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"We are preparing for trial," Sterling Partners, the team's ownership group, said in a statement. "We look forward to demonstrating that we were not willfully blind to the Madoff fraud."
Federal judge Jed Rakoff had set Monday as a deadline to determine whether a trial was necessary. Now, it is up to a jury to decide whether to award Picard as much as $303 million in principal that Mets owners invested with Madoff. Rakoff has already discarded much of what was once a $1 billion lawsuit, but has ordered Wilpon and Katz to pay up to $83 million in fictitious profits earned through Madoff.
To receive more at trial, Picard must prove that the Mets owners were willfully blind to Madoff's scheme while investing with him.
"The Court remains skeptical that the trustee can ultimately rebut the defendants' showing of good faith, let alone impute bad faith to all the defendants," Rakoff wrote in Monday's decision. "Nevertheless, there remains a residue of disputed factual assertions from which a jury could infer either good or bad faith, depending on which assertions are credited."
Rakoff had originally limited the scope of the lawsuit to $386 million, on the basis that Picard could only recover lost funds from the two years prior to Madoff's arrest -- not the six-year standard that Picard had been seeking. Of that $386 million, the Mets must pay up to $83 million to Picard irrespective of the trial results. The exact amount would be determined in a "subsequent order," according to Rakoff.
The March 19 trial may put an end to some of the speculation that has circled the Mets since Picard sued Mets owners in December 2010. A month after news of the suit broke, Wilpon and Katz announced that they would attempt to sell a minority stake in the team. Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn entered into exclusive negotiations with the Mets in May, but the two sides broke off talks in September, with the Mets unveiling a plan to sell multiple, smaller stakes in team ownership instead.
Wilpon revealed last week that the Mets are close to finalizing seven such sales, including four to partially team-owned cable network SNY. Sterling Partners has also purchased two additional shares to increase the club's liquidity. The Mets ultimately hope to sell a total of 12 minority shares valued at $20 million each, allowing them to pay back $65 million in outstanding loans from Major League Baseball and Bank of America, while also covering operating expenses and expected short-term losses.
"[Fans] shouldn't be concerned about us owning the franchise," Wilpon said last week, "because we intend to own the franchise for a very long time."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Schneider next made an interesting choice of historical figures: "These days, Ken Starr seems as distant a figure as Nero, but with springtime returning to the ancient Ozarks, it's the perfect time to visit Flippin, Ark., to see the appealing mountain landscape where Whitewater was born. And after Flippin, right down the road there is Yellville, Dogpatch, Gassville, Eros, Stumptoe, Fifty-Six, Big Flat - it has to be fun."
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Measuring points 2A and 2B : High- and low-temperature shift converters-Shift converters remove CO by reacting with steam to form H 2 and CO 2 . A process gas analyzer measures CO content to determine shift converter efficiency.
Measuring point 3 : Amine scrubber-At this point, CO 2 is absorbed in amine solution in the absorber and then removed. An online gas analyzer or gas chromatograph measures CO 2 and CO to determine scrubber efficiency and quantify those levels prior to entering the methanator.
Measuring point 4 : Methanator-This stage removes all remaining traces of CO and CO 2 , which are measured by a process gas analyzer. CO must be removed completely or it can poison the ammonia converter catalyst, and the CO 2 must be removed or it will react with ammonia and cause blockage in the ammonia converter. H 2 and CH 4 are also measured to control the feed for ammonia synthesis.
Measuring point 5 : Ammonia synthesis converter-At this point, H 2 reacts with nitrogen over a catalyst to create the actual ammonia product. Process gas analyzers are used to measure ammonia before and after the converter to determine converter efficiency.
Measuring point 6 : Recycle stream-The ammonia synthesis converter produces by-products, in addition to the ammonia product. Recycle gas sent to the compressor consists of H 2 and N 2 that must be maintained at optimal ratios to ensure proper synthesis conversion in the ammonia synthesis converter. A Rosemount Analytical gas chromatograph performs this analysis with minimal cycle time and utility requirements.
Measuring point 7 : Purge gas-The process creates inerts, which are typically maintained at an optimal level of 10-15% and purged from the stream. The gas chromatograph installed at this point can monitor the inert levels and measure the BTU content if the purge gas is to be used as a fuel gas for process heaters.
"We recommend either Rosemount Analytical gas chromatographs or X-Stream process gas analyzers in either a flameproof enclosure or a field housing with purge/pressurization systems for ammonia production plants," says Gaura. "These analyzers are tried and true in this application, ensuring more efficient ammonia production, longer catalyst life and a higher quality end product."
Rosemount Analytical X-Stream process gas analyzers are available in general purpose, general purpose compact, field housing, and flameproof (Class I, Zone 1, Group IIB + H 2 hazardous areas certified) housing packages for maximum application flexibility. The gas chromatographs from Rosemount Analytical are available with ATEX/CSA/IEC-Ex certifications, with or without purge requirements. Regardless of the packaging option, Rosemount Analytical gas analyzers and gas chromatographs have very small footprints and offer analysis utilizing infrared, ultraviolet, and nondispersive infrared (NDIR) photometry, paramagnetic and electrochemical oxygen, flame ionization, and thermal conductivity detector technologies.
"With minimal installation and maintenance requirements, plants receive accurate and reliable measurements immediately, while saving maintenance time and the cost associated with expensive shelters and utilities," Gaura adds.
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CES 2013: The laser keyboard comes to life in the Celluon Magic Cube
…it just works. I only mis-typed one character out of about 100 words typed and it felt like I could really get used to this type of system. That's something I never thought possible before this initial try.
Sounds like it does a pretty good job, and I am really interested in getting one to try out. Best part? It is available for order now over on Celluon's website. Selling for $149.99, this device works with anything that supports Bluetooth HID, which includes Macs and iOS devices. If you are interested, head on down to the source link to order one. I'm surely considering it.
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Ah, the almighty Judas Priest. can they do any wrong? Well, besides Turbo. And Demolition. And Point of Entry. That concept album was pretty iffy, too, but the least offensive of Priest's missteps in their career has to be "Ram It Down." It's really all-around not a bad album, but it's among the most filler-heavy in JP's discography. Yeah, there's rip-roaring solos everywhere you go and Rob Halford does plenty of his signature wailing, but the lyrics... good God, the lyrics are pretty abominable, akin to the worst of Manowar's "metal-as-fuck" material like "Metal Warriors." Anybody who knows Judas Priest knows that they rock; they don't need songs describing how "metal" they are. They're the Metal Gods, for Chrissake! Ironically enough, most of the songs on here are among the LEAST metal in JP's discography. "Love Zone," for example, reeks of glam metal overtones, almost more so than anything on "Turbo." That Motley Crue-esque catchy-but-simplistic guitar riff, that drum machine churning out an equally simplistic beat...it just sounds really dated. It's been said that Turbo and Ram It Down were originally going to be a double album. Admittedly, a lot of the material on here wouldn't sound out of place coupled with "Turbo."
Luckily, there are some saving graces here, like the opening titular track. It's still cheesy as hell, but dammit if it isn't enjoyable. "Hard As Iron" is also a pretty fast cooker. Nowhere near the best JP has ever done, but more enjoyable than a lot of the other schlock on this album. The following track, "Blood Red Skies", is an 8-minute epic. It still sounds totally '80s, but a good part of the '80s where music videos that took place in dark alleyways that had fog machines made sense and were socially acceptable. The cover of "Johnny B. Goode", while completely unnecessary, is still mildly entertaining but a bit overlong considering the original song is only like 2 and a half minutes. This cover is FOUR MINUTES AND FORTY SECONDS! I understand they wanna throw in a few extra solos, but an extra two minutes worth? Isn't that a bit overkill?
The title "Monster of Rock" would make you believe that it's just another song about how much Judas Priest rocks, but they threw a curve ball at us! It's a song about a monster made of physical rock, which arguably sounds just as stupid, but it's really not a bad mid-paced tune. Rob Halford gives a menacing performance, but the lyrics are still pretty bad.
Other than the aforementioned songs, most of the songs on this album have the same problem - for how much JP talk about how much they rock on this album, the material presented doesn't rock too hard, especially compared to some of their earlier works. There are no "Bloodstones," no "Sinners," no "Tyrants," no "Freewheel Burnings," not even a goddamn "Living After Midnight." Just several mediocre hard/glam rock tracks coupled with some signature Priest solos. It's far from the worst they've released, but also far from the best. Only hardcore Priest fans need apply.


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Tybee council member Paul Wolff and his wife Annie Quinting are inviting the public to their home at 8 Moore Ave. on Tybee from 1-5 p.m. Saturday for a free tour of their recently installed solar photo voltaic system. The installers will be there to answer technical questions. In their first full month of using their rooftop solar panels, Wolff and Quinting racked up 912 kWh of green power and used 433 kWh from the grid for a net surplus of 479 kWh.
Wolff, who's nothing if not enthusiastic about all things green, has been mildly obsessed with tracking his solar output ever since installing the system. I think he hooked up in April. When I saw him at an oil spill protest in May, he proudly whipped out his Blackberry to show his real-time power production online. His recent surplus proves to him what he's long suspected: Georgia has great solar potential despite naysaying and foot-dragging from Georgia Power.
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Pulgis Andriusis was born in Gaidziai in the Utena region in Lithuania and began studying fine arts, then transferred to humanities. After completing his studies he worked for various newspapers, becoming a prominent journalist and theatre critic. A skilled linguist, he was active in the Esperanto movement and worked as a translator in several languages. During the war, he fled to Germany where he resumed his journalistic activities and started writing his first book. Before his departure for Australia, he was asked to write a series of articles on his new country to be published in Frankfurter Illustrierte. The caustic tone of these articles created a stir, and the Australian Government officially asked for the publication to be terminated. In Australia, he worked as a railway carriage cleaner in Chullora, then moved to Sydney, and finally settled in Adelaide where he became a mail sorter with the PMG.
Andriusis' novel Sudiev, Kvietkeli! [Goodbye, My Little Flower!] was the first book published in the Lithuanian language in Australia. He also co-wrote an historical account of Lithuanian settlement in Australia titled Blezdingeles Prie Torrenso [Swallows by the Torrens] 1947-1962.


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Lilly Manning was 15 when she escaped from a cramped closet in south Sacramento, after being stabbed and beaten and shoved into the darkness. This time, she said, she knew she would have to save herself. Government documents confirm she was right. Four different agencies visited the family at least 11 times on reports of suspected abuse or neglect in a five-year period but did not move to protect her or her siblings.


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During the spring and summer months, many citizens enjoy landscaping their yards and gardens as family functions move from indoors to the backyard. Maintaining a beautifully landscaped yard can be a rewarding task for many people, however, it can be quite costly if you are not careful. From landscaping design to upkeep and maintenance, there are many costs involved in maintaining the health and appearance of a landscaped yard. Here is a look at five common landscaping mistakes that can cost you big.
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Don't Go Overboard
One of the biggest financial mistakes that many citizens make is tackling the task of yard landscaping without a well-defined plan. Many consumers suffer from sticker shock when they reach the register of their local nursery, due to the sheer cost that landscaping often entails. Rather than going to the store without a game plan, price flowers and plants carefully. Comparison shop at multiple locations before choosing the nursery that will supply the blooms for your garden.
Planting Trees in Tight Spaces
A huge mistake that some consumers make is planting trees or larger bushes in tight spaces. At first, there may not be much of a problem. However, when roots begin to grow you could be in for a bit of a nasty surprise. Tree roots can lift formerly pristine sheets of pavement, interfere with other trees and plants, and can become a real nuisance. You may be required to pay for repairs because cramped roots, or you might even have to hire a tree removal service. Prior to planting a tree or bush, it would be wise to ensure that you have enough room for the plant to grow into adulthood.
Beware of Invasive Plants
Invasive plants are types of plants that have wild roots, the ability to spread rapidly and survive under harsh conditions. Plants such as purple loosestrife and Oriental bittersweet vines are considered invasive plants. They can wreak havoc on your garden. Rather than having to pay a gardener a small fortune to remove the mess, steer clear of invasive plants.
Take Climate and Season into Consideration
Although you may have fallen in love with a particular plant at the nursery, it is very important that you take climate and season into consideration. If you live in an arid climate, it will be more cost effective to purchase hearty plants that won't wilt under the blistering heat of the sun. Rather than wasting money on plants that are incompatible with your climate, opt for flowers and trees that will thrive.
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What many people often overlook when selecting their blooms at the nursery is how much they will have to pay regularly in maintenance costs. The costs of maintaining a beautifully landscaped garden can be staggering if you have a large garden with high-maintenance plants. When designing your garden or yard, take into consideration how much you will have to pay in maintenance and upkeep costs. Not all plants are easily cared for. Rather than going to the nursery blind, do your homework and research the maintenance costs associated with the plants that you are selecting.
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Landscaping your yard or garden can be a highly rewarding experience, but keep in mind that there are many hidden costs. While the flowers themselves may be quite costly, sometimes the sheer cost of maintaining a garden can be staggering. When designing your garden, allow optimum space for tree growth, choose hearty plants that are compatible with the season and your area's climate, and protect your wallet by using common sense and a little gardening know-how.


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In the late 80s, Sadie Benning catapulted from her bedroom in Milwaukee, where she was a lonely queer teen making home videos, to the bright lights of media stardom, where she was rightfully celebrated as a leader in a new queer cinema. Museum curators, academic feminists and a growing cadre of adolescent bad girls talking about grrrl power found in Bennings achingly beautiful, entirely hand made video diaries a new voice and a sublime new talent, one that radically re-imagined the collision of sound and image, and demanded a place in American culture for young girls in general and baby dykes in particular.
Using a funky, junky little Fisher-Price PXL-2000 a toy camcorder that records onto audiocassettes and produces an evanescent, grainy black-and-white image Benning began making video diaries in 1989 when she was 16, detailing the sense of alienation that assails most teens and that in her case was exacerbated by the fact that she is a lesbian (she dropped out of her high school to sidestep the rampant homophobia). "Video really seemed to be the most appropriate way to express myself," she says. "With video, you can perform and you can create fantasy, and I think I was really interested in creating a world other than the one that I was living in."
Benning, who grew up with her artist-filmmaker mother, Bette Gordon (while her dad, filmmaker James Benning, offered paternal guidance long-distance), attributes her choice of equipment to necessity. "I didnt have the money to buy a $3,000 camcorder," she says, "so originally, using this toy wasnt an aesthetic or political choice. It was more about access. Now, maybe because of my class background, I firmly believe that you dont need an expensive camera to be creative."
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Bennings work is certainly a testament to this philosophy. Her early tapes, which include Me and Rubyfruit (1989), A Place Called Lovely (1991) and Girl Power (1992), are invariably set in the claustrophobic but entirely safe space of her bedroom; she generally speaks directly to the camera or in voice-over, offering her take on issues both personal and political, from girl friends to high school to what it means to be a girl who looks like a boy. What makes the tapes so dazzling, though, is the way they careen between extremes. While the pictures, for example, are often a high-contrast blur, theyre absolutely breathtaking Sadie in super close-up, her white profile sharp against the deep black background, or, in one of the sexiest scenes in cinema, her mouth and tongue around her thumb, the full-on eroticism caught in a sea of gray pixels. And while the stories are rather mundane tales of teen angst and lost love, theyre infused with emotional insight and humor.
Bennings latest masterpiece is Flat Is Beautiful (1998), which, at 50 minutes, is her longest and most complex video to date. While she again grapples with her own life and shoots mainly in Pixelvision, she also, for the first time, incorporates per formers all wearing cartoonlike masks. "I started out wanting first to make an animation, and second to deal with the psychological space around this androgynous young girl and that transitional time girls go through between childhood and adoles cence," Benning explains. "So the masks add that cartoonlike feel, but they also have symbolic associations that I felt really worked in terms of dealing with this childs sense of gender, as well as in the way they ask the audience to project more onto the characters."
The strategy works the masks are all about hiding and performing, and the hell of trying to figure out just who you are and the tape embodies all of Bennings gifts: Its smart, beautiful and entirely moving. Benning claims she spent three years editing, but youd never know. "That was where I was really making the structure and the ideas happen," she says. "At points it was all mangled around, and I was definitely lost. But now its strange people see it and think that its something I didnt angst over. I guess its not all screwed up!"
Flat Is Beautiful screens with James Bennings American Dreams Friday, February 12, at Art Center, and Sunday, February 14, at LACE. Both Bennings will attend both screenings. Call Filmforum for more information, (323) 526-2911.


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I would like you to consider something next week when you go to the polls. Who will you vote for? Why? Most people tend to vote with their party, no matter who the candidate is. I am asking you to think twice about that deciding factor.
Rep. Bruce Vogel showed all of us this last year what can be done when lawmakers listen to the people they represent. Unlike other lawmakers in our state, Bruce cared enough to meet with a mom whose family fell through a loophole in Minnesota law. In record time, just two months and ten days from the first reading, Rep. Bruce Vogel was able to gain the support of the House and Senate, unanimously, and Jacob's Law was signed April 4 by Governor Dayton.
Sen. Joe Gimse also co-authored the bill and helped to carry it through the Senate. I have met personally with Tim Miller, who is running for Minnesota House District 17A, and he has pledged his commitment to addressing other loopholes in Minnesota Law that impact our children and families. I ask that you remember this: Some of the most important issues we face are not specifically favored by one or the other of our two-party political system.
Bruce Vogel introduced this law because he cared about Minnesota's children and families. We here at Jacob's Law, believe it is the individual that should gain our support, not the political party the voter is loyal to. We here at Jacob's Law look forward to working with these three candidates over the next two years. Please help us by voting them into the Minnesota House and Senate.
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Kevin Bettencourt Alves portrayed Fab Juarez in Season 12. Kevin was born in Toronto, Canada but now resides in Newmarket, Ontario which is 45 minutes north of the city. Though Kevin began modeling and doing a few commercials at the age of 12; he put his acting career on hold throughout his teenage years to focus on accomplishing his goal of being an international figure skater. He began figure skating a month before he turned seven and has since travelled to 12 different countries to compete internationally and came 27th at the 2010 World Championships in Torino, Italy. At the age of 19, he finally came back to acting by starting to train at Armstrong Acting Studios under the guidance of coaches like Maggie Huculak, Douglas Nyback and Dean Armstrong. He has since worked on projects such as Family Channel's What's Up Warthogs!, and Warehouse 13. He most recently was a lead in a short film that will release later in 2012 called "Another Satisfied Customer". He currently plays Bat Velasquez on Shadowhunters.
- Kevin is a Libra.
- He is of Brazilian and Portuguese descent.
- He is fluent in Portuguese.
- His favorite number is 14.
- He was recently on a McDonald's commercial.
- Kevin is not only an actor but a 3 time Brazilian National Figure Skating Champion.
- Kevin has an older sister who inspired him to do music. He is now working on his first original song for release called "Before The Screen Reads Fin".
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But those shared values, he said, included "a reverence for the family, the belief that with education and hard work and with sacrifice, the future is what we make it and, most of all, the desire to give our children a better life".
Given that he might normally reference freedom of speech, personal liberty and the like when talking about the US's international friends, some might have been excused for thinking the US President was grasping at straws rather than his wine glass.
In the first such event since 1997 – President George W. Bush did not extend the courtesy of a full state dinner when the Chinese President visited in 2006 – Hu was given the full treatment as the US tried to get its agenda for improved co-operation and a mutually beneficial relationship back on track.
The glitzy black-tie affair at the White House attracted stars such as Jackie Chan and Barbra Streisand. First Lady Michelle Obama even donned a symbolically daring red dress. Earlier, both countries hailed $US45 billion in trade deals, yet cynics noted many of the deals had been previously announced. That aside, an agreement to let two pandas stay at Washington's National Zoo seemed the only concrete thing to come from it all.
An undercurrent of tension never seemed far from the surface (and was conveniently lost in translation at least once). In the past few years alone, tempers have regularly flared over China's non-responsiveness to North Korea's provocations and, from China's perspective, the US's military ties with Taiwan and South Korea.
Unsurprisingly, doubts linger as to whether anything like sustained co-operation between the world's biggest and second-biggest economies is possible. To expect too much from a state visit would be naïve. "It's a mistake . . . to think that any one meeting will make a seminal difference in the relationship," former secretary of state
The US is wrestling with how to deal with the fact that China's rising economy – 38 per cent of Americans believe it will overtake the US in 20 years – is so important to the world and to America's economic welfare and security. The broader view in the US seems to be that China's growth is as much a threat as an opportunity.
Admittedly, that may be because, even among experts, China is still poorly understood. Almost half of Americans consider China the world's leading economic power, according to the Washington-based Pew Research Centre, even though the US's annual gross domestic product is almost three times the size of China's.
As much as the Great Recession was mostly about America's overheated housing market, US congressmen spent much of the previous election mobilising voters with complaints about unfair and job-killing Chinese trade policies, including its currency manipulation, its so-called policy of "indigenous innovation", its fostering of competition-killing Chinese state-owned enterprises, and its reluctance to do much about intellectual property rights.
In the past 10 years, the US's trade deficit with China has surged from $US68.6 billion to $US268 billion (based on 2008 figures). With voters in the recent midterm elections naming reducing the US's twin (budget and trade) deficits among their top concerns, there is much political pressure to do more to re-balance the economy away from US consumers. Some in Congress are threatening to pass a bill to punish China for undervaluing its yuan, in contrast with efforts geared towards global economic co-operation through forums such as the G20.
As far as human rights in China are concerned, there has never been a lack of vocal critics in Congress. This week, Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher said China should be treated as a "gangster regime that murders its own people" and Democrat Senate leader Harry Reid labelled Hu "a dictator" before toning it down.
"Maybe I shouldn't have said 'dictator', but they have a different type of government than we have and that is an understatement," Reid said in a television interview.
Another stream of thought is that the administration is erring by rolling out the red carpet to Hu and should adopt a more aggressive posture towards China on issues such as security in the Asian region. The hawkish former US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, warned this week in an opinion piece for the Financial Times that, sensing the weakness of the Obama administration, "it would be surprising if China did not continue its assertive economic, political and military policies".
"We can expect more discrimination against foreign investors and businesses in China, as both the US and European Union chambers of commerce there have recently complained," he wrote. "Further expansive, unjustifiable territorial claims in adjacent east-Asian waters are also likely. While the Pentagon is clipping coupons and limiting its nuclear capabilities in treaties with Russia, the PLA [People's Liberation Army] is celebrating Mardi Gras."
There's little doubt the US administration's tone towards China is softer than traditionalists would like. On security matters, Obama insists it is not America's policy to "contain" China.
On the currency question, the administration took up the issue again with Hu but has refused to officially label China a currency manipulator despite intense congressional pressure. Global criticism of the Federal Reserve's easy money policies, which have helped depress the greenback, has made it harder to call China out on the currency issue.
Obama spent much of his time highlighting America's eagerness to sell more products and services to China and made pointed reference to the US's existing $US100 billion-worth of exports to China. Despite the trade barriers, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner noted earlier this month that the US's exports to China were growing at twice the pace of its exports to the rest of the world.
To help get the message through, the US administration pulled together more than a dozen American chief executives to meet Hu during the week. At the meeting, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer complained that Chinese customers pay for only one in 10 of his products, part of broader complaints about China's tendency to appropriate others' intellectual property.
But there may also be substance to the view of both leaders that the economic relationship between the countries is far from a zero-sum game. While China might be the largest exporter in gross terms, it is also the largest creditor nation (through its ownership of close to $US900 billion of US government securities), giving it a large financial interest in ensuring the US does not default on its debt. For that and other reasons, the two countries' fortunes may be more inextricably tied than is widely appreciated.
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text: Alumni Spotlight: Volin helps victims break freeNoelle Volin, JD '11, originally went to law school to be an FBI agent, "to get the bad guys." But it wasn't too long before Volin figured out that, "Fighting for victims is what I'm meant to do." Volin was awarded the Hamline Law Student Bar Association's inaugural "Young Alumni Award," at its Barrister's Ball in February, for her groundbreaking work with the Saint Paul-based nonprofit Breaking Free. Breaking Free was founded to help victims of sex-trafficking and sexual exploitation. The organization advocates for victims in court and then helps them develop tools and skills to improve their lives. Volin is the staff attorney and public policy manager at Breaking Free, working in court and at the legislature to bring about systemic change for victims. Another goal of Breaking Free is to deal with what Volin terms "demand education." Breaking Free provides training to professionals and to the larger community to stop the cycle of supply and demand that victimizes primarily women and girls. "Community members need to learn more about the trafficking demand, if we're ever going to stop it," said Volin. "We need figure out what in our culture and laws makes it okay to purchase or rent another person." Volin doesn't mince words when it comes to the problem of sexual trafficking. All women and girls who engage in prostitution (Volin rejects the word "prostitute") are victims of trauma, violence and emotional abuse. "Women involved in prostitution are not in the same place emotionally as the men who purchase them," said Volin. "They are coming from an entirely different position psychologically. They've been trafficked, pimped, and in many cases have suffered domestic abuse." Volin thanks Hamline Law Professor Mary Szto for inspiring her to follow a nontraditional path to her career. Having received her master's degree in Japan as a Rotary scholar, Volin wrote her seminar paper for Professor Szto's class on Sex Trafficking in Japan, China and the U.S. Living in Japan, Volin was struck by incongruity of this highly civilized society allowing women and girls to enter the country on visas to be sold as sexual companions. Following Professor Szto's suggestion that she pursue the issue, Volin started volunteering for Breaking Free while waiting for the results of her bar exam. Volin's volunteer work led to making victims' advocate appearances, and researching legislation to de-criminalize women exploited in this way. Meanwhile, Breaking Free was seeking funding for just such a position. When Volin received her law license, Breaking Free hired her for the job. Volin is proud of Minnesota for its work to help create options for victims of sex trafficking. She was especially gratified when Ramsey County Attorney John Choi, JD '95, made news asserting, "[Prostitution] is not a victimless crime." Because of his great work, Ramsey County is a leader in the fight against sex trafficking (as are county attorneys in Olmsted, Dakota, and St. Louis counties). Ramsey County sets an example to other counties working to help victims and end the demand sex trafficking. The Saint Paul Police Department strives to give women in prostitution an opportunity for pre-court diversion. For women and girls who participate, Breaking Free's "Sisters of Survival" facilitate a 14-week program aimed at giving them the skills and tools to rebuild their lives. "They need to understand," said Volin, "that recruitment IS exploitation." When those arrested in Saint Paul complete the program, their arrest citation is "torn up." Breaking Free and law enforcement know that it can be long struggle, and are creating avenues to support repeat offenders. Meanwhile, Breaking Free works with its partners in Saint Paul to operate the Offenders Prostitution Program (or, "John School"), a program to educate first-time offenders who buy sexual services. They learn how they are perpetrating a system of supply and demand that victimizes others. "Prostitution really hurts people," said Volin. "It hurts the families of the victim and it hurts the families of the perpetrators." As Breaking Free's staff attorney, Volin works with public defenders to educate prosecutors and judges about the desperation of women, victimized in this way. "I explain why these victims often have criminal records that include drug use, fraud and forgery," said Volin. "These crimes are often committed by women attempting to satisfy the unrelenting demands of their pimps." Volin, who co-chairs the Legislative and Policy sub-Committee of the Minnesota Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force, is also working with task force members to change the public perception of victims of sexual exploitation at the legislative level. Volin notes that the Minnesota Legislature in 2011 passed the "Safe Harbor Law" (effective in 2014). Under the law, juveniles engaging in prostitution, when encountered by law enforcement, will be treated as victims and referred directly into social services. This session, the task force is working on the funding component of this law, called the "No Wrong Door" law, intended to provide the necessary funds so that any responsible person, teacher or social worker, who encounters a child victim of prostitution may refer these children into appropriate social services and safe housing. Volin also invites her fellow alumni to get involved in the Volunteer Lawyers Network/Breaking Free pro bono legal clinic. The clinic is held every fourth Friday of the month at the Breaking Free offices in Saint Paul. Clinic hours are from 3-5 p.m. Breaking Free is always looking for volunteers! All attorneys need to do is fill out an application to become a VLN attorney and complete a Breaking Free Volunteer Application. For more information, attorneys can contact Volin at email@example.com. Learn more:Breaking Free


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Secure Fighter is a rogue anti-spyware program, one in a long line of fake spyware removers, the more recent of which are Secure Veteran, Security Soldier and Security Tool. As you can see, the name gets more ridiculous with each application. Different name, same raison d'etre: this parasite was created for the sole purpose of swindling money from inexpierienced users by exploiting their fear of cyber threats. Secure Fighter usually enters the system by using one trojan or another, but it can also be downloaded and installed manually, typically – after being subjected to misleading information.
Secure Fighter creates the illusion that the user's system is infected, when in fact the program has no way of making such a claim. There are many methods instrumental in achieving this goal, some of the more common are popups, which claim the system is infected and link to the purchase page of Secure Fighter, fake system scans, which mark harmless files as threats, and browser hijackers, which redirect the user to fake online scans.
The punchline comes once the user is convinced that he is in need of security software – in order to remove the "threats", the licensed version of Secure Fighter is required. This so-called licensed version is completely worthless, but costs quite a bit nevertheless. Essentially what you end up paying for is decreased system performance, tons of annoying popups, the inability to use certain programs, and blocked websites.
Secure Fighter is a scam and should be treated as such: do NOT download or buy it and remove Secure Fighter immediately upon detection.
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No one else is having this problem?
I have a 4.2U wii and am trying to get an NTSC version of Rabbids Go Home to play from my usb hard drive.
I have used every combination of Neogamma, USBLoaderGX, CoverFloader, and Wiiflow, along with IOS 222, 223, 249 and can not get any of them to play the game.
It loads, plays a little intro and then gives me a black screen that says reading disc and hangs there.
I used this guide to mod the wii (simplistic mod)
Modify any Wii 4.2 & below - GBAtemp.net
What can I do to make this work?
No one else is having this problem?
I've got similar problem : "disk read" at the end of chapter 4.
cant get this to work off disc, burned at 4x and 1.4 x and both dont work. it works fine off my usbloader though but need it on disc for a friend


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Eva Longoria actually tried to defend a series she had agreed to coproduce about Latinas cast as housekeepers. But in the process, the Mexican-American television star came across as, well, desperate.
The program – "Devious Maids," which was set to debut this fall on ABC – was, if you'll excuse the expression, the brainchild of Marc Cherry. One would expect more from the creator of the hit show "Desperate Housewives," which starred Longoria and recently wrapped up its final season.
Casting Latinas as maids isn't much of a stretch creatively. In fact, Lupe Ontiveros, a Mexican-American actress from an earlier generation, estimates that she has played a maid on screen as many as 300 times.
Fortunately, in a burst of good taste and common sense, ABC decided not to pick up the series.
Based on the popular Mexican telenovela "The Disorderly Maids of the Neighborhood," it would have revolved around four women who worked as maids in Beverly Hills. The maids were to have been played by actresses Judy Reyes, Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramirez and Roselyn Sanchez. Susan Lucci of "All My Children" was slated to play one of the rich employers.
When critics sounded off, Longoria got defensive.
"They are the leads of the show, and they are playing maids, which is a realistic reflection of our society today in America," she told the Huffington Post. "When we get any sort of backlash for – 'Oh, they're playing the stereotypical maids' – my immediate response is, 'So you're telling me those stories aren't worth telling, that those people are lesser than, that their stories aren't worth exploring, that they have no complexity in their life because they're a maid?'"
A realistic reflection? Seriously?
Longoria needs a new mirror. I don't know what society she lives in. But in the one I'm familiar with, Latinas are reflected in the medical and legal professions, run major corporations and huge nonprofit organizations, and excel in a variety of fields ranging from education to academia to media to law enforcement.
This gives me an idea. Listen up, ABC. You want to feature Latinas in lead roles? Glad to hear it. I'd like to propose a new television series about the adventures of four Latinas. One is a Supreme Court justice (Sonia Sotomayor). One is the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA (Anna Maria Chavez). One is the governor of New Mexico (Susana Martinez). And one is the co-owner of the Colorado Rockies, a major league baseball team (Linda Alvarado).
As for Longoria's burning desire to tell the stories of housekeepers (not to mention, make a fortune, if the show were successful), "Devious Maids" wasn't exactly a documentary. This was going to be a weekly television show played for laughs with sexy Latinas who would probably spend much of their time trying to avoid the advances of their male bosses. This sort of mind candy might keep viewers amused and entertained. But how does it help explore the "complexity" of being a maid? It doesn't.
Defenders of the proposed series were quick to compare it to the acclaimed film "The Help," which told the compelling stories of African-American women working as maids in Mississippi at the start of the civil rights movement.
There is a big difference between the two projects. By the time that audiences were exposed to "The Help," they had already seen, over the years, African-Americans on screen cast in roles ranging from police detectives to university professors to federal judges. So viewers knew that being a housekeeper wasn't the extent of the experience of African-American women.
Unfortunately, you can't say that about Latinas at this point. Longoria said it herself. In her view, anyone who casts Latinas as maids is just being "realistic."
We can do better. Latinos represent 16 percent of the U.S. population, on their way to an estimated 25 percent by 2040. Yet, according to data obtained by the Screen Actors Guild, Latinos only get about 4 percent of television roles. And this includes guest appearances where a character has only one line. It's pathetic.
But then, you'll have to excuse the television studios. They're hampered by geography. They're based in Los Angeles, and where would you find Latinos there? Oh, yeah. At half the population of the city, just about all over town.


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Geez Louise, 16 bucks for them all?! Now that's a bargain! Don't even want to remember how much I paid for them back in the day (when even one of them costed more than 16 bucks). I might even buy them again via Steam now, so I can get rid of the CDs and registration keys.
Anyone interested in CRPGs (caveat: must be able stand archaic graphics and UIs) should get this collection. Now! Go get it. Shoo, don't hang around here. Go get it!!
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If memory serves, Geneforge 2 was good as well. It's only G3 which is sub-par, IMO. (It's been awhile, though.)
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From books to birth certificates to the U.S. mail, people are still intimately connected to paper products, and Donna Harman is committed to keeping their paper options alive.
"There are a lot of memories around things that touch paper," said Harman, president and CEO of the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), adding college diplomas, newspapers and marriage certificates to the list.
As head of the AF&PA, Harman is the lead Washington advocate for an industry that nets nearly $200 billion annually.
The 30-year Washington veteran sees her task as two-fold.
Like other lobbyists, she works to ensure a feasible regulatory environment for her members — U.S. manufacturers of forest and paper goods, from plywood to disposable napkins to wrapping paper.
But Harman also speaks for Americans with a desire to celebrate, study and communicate using paper products, despite the strong pull of electronic substitutes.
"We've seen a rush to digitize," Harman said in a recent interview, "but people's lives are frequently documented on paper.
"You wouldn't necessarily think of people having an emotional connection with paper, but a lot of public opinion research finds that that's the case."
Harman first came to Washington as a college intern and later worked for a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, former Rep. Henson Moore (R-La.).
The connection proved useful years later, when Moore recruited her as a vice president at the AF&PA, which he ran until 2006.
Harman had lobbied in the meantime for Dow Chemical Co., forest products manufacturer Champion International, and International Paper.
She described her approach as uniquely influenced by Moore, a pragmatic Republican who encouraged her to attend law school at night.
"They say once you work for a member of Congress, you always work for that member of Congress, and that's true," Harman said.
"For [Moore], bipartisanship was an important part of getting to the right solution … it's the art of collaboration, when you find something in it for everyone."
Another key lesson she gained from Moore, she said, was the ability to distill a complicated issue.
Harman won plaudits for this skill after a recent battle with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over rules governing industrial boilers.
The original draft of the boiler rules alarmed industry with its breadth. Opposing studies suggested that the regulations, designed to cut toxic air pollution, would prompt layoffs and incur massive bills.
Together with other groups, the AF&PA mounted an advocacy campaign that spanned two sessions of Congress.
The effort included events on Capitol Hill and in congressional districts.
Ultimately, the EPA softened the rules and gave companies more time to comply, a win for the AF&PA and other manufacturing groups.
Lobbyist peers and staffers on Capitol Hill all praised Harman for her thoughtfulness, concision and extensive preparation during the fight.
"She was very good at helping us understand what the impact of those rules would be, [and] how they would affect the jobs and the people in that industry," said Gary Andres, staff director with the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
In 2011, long before the rules were modified, the GOP-led House passed a bill to delay their implementation.
Andres said Harman's information made the difference, and later influenced the EPA's step back.
"What makes Donna most effective is that she knows the kinds of things that we need to know on the Hill," Andres said. "She's got great facts, great figures."
The AF&PA has about 120 member companies and associations, 65 staff and several full-time lobbyists under Harman's direction.
Its latest concern is the flailing U.S Postal Service's push to end Saturday delivery of letters.
Harman said the decision will affect customers, and could potentially hit member companies' bottom lines.
"There were many other things that the Postal Service could and should do before they take that step," she said. "We believe they will lose needed revenue by taking away customers' opportunity to use the service."
The issue also gets back to what the paper industry sees as its unique contribution to American life.
"There is a large number of people across the country without access to electronic forms of communication, either from lack of Internet, lack of equipment, or just out of preference," Harman said.
"We support these people. We support all-of-the-above options for communication."
In the coming year, the AF&PA will confront new EPA rule-making on the carbon neutrality of biomass, including forest residues, which are used to fire pulp and paper mills.
The forthcoming regulations will be a major issue for the group.
"I think [regulators] understand that the stakes are pretty high here," Harman said. "Environmentally, it's important that they get this one right, and they have to do it in a way that industry can buy into."
Cal Dooley, who leads the American Chemistry Council and has partnered with the AF&PA CEO, said Harman approaches regulatory battles with openness and an important degree of flexibility.
"In the job that Donna does, you're going to be quickly discounted if you are just coming in and opposing a regulation when you meet with the EPA or the administration," Dooley said.
"You have to come in and state your concerns but then demonstrate that there is a path that will be consistent with an environmental objective."
Harman herself said the task is finding the "sweet spot" between what's "practical, doable and meets a societal need."
"The regulatory issues are front and center for our members," she said. "Done in the wrong way, the industry won't be able to cope."


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Songwon doubles profit in 2012Comments Email
South Korean additives maker Songwon doubled its profit in 2012, despite a slowdown in the fourth quarter.
The company says 2012 profit totalled KRW 20.3bn (€137.7m), compared to KRW 10bn (€67.8m) in 2011. Sales increased 8.1% and Ebit went up 60.9%.
"The first three quarters of the year were characterised by growth and although sales have softened in Q4, profits have remained strong, contributing to a doubling of profits for the year," CFO Hans-Peter Wüest said in a statement.
He added: "This has been achieved through judicious cost control and productivity improvements and is a function of our strategic investment in back integration, together with our ability to respond rapidly to market needs with new products."


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Idaho Veteran Denied Burial Site for Having Lesbian Spouse
MSN reported today that Salmon, Idaho Navy Veteran Madelynn Taylor was denied a burial site because of her out-of-state marriage to Jean Mixner, who died in 2012.
Taylor told a Boise TV station that the state military cemetery denied burial since they did not have an Idaho marriage license, required under its rules. They were unable to get a marriage license due to Idaho's state constitutional ban on same sex marriage.
The denial came after a retired U.S. Army colonel offered up his own burial plot in the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery.
Taylor, and several other lesbian couples, are challenging Idaho's state constitutional ban on same sex marriage. Taylor says she expected the state's push-back, but nonetheless called it an act of discrimination.
The Idaho Division of Veterans Services said the cemetery's policy remains unchanged.