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Federal prosecutors in San Francisco have indicted 29 people with alleged connections to the notorious street gang MS-13.
U.S. Attorney for Northern California Joseph Russoniello unsealed the 52-count indictment Thursday.
Prosecutors say the defendants were involved in drug and firearms trafficking, attempted murder, robbery, assault and other violent crimes. Twenty-two of those arrested were indicted on federal racketeering.
The indictment comes a day after officials announced arrests from federal raids in San Francisco, Richmond and South San Francisco.
MS-13 is also known as Mara Salvatrucha and has roots in El Salvador.
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After two decades, 12 albums and 40 million records sold, Japanese four-piece rock group L'Arc-en-Ciel is still going strong. But while the band has a devoted following across Asia, it's not resting on its laurels.
Emerging on Osaka's music scene in 1991, L'Arc-en-Ciel, which means "the rainbow" in French, rose to prominence during the heyday of Japan's "visual kei" movement, in which bands borrowed glam-rock aesthetics to accentuate their style — heavy make-up, exaggerated hairdos and dramatic, often androgynous outfits. Though the band has since snubbed the visual kei label, it has carved a dominant presence in Japan's rock scene, relying on a diverse sound ranging from pop and ballads to edgier, metallic rhythms.
Currently on a 20th-anniversary world tour, L'Arc-en-Ciel is traveling not just to its traditional fan bases in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong — where it's known as Laruku, a phonetic corruption of its name — but also making its debut in Western cities such as New York, where it became the first Japanese band to headline Madison Square Garden last month. Despite minimal publicity, the show ended up selling out.

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NEW DELHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in single-branded retail isn't coming in without riders. While French designer brand Louis Vuitton may have got an approval to invest Rs 1.5 crore with a paid up share capital of 51%, it has also been asked by the government to meet 50% of the export obligation, in case it decides to manufacture items reserved for the small scale sector. Moreover, even if the company wants to add one more item for trading in India, it needs to seek fresh approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).
The ministry of small scale industries had given its comments to the FIPB stating that items like ballpoint pen, umbrella, cufflinks, which had been proposed for trading, fall within the domain of the small scale industry. While these items are currently reserved for manufacturing only by small companies, there exists no restriction to protect the interest of the small industries as far as trading of these items is concerned. The FIPB gave its go-ahead to Louis Vuitton on this ground.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, John Deere is recalling its Gator side-by-sides because the fuel line can separate, posing a fire hazard.
The recall affects 4,650 units. John Deere has received three reports of separated fuel lines. No injuries have been reported.
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What Your Dentist Knows About Your Health
From predicting heart disease, diabetes, and premature birth to revealing leukemia, eating disorders, and vitamin deficiencies, your teeth and gums say a mouthful about your health.
By Sid Kirchheimer
Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario
The eyes may be the window to your soul, but for a look into your physical health, open wide: Your teeth and gums say a mouthful.
Receding or inflamed gums, cavities, tooth loss, gingivitis, and other dental dilemmas in adults can indicate the presence of serious health problems -- including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, vitamin deficiencies, and even the risk of having a premature or low-birth-weight baby. Usually, these dental problems result from poor dental hygiene such as not brushing well or not flossing regularly. But even by following your dentist's golden rule, you may still be hurting your overall health.
"Every time you brush your teeth, especially if there's any inflammation in the mouth, it puts some bacteria into your bloodstream," says Honolulu periodontist Michael P. Rethman, DDS, president of the American Academy of Periodontology. "This isn't good, but it is normal."
That may explain a recent jaw-dropping study in the journal Circulation that links any of five common dental problems with an increased risk of heart disease. The kicker: Dental problems proved to be stronger predictors of heart disease than more traditionally used risks factors such as low "good" cholesterol, high triglycerides, or high levels a clotting factor called fibrinogen.
And it doesn't end there.
Dental Detectives and What They Find
"Often, it's a dentist or periodontist who is the first to identify a systemic health problem because of what they see in the patient's mouth," says Col. Brian Mealey, DDS, chairman of periodontics (the treatment of gum diseases) at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, the nation's largest Air Force hospital. "And as more evidence accumulates, I think you'll see more dentists looking at oral health specifically to search for possible problems affecting the rest of the body. They're now teaching this stuff in dental schools, which wasn't the case 10 years ago."
So what can these dental detectives detect in those twice-yearly exams?
Undiagnosed diabetes, or poor blood sugar control in those already diagnosed with the disease, can be identified by several dental woes, says Sally Cram, DDS, a periodontist in Washington, D.C., and spokeswomen for the American Dental Association.
"Diabetics tend to get periodontal disease at a rate three to four times higher than people without diabetes, but when their condition is controlled with medication, diet, or other treatments, their periodontal condition will usually stabilize and return to health," she tells WebMD. "If I see a lot of inflammation in someone who brushes and flosses regularly, of they have an abscessed tooth (an infection-caused pocket of pus in the tissue next to a tooth), I ask, 'Have you checked your blood sugar lately?'"
That's because uncontrolled diabetes impairs white blood cells, the main defense against bacterial infection -- and periodontal disease results from bacterial infection. Besides gum problems, diabetes also can produce dry mouth, thrush, a burning of the mouth or tongue, or a distinct, telltale breath odor. "It's called 'acetone breath' and produces a sweet smell that's associated only with diabetes," adds Rethman. "Breath that really smells bad, meanwhile, could indicate infection of the nose, mouth, lungs, or stomach."
Osteoporosis and tooth loss often go hand-in-hand because the same decrease in bone mineral density that boosts risk of hip and other fractures affects the jawbone and teeth. That's one reason why women are especially vulnerable to tooth loss following menopause -- and why despite its other health risks, estrogen replacement therapy has been found to reduce their rates of tooth loss and gingivitis.
"Actually, there are four times in a female's life when she's more vulnerable to oral problems," says Cram. "Besides menopause, during puberty, during pregnancy, and around the time of her monthly period, certain hormones levels are elevated that stimulate inflammatory mediators that make them more susceptible and responsive to bacteria in the mouth." So mark your calendar, ladies: It's during these times when a dental exam is especially useful.
Heart Disease
In the recent Circulation study, after comparing the oral health of 256 adult heart patients with that of 250 others with no heart disease, researchers did some math. Their calculations showed that the strongest predictor of heart disease was pericoronitis, an infection around the third molar; followed by root remnants, in which teeth decay to the point that only the tip of the root remains; gingivitis, an inflammation of gums around the teeth due to improper cleaning; cavities; and missing teeth.
The possible connection: "It seems that bacteria often found in the mouth can appear as the same atherosclerotic plaque associated with cardiovascular disease," Rethman tells WebMD.
Premature and Low-Weight Births
Research shows that women who have gum disease during pregnancy are seven times more likely to have a baby that is born too early and too small than other expecting mothers -- and the risk increases with the severity of their gum problems. "That's because when you have periodontal disease, the inflammation causes certain chemicals to be released in your bloodstream that could affect the baby's birth weight and delivery," Cram tells WebMD.
So if you're pregnant, head to the dentist or periodontist. A study last year in the Journal of Periodontology suggests that performing a common procedure to remove plaque and tartar from teeth that cause gum problems could reduce risk of premature delivery.
Other Conditions
Drugs Do Damage, Too
As you age, there's a natural decline in the amount of saliva you produce. But to add insult to injury, hundreds of drugs -- including antidepressants, high blood pressure medications, and allergy remedies such as antihistamines and decongestants -- can cause dry mouth.
"When the mouth dries out, you don't have the protective enzymes in saliva that help kill bacteria," says Cram. "Not only that, but gum tissue dries, which causes cells to die on the surface, allowing it to proliferate." Dry mouth can be avoided by drinking plenty of water or using over-the-counter toothpastes, mouthwashes, and chewing gums, such as Biotene, that are especially formulated to replace these protective enzymes.
Still, the mouth-body connection stresses the importance that long preached advice: See your dentist regularly, especially during those vulnerable times of womanhood -- or if you're about to be hospitalized.
"If you're going in to the hospital for an extended stay, having an oral exam and good cleaning is a great idea because you're going to decrease the risk of hospital-acquired problems such as pneumonia," Mealey tells WebMD. "It's also advised to have a cleaning before getting joint replacement surgery, because the mouth can be a source of bacteria that, if it seeds, can cause an infection that could destroy tissue around the joint."
But even you're feeling perfectly fine, there's good reason for opening wide and staring at the ceiling as your mouth is picked and probed. "Today, more dentists aren't just looking at teeth and gums," says Cram. "They're giving you a good medical exam."
Published May 10, 2004.
SOURCES: Janket, S. Circulation, March 9, 2004; vol 109; pp 1095-1100. Jeffcoat, M. Journal of Periodontology, August 2003; vol 74; pp 1214-1218. Michael P. Rethman, DDS, periodontist, Honolulu; president, American Academy of Periodontology. Col. Brian Mealey, DDS, chairman of periodontics, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio. Sally Cram, DDS, periodontist, Washington, D.C.; American Dental Association consumer advisory committee.
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database, then the next time a user goes to the search engine and types in
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results page with the indexed url shown below. These "user recommended"
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returned by our regular search engine.
of our user-recommended search engine invention:
iRazoo has the following advantages over regular, cached and
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thereby allowing subjective tastes rather than data, produce a search
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Advantages of our points system:
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A Hiram woman who led police on a high-speed chase through Geauga County while wearing next to nothing was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in jail.
Erin B. Holdsworth, 29, will spend at least 10 months behind bars. Six months of the sentence were suspended by Judge Terri L. Stupica and Holdsworth also gets credit for the two months she already spent locked up, court records show.
Holdsworth was arrested around 4 a.m. Oct. 11 for driving at speeds upward of 128 mph while headed eastbound on Route 422, about a half-mile east of the Bainbridge-Solon line.
A Geauga County Sheriff's deputy laid down stop sticks near the eastbound entrance ramp to Route 422 from Route 44, west of La Due Reservoir.
The stop sticks were successful in deflating the driver's side tires of the 2002 Mazda 626 Holdsworth was driving.
When she exited her vehicle, Holdsworth was wearing only a G-string, fishnet tube top and high heels, according to police records.
She previously pleaded no contest and was convicted on charges of OVI, driving with a suspended license and fleeing and eluding, according to court records.
Additional charges of criminal damaging, reckless operation and speeding were dismissed.
Holdsworth initially posted bond and in January Stupica granted her driving privileges to take her children to school or herself to work.
However, at a July court appearance, Holdsworth tested positive for THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana, and was ordered to await sentencing behind bars.
Holdsworth has previous OVI convictions from 2004 and 2010, which the judge took into account in sentencing.
The 18 month sentence was the maximum penalty Stupica could have imposed. In addition to jail time, Holdsworth was fined $525.
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I'm in Vegas and just now getting reports of the deluge and flooding in Seattle. Anyone ride in that?
Photos from the West Seattle Blog.
I'm in Vegas and just now getting reports of the deluge and flooding in Seattle. Anyone ride in that?
Photos from the West Seattle Blog.
Yeah, it was pretty miserable. But I got to test my new rain jacket, which worked just fine, and gloves, which didn't. And then when I got to work I had a message waiting from my wife that the crawlspace was flooded and the furnace was gurgling, so I turned around and came back home.
I've gotten wetter on rides, but not by much. Even so, I still don't regret getting rid of my car in favor of an Xtracycle. It's just water.
Oh I so rode that. What Josh said—rain jacket worked fine, gloves not so much. I always tell folks riding in the rain is not nearly as bad as it looks from a car. Today as one of the first times I though—yep, this looks just like it does when I'm driving on the freeway.
Harbor Ave SW was under three inches of water from Salty's to Active Space and E. Marginal was its usual miserable self. The Xtracycle performed admirably and my commute time was half that of friends and neighbors who went by car. I had a big, stupid grin on my face as I passed people sitting in traffic.
"It's just water".
On Friday I got Trucked. A truck coming the other ways hit the very large puddle, drenched me with a wall of dirty water, I then hit the pot-hole hidden in the large puddle and took a big fall.
Two broken ribs, hair-line fracture in my right elbow and a twisted knee. And nobody stopped. This was in the rush hour. I had to call my own ambulance and arrange transport for my bike.
Commuting in the UK is tough.
Thanks all you hearty commuters and Big Black Shed, very sorry to hear about your crash. I'm in the UK tomorrow and will take care. I've also been trucked, but didn't crash.
I suppose you didn't get the truck plates and all and good you weren't more seriously hurt. How's the bike?
I rode the fixed gear home last night. There were a couple closed roads to work around, and some axle deep puddles, but nothing un-manageable. One nice point - the "creek" that turned into a lake during the day did a nice job of washing all the leaves off the trail in Lake Forest Park :).
Well, duh - I had places to be! Saturday and Sunday were partially frozen, and I would much rather be on a bike than in a car. Several tons of mass on ice is a terribly dangerous liability, and on the bike, if it gets too slippery, I go down. Then I get up. Then I keep going. No wrapping around poles, no getting stuck in a ditch, no plowing into oncoming traffic or groups of pedestrians. The slush on Sunday was a bit of a challenge, and my hands got cold, along with everyone else's. Monday was fun, too: at one point I had to traverse about 20 yards of fast running water. I had thought it was about 8" deep, but my hubs were submerged for most of it. For future reference, the Sturmey Archer generator hubs rule - my lights were still on when I emerged. Love it!
I learned my lesson three weeks ago on a wet and windy monday morning…no point in risking traffic on a day like yesterday. I did manage to get out over the weekend in the snow/slush with my Lab and my in-law's Weimaraner. Had them both on a long leash towing me around Greenlake both Saturday and Sunday. Nice two-dog open sleigh with 'cross tires on the singlespeed.
This boy loves to pull…
Rode in and out of Seattle… managed to keep the rain off with the jacket i had, some adidas thing, that wound up getting trashed when I put it in the washer yesterday. Downtown Seattle looked OK, and quite a few Bicycle commuters from Bainbridge as well, of course when I got up the road and found the road closed (water) it was fun getting up and down those hills in the dark, and rain, and wind… but whats the saying, "if you don't ride in the rain, you don't rideâ€â€¦
I rode in it, but being that most of my route is 130' ASL, I didn't experience any difficulties. It was kinda fun, considering most of the autos were driving WAY slower than usual…
Bent cage on one pedal, I use one sided SPD's with a flat cage on the other, ripped handlebar grip and a little scuff in the saddle. I was amazed there wasn't any more damage to my bike. I will say Kona make bomb proof bikes.
Dr Dew's must be self healing!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't get the plate of the truck. I was more worried about not getting hit by the other traffic.
So, this is as good a reason as any to upgrade the pedals to some egg-beaters I've had my eye on. And a new pair of grips. Some positives I suppose. Plus I won't be back to work until the New Year!!!!!!!!
Monday was wet. I love my neoprene fishing gloves for days like that. No more wet hands. The zipper on my neoprene booties broke so now I need to look for a new set; these are 20 years old.
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PORTAGEVILLE -- Marie V. Tribble, 91, died Feb. 3, 2012, at the Twin Rivers Hospital in Kennett.
Born May 8, 1920, in Portageville, to the late James and Bertha Townsend Black, she was a member of the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church.
On May 30, 1937, she married Gilbert James Gribble who preceded her in death on Oct. 13, 2002.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Inez Laverne Tribble, three brothers, George Black, James Black Jr. and Earl Townsend, two sisters, Emma Black and Clarcy Mae Thunbo, and three great-grandchildren, King James Tribble, Joshua Davis and Tyrone Fowler.
Survivors include: four sons and two daughters-in-law, the Rev. Gilbert "Wayne" and Diane Tribble of Austin, Texas, Edward and Judy Tribble of Kennett and Gregory Tribble and Jonathan Dowler of Portageville; five daughters and three sons-in-law, Shelbia Robbins of Kennett, Geraldine and Vernon Purser of Senath, and Bonnie and Don Harris, Ila Tribble and Barbara and Danny Eagle of Portageville; and 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted today at the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church with A.R. Gentry, pastor, and the Rev. Vernon Purser officiating.
Burial followed in the Portageville Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Travis Harris, Joe Tribble, Farron Fowler, Shane Williams, Jordan Davis and Kevin Fowler.
The DeLisle Funeral Home of Portageville was in charge of arrangements.
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In a shift, American Airlines has said it is working with the provider of its in-flight internet service to develop a system to block pornographic content.
In a statement it put out early Tuesday evening the carrier said it made the decision "based on the feedback of our customers and employees." American launched an in-flight Web service called Gogo — which is provided by Aircell — on three routes Aug. 20.
"Since the launch of Gogo, American has not experienced any reported incidents of customers viewing inappropriate content via the Gogo service. However, we believe this is an appropriate measure to take," the company said in a statement.
Monday, we wrote about the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's scoop that Delta had decided to weed out potentially pornographic Web sites. Delta is also working with Aircell on its rollout of in-flight Internet service, which it plans to begin offering in November. American had previously said that it expected flight attendants to deal with situations in which passengers were perusing inappropriate Web content.
From the straw poll we have taken of readers, it seems that most concur with the decisions made by Delta, and now, American. Just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, nearly 57% of the 499 clicks cast in our — decidedly unscientific — poll on the topic suggest respondents approve of blocking pornography from airline internet.


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SIKESTON - Sgt. Wayne W. Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Stephens of Sikeston, was killed in action in Italy Nov. 10, according to a telegram from the War Department received Wednesday by the parents.
DEXTER - Jimmy Bland of the Dexter High School Bearcats has been named to the all-state first team by the sportswriters and sportscasters of the state. He joins 10 other high school athletes from all parts of the state to comprise the mythical 1963 Missouri All-State team.
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SIKESTON - The Sikeston Lions Club is again sponsoring its "Cartoon Carnival for Kids." The show will be at the Malco Trio Theatre and parents are welcome to attend. Admission is a can or package of non-perishable food to be distributed by the Lions Club in Christmas baskets.
SIKESTON - The Class of 1993 of the Southeast Missouri Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame was inducted Saturday night. Inducted were: Howard Hooke, Gene Mayberry, Oscar "Porge" Sizemore, Herbert Hahn, Robert Redfern, Bernard Brockett, Roscoe Vaughn and Russell Martin.
SIKESTON - Both the Department of Public Safety and Public Works sought council approval for vehicle replacement but only DPS was successful. DPS Director Jim Leist presented the sole bid return for two new patrol vehicles to the city council Monday evening. Sikeston Motor Company returned a bid of $16,974 each for a pair of 1994 Ford Crown Victorias with police packages, totaling $33.948. DPS has instituted a regular replacement system for vehicles where two cars are purchased each year and kept for four years.


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FoodFacts.com is always looking for information that will enrich and enlighten the lives of all our community members. So when we saw this important information for women we knew we needed to post about it here.
A new Swedish study published just yesterday is showing that diets rich in antioxidants from fruits, vegetables and whole grains appear to reduce a woman's risk for stroke — even if she has a prior history of heart disease. The study involved more than 31,000 women with no history of heart disease and almost 5700 women who had a history of heart disease. All the women involved were between the ages of 49 and 83 and they were followed for eleven and a half years (those with no heart-disease history) and almost 10 years (history of heart disease).
During the study period, more than 1300 of the women in the disease-free group had strokes and more than 1000 in the group with a heart-disease history also suffered them. Each woman's dietary information was used to determine her individual "total antioxidant capacity" or TAC.
In the heart-disease free group, the women with the highest levels of diet-based antioxidants had a 17 percent lower risk of stroke than those with the lowest levels. But most impressively, it was found that the benefits of antioxidant-rich diets were extended to the group with a history of heart disease. Within this group, women with higher levels of dietary antioxidant capacity had up to a 57 percent lower risk of stroke compared to those with the lowest levels.
Researchers found that fruits and vegetables contributed about 50% of the antioxidant capacity in women with a disease-free history. Of course the study also showed that the women who had the highest levels of antioxidants in both groups were also women who adhered to healthier lifestyles extending beyond their regular diets to include regular exercise and avoidance of smoking.
Of course, we at FoodFacts.com always knew there was a good reason our mothers always told us to eat our vegetables. This new Swedish research simply confirms they were right all along.


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On Wednesday 28 June 2006 09:20, Matej Cepl wrote:
> Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote:
> > have you tried to compile yourself a kernel. I think that the debian
> > packages of kernels have a default behavior of server. From the 2.6
> > kernels, there's an option in the multitask about preemptive or server. A
> > preemptive kernel has a better "feeling" for the desktop user than the
> > server.
> Why, oh why I haven't asked this question before (using Linux for almost
> six years and never suspected that my kernel configuration is anything than
> perfect)? :'(
> Thanks a lot, I have recompiled kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT and it seems to
> be really *much* more responsive. Why is this not more popularized?
Wouldn't it make much sense if debian had two kernel pakages? One suited for
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LIVE BLOG: MF Global Ex-CEO Jon Corzine Faces Congress
Jon Corzine is making his first public appearance today since the collapse of MF Global, the investment firm he led until just after its Halloween bankruptcy filing.
Corzine, along with regulators and MF Global stakeholders, is being called to appear this morning in front of a Congressional committee examining what went wrong at MF Global.
In Corzine's prepared testimony released in advance of the hearing, the former U.S. Senator said he doesn't know what happened to about $1.2 billion in MF Global client money that has gone missing. Corzine also defended his decision to bet billions of dollars of MF Global money on risky debt of European countries.
The Deal Journal crew in Washington and New York churned out a running summary and analysis of today's MF Global hearing in the House. Catch the summary below:
It's On Now
Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) opens the hearing with a discussion about the risks and explosive growth of the futures-trading market. MF Global was a big player in futures and commodities trading, which is why the House Committee on Agriculture has oversight of MF Global. (We know you were wondering "why the Agriculture committee?")
"We're not here to haphazardly point fingers and blame," Chairman Lucas says in his opening remarks. This hearing is about restoring confidence in the futures market, and in finding the root causes of MF Global's collapse.
What, You Think This Isn't About Politics?
Congressional hearings are about finding the truth and nothing but the truth, right? Wrong. These hearings are for the public's representatives to score political points. So far in the MF Global hearing, everyone is playing to type. Collin Peterson (D.-Minn), the ranking memeber on the House Committee on Agriculture, uses his opening statement to sound a warning about gutting financial regulation.
"Wall Street is operating as if 2008 didn't happen," Peterson said. He said the bankruptcies of MF Global — and of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns before it — are Exhibits A, B and C in favor of the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law.
A Defense of the Regulators
Ranking member Peterson stands up for the CFTC. He says blaming the MF Global regulator for the MF Global bankruptcy is like blaming the police officer after a break-in.
Clawing back the money
CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers is the first witness. She mentions "clawbacks," which followers of the Bernie Madoff case will remember well. What the MF Global trustee will be able to claw back from other financial players to get customers' money back will likely become an important topic in MF Global's bankruptcy in coming weeks.
Defending the "Internal Repo" Rules
Commissioner Sommers defends the CFTC efforts to limit investment firms' uses of client money to invest in short-term securities. Corzine, as The Wall Street Journal and others have reported, lobbied the CFTC to stop those changes. It's unclear whether MF Global relied on such client-fund transactions — known as "internal repos" — to fund its purchases of European sovereign debt.
Fill-In for the MF Global Trustee
Trustee lead counsel James Kobak is standing in for James Giddens, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global. Giddens is scheduled to testify at next week's Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. Giddens has also worked on the years-long bankruptcy process of Lehman Brothers' brokerage. (Read Kobak's prepared testimony for today's House hearing.)
Who Was Minding the Store?
CFTC's Sommers basically says in response to a question from Chairman Lucas that they weren't watching MF Global's $6.3 billion European bet because it wasn't in the futures unit but made by MF Global's broker-dealer business. Which makes one wonder: Which regulator was supposed to be watching the overall health of the firm? And why weren't the different regulators talking to each other more?
CFTC Funding Bill to Be Introduced
Related, three House Democrats plan to introduce a bill, "the Wall Street Accountability Through Sustainable Funding Act," today to fund the CFTC through a transactions tax. The bill's co-sponsors Reps. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Peter Welch and Iowa's Leonard Boswell say the bill would "prevent (the) next MF Global"
Bookkeeping Disaster?
Chairman Lucas asks whether it is true that MF Global's financial records were "a mess." Kobak, the trustee lead counsel, said the individual customer account records at MF Global were actually in pretty good shape, and most of the "mess" the trustee has seen was from the chaos of the last couple of weeks before MF Global's bankruptcy as spooked clients and counterparties yanked money out of MF Global in a "run on the bank." Asked the same question, Commissioner Sommers said it is impossible to overstate the complexity of tens of thousands of trading positions on MF Global's books. "We need to find where every pennyâ€
Did We Ask About the Missing Money?
The hearing's first question from Chairman Lucas was a harbinger for what Corzine and other witnesses are likely to face today. Lucas asked CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers about the missing customer funds. "Was the CFTC aware of these warning signsâ€
An Inauspicious Record for Corzine
Ex-MF Global CEO Jon Corzine's testimony later today will mark the first time since 1908 that a former senator has been subpoenaed to testify before his former congressional colleagues, according to Senate historian Donald Ritchie. That year, two Senators who shared the same last name but were unrelated were called to testify about a corporate lobbying scandal. Corzine, a Democrat, represented New Jersey in the Senate between 2001 and 2006.
In that 1908 hearing, former Sens. Marion Butler of North Carolina and Matthew Butler of South Carolina testified in a House investigation to probe whether The Electric Boat Co. of New Jersey, as well as a predecessor firm, had improperly wined and dined the former lawmakers. The lawmakers believed there were improprieties in the companies' push to get the government to purchase its submarines, Ritchie said.
"They denied it, and the inquiry didn't go any further than that,â€
So the "MF Global Rule" Isn't Actually About MF Global?
Earlier this week, the CFTC said it may subject futures firms to stiffer oversight, including more frequent report of the amounts of customer cash they hold, and preventing them from using client money to invest in European sovereign debt. (Corzine and officials from other futures firms had lobbied against this rule-making. Corzine said this summer that he'd consider leaving the futures-commission business if the rules went through as-then planned.)
Folks in the media have taken to calling this week's CFTC regulatory changes the "MF Global Rule," but Sommers today said the rules passed on Monday would not have affected anything at MF Global. Rather she says the rules were motivated by preventing what happened during the financial crisis, when some ultra-safe money funds "broke the buck."
Get Me Gary Gensler! Stat!
Rep. Johnson (R.-Ill.) angrily presses why CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler isn't the one testifying in front of Congress. "I find that entirely unacceptable," Johnson says, and he wonders whether it's because both Corzine and Gensler are part of the "Goldman Sachs fraternity." Gensler, as one of the Congressmen tells Rep. Johnson, has recused himself from the MF Global investigation, citing past ties to MF Global's former chief executive, Jon Corzine. The two men worked together for years at Goldman Sachs, which Corzine led.
We also direct you to this social nugget in Corzine's prepared testimony about the extent of his relationships with regulators:
"In addition, on or about September 14, 2011, Chairman Gensler and I attended the wedding celebration of mutual friends. On that occasion, Chairman Gensler was not accompanied by anyone from the CFTC, but, again, we did not discuss business or regulatory matters so far as I recall."
Random Thought
We're distracted by what appears to be a large bandage on Chairman Frank Lucas's left temple. Anyone know what happened to him?
The Money Question, Again
Dennis Cardoza (D.-Calif.) asks again the key question from the last six weeks: Why can't we find the missing MF Global client money? (Reminder: this is more than $1 billion unaccounted for.) Sommers again says the regulators' task isn't easy. "We can't overemphasize the complexity of the books and records of MF Global," the CFTC commissioner says.
This answer doesn't satisfy Rep. Cardoza. Maybe this means financial firms are too complicated, Rep. Cardoza says. "How many firms are engaging in transactions that are too complex for us to understand?" he wonders.
"At the end of the day, we *will* know" what happened with the MF Global missing money, Sommers says.
And with that, the committee takes a recess to go vote on something else. Grab a snack! We'll keep blogging.
"Internal Repos" Can't Explain All the Missing Money
Sommers makes an important point about the rules governing how futures-trading brokerages (a.k.a., Futures Commission Merchants, or "FCMs") can invest customer cash. An FCM can only invest customer money in foreign sovereign debt to the extent that the customer has used a foreign currency to allow the FCM to avoid currency risk, she explained.
That means it's highly unlikely that MF Global lost roughly $1 billion in customer cash by making risky bets on foreign debt through so-called internal repo operations. Such investments would in theory have been allowable under Rule 1.25, which regulates how FCMs can invest customer cash.
The upshot: MF Global probably lost money some other way. Perhaps Corzine will illuminate the matter later in the day (but probably not).
On this point, Sommers said there was no evidence found yet that MF Global was investing customer money to support its giant sovereign-bond trades. Kobak said he had "suspicionsâ€
Kobak: "We have suspicions but we don't have knowledgeâ€
Fleeting Glimpse of Corzine
Corzine will be quizzed later by the House panel, and we know Mr. Corzine already is in the building. Earlier this morning, the shared video feed from the House showed images of Corzine and his bowtied lawyer, Andrew Levander, walking through the House halls. Corzine nodded confidently, and he was holding a brown file folder and a paper coffee cup.
Inquiring Minds Want to Know...and We Found Out
We wondered earlier about the large bandage on Rep. Lucas's temple. Well, intrepid Dow Jones reporter Jamila Trindle discovered Lucas recently had surgery to remove a spot, according to a person familiar with the bandage.
At least one mystery has been solved today.
In the WayBack Machine...
On Youtube, we dug up this video from a 2009 Senate hearing, one of of the prior times in which Jon Corzine — then the governor of New Jersey — was testifying at a Congressional hearing.
Corzine and New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez talked about clean energy and job growth. We assure you, Corzine's appearance in front of today's Congressional panel won't be as amicable.
They're Back!
The panel will continue with questions for CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers and for James Kobak, lead counsel for the trustee overseeing MF Global's liquidation.
Should Corzine Have Known?
K. Michael Conaway (R.-Texas) tries to force the witnesses to answer whether Corzine would have or should have known about possible misuses of segregated customer accounts at MF Global. Conaway says he expects Corzine will say later that the CEO was so far up the food chain at MF Global that he couldn't have known about any breaches of sacrosanct client accounts. Should Corzine have known about possible violations of rules on customer money, Conaway asks?
Sommers takes a pass. She says she doesn't know how far up the food chain the knowledge would go in the parent company, rather than at the FCM unit overseen by CFTC. But this is a serious no-no, right, Conaway wants to know? Misusing customer segregated money isn't the equivalent of rolling through a stop sign, right? Nope, "It's one of the most serious breaches" Sommers says.
Settle In, Folks. Gather Provisions.
A comment overheard during the break in the halls of the Longworth building, where the hearing is taking place on Capitol Hill: "This is going to be a looong day.â€
Ooh, Snap
In a question from Thomas Rooney of Florida, he refers to Gary Gensler as Commissioner Sommers' "boss."
"He is not my boss," she corrects. "He is the chairman of the agency." Duly noted.
What was MF Global? Who was its regulator?
Ranking minority member Collin Peterson makes a great point. MF Global shifted from a futures business to a broker/dealer. A lot of people (many at this hearing) don't seem clear about it, leading to confusion about what parts of MF Global were regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or CFTC.
Where in the World Is Gary Gensler?
Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) is at least the third House member today to express annoyance about the absence of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler. Again, Gensler — after calls from Sen. Charles Grassley — recused himself from the MF Global investigation in light of his prior relationship with Jon Corzine. Chairman Lucas said earlier that Gensler is in Europe today and unable to attend the hearing. Stutzman, David Scott (D.-Ga.) and Rep. Johnson (R.-Ill.) are very unhappy about this.
Blink and You Missed the Criminal Accusation
Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) casually tosses off this line: "I think we can assume this likely was a fraud perpetrated by MF Global at some level." Okay. But he does have a question baked into the accusation: What regulatory tools or procedures should be in place that in the future would flag misuse of customer funds before financial firms blow up?
Commissioner Sommers says it's way too early to say. Once we know what happened at MF Global, then the CFTC can identify ways to prevent this from ever happening again. And if the CFTC needs the legal authority to make those changes, the regulator would come back and seek that authority from Congress.
Timing Update
Today's second panel, the eagerly awaited appearance by Jon Corzine, may not happen until after 2 p.m. ET, or later. The House has a vote scheduled for soon after 1 p.m., and the current panel could easily last until then. If that happens, then the second panel – in which Corzine is the only witness – would convene after the vote. As a bystander said earlier, it's going to be a looong day.
The Picketing Hum of Washington
Not sure if it's related to this hearing, but the sound of a protest outside the building can be heard inside the room. The windows are shaded so it's impossible to see outside.
Some Relief for MF Global Clients
The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets have written about MF Global brokerage clients who closed out positions before the company collapsed, received checks for their funds, and then seen those checks bounce as high as a rubber ball.
Kobak, the counsel for the MF Global trustee, said of the $37 million worth of bounced checks to MF Global clients, he expects the should be made whole on about 69% to 70% of the funds they had on deposit with the firm, in line with other MF Global account holders.
CFTC Had Been On Site Since Late Oct.
Commissioner Sommers says the CFTC had staff inside the offices of MF Global starting on Oct. 26, or five days before MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection. By late October, MF Global's credit rating had been downgraded, the company had disclosed its $6.3 billion exposure to European sovereign debt and investors had gotten spooked about MF Global's financial health.
Someone in Congress Still Loves You, CFTC
The CFTC is taking some abuse at today's House committee hearing into the collapse of MF Global. Members of Congress have asked loads of questions about how client money went missing, where it is now, why regulators didn't see it coming and why CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler didn't show his face at the hearing.
But Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn) uses his five minutes of question time to defend the agency, which he says has become a "punching bag" in today's proceedings. He also highlights CFTC's ongoing pleas for more funding: "Hopefully this is an educable moment about the value the CFTC brings to the country," Courtney says. For what it's worth, Commissioner Sommers says the CFTC has enough manpower to do its job.
Is This What We Mean by a "Teachable Moment?"
As U.S. regulators took questions from lawmakers about failed broker-dealer MF Global Thursday, House Democrats renewed a push for more funding for regulators.
At a hearing about MF Global, where former chief executive Jon Corzine is scheduled to testify later Thursday, House Agriculture Committee ranking member Rep. Collin Peterson of (D., Minn.) defended regulators' oversight of the firm and said other lawmakers seemed "hell-bent" on blaming the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the firm's failure.
"Do we blame the police officer the day after our house gets broken into?" Peterson asked in his opening statement.
Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D., Conn.), Peter Welch (D., Vt.) and Leonard Boswell (D., Iowa) said in a statement that they are working on a bill that would allow the CFTC, MF Global's main regulator, to fund itself through a transaction tax.
"If you want stable markets, you need a stable regulator," Welch said in a statement.
Corzine sighting!
And with another complaint about the MIA Gary Gensler, the first panel is dismissed. Jon Corzine is coming into the room right now. There is a loud sound of snapping cameras. Here comes the administration of the oath from Corzine.
Quick Wardrobe Check
Corzine is wearing a dark suit and dark tie with a white shirt. No signs of jewelry apart from a wedding ring and what looks like a fairly simple watch on his left wrist. Crisis-communication officials told Deal Journal that Congressional witnesses in these circumstances are coached to dress professionally but not with flash. In other words, leave the Rolex watches, vibrant ties, gold cufflinks and the hand-tailored suits at home.
"If you go into a hearing and you're wearing a $30,000 Rolex and you're wearing very expensive cufflinks, and then you try to say, 'I got hurt in this too.' That's a mixed message," Robbie Vorhaus, a crisis reputation adviser in New York, told Deal Journal on Wednesday.
Looks like Corzine followed the advice.
How Much Will Corzine Be Able to Say?
As Corzine reads his prepared statement into the record, we still don't know whether Corzine will be open to answering questions, or if he will take the Fifth when pressed on the final days of his firm. Here is what Corzine said in his statement on that front:
Corzine: ratings, meetings, and disclosed
Corzine argues that the investments were all rated A, double-A and were the subject of much internal discussion. The investments were also disclosed.
Corzine Goes Slightly Off Script
Corzine says he is "devastated" by MF Global's collapse. The language is a slight deviation from the script, in which he wrote about "great sadnessâ€
What Will the Congressmen Call Corzine?
He is a former Senator, in theory they could call him "Senator Corzine." Chairman Lucas so far has called Corzine, "Mr. Corzine," and once "Gov. Corzine," reflecting his former stint as the governor of New Jersey.
How Many Ways Can Corzine Say "I Don't Know"
So far, Corzine has said "I don't know" or some variation at least four times, and he has been very careful not to admit to any missteps or wrongdoing. Corzine in his opening statement and in the first few minutes of Congressional questions has said he can't answer some questions fully because he hasn't been able to access his notes and records from his MF Global tenure.
Here are some of the variations or deflections he has used in the first few minutes of his Q&A with Congress:
"I am not aware of those transactions…"
in response to whether he ordered a customer transfer of assets, he said "I never intended to break any rulesâ€
Corzine answering...carefully. Very carefully
Never seen Corzine struggle so hard to answer questions. Very tortured language about "not knowing" about "specific" transfers of customer funds. And did not directly answer if he authorized transfers.
Corzine Acknowledges Disagreements on Risk
Chairman Lucas brings up Michael Roseman the MF Global chief risk officer who — according to the Journal — challenged Corzine's bets on European sovereign debt. Corzine said Roseman "certainly had a different view about the sovereign default risk," and he expressed that to Corzine directly and to the board. According to the Journal account, Roseman contended MF Global didn't have enough spare cash to withstand the risks of its position in bonds of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Belgium.
Mr. Corzine also acknowledged a point in that Journal story, which said he offered to leave if the board didn't have confidence in him. "I did not threaten the board to leave," Corzine said. He said "I had one specific conversationâ€
Chaos of MF Global's Final Hours
MF Global's books and records weren't a "mess," says Corzine, but he adds that the firm's financial condition is something others will have to "opine on" once all the facts are known. Corzine says the final days of MF Global were very eventful. "It's clear than in the last hours, the last days, there were many, many, many more transactions than typically occur."
"A Lot of People Have Bad Names"
Rep. Peterson struggles how to identify Corzine. "Governor, Senator, I don't know what to call you," says the Minnesota Democrat. "A lot of people have bad names," Corzine quips.
On Leverage Levels
Corzine says that selling the futures commission merchant, under consideration in the firm's last week before bankruptcy, would have brought the firm's leverage down to its goal level of the mid-to-high teens from about 30.
But the efforts to reduce debt levels was complicated, Corzine says, by MF Global's identity as both a futures operation and a broker-dealer. "One consequence was you built up leverage higher than would be the case" if the firm was one animal or the other, Corzine says.
An ironic twist to MF Global under Corzine is that leverage came down. But it was still much higher than Corzine wanted it, he said. (And also much higher lower than larger banks that had been forced to hack leverage after the 2008 crisis.)
Break for Now
The House committee is taking a recess for the members to vote on another matter. Corzine will be back in the hot seat after the recess. Stay tuned!
Corzine's Answers Don't Mollify One Critic
Jon Corzine's professed ignorance of what's become of his former customers' money doesn't fly with John Roe, a leading member of the 7,000-account strong Commodity Customers Coalition, an ad-hoc group pushing for MF client funds to be released. "Ignorance is not a defense and it implies that his subordinates are at fault," says Roe, who is watching Thursday's hearing from an overflow room on Capitol Hill. "How did he run a state?"
Corzine: MF Global Results Were Ugly, But Not Because of Euro Bets
The agriculture committee remains in recess. But earlier, Corzine said one cause of the stress in MF Global's final days was what he called "an inability for those of us in management to convey what the lossesâ€
"It Was Pretty Stunning"
Corzine said he was told at 10:30 or 11 p.m. on Sunday evening, Oct. 30 that there was a shortfall in MF Global clients accounts. He said he was in a group of people and he couldn't remember if it was MF Global's financial chief or the general counsel who told him first about the shortfall. "It was pretty stunning, however," Corzine said.
The ex-CEO said he didn't receive a "satisfactory explanation" about why and how the client money went missing. "I really should not speculate," Corzine says, at least the second time he has used this expression during the hearing.
Corzine: There Was No Intent to Breach Client Funds
Pressed whether he knew about client money being used to prop up MF Global, Corzine says "I am notâ€
Client Money Didn't Go to European Bets
Did you use MF Global customer funds to invest in European sovereign debt, Rep. Peterson asks Corzine? "To my recollection," Corzine answers, "The answer to that is no.â€
Party in the Back?
We'll let our readers quibble with our assessment, but it sure looks like Corzine has grown his hair rather unruly in the back, in a mullet-like look. It's not vintage Billy Ray Cyrus, but it is rather business in the front/party in the back. Corzine's voice also seems to have taken a more gravelly tone since the House committee has returned from recess.
A "Miscalculation"?
Corzine says he was not aware of any client-fund shortfall before Oct. 30. "In the chaos of the last few hours or days," Corzine says, he believed the shortfall resulted from either a "miscalculation" or money that was supposed to have come in from the outside but did not. It would have been a rather large "miscalculation" to result in the $1.2 billion in missing client funds, presses Bob Goodlatte (D.-Va.). "I agree," Corzine says.
Blaming the Robots
Corzine invokes a favorite bogeyman of lawmakers and investors, testifying that the rise of high-frequency trading firms put pressure on MF Global's ability to turn a profit via commissions. Corzine was responding to a query on his firm's business model, and he acknowledged that MF's technology had become antiquated in recent years; pressure on MF's bread-and-butter futures brokerage played into Corzine's push for the firm to take more risk on its own trades.
Beyond computer traders, the biggest headwind for such futures firms has been near-zero interest rates around the world, reducing the interest earned on customer deposits, Corzine acknowledged.
Would Corzine Personally Make Clients Whole?
Rep. Timothy Johnson (R.-Ill.) pressures Corzine whether he and other MF Global executives would be willing to chip in their own money to compensation clients for any missing money. Corzine at first is cagey. "I don't think that this will go unresolved," Corzine said. "I am hopeful that there will be effective recovery and reconciliation of these accounts." Johnson asks Corzine again whether he would fork over personal money to make clients whole. "As I'm sitting here right now, I would not do that," Corzine says.
Empathy for People "Caught in the Crossfire"
Rep. Johnson gives us the first real Congressional rant of this panel, complaining that MF Global shows signs of "negligence or commingling" of customer funds.
Johnson says he appreciates Corzine not "using the veil of the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions," which had been the heavy-odds favorite to factor into most of his appearance at Thursday's hearing. (Corzine, of course, may have de facto pleaded the Fifth by deflecting questions he can't or won't answer.) Johnson says "there are lot of unanswered questionsâ€
Will Corzine Take a Hit to His Wallet?
Corzine is asked whether he expected a personal financial loss from the MF Global collapse. Corzine looks down at his highlighted sheet of notes and then gives a non-answer answer. "My own expectation even at these late hours is that the money will be recovered," Corzine says in reference to the missing MF Global client money. Rep. King asks again whether Corzine is facing a personal financial hit. Corzine laughs modestly before answering. "I think i will repeat what I said to Congressman Johnson." Again, Corzine has deflected the question.
My Immigrant Grandmother...
Rep. Cardoza starts with homespun advice from his grandmother: "Always do the right thing when no one is looking." Can Corzine say that as the head of MF Global, he always did the right thing when no one was looking? Corzine answers, "Every effort and intent in my actions was to do the right thing.â€
Check that Math Again
What was Corzine's first thought or action when he was told late on Oct. 30 that MF Global may have been missing hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money? "Go back and check your work,â€
Corzine Is Very Careful on This Point
For at least the second time, Corzine is asked whether he authorized the transfer of funds from MF Global segregated client accounts. Earlier, Corzine said he never "intended" to violate any rules. Corzine repeats that sentiment, and then says it wouldn't have been part of his purview. "There are people who handle the transfer of funds, and I'm not one of those," he says. "I never intended to authorize anyoneâ€
Corzine hasn't really faced the blistering screeds we've seen at other Congressional quizzings of financial-services officials. But Rep. Scott (D.-Ga.) does deliver a tongue-lashing. He said he finds it the "height of disbeliefâ€
Overheard in the Newsroom...
"Sometimes I wish "Saturday Night Live" was on every day. I'd like to see how they'd portray the Corzine hearing.â€
Corzine on His Personal Role in Europe Bets
Our Journal colleagues have reported that "Mr. Corzine oversaw the European sovereign-debt trades largely on his own," a role mentioned by Rep. Conaway (R.-Texas). Corzine chimes in: "In fact, I didn't place orders, although I worked with traders who would place orders."
Jon Corzine's Christmas Wish?
"I am absolutely hopeful that a full understanding of what happened in those last few days would reveal the source of where these monies are," Corzine says about the missing MF Global client money. Maybe the missing money is with counterparties, or there is some miscalculation somewhere, Corzine says. "Hope does spring eternal," says Rep. Sewell (D.-Ala.).
Corzine Explains Why He Transformed MF Global from Its Sleepy Roots
Corzine offers an explanation and defense of why under his watch he sought to transform MF Global from a sleepy brokerage and trading-clearing firm into a trading, asset-management and investment firm more in the mold of his former employer, Goldman Sachs. This is perhaps Corzine's most interesting comment of the day so far. He is saying essentially MF Global didn't have a bright future under its old business model.
"Sitting here today, with knowlege that the market has drawn the conclusion that it has drawn…it would have been better to have taken different judgments at the time they were taken. But we and I did those things we thought were in the best interests of shareholders and all the stakeholders, given the inability of the old business plan…to generate the kind of revenue that would have protected shareholders as well.â€
Corzine's Farming Roots
MF Global's collapse reverberated through the farm belt, where many wheat and corn growers, cattle ranchers and pig farmers use the commodities market to protect against price swings. Now, many of those farmers have taken a financial hit as they find their money is tied up and their hedges are unwound.
Corzine evokes his own roots in southern Illinois, where he was the son of a corn farmer and an elementary school teacher in a town called Willey's Station."My father was one of those folks who went to the grain elevator and hedged out future crops," Corzine says.
Corzine Says He Didn't Milk His Washington Ties
Whether or not Jon Corzine is as close to senior regulators and President Obama's administration as he's sometimes made out to be, he says he didn't fall back on Washington connections to press MF Global's case. "To my knowledge, I have never spoken about the business of MF Global to anyone in the [Obama] administration," says Corzine.
He adds that he never called the cell phone of Gary Gensler, current CFTC chairman and an alum of Goldman Sachs during Corzine's tenure there as boss.
"Can You Repeat the Question?"
Corzine goes to that classic time killer, "Can you repeat the question," when a Congressman asks, "Can we regulate greed, incompetence and fraud out of the system?" Corzine gets the question again, and takes perhaps his longest pause of the afternoon before he answers: "Mistakes will continue to happen in the course of human events."
Corzine Is Done
Chairman Lucas gavels Corzine's panel closed. Readers, what grade would you give Corzine's appearance before Congress? Talk back in the comments section.
Corzine Doesn't Have Much to Say on the Way Out
As Corzine ducked out of his testimony chased by a heard of reporters (including yours truly) and cameramen, he had little to add to his hours of testimony. "It's been a long day,â€


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The judges' room for the dessert portion of the Houston World's Championship Bar-B-Que Competition
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Yesterday, thanks to an opportunity that came through the Houston Press' "Eating… Our Words" blog, I was able to participate as a judge for the Dessert Competition portion of the World's Championship Bar-B-Que Competition that is hosted in conjunction with the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. It was along with about 35 other people, including Greg Morago, Food Editor of the Houston Chronicle; John DeMers, freelance writer and host of the Delicious Mischief radio show; and Eric Sandler, editor of Eater Houston.
I used to compete with the team that my former employer, Phoenix Exploration, would send to the Halliburton BBQ Competitions. I was always the one to make dessert, so I understand how challenging cooking in cast iron with no real oven can be. With the right recipe and understanding the limitations of what you have to work with, though, you can make some really great desserts.
We were given a few guidelines, including not doing anything that would influence the other judges at the table, such as making comments or obvious facial expressions. It's a bit like playing poker.
Of the nine desserts I tried, only three really impressed me. A few were cloyingly sweet, unattractive or downright messy. (When you receive a dessert, the first thought should not be "Wow, that looks like a mess. What is it?") There was an acceptable strawberry cake, but I couldn't tell whether or not it came from a boxed mix. A promising-looking carrot cake had a tragic flaw: it was burned on the bottom.
Two of the three that I really liked knocked my socks off. One was a bread pudding with lardons and thin strips of bacon. Maybe I'm a sucker for falling for such an obvious ploy for my affection, but I don't care. Call me easy. I loved this dessert and the pork went oh-so-well with the sweetened bread and toasted pecans.
The other dessert that blew me away were cream-filled, baked donuts with a light, bready, puffy shell. The surface was dusted with a cinnamon and sugar mix that gave them a light sweetness and additional punch of flavor.
The third dessert that I really liked scared me at first. I opened the Styrofoam box to reveal something that looked like a brownie that had been burned so badly that the bottom looked like charcoal. Thankfully, that "charcoal" was actually Oreo cookie mix, so the cake ended up being brownie on top and Oreo on the bottom. It went wonderfully well with the school lunch-sized carton of milk that the judging committee provided to each of us judges.
I appreciated how kindly we judges were treated. Greg and I were able to grab a drink and a snack in the adjacent room while we were waiting to enter the judging room. In there was a hunter's stand.
We wondered what was inside.
It turned out to be what I look like in the mornings before my coffee.
Each judge received a certificate of appreciation, which will go into my scrapbook. The tables were preset with not only those little cartons of milk, but bottled water. There were plenty of disposable plates and utensils (although both Greg and I felt like we'd rather see biodegradable paper plates instead of guilt-inducing Styrofoam).
Experiences like these enable me to expand my own horizons as a writer. I am always grateful for these opportunities and still have a sense of wonder that anyone thinks that my opinion is worth something.


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Update Nov. 29: The Xbox One has been out for a week, and with Microsoft's new console out in the wild it's time to update this review and see how some of its more advanced features are faring.
Prior to the Xbox One's launch Microsoft was full of assurances that its rougher edges would be ironed out by release day. Unfortunately, that's proven to not be the case. Even worse, problems have cropped up in the last week that didn't make themselves known when the console still had pre-release firmware in the weeks leading up to its retail release.
Specifically, voice recognition is still spotty. It works most of the time, yes, but not every time, and you'll frequently have to repeat things. The console also interprets vague motions (or no motions at all) as gesture controls, particularly during Netflix playback, which wasn't available to test before launch. And strangely, Kinect will often recognize people in the room even when they're not there. Turning off Kinect sign-in fixes the symptom, but not the sickness, and you have to do it individually for every profile on the system or it will keep signing ghosts in over and over. There was hope that these problems would be alleviated by launch, but obviously Microsoft is still gettng the kinks out of this console's revolutionary new features.
Original review follows…
Microsoft is entering the next generation of console video games with a shocking amount of confidence. Even after the Xbox One's initial reveal left gamers reeling and protesting, forcing the company to completely rethink its strategy, Microsoft seems incredibly assured of the Xbox One's single sacrosanct purpose: to be the all-in-one living room device.
It's absolutely packed with features that Microsoft hopes will help it accomplish that goal. Many of those features, like the inclusion of a Kinect with every system, were a huge risk. As a result, the new Xbox console comes with a massive learning curve. But it's also the most advanced and impressive piece of living room entertainment hardware that's ever existed.
If it weren't for the PS4's simplistic approach to console video games then the age of the dedicated living room gaming device might be declared over. As it is, Xbox One users are going to be using their consoles for far more than just gaming.
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There's more in the Xbox One box than a console and a controller. Every single one comes with Microsoft's new Kinect sensor, which is thankfully a massive improvement over its predecessor. The original Xbox 360 Kinect was an optional add-on that actually added little, but the new Kinect is truly essential to the Xbox One experience.
It drove the console's price up $100, but it was arguably worth it. Once you get the console home and begin to see how easy it is to navigate the entire system with voice commands you might agree.
The sensor itself is much more subtle than its predecessor. It's still bigger than the PlayStation Camera, but at least now it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. And overall it's much better at detecting faces and players' movements and at recognizing voice commands. You'll still have to repeat things sometimes, particularly when others are in the room talking or when the volume on your TV or speakers are up, but even with that it's perfectly usable.
The console, meanwhile, is much larger than the PS4. It's square and black, with a combination of matte and shiny finishes that look slick together. It's not unattractive, but it does stick out. That may have been an intentional choice; the Xbox One will dominate your living room setup, both physically and technologically.
At least the big black Xbox One is covered with vents; hopefully the red ring of death common with the Xbox 360 will be avoided this generation.
The controller is another story. Microsoft bungled the original Xbox's giant, ridiculous gamepad, but now it seems determined to never make that mistake again. The Xbox One controller is the perfect evolution of what was arguably already a perfect controller in the Xbox 360's gamepad.
Its textures differ subtly all over, with the analog sticks in particular feeling gorgeous, with a rough texture that will prevent even the sweatiest thumbs from slipping off. The triggers and buttons are all placed perfectly, the new, flattened Xbox button looks really smart, and the controller's four-motored rumble feedback system is surprisingly effective.
The triggers can rumble independently from the rest of the controller, making shooters and in particular driving games like Need for Speed Rivals and Forza Motorsport 5 more tactile than ever. You can feel the cars fighting against the pavement to gain purchase or come to a stop; it's really great. These "Impulse Triggers" alone make the XB1 controller superior to the PS4's in many respects, despite that gamepad's advancements like the touchpad.
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The Xbox One also comes with a headset not unlike the one included with the Xbox 360, though this one feels sturdier and hopefully won't break quite so easily.
User Interface
Here is where the Xbox One really differentiates itself from everything else on the market.
You can—and will—navigate 99 percent of the Xbox One experience using only voice commands. The new Kinect is very good at understanding speech, and Microsoft promises that it will learn and improve even more as you use it. Commands like "Xbox, on," "Xbox, go home," "Xbox, go to Dead Rising 3," and more work great and are super convenient. There are many other system-wide voice commands, and countless more contextual ones; saying, "Xbox, select" on any screen highlights words in green on that screen if the console can recognize them. Of course, you can still use a controller to navigate around, and basic gesture controls are present as well.
The Xbox One's UI itself is tile-based, much like Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and even the Xbox 360 before it. You can pin up to 25 apps/games/services/movies/tons more on the left side of the home screen, while the right holds portals to the console's game, music, movie, and app stores. In the middle are recently used items, friends and some other essentials. It's simple but elegant, and it makes getting around extremely easy, no matter what input method you choose.
Another big part of the Xbox One experience is the console's television mode. If you've been following along with the saga so far, then you know that you can plug your cable box directly into the Xbox and use the console for TV viewing as well as games and apps. Say "Xbox, watch TV" at any point and voila. It features the "Xbox OneGuide," like a supercharged cable guide, and you can even call out the names of channels to jump around.
RELATED: Microsoft's Xbox One: What to Expect Day One (Video)
The combinations and shortcuts made possible by the Xbox One's well-designed UI are endless. You can even say "Xbox, snap" with the name of an app to "snap" it to the side of the screen next to whatever else you're doing, so you can watch TV or browse the internet while you play a game, check your friends list while a movie plays, and more.
The Xbox One also works hard to recognize and accommodate multiple users per household, even if they're all using the console at the same time. When Kinect recognizes a new user in the room, it acknowledges them so they don't have to switch manually to their profiles. And switching to your personalized dashboard with your pins and color scheme is as easy as saying, "Xbox, show my stuff."
There are too many such features to name in a reasonably-sized review. You can cut gameplay footage clips by saying, "Xbox, record that," then overlay video commentary and publish to Xbox Live or SkyDrive without leaving your couch. There are tons of entertainment apps with full voice command and "snap" support. The ESPN app is extremely impressive thanks to Microsoft's partnership with the NFL. Skype is fully integrated, and Twitch is coming next year. The list goes on.
You'll spend the first few weeks with the Xbox One learning exactly how to use it, and with so many possibilities you'll be happy you did.


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Celebrated writer and contrarian Bill James has voraciously read true crime throughout his life and has been interested in writing a book on the topic for decades. Now, with Popular Crime, James takes readers on an epic journey from Lizzie Borden to the Lindbergh baby, from the Black Dahlia to O. J. Simpson, explaining how crimes have been committed, investigated, prosecuted and written about, and how that has profoundly influenced our culture over the last few centuries— even if we haven't always taken notice.
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People give me and send me a lot of information about food. Websites, links to blogs, recipes, magazine articles and especially cookbooks. Everybody has a cookbook…well everyone except me…but just about everybody else has a cookbook.
I recently I received a cookbook as a gift from Micki Connolly, mother of a good friend. She was part of a group who organized a cookbook for her Florida retirement community comprised of family recipes from resident snowbirds from around the world. It's a fascinating treasure trove of regional specialties from folks like our parents and grandparents. I leafed through and found things like Super Bowl Chili from Edna Scipione of Wickliffe, Ohio and Scallops a la Crabtree from Dan Crabtree hailing from Lancaster, England. It goes on and on.
The chapter I am most anxious to dive into is the dessert section. Desserts that harken back to before the age of the Hostess Cupcake are the glue that have kept family gatherings fun and memorable for generations. I feel honored to have copies of Heinz and Hella Wartski's French Sable Cookie recipe, Celeste deCapua's Mexican Wedding Cookies and Peggy Tuffo's Penuche Nut Fudge.
The book is from the Winterpark Community in Naples, Florida and is titled Hometown Classics. The real charm of it is that the proceeds they raise from the cookbook go toward things like fixing up the community pool, the shuffleboard courts and the clubhouse. Hometown Classics represents a small group's big effort to preserve their prized recipes and make their community a better place. They did a wonderful job. The great test of a cookbook is if it can arouse our curiosity enough to make the recipes…and I can't wait to try some.


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As recorded here last week, my extended family recently traveled to Ireland. The trip, especially the Belfast portion, was deeply moving, disturbing and important to us all, given our family's history of disowning and abandoning members because of religious differences. And being in Ireland over Easter weekend — a pivotal time in the history of Irish Republicanism — reinforced our feeling that our family's history was a valid part of a much larger story.
My nephew, who was staying at a hostel near our hotel, was scheduled to meet us for breakfast on the last day full day of our trip, before flying back to Germany, where he is stationed in the army, on an 11:30 flight.
The rest of the family gathered in the hotel's restaurant, as arranged, at 8 AM. We sipped coffee, waiting, until 9, then agreed that he would understand if we visited the buffet tables. Everyone filled their plates, but my brother and I were unable to eat.
We called, emailed, texted and Facebooked him, but got no response.
Bill and Ben, my cousins, and my sister-in-law all assumed that he had overslept, that he couldn't get a signal, or that he might be immersed in communication about a work project.
My brother and I tried not to review all the horrible things that can happen in a hostel in a strange city. (Dublin is not actually strange to us, but in times of anxiety things tend to assume a tinge of strangeness.)
At a little before 10, the others declared that he wasn't coming and we should start our day. My brother and I agreed that that was what they should do, but declared that we were going to our rooms to get our e-readers and meet in the lobby lounge to wait for him.
As I unlocked our door, I got a text from my brother, saying that my nephew had overslept and was on his way to the airport. We joined the others and had a lovely last day in Dublin.
I have been thinking about how many responses that I tend to write off as "my craziness" are actually shared and traceable to this difficult history. Growing up with the knowledge that beloved family members could be there and engaged one day and simply disappear the next, with no explanations or goodbyes, had to leave its marks on a child's mind and heart.
So I'm glad that Ben, and my nephew, have a more casual attitude toward missed connections. They always assume we will see each other again. I have made many mistakes as a parent, and I'm sure my brother would say the same, but this is one thing we seem to have gotten right.
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