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Dear Debt Adviser,
Can a credit card company still report an account that was charged off in March 2009 as late and fees still adding up? Thank you.
-- CarlosDear Carlos,
You betcha! And why not? You still owe the money even though the debt has been charged off and they still want to be paid. The card issuer is within its rights to report your account's accurate status to the credit reporting bureaus each month. Let me explain why.
Dear Debt Adviser,
Can a credit card company still report an account that was charged off in March 2009 as late and fees still adding up? Thank you.
-- Carlos
Dear Carlos,
You betcha! And why not? You still owe the money even though the debt has been charged off and they still want to be paid. The card issuer is within its rights to report your account's accurate status to the credit reporting bureaus each month. Let me explain why.
When you apply for a credit card, you sign or agree to a cardholder agreement with the bank that issues the card. The cardholder agreement is a contract with terms and conditions that are still applicable and enforceable even after the account has been charged off by the card issuer. A card issuer will typically charge off an account when no payment has been received on the account for more than 180 days. A charge-off is merely an accounting procedure that requires the bank to move the account from an asset to a liability. It's their way of saying that they have doubts about you ever paying your debt. It doesn't affect their heartfelt hope and desire that you "will" pay your account. So, the charge-off does not affect the original cardholder agreement, and you still owe the money. Your account was likely closed by the card issuer when you fell behind, but closing the account still doesn't end the contract.
What that means for you is that any fees that were included in your cardholder agreement will be assessed on your account as long as you still have a balance due on the account. Late and over-the-limit fees can and will be applied to your account if you are not making payments on time and if your total balance is more than your credit limit on the account. Also, interest charges as set forth in your cardholder agreement will be added to your account each month. At this point, with no payments received your penalty interest rate is most likely at 29 percent or more. But wait, there's more ... if there are any legal fees or court costs incurred to collect the account, you get to pay those, too.
The account will not drop from your credit report until March 2016, or seven years from the date the account was charged off. Even then, you'll still be on the hook for the debt. However, how the account is reported is the least of your worries. It is quite likely the creditor or a collector will have you in court and go after your wages, particularly if you have a large balance due on the account.
You can check the statute of limitations in your state for collecting a debt using the courts. My guess is that if you have not heard from a collector yet, you will before you cross that statute of limitations threshold. Many states have a four- to five-year statute for collecting credit card accounts. You are nearing the four-year mark. Should the limit be three years or less in your state, the collector cannot legally use the courts to collect because the debt is older than three years. If you are called into court on an expired debt, you still must appear or submit paperwork, whichever is required, informing the court of your statute of limitations defense.
Should the statute in your state not yet be expired and as interest rates and fees are continuing to be added to your account, I suggest you work out an affordable payment plan with the creditor sooner rather than later. If that's not possible, I suggest you speak to a lawyer or a nonprofit credit counselor to explore your other options.
Good luck!
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Washington : Government Printing Office
|Public Law 91-251
|Indians. Fort Belknap irrigation project, unit transfer.
|Public Law 91-251
|Sec. 2
|Cancellation of charges.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in the facilities of the Brown unit of the Fort Belknap Indian irrigation project, located in township 28 north, ranges 23 and 24 east, Montana principal meridian, including, but not limited to, easements, rights-of-way, canals, laterals, drains, structures of all kinds, and water rights held for the benefit of the unit, to an
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organization or association having form and powers satisfactory to the Secretary which represents the owners of the lands served by the unit. As a condition to said conveyance, the grantee organization or association shall assume full and sole responsibility for the care, operation, and maintenance of the unit upon conveyance, and shall hold the United States free of all loss or liability for damages or injuries, direct or consequential, caused by the existence or operation of the unit or any of its features or structures, from and after the date of its conveyance.
Upon conveyance of the Brown unit of the Fort Belknap Indian irrigation project as provided for in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to cancel all accrued operation and maintenance charges and all construction charges with respect to the said unit.
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Earlier this year, the rat race had finally caught up with Omar Raiss.
The 36-year-old father of two had grown tired toiling in corporate America and not spending enough time with his daughter. And the pursuit of a career came at a cost.
"My daughter wanted to do gymnastics and ballet, and that stuff happens after school," Raiss said. "With our careers, we didn't have the time."
Raiss worked for pharmaceutical giant Takeda; his wife, Dr. Rashaan Ali-Jones, 38, is a partner with the Association of South Bay Surgeons in Torrance.
The Redondo Beach couple made plenty of money and had successful careers. But with two professionals chasing their dreams, they weren't able to enjoy all those special moments with their children, Amina, 6, and Ali, 15 months.
"With working so much during the week, we didn't have time," Ali-Jones said. "And you can't cram everything into the weekend."
Ali-Jones' unpredictable work schedule didn't help.
"I leave the house in the morning at about 7; I'm back at 6 (p.m.), and on a not-so-great day I am home at 2 the next morning," the surgeon said.
So Raiss quit his job. On April 19, he cleared off his desk, walked out of the office for the last time and became a stay-at-home dad.
Bold move - yes - but calculated.
"About a year and half ago there were layoffs at work. I survived the layoffs, but started thinking if I was laid off what would happen? Would I need another job right away?" Raiss said. "I started doing budgeting and I saw that given the price of child care it didn't make sense to go right back to work."
Raiss didn't leap at the chance to become a Mr. Mom right away, but when he did his life was transformed.
Raiss went from placing conference calls and attending business lunches to making lunches for his daughter and changing his son's diapers.
"I am pretty busy," he said. "I'll do the house chores, the shopping and the cooking."
Raiss' typical day starts at 6 a.m. He whips up breakfast for his wife and children; gets his daughter ready for school and dresses his son.
Ali-Jones hits the door at 7 a.m. to navigate from the couple's condo to her office in Torrance. Raiss is not far behind her. Most mornings, he leaves at 7:15 to drop his daughter off at school.
A few days each week, Raiss enlists his mother-in-law to watch Ali while he works around the house.
But in what seems like a blink of an eye, Raiss is making his afternoon rounds. Amina's schedule varies: some days it's ballet, other days gymnastics and occasionally a play date.
Raiss attends it all. He watches Amina's gymnastics and ballet classes from the sidelines, and offers an approving smile and his full attention.
"It's nice to be able to be there for my children," Raiss said. "My daughter's at that age when she wants and needs that support."
By the time he returns home with the children, it's time to cook dinner.
"The day goes by faster than you think," he said.
Raiss' move cost the family thousands of dollars, but improved their lifestyle.
"I like leaving a things-to-do list and coming home and everything is done," Ali-Jones said.
The children are cared for and Ali-Jones can pursue her career.
"I get a lot of comments from female surgeons who say, `Wow it's nice that your husband would be willing to do this for your career,"' Ali-Jones said.
Long before the couple tied the knot, Raiss and Ali-Jones decided that her career, a dream she had since childhood, would take priority.
"We always approached my career as the family career," she said.
Raiss supported the couple through Ali-Jones' time in medical school.
"He was always selfless," she said. "When I was a resident, and in medical school, I never thought about a bill or grocery list or anything at home. He took care of that."
The investment they made into Ali-Jones' career makes Raiss' decision to stop working much easier. Her salary is enough to comfortably support their family and lifestyle.
"I feel incredibly blessed that I not only love what I do, but I can also support a household in the South Bay and not have to cut corners," Ali-Jones said.
The long-term plan is for Raiss to stay home until Ali reaches middle school. That's more than 10 years from now.
In the meantime, he is more than happy to spend time with his children instead of in an office.
"Before you know it, (Amina and Ali) are not going to want to hang out with you at all," Raiss said.


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OK, I'll admit the following may seem a bit self-indulgent, but taking a cue from one of the big-shots here at Adobe who recently began a large team meeting by giving us a presentation on his personal history (and how it relates to why he's chosen his particular career), I thought I'd pause for a minute and consider the same thing myself. How did I get into this field anyway? Why do I do what I do? It's a good thing for everyone to stop and take stock of these things now and then, and I think it's a good lead-in to explaining to you why I have the passion for the work I do today.
So if you're looking for the "tutorial of the day" you should probably skip this post, otherwise, please do read on.
My fascination with television began when I was 7 years old. My father had decided to become a serial Game Show contestant (and by that I don't mean he was a contestant on a "Serial Game Show", but that he was a contestant on a few different game shows) –anyhow– on Lincoln's Birthday in 1974 I got to attend a live taping at ABC's studio on West 54th Street in Manhattan, to watch my dad compete on the then-popular program The Big Showdown.
Having already spent the lion's share of my first 7 years front of the TV set, it was a huge thrill to spend an afternoon in an actual TV studio. I got such a huge charge out of the whole experience that I decided right then and there that I would work in the television business when I grew up. The fact that my dad won $7,000 that day probably didn't hurt either.
My repeated pleas to mom about turning our living room into a game show set didn't pan out so well.
Fast forward to 1984 and high-school-age Bob was watching cable TV at a friend's house in Manhattan (we didn't have it in the Bronx yet). He put on a show on channel "D" . . . well, you could hardly call it a "show" as it consisted of 2 knuckleheads around the same age as us horsing around in a TV studio. My friend though it was hilarious, and I thought it to be the stupidest thing I'd ever seen on a television screen — but I was able to see past the crappiness of this particular show and realize that one could rent such a studio and put on a show and actually have an audience.
I had read about Public Access before but had never actually seen it. With a phone call to Manhattan Cable's Public Access coordinator, and a fake Manhattan address in hand, I secured a half-hour slot on Thursdays at 5:30pm on Channel "C", and found the cheapest studio deal in town at a place called Metro Access — a fully equipped Black & White TV Studio, with a live feed into the Manhattan Cable master control, for 30 bucks an hour (incidentally, this was the same studio that the infamous Robin Byrd Show originated from).
I wasn't aiming to just spend the weekly half-hour just horsing around as that seemed pretty lame. I wanted to "Produce" something – get talented people involved and make a real program. Since I was then a student at the famous School of Performing Arts (the school that the movie & TV series "Fame" were based on) I had loads of friends who could help me create something really entertaining. And so the "Darren Behr Show" was born. I don't want to get in to who Darren Behr is, or why the show was named after him since he was never actually on it, but we did some pretty interesting stuff in our weekly half-hour, "cablecast" live on Channel C. I produced and directed the show (and funded it with the proceeds from my after-school messenger job) with several of my talented classmates working as the cast & crew (including Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny & Cher).
What made the whole experience so amazing in was that there was this platform (Public Access) which in a place as large as Manhattan pretty much guaranteed you an audience. Remember, there still weren't that many channels to choose from back in 1984.
Along came the time to start thinking about college, and my first thought was to study TV Production. But I was a Music major at Performing Arts (I'm a bass player), and was also thinking about that as a course of study. The decision was actually made for me when I discovered that you needed excellent grades to get into the really good TV Production programs. So off to Music Conservatory I went.
I didn't really do anything at all with TV or video for awhile, as the short supply of bass players kept me pretty busy for the next 13 years (I had a pretty successful career as a professional musician). But in 1996 I decided to leave the music business behind (for reasons I don't want to get into right now) and had to figure out what to do next.
I did have to make a living, and I did have some graphic design chops from my days of laying-out my college newspaper on the then state-of-the-art Macintosh Plus with it's whopping 1 Megabyte of RAM and 20 Megabyte external hard-drive the size of a shoebox. And so I was able to B.S. my way into a temp job designing Power Point slides at the big Wall Street firm Smith Barney. Not a "career move", for sure, but a relatively painless way to pay the bills.
I'd been there a few months when one day the head of the video department walked in and asked if anyone knew a program called After Effects as he needed to have some animations created for a video he was producing. As was my habit in those days, I said "yes" right away (despite not having a shred of an idea what After Effects was, nor any experience in animation) and immediately hi-tailed it to a large Manhattan bookstore to buy a copy of After Effects Classroom In A Book for AE 3.0.
Being a musician and having an astute sense of pacing, tempo, and time, I picked up the concepts of motion graphics and animation pretty quickly (I would learn later on that this is a common thread with many AE wizards). Being already adept at Photoshop made the interface and concepts in AE pretty familiar (as my friend Dean Velez likes to say "if you're a Photoshop user you already know 50% of After Effects). I also understood video workflow from my days of producing a live TV show every week back in high school. It seemed that I'd hit on something that could be an actual career for me.
Soon after that, I landed a full-time job in Smith Barney's in-house video department. I taught myself how to edit video using the (then rare and expensive) Avid systems, and helped launch the company's in-house TV network "NextGen TV", which was the first of its kind on Wall Street.
But creating corporate videos for a Wall Street firm can be . . . well . . . kinda dry, so I started branching out.
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First, Matt Jones will tackle two major city marathons in seven days in an attempt to raise more than £1,000 for Age UK.
The 33-year-old, self-employed tiler of Copse Avenue, will run Paris Marathon on Sunday, April 6, before lining up in Greenwich one week later to tough it out around London over the same distance.
Matt is anticipating a nasty week of recovery and soreness between the two challenges after experiencing a similar struggle after the 2013 Berlin Marathon.
"It's going to be quite tough. After Berlin I stupidly booked myself in for a half marathon a week after," he said.
"That was really tough going. I am hoping to have a couple of massages and hopefully everything should be okay to go at London."
Matt has chosen to run for Age UK after the support they gave his grandparents, who also ran a charity shop dedicated to the charity's predecessor, Age Concern.
After raising £1,100 for Age UK following his exertions in Berlin, Matt is keen to get close to the same total, but with double the miles.
"I'm keen to push myself a little bit more and just see what I can do with my body," he said.
"I paid for my own place in Paris, but I got my place for London through Age UK, so I just thought I might as well run both for them.
"I think because last year I was asking people for money before I did Berlin, it's been tougher to go back and keep asking them for more money this time around.
"I am only at £100 at the moment, but I would really like to get to £1,000 again."
If you are interested in finding out more about Matt's challenge and want to donate, visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ mattjones4.
Meanwhile, 52-year-old Asghar Ali from Cowley, who has worked in the Swindon Mail Centre for 23 years, is set to take on the Reading Half Marathon for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
He said: "I've done a lot of running. It has always been something I have loved. I try to do at least five miles each day."
Mr Ali's wife Naveeda, 47 will be cheering him on at the half marathon on Sunday, March 2 alongside his five sons Bilal, Usman, Haider, Yamir and Mehar.
Mr Ali, who is raising money for the Great Ormond Street charity, said: "One of my nephews was ill and when I look at him, it makes me feel like I should do something."
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While looking at back issues of your excellent newsletter, I saw a speculation on whether or not the word sitar was related to the word guitar. I also noticed that in subsequent issues nobody had written a comment about this. In fact the two words are not related even remotely.
The Indian sitar is descended from a smaller Iranian instrument called the setar, which merely means "three strings" - se meaning three, and tar meaning string. With a Hindi accent, setar became sitar. Oddly enough most of the Iranian setars have four strings these days (which would properly make them chahartar) and the Indian sitar usually has around 17. Would this be a satdastar? (My Hindi is rusty verging upon nonexistent), Sitar is certainly easier to say.
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Stephen Elop: Nokia's First Windows Phones Coming in a few Weeksby Kristian Vättö on 10/4/2011 11:23 AM EST
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Filiprino - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkBetter those phones explode in little tiny pieces due to battery flaws or something else. Reply
quiksilvr - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkNokia phones coming out Spring 2012. Reply
Booster - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkGoing with WP7 was a stupid move for Nokia. The platform is dead already, you can't have even Anrgy Birds on WP7. Reply
KungFu_Toe - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkNot that I think it's an indicator of the success of an OS, but Angry Birds has been available since July. Reply
Booster - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkSince July, really? Shame on me ;) Reply
SoCalBoomer - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkyes, shame! LOL Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkWell, what would have been the other option? iOS is a closed system so that isn't even an option. Android is already overpopulated so Nokia would have been only one among the many OEMs.
That leaves us with WP7, unless a new Symbian (or whole new OS) was an option. I don't think WP7 was a bad move from Nokia, considering the other options. Reply
bah12 - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkAgreed. I think people are putting too much stock in the admittedly dismal sales of WP7. I think the wisdom in aligning themselves with MS will show when Win8 hits. Until then I don't think WP7 has a shot at market penetration, but if Win8 can deliver that truly seamless integration between all devices, then MS will have a winner. Hopefully they execute on time. Reply
peternelson - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkI think there was at least one other option. Aside from Symbian, Nokia had been working on Meego with a customised GUI. Since it is both linux (not in a VM) and supports the QT software already used by developers for some Symbian, it would not have taken long to ramp up the number of apps. Upsetting the existing developer community was not wise in this respect (internal or external devs).
I can understand what Elop may have meant about Symbian being a burning platform, when faced with fierce competition, but don't include Meego in that. It may still be an option if the Microsoft deal is not as successful as hoped (assuming Nokia survived such an event). Sure Meego could be improved with more work, but if they refocussed hundreds of Symbian developers on it that would have helped accelerate delivery of a competitive new OS.
If they wanted to take the WP7 route and limit number of models they ought to have manufactured some great hardware model that is capable to run the customer's choice of either S3, WP7 or Meego. I know which I would be running. Reply
SoCalBoomer - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkWe do too have Angry Birds on WP7 . . . bite your tongue! Reply
ICBM - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkDead? Hardly, we have 53 phones for our employees. 12 were iphones, 8 now, with those 4 moving to WP7. As the other upgrades become available, I expect more to be moving to WP7 as they are liking what they have seen and heard. Reply
IceBreakerG - Wednesday, October 05, 2011 - linkhttp://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/e4571a02-0b...
Want to try that again? Or do you enjoy being an ignorant troll? Reply
z0mb13n3d - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkI wonder if Nokia will stick with MS's rigid list of hardware requirements. More specifically, the SoC's in their phones. Nokia has had pretty strong relations with TI in the past and with ST-Ericsson also bringing a dual-core A9 to the party, it'll be interesting to see what Nokia chooses.
Speaking of ST-Ericsson, how come no coverage on their NovaThor line? Did I miss something? Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkYeah, I'm curious. Microsoft's hardware limitations do allow nice optimization, its UI is smoother for example than Android phones with much more powerful GPU's, but still being stuck with first gen Snapdragons in 2011 kind of bites. I hope they allow some of the dual cores soon. Reply
mosu - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkIf those new phones Nokia will produce are supported by major carriers, and I don't have a doubt about that, look alike other high-end smartphones and pack a high bling factor, so to say, like GHz processors and many megapixels cameras, HD recording and pack large amounts of internal memory, they got a winner. Windows is familiar to many, so if you use Windows at work and at home, why should you not use it with your smartphone too? Anyway most people buy expensive phones for the cool factor and bragging rights, not for the technology inside. Reply
mercblue281 - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - linkMaybe if Microsoft could get more than ONE LOWSY HTC phone (without a keyboard) on Verizon's network they'd get better market penetration.
I was holding out for a Win7 phone before my last upgrade and there wasn't anything available so i've got a blackberry.
I'm probably not the only one whose willing to try WP7 but simply cannot due to the options available. Reply
peternelson - Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - link
Mr Elop, I don't really care for your Windows phone models coming soon.
What I really wanted was a very capable and similar phone, the Nokia N9, running the OS Meego (which I also have dual booting on my N900).
I played with the N9 hands on at the Nokia QT stand at IBC (International Broadcast Convention) this year and the user interface is just as slick as the Mango release of Windows phone that I've also tried. I found the screen shape more attractive in my hand than in internet photos.
The N9 seems to suit my needs better from a software perspective.
Why don't you want to sell them to people? Reply


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What is the value of using real-time power data vs. faceplate or derated estimates in Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)? It seems I have heard that question quite a bit recently. Customers ask about this because there's been a lot of buzz about real-time data and they want to know – how significantly does it help you manage your physical ecosystem?
I can tell you that real-time data makes a quantitative impact. I'm seeing it firsthand with a U.S.-based media company that's leveraging our partnership with Intel to utilize real-time data in their DCIM deployment.
Intel Data Center Manager provides real-time data about power and environmentals at the device level. It's ideal for monitoring and managing large blocks of servers and other intelligent devices in mission-critical infrastructure. Because Intel goes right to the device to gather the data, it's agentless and extremely cost-efficient – there's no need for expensive intelligent power strips or other hardware-based intelligence. This keeps costs low and also, because the data collection is directly from the device, it gives you a more accurate view of what is happening. You can see the power draw at the individual device level, not just the power strip or branch circuits.
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Pro-LGBT officials sworn into office in California
Postedon Jan 06, 2011 at 01:00 pm
California state officials recently sworn into office include: Attorney General, Kamala Harris, Governor Jerry Brown, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski, and Betty Yee, a member of the California Board of Equalization. Harris: "And in the spirit of Earl Warren, we are going to fight for the civil rights of every Californian – to worship as you will ... to live and work where you choose ... and to marry the person you love."
Poll results show broad support for gay rights among Texas voters
Postedon Dec 14, 2010 at 12:00 pm
An overwhelming majority of registered voters in Texas say they support a significant expansion of gay rights, according to the first-ever in-depth statewide poll on LGBT issues.
Close Ohio gay-rights vote mirrors national debate
Postedon Nov 29, 2010 at 09:30 am
Surveys repeatedly find that young adults, far more so than their elders, support the rights of gays to marry and serve openly in the military.
A Gallup poll earlier this year showed, for the first time, a majority of Americans saying same-sex relations were morally acceptable.
Gallagher, Wolfson debate the freedom to marry
Postedon Oct 07, 2010 at 09:00 am
Evan Wolfson '78, founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry, and Maggie Gallagher '82, former president of the National Organization for Marriage, joined about 250 students and guests in Sudler Hall for a YPU debate titled "Resolved: Same-Sex Couples Should be Allowed to Marry."
EXCLUSIVE: LGBT leaders tackle media coverage of community as Pride Month gets rolling
Postedon Jun 11, 2010 at 06:00 pm
With LGBT Pride month now underway, Media Matters contacted various LGBT advocacy organizations and leaders - including Freedom to Marry's own Communications Director, Sean Eldridge - for their thoughts on media coverage of the LGBT community thus far in 2010.
Massachusetts GOP picks pro-gay gubernatorial candidate with openly gay running mate
Postedon Apr 20, 2010 at 07:30 am
The Massachusetts GOP picked Charles Baker as their gubernatorial candidate on Saturday, defeating convenience store magnate Christy Mihos in the primary. Baker supports the freedom to marry and has an openly gay running mate — state senator Richard Tisei.
National Center for Lesbian Rights: Why LGBT People Must Demand Immigration Reform
Postedon Mar 19, 2010 at 04:42 pm
There is a large battle looming in Washington over legislation to reform our nation's immigration laws. This coming Sunday, March 21, many LGBT immigrants, their families, and allies will march in support of immigration reform. Now is the time for us, as LGBT individuals, families, and communities, to understand why immigration reform is so critical.
Australia to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages in Some Transgender Cases
Postedon Feb 18, 2009 at 12:21 pm
TALKING TO FAMILY: Guilty of the Right to Marry
Postedon Feb 09, 2009 at 01:00 pm
When my partner first came out as trans to my family and hers, a few years after we were married in Brooklyn's City Hall, they made sure I was happy and that the person they'd known as their son-in-law was too. They weren't sure they could manage the change of pronouns very easily, or quickly; they wanted to know what her name would be, and what kinds of documents we would need to change. My brother who is our accountant wanted to know what this might mean for our tax status, and almost everyone asked if her transition from male to female would mean that we were no longer married.
Luckily for us, contract law in the US says we still are, and will be; as long as a contract is legal at the time it's entered into, it remains legal. We are, as a result, a legally married same-sex couple, or a legally married queer couple, or a marriage made up of two people who, if we met now instead of 11 years ago, would probably not be legally allowed to be married.
Remarkably enough, there are plenty of couples like us in the US; it is an awful lot for the partner of a trans person to make it through transition with the trans person they love, and it would add insult to injury if we could not keep the public, legal recognition of our commitment to each other after having been through so much change together.
Remarkably enough, the sky hasn't fallen in because we are a legally married family of two. We love our nieces and nephews, all thirteen of them, as much as ever. We love our parents and our siblings and our friends as much as ever, and they love us, and not one has ever considered that we shouldn't be married, which is as it should be. What we are is tired of feeling so guilty, and so lucky. If everyone were granted the Freedom to Marry, we wouldn't have to be.
Helen Boyd is an author, educator and publisher of the blog My Husband Betty.
AUSTRALIA: New senator calls for marriage equality
Postedon Aug 28, 2008 at 10:31 am
August 28, 2008
Labor's new senator Louise Pratt, who makes history as the first member of parliament with a transgendered partner, has used her maiden speech to break from ALP policy and call for marriage equality. [Link]


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The number of children and adults diagnosed with autism has skyrocketed over the past 10 years, with a recent CDC report estimating that 1 out of 88 U.S. children are on the autism spectrum. Grandin will share her own experiences and discuss how we can better understand and diagnose autism. From advances in neuroimaging to cutting-edge genetic research, find out what unique and revolutionary treatments might soon be available.
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Fans of bluegrass
and gospel may enjoy a performance by Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. The group will perform Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tallmadge High School Theatre.
Proceeds from the performance will benefit The Tallmadge Foundation.
Lawson said his love for music, particularly gospel and bluegrass, runs in the family. He credits his lengthy music career, which started in the 1960s, to "all those wonderful songs I was exposed to as a youngster." Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver has been performing for 35 years.
"I started to learn the mandolin when I was 11," said Lawson, 70. "My father, mother and sister all sang gospel music when I was young."
Lawson said his father was involved in many a cappella groups, which sang in churches, revivals and civic events.
"My father was my biggest influence in music, with his gospel quartets," he said. "My love for gospel music started when I was really young, although not as young as my love for bluegrass. When I first heard Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, I fell in love with bluegrass. I love the harmonies and the emotions. Bluegrass and gospel, a lot of it goes hand in hand."
Lawson said he enjoyed performing on stage and talking with the audience afterward.
"We were playing in either Kansas or Missouri about a month ago, and a guy told me he remembered seeing me play banjo when I was first starting out," he said. "That was my first job, when I was in Nashville, working with Jimmy Martin. That would have been in 1963."
Lawson said he has happy for the chance to play in Tallmadge.
"I hope [the audience] gets a boatload of enjoyment, something that will lift their spirits," he said. "We hope to put a smile on their faces and joy in their hearts."
The concert also will benefit the community, he added.
"It's a great cause and we are proud to be a part of it," he said.
For details on Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, visit www.doylelawson.com. For details on the Tallmadge Foundation or for tickets, call 330-620-4030 or visit www.tallmadge-foundation.org.
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U.S. and Brent crude futures headed in opposite directions on Wednesday, jostled by a plan to reverse the Seaway pipeline by next year to help ease an oil glut at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub.
News of the plan boosted U.S. crude prices to a five-month high above $102 a barrel and narrowed the spread between Brent and West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, to its lowest level since March.
The plan announced by Canada's Enbridge Inc and Enterprise Products Partners, owners of the 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) Seaway pipeline would send crude locked at Cushing to the higher priced markets along the Texas Coast.
Rival TransCanada Corp, meanwhile, said it planned to build a Cushing-to-Gulf-Coast pipeline spur of its proposed Keystone XL pipeline by early next year. pending consultations with the U.S. State Department.
Both proposals, if they materialized, were seen helping unclog a bottleneck that has pressured crude prices in the U.S. Midwest for about a year.
"There will be easy money selling crude to other markets, so the supply to Cushing should fall, which is why WTI is gaining," said Simon Wardell at Global Insight.
By 1:50 p.m. EST (1850 GMT), Brent crude for January delivery was down 57 cents at $111.61 a barrel, having fallen as low as $110.14 earlier.
U.S. January crude traded at $102.32, up $2.89, narrowing the transatlantic arbitrage to $9.29. Brent's premium over WTI earlier fell to $8.30, the lowest since March 24, down from an intraday record of $28.10 on Oct. 14.
The premium has been on a slide recently also due in part to the speedy return of supplies from Libya to markets in Europe, after having been shut down due to months of a civil war that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
U.S. December crude, which expires on Friday, traded up $2.95 to $102.32, after jumping to a session high $102.46, the highest since June 1.
"I think everyone is having a bit of a party here," Carl Larry, president of Oil Outlooks, said about the pipeline reversal.
"We are going to see WTI make some strong moves well above $100" he said, while adding that enthusiasm might be a bit exaggerated as refiners in the Gulf may not be able to process all volumes of light WTI crude.
Economic and weekly petroleum inventory data also helped lift U.S. crude futures.
U.S. industrial output rebounded and consumer prices fell in October for the first time in four months, taking pressure off strapped households and giving the Federal Reserve more room to ease monetary policy.
Domestic crude stockpiles fell 1.1 million barrels, down for a second straight week, while distillates supplies, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, dropped for the seventh consecutive week, by 2.1 million barrels.
In Europe, the picture was much gloomier as France and Germany, Europe's two central powers, clashed over whether the European Central Bank should intervene to halt the accelerating debt crisis.
The euro fell to a five-week low against the dollar and yen as rising French and Italian borrowing costs heightened concerns about contagion in the euro zone debt crisis.
"There's a focus on sovereign debt yields; they are still a concern and they are driving prices," said Olivier Jakob at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland.
Also highlighting the bearish outlook for developed economies, the Bank of England said Britain was on the brink of a contraction as the euro crisis weighs heavily, and inflation would fall well below
(Additional reporting from Robert Gibbons in New York; Simon Falush and Dmitry Zhdannikov in London; Editing by Marguerita Choy)


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A HAMPSHIRE shopping centre has welcomed 4.7million visitors since it opened a year ago.
Whiteley Shopping Centre turns one-year-old today (May 23) and will mark its milestone with a giant birthday cake, card and a range of free activities offering one lucky shopper the chance to win a £1,000 shopping spree through their prize draw.
Over the last 12 months the centre has won New Development Medium Centre category at the ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards and was commended in the New Centre category at the BCSC Gold Awards and the Destination of the Year category at the Oracle Retail Week Awards.
Centre manager Neil Carter said: "It feels great to be one. We've had a fantastic first year and there's more to come with the leisure extension opening next year. We'd like to thank all our shoppers for their support."
Construction work totalling £18 million is underway which will see a nine-screen Cineworld cinema and Five Guys, Nando's, PizzaExpress and Coast to Coast. The extension is due to open in mid-2015 and is expected to create 180 new jobs.


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Anti-Piracy "Mafia" in Finland Raid House, Confiscate Winnie the Pooh Laptop
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November 23, 2012 9:16 AM
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The piracy police made one 9-year-old a very unhappy camper
Word to the kids: don't pirate files or your folks may have their houses raided and your toys seized.
A 9-year-old Finnish girl,
according to
, happened to be very into a particular local pop star named Chisu. So innocently, the 9-year-old went onto Google Inc. (GOOG) ubiquitous search engine. Lo-and-behold, the first result to pop up was
The Pirate Bay
, the world's biggest torrent and magnet-link site, which also happens to have been
launched in neighboring Sweden
The girl tried to install a program to read the torrent files she downloaded, but the downloads all mysteriously failed. Upset, she complained to her father, who took her to the store to purchase the Chisu album -- legally.
But it turns out that the downloads didn't fail. Instead they were malicious trackers, which flagged her home internet protocol (IP) address as an infringer. Working with her ISP, the local
Copyright Information AND Anti-Piracy Centre
(a sister organization to the
Recording Industry Association of America
) sent her father a suspicious letter, demanding a payment of 600€ and to sign a legally binding letter promising not to tell anyone about the payment or the threat.
[Chisu on YouTube]
Her father, confused, did not respond.
That's when local police raided the house in order to "assist" in the investigation. The father in the case recalls thinking that he'd wound up on the bad side of Mafioso or something, commenting, "I got the feeling that there had been people from the Mafia demanding money at the door. We have not done anything wrong with my daughter. If adults do not always know how to use a computer and the web, how can you assume that children or the elderly – or a 9-year-old girl – knows what they are doing at any given time online? This is the pinnacle of absurdity. I can see artists are in a position, but this requires education and information, not resource-consuming lawsuits."
The little pirate paid dearly for her "crime against humanity"; the armed police raiding her house seized her Winnie the Pooh laptop as "evidence" to be used in the case against her father.
There is a silver lining: Chisu, whose music the nine-year-old so-loved that she put her father in legal jeopardy, reached out to the family after hearing the story. She points them to her Spotify, where people can listen to her music for free, commenting, "I hope that the matter will be resolved soon and sorry to my 9-year-old girls."
Finnish police seized a certain little pirate's Winnie the Pooh laptop.
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Joonas Mäkinen of Finland's Pirate Party was outraged at the story. He praises Chisu's response, but complains the big media industry is holding artists hotage, leaving them with few real options to help abused fans. He comments:
It is sad to see how even the big artists have no idea what CIAPC / TTVK is doing in their name. And the worst part is that even after learning about this, like Chisu did just now and took part in the discussion on Facebook, they can't stop it since all copyright protection and monitoring is centralized.
I hope all musicians realize that the fan hunt that involves confiscating laptops and signing deals that require you to be silent about the payments are severely hurting the image of copyright and creators. Authors of works should actively rise up to say NO to what CIAPC/TTVK is doing if they wish to keep their fans.
The Pirate Party has
gained its first seats
in the European Union's Parliament, following public outrage at the Orwellian anti-piracy tactics that have been sweeping the continent.
The CIAPC confirmed, according to
, that the girl was among the pirates targeted by its anti-piracy sting operations.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Backers of a defeated ballot proposal to revise Ohio's redistricting process say the state's political map, not the voters, determined Tuesday's congressional and legislative races.
An analysis released Wednesday by Voters First showed all 16 Ohio congressional districts went to the party favored by new district lines drawn last year. The same was true for 97 of 99 Ohio House districts.
Campaign chairwoman Catherine Turcer said though Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney each won about half the state, the results of congressional and legislative races skewed heavily toward the map-drawing Republican party.
Voters First, a coalition that included the League of Women Voters, says its failed campaign highlighted bipartisan interest in fixing the current system, and that should start right away.


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The Duggar family has 19 children. Josh and Anna have been married since 2008 and have four children and one on the way due later this year. Derick and Jill have been married since 2014 and have two children. Ben and Jessa have been married since 2014 and have two children. Jeremy and Jinger have been married since 2016. Austin and Joy are married since 2017. Joseph and Kendra are engaged and planning their wedding.
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Local Senior Receives Prestigious Guerin Scholarship
March 6th, 2013 |
Terre Haute North High School senior, Jordan Bray, has been selected as the winner of the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Scholarship at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC).
This prestigious and competitive scholarship is awarded annually to a female high school senior that demonstrates academic talent, leadership skills and a commitment to community service. Bray will receive a $13,000 renewable scholarship each of her four years at The Woods.
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, a woman well ahead of her time who impacted countless lives, founded SMWC in 1840. An entrepreneurial leader who was dedicated to serving all people, regardless of race, religion or background, Guerin was passionate about educating women and preparing them to become leaders.
"Jordan reflects the caliber of student we seek and that will excel here," explained Beth Terrell, vice-president for enrollment management. "Her commitment to scholarship, which is reflected in her academic performance, and her many contributions to the community make her an excellent choice for this scholarship."
To say Bray is academically sound is an understatement. She excels in advanced courses in English, world and US history, macroeconomics and government. Her courses also included speech and composition for college credit.
Bray sincerely believes in the strength of community. "Making the world a better place starts with us, the people," noted Bray. "Ordinary acts that we may dismiss have the possibility of making a lasting impact on someone else."
She lives what she believes by delivering Christmas baskets for the Tribune-Star Christmas basket drive, volunteering at the Terre Haute Humane Society and at a St. Ann's charity event. She also participates in the school's HERO initiative, an anti-bullying program, and in the Link Crew, a freshman orientation program. She has maintained a good work ethic during her employment at Baesler's Market and SteinMart.
Additionally, she exhibited her talent as an outstanding soccer player at North for three years. "I believe Jordan to be an exemplary student-athlete as well as a person of tremendous character with significant leadership potential," said Kyle Baker, head soccer coach.
At SMWC this fall, Bray plans to major in marketing and continue her soccer career.
Photo: Seated: (l) Doug Bray, Jordan Bray, Jan Bray. Standing (l) Beth Terrell, SMWC Vice President for Enrollment Management; Danny Tanoos, Vigo County School Corporation Superintendent; and Robin Smith, Terre Haute North High School Principal.
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Lecture at Ithaca College will Address Christian Response to Nazi Persecution of Jews
ITHACA, NY — Historian Susannah Heschel will deliver the annual Holocaust Lecture at Ithaca College on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Heschel will present "The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theology and Nazi Racism" at 7:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. Her talk, which is sponsored by the Ithaca College Jewish studies program, is free and open to the public.
Taking place on the anniversary of Kristallnacht — the November 1938 Nazi pogrom against the Jews of Germany and Austria — Heschel will discuss Christian responses in Germany and other countries to Kristallnacht and Nazi anti-Semitism. She will address both those Christians who opposed the Nazi persecution of the Jews and Christian theologians who created a Nazi Christianity.
Heschel is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on Jewish-Christian relations in Germany during the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of biblical scholarship and the history of anti-Semitism. She is the author of "Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus," which won a National Jewish Book Award and Germany's Geiger Prize, and "The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany."
During the Third Reich, German Protestant theologians, motivated by racism and tapping into traditional Christian anti-Semitism, redefined Jesus as an Aryan and Christianity as a religion at war with Judaism. According to Heschel, the surprisingly large number of distinguished professors, younger scholars and students who became involved in the effort to synthesize Nazism and Christianity should be seen not simply as a response to political developments, nor simply as an outgrowth of struggles within the field of Christian theology, but as suggesting underlying affinities between racism and Christian theology, affinities they recognized and promoted.
From 1999 to 2008 Heschel served on the Academic Advisory Committee of the Research Center of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Between 2002 and 2007, she convened a series of international conferences at Dartmouth for scholars in the fields of Jewish studies and Islamic studies. The Carnegie Foundation awarded her a Scholar's Grant that has given her two years of leave to write a book on the history of Jewish scholarship on Islam. During her leave, she is a visiting scholar at the Center for the Humanities at Tufts University.
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To get ready for Valentine's Day, we asked some husband-wife chef and restaurant management duos to share their romantic stories: how they met, what they like to cook to celebrate the holiday and whether their restaurants go all out in the name of love.
Written by Harrison Keevil. He and his wife, Jennifer Keevil, are the chefs and co-owners of Charlotsville, VA-based Brookville, a 60-seat restaurant serving New American cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal and local ingredients.
I met Jennifer while working as a line cook; Jennifer was my expeditor at the restaurant. Our relationship blossomed and I went on to open Brookville in July 2010 with Jennifer as co-owner and front-of-house manager. We got married in 2011, and on Dec 31, 2012 we welcomed our first child, a beautiful baby girl named Caroline, into the world. Valentine's Day is ordinarily a really special holiday for the two of us, but this year it will be even sweeter as we get to celebrate with Caroline – the most wonderful thing in our lives right now.
We really like to go all out on Valentine's Day and shower each other with love. The day before, I go to the local florist called Hedge. They are amazingly thoughtful when designing an arrangement, so I trust them to make a florist's choice bouquet (but it has to have Day Lilies and a pastel theme – Jennifer's favorites). I love to have the bouquet sitting on the table when Jennifer wakes up because I get to see the surprised look on her face. I also go to Albemarle Baking Company and buy a heart-shaped linzer tart, a heart-shaped chocolate-glazed chocolate brownie and a mini princess cake (which is a vanilla cake with marzipan fondant). My intent is for her to enjoy them throughout the day, but with my help, they are usually finished before noon! (This year I may have to double up!)
On the Sunday or Monday after Valentine's Day, Jennifer and I dine at one of our favorite local spots (Clifton, Tavola or C&O) for a special and delicious dinner. As for a home-cooked celebratory meal, I suggest the oh-so-classic roast chicken – because every man and woman should know how to cook a great roast chicken for their loved ones. (Also, roast chicken leftovers can be turned into sandwiches to make for killer midnight snacks.)
At the restaurant, we love to create an atmosphere for people to nurture new or existing love. We design a seven-course menu based on aphrodisiacs (each course features an ingredient that will hopefully get you in the mood!) to inspire romance. We also like to serve a Kir Royale – because what is Valentine's Day without a champagne cocktail?
Recipes Courtesy Harrison Keevil
Roasted Chicken
1 whole chicken
2 sprigs of thyme
2 sprigs of rosemary
1/2 a lemon
1 clove of garlic, cut in half
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Season the cavity of the chicken, liberally, with salt and pepper.
Stuff the thyme, rosemary, lemon and garlic into the cavity of the chicken.
Truss the chicken.
Season the skin of the chicken with salt and pepper.
Place chicken in oven for 1 hour. Check to see if a thermometer, when inserted into the thigh, reads 160 degrees F. If it does not read 160 degrees F, place the chicken in the oven and check every 10 minutes until ready. If the thermometer does read 160 degrees F, pull the chicken and allow to rest for at least 20 minutes before carving it.
Serve the chicken with your favorite sides, family-style.
Kir Royale
Serves 4
4 tablespoons currant-flavored cordial
1 bottle Thibaut-Janisson Blanc de Chardonnay
In four flutes, divide the currant-flavored cordial. Then fill each flute with the sparkling wine.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview on A9 TV dated November 2, 2011
Surat an-Nahl, 18
"If you tried to number Allah's blessings, you could never count them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
We are in a sea of boundless blessings. Atoms and molecules are a blessing. Matter is a blessing. Water is a blessing, flowers are a blessing. Insects and everything are a blessing. Everything is very lovely, insha'Allah.