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I Don't Want The World, I Want You! – Part 3. by WebCamRated 62.5%, Read 7359 times, Posted Sat 4th of June 2011
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The Barbie Lez Fantasies - Week 82: The Stallion Twins by barbielezRated 62.5%, Read 4725 times, Posted Wed 29th of July 2015
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A night for your pleasure by NomadicSpiritRated 62.5%, Read 6561 times, Posted Mon 7th of February 2011
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The Barbie Lez Fantasies - Week 80: Incestuous Horseplay by barbielezRated 62.5%, Read 5925 times, Posted Wed 8th of July 2015
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Foot Games With Jake by Soaked FeetRated 62.5%, Read 6174 times, Posted Tue 24th of June 2014
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Britta01 by ben210590Rated 62.5%, Read 2796 times, Posted Fri 22nd of November 2013
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Under the Sea by VolterraRated 62.5%, Read 25726 times, Posted Mon 30th of May 2005
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Final Fantasy XXX: Reviving My Sister's Corpse (Text Fix) -_- by JoshCubeRated 62.5%, Read 16704 times, Posted Fri 8th of February 2013
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Housekeeper by Samantha WildeRated 62.5%, Read 40556 times, Posted Sat 21st of February 2004
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Megans night by joeRated 62.5%, Read 80772 times, Posted Mon 19th of December 2005
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summer on the farm pt 1 by msmith74Rated 62.4%, Read 25476 times, Posted Tue 18th of September 2012
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A Girl Interrupted by SarahTheFirstRated 62.3%, Read 43604 times, Posted Mon 9th of October 2006
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Daddies girl is a slut by Babygirlco20Rated 62.3%, Read 49647 times, Posted Fri 4th of January 2013
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Vocation by VirtualScottRated 62.3%, Read 26331 times, Posted Fri 27th of January 2012
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Granny by lilman62Rated 62.3%, Read 128735 times, Posted Mon 29th of January 2007
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Prologue : James Bowker by SummerBlazinRated 62.2%, Read 24345 times, Posted Mon 9th of June 2008
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luckiest bastard alive by jfur18Rated 62.2%, Read 10073 times, Posted Wed 24th of May 2006
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Abigail (three chapters) by styxxRated 62%, Read 24606 times, Posted Fri 4th of July 2008
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Goldie and the Seven Hells: Hell 1 (Lust) by ShadowCultRated 62%, Read 12801 times, Posted Tue 4th of April 2006
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"DECEPTION" by blueheattRated 61.9%, Read 17367 times, Posted Sun 22nd of September 2013
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The Odd Sexual Encounters Of Anthony Bay - Age 17: Losing It by Anonymouswriter313Rated 61.9%, Read 5577 times, Posted Sun 22nd of August 2010
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Vampire Desires 3 by Max89Rated 61.9%, Read 10459 times, Posted Tue 30th of October 2007
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Sister's Gift by TheMeisterRated 61.9%, Read 37017 times, Posted Wed 4th of May 2011
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Wow by DamirRated 61.8%, Read 23992 times, Posted Mon 18th of April 2005
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Domination of Monique.Chapter1. by Pussy PatrolRated 61.8%, Read 15897 times, Posted Tue 3rd of November 2009
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Mystery Man Revealed by StarmanRated 61.8%, Read 12806 times, Posted Sat 6th of March 2004
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My Box... by Monroe_Rated 61.8%, Read 23424 times, Posted Wed 15th of June 2011
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I Saw My Sister Stripping And It Turned Me On - Chapter 3 Of 10 by Barney_StinsonRated 61.8%, Read 12183 times, Posted Thu 13th of December 2012
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building harry's harem - part 2 by songwriter90Rated 61.8%, Read 56730 times, Posted Sat 22nd of November 2008
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The Boys of England pt 1 by mikeyupRated 61.8%, Read 21336 times, Posted Sun 25th of February 2007
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My Sexual holiday cut short by Jenn36MIlFRated 61.8%, Read 9510 times, Posted Fri 12th of August 2011
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Emma and the Master Part 3 by Deacon BrodieRated 61.7%, Read 15009 times, Posted Mon 8th of November 2004
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Angie and Sara -Ch 3 "Separation - Angie's side" by nispe5xRated 61.5%, Read 5676 times, Posted Tue 2nd of August 2011
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Spells and Spunk Part 2 by NobodyInParticular
«More fucking in the Room of Requirement»Rated 61.5%, Read 3954 times, Posted Wed 16th of March 2016
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Problem by VirtualScottRated 61.5%, Read 7824 times, Posted Sat 17th of March 2012
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Best night ever! pt 2 by littlewillywankerRated 61.5%, Read 6711 times, Posted Sat 2nd of February 2013
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The Doyle Sisters (Part 1 of 3) by Kash_manRated 61.5%, Read 5922 times, Posted Mon 26th of April 2010
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Racos Dreams Coming true!!! by ash15leypierceRated 61.5%, Read 5262 times, Posted Tue 28th of December 2010
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What is your fantasy? by rALFRated 61.5%, Read 19432 times, Posted Sun 26th of September 2004
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The Place By The Lake by JustSadeToRated 61.4%, Read 17436 times, Posted Fri 21st of September 2012
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House Guest (part 3) by licks69Rated 61.3%, Read 20344 times, Posted Sun 13th of June 2004
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Jessica's Adventures! 2 by jessicaRated 61.2%, Read 72950 times, Posted Tue 10th of August 2004
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France by fucker_69Rated 61.2%, Read 36444 times, Posted Mon 7th of June 2004
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The donner affair part 2 by Criminal KidRated 61.2%, Read 13551 times, Posted Sun 7th of October 2007
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Watching a Video by mystyfiRated 61.1%, Read 10347 times, Posted Mon 27th of July 2009
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Office Story by Joe D. AddyRated 61.1%, Read 19077 times, Posted Mon 9th of May 2011
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NOT YOUR TYPICAL CRAIGSLIST SATURDAT NITE by TwistedtabooRated 61.1%, Read 5457 times, Posted Fri 17th of April 2015
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Unexpected Visitor Part Twelve - Final by Davy123Rated 61.1%, Read 4212 times, Posted Thu 29th of March 2012
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Salvation Ch. 1 Alice Marchant by ZenythmonRated 61.1%, Read 30907 times, Posted Tue 22nd of January 2008
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Berlin Wall by Ivory LightningRated 61%, Read 51421 times, Posted Sat 17th of April 2004
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Sweet Dreams by 69intheshadeRated 61%, Read 10611 times, Posted Wed 23rd of November 2005
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One step further 2 by Angel WingsRated 60.9%, Read 11163 times, Posted Sun 16th of April 2006
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The Group- Intro and The Party by jrerik95Rated 60.9%, Read 13854 times, Posted Thu 28th of October 2010
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It All Started With Porn... by EclecticEroticRated 60.7%, Read 6852 times, Posted Tue 10th of June 2014
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My life as Natalie (Chapter One) by ExitsRated 60.7%, Read 9474 times, Posted Mon 23rd of May 2011
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dog sitting 1 by youngandhornyRated 60.6%, Read 52189 times, Posted Wed 11th of February 2004
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Mommy's Love Denied 7 by mathew elizabethRated 60.6%, Read 6402 times, Posted Tue 9th of June 2015
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Gaze into the eyes of a monster by MISTER BIG TRated 60.6%, Read 35805 times, Posted Sat 27th of August 2005
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New town new business new setter by KadeecameRated 60.5%, Read 10869 times, Posted Wed 13th of March 2013
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New Years Fuck-fest by Ryan_3Rated 60.5%, Read 16930 times, Posted Mon 3rd of January 2005
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mom ki chudai in front of me by momwetpussynassRated 60.3%, Read 226629 times, Posted Sun 1st of May 2011
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Rock Hard Sunday by Story TellerRated 60%, Read 25373 times, Posted Tue 8th of August 2006
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Kelly - schoolgirl pocket money (Chapter 6) by EmilyWRated 60%, Read 33275 times, Posted Thu 29th of March 2007
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SISTERCOUSINXXXXX by Giggity123Rated 60%, Read 22908 times, Posted Mon 7th of September 2009
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Eastenders Young Love Part 3 by gaycianRated 60%, Read 9921 times, Posted Mon 7th of December 2009
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Mentoring Brandon Chapter 18 by RAA049
«Boys in Love and Sharing Each other»Rated 60%, Read 369 times, Posted 20 hours ago
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My Fathers' Boss by Sybil_62Rated 60%, Read 30819 times, Posted Fri 5th of October 2012
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Fond Memories by Goldstar23Rated 60%, Read 5298 times, Posted Fri 22nd of June 2012
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The sex series Pt. 2 by AnnoynomusRated 60%, Read 4404 times, Posted Wed 10th of April 2013
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My dirty little secret. Pnp with a dominant perv by Bobby McNeil
«Bi-curious young man meets older, dominant, arrogant man for mutually satisfying sexual adventures»Rated 60%, Read 4563 times, Posted Wed 2nd of December 2015
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Lyrics – Temporary Like Achilles – Bob Dylan was uploaded to Flickr
The lyrics are slightly different on Blonde on Blonde, but close
Temporary Like Achilles
Standing on your window, honey
Yes, I've been here before
Feeling so harmless
I'm looking at your second door
How come you don't send me no regards?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, why are you so hard?
Kneeling 'neath your ceiling
Yes, I guess I'll be here for a while
I'm tryin' to read your portrait, but
I'm helpless, like a rich man's child
How come you send someone out to have me barred?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, why are you so hard?
Like a poor fool in his prime
Yes, I know you can hear me walk
But is your heart made out of stone, or is it lime
Or is it just solid rock?
Well, I rush into your hallway
Lean against your velvet door
I watch upon your scorpion
Who crawls across your circus floor
Just what do you think you have to guard?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, but you're so hard
Achilles is in your alleyway
He don't want me here, he does brag
He's pointing to the sky
And he's hungry, like a man in drag
How come you get someone like him to be your guard?
You know I want your lovin'
Honey, but you're so hard
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In November 2008, LLILAS celebrated the arrival of a special work of art on campus. The Universidad Veracruzana, one of Mexico's most prominent universities, presented the institute with a colossal Olmec head, a replica of the iconic sculpture known as San Lorenzo Monument 1, or El Rey.
The original, now housed in the Museo de Antropología in Xalapa, Veracruz, is considered a signature piece of pre-Columbian Olmec culture and a world-class art object that represents New World civilization as emblematically as the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán or the ruins of Machu Picchu. One of seventeen colossal heads still in existence, San Lorenzo Monument 1 was found by noted archaeologist Matthew Stirling in the 1940s. His discoveries, and those of other archaeologists in Mexico during this time, unearthed for the world the culture of the Olmec, an ancient civilization that flourished in southern Mexico 1500-400 BCE and significantly influenced later cultures such as the Maya and Aztec.
The replica that now sits at the entry to LLILAS and the Benson Latin American Collection is made of solid stone and weighs 36,000 pounds. It was sculpted by Ignacio Pérez Solano, a Xalapa-based artist, who has spent his career exploring the history of the Gulf Coast and Mesoamerica. Pérez Solano meticulously reproduced San Lorenzo Monument 1 inch by inch, recreating the powerful lines and imposing features of the original work.
Pérez Solano began creating replicas of Olmec heads under the initiative of Miguel Alemán Velasco, who as governor of Veracruz from 1998 to 2004 endeavored to make Olmec culture better known beyond the borders of Mexico. Reproductions of other colossal heads can be found at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum in Chicago, among other locations. Miguel Alemán Velasco was present for the dedication ceremony at LLILAS on November 19, 2008, which also featured remarks by UT President William Powers and his counterpart, Raul Arias Lovillo of the Universidad Veracruzana. Fidel Herrera Beltrán, current Governor of Veracruz, also spoke, as did Olmec scholars from the U.S. and Mexico.
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Invasion of the Home Snatchers
Life's short enough to remain optimistic.
I rented The Big Short recently (via Netflix), so I've been researching some of what was written about the mortgage fraud, including this great article by Matt Taibi about how the banks churned out so many mortgages they didn't have time to actually hold the deeds before re-selling:
If you're foreclosing on somebody's house, you are required by law to have a collection of paperwork showing the journey of that mortgage note from the moment of issuance to the present. You should see the originating lender (a firm like Countrywide) selling the loan to the next entity in the chain (perhaps Goldman Sachs) to the next (maybe JP Morgan), with the actual note being transferred each time. But in fact, almost no bank currently foreclosing on homeowners has a reliable record of who owns the loan; in some cases, they have even intentionally shredded the actual mortgage notes. That's where the robo-signers come in. To create the appearance of paperwork where none exists, the banks drag in these pimply entry-level types — an infamous example is GMAC's notorious robo-signer Jeffrey Stephan, who appears online looking like an age-advanced photo of Beavis or Butt-Head — and get them to sign thousands of documents a month attesting to the banks' proper ownership of the mortgages.
This isn't some rare goof-up by a low-level cubicle slave: Virtually every case of foreclosure in this country involves some form of screwed-up paperwork. "I would say it's pretty close to 100 percent," says Kowalski. An attorney for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid tells me that out of the hundreds of cases she has handled, fewer than five involved no phony paperwork. "The fraud is the norm," she says.
Kowalski's current case before Judge Soud is a perfect example. The Jacksonville couple he represents are being sued for delinquent payments, but the case against them has already been dismissed once before. The first time around, the plaintiff, Bank of New York Mellon, wrote in Paragraph 8 that "plaintiff owns and holds the note" on the house belonging to the couple. But in Paragraph 3 of the same complaint, the bank reported that the note was "lost or destroyed," while in Paragraph 4 it attests that "plaintiff cannot reasonably obtain possession of the promissory note because its whereabouts cannot be determined."
The bank, in other words, tried to claim on paper, in court, that it both lost the note and had it, at the same time. Moreover, it claimed that it had included a copy of the note in the file, which it did — the only problem being that the note (a) was not properly endorsed, and (b) was payable not to Bank of New York but to someone else, a company called Novastar.
(click here to continue reading Invasion of the Home Snatchers | Rolling Stone.)
Still amazed that we as a nation did not storm Wall Street with pitchforks and throw a bunch of bankers on a boat headed right for Somalia or somewhere similar. And in fact, now that a few years have passed, collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are back, and the cycle of fraud continues.
The 2008 financial crisis gave a few credit products a bad reputation. Like collateralized debt obligations, known as CDOs. Or credit-default swaps. But now, a marriage of the two terms (using leverage, of course) is making a comeback — it's just being called something else. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is joining other banks in peddling something they're referring to as a "bespoke tranche opportunity."
That's essentially a CDO backed by single-name credit-default swaps, customized based on investors' wishes. The pools of derivatives are cut into varying slices of risk that are sold to investors such as hedge funds. The derivatives are similar to a product that became popular during the last credit boom and exacerbated losses when markets seized up. Demand for this sort of exotica is returning now and there's no real surprise why. Everyone is searching for yield after more than six years of near-zero interest rates from the Federal Reserve, not to mention stimulus efforts by central banks in Japan and Europe. The transactions offer the potential for higher returns than buying a typical corporate bond, especially if an investor focuses on first-loss slices or uses borrowed money, or both. Obviously, the downside may be much greater, too. Michael DuVally, a spokesman for Goldman Sachs in New York, declined to comment.
(click here to continue reading Goldman Sachs Hawks CDOs Tainted by Credit Crisis Under New Name – Bloomberg.)
Sub-prime auto loans are the next big thing, but some bankers whine that The Big Short might be interfering with their con…
Auto loans made to risky borrowers and then bundled into bonds sold to investors have been making headlines for years, with some voicing concerns over an apparent resemblance between the so-called subprime auto market and the subprime housing market that sparked the 2008 financial crisis and ensuing recession.
Indeed, the parallels may not have been lost on investors either. In a note published on Wednesday, Morgan Stanley analysts led by Jeen Ng wonder whether last year's debut of The Big Short—the film version of the Michael Lewis book published in 2010—has played a role in sparking fresh worries over the asset class.
(click here to continue reading Morgan Stanley: People Might Be Worried About Subprime Auto Bonds Because of the 'Big Short' Movie – Bloomberg.)
as Gawker writer Hannah Gold puts it:
The memo reads:
"However, concerns about growing recessionary risks – and perhaps even the popularity of the recent movie The Big Short – have motivated investors to investigate any potential source of weakness. Consumer sectors that involve large initial outlays, such as housing and autos, provide a natural place to start. Combine that with recent headlines from Fitch suggesting that delinquencies in some sectors of the auto ABS market have reached 20- year highs, and you get a target sector for investors' concerns.
Those concerns are not without merit, at least as far as delinquencies are concerned. It is interesting to highlight that as the housing market continues to heal from its post-crisis depths, mortgage delinquencies have been on a steady decline while auto delinquencies have been going in the opposite direction."
Or maybe potential investors are suspicious of auto loans because…they're actual villains. Critics of the auto ABS have been pointing out parallels between the subprime auto market and the subprime housing market for years. Hopefully this story has a slightly less disastrous ending.
(click here to continue reading Morgan Stanley Analyst Fears the Movie The Big Short Has Discouraged Investors From Buying Risky Auto Loans.)
Great. Just in time for a wave of deregulation if Hillary Clinton wins in 2016, or worse, Donald Trump, or even worse, Ted Cruz…
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Founded in Chicago in 1878 by a group of investors including John R. True, this company became a major producer of terra cotta trimmings used by the construction industry. By the early 1890s, when Northwestern Terra Cotta employed approximately 500 men, annual sales approached $600,000. By 1910, its large plant at Clybourn and Wrightwood Avenues had about 1,000 workers. The popularity of placing terra cotta moldings on building facades peaked in the 1920s, and Northwestern Terra Cotta led the way, in Chicago and around the country. Around this time, the company opened plants in St. Louis and Denver. Beginning with Louis Sullivan earlier in the century, prominent Chicago architects like Frank Lloyd Wright had extensive contracts with the company. Included among the many landmark Chicago buildings for which Northwestern supplied extensive decorative moldings were the Civic Opera House, the Chicago Theater, the Wrigley Building, and the Randolph Tower. Northwestern's operations in Chicago declined alongside the construction industry during Great Depression and never returned to their 1920s levels. In 1965, Northwestern Terra Cotta Co.'s only remaining plant, in Denver, closed.
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How Vermont Got Big Food Companies To Label GMOs
If you hadn't heard, Vermont recently passed a GMO labeling law, and Congress, since it is so dysfunctional, could not muster a response. Thus Vermont's law will become the de facto law of the nation, at least for a while…
You'll soon know whether many of the packaged foods you buy contain ingredients derived from genetically modified plants, such as soybeans and corn.
Over the past week or so, big companies including General Mills, Mars and Kellogg have announced plans to label such products – even though they still don't think it's a good idea.
The reason, in a word, is Vermont. The tiny state has boxed big food companies into a corner. Two years ago, the state passed legislation requiring mandatory labeling.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association has fought back against the law, both in court and in Congress, but so far it's been unsuccessful.
Last week, as we reported, Congress failed to pass an industry-supported measure that would have created a voluntary national standard for labeling — and also would have preempted Vermont's law. Which means for now, food industry giants still face a July 1 deadline to comply with the state's labeling mandate.
And since food companies can't create different packaging just for Vermont, it appears that the tiniest of states has created a labeling standard that will go into effect nationwide.
This statement, from General Mills' Jeff Harmening, sums it up:
"Vermont state law requires us to start labeling certain grocery store food packages that contain GMO ingredients or face significant fines," Harmening wrote on the General Mills blogs.
"We can't label our products for only one state without significantly driving up costs for our consumers and we simply will not do that," explains Harmening.
So, as a result: "Consumers all over the U.S. will soon begin seeing words legislated by the state of Vermont on the labels of many of their favorite General Mills products," he concludes.
Chocolate giant Mars struck a similar tone in its announcement: "To comply with [the Vermont] law, Mars is introducing clear, on-pack labeling on our products that contain GM ingredients nationwide," the company statement says.
(click here to continue reading How Little Vermont Got Big Food Companies To Label GMOs : The Salt : NPR.)
All Your Bonnie Plants Come from Non-GMO Seeds, and All Your Base are Belong to Us
For the record, I'm ok with the Vermont labeling law. I don't know if genetically modified food is good or bad, but truthfully, nobody really does. The American government's regulatory agencies are permanently tilted towards the interests of corporations, always, and nearly without exception; the FDA cannot be trusted to protect the health of consumers. Do we really know if gene splicing pesticide resistance into apples or wheat is going to alter our bodies? The corporations pinky-swear GMOs won't have long-term effects on cancer rates and other health-related concerns, and maybe they are right.
But maybe they are not.
Last spring, the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization declared glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide on GMO crops, to be a probable carcinogen. And just last month, the FDA announced it would begin testing food products sold in the U.S. for glyphosate residue.
State legislators across the nation introduced 101 bills last year pertaining to GMOs. Of the 15 that passed, four had to do with labeling, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. A bill introduced by Illinois state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, requiring disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients stalled in committee.
More than 90 percent of corn and soybeans grown in Illinois is genetically modified, said Adam Nielsen, director of national legislation for the Illinois Farm Bureau.
The GMO crop movement took off in 1996, when Monsanto Co. introduced Roundup Ready soybean seeds, genetically modified to resist Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicide. Similarly marketed cotton, canola, corn and sugar beet seeds soon followed.
For farmers, glyphosate represented a safer, cheaper, more effective way of controlling weeds, thwarting pests and growing crops, Moose said. It's since become the standard in large-scale agriculture.
The general public and the scientific community don't tend to agree when it comes to GMO safety, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey conducted before the World Health Organization finding. Most consumers surveyed, 57 percent, said they considered GMOs to be generally unsafe to eat, whereas 88 percent of scientists surveyed, all of them connected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said GMOs were generally safe.
Genetically modified crops don't present a health risk, but the herbicides used on them are "a big problem," said Dr. Philip Landrigan, dean for global health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and an expert on environmental health concerns and children.
As GMO crops have become more common over the years, weeds have become resistant to glyphosate, which has led to heavier use of the herbicide, he said.
Landrigan is among scientists and health experts calling on the EPA to "urgently review the safety risk of glyphosate" and says it's time for GMO labeling. "Not because I think genetic rearrangement is bad, but because I think consumers have a right to know what they're eating," he said.
(click here to continue reading GMO labeling debate puts food industry on defensive – Chicago Tribune.)
The agribusinesses are not being banned from using GMO products, only being required to be transparent if they are. Does this mean General Mills has to change their packaging? Yep. So what? They can't be complaining about the extra ink required, only that they are being forced to alter their packaging by dictate of the people. Boo hoo. Packaging changes all the time anyway, I don't see the harm in adding a few words to a package.
Apple GovtOS and the FBI continued
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spent a lot of effort keeping this case in the public, even giving an interview with Time Magazine's Lev Grossman, which includes statements like:
Inside Apple this idea is nicknamed, not affectionately, GovtOS. "We had long discussions about that internally, when they asked us," Cook says. "Lots of people were involved. It wasn't just me sitting in a room somewhere deciding that way, it was a labored decision. We thought about all the things you would think we would think about." The decision, when it came, was no.
Cook actually thought that might be the end of it. It wasn't: on Feb. 16 the FBI both escalated and went public, obtaining a court order from a federal judge that required Apple to create GovtOS under something called the All Writs Act. Cook took deep, Alabaman umbrage at the manner in which he learned about the court order, which was in the press: "If I'm working with you for several months on things, if I have a relationship with you, and I decide one day I'm going to sue you, I'm a country boy at the end of the day: I'm going to pick up the phone and tell you I'm going to sue you."
It also wasn't lost on Cook that the FBI chose not to file the order under seal: if Apple wasn't going to help with a case of domestic terrorism, the FBI wanted Apple to do it under the full glare of public opinion.
The spectacle of Apple, the most admired company in the world, refusing to aid the FBI in a domestic-terrorism investigation has inflamed public passions in a way that, it's safe to say, nothing involving encryption algorithms and the All Writs Act ever has before. Donald Trump asked, "Who do they think they are?" and called for a boycott of Apple. A Florida sheriff said he would "lock the rascal up," the rascal meaning Cook. Even President Obama, whose relations with the technorati of Silicon Valley have historically been warm, spoke out about the issue at South by Southwest: "It's fetishizing our phones above every other value. And that can't be the right answer."
As against that, Apple has been smothered in amicus briefs from technology firms supporting its position, including AT&T, Airbnb, eBay, Kickstarter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Square, Twitter, Cisco, Snapchat, WhatsApp and every one of its biggest, bitterest rivals: Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke out in Apple's defense. So did retired general Michael Hayden, former head of both the NSA and the CIA. The notoriously hawkish Senator Lindsey Graham, who started out lambasting Apple, switched sides after a briefing on the matter. Steve Dowling, Apple's vice president of communications, showed me a check for $100 that somebody sent to support the world's most valuable technology company in its legal fight. (Apple didn't cash it.)
(click here to continue reading Inside Apple CEO Tim Cook's Fight With the FBI | TIME.)
The case seems weak, for a number of reasons (encryption is not bound by political boundaries; Apple shouldn't be compelled to work for the government especially when they have done nothing wrong; the laws referred to as CALEA would seem to forbid the FBI's approach; we don't live in a police state; and so on), but you can't assume that the judge in the case can be swayed by logic. I'd rather Tim Cook and Apple engineers were spending time improving iTunes, and fixing bugs in Mac OS X El Capitan instead of fighting government overreach, but you can't control the universe, only react to its whims.
I want to note another point, as discussed extensively by Jonathan Zdziarski: the idea of a warrant-proof zone. Doctor-patient privilege, diplomatic pouches, married couples, journalistic sources, these and other areas are also "dark" in the FBI parlance. Even in court, even in cases that inflame the public's interest, even then, a lawyer cannot be compelled to reveal what their client told them.
There are other examples that could be mentioned, but the point is that our country recognizes many laws and international treaties that support the concept of warrant proof as a valid concept. It is not only well within Apple's rights to produce a product that happens to be warrant-proof, but it's actually Apple's responsibility to create a product that's capable of enforcing the highest level of security permitted by our country's laws… not the lowest. Apple is well within not only their rights, but in practices that support and place appropriate locks consistent with the levels of privacy our country recognizes. These products protect everyone – diplomats, doctors, journalists, as well as all of us. Of course they should be this secure. If our own country recognizes warrant proof as a thing, of course our technology should too.
We, as everyday Americans, should also encourage the idea of warrant proof places. The DOJ believes, quite erroneously, that the Fourth Amendment gives them the right to any evidence or information they desire with a warrant. The Bill of Rights did not grant rights to the government; it protected the rights of Americans from the overreach that was expected to come from government. Our most intimate thoughts, our private conversations, our ideas, our -intent- are all things our phone tracks. These are concepts that must remain private (if we choose to protect them) for any functioning free society. In today's technological landscape, we are no longer giving up just our current or future activity under warrant, but for the first time in history, making potentially years of our life retroactively searchable by law enforcement. Things are recorded in ways today that no one would have imagined, even when CALEA was passed. The capability that DOJ is asserting is that our very lives and identities – going back across years – are subject to search. The Constitution never permitted this.
The bottom line is this: Our country actually recognizes warrant proof data, and Apple has every right and ethical obligation to recognize it in the design of their products. As Americans, we should be demanding our thoughts, conversations, and identities be protected with the highest level of security. This isn't just about credit cards.
(click here to continue reading Apple Should Own The Term "Warrant Proof" | Zdziarski's Blog of Things.)
Breath Is A Poem
There is no art without time.
Most art is appreciated in discrete chunks of time; a sunset, a cat's meow, a lover's smile, a perfect chord progression;
An oil painting hanging in a museum, a play, a famous film, a piece of music, a poem recited in sonorous tones, a perfect meal, incandescent sex; part of the beauty is that art ends, eventually.
Is there any art that avoids time? Transcends moments? Of course you can stare at the moon slowly sinking over the ocean for hours, but that isn't the same.
Every breath is a moment, every breath is a poem. And then they end.
Every breath is a poem. Every breath is a moment. And then they stop.

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MONTVALE, NJ -- (Marketwired) -- 04/03/14 -- Beneficial Holdings Inc. (OTC Pink: BFHJ) (PINKSHEETS: BFHJ) today announced preliminary unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2013, updates to corporate developments and the date and time for an investor conference call.
The Company has prepared unaudited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. These financial statements will be examined by the Company's independent public accountants and posted on the Company's web site at www.beneficial-holdings.net.
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 the Company recorded revenues of $293,369 and a net loss for the twelve month period of $1,738,226, equal to a loss of eight cents per share. Approximately $1.3 million of such net loss (six cents per fully diluted share) was attributed to the effects of recording stock-based compensation in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The weighted average number of fully-diluted common shares for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 was 22,180,917. All such amounts are unaudited. The Company recorded $83,950 of revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2013. The net loss for the period was $1,415,761, equal to a loss of six cents per share (fully diluted). Approximately $1.3 million of such net loss (six cents per fully diluted share) was attributed to the effects of recording stock based compensation in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The weighted average number of fully-diluted common shares for the three months ended December 31, 2013 was 22,285,543. All such amounts are unaudited.
Revenues for the three- and twelve-month periods were generated from the Company's asset management and development activities.
No member of management or their beneficiaries has engaged in any sale or purchase of the Company's common shares or equity-related securities during the twelve months ended December 31, 2013.
Operating results for the comparable periods in 2012 are not relevant due to the previously-announced discontinuance of certain operations and changes in accounting methods.
Summing up 2013 activity, Gregory N. Senkevitch, Beneficial's Chairman, President and CEO said: "Our Project Solutions business provided all of the Company's revenues for 2013. The Company recorded revenue from our co-development assignment at 1355 First Avenue and from our asset management engagements. Aside from the effects of recording stock based compensation in accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a loss of two cents per fully diluted share. Additionally, it should be noted the Company has not recorded a credit for federal and state income taxes to offset such losses on a GAAP basis."
Senkevitch added: "These initial activities of our Project Solutions operation have uniquely positioned the Company to be recognized as an innovative service provider within the 'built' environment. Over the past year, our most significant project, 1355 First Avenue (www.charlesnyc.com) -- one of the few new construction projects on Manhattan's highly desired Upper East Side -- has garnered accolades for its design, sales activity and unique market positioning. Our BFHJ Project Solutions management team is proud to have originated this ground breaking development back in 2007 and is privileged to be playing a role in its delivery. The Company's role in this project is small; however, it indicates the business that Project Solutions is pursuing."
Commenting on 2013's acquisition activity, Senkevitch said: "Restructuring the Green RG transaction to a licensing arrangement recognizes the synergies that we can create within our existing management team and its extended network of professional contacts. During our due diligence process, we recognized that both Beneficial's and Green RG's interests were better served by obtaining access to Green RG's technology on a favorable pricing basis and accessing proprietary situations where the technology could be utilized to maximize our Company's profits. Over the next several weeks we expect to conclude the Green Econometrics acquisition (www.greenecon.net) and to further outline our plans to staff up our Energy Solutions business and roll out its business plan."
Senkevitch also announced the Company's second investor call: "With the scope of the changes to the Company's capital structure and business platform during 2013 and the expectation that we will be able to announce one or more potential acquisitions and management team additions over the next several weeks, a second investor call is warranted. This call will provide an interactive forum that will allow for the continued discussion of the Company's strategy and communicate management's accomplishments and expectations."
The investor call will start promptly at 11:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The toll free dial in number for United States and Canada is (888) 481-2844. The international toll number is (719) 325-2144 (not toll free). For either number please enter pass code 6980950 when prompted. Allow at least 15 minutes prior to the call for the registration process. Investor questions will be answered as time allows.
"We are building a company that combines experienced, principal-based talent with cutting edge technology and capital-based solutions. Over the next several weeks we will continue to outline additional service platforms and management talent that will expand our basket of services for the 'built' environment. We believe that this basket of services greatly exceeds those provided by traditional real estate service providers, will allow us to target unique value-added situations in the 'built' environment and will enable us to achieve enhanced revenue streams from multiple engagements with repeat clients and customers. This is how we will 'Create Value from Market Knowledge,'" Senkevitch concluded.
Beneficial Holdings, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, was incorporated on December 20, 1990. The Company is currently engaged in the real estate services and energy management sectors. The Company's focus is on the 'built' environment: real estate and infrastructure owned by public, institutional and private sector entities. The Company seeks to work with select customers on a long-term basis providing a multiplicity of services and solutions affording the Company potential multiple revenue streams.
Through year-end 2013, the Company was classified as a development stage company with no significant revenues from operations. Accordingly, all of the Company's operating results and cash flows are related to development stage activities and represent the cumulative from inception amounts from its development stage activities reported pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 915-10-05, Development Stage Entities.
As a developmental stage company, the Company has limited access to the capital markets; and the Company's ability to continue in business is dependent upon obtaining sufficient financing or attaining profitable operations. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in obtaining additional funding or in attaining profitable operations.
The Company had 898,992 common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2013. Additionally, the Company has 2,000,000 Series "B" Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding. On December 12, 2013 the Company affected a 1:5,000 reverse split of its common shares (with a provision that no shareholder will have less than 100 shares after the reverse split). As a result of this reverse split, the Company's outstanding common shares decreased from 4,099,099,952 to 848,992.
The Series "B" Preferred Stock is at all times convertible into no less than 51% of the aggregate amount of outstanding Common Stock, inclusive of the Common Shares to be issued to the Series "B" Preferred Stock, assuming all the Series "B" Preferred Stock is converted (but not less than 2,000,000 shares).
After the 2013 reverse split, the Company issued 50,000 common shares to its outside counsel for legal services. Additionally options and warrants were issued to employees and consultants allowing for the purchase of up to 4,175,000 common shares at a per share price of 25 cents.
During 2013, the Company commenced an offering of its two-year 9% Series "A" Convertible Notes. The notes have a conversion price of $1.43 per share and each $25,000 note includes a warrant to purchase 17,500 shares at $2.00 per share. Through the date of this news release, a total of $175,000 of the Series "A" Convertible Notes has been placed.
In April 2012, the Company granted the Company's Chief Executive Officer an option to acquire up to 10,000,000 shares of the Company's for three cents per share.
At December 31, 2012, the Company entered into a line of credit arrangement with an affiliate of its management. The credit agreement, as amended, allows the Company to borrow up to $30,000 through December 31, 2015 when the credit agreement matures and is due and payable. The credit agreement bears interest at a rate of 12% per annum, compounded monthly. Substantially all of the Company's assets are pledged to secure borrowings under the credit agreement, subject to subordination to the Series "A" Convertible Notes.
In February of 2013, certain members of the Company's management contributed real estate management contracts to the Company for which they received no direct compensation.
At December 31, 2013, the Company was authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.00001 par value per share and up to 2,000,000 shares of Series "B" Preferred Stock at $0.00001 par value per share.
Beneficial Holdings, Inc. is a holding company seeking to acquire and invest in operating service-oriented businesses in the real estate, financial services and energy management sectors. For more information on the Company please visit our web site at www.beneficial-holdings.net.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a general matter, forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expects", "plans", "estimates", "anticipates", "projects", "intends", "believes", "outlook" and similar expressions.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon our historical performance, current plans, estimates, expectations and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. The inclusion of this forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, financial and otherwise, may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking: our business and investment strategy; our projected operating results; estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future and economic trends and economic recoveries.
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"I'll go with Hillary Clinton. I'd like to see her become the first female president."
"Al Gore. I think he should have won the first time."
"I'm for Obama. I think he's a clean, well-spoken candidate, and people seem to like him."
"Hillary Clinton. I think she would be great. She's done very well throughout her political career."
"I'd say Barack Obama. I think it's time that we have a president who is a minority. Plus he has a cool name."
"I think it will be Barack Obama, but I kind of want it to be Hillary Clinton."
"I'm going to say Obama. I don't want Hillary Clinton or Al Gore to win. I think he would be the better president."
"I'm liking Hillary or Barack. I really like Hillary for what she has been through, and Barack for his ideas and what he represents."
beatrice 9 years, 2 months ago
The kids know -- it will certainly be a democrat.
Flap Doodle 9 years, 2 months ago
The person who wins the most electoral votes.
jonas 9 years, 2 months ago
"I'd say Barack Obama. I think it's time that we have a president who is a minority. Plus he has a cool name."
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But the real question is: how tall is he?
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Probably Hillary because she's already been chosen and her selection was pre-ordained. The election is a mere formality. Big mistake, because her tenure will be tumultuous and filled with conflict and scandal, reminiscent of Bill's. She is in-genuine, opportunistic, duplicitous, narcissistic, and hungry for power, above all other considerations. I like Obama because he has the potential to be a great leader and heroic. His qualities will ensure that he will never be selected, however.
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Over 70 percent of the world's population eats goat meat. Interest in meat goat production in the USA has increased during the past nine years due to increased demand linked to a growing segment of the US population which represents ethnic groups who prefer goat meat in their diet.
The Indiana Goat Producers Association organized a booth at the 3-day Indiana Farm Bureau event entitled "Taste of Indiana Farms" during the 2008 Indiana State Fair. More than 6,100 samples of goat brats were sampled by folks who lined up to participate in the event. More than 95 percent had never tried goat meat before and more than 90 percent liked the product. This particular product came from Rice's Quality Meats at Spencer. Goat meat is lean, and may appeal to health-conscious consumers. Goat meat has less fat than chicken and more iron than beef.
For more information on the Indiana Goat Producers Association, visit http://www.indianagpa.com/ to become a member, determine where to purchase goat meat or learn more about goats.
The primary purchasers of goat meat are members of ethnic groups, especially Hispanics, Muslims, and various Caribbean and Asian peoples.
Although the current market picture is disjointed and confusing, there is an unfilled demand for goat meat in the major cities of the United States.
Visit http://web.exten-sion.uiuc.edu/iidea/PDF... for marketing information from our neighboring state of Illinois particularly focused on ethnic populations.
Goats have advantages over other animals. They are widely adapted. They can thrive and reproduce well in tropical or cold climates and in humid as well as dry regions. Breeding animals are relatively inexpensive compared to other types of livestock. They will consume a wide variety of grasses, weeds, leaves, and browse woody plants and shrubs. They are gentle and easy to control relative to other larger types of livestock.
Their small size makes them suitable for home production of meat, milk, and cheese products. Goats are coming to the forefront across the United States because of their economic value as efficient converters of low quality forages into quality meat and milk products for specialty markets.
In addition to meat and milk, goats make important contributions to the world's supply of skins for specialty leather and mohair fiber, and make good research models for biotechnology studies.
Internal parasites are generally the top management issue for producers.
Penn State Cooperative Extension offers a Meat Goat Home Study Course. Lesson materials are available any time, although the course is run during the winter. The next course is scheduled to begin on Feb. 4, 2009. Registration deadline is Jan. 26. For more details on the course:
Also Purdue University has a joint meat goat project with the University of Kentucky at the Southern Indiana Purdue Agriculture Center in Dubois County since 2005. The website http://www.ansc. purdue.edu/meatgoat/ Mainpage.htm provides information about the joint Purdue-Kentucky project. For the small tract or small farm person in Clay or Owen County, meat goats make a great deal more sense economically and resource wise relative to traditional livestock types.
Also new from The Ohio State University is the Goat Resource Handbook which addresses both the dairy and meat production aspect. It is $20 and copies are available in the Extension office for one to examine and make a purchase determination.
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Local officials in China are using secret "black jails" to imprison citizens who threaten to report corruption to central authorities, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.
At one location Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan found a woman being held by three men. As they slammed the door shut, the woman was heard screaming: "You're here to save me! I'm trying to get out!"
Another woman, Shan Yajuan, said that she had previously been held in a "black jail" where she was beaten and shocked with cattle prods.
She had to be released within hours of being imprisoned in order to receive hospital treatment for the injuries she had suffered, she said.
Shan had intended to travel to Beijing, the Chinese capital, to complain about corruption by local authorities in her hometown.
The facilities, which allow local authorities to bypass the law, are hidden down backstreet's and alleyways. Some are nondescript "hotels", the owners of which can make up to $35 per prisoner, our correspondent discovered.
But Beijing denies any knowledge of the jails.
Jiang Yu, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, responding to a question by Al Jazeera on the use of "black jails" in China, said: "I don't know what prompted you to ask this question.
"Things like this don't exist in China. China is a country with the rule of law, and everything is handled according to the law."
Rights groups, though, have questioned the extent to which Beijing is unaware of the secret prisons.
Petitioners punished
Wang Songlian, the research director of China Human Rights Defenders, told Al Jazeera that some facilities in Beijing functioned as centralised black jails and were used to house petitioners caught by Beijing police. "Officials or staff in these centralised black jails would register the petitioners and then send them to the appropriate black jails organised by local authorities," she said.
The central government has deniedthat the 'black jails' exist
She said the central government used the petitioning system to give citizens hope, but had no interest in hearing their complaints or to address them.
"When people suffer injustice they can go to court to sue the local officials, but because of the dependence of the court on the local government it is not impartial," she said.
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China's official media often carries reports about petitions being addressed by local governments.
"The government has an interest in keeping people's hope in the petitioning system alive," said Wang.
"Otherwise they will have all that pent-up anger in them and not have any outlet."
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KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced that as of the end of 2015, it had shipped more than 6,000 TracPhone® satellite communications antenna systems for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network.
Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), and Cobham SATCOM today announced that their partner Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company Ltd. (MCN) has won the largest Inmarsat