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"GSA defines its challenges"
"GSA struggles to right the ship"
While in Arlington, Va., recently, I asked a contracting officer at the General Services Administration for directions to the new Federal Supply Service (FSS) Acquisition Management Center.
"Oh, but I'm leaving," she answered.
I raised my eyebrows and grinned. She quickly added, "Oh, no. Not for good. I mean just for lunch." She pointed me through a set of glass double doors and toward the elevator.
It's not news that a massive fault line runs straight through the bedrock of government procurement. Quakes and tremors have rocked the government information technology industry for nearly two years. The media has widely recounted allegations of contractual abuses. GSA and Defense Department inspectors general have criticized oversight and management of Federal Technology Service and FSS contracts.
GSA has disclosed that FTS' governmentwide acquisition contract program has been losing money — nearly $3 billion in the past two years. Those losses will force GSA to reduce its staff by 400 employees as part of the pending creation of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).
It is hardly a shock to industry that GWACs are not succeeding. As a consultant, I often hear the same frustrations expressed: "Have you seen how many labor categories they want? Have you read the statement of work? They have no idea what they want. DOD says it can't use the contract. IRS, HHS or fill in the blank says it won't use the contract."
All is not well at FSS either. The fact that the ink is black instead of red eases some of the discomfort. Despite a dip in sales on IT contracts, overall sales at FSS increased by about 5 percent, or $1.7 billion. IT sales dropped by 1.5 percent, which was about $250 million.
But the Get It Right program GSA launched to repair damage caused by the revelation of procurement abuses and scandals appears to have created its own shockwaves. Get It Right was a public relations campaign and a policy of zero tolerance for procurement errors. GSA's contracting officers, agencies and vendors were thrust into that new environment without adequate preparation and training.
Since GSA started the campaign, its top leaders have been defecting, leaving the acquisition center directors and contracting officers with little support or guidance other than, "Go forward and commit no mistake, or face an auditor for certain. P.S.: My retirement lunch is on Tuesday."
Is it any wonder that contracting officers have been in a collective bad mood for 18 months?
Now we all face a new challenge. The Senate is close to approving the merger of FTS and FSS into FAS. Will the key players settle into place and provide long-term leadership and solutions? Will GSA take on its role as facilitator between vendors and buyers once again? I believe it will for at least two reasons.
Jeffrey Koses, FAS' acting assistant commissioner for acquisition management, seems intent on making the merger work. And the schedule contract program is an important tool for government buyers.
The challenges will be greater on the GWAC side because GSA has more ground to recover. But the new leaders are poised to take the necessary steps to improve communications and education and offer solutions.
In return, the beneficiaries of GSA's contracts — companies and agencies alike — must step forward and do our part. We must help make the programs work through ongoing discussions and an honest effort at compliance and outreach.
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When I got an inquiry about a destination Bahamas wedding, I had no idea what I was in for. I lived in South Florida for a couple years, although I never made it to the Bahamas, I always envisioned the Bahamas as very commercialized. Boy was I wrong! Hope Town is truly one of the […]
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I spent countless hours planning out details for this wedding. I did so, because I wanted this ultimate feeling of intimacy to be experienced by those who attended, and I wanted that day to be a reflection of all the love and happiness Jack and I have shared over the past 10 years. When that Saturday in May came, it was everything and more that I had hoped for. As a bride, you want everyone to take in the details and be present in the moment with you on your wedding day. You also want those moments to never fade away. You want the glory of your hand-made signs and, most importantly, your commitment before God to live on forever. You do this through your photographer. You should pick your photographer like you would a best friend; someone who is kind, happy for you two as a couple, genuine, fun, and good at what they do. Brittany embodies this, and I cannot recommend her enough. I am so thankful our paths have crossed!
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Everyone knows about the dignified statues in places like Logan Circle and Lafayette Square, but do you know about Unicorn Lane? It's in Upper Northwest, along Oregon Avenue, just west of Rock Creek Park (map).
Now if only we had a Hippogriff Street.
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Yes, yes I did know that. It's also a neighborhood watch area.
I had a friend that lived there for a little while when I was in elementary school. I was probably about 8 years old...I remember two things about it: thinking the street name and sculpture were freaking amazing and that I convinced my friend's overprotective parents to let us watch Jurassic Park on VHS.
If only we could get a statute of a big purple dinosaur erected at Barney Circle . . . .
And of course you've all seen the swans on Swann Street?
Upon first glance at the headline, I thought that maybe unicorn lanes were joining bike lanes, sidewalks, car lanes, and pogo-stick lanes as part of our Complete Streets policy.
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1905 - San Francisco, California
A Holt steam traction engine works on the construction of a section of San Francisco's cable car system.
San Francisco's famed cable car system got its start in 1873. Over the next several decades, modifications were made to the system and new lines were added. Photos taken in 1905 show Holt Steam Traction Engine #37 being used to help lay new cable. This is the first documented instance of our machines in use on a public works construction project.
1906 - San Francisco, California
A Holt steam traction engine is used during recovery efforts after the San Francisco Earthquake.
The San Francisco earthquake ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. Photos taken following the quake and subsequent fire show Holt Steam Traction Engine #37 helping with the cleanup. This is the first known instance of our machines in use to aid in disaster recovery.
1908-1913 - California
Holt's track-type tractors receive exposure on the Los Angeles Aqueduct Project.
Twenty-seven of the first 100 Holt Caterpillar track-type tractors went to work on the Los Angeles Aqueduct Project, which provided a good proving ground for these machines. Because of contract deadlines, Holt's engineers were forced to quickly find solutions to mechanical problems. From this experience came solutions and technical improvements such as all-steel construction, three-speed transmissions, better spring suspension systems, better clutches and strengthened tractor parts.
1914-1918 - Europe
Holt's track-type tractors play a support role in World War I.
Even before the U.S. formally entered WWI, Holt had shipped 1,200 tractors to England, France and Russia for agricultural purposes. These governments, however, sent the tractors directly to the battlefront where the military put them to work hauling artillery and supplies.
These tractors also provided members of the British army with the inspiration needed to design the tank. Colonel E. D. Swinton had seen Holt's Caterpillar tractors in action and borrowed their track-laying principle to provide the tank with its form of locomotion.
After the U.S. declaration of war, Holt placed its facilities at the disposal of the government. The Holt Manufacturing Company had advantages over other tractor companies due to the relationship it had developed with the U.S. Army Ordnance Department. In fact, bids from the Ordnance department called for specifications of the "Caterpillar type." Holt expanded factories to accommodate production of the large numbers of tractors the government required. Over 5,000 Holt tractors were produced for the U.S. and Allied governments during World War I.
June 16, 1919 - Colorado
A Holt 5-Ton Caterpillar Tractor climbs Pikes Peak.
A Holt 5-Ton Caterpillar Tractor was the first tractor to successfully navigate the 20 miles up to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. In doing so, it also established a new record by reaching the highest point - 14,109 feet - at which any tractor had ever been operated up to that point in time.
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Many Holt tractors and hundreds of Caterpillar machines help construct the Rhine-Main-Danube Waterway.
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A Caterpillar Sixty Tractor pulls the Southern Cross to the runway in Oakland, California, to start the first ever trans-Pacific flight.
On May 31, 1928, a gasoline-powered Caterpillar Model Sixty Tractor pulled a Fokker F.VIIb trimotor monoplane known as the Southern Cross from the hanger to the runway at the airport in Oakland, California.
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There's something special about a no-hitter.
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In baseball history, there have been only three: Hooks Wilts pitched a no-hitter in 1908, George Mullin pitched one in 1912 and Dave Righetti, the current pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants, pitched the third in 1983. Righetti's no-hitter was also the first Yankee no-hitter since Don Larsen's in 1956.
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So these wise guys are claiming that if Israel has the capacity to occupy the Jordan Valley by force, when the Eastern Front revives, and they see danger, Israel will just invade the Palestinian state and occupy the Jordan Valley. What will the US, EU position be in such a case ? Won'they rather warn Israel to show restraint, and not escalate the situation by invading & occupying the "holy" demilitarized state of Palestine ? Will not Israel be declared the aggresor by actually starting the war ? But this is not their problem. This will be the problem of the gov't at that time. Right now they are interested in satisfying the Left & the Pals and their supporters. This is what I call "not seeing further than your nose". There is a reason why they are out of gov't. The USA military itself has issued a study saying that 1967 borders are indefensible.


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I was a bit skeptical at first, but these turned out so cute and tasty! I did use more cinnamon than stated, and pouring some cinnamon in a plastic bag and shaking a few "potatoes" at a time worked a lot faster and less messy than rolling. Next year when my little girl is a bit older I'll have her help me...perfect for kids to do! Thanks so much for the recipe...everyone was in love with them.
My family loved these. Very easy and quick to make, too. I needed more than 1 tbl of cinnamon, but other than that, followed exact. Thanks!
Easy enough. However There is no directions as to what size to make them. I make a double batch, maybe got 5 dozen, probably a bit less. I'd maybe suggest teaspoon size if you want 5 dozen. If not, whatever size feels right for you. :)
I love this recipe, it is religious!
They were very tasty but a little twist. I used pumpkin spice instead of cinnamon.
I've been making these for well over 30 years. I only make them for Saint Paddy's Day so they are always a long awaited treat. I tint the cream cheese green and sometimes rool them in a mixture of cinnamon and a little chocolate powder. Also one or two drops of peppermint or butter flavoring is awesome. Fun to experiment with the flavors.
I made these into balls and dipped them in melted chocolate instead of the cinnamon. They were delicious. Just a little tip: When you melt chocolate wafers for dipping, add about 1/2 tsp. of solid shortening (Crisco, etc.). It makes the chocolate a little thinner.
Great recipe! I live overeseas so I have to take what I can find in the grocery store at times. So I could only get reduced fat tub cream cheese, but they still turned out fine! The rolling process was a little sticky/difficult but they've hardened up in the fridge quite nicely. Really delicious - same results as others a few others regarding quantity. My batch turned out to be about 3 dozen or so, but since I had problems rolling them mine were fairly large. I've loved these ever since I was a little girl and my boyfriend wants me to make them all the time now. Thanks!
I can't believe that I forgot to rate these! Made these sometime back but they are Very Good! Sweet and I definitely could only eat a few of them as they are rich! I rolled some in chocolate cocoa and some in cinnamon. I think everyone liked the cinnamon best if my memory serves me right. They definitely have to stay refrigerated and they do remind me of potatoes (mini versions) would go great as an appetizer with a movie party watching the Faith Like Potatoes Movie :) Thanks again for the cool recipe. I bet you could add some flavored extracts to this and not roll them in cinnamon and come up with some cool flavor creations. Maybe roll in cocoa and use orange extract or coconut extract with an almond inserted in the center :) yum may have to tinker some with that.
very tasty! they're basically like blobs of set-up cream cheese frosting... i did half with coconut and half without, and i liked the ones without better (though i normally love coconut, i didn't like the texture as much) ...also, little kids might think they look like potatoes, but my friends made poop jokes about them! (but they did all like them once they tried them)


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c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 5:29 AM
in response to c0mm0n
So :
- I've created a new iphoto lib
- opened imovie, nothing happened
- quit both
- open iphoto and add a video
- quit iphoto, open imovie
- imovie ask for iphoto video thumbs, i say OK, it's done in a few secs.
So this *works*, but won't work with my library
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 5:31 AM
in response to c0mm0n
I'm now trying to rebuild for the 5th time in a week my iphoto library, next will be duplicating the lib, and trashing events to circumvent the problem and maybe solve it.
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 6:01 AM
in response to c0mm0n
Lib duplicated.
Same bug at first, then remove all the photos before 2008. (Approx 6'000 photos from 20'000).
At least it started well, see if it ends.
jody153 Aug 21, 2013 6:10 AM
in response to c0mm0n
The photos aren't causing the issue, video is.
You could make a Smart Album that displays all video in your library, export the videos to a folder, then delete them from your iPhoto library.
1. File>New Smart Album
2. Name the Album (Video, Movies, something like that)
3. Change the conditions to Photo - is - Movie and click OK
You'll now have a smart album with all the Video in your library
Select the album and click File>Export
Change the Kind to Original and click Export again in the bottom right corner of the Export window.
Choose your destination and click OK.
All video from your library will now be exported.
At this point you can delete all the video from the library.
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 6:25 AM
in response to jody153
By the photos i meant the events, which includes the videos. Sorry for not being clear.
Indeed, i already did that to remove the 3GP but thanks for the effort.
I also already have a smart "video" album.
I want : my movies to be stored in iPhoto and integrate with iMovie, so i'll find the bogus ones, fix them and hopefully it will be fixed forever as my post-2008 content is working well.
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 6:27 AM
in response to josholiver
But your approach is better, i should (and maybe will) export all my videos and create a new library including just the vids. Than it will be even faster then copying the whole library (which took 15 mins for 120gb)
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 6:38 AM
in response to c0mm0n
So it finished YES! Getting close from fixing this.
Next step :
export all my videos pre-2008 and import then event by event in a new library. Then iMovie should get stuck with some i can identify.
jody153 Aug 21, 2013 6:39 AM
in response to c0mm0n
That sounds like it should work for you.
Good luck
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 6:41 AM
in response to jody153
Yes, thx a lot for your suggestions! Helped a lot.
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 7:09 AM
in response to c0mm0n
I think it's fixed !!!!
2 f***** bogus video from 2006... i wait for the thumbs to be finished and i'll add a few notes about managing this issue from my experience.
c0mm0n Aug 21, 2013 7:44 AM
in response to c0mm0n
Ok finished !!
I had to M4V videos from a set of 5 taken the same day which had bogus durations of 96 hours et 24 hours... iMovie would get stuck on them forever, iPhoto can play them partially. Once removed of the library everything is working as expected.
AGomes100 Aug 25, 2013 5:39 PM
in response to josholiver
I just lefted the 11 hours and it worked. we really don't need to do this... I would like just to open imovie and see all the videos in there in next operative system update. I everything that i use is mac i don't know why i still have to be coverting because this is basically a convert process
cldwyer1 May 11, 2014 2:55 PM
in response to josholiver
Short version hint: If you have 'zero byte' .dv files in your Events folder delete them and start again to avoid getting stuck on Generating Thumbnails.
Long version:
iMovie '11 on MacBook Pro Retina Late 2012 with OS/X (I am still afraid to upgrade)
For what it's worth, I am new at iMovie and have been trying to go through all the camcorder Hi8 tapes from the kids growing up. I've just been capturing little bits here and there from each tape, starting and stopping and ffwd and rewinding a lot. Frequently, iMovie dies. When I reopen iMovie it gets stuck on generating Thumbnails. I force quit, and then it seems to start fine. Next, I brought a few events and projects over from another external drive. It got stuck many times on generating thumbnails for my events, but seemed to be making progress if I force quit and restarted, eventually moving on to the next event after many open/forcequit iterations.
After looking at several discussions on this issue, I started looking around in my Events folder, and found a bunch of 'zero byte' .dv clips. I think this must have happened everytime iMovie crashed. When I deleted all the 'zero byte' .dv files, iMovie started happily.


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I would now like to turn the call over to Brad Hampton, Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Hampton, please proceed.
Brad Hampton
Thank you, Christie. Good morning, and welcome to Sprint's Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Call. On today's call, Dan Hesse will discuss operational performance in the quarter; Steve Elfman will provide an update on Network Vision; and Joe Euteneuer will cover financial results. After that, we will open up the call to your questions.
However, due to securities law issues relating to the pending transaction, we will only address questions related to the ongoing business and not with respect to the pending SOFTBANK transaction or M&A-related questions. Under the merger agreement, a preliminary proxy statement with respect to the transaction is expected to be filed by the end of November and it will contain a complete description of the merger and related matters. We appreciate your understanding of and cooperation regarding this issue.
Before we get underway, let me remind you that our release and the presentation slides that accompany this call are both available on the Investor Relations page of the Sprint website.
Slide 2 is our cautionary statement. I do want to point out that in our remarks this morning, we will be discussing forward-looking information, which involves a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. We provide a comprehensive list of risk factors in our SEC filings, which I encourage you to review, including our annual report on Form 10-K, and when filed, our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2012.
Turning to Slide 3. Throughout our call, we will refer to several non-GAAP metrics. Reconciliations of our non-GAAP performance and liquidity measures to the appropriate GAAP measures for the third quarter can be found in the attachments to our earnings release and also at the end of today's presentation, which are available on our website at sprint.com/investors.
Let's move on to earnings per share on Slide 4. Basic and diluted net loss per common share for the third quarter were $0.26 compared to $0.46 in the second quarter and $0.10 in the year ago period. There were a couple of noteworthy items impacting EPS this quarter that I'd like to cover. First, the loss per share in the current period included incremental depreciation expense of $397 million or negative $0.13 per share, primarily due to accelerated depreciation expense related to the expected shutdown of the Nextel platform. Our expectation for accelerated depreciation in Q4 is similar to that of this quarter, and we expect total depreciation for the fourth quarter of approximately $1.5 billion. Accelerated depreciation for 2013 is expected to be disproportionately weighted toward the first half of 2013 due to Nextel assets being fully depreciated by the middle of 2013.
The current period also includes $22 million or approximately negative $0.01 per share for lease exit costs, which are the net present value of remaining lease obligations associated with certain Nextel platform cell sites, which were taken off air during the quarter.
In the third quarter, we shut down approximately 1,300 Nextel platform sites, bringing the total number of sites shut down to approximately 9,600 in 2012. However, locations from which we may continue to gain future economic benefit, including co-located sites, were not included in this charge and represented approximately 39% of total Nextel sites shut down during 2012. We estimate that absent the actions taken to terminate leases in the second and third quarters of 2012, rent expense would have been higher by approximately $38 million for the third quarter and approximately $85 million for the full year 2012.
Net tax expense was $47 million in the third quarter, primarily related to state taxes. For the full year 2012, we continue to expect our net tax expense to be approximately $150 million to $200 million.
I will now turn the call over to Sprint's CEO, Dan Hesse.
Daniel R. Hesse
Thank you, Brad, and thank you for joining us this morning and for your continued interest in Sprint. As Brad mentioned, today's call is about our performance in the third quarter. Our 3 priorities continue to be the customer experience, our brand and cash. But as I have mentioned in previous quarters this year, because of our heavy investments in our investment phase, our #1 priority in 2012 is cash.
Turning to Slide 6. Adjusted OIBDA of approximately $1.28 billion exceeded both our internal projections and Street consensus for the fifth consecutive quarter. Although our adjusted OIBDA margin at 16% is not yet where we want it to be over time, we are pleased with this quarter's results given the dilutive impacts of our 2 major investment areas, Network Vision and the iPhone, including the launch of the iPhone 5.
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Legally Weird tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2009-03-23:/legally_weird/45 2016-05-03T21:58:55Z The FindLaw Legal Curiosities Blog. Movable Type Enterprise 4.38 http://images.findlaw.com/logo/logo_news3.gif Starbucks Iced Beverage Drinkers Unite: Class Action Lawsuit Filed tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2016:/legally_weird//45.55483 2016-05-03T21:58:14Z 2016-05-03T21:58:55Z If you're drinking Starbucks beverages and miffed that all the ice is depriving you of your due liquid, fear not. Someone has taken up your cause. A class action lawsuit was filed in Northern Illinois Federal Court last week on... Ephrat Livni, Esq. FindLaw.com http://www.findlaw.com

If you're drinking Starbucks beverages and miffed that all the ice is depriving you of your due liquid, fear not. Someone has taken up your cause. A class action lawsuit was filed in Northern Illinois Federal Court last week on behalf of Starbucks iced beverage drinkers whose cups are being underfilled compared to hot java drinkers, reports Courthouse News Service.

The suit's lead plaintiff, Stacy Pincus, says Starbucks iced beverage drinkers are being deprived of the amount of liquid advertised in any particular size cup when they buy iced drinks, and that Starbucks is disproportionally profiting from iced drinks. A representative of the java giant called the claims in the lawsuit meritless and reminded reporters, "If a customer is not satisfied with their beverage preparation, we will gladly remake it."

Class Claims

While Starbucks does not appear to be taking the lawsuit very seriously at this point, the plaintiff certainly is. Her complaint on behalf of the class of Starbucks iced coffee drinkers is reportedly 29 pages long and alleges that Starbucks is committing fraud, negligently misrepresenting its products, and unjustly enriching itself by cheating iced beverage drinkers, among other claims.

The company offers four drink sizes — 12, 16, 24, and 30 fluid ounces. These measurements are advertised in stores. Yet iced beverage drinkers, Pincus argues, do not get the promised measure of fluid ounces as their cups are full of ice.

The complaint states. "In the iced coffee example, a Starbucks customer who orders and pays for a Venti iced coffee, expecting to receive 24 fluid ounces of iced coffee based on Starbucks' advertisement and marketing, will instead receive only about 14 fluid ounces of iced coffee."

Insult to Injury

To add insult to injury. Starbucks often charges more for its iced beverages than it does for hot ones, thus disproportionately profiting from iced drink sales. "In essence, Starbucks is advertising the size of its cold drink cups on its menu, rather than the amount of fluid a customer will receive when they purchase a cold drink — and deceiving its customers in the process," the filing states. Pincus is hoping to represent a large class of Starbucks iced beverage drinkers — anyone who bought an iced beverage from the company in the last ten years — and is reportedly seeking $5 million.

Meanwhile, the Starbucks' representative is providing the same reply to all media inquiries, telling the Huffington Post, ABC News, and Courthouse News Service, "We are aware of the plaintiff's claims, which we fully believe to be without merit. Our customers understand and expect that ice is an essential component of any 'iced' beverage. If a customer is not satisfied with their beverage preparation, we will gladly remake it."

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If you too believe that you are being cheated by a company or service provider, consider consulting with an attorney. Many lawyers consult for free or a minimal fee and will be happy to discuss any potential claims.

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What would you do for a Chanel handbag? Would you save your pennies for a big stylish splurge or just drive a car through the security grill of a fancy boutique and scoot off with the pricey goods, leaving the car behind?

Last week, burglars in Paris opted for the latter, driving a sports utility vehicle through the Chanel boutique in a posh central neighborhood. This is one in a string of robberies of high-end shops in recent years reportedly. The robbers took off on motor scooters, leaving their car burning behind them after the smash n' grab.

Coveted Bags

Chanel handbags are not cheap. A "classic flap bag" of calfskin, with the brand's signature quilted style, costs $4,900 new. Experts told the Wall Street Journal that the goods stolen in Paris will likely find their way online and be sold for much less than the retail value.

This raises the question of whether crime pays. The heist in Paris last week could not have been cheap to pull off -- the perpetrators sacrificed a vehicle to do the deed (although that too may have been stolen).

Chanel store workers confirmed the robbery occurred but declined to give details on the value of the stolen goods, nor to specify just how many of the coveted bags were nabbed. But if the bags are headed for online auction sites, even those specializing in high-end goods, they will be sold for much less than when they were on offer for in the Paris boutique.

Piling on Charges

In stark contrast to another high-end robbery that occurred relatively recently -- a force-free theft from Gwyneth Paltrow's high-end pop-up shop in Manhattan late last year -- the Chanel Paris heist perpetrators' modus operandi represents poor planning. That is if viewed from a punishment perspective and if considered according to American criminal laws.

The use of force in the Chanel heist makes it a more severe crime than merely stealing handbags from the store. Stealing something using force or threat, however, is a robbery and is considered much more severe than a simple theft because it has a violent element.

Luckily for the robbers, so far their plan to scoot off has worked out well and there have been no arrests reported. And if you are lucky too, you'll see those classic bags they took for sale online soon ... probably for a steal.

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In a bizarre legal loophole, Oklahoma's criminal statutes don't prohibit forcible oral sodomy if the victim is too intoxicated to consent, even to the point of complete unconsciousness. So said a unanimous state appeals court, confirming a lower court's dismissal of criminal charges against one teen who had oral sex with another who said she has no memory of the incident and whose blood alcohol content afterwards was .34.

In a curt, two-page opinion, four judges on Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals agreed that they "will not, in order to justify prosecution of a person for an offense, enlarge a statute beyond the fair meaning of its language." So what is the statute, and what, specifically, is its language?

The Statute

As written (and nearly impossible to find on the Interwebs), Oklahoma's forcible sodomy statute prohibits five specific acts:

Sodomy committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age upon a person under sixteen (16) years of age; or

Sodomy committed upon a person incapable through mental illness or any unsoundness of mind of giving legal consent regardless of the age of the person committing the crime; or

Sodomy accomplished with any person by means of force, violence, or threats of force or violence accompanied by apparent power of execution regardless of the age of the victim or the person committing the crime; or

Sodomy committed by a state, county, municipal or political subdivision employee or a contractor or an employee of a contractor of the state, a county, a municipality or political subdivision of this state upon a person who is under the legal custody, supervision or authority of a state agency, a county, a municipality or a political subdivision of this state; or

Sodomy committed upon a person who is at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student of any public or private secondary school, junior high or high school, or public vocational school, with a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and is employed by the same school system.

And none of the five strictly cover what happened in this case, where a 17-year-old boy gave a 16-year-old girl a ride home after both had been drinking. The girl says she remembers nothing after getting into the car and another passenger recalled her going in and out of consciousness. The girl was dropped at her grandmother's and eventually taken to the hospital, were a sexual assault examination found the boy's semen around her mouth. The boy claimed she consented to oral sex.

The Decision

The court may have stretched the definition of "unsoundness of mind" to include drunken unconsciousness, but that's probably not what the legislature meant when it wrote the law. Instead, the court noted "[t]he Legislature's inclusion of an intoxication circumstance for the crime of Rape ... is not found in the five very specific requirements for commission of the crime of Forcible Sodomy," and therefore, "Forcible Sodomy cannot occur where a victim is so intoxicated as to be completely unconscious at the time of the sexual act of oral copulation."

While the appeals court noted the absence of legislative language to cover incidents like these, Oklahoma lawmakers blasted what they called a "court-created loophole" and vowed to fix the statute.

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In bad news for all of us with a malicious little 10-year-old inside us, it turns out you can't get unemployment benefits if you've been fired from your job for posting violent and sexually explicit videos featuring LEGO characters as stand-ins for your coworkers.

And courts are not gonna buy your excuse that you were using characters from movies and rap songs in your videos, and it was a mere coincidence that you used songs or movies with names similar to those of your coworkers.

The (Unsanctioned) LEGO Movie

Shawn Roy, ex-nursing home food service worker, was initially denied unemployment benefits "because his employment was terminated due to misconduct." The misconduct alleged was that Roy "created violent and sexually explicit videos using 'LEGO' characters, including characters depicting the executive director of the nursing home, claimant's department head and two female coworkers, and posted the videos online."

Roy appealed the denial of benefits, claiming that he was "depicting celebrities and fictional characters in his movies, and not his coworkers." But a New York Supreme Court was unconvinced, holding that Roy was obligated "even during his off-duty hours, to honor the standards of behavior which his employer has a right to expect of him." (This should worry you New Yorkers who create anonymous Twitter accounts to rail against your bosses.)

(Almost) Everything Is AWESOME

Roy was apparently a prolific LEGO videographer. The New York Law Journal reports about 50 videos "were taken down in 2013 after Roy was questioned by Albany police about the harassment complaints." Fortunately for us, at least one survived. Hmmm ... somehow it lacks the same gravitas as the original Tarantino.

Roy did also appeal the denial of benefits on First Amendment grounds, claiming it also denied his right to free expression. "A viewer cannot selectively view only certain portions of the videos and understand what I was attempting to create," he alleged. "It is far-fetched fiction at its very best."

And thus another artist is punished for his creative vision.

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Thirst can make you crazy, and it seems to have just done that to an 18-year-old in Springdale, Arizona. The young man, Cody Morris, is facing felony charges after an attempt to steal soda turned into a felony.

The crime was publicized on the local police's Facebook page and is making its way around the Internet, albeit with a deceptive headline that police find frustrating. It indicates that the young man was charged with a felony for stealing soda from the fountain. That is not what happened. Here is the story from the Springdale Police, who wanted to clear up a few key points.

Just Water, Please

According to the Springdale Police Department, three people in a car went through a local McDonald's drive-thru and requested three large waters at the window. Somewhat surprisingly, they received the waters (there is no indication that they ordered anything else).

The three then parked the car and went inside the restaurant with these large cups of water. In McDonald's they dumped the water and began filling the cups with soda from the fountain and were spotted by an employee, who asked them to dispose of their drinks.

Two of the three in the thirsty crew dumped the soda as requested. A third person, the young man now facing felony charges, did not. He went out to the car and started it.

Two store employees reportedly followed and stood behind the car to stop him from fleeing. Morris then reversed and struck one of the workers. When another tried to stop Morris by grabbing the key from the ignition, he reportedly struck the worker. It is this act -- use of force -- that aggravated Morris's charge.

Setting the Record Straight

"The employee pulled his hand from the vehicle and was allegedly struck by the vehicle again as it left," write the Springdale Police. "The vehicle was located a short distance away and the driver, Cody Morris, was taken into custody without incident. Please remember that Mr. Morris is innocent until proven guilty in court."

Apart from reminding us of the burden of proof in a criminal case, the police also expressed frustration at the media's coverage of this story, pointing out that Morris was not charged with a felony for stealing soda. "How is stealing a soda a felony," the department asked rhetorically. "The theft became a robbery when the alleged suspect allegedly used force to resist apprehension by the store employees."

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Are you a fan of Manhattan's South Korean "massage parlors?" Did you perhaps call one, looking not for a message, but instead for a "girlfriend experience?" Were you silly enough to use your real phone to make that call?

Well, congratulations! Federal authorities now have your phone number, and possibly some identifying information, like hair color or whether or not you were a jerk when you visited. Do you not know what a burner phone is? How have you not seen "The Wire" yet? Geez.

Dial "M" for Massage

According to The Daily Beast, the 70,000 phone numbers were aggregated as part of a multi-brothel "fetish franchise," with eleven locations throughout the Big Apple, all sharing customer information based on the phone number. The numbers were used as a centralized list for the businesses to share, "divided into multiple categories, including, among other things, 'approved' customers and suspected law enforcement. In addition the list contained notes about the customers."

That was until all eleven locations, along with eleven individuals were named in a criminal complaint alleging conspiracy and money laundering, among other crimes. A source with information on the brothels and individuals charged explaining the process to The Daily Beast: "They log whatever name you give them unless you're stupid enough to have your name on your phone but a lot of these guys use burners. The guys who are married and the guys who are important, they get trick phones specifically for this."

GFE? GTFO.

Yep, that would be the smart way to do it. But do we really think that all 70K of these customers -- or even most of them -- were thinking clearly when they dialed up a brothel? Especially when they could've just used Yelp?

As for the "girlfriend experience," or GFE? "[C]ondom-less sex acts, priced at a premium," as reported by The Daily Beast, and priced at $350 an hour, per their source. Hope it was worth it, gentlemen.

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Coachella is an annual music festival in the California desert that draws stars of all stripes -- from pop goddesses like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift to Victoria's Secret Angels. So you might imagine that people who attend are too cool to worry about taxes, or so rich that someone else has to manage all that wealth.

You'd be wrong. In fact, it turns out some of the festival's attendees tried to mail their taxes from a makeshift post office on the grounds. There were at least ten such attempts on the first day of Coachella, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The local post-master wants everyone to know that it's not happening. "No, I can't 'just take it,'" Megan Hampton said. "How do they have their taxes here? I don't know."

On-Time Filing

Taxes were due, as you no doubt knew, on April 18. Coachella was already underway by then and the local post-office had already set up shop in its log cabin.

The local "post office" is actually just a life-sized version of a Lincoln Log cabin created by an artist for the festival. It has been re-purposed to serve as a post office, and mailing things from there is reportedly pretty popular.

Megan Hampton, who runs the extension postal branch explained that people try to mail all kinds of things, including merchandise, postcards, and even their taxes. One couple sent their wedding invitations from the festival because they wanted their mail to say Coachella on it.

Tax Filers Turned Down

Hampton was willing to send the wedding invitations, but turned down the tax filers and some others, including a woman trying to complete an eBay transaction from the Lincoln Log cabin. She said that the festival branch of the post office is not technically a post office at all -- in fact, last year it was in a tiny tent.

The vast majority of mail people send from the festival are postcards, as well as the occasional drunken letter to grandma, according to the post-master. For better or worse, she said that many of these missives are incoherently addressed and probably not destined to reach the intended recipient. Grandma will be so disappointed.

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The song 'We Shall Overcome' is accustomed to struggle -- it is the anthem of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. But now a new lawsuit aims to free the work from copyright. Appropriately, this protest anthem is the subject of a class action claiming that it cannot be owned and belongs to all.

The defendants are The Richmond Organization and its label Ludlow Music, which copyrighted the song in 1960. Notably, the plaintiffs are represented by the same firm that won us all access to the 'Happy Birthday' song, Reuters reports.

Owning a Moment
 According to the lawsuit, The Richmond Organization filed copyrights for "We Shall Overcome" in 1960 and 1963. It has reportedly collected millions of dollars in licensing fees over the years, although the song is thought to be based on an old African-American spiritual.

The plaintiffs' attorney, Mark Rifkin, told Reuters that the song should never have been copyrighted, and could not have been owned by TRO. "This was never copyrightable to begin with," Rifkin said. "The song had been in the public domain for many, many years before anyone tried to copyright it."

The We Shall Overcome Foundation, a non-proft organization led by Isais Gamboa, sought to use the song in a documentary about its origins but was denied permission. Gamboa was surprised by the rejection and began reflecting on why he needed permission anyway.

A Derivative Work

Having already written a book on the song's origins, Gamboa was familiar with its story and curious as how to it ever came under anyone's ownership. "It was always a derivative work," he told National Public Radio, "and was based on a spiritual from back in the day, as they say."

Reportedly slaves in the early US sang "I'll overcome" in the field and later it was used during labor protests, sung by African-American tobacco workers picketing in South Carolina. Shortly thereafter, Pete Seeger was introduced to the song and he reportedly helped turn it into an international protest anthem.

According to Seeger, he and his colleagues were asked to sign the copyright request made by Ludlow Music to ensure the song's integrity. The company said it did not want the song co-opted by Hollywood types, who would put out a version like, "'come on baby, we shall overcome tonight.'"

The defendants in this case have thus far declined to speak to reporters, but they did provide a statement to NPR saying the suit goes too far and nullifies the contribution of authors who turned "We Shall Overcome" into the iconic song it is today.

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A Nebraska judge dismissed an inmate suit claiming religious discrimination in prison for failure to accommodate his Pastafarian faith. But the judge did not dismiss the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, noting that the Pastafarian faith plays an important role as "a parody, intended to advance an argument about science, the evolution of life, and the place of religion in public education."

Still "that does not mean that the trappings of the satire used to make that argument are entitled to protection as a religion," wrote US District Court Judge John Gerrard. It's important, just not a religion within the meaning of federal statutes and constitutional jurisprudence.

Religion in Prison

Steven Cavanagh, 24, filed his claim against the Department of Correctional Services and a Nebraska penitentiary, arguing that he was discriminated against in violation of protections for religious practice in prison. He said that the Nebraska prison staff mocked his religion and prevented him from meeting with his fellow practitioners or wearing the symbols of his faith (which is interesting because a Massachusetts Pastafarian has been granted the right to wear a spaghetti strainer in her driver's license photo).

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), protects incarcerated individuals and applies to prison inmates, among others. RLUIPA demands that actions by prison officials which impose a substantial burden on the institutionalized person's religious exercise be justified by a compelling governmental purpose. Cavanagh's lawsuit was predicated on this and constitutional principles and he sought $5 million for his pain and suffering for not being allowed to practice his faith.

The inmate is serving a sentence for "assault and weapons charges," according to the Lincoln Journal Star, and is expected to be released in July. His claim reportedly did not explain much about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- created in response to intelligent design arguments against evolution -- so the judge did. His opinion seems thoughtful.

Pastafarianism and Parody

The judge reportedly noted in his opinion that there was no theological question at play, hence the dismissal. Still, he seemed to take Pastafarianism seriously, stating that to take it as a faith would be to do it a disservice, turning it into precisely the kind of dogma which it is meant to question.

"This case is difficult because [Pastafarianism], as a parody, is designed to look very much like a religion," Judge Gerrad wrote. But prison officials did consider Cavanagh's request "and concluded, reasonably, that [it] was satirical and required no accommodation."

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A Texas woman was arrested by Odessa police and charged with theft from a human corpse after video from a funeral home showed her reaching into an open casket and removing something from a female corpse. That something turned out to be a ring, valued at just $10, and could land the woman in state jail for two years.

Beyond the lack of respect for the dead, and the general creepiness, this woman displayed an apparent lack of concern for the legal consequences of messing with a dead body. But as Texas' statute illustrates, you can get into a lot of trouble stealing from dead people.

Putting the "Fun" in Funeral

But Kalynn Homfeld, corpse thief, isn't the first to try some shady shenanigans at a funeral or wake. Here are a few tips on keeping it legal when laying someone to rest:

Keep the Dead's Possessions With the Dead: For example, stealing a Fender guitar from a grave is a definite no-no;

Keep Your Hands off the Hearse: Stealing a funeral home's Cadillac, DURING THE FUNERAL, is the antithesis of a joyride;

Keep Track of the Cocaine: Snorting someone's ashes is not cool, dude, very not cool; and

Keep the Pot Brownies at Home: You know what? Maybe just don't bring any drugs to a funeral.

Putting the "Oh Fu--" in Funeral Home

It's not just guests, employees, and random passersby that need to be on their best behavior around burials -- funeral homes are prone to the odd slip-up as well. Homes have been known to prepare the wrong corpse, bury the wrong corpse, put the right corpse in the wrong crypt, or lose a body completely.

These cases can sound comedic, but for families of the loved ones involved, the results can be tragic. You can sue for mortuary negligence, and states don't take kindly to grave-robbers and corpse-thieves.

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den.thed Nov 5, 2012 7:53 PM
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Startup from your Recovery Partition and then in two steps, see if you can 1) remove the second partition by selecting 1 partition, then 2) drag the partition divider down to add the space back to the first partition and click apply.
VikingOSX Nov 5, 2012 7:57 PM
in response to Swift1113
A little light reading from Apple on the Fusion Drive. FYI.
Swift1113 Nov 5, 2012 8:00 PM
in response to den.thed
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately it is not allowing me to remove the unpartioned space. The minus button is greyed out and when I hit the plus button, all it does is pop a little partion block called 'Untitled2' in to the partion map but I am unable to format or do anything with it. I'm also not able to resize anything via clicking and dragging or manually changing the numerical value. Everything is greyed out.
I am attaching a screen capture of what my disk utility window looks like for the hd partition tab in case that helps at all.
den.thed Nov 5, 2012 8:29 PM
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BDAqua Nov 5, 2012 9:46 PM
in response to Swift1113
Did you try highlighting the bottom space there?
Swift1113 Nov 6, 2012 6:40 AM
in response to VikingOSX
Thanks for the article, Viking. I saw that about a week ago, but no updates there that pertain to my particular issue.
At any rate, I was able to resolve this last night. Since something was messed up with the partition map, I decided to add a 3rd partition to see if it would even let me. Once the 3rd partition finished creating, I now had 2 partitions (the new one having claimed all of the free space as its own somehow). It was then a simple matter to merge the two partitions back down to one large one. So now I am back to square one and too afraid to try to add a partition back to this drive :-P
Oh well, at least I reclaimed 340GB of of my HD that was in no man's land...
Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
VikingOSX Nov 6, 2012 7:04 AM
in response to Swift1113
Cool. A happy ending.
Good Luck.
T'Lai Dec 28, 2012 11:50 PM
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I had exactly that problem with my new iMac. Thank you so much for posting your fix! Is there any way you could go back and label this thread as solved so that anyone else with this problem will know you found a fix? Thanks!
Swift1113 Dec 29, 2012 12:28 AM
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Hi T\'Lai,
I'm glad that this thread helped you troubleshoot your issue, however, I hesitate to mark this one as 'Solved'.
In the end, I am stuck with two partitions with sizes that I ultimately did not choose myself. I was forced to accept the 'useable' partition map and was not allowed to adjust it at all. While I intended to have a Windows partition of only 180GB, I am now forced into it being 340GB for no reason.
T'Lai Dec 29, 2012 8:20 AM
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Interesting. I actually merged all partitions back into one single partition. I decided that I didn't want to repartition it until Apple comes out with some kind of firmware upgrade to fix the fusion drive issues, but as far as DU goes, everything looks like I could repartition it into two parts of any sizes I choose. It would mean redoing your windows side, but you should be able to do the same thing. I don't blame you if you don't want to do that though, in theory, it shouldn't be necessary.
zynjulia Jul 31, 2014 9:52 AM
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Hi Swift1113 and T'Lai, i have this prob also, but i couldnt get it resolved by adding a new partition. After adding the partition, the images shows that it seems to claim the grey area, but the numbers dont add up. And if i click -, it goes back to the original setting, with the same grey partition listing there... so i am wondering if there is anything else i may be missing? Thanks