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Let's Toss Geithner and Take Our Money Back
By Les Leopold
"An arm of the Federal Reserve, then led by now-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, told bailed-out insurance giant AIG to withhold key details from the public about overpayments that put billions of extra tax dollars in the coffers of major Wall Street firms, most notably Goldman Sachs." Huffington Post
Cover-up revelations keep coming about Timothy Geithner's secret assistance to AIG. The latest show that he urged AIG not to disclose how it would be shoveling money to Goldman Sachs and other large financial institutions by paying off its credit default swaps at par value instead of much less.
More than $60 billion changed hands that shouldn't have if Geithner had played hard ball. Therefore, the charge is that Geithner should be bounced because he was protecting the banks' interests ahead of the public interest. He may also have been protecting himself during his confirmation hearings.
Ok, string him up. But what about recapturing the loot?
Before we pull the rope, let's take a closer look at this outrageous scam. During the bubble years, AIG conducted an extremely lucrative business guaranteeing all kinds of derivatives based on risky debt. They couldn't call it insurance because insurance products are regulated — meaning you need to have reserves to back them up, which they didn't. So these toxic assets insurance polices instead got the fancy name "credit default swaps," which were not and still are not regulated. (Take a bow Phil Gramm, Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton and Alan Greenspan.)
This was the mother of all profit making businesses for AIG because in many of these deals AIG didn't have to put up any collateral as long as AIG was AAA-rated. The counter-parties (i.e. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase…) figured AIG was good for it. So AIG raked in fees for insuring toxic assets and didn't have to put up anything in return. Free money!
AIG figured the best hedge and the most money could be made by insuring more and more of this risky stuff. This was thought to disperse the risk broadly since all of the junk debt couldn't possibly fail at the same time, could it? They "insured" over $450 billion worth. (For the sordid details and comic relief, please see The Looting of America )
Then, the unthinkable happened. The assets tanked and AIG had to pay up on its policies, but couldn't. It was about to fold. Had AIG gone under it may have pulled with it hundreds of other financial institutions around the world that were relying on its insurance. The government stepped in to bail them all out. (AIG now spreads the fiction that this was just one rogue operation over in England in an otherwise safe and sound empire. But the big boys at the top of AIG all knew the credit default swap operation was a delectable source of enormous profits and shared in the booty… and they're not giving back any of the ill-gotten gains.)
We can argue some other time about whether or not some kind of bailout was necessary or what we should have gotten in return. The point here is that big fat financial houses like Goldman Sachs would have received pennies on the dollar for their AIG-backed credit default swaps had AIG gone into bankruptcy court. Instead, Goldman and others received par value and that money is now funding their mammoth profits and bonuses. (Spewing more corporate fiction, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase say they had been carefully hedged and would not have suffered from an AIG bankruptcy. Baloney. If AIG had gone under without a Federal rescue, those big banks would have gone down too or teetered on the edge.)
Here is precisely where free-market capitalism metastasizes into the billionaire bailout society. Goldman Sachs believed they had adequately covered $12.9 billion of its toxic assets by purchasing insurance from AIG. In fact, they believed those toxic assets plus the insurance made them as good as gold and part of their capital base.
In effect Goldman had placed two kinds of bets. First they bet on the toxic assets which were extremely lucrative, but risky. Then they bet that AIG could successfully insure them against losses on that first bet. They lost both bets. Too bad. That's capitalism….or used to be.
For losing their bet with AIG, Goldman Sachs should have only received about 20 cents on a dollar in a bankruptcy court. Instead, we bailed out AIG to prevent bankruptcy and Geithner et al pressured AIG to give Goldman Sachs 100 cents on the dollar. As a result, Goldman Sachs suffered no negative consequences at all from betting and losing. That's not capitalism. That's our new billionaire bailout society, where we, the taxpayers, pay off the bad bets. And the super-wealthy get more wealthy even when they lose their bets.
Think about it. Goldman Sachs alone got $12.9 billion – found money. Ka-Ching–right into its bonus pool. (OK, let's be fair. In bankruptcy they may have received $2.58 billion so the net windfall was $10.32 billion, which is about what it would cost to hire 172,000 teachers for one year.)
By all means, let's fire Geithner, and Summers too while we're at it. But if we really want to see some semblance of justice, we should slap a 90 percent windfall profits tax on all Wall Street firms. No matter how you cut it, they're all on welfare and their profits stem directly from our largesse. (Even those banks that have paid back TARP are, right this very minute, at the federal trough sucking up trillions of dollars of federal liquidity programs and asset guarantees.)
If the surging Tea Party really believed in its anti-bailout rhetoric, they'd be screaming for a windfall profits tax. But instead they so hate government and taxes that they'd rather let the biggest bankers in the world take our money and laugh all the way to the bank….in the Cayman Islands.
Les Leopold is the author of The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance destroyed our Jobs, Pensions and Prosperity, and What We Can Do About It, Chelsea Green Publishing, June 2009.
This article was originally published on the Huffington Post.


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I am a relatively new veggie and am not all the way vegan. Yet. I am working really hard on it. I went veggie last summer when my boyfriend started doing all the cooking. He has been vegetarian for 20 years now which I find incredible. He is not vegan, though and is not interested in becoming so. When I went back to eating meat when John's summer visit ended I became hopelessly sick. I realised that eating meat was not really something I missed enough to make myself sick over. I have had gall bladder issues for some time. Actually ever since I tried the Atkins diet and nearly wrecked that little organ. I manage fine on a low fat diet of mostly veggies/carbs with some soy protein stuff. I have been lactose intolerant since my late-20's so no dairy for me. The odd slip-up here and there for cheese. But I equate cheese and dairy with smoking in health terms and fur-wearing in ethical terms.
I eat the odd locally grown egg too but I am starting to realise there is almost no such thing as an ethically sourced egg. It has been my experience in these last few months of looking and researching how food is made that eating is hands-down the most political act we do on a daily basis. It has been very satisfying to me personally to recognise my power to decide what I eat and where it comes from. My power to effect change. It was with amusement that I passed my local McDonald's this week and noted their change in livery. They now sport a disingenuous green band around the building. You can paint it green but it will still smell of dead cows, Ronald.
My big watershed moment came around Thanksgiving when I viewed footage of hostages in Iraq being beheaded on the same day that I watched footage of "Kosher" slaughter. The sounds the two animals make upon meeting their untimely and violent ends are identical. The rasping, the desperate struggling for their lives. There is no difference between a murdered man and a murdered pig. They are both murders and they look the same on camera. That was it for me. I had maybe been toying with my vegetarianism up until that point, telling myself it was merely healthier for me but from that point forward it was an ideological shift I do not think I could renounce without it being an extreme circumstance of survival for me.
I currently struggle with trying to raise my daughter vegetarian but since she is split between two homes, one of which is omni, I am encountering real difficulty with it. I struggle each day to remove animal products from my life but I must be truthful that it is a struggle. I have serious problems with giving up my leather shoes, for example, but I understand how unsupportable a position it is and that I must have the courage to stick with my professed convictions. I am at times deeply unhappy in my struggling and at other times I am thrilled with what I have learned about life and about myself. It's tough stuff but it's good stuff. You know?
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HOMEOWNERS across Crewe and Nantwich are being urged to stay security conscious and keep their houses secure – even when they are at home.
Police across the eastern area of Cheshire are renewing their appeal for residents to keep their homes and cars secure now that the warmer summer months are upon us bringing more temptation to leave doors and windows open or unlocked.
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso resident Joshua Jordan was taking pictures of the new U.S./Mexico border fence from the passenger's seat of a car while driving down Paisano Drive. Jordan said most of his out-of-state friends don't believe how big the fence is. Jordan got more than he bargained for when his camera captured a man climbing over the fence and dropping down to the street below. The man had used a tall ladder on the Mexican side of the fence to get to the top.
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Detection of jumps by wavelets in a heteroscedastic autoregressive model
Wavelets are applied to detect the jumps in a heteroscedastic autoregressive model. The empirical wavelet coefficients are defined respectively for the conditional mean and the conditional variance of the model. It is shown that the wavelet coefficients exhibit high peaks near the jump points, based on which a procedure is developed to identify and then to locate the jumps. All estimators are shown to be consistent.
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Sharks are usually thought of as primitive creatures, sometimes called "living fossils." But a new study of a 325-million-year-old shark fossil — the most complete of its kind — suggests modern sharks have evolved significantly from their bony ancestors.
But comparing a modern shark with a primitive one would be like comparing a modern automobile with a Ford Model T — they share some similarities, but under the hood they're completely different, Maisey told LiveScience.
The exceptionally well-preserved fossil of Ozarcus mapesae from two different lateral views. The scale bar is 10 millimeters. (Photo: F. Ippolito/AMNF)
A bony shark
The shark fossil in the study, Ozarcus mapesae, was found in Arkansas by husband and wife Royal and Jean Mapes (for whom the species is named), who donated it to the museum. The shark was about 3 feet (90 centimeters) long with very large eyes, and appears to have lived in a shallow, murky inland sea that was also home to giant squidlike creatures, Maisey said.
The researchers X-rayed the fossil, first using a CT machine and later using a synchrotron, which relies on ultra-high-energy X-rays and has become an important tool for paleontology because it doesn't destroy the fossils and provides a level of detail not possible with traditional fossil preparation. Maisey called it "the Hubble Space Telescope of paleontology."
The X-ray scans revealed the fossil had complete gill arches, the support structures for the gills that fish use to breathe. These gill arches were arranged in a serial way, more like those of bony fish than modern sharks.
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It's not the oldest shark fossil found, but it is one of the most complete. It provides a new model for interpreting other fossils, allowing scientists to make comparisons between early jawed vertebrates and sharks, Maisey said.
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I had no idea about the offensiveness behind the name Cohen, Cohen is a surname here, not a hugely common one, but theres a few families with it that own stores so I see the name on signs, but I honestly don't know if those families are jewish, I never even thought about it . But they are well known stores and the name does have a nice ring to it so theres people here with the first name Cohen too. I guess its kinda sad they were named after a store lol...but Its not a name that people would think 'jewish only' and 'offensive' when they hear it they would just think wow his parents named him after the furniture store lol We don't have a large jewish population, I think we have one synagogue (sp?), but yeah definetly never encountered the name as being offensive before
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October 5th, 2013 02:07 PM #52Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot
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I just wanted to say that I have never heard anything about this name being offensive?? Maybe I live under a rock or something. It's a pretty common kids name around here. I know 3 little boys named Cohen right now. I'm actually really surprised to see there's such a problem just had no idea. And just thinking maybe a lot of other people may be clueless like me and not give it a second thought! I think anyone who met you or your son would surely understand that it was just a name you liked and not something you chose to offend anyone?! Why would anyone intentionally do that. Anyway, def don't change his name!Mom to Mhairi Elizabeth (March 19, 2010) & Fiona Lilidh (Dec 21, 2012) Edgar John Robert (Feb 28, 2014)


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wikiHow to Acquire a Driving License in Saudi Arabia
To obtain/acquire a drivers license in Saudi Arabia is not easy. Processes are defined to obtain a driving license. If you are already familiar with driving, you can get the license within 2 days.
1Before applying for driving license, you must have the following documents with you.
- Get your Country License translated to Arabic.
- Get your Blood group and eye test report from any dispensary in Saudi Arabia.
- Your Iqama (Resident permit) copy
- Your Passport copy (both front and back sheets).
- Your four Passport size photo(white background).
2Deposit SAR 435/- through internet (If you pay through broker) against your Iqama for 10 years Private License. You can pay online using SADAD payment (2 years - SAR.80 / 5 years - SAR.200 / 10 years - SAR.400)
3Go to the Takhassusi Dallah Driving School, Riyadh (better than others) or any other driving school, with all the documents at 7'o clock.
4Pay 10 riyals to shop of Photocopy outside school gate and he will create a file.
5With this file, enter Hall No. 2 in school and get your eyes tested.
6On your left side will be an eye microscope. Get your eyes tested and he will stamp your application.
7Get a license check from same hall in opposite direction.
8Take the initial trial from Hall No. 4. You need your iqama as well.
9Take care of only 4 things. Seat belt, back view mirror, hand brake, and seat adjustment for your accelerator. Drive slowly through round-about.
- If you succeed in initial trial, the tester will write "I" alif on your form. (If you fail, make a new file and apply after 2-3 days if you don't want to attend classes)
10Take the file back to hall no. 2 and he will print a form taking you 100 saudi riyals for the instructions class to be held on the same day evening from 3:00 to 6:00. Your file will be held and you will be given the slip.
11Attend the class from 3 to 6 pm same day. bring the slip.
12Next day come to school again and go to computer testing waiting hall with the slip. Submit the slip inside the examination room.
13On your turn, take the exam and then sit in the stadium to get your final trial.
14After final trial, if you are successful, come back to computer test waiting room. You will be given back your file.(If you fail, you will be given back your slip, you need to stamp this slip from Hall#5 after one week at 3 o clock. They will tell you to come next day morning for trial again, in computer room you submit this slip for 2nd try. You have three tries in total on one slip)
15Take your file to hall no. 1 and counter no. 14. Submit it there and tell him that you have deposited your 400 riyals.
16After 10 to 15 mins your name will be called and you will be given the Driving license.
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How can I get a license in Saudi Arabia if I don't have my current country's license?wikiHow ContributorYou'd have to go to driving school in Saudi Arabia.
What is the computer test for a driving license?wikiHow ContributorThe computer test is a test of road signs. A symbol of road signs will appear on screen and you will be given options, like A, B, C or D, and you need to press the correct option.
Will I have to drive a manual or automatic transmission car?wikiHow ContributorThey give you an option if you ask them, but most probably you will get a manual.
Do I need a license for a motor scooter?wikiHow ContributorYou don't need a complete driving license to drive a motor scooter, but you do need a provisional driving license.
Is it compulsory to have a driving license of our own country to have a license in K.S.A.?wikiHow ContributorIt is not compulsory to have a driving license, but they will make you take the test and ask you to attend the classes. If you do have a license from your own country that would be great for you as it is more easy to apply by translating the license in Arabic.
How do I translate my Indian license to Arabic?wikiHow ContributorMany driving schools have translation centers (mostly India -- Bangali language translators). That might be an option for you.
At what age can I get a school driving license?wikiHow ContributorYou are eligible for a driving license when you turn 18 years old.
Do I need permission from my company to apply for a driving license?wikiHow ContributorYes. You must have an authorization letter from your company to apply for a driving license.
Is a license from another country valid in Saudi Arabia?wikiHow ContributorIt will be valid if you are on an international visit visa. If you are on a sponsored visa, then you have to get a license from Saudi Arabia, your home country license will not be considered valid.
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- Drive slowly unless the instructor asks you to drive fast.
- Take care of 4 things before start driving. Seat belt, Hand brake, Back view mirror, seat adjustment with Accelerator.
- Spend at least 2 - 3 hours in reading the chart of signs and questions.
- If you apply in Ramadan, you need to go there between 9am and 2pm.
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Posada day-to-day with 'foggy' head
Posada underwent testing by a neurology specialist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital during Wednesday's game, telling manager Joe Girardi that he felt "foggy" after taking a foul tip on Tuesday. Those exams came back negative.
The Yankees announced after Wednesday's game that physicians have cleared Posada for competitive play, and he is considered day-to-day.
"I saw him today and asked him how he felt," Girardi said. "He said he didn't sleep a whole lot last night and he had somewhat of a headache, but I heard him laughing in the [players'] lounge. That made me feel better. Jorgie has one of those laughs that carries."
The Yankees are mindful of how head issues have affected other teams. Across town, Mets outfielder Jason Bay has missed a significant portion of the season with a concussion, and the Twins' Justin Morneau has been sidelined with the same malady.
"Any time you start talking about concussions, and we've seen a lot of these last a long time in players, there is concern," Girardi said. "I have contemplated that we might not have him for a little bit here. If that's the case, we've got to deal with it."
Posada's absence on Wednesday was noted because of a situation in which the 39-year-old switch-hitter could have been used in the seventh inning. Instead, backup Francisco Cervelli grounded out, stranding two runners aboard with the Yankees trailing by a run.
The light-hitting Cervelli is hitting .215 with just two RBIs since the All-Star break and batting .252 overall, but he didn't seem fazed by the suggestion that Posada could miss some time.
"If I've got to do it, let's do it," Cervelli said. "I've got to catch and keep the pitching in line."
Still, losing Posada at this point of the season for an extended stretch would figure to be a damaging blow for the Yankees.
"You're talking about a guy that's playoff-tested, World Series-tested, September-tested and down-the-stretch-tested," Girardi said. "He's a switch-hitter in the middle of our lineup. It's an impact."
Cervelli and journeyman Chad Moeller are the other catchers currently on New York's roster.
"We take a lot of pride when guys go down and we have guys to step up and step into big positions," said outfielder Nick Swisher, who hit a walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning on Wednesday. "Cervy and Chad are really going to have to step it up, and we expect that from them."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The unique shorted-slot design of the Airwire antenna has enabled Pinyon to demonstrate over 100-Mbits-per-second performance over short ranges, and as much as 35 Mbits/s at 100 meters and 10 Mbits/s all the way out to 350 meters. The best part, according to Siemens, is the low-cost Airwire components--basically just the cost of etching a shorted-slot into the backside of the printed circuit board already designed into a device (plus a few resistors, diodes and capacitors), totaling a bill-of-materials of about a 25 cents for single antennas and under $2 for phased arrays.
"Users hate antennas, and the Pinyon Airwire lets you eliminate the external antenna altogether--we just put the Airwire on the backside of our circuit board and still get incredible ranges," said Siemens' Ord. "We have been getting up to 140 meters with the same Bluetooth radio [that we got 30 meters with before]. We have also tested the Airwire antenna with Turbo Bluetooth, which switches to ultra-wide band [UWB] for high-speed data transfers, and it worked beautifully for UWB too."
Among its 12 design wins is great variety, according to Bagchi--previously the CEO of residential-gateway manufacturer ShareGate Inc. Bagchi lays claim to product roll outs using Airwire antennas in every conceivable wireless device category, including WiFi (both clients and mobile devices), WiMax (tower, base stations and clients), Bluetooth, Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Wireless USB. Pinyon says they also have reference designs being evaluated by OEMs making radio-frequency identification (RFID) and mobile phones (3G/4G).
"At Pinyon, we plan to do no products ourselves--our business model is licensing our antenna designs to as many OEMs as possible," said Bagchi.
For OEMS with passive antennas, Pinyon's Airwire reference designs claim a 7dBi advantage over traditional antennas--5 dBi compared with -2dBi. By arraying four or more of its Airwire antennas a quarter-wavelength apart, Pinyon has also demonstrated steerable phase-array designs with 10-to-13 dBi gain.
"Our electronically steerable designs enable a microcontroller to dynamically change the directionality of the antenna to maintain the maximum signal in realtime, but without physically moving the antenna," said Bagchi.
Such real-time beam steering could enable base stations to adapt to environmental conditions, while portable devices can dynamically reorient a handheld device's antenna's directionality as the user moves about.


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Everybody's talking about NCAA basketball. We even have a bracket challenge awarding a flatscreen TV to our winner (plus $10,000 or even $1 million for getting your bracket perfect). But Stacy Lee doesn't watch basketball, so for her I'm introducing March "Manness" allowing you to vote for the hottest hunk.


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Amazon Greenlights Original Toons 'Pete the Cat' & 'Costume Quest'
Amazon has ordered two new animated titles for its Amazon Original Kids Series slate: Pete the Cat, based on the award-winning book series, and Costume Quest, inspired by the hit videogames. Attached to the projects are top names in kids entertainment Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Will McRobb and Frederator founder Fred Seibert. Both series are expected to debut on Prime Video next year.
"The creative talent behind Pete the Cat and Costume Quest have a sensibility and pedigree that will resonate well with our customers," said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming at Amazon Studios. "We are thrilled to be working with such innovative and visionary thinkers in the business."
Based on the award-winning book series by illustrator/creator and consulting producer James Dean, Pete the Cat is an animated kids series that has been ordered straight-to-series for 14 episodes. The show follows Pete the Cat, the coolest cat ever and his groovy guide to life—from rockin' out with his guitar to riding a skateboard. Slated to voice Pete's parents are musical luminaries Elvis Costello and Diana Krall.
The series is a co-production with Alcon Television Group and will be developed by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (Phineas and Ferb) and Appian Way production company. Marsh will executive produce along with Alcon's Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, and Laura Lancaster, as well as Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson. Alcon's Ben Roberts will serve as producer, with Appian Way's Nathaniel Posey as co-producer.
Harper Collins has published more than 34 Pete the Cat books, which have been translated into 13 languages and received 18 literacy awards, including the Theodore Geisel Seuss Award.
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Investors operating in three post-Soviet Central Asian republics face an "extreme risk" of having their businesses expropriated, according to a survey released last week in the UK.
Maplecroft, a Bath-based political risk consultancy, said on January 9 that it had found plenty of reasons to be wary of the business climate in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan after "evaluating the risk to business from discriminatory acts by the government that reduces ownership, control or rights of private investments either gradually or as a result of a single action." Recent fits of resource nationalism in Kyrgyzstan -- where the Kumtor gold mine, operated by Toronto-based Centerra Gold, accounted for 12 percent of GDP in 2011 and more than half the country's industrial output – and rampant authoritarianism in places like Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have led Maplecroft to rank these countries among the most risky in the world. Not far behind, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan both fall in the "high risk" category.
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Older Aboriginal Peoples in Canada – Demographics, Health Status and Access to Health Care
This paper takes advantage of 2006 Census data, the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) and the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) to highlight some basic demographic trends among Older Aboriginal Peoples, their health status and their use of health services in the first part of this paper. In the second part of the paper, we connect the findings to what has been specifically written about Older Aboriginal Peoples, their health status and use of health services. Not surprisingly both the data analysis and literature are limited because the preponderance of data, analyses and the literature have focused on younger Aboriginal Peoples. In essence, this underscores the need for more in-depth research on Older Aboriginal Peoples as the demographics and health status of Aboriginal Peoples.
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Death fall actor 'killed landlady'
An actor whose character died a violent death on TV drama Sons Of Anarchy plunged to his death in a driveway after apparently killing his landlady and attacking neighbours near Hollywood.
Johnny Lewis, who played Kip "Half-Sack" Epps in the FX show, is the only suspect in the death of 81-year-old Catherine Davis, according to Los Angeles police.
Authorities found them dead on Wednesday morning after neighbours reported a woman screaming inside the home, Cmdr Andrew Smith said.
Lewis' death ended in a turbulent nearly 10-month span during which he was repeatedly arrested and officials expressed concerns about his mental health and the danger he posed to others.
The home where Ms Davis was found had been ransacked, glass was shattered and a dead cat was found.
Neighbours said a man had jumped a fence and assaulted a painter and homeowner next door.
The body of Lewis, 28, was found in the driveway. He could have jumped or fallen from the roof, garage or balcony, or tumbled down stairs from a patio area, Cmdr Smith said. It appears Ms Davis had been beaten, he added.
Because of the circumstances, investigators were checking whether Lewis was on drugs or had mental health issues, Cmdr Smith said.
The deaths came about four months after a probation officer expressed grave concern about Lewis' mental health. The report was prepared in a case in which Lewis was accused of attempting to break into the home of a woman in Santa Monica, California, and it described him as a transient. That case came about six weeks after Lewis hit two men over the head with a bottle during a fight.
Lewis' career spanned more than a decade, mainly in small roles. He played Ricky in the 2007 movie AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem and was Dennis "Chili" Childress for two seasons on TV's The OC. He also appeared in episodes of popular US television shows including Boston Public, Judging Amy, Malcolm In The Middle and Drake & Josh. He was on Sons of Anarchy in 2008 and 2009 before his character was killed off.


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text: XenForo Template Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola wrote and directed The Conversation between The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, a small, almost independent, film about a surveillance expert, Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), and the mystery surrounding a conversation between a young man and woman (Frederic Forrest and Cindy Williams) he has been hired to record. Although often forgotten, The Conversation still ranks as one of Coppola's best films. The Conversation Studio: Lionsgate US DVD Release Date: October 25, 2011 Original Release Year: 1974 Rated: PG Running Time: 113 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audio: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono) Subtitles: English, English (SDH), Spanish An Important Note About This Release: Loading issues were found on this title when played back on a Panasonic BD60 Blu-ray player with current firmware. Disc load times from insertion to main menu averaged around 2 minutes, while movie load times (from the point of selecting Play Movie to when the movie actually began playing) where as long as 5 minutes. These issues were non-existent when played back on a Sony PlayStation 3 Slim. Both Panasonic and Lionsgate were apparently unaware of this issue when this reviewer contacted their respective Blu-ray Customer Support departments, with Panasonic indicating that "some Blu-ray CD's take a long time to load" and Lionsgate saying that they would investigate the issue. Movie: 4.5 out of 5 Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation opens with an aerial shot of San Francisco's Union Square, setting the tone of eavesdropping in this 1974 mystery thriller. Gene Hackman plays the paranoid and very private Harry Caul, who lives behind a triple-locked door to his apartment, uses payphones for out-going calls, and sees his work as only a job, claiming no responsibility for whatever he uncovers. At least, that's until he becomes obsessed with the recording made in Union Square, fearing that harm may come to the young couple if the tapes are turned over to the man who hired him (an uncredited cameo by Robert Duvall). The film does not follow convention, where the audience would expect the focus to be on the young couple and the mystery surrounding the recording. Instead, the focus is entirely on Caul, as we eavesdrop on his private life. Early on, we see Caul getting upset with a neighbor that has slipped a bottle of wine inside his apartment to wish him a happy birthday (getting past the three deadbolts and alarm system), meet his secretive girlfriend (Terri Garr) who desperately wants to know more about him and ultimately leaves him, and how he keeps his co-workers at an arm's length even in sharing some of the technology Caul invented. Legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch heightens the sense of paranoia and voyeurism by purposely distorting portions of the recording and repeating those sequences without the audience growing tired of them, keeping that mystery in the backs of our minds. Director of Photography Bill Butler shot most of this film (replacing original DP Haskell Wexler) as if it were photographed by an automated security camera, keeping the frame static, allowing action to move out of frame and slowly catching up with the action moments later. In addition to Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest, the film also features a very young Harrison Ford (hot off of George Lucas' American Graffiti) as "The Director's" personal assistant, a role that was expanded when Coppola was impressed with what Ford brought to the (originally minor) character. The Conversation is much closer to the types of films Coppola envisioned making at American Zoetrope than the more commercially successful Godfather films. Video: 4 out of 5 The 1080p transfer on this disc (using the AVC codec) approximates the film's original theatrical aspect ratio, opening it up slightly to 1.78:1. The style of the photography may cause casual viewers to believe that this could have been a better transfer, but The Conversation is a perfect example of 1970s independent film making at its finest. Many of the soft and/or grainy images are intentional, and the transfer allows Blu-ray to do what it does best - replicate how the film would look in a theater. Colors are consistent, as are black levels, and detail is excellent. In the wrong hands, this catalog title could have been a disaster. Audio: 4 out of 5 Viewers have a choice of listening to the film's original mono soundtrack or a recently remixed 5.1 track created by the film's original sound designer Walter Murch. Both are in DTS-HD Master Audio, and sound great. The mono track has been cleaned up, mostly free of hiss and pops, with clear dialogue. The 5.1 track has a bit more punch to it, with deeper bass, and a wider front soundstage with David Shire's score emanating from the front left and right channels. Surrounds are used almost exclusively for ambiance, as there are no gimmicky discreet effects to be found. Although front-heavy, it is a faithful 5.1 re-interpretation of the film's original mono mix. Special Features: 4 out of 5 There are a lot of extras to be found on this disc, some new to this release, all of outstanding quality, and all presented in high definition. Audio Commentary With Director Francis Ford Coppola: Coppola speaks lovingly of this film, covering the history behind it, how the success of The Godfather and Paramount's desire for a sequel gave him the leverage to get this film made, working with Gene Hackman and Harrison Ford, the problems he encountered on set, etc. This is a very informative track. Audio Commentary With Editor and Sound Designer Walter Murch: Murch's commentary is more technical in nature, focusing, obviously, on the editing and sound design of the film. This is also a very informative track. Close-Up on "The Conversation" (8:39): This is a vintage 16mm documentary on the making of the film produced prior to the film's release. Documentaries like this one used to air as filler on local late night television. Cindy Williams Screen Test (5:02): Interestingly, this screen test has the young actress reading for the part of Harry Caul's girlfriend, eventually played by Terri Garr. Harrison Ford Screen Test (6:45): Like the Cindy Williams screen test, Harrison Ford is seen here reading for the part that was eventually given to Frederic Forrest. No Cigar (2:26): Coppola discusses how the main character, played by his uncle, may have been the inspiration for Harry Caul, as we see in one of Coppola's early student films. 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By Cristina Marcos - 08/02/11 11:15 PM EDT
Those who continue their education while working for Congress, whether through graduate school or congressional fellowships, say that reading about American politics, even for years, is nothing like living the experience.
Sullivan, who said he has long held an interest in American politics on the other side of the globe, plans to apply his experiences on Capitol Hill upon his return to Australia. Despite the structural differences between the American and Australian governments, he said he has enjoyed bringing his perspective from Down Under to the American political process. Even if some colleagues don't always realize that he's from Australia.
"Some people think it's a weird Oregonian accent," Sullivan joked.
Menna Demessie, an APSA congressional fellow in the office of Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), said her experience has validated her research from her University of Michigan Ph.D. studies in political science and public policy, with a focus on U.S.-Africa foreign policy.
"For me, I came in with, 'I want to see whether what I've been studying in theory for the past seven years actually happens in practice.' And you find that yes, voting matters tremendously, but there's a lot of other stuff that matters," she said. "There's all this in-between stuff that doesn't always get captured in political science [classes]."
Demessie said her fellowship has provided a great support system.
"You know, they always talk about the 'Potomac fever,' and that's a very true thing for us academics who probably never thought we would be able to survive on the Hill," she said. "There's a nice balance with this fellowship because it makes time for us to make meaning of what we're doing on a daily basis."
In addition to her work for Lee, Demessie teaches political science courses at the University of California, Washington Center. She said she plans to continue teaching there after her fellowship ends.
Despite years of studying American political science, both Sullivan and Demessie said experiencing the lawmaking process was a completely different ballpark from the textbooks. And for these academics, there is no better place to learn firsthand about the American political process than the center of power in Washington.
"There are times, like when you're walking from Union Station to work in the morning and you see the [Capitol] dome, [when] you've got to pinch yourself [to truly realize] you're working there," Sullivan said. "There are times after hearings and meetings that you walk through the Capitol building and look out on the Mall, and you think, there are worse problems in the world to have than being tired and busy from working on the Hill."
Sullivan, who has been with Wyden since December 2010, said the intensely partisan debates on the budget and debt ceiling in this Congress have been an experience that will stand out upon his return to Australia.
"It's been a very eye-opening time to be on the Hill," he said. "My appreciation for Congress will stay with me for years to come, that's for sure."


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I'll go first...My name is Erik Forinash so e4nash seemed pretty easy. Creative huh?
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Sweet Briar senior stages original play
Sweet Briar College senior Molly Harper literally stumbled into acting in high school. After failing to make the volleyball team, the Maryland native spotted a theater flyer on her way out of the gym.
"I went home and told my mother that I was going to audition," she says. "Once I got into that show, I never left the theater."
This month, Harper will present her final directing project, "Lies," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, in Babcock Studio Theatre at Sweet Briar College.
Written and directed by Harper, who also composed all of the music, the play is a collection of monologues documenting lies by various characters and the reasoning behind them.
"As the audience watches the pieces move together, the … entanglement of lies develops into other issues of self-consciousness, self-perception, doubt, loneliness, depression and a strive to work for something honest and hopeful," Harper says. "I hope that this play shows the universality of human emotions and how everyone feels the same way at one point or another."
The characters' struggle and fragmented self-image are also reflected in the set, which Harper designed.
"Set design is one of my favorite hobbies, and it just so happens that our set is based on broken mirrors," she says. "[It's] a physical manifestation of the misinterpreted image … these characters have developed about themselves and the lies they have told over time."
Harper, who will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater and music and an Arts Management Certificate, started developing the play when she wrote her first monologue for the College's "Diversity Monologues." That text later became part of "Lies."
Started in 2011 to promote dialogue on campus, "Diversity Monologues" features performances by several Sweet Briar students who talk about their personal experiences to spark conversations about diversity and civility. Staged during first-year orientation, the monologues are among a number of commitments on Harper's calendar. She's also a member of Paint and Patches, Earphones, Taps and Toes, GLOW, Silhouettes, and served as InterClub Council president for the SGA board this year.
Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta and Alpha Psi Omega, Harper has been a Dean's List honor student since her first year at Sweet Briar and in 2012 made the Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities list. In addition, Harper, who is a Work Study assistant for the theater department and a theater tutor, received the theater department's award for Excellence in Academics two years in a row.
"I love my department, because they're always extremely helpful and willing to work with you on anything," she says, remembering what it was like when Bill Kershner, director of the performing arts department, gave her a large role during her first year at Sweet Briar.
"I was so intimated," she admits. "But as we worked together, he showed me what real acting was, and I knew that acting was what I was good at."
This summer, Harper is taking her experience one step further. Along with other Sweet Briar theater students and faculty, she will travel to Scotland for the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival to perform in "Chops," a play by Kirin McCrory.
"I play the lead, Marg, who has been accused of killing off all the men in town, but as most comedies go, nothing is as it seems. It's quite a funny piece."
Harper's previous theater credits include "The Bacchae" (Second Messenger), "Under Milkwood" (Second Voice), "Dsvelada: Senior Show" (master carpenter), "The Secret Garden" (Mrs. Medlock), "Glass Menagerie" (master carpenter), "Crimes of the Heart" (stage manager), "Aladdin Jr." (set designer/master carpenter), "As You Like It" (Touchstone), "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" (Mag), "Doubt" (Sister Aloysius), "The King and I" (master carpenter) and "Waiting for Godot" (Pozzo).
"Lies" stars fellow seniors Noelle Ames and Catherine Ramos, as well as Taneal Williams '16, Patricia Morgan '15 and Mariah Skalka '14. Behind the stage, Harper is getting help from stage manager Madeline Skiba '16, props master Julia Green '13, master carpenter Sarah Capen '15, sound designer Charlotte Hopkins '15 and video projection operator Latoya Letmon '14.
Tickets are free, but seating is limited. Email [email protected] for ticket reservations starting Monday, April 15. For more information, contact Shelbie Filson at (434) 381-6228 or [email protected].
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Known for their high energy shows and their trademark yellow suits The Jive Aces repertoire covers swing, rhythm & blues, jazz and rock & roll along with several of their own songs.
With a new album, Spread A Little Happiness, recently released you can bet they will be performing several songs off the album which, like their other releases, makes great listening.
Ian Clarkson, leader of the band, said, "Our Spread A Little Happiness has that exact purpose - to spread a little joy in the people who will come and see the show. You can expect to be thoroughly entertained and will leave the theatre feeling in a jolly good mood." I can only agree.
Other acts appearing this year include Laura B & Her Band, Devil's Cut Combo, the Earl Jackson Band and, from Holland, The Barnstompers. There will also be DJ's including Gypsy John and Slick Nick who will keep the music flowing between acts.
Add to this the stalls and the dancing and an enjoyable evening is guaranteed. Don't miss out, pick up your tickets today (see the flyer below).
I will be there with my camera and a full review and photographs will appear on my blog in due course. See you all there where we can... Jump, Jive & Wail :)


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After acquiring my favorite DarjeelingTeaXpress tea, Gopaldhara Wonder Tea, I started shopping, and the first tea that I wanted to try had caught my eye instantly.
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A car filled with high school boys swerved into two other vehicles Wednesday afternoon on Twin Peaks Road, critically injuring two teen brothers and leaving five other people with minor injuries, the Sheriff's Department said.
The crash occurred about 2:30 p.m. west of Woodcreek Road.
Four boys ranging in age from 15 to 17, including a 17-year-old driver, were heading west on Twin Peaks in a green Ford Escort, said sheriff's Cpl. Todd Murphy.
Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Maxin said all four were high school students, but he did not know what high school they attended. Poway High School is located nearby.
The driver of the Escort swerved over the center line into eastbound traffic, striking a white Toyota Prius driven by a man. The Escort then slid sideways into a maroon Ford F-150 driven by an adult woman whose 12-year-old sister was a passenger.
The teen driver and his 15-year-old brother were critically injured with major head trauma, Murphy said. They were taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla by medical helicopter.
A San Diego fire dispatcher initially said all of the boys' injuries were believed to be life-threatening, but the two other boys were treated at a hospital and released, Murphy said.
The drivers of the other vehicles and the passenger in the pickup were treated at hospitals for minor injuries and released, Murphy said.
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I'm quite glad the article mentioned it was a pornographic website.
...i nearly went to try and get a bargain.....
Mattel yesterday filed suit in Manhattan federal court against www.chinabarbie.com for "using the toymaker's famed 'Barbie' trademark as part of the name for a pornographic website", Reuters reports. The suit, which is seeking unspecified damages, says the site is operated by Florida-based Global China Networks using a New York …
I'm quite glad the article mentioned it was a pornographic website.
...i nearly went to try and get a bargain.....
"American girls aged between 3 and 11 own an average of eight Barbie dolls each".
I bet they didn't say how many of those barbie dolls suffer loss of head or limbs by the brothers of said 3 - 11 year olds.
This gives them the marketing oppotunity of a life time, they could produce asian-looking barbies which speak
"Me luv you long time!"
"sukky sukky, only five dollah!"
"Soul daddy too big!"
Any takers?!
Chris, how many do you already own?
One of our hosting customers asked me to change her domain name from one that referenced the word Barbie to a slightly different variation.
I asked her why and apparently they took her to some kind of tribunal and managed to get the domain transferred into their own names.
Bah, the alleged pr0n site seems to be malfunctioning. It has a completely innocent front page with an "Enter" link, which points to a page the server doesn't find.
Does anybody have a working link to the site's real contents? Or is it really completely offline now?
You've just got to love it when an American corporation can appropriate a common name (Barbie) and then prevent anyone else from ever using that name again. It's not like they created a new name for their doll, they used a name that was already in use. That would be like a corporation today making a "Jennifer" doll and then suing anyone who tried to use that name. It's ridiculous.


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Interior Minister Rehman Malik has termed Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's statements on providing security to Mansoor Ijaz as 'contempt of court'.
Malik said that he will file a request for a 'contempt of court' notice against the chief minister.
Shahbaz Sharif, on Thursday, said that he will take personal responsibility for providing complete security to Ijaz during his visit to Pakistan.
He said that he will welcome Ijaz and will provide him security till the last moment he is in Pakistan, and also offered the judicial commission probing the controversial memo to come to the province to record Ijaz's statements.
In response to Shahbaz's statements, Rehman Malik said that the 'cat is out of the bag' now and that it was clear why Nawaz Sharif went to court for the Mansoor Ijaz case.
Malik added that he was considering filing a contempt application against Shahbaz Sharif regarding provision of security to Ijaz in Punjab. Replying to a question, Malik said that the chief minister was attempting to divert the public's attention from the spurious drugs case by issuing such statements.
He again reiterated that the government will welcome Ijaz by providing him "tight" security till the last moment during his visit to Pakistan.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Siblings and family connections
We are very lucky to have a few pictures of pea's birth mother. I look at her picture and I can see my son through her eyes. I often wonder if his siblings have the same eyes, the same mannerisms, and the same little quirks that make my heart smile. Perhaps one day, pea will be able to see a reflection of himself through his birth family. But, until that time, we just hold on tight to what we do have.
With that said, however, I can definitely see how a lack of information and connection can lead to the development of fantasies about birth families. I even find myself doing it. With no information, we create the story and image that feels the most comforting. So, how do we develop "realistic" images of birth families that we do not know? And, most importantly, how do we help our children do this as well?
How do you try to "fill the gaps" without creating a fantasy image of birth families? And, how do you do it in a way that is validating? As pea starts to ask more questions (specifically, why? why? why?), I sometimes find myself stumbling around trying to answer his questions in simple terms, but I struggle at times! I would love to hear your approach and any tips for having these conversations with your little ones.
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Oh wow. We're in the opposite situation. How interesting because truth be told having 11 birthfamily members closeby can be emotionally difficult as well but I know it's worth it. I hope your son's birthmom/family come round. They may well want to contact you later one. Your son is seriously ADORABLE!!ReplyDelete
Even though we talked "adoption" with Maria from day one, the concept didn't click with her until last year. Someone said something to her about her "real mommy". We still don't know who that someone was but I'm guessing it was a child in preschool. We don't use those words to refer to her birth mom but I think it took those words to make her start thinking. We are lucky enough to have a photo of her birth mother and grandparents but until that time, she never wanted to see them. She did finally ask to see the photos and for several weeks after that, she talked about her birth mom so I know the little wheels in her mind were turning. I answered all of her questions as honestly as I could and will continue to do so. If and when the day comes that she's ready to try and find her birth family, we'll do the best we can to make that happen too. Every child is different and I think following the child's lead is the best action to take.ReplyDelete
Hi - loving your house!! you're doing such an amazing job with it. re: birth families. we paid to do a search - it was costly but am glad we did. we still get very limited information with sporadic contact. at this point, i think it was of greater relief to the birth mother than us. but, i know in the future, we really want n to know her. we have a bit more information on the birth father - but not much. even having contact with the birth mother, you still come up with ideas about her and her life. some day we will meet her and i'm sure it will become more clear. what i do know about her - well, i like and respect.ReplyDelete
Steven periodically asks questions and I try to answer as honestly as possible with the information that I have. It's interesting that I have so many friends who have adopted chidren, so I don't know that it really occurs much to him that it's "different" to be adopted. I believe that with very little effort I would be able to contact his birth mother and I have told him that when he is older if he wanted to do that, I would help him but so far he really hasn't expressed any interest in it. Guess we'll just keep going with the flow of where he's at and what he wants or needs:)ReplyDelete


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RIVERSIDE — Rose Marie Cress, 84, of Hoopeston, Ill., died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill.
A time of food and fellowship will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 22, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Riverside. Following the luncheon, a graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. at the Riverside Public Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Hoopeston United Methodist Church at 403 E. Main Street, Hoopeston, IL 60942. The Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Riverside is in charge of the arrangements.


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Outrage over anti-gay marriage sign in Tasmania
Man describes self-made sign as reflective of his 'Christian opinion'
An anti-gay marriage sign has caused outrage in the northwestern coastal town of Wynyard, Tasmania.
The sign, which was put up next to a busy main road, depicted the male and female gender symbols next to two wedding rings.
Speaking to The Advocate in Australia, Graham Hodge, the man who made and put up the sign, described marriage equality as 'a complete misnomer'.
He said his actions were 'a subtle way of saying that man plus woman equals marriage.
Hodge then said the fight for gay marriage was 'about destroying the institution of marriage completely.'
Burnie City Council has made a statement regarding the sign after receiving a barrage of complaints on its Facebook page.
It said: 'We have made note of all the questions asked about a sign that is causing quite a stir.
'We are now working with DIER [Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources] to find out if this sign has approval to be there.
'If not, it will be removed.'
Maire MacCana, who is a resident of the town of Wynyard, was incensed after noticing the sign whilst driving past.
She said: 'I found it upsetting that an idea that I find discriminatory was displayed in such a public place.
'While I recognise that people believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, 10 per cent of the population are homosexual.'
After initial complaints were made, the sign was vandalized by members of the public and subsequently removed.
A local posted on Facebook: 'I witnessed an older couple painting over it tonight in the dark, they only just beat me to ripping it down.
Same-sex marriage is not currently legal in Australia. While growing number of Australian politicians are declaring their support for marriage equality, a significant number – including Prime Minister Julia Gillard – are strongly opposed to any change.


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A flock of Starlings, I meant!
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They were all over the window ledge and front yard moments before but I spooked them. (Another one that got away! LOL!)
I called them Grackles earlier! My mistake!
I called them Grackles earlier! My mistake!