate Insurance Must Be Fully Preserved
The NAIC and State regulators strongly urge Congress to insist that Federal legislation clearly preserve the traditional powers of State insurance departments to supervise all insurance activities, no matter what type of entity offers them to the public.
So far, Congressional proposals to permit financial services integration have sought to overcome any contrary State laws by attacking the very core of State regulatory authority. These proposals broadly prohibit States from doing almost anything which might "prevent or restrict" the ability of banks to affiliate with insurers or engage in the insurance business, even if a bank's activities would bring harm to insurers, policyholders, claimants, and taxpayers. As a result of this overkill approach, insurance regulators would be blocked from using our normal tools to review and prevent business affiliations or transactions that hurt policyholders and claimants.
We cannot imagine that Congress would agree to legislation that stripped Federal banking regulators of their basic authority to protect the public and the Federal deposit insurance system. Because the fundamental purpose of Federal and State financial regulation is to prevent or restrict commercial activities for the public's benefit, we take such actions routinely for good reasons. Preempting all State regulatory authority in order to address a few inequities is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The right way to accomplish this objective is to preserve all State authority first, and then to target specific problem laws and regulations for Federal preemption.
Federal preemption of general State authority will inject needless confusion into the insurance regulatory system, at the very least. The extent of State insurance authority – which is now pretty clear – would surely be questioned and tested, not only by banks and their affiliates, but also by traditional insurers which have complied with present laws for many years. It makes no sense to undermine a State regulatory system that has worked very well at answering the demands of consumers while preventing massive insurer insolvencies.
Senate Staff Proposal – The original draft is generally oriented toward preserving State regulatory authority, but critical improvements are necessary. The NAIC is impressed that Senate staff have seemed willing to make changes to meet our concerns regarding affiliations, activities, and judicial review. Allowing banks to conduct insurance activities from operating subsidiaries is another concern of State regulators.
HR 10 – HR 10 needlessly tramples on State insurance powers having nothing to do with Federal banking and securities supervision. In the name of giving banks and insurers a level playing field, the bill preempts large chunks of the general consumer protection authority enacted by State legislatures to protect customers and claimants of ANY insurance provider. These important laws and regulations do not discriminate against banks.
Third, States Must Remain Equal Partners In Financial Services Modernization
While Congress and industry talk about modernizing financial services regulation, State and Federal regulators are actively developing and implementing real changes that promote uniformity and efficiency. The process is working because State insurance authority is clearly defined under the McCarran-Ferguson Act and existing law. Continued progress by regulators depends upon the States maintaining their authority.
The NAIC is currently working with the OTS, the OCC, and the Conference of State Banking Supervisors (CSBS) to develop written agreements for cooperating and exchanging information on regulatory matters. In December, our Special Committee on Financial Services Modernization considered, subject to final approval, a model consumer complaint cooperation agreement developed jointly by NAIC and OCC.
Separate agreements with OTS and CSBS covering information and cooperation on examination and enforcement matters are expected to be considered and approved soon. When completed, these agreements will serve as models for individual States to use as a basis for establishing ongoing working relationships with Federal and State banking regulators. Written agreements and informal cooperation are already being implemented by active personal contacts among the NAIC, State insurance departments, and Federal banking agencies.
Training and education are additional areas where State insurance regulators are cooperating with Federal agencies. The NAIC has arranged all-day meetings with top technical leaders at the Federal Reserve Board, OTS, and State insurance departments. Special training classes are now being designed by NAIC experts to help Federal regulators perform their duties better by working with insurance regulators. Federal and State participants in these hands-on exchanges have all agreed that they are exactly what is needed to make functional regulation work.
In the push to remove marketing and operating restrictions on financial services, Congress must be careful not to prevent States from implementing the actual reforms we are accomplishing today under existing laws.
Senate Staff Proposal – If NAIC's suggested changes on preemption of State laws dealing with affiliations and insurance activities are implemented, the Senate staff legislative proposal will allow the States to continue working productively as equal partners with the Federal government. The devil is always in the details, but we are pleased to hear that positive and substantial improvements are being made to the original draft released last week.
HR 10 – HR 10 relegates State insurance regulators to a backup role as junior partners with the Federal government. The bill's broad preemption of essential State powers to conduct basic regulatory functions is unacceptable and counter-productive to Congressional efforts to modernize financial services regulation.
Recommended Changes For Improving The Senate Staff Proposal
We believe the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs can easily avoid insurance regulation problems without adversely affecting the consumer and business benefits which modernization proponents hope to achieve.
Here are our recommendations on important issues which are not presently addressed satisfactorily in the Senate staff proposal –
The staff proposal is silent as to the authority of State insurance regulators over insurance operating subsidiaries of national banks. In light of this silence, we are concerned that State insurance protections would be preempted by Federal law.
Because of its corporate structure, a Federal bank regulator is going to have a much greater interest in the financial health of an operating subsidiary than in a holding company affiliate, and a much greater incentive to directly regulate the operating subsidiary.
We recommend that banks not be permitted to engage in insurance underwriting activities in operating subsidiaries. This type of corporate organization raises serious concerns about the separation of the bank and its insurance subsidiary, and could negatively impact the financial health of the insurer, and ultimately involve State guarantee funds.
State regulators are concerned that allowing operating subsidiaries of small banks to engage in insurance underwriting activities will give them a competitive advantage, and that large banks will argue to have the same powers in the future.
It is important to have a definition of insurance that covers current products. Such a definition will preserve the State regulatory framework and give predictability to the industry. As presently written in the Senate staff proposal, OCC actions already taken with respect to bank insurance activities will be grandfathered, but other potential insurance activities are left in a regulatory limbo. It is important to ratify the present situation to maintain some certainty regarding the regulatory framework for current products.
Overall, we like the legislative approach toward Federal financial modernization set forth in the Senate staff proposal. It is a bold program focused on setting up a modern regulatory process that is fair to all parties. The staff proposal is also a refreshing change from the needless complexity and negative approach of HR 10.
Nonetheless, there are important changes which must be made in the Senate staff proposal to maintain the role of State insurance regulators as effective partners of the Federal government. We are pleased that the Committee and its staff seem open to making the changes which are necessary.
We want to continue keeping unsound or rogue insurance operations from damaging consumers, banks, and insurance companies. Doing that job will also protect Federal and State governments from unnecessary financial exposures caused by weak and insolvent institutions. Accordingly, State insurance regulators and the NAIC ask the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to help us by preserving the authority we need to get the job done.
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And just like that, the evenings are beginning to draw in earlier and earlier. Kind of sneaks up on you, doesn't it?
It's been a funny old summer, but now isn't the time to dwell on what should have been. Instead this is the time of year to make the most of what nice weather we do get treated to.
Last night for instance. The sun was shining high in the sky, the day's work was done, I headed out for a couple of hours. Threading through the suburbs of London I rolled into Surrey countryside. And it was wonderful.
I bumped into cyclist after cyclist. Lone riders and larger groups, all of them united by the desire to make the most of the last few glimpses of the summer. Dropping down Little Switzerland, turning left at the bottom and then climbing Box Hill, it felt good to be out at this time of day.
The temperature cooling as the evening wore on (it's worth remembering a gilet for such evening jaunts) and racing the setting sun home, it felt good to be out. Embrace the nice weather while you still can, is my advice. The evenings are only going to get shorter.
Having just come back from the Pyrenees, it feels dramaticly darker. I hope Lighter Later campaign is a success.
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I'm hoping Lighter Later comes back too!
If cycling is indeed a sport of self-abuse why aren't more cyclists sectioned under the mental health act?
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Having just come back from Normandy can't agree more about Lighter Later. Would be a big help.
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Somerset fall short for a sixth time in three seasons
Lord's: Surrey 189-5 off 27.3 overs (Hamilton-Brown 78) beat Somerset 214 all out off 39.2 overs (Buttler 86; Dernbach 4-30) by 5 wickets (Duckworth/Lewis Method)
Marcus Trescothick cut a pale, dejected figure, unable to analyse or articulate the reasons why Somerset had finished runners-up again. On this stage last year, twice in the Twenty20 finals and once in the Championship last year they had been unable to get over the line. And so it happened again.
"Mate, I just don't know," he said when asked why it kept happening. "It's probably over to you guys to tell me because I've run out of ideas to try and improve things."
Contrast that with the victors. Surrey, four-day promotion secured two days ago, were well and truly strutting. The young captain Rory Hamilton-Brown, who made 78, and Jade Dernbach, the man of the match who had arrived in London at 2.30 this morning from his England endeavours in Cardiff, sat side by side, smiling, joking and philosophising about the new era at Surrey.
Dernbach, 25, is a Surrey veteran despite his South African accent. He remembers the last days of the old empire before Chris Adams arrived with his new broom. "In the past we had a false understanding of ourselves," Dernbach said. "We rested on past success and thought we were this great team. Then came a big reality check and a few people got moved on."
Somerset won the toss but batted badly. "We didn't adapt to the pitch," said Trescothick, who recovered from an ankle injury to play in the final. He was stumped off Matt Spriegel, an off-spinner and a one-day specialist. For a man who has tamed some of the best spinners in the world, it was an unworthy dismissal and one that exposed Somerset's frailty.
Their innings was rescued by Jos Buttler, who, like Dernbach had also been in Cardiff but was not in England's XI so could enjoy a decent night's sleep. He is a big hitter but at 79 for 5, it was construction rather than destruction that was called for.
He has only just turned 21 but there was a striking maturity about his innings. Well-paced and well thought through, he kept the fireworks in the box until the last knockings. He heaved the just-married Yasir Arafat over mid-wicket and flicked Dernbach over his shoulder. He scored 60 more runs than Somerset's next top-scorer. Without him there would have been no contest.
Surrey's chase was comfortable in the end but at 35 for 2 just as rain fell, Somerset were very much in with a chance.
Hamilton-Brown was dropped by Murali Kartik off the third ball of his side's innings and caught by Nick Compton as he fell over the boundary but in every respect he played a captain's innings. When he was run out for the third time in four CB40 innings there was still work to do. But despite the further loss of Chris Schofield, Surrey cruised home with 2.3 overs to spare.
The rain-break, and the revised target, might have hindered them but Hamilton-Brown explained – as if revealing a state secret – that the South African Zander de Bruyn, formerly of Somerset, had introduced a tactic called 'rain focus', a self-explanatory strategy to ensure that young players' minds did not wander during weather interruptions.
'New' Surrey like to think they've got things licked. Manager Adams has made some colossal claims recently about how they are going to be one of the greatest sides in Surrey's history and how Hamilton-Brown is a future England captain.
But at the end of a week in which they have returned to the first division of the Championship and won their first trophy for eight years in their first Lord's final in a decade, it is difficult not to sit up and take notice.
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Colonel Michael Shupp is a VMI graduate. Currently, he is the legislative assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But, in November of 2004, Colonel Shupp was the commander of Regimental Combat Team-1. I recently interviewed Colonel Shupp about his participation in the fight to free Fallujah. We spoke for over four hours.
I have been transcribing his interviews this week and I came across a portion of the interview that I want to share with you all:
Richard S. Lowry is the author of Marines in the Garden of Eden and The Gulf War Chronicles.
We had been talking in his Washington D.C. office for nearly an hour. We had already covered the preparations for battle and RCT-1's initial thrust into the northwest section of Fallujah, when the subject of the Iraqi forces came up. In April, 2004, Iraqi forces broke and ran before they ever reached the fight in Fallujah.
The November fight would be different. This would be the first time the new Iraqi Army would fight alongside American forces against the thugs and insurgents who were bringing chaos to their country. The interview picks up here with Colonel Shupp speaking:
As we brought the Iraqi forces into the city along HENRY, I could tell they were scared. Our regimental staff went to the lead of the formation and greeted them and marched them into the city. I wanted them to see that we were all going to be together. Their brigade commander was with me. We walked them into their position.
With Jim Rainey's Bradley's there, it was the perfect mission for them. They put up barriers, concertina. They put up tetrahedrons and they blocked HENRY – that whole eastern side of the city. Nothing could come across. It was isolating my flank for me. They did a magnificent job. I couldn't have been happier with them.
The Bradleys gave them the courage they needed…They had been given two weeks of training in Baghdad, before they were sent to us. What would I do to those young people, if I were to have put them out there in a fight like that? I would have been just putting them out for the slaughter. I couldn't do it. So, I gave them a mission they could do with their abilities.
Me: And something you actually needed?
Now, here is a true leader. He was concerned about his Marines, his soldiers and the Iraqi soldiers under his command. He worked diligently to give all his units assignments for which they were suited – then he led them from the front.
You will hear much, much more about Colonel Michael Shupp in my book. For now, I wanted to give you all some insight into the fantastic leadership during Operation al Fajr. Colonel Shupp was not alone. Later, I will introduce LtCol Pat Malay, Major Todd Desgrosseilliers, Captain Dan Wirttnam, Lt. Edward Iwan and many, many more.
Richard S. Lowry is the author of Marines in the Garden of Eden and The Gulf War Chronicles.


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You know what's more delicious than grilled lobster? Smoked lobster. And even more craveable than smoked lobster is a smoked lobster on a buttery, toasted roll.
There is an added layer of smokiness to the sweet lobster meat that only your Traeger can provide. We gilded the lily by tossing the smoked lobster in a rich and acidic mayo dressing filled with fresh spring herbs and a few surprising crunches to keep things interesting.
The roll is light and a bit sweet yet deliciously indulgent. It's a scrumptious little mind puzzle that will leave you speechless.
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4 (1 1/2-pounds) cooked lobsters or 4 lobster tails or 1 1/2 pounds lobster meat2 tablespoons butter, melted1/4 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice1/4 cup mayonnaise1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped1 green onion, green part diced1 inner celery stalk, finely choppedSalt and pepper, to taste4 rolls, split in half
Using kitchen shears, cut a slit down the center of the hard shell of each lobster tail down to the tail fan.
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Meanwhile make the mayo sauce for the lobster by mixing together the mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, diced celery, chopped parsley, green onion, salt and pepper.
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May 29, 2013; Flowery Branch, GA, USA; Atlanta Falcons linebacker Stephen Nicholas (left) and linebacker Sean Weatherspoon (56) watch practice during organized team activities at the Falcons Training Complex. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
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On Sunday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Khloe cringes when she sees her brother Rob - wearing nothing but briefs - give her BFF a peck on the cheek.
"You guys are so weird together!" she says in the clip above.
She gets disgusted the more she thinks about it.
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"So, did you guys have sex?" she finally asks before.
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Sprint's been tipped to also be getting a version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone with android 4.0 Gingerbread. This one's said to have LTE on board, which Sprint is rolling out in 2012, as well as a slightly faster processor.
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that Thomas A. Kloet, former Chief Executive Officer of TMX Group Limited, the Toronto-based stock exchange owner and operator, was elected to Nasdaq's Board of Directors as a non-executive director. Mr Kloet was CEO of TMX from 2008 until his retirement in October 2014.
Mr Kloet previously served on a number of boards, including: TMX Group, Bermuda Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CBOE Futures Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, World Federation of Exchanges, National Futures Association, and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC). He also recently served as Chairman of the Board for the BOX Options Exchange. He is currently a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee.
Change At The Top Of Deutsche Börse AG - Chief Executive Officer Reto Francioni Will Hand Over His Tasks To His Successor After The Annual General Meeting 2015
After 17 years on the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG, almost ten of which as CEO, Reto Francioni will hand over his post to his designated successor, Carsten Kengeter, after Deutsche Börse AG's Annual General Meeting on 13 May 2015. Reto Francioni will turn 60 in August 2015. Over the past months the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Joachim Faber, and the respective Supervisory Board committees have identified an suitable successor in an extensive process and with the accompanying support of the CEO, Reto Francioni. Carsten Kengeter, who will already join as a member of the Executive Board in April 2015 at the latest, will take over the position of CEO effective 1 June 2015 after the Annual General Meeting 2015. The current Deputy CEO, Andreas Preuss, will extend his mandate until 31 May 2018. The relevant decisions were taken by the Supervisory Board in its meeting today.
The JSE has introduced a fast track listing process to make it quicker and easier for companies already listed on certain international exchange to obtain a secondary listing on the local bourse.
The new fast track listing process allows international companies, who have already been admitted to certain other major stock exchanges for a period of at least 18 months, to secondary list on AltX or the JSE's Main Board. The following exchanges are accredited by the JSE for the fast track listing process:
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• New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Euronext
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Companies listed on the above exchanges and making use of the fast track listing process do not need to produce a prelisting statement and, instead, will only release a prelisting announcement. This announcement contains certain disclosure items pursuant to the Listings Requirements and details of the actual listing on the JSE, which is then read in conjunction with the company's latest published information (including its annual report) which has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the exchange where it has a primary listing. The fast track listing process seeks to significantly reduce the time it takes to attain a secondary listing on the JSE.
"The streamlined process means that a secondary listing on the JSE gives companies the opportunity to access South Africa's deep pools of capital at a lower cost by eliminating a second round of administrative preparation for listing," says Donna Oosthuyse, Director: Capital Markets at the JSE.
TMX Group Limited today announced that it has selected Lou Eccleston to lead the organization as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Eccleston, who will assume the role effective November 3, 2014*, will also become a member of the TMX Group Limited Board of Directors.
Mr. Eccleston brings to TMX Group more than 30 years of extensive experience gained in senior leadership roles in the information services, financial technology and capital market services sectors. Most recently, he was President, S&P Capital IQ and Chairman of the Board, S&P Dow Jones Indices, which are business lines of McGraw Hill Financial. He was with that organization for 6 years. Previously, Mr. Eccleston was at Thomson Financial for 4 years in the roles of President of Global Sales, Marketing & Services and President of the Banking and Brokerage Group. Mr. Eccleston was at Bloomberg LP for 14 years, where he held a number of roles including chief executive of Bloomberg Tradebook for 6 years. He also served as Chairman and CEO of Pivot Inc., a capital market software services company.
Taiwan Stock Exchange launched a Corporate Governance Evaluation System on March 31, 2014. The evaluation system follows the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (rights of shareholders, equitable treatment of shareholders, role of stakeholders, disclosure and transparency, and responsibilities of the board) with five corresponding sections and a total of 92 indicators. All TWSE listed companies will be evaluated in 2015 based on publicly available information, and the evaluation will be conducted annually. Companies which rank in the top 20 percent with the highest evaluation scores will be disclosed.
Today at Brazil's BM&FBOVESPA and in nine other countries, the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) presented an international integrated reporting framework for companies. IIRC promotes the integration of financial, sustainability and governance information in corporate reports. The document will be available for consultation and suggestions (in English) for 90 days at the IIRC web portal. The Portuguese version will be published soon at the web portal of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC).
On December 12, MICEX-RTS and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) signed an agreement that will strengthen corporate governance in Russia through a program called the OECD-Russia Corporate Governance Roundtable. The signing ceremony took place at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development as part of OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría's visit to Moscow.
Business and investment leaders today call for a new approach to corporate reporting in a landmark Discussion Paper, called Towards Integrated Reporting – Communicating Value in the 21st Century, published by the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC).
Integrated Reporting will provide more comprehensive and meaningful information about all aspects of an organization"s performance and position, presented in a much clearer, more concise and more user friendly format. In particular it will demonstrate the links between an organization"s financial performance and the social, environmental and economic context within which it operates.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. (TSE Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in developing capital markets in emerging economies, helping protect investors through better corporate governance, ensure fair markets, and spur economic growth.
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The World Federation of Exchanges is an association of excellence. Included, of course, is the Johannesburg Stock Exchange which in the latest global competitiveness report of the World Economic Forum, was once again placed first in terms of market regulation. In this context of excellence it is indeed an honour that the WFE should make me the recipient of an Award of Excellence in recognition of the work I have done in leading national commissions on Corporate Governance, especially the South African commission, and for driving forward integrated reporting which is better suited to the changed world in which we live. I acknowledge the role of the many I have led in the various commissions, the GRI and the IIRC in promoting the ideal of integrated reporting.
our respective anniversaries come at a critical juncture for the world economy. The financial crisis has been the worst one in our lifetime. It exposed massive failures in regulation, in supervision, in corporate governance and in risk management. The crisis also resulted in a major loss of confidence by the public in governments, in business and in finance.
Egypt's stock exchange delists firms in a move to put quality over quantity. The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) delisted 14 companies at the start of the year. According to a statement on the EGX's website, the firms' shares were transferred to the Over the Counter (OTC) Board (Orders Market) for two weeks starting January 3. This move gave individual investors time to leave the companies before they were transferred to the OTC Market (Deals) two weeks later.
The contribution of stock exchanges to improving standards of corporate governance in recent decades has been manifest. Through participation in developing national codes of corporate governance, by setting listing and maintenance requirements consistent with high standards of governance and through monitoring and disclosure of listed companies' corporate governance arrangements, exchanges have been at the forefront of a process of raising standards.
(Paris, 26 September 2011). The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) announced that the recipient of the WFE Award for Excellence this year will be Professor Mervyn King, the incoming Chairman of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). South Africa native Professor King is designated for this Award in recognition of his work in leading national commissions on corporate governance reform, and for driving forward a financial reporting framework that is better able to accommodate the complexity and need for transparency in this period of financial and economic turmoil – an Integrated Report.
(11 October 2010, Paris) Chairmen and Chief Executives from more than 68 of the world's leading exchanges gathered in Paris this week for the 50th General Assembly and Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE
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I realize this is a rather long post, but I would love to get your thoughts on it. I admit my use of the word "religion" in the title for this post may be misleading. I am referring to a belief system in our culture that in many ways parallels the psychology of theists.
According to Melanie Joy, Ph.D, Ed.M, a social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, meat eating is an ideology, or a belief system.
She says, "Most of us who have grown up eating meat don't realize that every time we sit down to our food, we are acting in accordance with an invisible belief system that has shaped our thoughts, preferences, feelings and behaviors. We aren't aware of how we have been conditioned to eat animals without considering the implications of our choices on ourselves or on others - or to even realize we are making choices at all."
"Meat production and consumption, the most far-reaching and widely supported form of nonhuman animal exploitation, remains an unnamed ideology."
"This invisible belief system, carnism, has created the illusion that when we eat meat we are making our choices freely. But carnism is structured to enable humane people to participate in inhumane practices without realizing what they're doing, to block our awareness so that we unknowingly act against our own interests and the interests of others."
"We have, however, recognized that the opposing dietary standpoint—vegetarianism—is, indeed, an ideology. For this reason, we do not call vegetarians "plant-eaters" or "non-meat-eaters" because we understand that vegetarianism, though its principles are manifested in the act of abstaining from the consumption of flesh, is actually a philosophy in which the subjugation of other animals is considered unnecessary and unjust.
This inequality of ideological identification demonstrates our collective meat bias. It is, in fact, quite common to label only those beliefs which run counter to the dominant culture. We assume that it is not necessary to assign a term to ourselves when we adhere to the mainstream way of thinking, as though its prevalence makes it an intrinsic part of life rather than a widely held opinion. Meat eating, though culturally dominant, reflects a choice that is not espoused by everybody.
Some people refer to meat-eaters as carnivores; yet, human meat-eaters are actually omnivores, as they consume both flesh and plants. Moreover, the terms carnivore and omnivore suggest a biological predisposition toward flesh, while contemporary, wide-scale meat eating is not a physiological necessity but an ideological choice; the millions of healthy vegetarians who have persisted throughout the centuries are testament to this. Neither carnivore nor omnivore expresses the beliefs beneath the behavior.
For the reasons listed above, I have chosen to employ the terms carnism and carnist to the ideology of meat production/consumption and its proponents. Carnism stems from the Latin carn, meaning flesh or body, and is the root in carnage. Fleshist might have been appropriate, but flesh has fewer connotations suggestive of slaughter and this label may be too disconcerting and removed from the socially accepted carnivore for carnists to be willing to apply to themselves. And the term meatist reinforces the social construction of meat in which "meat" is perceived as synonymous with "food."
By naming the belief system which underlies the acts of meat production and consumption we are better able to acknowledge that slaughtering nonhuman animals for human consumption is not a given but a choice; a choice that is based upon an ideology in which the domination and exploitation of other animals is considered a natural human privilege. To say "I eat meat" or "I am a meat-eater" denotes an action devoid of a philosophical viewpoint, whereas to say "I am a carnist," describes a choice, an identification with a particular belief system. Using the verb, eat, in the labels meat-eater or even flesh-eater places the focus of the consumption of other animals on what one does, rather than what one is."
In her book, "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows", Dr. Joy explains the process through which carnists use psychic numbing to cope with the moral disconnect between the common belief that it is wrong to cause needless suffering and the act of causing animals to suffer needlessly so that we can eat them.
Psychic numbing: "we disconnect, mentally and emotionally,from our experience; we 'numb' ourselves. [...] Psychic numbing is adaptive, or beneficial, when it helps us to cope with violence. But it becomes maladaptive, or destructive, when it is used to enable violence."
On both an individual and institutional level, we engage in a number of defense mechanisms that help us to achieve psychic numbing:
- Denial: Also called "practical invisibility," denial is the process by which the horrific realities of "meat" (and egg and dairy) production are literally kept invisible to us. For example, we "grow" billions of chickens, turkeys, pigs, cows, lambs, etc. for food every year; but where are they!? Few of us rarely, if ever, witness these animals grazing the land, rearing their offspring, sunning themselves in the grass or preening in the dirt. But they're out there: crammed by the tens of thousands into massive, windowless buildings, located in large complexes on the outskirts of town. These animals are trucked to and from slaughter in unmarked vans; their only exposure to the outdoors comes when they await sale or death, on the auction block or at the slaughterhouse. Practically speaking, they remain invisible to us, as does their suffering. Because many of us enjoy eating "meat," eggs and milk, this is how we like it.
- Avoidance: The counterpart to denial, avoidance involves "symbolic invisibility"; it is "knowing without knowing." The animal agriculture industry – with no small amount of help from the other major social institutions, such as the government and news media – feed us ridiculous, transparent lies about "meat" production, and we eagerly gobble them up. "Humane meat" is an oxymoron: labels such as "organic," "free range," "grass fed," etc. are rendered meaningless through industry lobbying and self-policing, and besides, no unnecessary death can ever be called "humane." While the government has ostensibly established myriad rules regarding food safety, animal welfare, and environmental responsibility, again, these rules remain full of loopholes and usually go unenforced. For example, chickens aren't considered "animals" under either the Animal Welfare Act or the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act.
- Justification: We use a series of myths in order to convince ourselves of the "justness" of carnism. These myths typically involve the 3 Ns, as Joy refers to them:
Normal – Carnism has become normalized, such that its tenets are social norms. Social norms are both descriptive (telling us how things are now) and prescriptive (dictating to us how things ought to be). But just like religious belief, just because something is normal, or common, doesn't make it right.
Natural – If something is "natural," it's assumed to be "justifiable": "The way 'natural' translates to 'justifiable' is through the process of naturalization. [...] When an ideology is naturalized, its tenets are believed to be in accordance with the laws of nature." "Natural" = "the way things are meant to be." But I think many of us can easily point out the"naturalistic fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy
Necessary – Closely tied to the supposed "naturalness" of carnism, "meat's" perceived "necessity" makes it seem inevitable; not a choice. But clearly "meat" consumption is a choice – in industrialized nations, anyhow – as any vegan or vegetarian can attest.
- Objectification: Via objectification, we reduce living, sentient beings to nothing more than objects; we objectify them. Clearly, a cow is nothing like a television set – but both are considered pieces of property in our "modern," "civilized" society. Objectification is even apparent in our language when we refer to animals as "it" instead of as "he" or "she" as if they are inanimate objects.
- Deindividualization: Through deindividualization, we strip animals of their individual identities, viewing them as pieces of a group and nothing more. One individual in the group is thought of as indistinguishable from all the rest; thus, the singular sentient beings become unfamiliar abstractions. (This is why Americans recoil at the thought of eating dog meat; most of us have either lived with or known at least one dog on a personal level. Dogs are individuals, familiars, whereas cows, pigs, fishes and chickens are not.)
- Dichotomization: Dichotomization involves grouping animals into two distinct, often diametrically opposed, categories: food/not food, cute/ugly, dirty/clean. These categories are usually arbitrary and based on our own prejudices and stereotypes rather than any semblance of reality. Along with objectification and deindividualization, dichotomization allows us to "distance" ourselves from"food" animals at will.
Here is nice video promo for the book that makes this point pretty well:
- Rationalization: To rationalize a behavior is to attempt to provide a rational explanation for a behavior that is, at its core, irrational. Animal agriculture is wasteful, unsustainable, harmful to human health and the environment, and – above all else – inherently cruel to the billions of nonhuman animals who are enslaved and killed for nothing more than human "taste" and "convenience" and corporate profits. Yet, our culture is replete with rationalizations for this most irrational of business and ethical models. Even otherwise rational people come up with crazy rationalizations when presented with even the idea of veganism –"don't plants feel pain too" or "humans have eaten meat for thousands of years." Yeah, so? Humans have raped and murdered for thousands of years too. Does that make it okay?
- Dissociation: Described by Joy as "the heart of psychic numbing," dissociation "is psychologically and emotionally disconnecting from the truth of our experience; it is the feeling of not being fully 'present' or conscious." Often times, dissociation is triggered by a traumatic experience, for example, experiencing or witnessing a physical assault. Given that "meat" production involves the assault and murder of tens of billions of sentient beings per year – and "meat"- eating is, literally, the consumption of a once-living, once-feeling individual – it makes sense that the same psychological defense mechanism that protects us from reliving our own distressful experience also shields us from the uncomfortable truth that, with every animal-based meal, we are directly participating in another being's living (and dying) hell.
Anyway, that's it. Sorry for the long post. If you read the whole thing, I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.
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So, is the basic idea that those who eat meat are either ignorant, or just rationalizing their immoral actions?
I guess that it all comes down to morality once again, but could anyone be so kind and remind me what is the objective base of morality? Why is it immoral for humans to treat animals as they do?
Well, I thought you were answering my question since you replied to my post.
Anyway, are you saying that it's OK to eat meat? I mean, it may be unnecessary, but people are known to do things for other reasons that necessity. I'm sure people could do just fine without music, for example, but the pleasure one feels when listening to music is a good reason to actually do it.
Enjoying music harms no one. Eating meat harms animals.
I am arguing that causing unnecessary harm is immoral. Why do people keep separating necessity and harm when critiquing my point?
That's what I'm asking for like a lunatic here. Why is it that harming animals is immoral in any situation and why is it in all situations? It seems to me that the whole point of the moral vegans/vegetarians is that it is immoral to kill animals and/or cause them to suffer while alive. But no one said why is it immoral to do these things. And where do we draw the line and why?
And also, if it is immoral, should it be illegal to kill animals? Everywhere on the Globe, or just in localized oases of morality?
No, the majority of people doesn't agree that animals shouldn't be treated as they currently are. That's because most people do eat meat and are OK with it.
And you kinda evaded my question there. If you think it's immoral to consume meat, should it be illegal to do so? If not, then why the heck not? How is it that something immoral should be considered legal? If it isn't illegal, then what is your objection to someone consuming meat? Are you trying to impose your moral convictions on other, or what? And if you are, how can you impose them without legislating them?
the majority of people agree needless cruelty to animals is immoral
If that is true, and I believe it is, then maybe most people don't agree that being cruel to animals in order to eat them is a needless action. Maybe most people think that the pleasure they feel when tasting meat is reason enough to continue to be cruel to animals. Is that really immoral? The social convention doesn't seem to agree and trying to convince people that they don't really believe what they believe is a little absurd.
Radu, can you conceive of a discussion about morality that doesn't involve the use of forceful coercion? I have no desire to legislate morality or enact laws to enforce it.
I agree most people don't think it is immoral to eat animals. But I still think most people think it is immoral to needlessly hurt animals. And when they really think about it, they understand that raising and killing animals for food when we have alternatives constitutes needlessly hurting animals. But they live with the cognitive dissonance through various psychological defense mechanisms. I think many of these defense mechanisms mirror the defense mechanisms of other belief systems, including religion. That's what this discussion is about. It isn't about me or my views or if I plan to initiate some sort of legislative campaign to take away your meat.
If you are unfamiliar with Australian philosopher Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation, first published in 1975, I highly recommend and suggest you get yourself a copy.
Amazon Reader Review:
"This is one of the first accounts of what was to become one of the most controversial movements in the world. Peter Singer, a moral philosopher, argues about the ethics of eating meat, biomedical experiments on animals, cattle farming, the meat industry, and other related topics. Written with his characteristic lucidity and clarity, this is no jittery, woolly, 'fascist animal rights lobby' book, but an intellectually rigorous, philosophically grounded tract on what it means to be human and what duties we owe other species who share the world with us. Clear-eyed, substantiated with impeccably-researched data and facts, and radiant with a moral energy that has all but left academic philosophical writing, it gives much-needed credibility to a burning, and often much abused and misrepresented, issue."
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Mowers, Erin N.; Ph.D.
Program of Education;
College of Human Development and Education; North Dakota State University
April 2010
Teacher Burnout in North Dakota
Major Professor: Dr. Ron Stammen
The purpose of this mixed study dissertation was to determine if teachers in North Dakota public schools show signs of teacher burnout and the extent to which NCLB is a major stress factor.
The research questions were: To what extent are teachers experiencing symptoms of burnout? What are the factors of burnout? The research hypothesis was: The policies of No Child Left Behind are the highest stress factor for teachers in North Dakota public schools.
This study used an electronic, web-based data collection procedure. This was accomplished by surveying members of the North Dakota Education Association. The target population was 2,000 teachers in public schools in North Dakota, with 687 (34% response rate) participating in this study. The data collected and analyzed basic descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and a one-way ANOVA test. The comments from teachers on their present job satisfaction were qualitatively coded, themed and reported.
The Maslach Burnout Inventory for educators was used for instrumentation which included 22 questions forming three sub-scales: Depersonalization, Emotional Exhaustion, and Personal Accomplishment. A seven-job satisfaction variable survey was used to determine what variables may cause teacher burnout. The seven variables were: principal leader-ship, school funding, AYP, salaries, work environment, feedback on teaching and superintendent leadership.
Conclusions for question one were: teachers in ND do not feel good about their competency or effectiveness in the classroom: there is low teacher morale; teachers do not exhibit depersonalization or blaming of their students; ND teachers are not cynical; and teachers have moderate levels of emotional exhaustion and struggle with factors of time on job and meetings.
Question two conclusions were: female, elementary teachers in large school districts show the most stress for making AYP, a factor for burnout; the more education a teacher has the less satisfied they are with the leadership of the principal; which is not the case for their superintendent. Teachers were satisfied with work environment and feedback on their job performance.
The Research hypothesis was rejected because teachers do not feel that the NCLB policies were the highest stress factors compared to those on the MBI-ES survey. The highest stress factors for North Dakota teachers were salaries and school funding.
Four themes emerged from the survey respondent comments: lack of time, high-stakes testing, financial concerns and control issues.


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