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- Build a fire pit. Dropping temperatures are probably the number one reason we begin to head indoors come fall, especially in the northern United States. So a great way to stay warm is with a fire pit. You can install a permanent one, or buy a stand-alone portable one--either way, toasting your cold hands--or some marshmallows--is certainly a great way to enjoy the season.
- Build a privacy planter. One of the most beautiful things about fall is the leaves...but once they change color, they fall! And your left with little-to-no privacy from foliage by the middle to the end of the season. This is the time for hardscape to do its job. Lattice or other materials can be used to border patios or other sitting spaces, to help you retain the cozy, private atmosphere you enjoyed all summer. Consider building a rectangle planter for mums or other hearty fall plants, and then extend the back 4-5 feet up with lattice to form a planter that also serves as a privacy screen.
- Build a fort. Have your children been nixing your suggestions to play outside because their bored of what's out there? It's not too surprising, they have been playing with those swings all spring and summer. Reignite their enthusiasm for the great outdoors with a new fort or tree house. You can even get them involved in the process, which will have the whole family out in the fresh air. When you are done, throw on some jackets and enjoy! Swords or other dramatic play accessories can get them even more excited about their new play space.
- Install outdoor lighting. Another reason we stop gathering socially outdoors come fall, is the fact that the sun sets so much earlier. But on many mild nights, the weather is still great for cake a coffee outside. So, consider installing some decorative and functional outdoor lighting throughout your landscape. It's a real bright idea for extending your outdoor season!
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It's billed as "the largest art show ever conceived — a free nationwide celebration of American masterworks," and it puts the Dallas Museum of Art in the highbrow company of such elite institutions as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The sixth partner in the endeavor, which entered its first phase Sunday (more about that later), is the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, which plans to unveil 50 recognized masterworks of American art on 50,000 platforms all over the country, from Sunset Boulevard to the outposts of Route 66 to Times Square.
The carefully chosen works will saturate static and digital billboards, cover subway platforms and line the backs and sides of buses. They will appear at airports, at train stations and bus shelters.
The five museums have each submitted 20 entries for a total of 100, which will then be whittled to 50 by you — in a nationwide vote.
Voting began Sunday night at Art EverywhereUS.org, which will announce the winning 50 in June. The 50 will then pop up in 50,000 advertising venues on Aug. 4 and remain in place for four weeks.
DMA director Maxwell Anderson vows that the final 50 will "tell the story of America, express our creativity and reflect who we are — and this is our chance to make them a part of the American landscape, and everybody's life. We hope Art Everywhere will inspire all of us to learn more about America's artistic treasures, past and present, and discover many more of the great works in our nation's museums."
Artworks nominated by the five museums range from 1767 to 2008 and include paintings, photographs, works on paper, decorative objects and multimedia. They include John Singleton Copley's Sarah Sherburne Langdon (1767, DMA), Gilbert Stuart's George Washington (1821, National Gallery of Art), Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930, Art Institute of Chicago), Edward Hopper's Early Sunday Morning (1930, the Whitney) and John Baldessari's Wrong (1966-68, LACMA).
Other artists included among the initial 100 are Romare Bearden, George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Imogen Cunningham, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Thomas Eakins, Philip Guston, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Jasper Johns, Jacob Lawrence, Roy Lichtenstein, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Georgia O'Keeffe, Catherine Opie, Rembrandt Peale, Jackson Pollock, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Ed Ruscha, John Singer Sargent, Cindy Sherman, Clyfford Still, Andy Warhol, James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The full list of nominated works is accessible at ArtEverywhereUS.org.
Months ago, the Washington, D.C.-based Outdoor Advertising Association of America approached Anderson about spearheading the campaign. So, in December, he put together a team consisting of museums "that have great American art collections from coast to coast." He met in February with heads of the other four and asked them to send 30 works of art "that I would then, with their consent, narrow to 20 each."
As coordinator, Anderson appears suited to the task.
"I grew up in the advertising world," he says. "My mom was at J. Walter Thompson. My uncle ran the Pepsi account and the Kodak account there. I've lived and breathed it my whole life. I can say with a degree of experience that this is the single biggest art-related public awareness campaign in history."
The 100 pieces "are all great works of art from a qualitative standpoint," he says. "They measure up among the prizes of each of our institutions in most instances. But in some instances, they are there also to strike a note — to make a point."
For instance, the DMA has in its collection a quilt "that we certainly wouldn't consider one of our great works," he says with a laugh, "but it's fascinating as a piece of Americana. What I tried to do is make sure there was some whimsy in the selections, besides those of iconic status."
The National Gallery of Art submitted a painting of — cats. "I teased them," Anderson says. "I said, 'This is like YouTube.' Everybody loves cats. Will it get a lot of votes? Absolutely, it's charming. And, yes, it also fits the narrative of American art."
He's "very happy with the works" chosen, because they "touch on every major phase of art history."

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Hee Jung Chung
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
B.S. 1995 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. 2002 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Postdoc 2002-2009 University of California, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Interests
Activity-dependent regulation of ion channels in Neural Plasticity
Activity-dependent persistent changes in synaptic transmission (synaptic plasticity) as well as action potential/intrinsic excitability (intrinsic plasticity) are thought to provide the cellular basis for information processing and storage in the brain. Abnormal synaptic and intrinsic plasticity have been implicated in many neurological disorders and diseases.
Given that ion channels are essential for neuronal function in generating and modulating synaptic transmission and action potential, the main research goal of my laboratory is to understand how persistent functional changes in ion channels contribute to synaptic and intrinsic plasticity under physiologic and pathologic conditions, and ultimately animal behavior.
Specifically, research in our laboratory centers on dissecting mechanisms for neuronal plasticity and pathogenic mechanisms underlying epilepsy. Current interests include (1) the mechanisms of polarized KCNQ potassium channel trafficking to the axons, and (2) the function and regulation of axonal potassium channels and STEP (STriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase) in homeostatic plasticity of hippocampal circuits.
To investigate these two areas, my lab uses interdisciplinary approaches including primary neuronal culture, live and fixed microscopy, biochemistry, electrophysiology, and mouse genetics.
(1) What are the mechanisms underlying polarized localization of KCNQ channels?
Highly concentrated in the axons, voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels generate and terminate action potentials, respectively. Neuronal KCNQ potassium channels (also called M-channels) composed of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 subunits give rise to slowly activating and non-inactivating voltage-dependent outward K+ current that potently inhibits repetitive firing of action potentials.
Neuronal KCNQ channels have emerged as critical players of epilepsy for two main reasons. First, their specific agonist (ezogabine/retigabine) is an approved anti-epileptic drug. Second, benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) and severe symptomatic drug-resistant epileptic encephalopathy are associated with mutations in KCNQ channel subunits, KCNQ2 and KCNQ3. These epilepsy mutations cause 20-25% reduction in current expression in heterologous systems. In hippocampal neurons, we have shown that BFNC mutations disrupt enrichment of KCNQ channels at the axonal surface, including axonal initial segment, the critical site for action potential initiation and modulation (Chung et al., 2006; Cavaretta et al., 2014).
We are actively investigating how mutations of KCNQ channels associated with epileptic encephalopathy disrupt their functions and neuronal distribution, ultimately leading to neuronal hyperexcitability and epilepsy. Since the fundamental function of a neuron depends critically on precise localization and density of these channels, we also study the mechanisms by which polarized distribution of KCNQ channels in axons or dendrites is established, maintained, and regulated. Understanding these fundamental physiologic and pathologic mechanisms involving KCNQ channel trafficking will help us develop therapeutic strategy to reverse the effects of epilepsy mutations.
(2) What are the molecular mechanisms underlying homeostatic plasticity?
Homeostatic plasticity encompasses dynamic regulatory mechanisms by which neurons maintain their action potential firing rates and synaptic strength within physiological limits. While the failure of this plasticity likely contributes to the pathogenesis of hyperexcitability-associated disorders including epilepsy, the molecular basis of this important plasticity has yet to be elucidated.
We have shown that hippocampal neurons employ NMDA receptors as activity sensor to mediate homeostatic intrinsic plasticity in response to chronic activity blockade (Lee KY and Chung HJ, 2014). Recently, homeostatic synaptic plasticity has been shown to require transcription, suggesting that regulation of gene expression mediates its induction. From our unbiased gene expression profiling in hippocampal neuronal culture, we identified a number of potassium channels and their modulators that exhibit activity-dependent changes in their mRNA and protein expression, which may likely contribute to the expression of homeostatic plasticity (Lee KY et al., 2015).
One of the potassium channels we have identified is KCNQ channel. We are currently investigating how activity-dependent regulation of KCNQ channels and their modulating proteins is achieved and how such regulation contributes to homeostatic intrinsic plasticity. Given that mutations in KCNQ channels cause benign to severe forms of epilepsy, these studies may lay a firm foundation for exploring regulation of KCNQ gene expression as novel therapeutic strategies for epilepsy.
We have also identified STEP whose expression is altered during homeostatic plasticity. Highly concentrated at the postsynaptic density, STEP is shown to oppose synaptic strength by dephosphorylating AMPA and NMDA receptors and promoting their internalization. We are currently investigating the extent to which activity-regulated STEP contributes to homeostatic synaptic plasticity. These studies will provide novel mechanistic and functional insights into how neurons fine-tune their synaptic homeostasis. Since dysregulation of STEP is implicated in epilepsy as well as multiple neurologic diseases that cause lasting cognitive and psychiatric impairments, these studies may lay a firm foundation for exploring STEP as novel therapeutic targets for multiple neurologic diseases.
The Cornell University-HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellowship. 1994
Paul Ehrlich Young Investigator Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2002
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2004-2007
Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes Foundation, 2/2011 - 1/2013
Young Investigator Award, Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, 4/2011 - 3/2014
Targeted Research Initiative for Severe Symptomatic Epilepsies Grant Award, Epilepsy Foundation, 7/2013 - 6/2014
James E. Heath Award for excellence in teaching in Physiology from the School of MCB, University of Illinois, 2014
Representative Publications
Jang S*, Royston SE*, Xu J, Vest MO, Lee S,Lee KY, Cavaretta JP, Lombroso P , and Chung HJ (2015). Chronic enhancement of network activity upregulates STEP61 and downregulates tyrosine-phosphorylation and levels of NMDA and AMPA receptors in hippocampal neurons. In preparation.
Lee K*, Royston SE*, Vest MO, Ley DJ, Lee S, Bolton EC, and Chung H (2015). (*These authors contributed equally). N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors mediate Activity-dependent Down-Regulation of Potassium Channel Genes during the Expression of Homeostatic Intrinsic Plasticity. Molecular Brain. 8(1):4.
Wang Y, Cai E, Rosenkranz T, Ge P, Teng KW, Lim SJ, Smith A, Chung HJ, Sachs F, Sachs F, Green W, Gottlieb P, and Selvin PR (2014). Small Quantum Dots Conjugated to Nanobodies as Immunofluorescence Probes for Nanometric Microscopy. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 25(12):2205-11.
Wang Y, Cai E, Rosenkranz T, Ge P, Teng KW, Chung HJ, Sachs F, Gottlieb P, and Selvin PR (2014). Stable small quantum dots for synaptic receptor tracking on live neurons. Angewandte Chemie, 53(46):12484-8.
Lee KY and Chung HJ (2014). NMDA receptors and L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels mediate the expression of bidirectional homeostatic intrinsic plasticity in cultured hippocampal neurons. Neuroscience, (277):610-23.
Cavaretta JP*, Sherer KS*, Lee KY, Issema RS, Kim EH, and Chung HJ (2014). (*These authors contributed equally). Polarized Axonal Surface Expression of Neuronal KCNQ Potassium Channels is Regulated by Calmodulin Interaction with KCNQ2 Subunit. PLos One, 9(7):e103655. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0103655.
Chung HJ (2014). Role of calmodulin in neuronal Kv7/KCNQ potassium channels and epilepsy. Frontiers in Biology. 9(3):205-15.
Vega L JC, Lee MK, Jeong JH, Smith CE, Lee KY, Chung HJ, Leckband DE, Kong H. (2014). Recapitulating cell-cell adhesion using N-Cadherin biologically tethered to substrates. Biomacromolecules 15(6):2172-9.
Hearing M, Kotecki L, Marron Fernandez de Velasco E, Fajardo-Serrano A, Chung HJ, Luján R, Wickman K. (2013). Repeated Cocaine Weakens GABAB-Girk Signaling in Layer 5/6 Pyramidal Neurons in the Prelimbic Cortex. Neuron 80(1):159-70
Chung HJ*, Lee HK* (2009). Constructing a road map from synapses to behaviour. Meeting on Synapses: From Molecules to Circuits & Behavior. (*These authors contributed equally to this work). EMBO Rep.,10(9):958-62. PubMed Central [PMCID2750071]
Chung HJ*, Woo-ping Ge*, Xiang Qian, Ofer Wiser, Jan YN, and Jan LY (2009). G-protein activated inwardly rectifying potassium channels mediate depotentiation of long-term potentitation. (*These authors contributed equally to this work). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106(2): 635-40.
Chung HJ, Xiang Qian, Melissa Ehlers, Jan YN, and Jan LY (2009). Neuronal activity regulates phosphorylation-dependent surface delivery of G-protein activated inwardly rectifying potassium channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106(2): 629-34.
Chung HJ, Jan YN, and Jan LY (2006). Impaired polarized surface expression of neuronal KCNQ channels as a mechanism for benign familial neonatal convulsion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103 (23): 8870-5
Chung HJ, Lau LF, Huang YH and Huganir RL (2004). Regulation of NMDA Receptor complex and trafficking by activity-dependent phosphorylation of NR2B subunit PDZ ligand. J Neurosci, 24(45):10248-59.
Heynen AJ, Yoon BJ, Liu CH, Chung HJ, Huganir RL and Bear MF (2003). Molecular mechanism for loss of visual cortical responsiveness following brief monocular deprivation. Nat Neurosci. 6(8):854-62.
Chung HJ*, Steinberg JP*, Huganir RL, Linden DJ (2003). Requirement of AMPA receptor GluR2 phosphorylation for cerebellar long-term depression. (*These authors contributed equally to this work). Science, 300(5626):1751-5.
McDonald BJ, Chung HJ, and Huganir RL (2001). Identification of Protein Kinase C phosphorylation sites within the AMPA receptor GluR2 subunit. Neuropharmacology, 41(6):672-679
Kim CH*, Chung HJ*, Lee H-K-, and Huganir RL (2001). Interaction of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR2/3 with PDZ domains regulates hippocampal long term-depression. (*These authors contributed equally to this work). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98(20):11725-30
Xia J, Chung HJ, Wihler C, Huganir RL, and Linden DJ (2000). Cerebellar long-term depression requires PKC-regulated interactions between GluR2/3 and PDZ domain-containing proteins. Neuron, 28(2):499-510.
Chung HJ, Xia J, Scannevin RH, Zhang X, and Huganir RL (2000). Phosphorylation of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR2 differentially regulates its interaction with PDZ domain-containing proteins. J Neurosci, 20(19):7258-67.


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Mercedes' cure for bad hair blues
I know all about sexy four-seater convertibles. I have a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible taking up every inch of my garage at home. Think of it as a Carnival cruise ship on wheels. With the top down and the side windows raised, driving it on a balmy Florida night is one of the great joys in life. But ask a couple of friends to share the joy from the comfort of the Caddy's massive rear bench seat, and the smiles last maybe, er, a quarter-mile. That's because at speeds over 40 mph, it's like sitting with the back of your head to a Delta 767 jet on take-off. Follicles fly every-which-way like Janis Joplin with static.The folks at Mercedes-Benz know all about hair, or rather air, management. The brand new 2011 E-Class Cabriolet, hitting showrooms right around now, simply annihilates back-seat bad hair. Its secret is called AirCap. It consists of a small airfoil that can be electrically raised from the top of the windshield to redirect airflow over all four seats. So drop the three-layer, inch-thick cloth top, power-up all four windows along with the small glass screen between the rear seat headrests, and with the AirCap raised the in-car tornado is no more. And it really works. At a steady 75 on I-275, you can hold a conversation, listen to tunes and generally feel extremely comfortable and unruffled. For those frosty winter days - remember those? - the new E-cab also comes with Mercedes' brilliant AirScarf which blows toasty warm air to the back of the necks of those sitting up front. Pity you can't switch to cold air for Florida summers. This fun-to-drive, gorgeous-to-look-at E-cab comes as either an E350 ($56,850) with a 268-hp V6, or an E550 ($64,800) with a honking 5.5-liter 382-hp V8. Either way, both cars are a true breath of fresh air. Tampa-based auto writer Howard Walker can be contacted at email@example.com.
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Mayor Bob Foster has been missing in action over much of the past month, globetrotting on vacation and acting as Long Beach's ambassador.
In October, Foster took almost two weeks off to take a personal trip to China - the first vacation he had had for months, he told me at the time - and missed a couple of City Council meetings.
While there, he found the time to stop over in Japan for the Tokyo Motor Show at the invitation of CT&T, a South Korean company that manufactures electric vehicles, because "he just happened to be in Asia," said Foster's spokeswoman Stacey Toda.
There, Foster spoke about Long Beach's efforts to green its fleet with vehicles powered by liquid natural gas, hybrid cars and other low-emission vehicles, Toda said. Last year, Long Beach was honored as the greenest fleet in North America.
Foster returned briefly to Long Beach and attended last week's City Council meeting, then jetted off again the next day on Nov. 4.
That trip took him to Washington, D.C., where he met with congressional representatives, Toda said, before he then left for Saudi Arabia as part of a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
He was absent from this week's council meeting, but will return for next week's meeting, she said. While the mayor's job is to run council meetings, it is also to be an ambassador for Long Beach, Toda said.
The mayor doesn't have a vote, so his presence may not be a necessity at council meetings anyway.
Toda said the mayor focuses on spreading awareness of Long Beach's new role and image, such as business and tourism.
"What the mayor always talks about is when people think about the city of Long Beach, they always think about how Long Beach is the Navy town," Toda said. "Since the Navy left, we've changed.
"The mayor is being an ambassador to remind everyone that we're certainly a different city."
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A different kind of Long Beach ambassador is getting some local recognition.
Not since the rapper Snoop Dogg has a single man put Long Beach on the map the way West Coast Choppers owner Jesse James has.
The council voted unanimously Tuesday night to rename a small section of Oregon Avenue between Anaheim and 12th streets as West Coast Choppers Place to honor the business that is next to the roadway.
West Coast Choppers is featured with James on the show, "Jesse James Is a Dead Man." If you haven't seen it, the show airs on Spike TV.
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If you're a Long Beach city employee, or just a concerned resident, here's a reminder of exactly whose money is getting spent at City Hall - taxpayers', which probably means you. Now here's a reminder to keep an eye on it.
International Fraud Awareness Week began Sunday and ends Saturday, and City Auditor Laura Doud is participating to raise awareness of her fraud hotline. She has been distributing posters and brochures in city offices throughout Long Beach, e-mailing community leaders, and airing a 30-second public service announcement on cable television, YouTube and the city's Web site, www.longbeach.gov.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A new voxel-wise image analysis technique, parametric response map (PRM), can be used to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotype and provide information about the extent and location of disease and its progression, according to research published online Oct. 7 in Nature Medicine.
Craig J. Galbán, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues conducted a study involving 194 individuals with COPD from the COPDGene study to determine whether using the PRM technique on whole-lung computed tomography (CT) images taken during inspiration and expiration could be used to accurately detect COPD phenotype and disease progression.
Using this new image analysis technique, the researchers were able to identify the extent of functional small airways disease (fSAD) and emphysema. CT-based evidence indicated the fSAD preceded emphysema with increasing severity of COPD.
"PRM is a versatile imaging biomarker capable of diagnosing disease extent and phenotype while providing detailed spatial information of disease distribution and location," the authors write. "PRM's ability to differentiate between specific COPD phenotypes will allow for more accurate diagnosis of individual patients, complementing standard clinical techniques."
Several authors disclosed ties to the underlying technology, which has been licensed to Imbio, in which some of the authors have a financial interest.
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Ontario First Nation Leadership Statement of Support for the KI 6
TORONTO, April 3 – First Nations leadership met yesterday in Thunder Bay to discuss the imprisonment of First Nation leaders for protecting their constitutional rights. On March 17, 2008, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Chief Donny Morris, Deputy Chief Jack McKay, Councillor Cecilia Begg, Councillor Darryl Sainnawap, and community member Bruce Sakakeep were sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of court. The Court system and their interpretation of the Rule of Law does not accommodate First Nation laws and rights. By definition the "Rule of Law" should and must include the recognition of First Nation constitutional rights contained in the Constitution Act, 1982. Much of Canadian statutory law and regulations pre-date the 1982 recognition of aboriginal and treaty rights even though such rights have been in existence prior to Canada forming as a state. A review to determine whether federal and provincial laws conform with section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 has not been done.
The lack of federal and provincial law conformance with aboriginal and treaty rights forces judges and the courts to impose a discriminatory form of justice. First Nations people are characterized as disrespecting Canadian laws. In fact, First Nations leaders such as the KI 6 are acting in accordance with their own laws and rights.
In the majority of instances, conflicts between First Nations peoples and Canadian governments end up adjudicated in provincial or federal courts instead of impartial tribunals. Provincial and federal courts are established to administer and enforce provincial and federal laws so First Nations peoples and their rights are always going to be at a disadvantage.
The First Nation leaders that gathered in Thunder Bay were unanimous in their support for the jailed KI leadership (KI 6) and expressed considerable respect and support for the determination of this group of First Nation heroes. They are heroes because they stood up for what they believe in. As First Nation peoples we derive our survival and very identity from the land. It is incumbent upon us to protect the land for the survival of our future generations.
What the provincial government has done is that they have jailed respected First Nation leaders for protecting their land and standing up for the values and beliefs that they hold dear. This solves nothing. It deters no First Nation from taking action to protect their land. What they have accomplished is to push First Nations past the breaking point of frustration. The First Nations leadership that met in Thunder Bay have said "enough is enough", so much has been taken from First Nations from the time of contact and now our people will be jailed for protecting what little we have left. We won't sit idly by while such blatantly unfair and unacceptable acts are committed against our First Nation brothers and sisters.
In support of the people of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the jailed KI 6 leaders, First Nations in Ontario determined they will act collectively to express visible and loud support through rallies and demonstrations commencing immediately and continuing until the KI prisoners are released.
Other actions and demands of support expressed by the Ontario First Nations leadership include a demand that the Provincial government withdraw the mining permits issued on the lands of KI. Furthermore, the First Nations leaders support the demand of the KI peoples to be reimbursed for all of the litigation and related costs for asserting and protecting their rights.
First Nations in Ontario note the silence of the Federal Government as negligent and dishonourable conduct. The federal government is the partner in the Treaty 9 relationship between the KI peoples and the Crown yet the federal government has not acted as a fiduciary and treaty partner to ensure that the provincial government and Platinex, a Canadian corporate entity, respects the constitutionally guaranteed treaty rights of the KI peoples. First Nations leadership in Ontario demand that the federal government act in a responsible and honourable manner to facilitate an acceptable solution in this matter.
The following is the banking information for the KI Legal Fund for those able to make a financial contribution:
For further information: Pam Hunter, (416) 597-1266; or Policy Advisor, (613) 203-3233
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>> Jil Sander's third and most comprehensive +J collection for Uniqlo — 169 pieces — hits stores on Oct. 7, one year to the day after the premiere collection's launch.
Sander, who has signed on to do the collection through 2013, introduced her Fall 2010 offering to Hilary Alexander. The palette runs black, navy, white, silver-grey, beige, and all shades of blue — "Storm to sky," Sander says. There's a silvery down jacket with little leggings ("almost couture," Sander notes); a midnight felt coat, with detachable gilet and hood ("the most expensive felt, and real buttons, NOT plastic, which we hate"); a black wool and cashmere jacket ("very Jil Sander"); duffle coats in pewter wool, tight-fitted, and high-waisted ("they could be £2,000 at designer level"). The collection ranges from $15.90 for cut-and-sewn to $229.90 for outerwear.


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The Geneva, Zurich and Basel, Switzerland facilities of Jet Aviation are undergoing a face lift, with emphasis on the lobbies and customer and crew lounges. Basel's MRO facility will get a new reception area with customer seating, new customer and crew lounges and business center facilities on the first floor.
According to a spokesman, the company is implementing a worldwide standardization plan with the same design style, textures, colors and flooring in all lobby areas. Customer and crew lounges will have similar colors, furniture and fixtures. Completion of the Geneva and Basel facility enhancements and expansion is scheduled for year-end; the Zurich facility is scheduled for completion next spring. "These facility upgrades will provide maximum style and comfort to ensure a premium customer experience," he said. "Regardless of which Jet Aviation facility customers visit worldwide, they'll recognize the Jet Aviation design and feel welcome and relaxed."
Jet Aviation expects to complete the company-wide FBO and MRO refurbishment in 2015.


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A vetoed gun-rights act has Missouri attorneys pondering Civil War-era questions of nullification, a loaded term that evokes secession.
Legal scholars say the act is largely symbolic. Proponents in the House are poised to override the veto and say the act merely shores up Missouri's commitment to constitutional gun protections. And one St. Louis attorney is preparing to file a lawsuit in federal court if the Legislature overrides the veto.
The Missouri House of Representatives passed HB 436, known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act, on April 18 with a vote of 115 to 41. The Senate approved an amended version of the bill May 2, with a vote of 26 to 6, and the House approved the Senate's changes 116 to 38 on May 8. On July 5, Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed it, calling it unconstitutional and in violation of the Supremacy Clause, which spells out that federal law supersedes state law.
The Legislature's veto session begins Sept. 11. An Associated Press poll of legislators found that the veto is likely to be overridden, and the bill's sponsor, Rep. Doug Funderburk, R-St. Peters, calls an override "imminent." By his count, he says, the veto will not stand. A two-thirds vote of the Legislature is required to override a veto.
Funderburk said he doesn't see the bill as nullifying anything.
"What the bill does is positions Missouri to have standing to protect all Missourians, should the federal government decide to go down the course of people who literally just want to take your guns away," he said in an interview. "It does nothing to intervene with reasonable regulations."
Funderburk, who is openly critical of Congress, says that the law is merely a way for the state to stake a claim to the Second Amendment, no matter what "Congress, in its infinite wisdom" might do in the future.
"It just gives Missouri standing in a situation where we might feel someone's rights are being offended, abused or taken away by the federal government," he said.
Attorney Stanley Cox, a Republican from Sedalia, voted for the bill.
"I think there is a concern that the current president is not supportive of the Second Amendment," Cox said in an interview. He also said that Nixon is not a Second Amendment supporter.
HB 436, Cox said, "simply clarifies the sovereignty of the people of Missouri. It clarifies that the supreme law of the land is the Constitution, not the executive or even the federal government."
The bill specifically calls out the provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968, which were the first federal laws relating to gun control. HB 436 says that "Any official, agent, or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any of the infringements on the right to keep and bear arms … is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor."
Funderburk said that HB 436 could see Missouri law enforcement arresting federal agents, "if the federal government wants to take it to that level. They will have a very clear understanding of what the law of the land is, and they will have to decide to violate it."
Burton Newman of the St. Louis Lawyers Group, whose wife is state Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis, has long fought for gun control in Missouri. He said he's satisfied that there is "sufficient legal basis for the court to find the entire Bill 436 unconstitutional" both under the state and federal Constitutions, and intends to file a lawsuit in federal court if the veto is overridden.
"If the Legislature does not uphold the veto, this particular statute will be declared unconstitutional," he said.
"A state law that attempts to undermine federal law will not be upheld," he said. "Here, they're not only attempting to undermine federal law, they're attempting to eliminate federal law."
Newman contends that the law would criminalize federal gun law enforcement. He said it brings to mind the attempt in Little Rock, Ark., to defy the Supreme Court's school desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education.
"The Supremacy Clause is there; it's always been there," Newman said. He calls the act a clear attempt at state nullification of federal law, which is a cut-and-dried overreach.
Rep. Kevin McManus, a Kansas City attorney and a Democrat who voted against HB 436, said in an interview that a "political calculus" was at play in passing the act.
"I have to take an oath of office to support constitutional legislation," he said. "This is one where it doesn't fit that qualification."
McManus said that he is a Second Amendment supporter, but that HB 436 overreaches the state's authority and isn't necessary.
"We spent a lot of time focusing on problems that don't exist," he said. "We like to talk about being job creators, and I think what we're really doing is creating jobs for lawyers."
The act states that the supremacy of the federal Constitution "does not apply to various federal statutes, orders, rules, regulations, or other actions which restrict or prohibit the manufacture, ownership, and use of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition exclusively within the borders of Missouri." Those, it says, "exceed the powers granted to the federal government."
Gladstone attorney Kevin L. Jamison, a supporter of the vetoed act and a self-described "gun guy," said that characterizing it as nullification is "hysteria." The bill, he says, is "largely symbolic." It invalidates any federal act that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of Missourians, he said, but doesn't trample federal law.
"It doesn't have to be a constitutional conflict," Jamison said. "The bill says that any federal act that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of Missourians is invalid."
Jamison said that the law is "a cheerleader effort for the Heller and McDonald decisions." District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago are recent Supreme Court cases that struck down city handgun bans as running afoul of the Second Amendment.
"It's mostly a symbolic thing, and something the Legislature does from time to time, in this case putting the federal government on notice that they cannot go any further," he said. "This may be a speed bump to the federal government, but 50 speed bumps" could have a significant impact, he said.
The National Rifle Association, according to spokeswoman Jacqueline Isaacs, takes no position on the act.
Anders Walker is a professor of law at Saint Louis University, with focuses in constitutional law, criminal law and legal history. Nullification becomes an issue if Missouri law enforcement attempts to actually stop federal law enforcement, he said. HB 436 edges close to nullification, but it would be more of a political statement than a major change.
"We happen to have a law in Missouri that declares that life begins at the moment of conception," Walker said in an interview. "That's a political statement. Even though it can be seen as rejecting the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade, it's on the books and it's a statement of our political beliefs. And this would be similar."
Walker drew a comparison between the act and state decriminalization of marijuana.
"Washington State can decide not to arrest people for violating federal marijuana possession laws," he said. But it remains a federal crime, and federal law enforcement can still bust people, no matter what the state says.
"What Missouri cannot do — and I think this is why the governor vetoed the bill — is stop federal law enforcement from enforcing federal law," Walker said. "They can theoretically agree not to cooperate by simply telling the ATF that they're not going to pursue people who may or may not have illegal guns, but the idea that they could actually stop a federal agent is unconstitutional."
Constitutional scholar Allen Rostron at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is the William R. Jacques Constitutional Law Scholar and professor of law, and previously worked as a senior staff attorney at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. He points out that Montana and Kansas have enacted similar laws, which haven't yet faced federal challenges.
For now, he said, "the federal government doesn't seem to be interested, to the extent that other states have passed laws."
Observers are keeping a close eye on neighboring Kansas, where a new law says: "Any act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the second amendment to the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas."
Attorney General Eric Holder wrote to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, calling that law unconstitutional, according to media reports.
"The legal challenge to the Kansas statute is going to tell us a lot about how these things are going to go," Jamison said.
Funderburk, for one, isn't worried.
"Attorney General Holder said he's not going to recognize this [Kansas] law, but you know what? At the same time I see states across the country legalizing marijuana and the federal government isn't doing much about it."
Editor's Note: This story was reprinted with permission from Missouri Lawyers Weekly.


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Democrats and the left wing faithful from sea to shining sea just love to accuse Republicans of waging war against this and that.
They accuse us of waging war on the planet by using the exact same fossil fuels to support the exact same lifestyles they live.
They accuse us of waging war on minorities because we like the idea of showing a photo ID when casting a vote. You know, kinda like other countries all over the world.
But their made up "War on Women" is the one that gets me.
Especially in light of a recent vote in California where Democrats voted to kill a bill meant to outlaw Sex-Selection Abortions.
You want to talk about a war on women?
The war in which millions of women are actually dying simply because of the fact they happen to be women.
The one being waged right here in this sick, twisted country of ours by those righteous Democrats who look down their noses at the rest of us.
According to U.N. estimates upwards of 200 million babies have been terminated simply because they were the wrong gender.
Even countries like China and India have outlawed this barbaric practice and there's growing evidence that women from those countries are now coming to California where it's perfectly legal to kill a baby simply for being an unwanted little girl.
And those righteous Democrats are leading the way.
What a sad, pathetic place we've allowed this country to become...
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Phil Simms once again finds himself at the top of the Showtime 'NFL Picks' ledger, ahead of both Sapp and Collinsworth. Notable is that he is in 101st place out of ~41,000 entrants. That is no black swan, that is simply good analysis.
1) Injury/Helmet comments– enforcing a rule already in there. The game is played too high, stop hitting and tackling players high. It is about safety. When it is all over, players will thank the NFL for protecting them. It started with Safeties intimidating WRs, then went to LBers blowing up guys over the middle, then not enough sacking QBs but instead knocking them out. So this will stop some of that.
2) MIA-PIT. Miami has some holes. Henne is not throwing as well as he should be. He has a little wiggle in his throwing motion. You can throw the ball on Pittsburgh. They are not rushing the passer as well, their blitzing is not effective. WRs not great. Wallace is fast but not a good route-runner. Roethlisberger is one of the 5 best QBs in the NFL, tough, knows system well, good throwing abiity, very accurate, and he is BIG, you can't teach BIG.
3) BAL found a tough Patriot team, NEtook over (in last week's game), dominated play. NE rotates their players, very deep team, play harder, longer, than anyone else. Flacco is getting better. Ravens are a solid team.
4) Small QBshave such a tough time making it in the league. Everyone points to Drew Brees as the role model, but he stands tall, he has the arm of someone who is 6'5″, he has big hands, he is a very good athlete. The reference was to Colt McCoy starting in Cleveland. McCoy is 6'1″ and that is always going to be a hurdle for him making it in the NFL. Simms was not writing him or any other undersized QB off, but merely was pointing out that it is simply more difficult for these players to make it to the elite level required for success.
5) Jets- not sharp last week vs DEN, yet it broke for them, they found a way to win. VG good team with explosive players, they have a lot of ways to win. Sanchez has not been sharp, the rest/time off will be good for him during this bye week.
6) SD-NE– San Diego's WRs (Floyd) are very good, DE is undersized but looking as good as they have been in years. Special teams have faltered because there is too much turnover and injuries. The Rams beat the Chargers flat out across the board. There was one QB in the draft, Sam Bradford. Physically Bradford was head and shoulders above the rest in this year's draft. Cunningham, McCourtey, Spikes… these players for NE are getting better, progressing. Belichick has found his new set of players. His LBers and DEs are flexible. They do not yet have the "homerun hitters," the impact players. Is McCourtey the next Ty Law? You need an LT or Reggie White that is so good that it takes opponents' attention and allows the rest of the defense to play well.
7) NFL QBs. Tom Brady is hitting guys RIGHT IN STRIDE. Norv Turner remarks how well Brady plays when he makes just a few good throws. A lot of QBs are in the NFL who can throw the ball well. 20 QBs on the 32 teams are locked into their team. This league is not QB-challenged.
8) Simms did not talk DAL-NYG here this morning. He did make his comments on Showtime. He looks for Dallas to beat the Giants: "If the Giants win, it would be over for the Cowboys for sure.. I am going to take the Dallas Cowboys because of what it stands for, being 1-4, down there, and there are still a lot of good players on that team."


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In-Hand Images: Takara Tomy Transformers Go! G20 Sensuimaru and Swordbot Shinobi Team Combined
Friday, September 20th, 2013 10:56PM CDTCategory: Toy News
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Posted by RAcast on September 20th, 2013 @ 11:43pm CDT
On the combined modes? Definitely better than the Samurai team!
Posted by Sabrblade on September 20th, 2013 @ 11:56pm CDT
Issho! Sanjou Gattai!
Kabuto Sochaku!
Sanjou Gattai! GoGekisou!
Issho! Sanjou Gattai!
Kabuto Sochaku!
Sanjou Gattai! GoHishou!
Issho! Sanjou Gattai!
Kabuto Sochaku!
Sanjou Gattai! GoSensui!
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2013 @ 12:03am CDT
MINDVVIPE wrote:fenrir72 wrote:MINDVVIPE wrote:Nice! Now Turd 1 can join Turd 2 and Turd 3 to form Turd Max
WoW! You already own one? What's he like? The transform sequence and the details of construction/design of the figure?
I'd like to know so I can cancel my pre-order asap.
Yea, some guy gave em to me, but they sucked so much, I threw it back in his face and it left an aweful mess. Also, WoW? Not everything is world of warcraft.
Finally the turd, well the "third" member HAS been released. And he looks god@mned awful as a single bot but combine, speaks of coolness as a ninja bot.
As mentioned in my previous post, pics don't do justice to the actual product but in this case, I'll make an exception
The bird and the shark are already on the way from amiami. Just can't wait to combine all three.
Posted by optimuscarlos on September 21st, 2013 @ 12:13am CDT
Three crapy bots that combine into one real big crapy mess.
No thanks.
Posted by optimuscarlos on September 21st, 2013 @ 12:13am CDT
Posted by xyl360 on September 21st, 2013 @ 12:27am CDT
optimuscarlos wrote:not offense to anyone, just my opinion.
No dude, I'm deeply offended. How DARE you have an opinion. Don't you know that's illegal on most planets? Hehe, just kidding (obviously).
I kinda gotta agree with you though. As much as I loves me some beast bots and some funky colored bots and especially some funky colored beast bots, these guys are just sorta "meh". I'm still getting them mind you, but they are going to stay in their funky beast modes never to be combined or transformed into those god awful, long legged, disproportionate individual bot modes.
I have the first set (the cars) and I played with it for a bit and then tossed it in my pile-o-toys-that-are-one-step-away-from-the-parts-bin-to-be-kitbashed (I really gotta come up with a better name for that pile of toys, it's far too lengthy and difficult to remember ). If I don't gain any interest in them soon, I'll be taking my screwdriver to them and dismantling them to use their remains as parts for some kitbash, perhaps for my ongoing behemoth of a combiner project that I've been working on here and there.
Posted by Mykltron on September 21st, 2013 @ 4:59am CDT
optimuscarlos wrote:OK, I know some of you like these things. But as for me, these is just lame.
Three crapy bots that combine into one real big crapy mess.
No thanks.
You said it!
"I tell you, she had legs up to HERE"
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2013 @ 5:57am CDT
Posted by Agamemnon on September 21st, 2013 @ 6:05am CDT
RAcast wrote:On Sensuimaru... He's got a BIG head and tiny arms!
And he's just not sure how well this plan was thought out...Master?
(And as others have said, they also have some very long legs and tiny torsos.)
Posted by RhA on September 21st, 2013 @ 6:43am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 21st, 2013 @ 7:43am CDT
RhA wrote:Today on Transformers GO! Sensuimaru fights his most challenging moment yet- FINDING A PAIR OF PANTS THAT FIT!Sensuimaru will go pants-less if he wants to and be darn proud of it.
Posted by Metrosuplex on September 21st, 2013 @ 11:07am CDT
This guy reminds me of Energon combiners. That's not a good thing.
I'd love to try him out and join the ranks of "he looks like crap and so I am buying him! HYUCK!" But for the import money? You guys should consider passing - unless he's that much more amazing in hand and you do a 180 on your negative remarks.
There's better 3rd Party stuff, honestly.
Posted by Toralei_De_Nile on September 21st, 2013 @ 12:41pm CDT
On a plus note, the plastic look nice and sturdy, that is one thing I missed from the unicron trilogy lines.
Posted by Mindmaster on September 21st, 2013 @ 1:07pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on September 21st, 2013 @ 5:17pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2013 @ 8:34pm CDT
I for one miss official TF combiners in the market (FOC Bruticus not included) and if these sets sell to a profit for Tomy/Hasbro(well maybe Tomy), we'll be seeing more of them in the future.
P.S. If you read my post on Gekisoumaru part, he does look sucky individually (like a pregnant man) hence I'll be keeping them combined.
Posted by Agamemnon on September 21st, 2013 @ 8:52pm CDT
If you want to recommend that the long legs are not as noticeable by having the product in hand, making that sort of comment makes sense. But please don't tell us not to judge these (especially in bold text.) We all get to have our opinion, even if we don't have the figure in hand.
Thank you!
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2013 @ 9:06pm CDT
Agamemnon wrote:I think we are in our rights to judge the product based on pictures. There are a lot of things vying for our hard earned dollars. I have often used Seibertron's extensive galleries to both be put off of figures and be excited by them. The long legs comments have been mentioned by many. I don't think it is an unfair comment.
If you want to recommend that the long legs are not as noticeable by having the product in hand, making that sort of comment makes sense. But please don't tell us not to judge these (especially in bold text.) We all get to have our opinion, even if we don't have the figure in hand.
Thank you!
Pictures don't always tell the WHOLE story. Nowhere did I say to DISREGARD the long legs. I even mentioned that the components themselves were made to be combined, hence they do not look good individually.
If you want to buy it then fine, if not, well no great loss either. Money is scarce, I agree and pics are but one factor in your choosing a product but I have through the years come to discover "you can't immediately judge the book by its cover".
What you should do is first go to the hobby store that sells one then inspect the misb item first. Eyeball it then do the final judgement before buying.Deciding just by the pics itself is just.......seems kind of rushed, unless the real reason for holding back is the import price then that should be the final arbiter for your decision. Imports are really expensive that being the case.
Posted by Agamemnon on September 21st, 2013 @ 9:17pm CDT
Every picture I see of these shows that the legs appear to be proportionally too long in individual bot mode which makes those modes look very weird. (That also seems to be echoed by a lot of other people.) This also makes a lot of sense as these are combiners. It doesn't change the fact that the legs appear to be unusually long. I do not need to have the product in hand to express this opinion nor be bothered by it.
I don't even say that others should be bothered by it. Certainly, others may like it just fine. You may have your opinion for it, but don't appear to attack others for their opinion just because you disagree with it.
Posted by fenrir72 on September 21st, 2013 @ 10:10pm CDT


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Iraqi leader\'s son warns against Israeli imports
Uday Saddam Hussein, eldest son of the Iraqi leader, has warned against imports of Israeli goods through Russian middlemen, in a report to parliament that was published on Thursday. Uday urged the commerce ministry to vet the suppliers of sanctions-hit Iraq under the UN oil-for-food program.
"Several Russian companies operate for US or British firms that are boycotted by Iraq, and some are even financed by Jewish businessmen or traders in goods from the Zionist entity," he said, in the report carried in Babel, a paper run by Uday.
The report submitted to parliament at the end of December accuses the commerce ministry of importing "low quality ... or rotting goods" for the rationing system in force since UN sanctions were imposed for Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Iraq is authorized to export crude under UN supervision to finance imports of essential goods for its 22-million population. — (AFP, Baghdad)
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KWAME HOLMAN: An Afghan government spokesman insisted today President Hamid Karzai is committed to fighting terror. Afghan lawmakers had said Karzai had threatened to join the Taliban unless the U.S. and others stop pressing him on reform.
But the spokesman denied it. He said, "That comment, whoever has come up with it, doesn't make sense."
On Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs voiced new concerns about Karzai. He insisted the U.S. might cancel the Afghan leader's planned visit next month. Meanwhile, NATO reported another service member killed today in the south, the ninth this month.
In Iraq, funerals were held in Baghdad a day after bombings killed 54 people. Hundreds of mourners marched in tribute to the victims. About 120 Iraqis have been killed in and around Baghdad in the last five days. Iraqi officials said militants are trying to undermine efforts to form a new government.
In Thailand, the government declared a state of emergency after protesters broke into parliament. A group known as the Red Shirts stormed the building, forcing lawmakers to flee by helicopter or by scaling the compound's walls. The prime minister said the four-week-old protests had gone too far.
ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, prime minister of Thailand: (through translator): The protesters are breaking more and more laws, especially in the past few days. They disobeyed law enforcement officers on duty. And, today, they even trespassed on an important government location. That is the case where they trespassed into the parliament.
KWAME HOLMAN: The decree allows the government to impose curfews, ban gatherings of more than five people, and censor any media that could cause panic. The Red Shirts support a prime minister who was ousted in 2006. They're demanding new elections.
General Motors will pay off $6.7 billion in government loans by this June. That would be five years ahead of schedule. The automaker also reported today it could return to profitability later this year. GM said it lost $4.3 billion in the last half of 2009, but it said sales and production have increased since then.
A Toyota executive warned the company to come clean about accelerator problems just before Toyota announced a huge recall. The Associated Press reported today the warning was contained in an internal e-mail by Irv Miller, a company vice president. He since has retired. In the e-mail, Miller said, "We are not protecting our costumers by keeping this quiet."
The automaker had no immediate response to the report.
For the record, Toyota is an underwriter of the "NewsHour."
The former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan today defended his actions during the run-up to the financial crisis. He appeared before a bipartisan commission at a hearing focused on subprime mortgages. Those loans went bad in droves and fueled the meltdown in 2008. The panel's chairman said it was the Fed's fault. Greenspan blamed mortgage lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for pushing the risky loans.
PHIL ANGELIDES, chairman, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: Mr. Chairman, why, in the face of all that, did you not act to contain abusive, deceptive subprime lending? Why did you allow it to become such an infection in the marketplace?
ALAN GREENSPAN, former federal reserve chairman: I think things were better than they would have been. Were they enough to stop the surge in subprime lending? They were not.
And the reason for that is the extraordinary changes that were going in the marketplace, and, indeed, the actions of Fannie and Freddie, which we didn't know about until September 2009, which altered the structure of that market from what was in, say, prior to 2002, a small, well-functioning institution.
KWAME HOLMAN: Greenspan conceded he did make mistakes, but he said, if the Fed had cracked down during the housing boom, then, in his words, "The Congress would have clamped down on us."
Separately, the current Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, said today there's no sign yet of a sustained recovery in housing. In a Dallas speech, he also warned, government leaders will have to rein in Medicare and Social Security to control huge deficits.
The Federal Reserve reported today that consumer borrowing fell again in February. It was down for the 12th time in 13 months, a sign of continuing weakness in the economy. The news helped send the Wall — send Wall Street into a slide. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 72 points to close at 10897. The Nasdaq fell five points to close at 2431.
The FBI has arrested a California man for making dozens of threatening calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over health care reform. The bureau confirmed it today. On Tuesday, a Washington State man was charged with threatening Democratic Senator Patty Murray, also over health care.
In another development, five more states joined a lawsuit against the new health care law. It charges the overhaul violates states' rights. In all, 19 state attorneys general have filed suit. Most are Republicans.
In women's college basketball, Connecticut defeated Stanford last night 53-47, claiming its seventh national title. The Huskies rallied after scoring just 12 points in the first half. They finished with an undefeated record this season and 78 straight wins overall. The last time the UConn women lost was in 2008 to Stanford.
Those are some of the day's main stories. I will be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you will find tonight on the NewsHour's Web site.


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WIPP Proved Richardson as Compromise Artist
By Thomas J. Cole
Journal Investigative Reporter
Even before his election to Congress in 1982, Bill Richardson was in a box over an issue that would dog him for nearly two decades.
It was the opening near Carlsbad of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, an underground landfill for plutonium-contaminated waste and other radioactive materials used in building nuclear weapons.
How Richardson handled the issue is an illustration of his pragmatic political style.
Many voters in his district and elsewhere in New Mexico supported WIPP because of the needed disposal space, jobs the plant would create and other economic benefits.
But others notably in Albuquerque and Richardson's left-leaning adopted hometown of Santa Fe were opposed because of environmental and safety concerns.
"I've got people in Carlsbad mad at me for delaying it (WIPP's opening), and I've got some of you mad at me for not doing enough to kill it," Richardson said in 1988. "I'm in the middle getting squeezed to death."
During his first run for the House in 1980 and again during the 1982 campaign that sent him to Congress, Richardson said he opposed WIPP.
But his position softened over the ensuing years, demonstrating Richardson's ability to mold a compromise position that gives each side something but not one side everything and allows Richardson to escape with his political hide.
WIPP supporters got what they wanted most the opening of the plant in 1999.
For those people who had environmental concerns, Richardson fought for and got beefed-up safety rules for the operation of WIPP.
He also helped secure hundreds of millions of federal dollars in compensation for New Mexico hosting the plant and to improve highways on which the waste would be trucked.
Melanie Kenderdine, who worked on Richardson's staff in the House, said the congressman practiced the art of compromise in the WIPP controversy.
"That type of ability is very important to good governance," Kenderdine said.
WIPP is a Department of Energy facility. Ironically, Richardson, then out of Congress, was energy secretary on the day the plant received its first shipment of waste in March 1999.


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D.H. Lawrence's famous short story, set against the background of the First World War, and examining the quintessence of Englishness, relationships and paternity in an idyllic rural setting.
Egbert and Winifred are deeply in love when they first marry and settle in the picturesque thatched cottage which Winifred's father has given her on his estate. But as their relationships develops and alters, and as they have children and become increasingly dependent financially on Winifred's father, the cracks in their relationship become ever deeper.
An accident involving their eldest daughter compounds the problem...and then when war breaks out and Egbert becomes a soldier, things change for ever.
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RIT Breaks Hex, Will Play for First Title, NCAA Bid
by Sal Maiorana/Special to CHN
ROCHESTER, N.Y. RIT goalie Jared DeMichiel knows all about the Tigers' rather gory history at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial, because he's lived through most of it.
Entering Friday afternoon's Atlantic Hockey semifinal tournament game against New York Thruway rival Canisius, RIT had lost in its last five trips into the big barn downtown.
And in the last two defeats, to Colgate earlier this season and to Mercyhurst in the AHA semifinals in 2009, DeMichiel gave up a goal in the first minute of play.
"It was in the back of my mind a little bit," DeMichiel said. So imagine what he was thinking when he saw Canisius' Scott Moser barreling in on a breakaway 28 seconds into the game.
"I knew they were excited to play, and I told myself before the game my team is going to play great in front of me and maybe I need to make a couple good saves," DeMichiel said. "One of them came earlier than expected."
DeMichiel got his glove on Moser's shot, and that was about as close as the Golden Griffins came to scoring the rest of the way as DeMichiel finished with 20 saves in an easy 4-0 victory.
In snapping their BCA hex, the Tigers (24-11-1) stretched their winning streak to nine games, the longest active run in Division I hockey, and they moved into the AHA championship game where they will take on Sacred Heart.
Should they win their first AHA tournament title, the Tigers would advance to the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time since moving up to the top level in 2005. Sacred Heart has never made it either.
It's not like DeMichiel, or any of his teammates, were focusing on their past problems in the arena, but it was hard to avoid.
"You try to put it aside and try to approach every single game like it's the last one," said senior captain defenseman Dan Ringwald. "Especially for the seniors it's in the back of your mind and you can't ignore it; we've struggled here in the past. You try to just focus, we had a great week of practice and we talked about it before the game. We just felt ready to go."
After Moser's near miss, the Tigers dominated as they played most of the rest of the first period in Canisius' end, and the result was goals 52 seconds apart by Tyler Brenner and Taylor McReynolds.
Brenner made a nifty between-the-legs deflection of Ringwald's shot from the left circle on a power play, and then McReynolds' tipped in Mike Janda's shot from the right point, and the Griffs (17-14-6) were pretty much done.
Andrew Favot made it 3-0 midway through the second period with RIT enjoying a 5-on-3 man advantage. He was parked on the right side of the crease and converted a perfect feed from Ringwald.
Alan Mazur wrapped it up with six minutes remaining when his low slapshot from the point on yet another power play appeared to carom off a Canisius player in front and past goalie Dan Morrison.
"I thought we played very well," said RIT coach Wayne Wilson. "The first couple shifts they came at us really hard, but we weathered the storm and then we fell into the game the way we like to play it. We were very aggressive offensively, we created some power plays for ourselves, and we were capitalizing."
RIT went 3-for-8 with the man advantage while it killed all seven of Canisius' power plays.
"Some things didn't go our way tonight," said Canisius coach Dave Smith, whose team was 0-3 against RIT this year, was outscored 13-4, and did not score one goal at even-strength. "They won a lot of puck battles and they deserved to win tonight."


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It is a riches to rags to riches story: just over a year after being seriously hit by the financial crisis and having to lay off 40% of its staff, Renaissance Capital (RenCap) is betting on growth and ready to go on a hiring spree. The Moscow-based investment bank is recruiting people in Russia and former Soviet countries but over half of the new hires will be abroad, especially in Africa where RenCap expects strong growth and significant opportunities.
"The pre-crisis plan was to become the leading emerging markets investment bank and that is still the strategy, – says Roland Nash, head of strategy at RenCap in Moscow. – The financial crisis has put us back about a year, but with the new hiring we will be expanding dramatically outside our traditional Commonwealth of Independent States boundary."
RenCap now has five offices in Africa (Lagos, Accra, Lusaka, Nairobi and Harare) and employs 75 people, but the headcount is expected to grow to 600 within five years. "We have 600 people working in Russia at present and we believe our African business can become just as large, both in terms of revenues and staff," says Quinn Martin, company spokesman.
RenCap is beefing up capabilities especially in the oil and gas and in the metals and mining sectors, "not just advisory work but also research, specialist sales and investment banking," says Martin. Last year, using its CIS connections, RenCap sold Camec, mining assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Mozambique, for $980m to Eurasian, a Kazakhstan mining company. In 2009 Africa delivered strong results for the bank at a time when Russia, as Martin puts it, "was a wash-out. Diversification really helped us."
In Africa "we are strengthening the offices we have already and also opening new ones in new countries," says Martin, adding that they will be hiring across the continent. "We do not do fly-in fly-out investment banking. People who do work in Africa live in Africa, from our regional Ceo Andrew Lowe to the analysts and researchers. We are looking for top-class professionals, like South Africans who are interested in working in the continent, local people with investment banking skills and also international people in London, New York or elsewhere."
RenCap is casting its net wide and is also prepared to pay competitive rates to attract the best talent.
Nigeria, already the biggest market in Africa for the bank, is a particular focus. RenCap expects Nigeria to overtake South Africa as the continent's biggest economy within a couple of years.
The bank also expects strong growth in Kenya. "The last two years have been very challenging for the investment banking industry in Kenya, but now we are seeing very positive signs and a rebound in economic activity," says Patrick Mweheire, RenCap's MD for East Africa.
"Corporate managers are considering expansion locally and regionally to boost earnings growth. This will definitely drive up the need for investment banking services in Kenya and the East African region. In addition, we are seeing a lot of renewed interest in sub-Saharan Africa in general and East Africa in particular from private equity funds."


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The owners of a cat that went missing four years ago got a late surprise Christmas present when they were reunited with her the day after Boxing Day.
Willow, who is now 10 years old, disappeared after being let out to play from her home in Princetown, Devon, in 2007.
The black cat was one of three that vanished from the same street within months of each other.
While one of them turned up in Taunton, Somerset, Willow was finally found in Plymouth.
"It's really only sinking in now, but it's the best Christmas present ever," owner Cristel Worth said.
"How she managed to stray from Princetown to, about 20 miles away, to get to Elburton, I have no idea."
Willow was taken in six months ago by a family until a space became available at a nearby animal rescue centre.
But it was not until last week that the Gables Farm Dogs' and Cats' Home finally identified her thanks to an implanted microchip.
Mrs Worth said she was with her husband, Mark, and their two young daughters when she received the call from the charity last Tuesday.
"We had almost given up hope that we would ever find her again and it was a really wonderful experience to know that she had finally come home," she said.
"I wish she [Willow] spoke, as all we know is that for the last six months she's been living in Elburton, but the previous 3½ years are a mystery."
She added: "I'm not sure what has happened to her during the last four years but she does seem a lot more timid than before she left our family ... She's now getting lots and lots of TLC, lots of cuddles and more cats' toys than you could imagine."


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ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany Police Chief Steven Krokoff and members of the Albany Police Department will honor the life and service of Lieutenant John Finn with a blood drive Friday.
This year marks the ten year anniversary that Lt. Finn gave his life serving the residents of Albany.
The drive will be held at Albany Elks Lodge #49, 25 South Allen Street in Albany on Friday, February 14 from 11:30 a.m. until 5:15 p.m.


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– AT&T1 today announced it will offer iPhone 5s, the most forward-thinking smartphone in the world, and iPhone 5c, the most colorful iPhone yet, beginning Friday, Sept. 20. AT&T has the nation's fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network2 and offers qualified customers the ability with AT&T Next to purchase iPhone with no money down and upgrade after one year3.
In addition to low monthly installments with AT&T Next, iPhone 5s will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model and $399 for the 64GB model, and iPhone 5c will be available for a suggested retail price of $99 for the 16GB model and $199 for the 32GB model at www.att.com and in company owned retail stores with a two-year agreement. In addition, iPhone 4s will be available for $0.99 with two-year agreement4. Customers can pre-order iPhone 5c beginning Friday, Sept. 13 at www.att.com/iphone.
With the launch of the new iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c and iOS 7, Apple is ushering in the next generation of mobile computing, delivering an incredible new hardware and software experience that only Apple could create. iPhone 5s redefines the best smartphone experience in the world with amazing new features all packed into a remarkable thin and light design, including the Apple-designed A7 64-bit chip, all-new 8 megapixel iSight camera with True Tone flash and introducing Touch ID, an innovative way to simply and securely unlock your phone with just the touch of a finger. iPhone 5c features an all new-design, packed with features people know and love like the beautiful 4-inch Retina display, blazing fast performance of the A6 chip, and the 8 megapixel iSight camera—all while delivering great battery life.5 iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c both offer more LTE bands6 than any other smartphone in the world and include all-new FaceTime HD cameras.
iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c feature iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone, featuring a stunning new user interface, completely redesigned with an elegant color palette, distinct, functional layers and subtle motion that make it feel more alive. iOS 7 has hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop, enhanced Photos, Safari, Siri and introduces iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service based on the music you listen to on iTunes.
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Cumberland Voters to Consider Local Sales Tax
Posted September 4, 2007
Fayetteville, N.C. — Cumberland County residents will vote in November on whether to adopt a quarter-cent sales tax increase.
State lawmakers included the local-option tax in this year's budget to help counties pay for infrastructure to keep up with growth. Cumberland County commissioners voted 6-1 Tuesday to put the tax on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The tax increase could generate an additional $8.1 million a year for schools, a new library and a new health department office, officials said.
The commissioners said they would consider lowering local property tax rates to compensate for the higher sales tax if they have the funds to do so.


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The highest mainline railway line in northern Europe takes travelers westward from Oslo, past the Hardangerjøkulen glacier and through the 6-mile Finse tunnel before finally arriving at Myrdal. From there, we take the scenic Flåm Railway down to the fjords.
While the 50-minute journey covers just 12 miles, the altitude drops nearly 3,000 feet. Accordingly, the track has loops, tunnels and steep sections. The scenic journey takes us past waterfalls thundering down the mountainside and colorful farms in the valley before we reach the town of Flåm.
Then it's "all aboard" a ship to cruise two arms of the Sognefjord, the longest fjord in the world at 125 miles. Its Nærøyfjord arm is on the World Heritage List. This train and cruise excursion, known as Norway in a Nutshell, is Norway's most popular tour.
Visitors of many nationalities are enthralled by the seabirds following us, the massive waterway, colorful villages along the shore and more waterfalls.
Arriving at Gudvangen, we're overshadowed by a cruise liner, a reminder that the town has been an important port from Viking days and a destination for 19th-century European cruise ships.
A bus negotiates hairpin bends up the mountain road to Voss, and another train goes to Bergen, Norway's second-largest city.
Bergen, gateway to the fjords, is also the starting point for a seven-day coastal journey north on the Hurtigruten passenger and freight line.
Bergen is renowned for its old wharf area of Bryggen, which is also on the World Heritage List. Cobblestones are the norm here, and 62 of the area's buildings are from the 14th to 16th centuries. There's a great view from across the harbor at the Clarion Hotel Admiral, a quality hotel in a converted pack house building dating from 1906.
Bruce Holmes is a freelance writer in Australia.
When you go
Norway in a Nutshell tour: Daily all year from Oslo to Bergen or vice versa, fjordtours.com
Staying in Bergen: Clarion Hotel Admiral, clarionadmiral.com
Tourist Information: visitoslo.com/en/; fjordnorway.com/en/


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I was recommended by a well-renowned Dermatologist to have four sessions with this laser - for scarring, rough skin texture and facial redness/broken capillaries (have mild Rosacea). I have had a bad experience with lasers before, is this is a safe option? Anyone with experience using this? Would be very grateful for advice.
Regenlite For Scarring, Rough Skin Texture and Redness and Broken Capillaries?
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Thank you for your question. A bad experience is usually not the equipment in most cases, but a provider not experienced with the equipment. You are wise seeing a well known Dermatologist who I assume is Board Certified. You should have a good experience as they are trained at the highest level. If the Dermatologist feels in their hands, they can provide you with the results you are looking for, then you should expect a good, safe result. Keep in mind, a Dermatologist has many products to choose from, and they choose the ones with the best safety profile, and the best outcomes. I hope this helps.
Regenlite Laser
I actually have this Laser in my office.At low settings it can help wrinkling, tighten skin and treat acne.
When we change the handpeice and increase the power we can treat redness, blood vessels and rosacea. However, you will have bruising for 7 to 14 days. If your problem is redness, rosacea, scarring and vessels I would start with the Photofacial (IPL). This treatment with IPL will probably do a better job and shouldn't have any down time.I would be sure to go where the person doing the treatments is very experienced. I actually do all my own Laser treatments for my patients.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.