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|A dormant gambling expansion bill that would bring a casino to Chicago moved to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk Jan. 8 after the state Senate's top Democrat quietly lifted a parliamentary paperweight placed on the plan nearly two years ago.SPRINGFIELD — A dormant gambling expansion bill that would bring a casino to Chicago moved to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk Jan. 8 after the state Senate's top Democrat quietly lifted a parliamentary paperweight placed on the plan nearly two years ago.
The likelihood that the governor would affix his signature to the package seemed remote because Quinn has belittled the effort as "top-heavy" and "excessive," and the top state gambling regulator appointed by the governor called it a "pile of garbage."
Before the close of the lame-duck legislative session Tuesday, Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) removed a parliamentary hold he had put on the bill immediately after it passed the Senate in May 2011.
By releasing the hold, Cullerton now puts Quinn in a position where he could, should he choose to, use the legislation as a bargaining chip in his stalled pursuit of cuts in state pension benefits.
The state Constitution gives Quinn 60 calendar days to act on the gambling bill — two months into the spring legislative session, when presumably finding a way to solve the state's $95 billion pension crisis will remain on the front burner after lawmakers whiffed at efforts to pass a pension bill this week.
Until the end of the lame-duck legislative session Tuesday, Cullerton had pressed for passage of a pension-cut package he helped craft that would have affected current and retired state workers and members of the General Assembly.
The governor wasn't on the same page with Cullerton on that pension plan, saying Tuesday that it wasn't "comprehensive" enough. Meanwhile, Emanuel didn't help muster votes this week in the House for a state pension plan that Quinn liked.
Cullerton's 2011 parliamentary maneuver on the gambling bill, referred to in the legislative vernacular as a motion to reconsider, had the effect of putting the measure into a deep freeze by preventing it from going to the governor even though it had passed the House and Senate.
"It's appropriate to lift all motions to reconsider at the close of the General Assembly," Cullerton spokeswoman Rikeesha Phelon told the Chicago Sun-Times. "The bills passed both chambers, and the governor is free to act as he chooses."
The plan, sponsored by Sen. Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) and Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), would lead to casinos in Chicago, the south suburbs, Lake County and Downstate plus permit slot machines at racetrack and, possibly, the city's two airports.
Even before its passage, Quinn had communicated his displeasure toward the bill and later demanded a series of changes in order for him to consider accepting it, including prohibitions on gambling contributions.
Shortly after its passage, Quinn characterized the gambling legislation as "top-heavy" and "excessive" and last August vetoed similar casino expansion legislation. Lawmakers did not mount an override of that veto last fall.
Late Tuesday (Jan. 8), an aide to Quinn gave a murky answer when asked about the governor's intentions with the older gambling bill now bound for his desk. She referred a reporter to previous statements the governor had made about the bill but did not say outright that the governor would veto the package.
"You know where he stands," Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said in an email response to questions about what the governor would do with the measure.
Because the 97th General Assembly is now in the history books, Quinn can sign or veto legislation that lawmakers sent him before Tuesday. But there is no way for the Legislature to override anything he rewrites or vetoes, meaning Quinn can outright kill legislation with the stroke of his pen.
Gambling expansion bill (SB 744) sent to Quinn's desk
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Shocker! 'Bin Laden' still raising money for Obama
Dead terrorist's page soliciting foreign funds, despite FEC complaint
Despite a widely circulated WND article exposing the effort last week, "Osama bin Laden," using a Pakistani proxy server, is still running a grassroots fundraising page titled "Fatwa: Foreign Donations" that openly seeks foreign donations on President Obama's campaign website.
"Bin Laden's" foreign donors page was not removed by the Obama campaign after a WND report last week exposed how the same "bin Laden" account had successfully donated twice to Obama's presidential re-election campaign. After the WND report, one of the donations was officially returned, while another is listed as pending.
The "bin Laden" foreign donors page was still active even after "bin Laden" sent an email to the Obama campaign yesterday alerting them to "his" page.
The email concerned a campaign competition for supporters who had donated $3 to meet President Obama on Election Night. "Bin Laden" had donated the $3 for the competition and had asked the campaign in the email whether he could bring wanted al-Qaida leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri as a guest. The email also provided a link to "bin Laden's" grassroots page seeking foreign donations.
The page was not taken down even after WND filed a complaint about the foreign donations with the Federal Elections Commission.
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"Bin Laden's" page was set up by WND staff on Tuesday as a test after media reports described the ability of foreigners to donate to the Obama campaign.
The test was also in response to a nonprofit group's report alleging Obama's campaign had solicited foreigners for political donations through its social media websites.
The acceptance of foreign contributions is strictly illegal under U.S. campaign finance law.
"Bin Laden's" page was set up on the Obama campaign website using a Pakistani proxy server, meaning that as far as the campaign could discern, the user was openly identified electronically as coming from Pakistan.
"This campaign will be funded by the many holy foreign donors like you and me – fighting for change we can believe in, Inshallah," reads the public page.
"Bin Laden" immediately made a $3 donation for the competition using a disposable credit card. The donation is currently pending, according to the credit card company.
Last week, WND reported how the same "bin Laden" account made two other donations.
The first, a $15 donation, was made at BarackObama.com using a confirmed Pakistani IP address and proxy server.
Upon clicking the "donate" button, WND staff selected the $15 amount and were taken to a page on the campaign website asking for a first and last name, city, state, zip code, email address and phone number.
The information submitted was: "Osama bin Laden, 911 Jihad Way, Abbottabad, CA, 91101."
While the website only has options for U.S. states and zip codes, there is no mechanism in place on Obama's website to verify the individual is actually located in that state or zip code, or even in the U.S.
The Obama campaign refuses to release the identification of donors who give less than $200.
In this donation, the 91101 zip code is real but corresponds to Pasadena, Calif., not Abbottabad, the Pakistani city in which bin Laden was found holed up in a compound.
For a requested phone number, WND used the White House information line of (202) 456-2121.
The email address used to set up the donation account was [email protected]
After clicking "next," the website asked for an employer, occupation and a password to set up future donations. WND staff entered the occupation as "deceased terror chief" and the employer as "al-Qaida."
The transaction was made last Friday with the use of a disposable credit card. The website did not require the card's security code.
To test if the first donation was an oversight, a second donation of $5 was made the following day using the "Bin Laden" account and the same Pakistani IP address.
That donation was accepted by the campaign and was deducted from the disposable credit card. After the WND report drawing attention to the donation, the campaign officially returned the $5 yesterday.
Nevertheless, even after the WND expose on the illegal foreign donation, the Obama campaign continued to send "bin Laden's email" daily solicitations for more donations.
The Obama campaign has been plagued by accusations of foreign donations going back to 2008, when WND reported two Palestinian brothers inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip donated $29,521.54 to Obama's first presidential campaign. After the report, the campaign reportedly returned the donations.
Last week, the New York Post reported a British citizen, Chris Walker, was able to make two $5 donations through Obama's campaign website, while a similar attempt to give Mitt Romney online funds was rejected.
The Post noted how the Federal Election Commission posted data showing Obama's campaign took in more than $2 million from donors who provided no ZIP code or incomplete ZIP codes.
Michael Czin, an Obama campaign spokesman, told the Post that FEC data was the result of "a minor technical error."
"All the ZIP codes and numbers are real and can be verified," Czin said.
However, if all zip codes are real, Czin has some explaining to do after the "bin Laden" donation from a zip code based on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The non-profit Government Accountability Institute recently released a report alleging Obama's campaign had solicited foreigners for political donations through its social media websites.
As the Daily Caller reported, a statement accompanied the GAI's report from former U.S. Attorney Ken Sukhia noting that 68 percent of traffic to BarackObama.com comes from foreign users, all of whom are redirected to a fundraising page operated by the president's re-election campaign.
The GAI report further documented how Obama.com was registered in September 2008 to Robert Roche, an Obama campaign bundler living in Shanghai, China.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Chapter Ten – Move over Miss Charming
"How can he text you if he doesn't have your number?" Leila quite rightfully asked her the previous day, when Lady Luxe couldn't help but call her to complain.
"I don't care," she snapped. "He should find a way! What the hell did he mean, the ball is in my court? It's him who has balls, not me, so he can bloody well find a way of calling me!" Hanging up the phone, she had stormed on to her balcony and smoked three consecutive Marlboro Lights. In her frustration, she accidentally let the last butt fall to the garden below, which happened to be where her father was taking a phone call. She heard him pause in the middle of a sentence and her eyes wide with fear, she ducked into her room before he looked up and saw her.
Shitshitshit, she thought to herself as she ran silently across the upstairs hall way, barefooted, straight to her seventeen year-old brother's room.
"Knocking is common courtesy," he mumbled as she burst in. Unlike Lady Luxe's room which exudes her personality perfectly with the bold hot pink feature wall, pale silver muslin hanging from the four poster bed and the plasma screen conveniently fitted on the opposite wall, Ahmed's room gives absolutely nothing away at first glance. The walls are a neutral beige, the sheets on the double bed are white and there are no posters or pictures hanging on the walls or sitting on the bedside cabinets. However, upon examining the contents of his bookcase, it is clear that Ahmed is nothing like his older siblings. The shelves are weighed down with books on Arab history, Islamic heritage, Middle Eastern politics, interpretations of the Qur'an, narrations from the Prophet's (Peace Be Upon Him) companions and volumes on Islamic jurisprudence. At the top of the bookcase, above all the other items, sits a small, worn Qur'an.
"Sorry habibi but you have to help me," Lady Luxe implored, grabbing Ahmed and yanking him out of his swivel chair. "Please go and stand on my balcony and pretend you were smoking before Baba comes up. Please!"
Pulling his arm, she half dragged Ahmed to her room, lit another cigarette and then shoved it into his hand. She ran back into his room, picked up the first book she could lay her hands on and opened it randomly. She heard her father's slow, steady footsteps go up the marble stairs and into her room and she strained her ears, trying to listen.
"And what do you think you're doing –" her father began as he entered her room. The pause, Lady Luxe figured, was him coming across Ahmed awkwardly leaning against the railings with the cigarette sitting uncomfortably between his fingers.
"Hi Baba," Ahmed replied in a strangled voice. "Are you looking for my sister? She's in my room if you want her."
Without a word, her father turned on his heels and marched into Ahmed's room, flinging open the door.
"What are you doing in your brother's room?" he asked suspiciously, seeing his daughter sitting crossed-legged in the middle of the neat bed reading a book.
"Reading," she replied in the most nonchalant voice she could muster, given the circumstances.
"Reading what?" he asked, coming closer to look at the book.
"This." Not knowing what she had hurriedly chosen, Lady Luxe held it up and showed her father the jacket.
"The Muslim Marriage Guide by Ruqqaiyya Waris Maqsood?" he read, the disbelief evident in his raised voice. "You want me to believe that you're actually reading a Muslim Marriage Guide?!"
"So?" Lady Luxe retorted defiantly, slamming the book closed. "I need to be prepared, don't I?" Glaring at her father's impassive face, she realized she would have to change tactics if she wanted him to believe her. She softened her voice and relaxed her frowning eyebrows.
"I'm sorry for freaking you out Baba," she started, casting her gaze down in faux sadness so convincing, that it could have competed with Leila's fake Karama handbags. "It's just that…well, seeing as Mama isn't even Muslim and lives in another continent altogether, I don't really have anyone to talk to about these things. It's too embarrassing to speak to anyone else about it so I was looking through this to see if I want to borrow it from Ahmed or not." She looked up at her father with the tiniest amount of water in her eyes, not enough to seem crocodile-like, but enough for him to notice.
Lady Luxe's father, despite pushing fifty, is still ruggedly handsome. His face is smooth with the exception of the small creases around his eyes, his thick, jet black hair is still full on his head and his smile is wide and generous. With his strong jaw line, faint beard and broad shoulders, he is often a target for women looking for wealthy yet handsome men but he rarely indulges himself in Dubai. Like his daughter, he prefers to play abroad.
"Yalla ya bnayti, I'll let you continue," he said sheepishly after a moment, his voice now soft. Looking down at his beautiful, strong daughter, he wondered whether or not she was suffering without a female role model in her life. Maybe it was time to get married again. Patting her shoulder in an unusual display of affection, he left the room and Lady Luxe sunk back against the pillow in relief. A moment later, Ahmed reappeared, a scowl on his face.
"I can't believe you just did that. You know I think smoking is haraam!" he chastised indignantly. "And what's that you're reading? The guide to marriage? Maybe you should try this instead." Picking up a book on seeking forgiveness from God, he tossed it over to his sister who smiled sweetly back at him.
"You know I love you," she said, jumping out of bed and hugging him. "Thanks. I owe you one!"
"More like a million," Ahmed muttered as she skipped out of the room, still holding the book that had saved her life. May God save her soul, he prayed, watching her retreating back.
After the close call with her father, Lady Luxe spent the rest of the day hanging around the villa moping. Whenever she bumped into him, she would look at him with hurt eyes and say very little. Until dinner, that is, when he became annoyed and told her to get over it. She slumped back to her room and occupied herself with staring at her phone and Googling Mr Delicious, as she had been doing all week.
And now, after saying goodbye to her father who is off to Kuwait for another business trip, she is tired of checking her phone a million times and decides it's time to take matters into her own hands.
I'm going to the Cavalli Club to find him, she texts Leila when she hears her father's Mercedes leave the grounds for yet another business trip. Meet me there in an hour.
In a record forty-five minutes, Lady Luxe transforms into Jennifer. Wearing a black and white three-quarter length silk Cavalli dress over black leggings, she puts on a delicate diamond bracelet on her right wrist, fixes on the blonde wig and then covers herself in an abaya.
"Ahmed, I'm going to Maryam's house, tell Mohamed or Baba or anyone who asks," she calls out, running down the stairs and into her Porsche Cayenne. Her pink Ferrari is still being serviced and anyhow, she never, ever drives it as Jennifer as it is far too conspicuous.
Entering the Club alone, she takes a seat at the bar and orders a juice, wanting to stay completely alert. She doesn't feel uncomfortable sitting by herself and just absorbs the ambience instead. With the Swarovksi crystals hanging from the high ceilings, she feels right at home and wonders if Roberto, with his interest in bling, would also be interested in collaborating with her to design a Cavalli abaya range. She writes down the idea in her phone so that she doesn't forget.
"Hello," a British voice whispers to her right. Startled, she looks over to see an okay-looking middle aged man in a Paul Smith shirt smiling at her and she smiles vaguely back, not wanting to get side-tracked. The last thing she wants is Mr Delicious appearing only to find her flirting with another man. Turning her body away from him slightly, she sends Leila a message urging her to hurry up.
An hour later, Lady Luxe is still sitting completely alone. In this hour, she has sent five messages to Leila, who eventually replied saying she has guests over for dinner, has had six men try and talk to her, believing her lonely demeanour to be a request for company and has visited the restroom to powder her nose once. Although it is only 11pm, she decides to go home.
She makes the customary pit stop at a petrol station to take off her wig and put on her abaya, and when she does, she realizes she's not ready to go home just yet. Turning back onto the mammoth Sheikh Zayed Road with its six lanes on either side, she skillfully maneuvers onto the fast lane and heads South, ignoring the speed cameras as always. She curses herself for allowing Mr Delicious to artfully pull her phone out of her hands and store his number in it when everyone knows that no decent Arab girl with a shred of self-respect will ever call a man first. No matter how charming he appears to be or how desperate for him she is. She also curses Mr Delicious for being so damn delicious in the first place, for assuming that she wouldn't give him her number and for putting the ball in her court when she obviously didn't want it there. Then she curses Leila, whom she is on her way to visit, for bailing on her with 'guests'. In the two years they have known each other, Leila has had a handful of guests come to visit her, add to that the fact that she ignored almost all of her text messages… Lady Luxe is convinced that her friend is lying.
She takes the Discovery Gardens exit and screeches to a halt outside Leila's building, reluctant to leave the car. She doesn't think much of the location (its only saving grace being its proximity to Ibn Battuta mall), the architecture (if you can even call it that) or the quiet and dull atmosphere. She feels that it is a complete mirror of Dubai itself – badly planned and utterly soulless.
As she walks up to the building, the door opens and a man comes out, brushing past her as he does.
"Sorry!" he says in an American accent, the darkness shielding his face.
"It's okay," Lady Luxe murmurs, the hair on her body beginning to prickle. She has heard this voice before. She stops at the door and watches the man gracefully get into a white Audi R8. He turns on the engine, the roar filling the entire street, and opens his tinted windows. Without looking back at her, he turns the car around and leaves, but not before she catches a quick glimpse of his sharp profile in the dim streetlamp.
Entering the building, her breath still a little too fast and her mind racing she calls for the lift. Who was that guy? She asks herself, waiting impatiently for it to reach the eighth floor. Exiting the lift, she is just in time to see Leila kissing the cheeks of a tall, bald man in the usual Lebanese way before saying goodbye to him and closing the door. Lady Luxe watches him stand at the door for a couple of seconds, smiling, before he turns and heads towards the lift. She feels relieved, hoping that this man was her only guest and the guy downstairs - who she has a niggling feeling may have been Mr Delicious - had nothing to do with anything.
"Marhaba," he says politely as he passes her, quickly absorbing in her pretty hazel eyes, immaculate complexion and slim frame. Although she is easily six feet tall in her heels, he is still taller than her.
"Good evening," she replies, smiling warmly and looking straight into his eyes. Inspiration coming to her, she adds, "Excuse me, but I think your friend is waiting for you downstairs? A tall gentleman with brown hair? Perhaps you ought to hurry a little?"
"Oh, he's still here? Thanks for telling me," the man answers, still shaken by her gaze, without even questioning how she knows he's his friend. Men, Lady Luxe sniggers to herself. They never think with their heads when they see a pretty face.
Striding purposefully over to Leila's apartment, she rings the bell. The door is flung open immediately, as if Leila is waiting for someone and she has a huge smile on her face. When finding Lady Luxe on the other side, standing formidable in her four-inch heels and abaya, Leila's smile falters so slightly that Lady Luxe could have easily imagined it.
"Hi! Come in!" she exclaims, without skipping a beat.
"My pleasure," Lady Luxe replies, her voice as smooth as silk. She walks in and smells the delicious fragrance of roast lamb and mint lingering in the air. Taking off her abaya and sitting down on the sofa, she looks straight at Leila who is making a big show of clearing away the dining table.
"So," she begins, her eyebrow raised and her voice innocent. "Who did you have over for dinner?"
22 comments:
oooooh watch out Leila!!
- June 6, 2009 at 7:49 PM
lol, excellent...:-) Is Leila about to be flayed alive?
- June 6, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Ooooh can't wait to read what happens next!
- June 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM
"Hi come in!" she exclaims, Instead of explains? Also, how bout less description of designer labels/brand names and more into the characters' personas? That way we can tell they are rich and about the luxurious lives they lead without it being so specific. Just an idea! Keep it up, looking forward to the rest :)
- June 8, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Ghost Writer said...
Thanks for your comments ladies. Anon, your feedback is appreciated. Thanks for pointing out the typos.. I will work on showing more of the characters' lives and personalities. As for the labels - well - not sure about that!!
- June 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM
I think the labels are part of Lady Luxe and therefore part of her character. Don't lose them!
I would check out who published Girls of Riyadh and begin your query letters with them. Or, check out who published Sex and the City and try them.
- June 8, 2009 at 5:04 PM
i like that it's getting really juicy!
actually, it's good that you're very specific with the labels and brand name dropping.
speaking from a strictly PR pov, it may work well with getting sponsorships and all that in the future :)
- June 9, 2009 at 2:47 PM
I still think that too much name brand dropping takes away from the actual writing and depth of character, I know its not meant to be a literary cannon, but still! Anyways, Mr Delicious, hahahaha!!
- June 9, 2009 at 7:14 PM
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- June 12, 2009 at 2:42 AM
When will 11 come out????
- June 13, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Ghost Writer said...
Very soon!! Sorry, I've been really busy this week. I'm working on Chapter 11 now, hopefully will post it tonight or tomorrow!
- June 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- happsgirl said...
hey ghost writer,just to let you know I've linked you.
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- June 13, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Hi - this Sex in the City meets Desperate Housewives in Dubai is amazing. You should seriously consider producing a show - I know a few Arab (female) filmmakers that would certainly take an interest. I can at least comment on your depiction of the GCC household - spot on!
- June 15, 2009 at 3:38 PM
At the beginning lady says good bye to her father who is going away.. but then drops a cigarette near to where he is taking a call? x
- June 26, 2009 at 8:41 PM
just re read it, and realise the ciggy break was when she was talking to laila the previous day.. but i still think that bit wasn't too clear because you don't carry it on from when she closes the door when her father leaves bit. Make sence?
- June 26, 2009 at 8:44 PM
- Ghost Writer said...
Thanks for the comments..yes, I was a bit worried the chronology would be a bit confusing..let me have a think about how to make it clearer! xx
- June 27, 2009 at 2:35 AM
- R. de Graaf said...
I think it would be chronologically wise to add a seasonal timeframe, perhaps expressed in months but not in too much detail.
This timelessness you adhered to till now is very 'desperate'. You should keep it, but enhance it a little in my opinion.
Very warm story telling you produce. Intriguing.
- August 26, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- PinkSs said...
ahhh you're amazing, mashallah! This is addictive!!! I am definitely you're number 1 fan !! bss i was wondering if this was based on real stories or is it just a creative mind of yours? x
- September 12, 2009 at 3:41 AM
The brand name dropping doesnt bother me. Not every young girl has a Birkin bag and it adds to our knowledge of little details like that on how ppl live on the inside of a place, like say, Zabeel. I've often wondered how the locals live and thanks to your novella, I'm having a much clearer pic. Its not just about the labels but everything else too, and a big part of being Emirati is of course, how rich most of them are.
- October 29, 2009 at 12:57 AM
- Keep Guessing said...
Verrrryyy Verrryyy Nice.. :)
Loved the twist.
- December 4, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- sogol said...
sogol. y
you are making me miss dubai and its craziness in every chapter... and the feeling of nostalgia is taking place with every sentence. ; )
- October 26, 2010 at 2:34 AM
U make me feel being right there with them...especially by explaining the hot spots like cavalli club or other areas
Keep it up...I loOove ur book so far biiig time <3
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Animal Krackers opened their second location in Rockport this week. It is at 18 Railroad Ave. across from Dunkin Donuts. They have their own parking lot too. It's a beautiful store, carrying some new items that aren't at the Gloucester store.
The Grand Opening is on Sunday. They will be giving out free snacks and a free Dog or Cat toy!
Rockport Hours are:
Closed on Monday
Tuesday thru Saturday
Open Sundays!
Stacy and Dozer are managing the new Rockport store


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A Boeing 787 made an emergency landing over the weekend in the latest technical glitch for the new plane, but analysts say the problems are no cause for concern about the Dreamliner's future.
On Sunday, United Airlines said its United flight 94 from to Denver from Houston returned due to a brake indicator light that incorrectly indicated there was an issue.
"Following standard operating procedures, as a precautionary measure, the flight landed in emergency status. The aircraft landed safely at 11:58 a.m. C.T. and our maintenance team is conducting a review of the aircraft," United Airlines said in a statement. United re-accommodated customers to their final destinations.
But United doesn't have any concerns about the airplanes in general.
"We still have full confidence in the aircraft," a spokeswoman said.
"Some of these things are expected for sure, yes, and part of new airplane launches," said Neal Dihora, equity analyst with Morningstar. "I don't think it says much about the future of the aircraft. We tend to focus a lot on the Dreamliner because it is new and it has experienced larger issues in the past. Safety is the primary concern with all things in the air, so 'emergency' landings with new aircraft get increased following."
Since launching commercially in 2011, there have been problems with Dreamliner aircraft around the world.
Last week, a Denver to Tokyo flight was diverted because of an oil indicator light. On June 12, an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner flight was canceled when an engine would not start. On the previous day, a Japan Airlines flight to Singapore returned to Tokyo because of a deicing problem.
Until mid-April, the Federal Aviation Administration and other regulators grounded the global Dreamliner fleet for three months due to a battery catching fire on a plane parked in Boston, and another emergency landing in Japan. The batteries and their cases were redesigned as a result of the grounding.
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Boeing didn't immediately return a request for comment.
Though mechanical issues have made major headlines, business is still good for the Dreamliner.
Last week, Boeing Co. showcased the stretched version of the Dreamliner at the Paris Air Show and said it received customer commitments for 102 airplanes.
"I think the strong commitments with a larger Dreamliner at the Paris air show tells me that customers are happy with what they've seen so far with the aircraft," Dihora said.
The airliner is 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the 757 that it replaces.


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We have received the following Hague Grant application from Jonathan "Duke" Leto.
Before we vote on this proposal we would like to have a period of community consultation for 10 days. Please leave feedback in the comments or if you prefer send email with your comments to karen at perlfoundation.org.
Jonathan "Duke" Leto
Project Title
PL/Perl6 Infrastructure and Improvements
The proposed grant would support the development of PL/Perl6, which allows people to use Perl 6 as a stored procedure language in the PostgreSQL database.
Benefits to Perl 6 Development
It will allow a very new and large niche of developers access to Perl 6 and provide a use case for it.
1) PL/Perl6 working on the latest stable release of Rakudo
There is currently a bug which causes some PL/Perl6 tests to crash Postgres. This could be from something that changed in Parrot, Rakudo or both. Because there was no system testing PL/Perl6 on newer releases of Rakudo, this got broken and has yet to be fixed.
2) A continuous integration setup such that PL/Perl6 is tested against newer versions of Parrot + Rakudo, so that 1) does not happen again.
This will probably be implemented on the GCC Compile Farm and/or the OSUOSL Supercell project. Documentation about how to install and maintain this CI environment will be included.
3) User-friendly web documentation for developers wanting to use PL/Perl6
This will include one set of documentation that is an overview and intro the API, and another set of documentation which gives various examples, such as using a Perl 6 Grammar in a stored procedure.
4) User-friendly web documentation for installing/compiling PL/Perl6
This documentation will guide people on how to compile PL/Perl6 from a release tarball, from the Git repo or from a package manager.
5) Screencast showing how to write a stored procedure in Perl 6
A screencast that can be used for promoting Perl 6 in PostgreSQL will also be a deliverable. This will show how to write a stored procedure in Perl 6 and what it looks like when it runs.
Project Details
1) The object is for the PL/Perl6 test suite to pass on the latest stable release of Rakudo, or whatever Rakudo devs would prefer that works with PL/Perl6.
Currently, one of the PL/Perl6 tests causes PostgreSQL to coredump due to a change in Parrot or Rakudo or both. This needs to be debugged and either something in PL/Perl6 , Parrot or Rakudo needs to be fixed.
This will involve working with Rakudo core devs as well as Parrot core devs to resolve this situation. More tests will also be added in the process to insure against future breakage.
2) This is actually the most work and most important part of this grant. Without a continuous integration system, something like PL/Perl6 can't stay alive. Since PL/Perl6 ties together multiple pieces of very different software (PostgreSQL, Parrot, Rakudo) it needs to continually be tested on new versions of these dependencies to make sure it continues to work properly. Also, this continual testing leaves the data behind that people can look at to fix and maintain PL/Perl6. Without that data, maintenance isn't really possible.
The data in this CI system will provide the data that Parrot, Rakudo and PL/Perl6 developers need to fix bugs and make improvements with the knowledge that things are not being broken.
The needs of the CI system are:
On each new commit to Rakudo nom branch (the development tip), test against:
Postgres 9.1, PL/Perl6 master, g++ compiler
Postgres 8.4, PL/Perl6 master, gcc compiler
On each commit to PL/Perl6 on any branch:
Postgres 9.1, Rakudo nom, g++ compiler
Postgres 8.4, Rakudo nom, gcc compiler
This is just the beginning, but with this, we will have a wealth of data about how versions of Rakudo and PL/Perl6 behave together, across the two major versions of Postgres that PL/Perl6 supports. Also, having data for both a C and a C++ compiler is valuable because many bugs only become apparent in one or the other.
3+4) The user-friendly developer + compile/install documentation will be a Git repo that is also a website, hosted for free on Github. This will also make it easy to get contributors for the website as Github pull requests. This could be hosted in the perl6 Github organization, in which case all current committers to perl6 would have the ability to update the website.
5) Screencasts have become a very important tool for gaining new users and providing entertaining introductions to new subjects. To my knowledge, Perl 6 has never had a screencast, and if it has, it surely can benefit from more. The estimated time of the screencast is 2-5 minutes. It will go through the process of writing a stored procedure in Perl 6, running it, modifying the stored procedure and running it again to see the modified output. If time allows, other examples will be shown and part of the compile/install process will be shown.
Project Schedule
I expect about 4 months, working 1/4 time (10 hours per week).
When can you begin work?
Report Schedule
I plan to provide at least monthly blog posts with updates.
Note that payments on the grant will be contingent on the successful acceptance of milestones and the submission of reports.
Public Repository
Releases are also hosted on PGXN, which is the Postgres equivalent of CPAN:
Where will the change logs be held?
Grant Deliverables ownership/copyright and License Information
Artistic 2.0
Who and/or which organization will have ownership (copyright) of the grant deliverables?
Jonathan "Duke" Leto and other contributors
I have hacked on Parrot Virtual Machine and Perl 6 ever since I attended a Parrot Hackathon in 2008. I started off hacking on the Perl 6 test suite, after getting a commit bit from Larry at the hackathon due to my interest in fixing some bugs and adding tests relating to math functions and complex numbers. I have made contributions to Rakudo Perl 6, the Perl 6 test suite, written Perl 6 modules and I am still active as a Parrot Core Developer, Board Member of Parrot Foundation and Community Manager of Parrot.
As for other credentials, I have a Masters in Mathematics from University of Central Florida and have published various papers on differential equations, as well as being a coauthor of the Google Summer of Code Mentor Manual.
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Father, son earn business degrees at WBU together
PLAINVIEW – David Mojica Sr. and his son, David Jr., might have taken different paths in life for years, but their paths met at the same place Saturday when they shared the stage at Wayland Baptist University to receive their bachelor's degrees.
While the Mojicas aren't the first family members to graduate together in Wayland history, the fact that they share the same name and the same major makes their story a bit more unique. And since both came to the graduation stage via nontraditional means, the story begs telling.
Longtime residents of Plainview, David Sr. first enrolled at Wayland in 1996 under the tuition reimbursement program at his company, now Cargill Meat Solutions. After attending classes one at a time for three years, a promotion at the company made it hard for David to work out a class schedule and he quit going.
Nearly 10 years later, in 2005, a chance encounter sparked his interest once more.
"I was going through some files at home and came across some of my old school papers," he said. "It was right around the time of registration, and I just decided then it was time to go back."
Working as assistant manager in human resources at Cargill, David began adjusting his schedule to fit classes in, sometimes taking a late lunch to accommodate an afternoon class. With support from his company, who knew he was wrapping up the degree, he pressed on to finish, knowing it would benefit him in the future.
"If I wanted to grow within the company, the degree would be required," he said. "I do want to grow and be challenged. But I also wanted to show myself that I can take on this type of challenge and succeed."
About the time his father was starting Wayland, David Jr. was working and helping raise a young daughter, with school the furthest from his mind.
"My dad tried to give me the best example he could, but I was so rebellious, and I did everything the opposite," David Jr. recalls with a smile to his father. Soon, however, his opinion would change.
"I was working and got laid off because of performance issues," he continued. "I was raising my eight-year-old daughter and living with my parents, and my Dad gave me an ultimatum: either get a job or go to school. I had always wanted to go to college, but at the time I didn't want to put in the effort."
He enrolled in the fall of 2002 and went full-time from the start, eventually hiring on with the Wal-Mart Distribution Center where his weekend work schedule allowed him to continue classes. With an interest in business, David Jr. pressed on toward his goal with the support and encouragement of his family, his employers and a new wife. His stubborn side played into that as well.
"When I got my acceptance letter, I was telling my sister she'd better start saving for a graduation present," he laughs. "A lot of people probably doubted that I'd finish, but I was always the type that would do anything in order to meet that goal and prove everyone wrong."
During his five years full-time at Wayland, David Jr. was promoted to supervisor in the receiving area at Wal-Mart and later to area manager. He also got married, but said his wife was supportive though she knew much of his free time would be spent on homework and papers in order to complete the degree. He now has three daughters, ages 12, 9 and 6, and a stepdaughter, age 10. His father nodded in agreement, noting the same scenario at his home for the past few years."It's definitely an investment," he notes. "But it's all been worthwhile."
Once the two were at Wayland together, they began having a few classes in common. Both are business majors – David Jr. earned the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing and management, while David Sr. earned the Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education in business administration, focusing on human resource management – making the likelihood of shared classes increase. That caused some confusion for their professors.
"In one class, the professor only called our name once thinking the office had enrolled someone twice, so we had to explain that there really were two David Mojicas in the class," said David Jr. The arrangement did make homework easier, they admitted, since they could work together.
It was toward the end of the Spring 2007 term that the pair discovered they would be finishing their degrees at the same time. Both were excited to share the day together, though it is hard to tell which David is more proud of the other.
"I'm always going to have respect for my dad, so to see him do something that I know he's wanted for a long time is going to be a proud moment for me," said David Jr., whose plans include an online master's degree with Wayland and further advancement with Wal-Mart.
"I think I'm almost more proud to be the father of a graduate rather than being proud of myself," David Sr. notes. "His capability and intelligence have always been there, so it's good to see him using this and succeeding."
Now 31 and 53, father and son have grown through some rough patches and have a close relationship. They share a love for Sunday afternoon barbecues where the atmosphere is laid back and they can just catch up on old times. And they coach a girls softball team for ages 12 and under, traveling often for games.
The school experience has seemed to bond them even more, and the matching diplomas serve as a reminder of the hard work they've both endured to get to that point.
"Not many people can say that they graduate with their father," David Jr. said. "That's pretty cool."


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MEQUON, Wis. -- Steve Fabiilli was named the second Concordia University Wisconsin Women's Hockey head coach in program history on Thursday, as was announced by Director of Athletics Dr.Rob Barnhill.
"I am pleased to announce that Steve Fabiilli will be joining our coaching staff as the new leader of our Women's Hockey program," Barnhill said. "It became apparent during the search process that he possessed the skills and experience necessary to address the culture of our team, and propel us to the next level."
Fabiilli joins the Falcons after spending the last nine seasons as the Men's Hockey head coach at Northland College in Ashland, Wis. Northland is a member of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, the same league the Falcons compete in.
"I am extremely excited to be the next Women's Hockey head coach at CUW," Fabiilli said. "The area is a great place to work. CUW is a strong academic institution and I'm looking forward to working for its competitive athletic department. This program has a lot of potential and I'm eager to get started."
During his tenure with the LumberJacks, Fabiilli coached five all-conference players, 56 all-academic team members, four all-freshman selections and one USCHO All-West Rookie Honorable Mention player.
"Steve has a deep commitment to the total student-athlete experience," Barnhill said. "He will work hard to lead in a manner consistent with our CUW mission and philosophies. I am anxious for Steve to get on campus and to get his feet under him, as we have a lot of work to do."
The LumberJacks set numerous individual and team records under Fabiilli's direction over the past nine years, including most wins in a season (2010-11). All-in-all, Northland set 35 new individual records and 67 team records during his tenure. Fabiilli also served as the school's Sports Information Director while at Northland.
"We are disappointed to see Steve leave, but wish him the best in his new position at Concordia University Wisconsin," Northland Compliance Coordinator Steve Wammer said. "Steve's teams at Northland were known for community service and involvement in the greater Ashland area. CUW is fortunate to have him as their women's hockey head coach."
Prior to his time at Northland, Fabiilli spent one season as an assistant coach/co-head coach at his alma mater, Canisius College. During this season he helped the Golden Griffins to a second-place finish in the Atlantic Hockey Conference.
Fabiilli played four seasons for Canisius and was named the school's Male Athlete of the Year during the 2014 season. He was the goaltender for the Golden Griffins and ranks in the top 10 in school history in wins, goals against average, save percentage, saves and shutouts.
He graduated from Canisius in 2001 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in physical education. Fabiilli also earned a Master's of Sports Administration from Canisius in 2005. He and his wife, Stephanie, have lived in Ashland and will be relocating to the Mequon area.


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The improved range of Crush amplifiers now extends from the Crush PiX CR12L through to the new 100-watt CR100 BXT, offering a multitude of choice covering a total of eight models (including the Micro Crush CR3 which is unchanged). Incorporating all of the style you would expect to see in Orange amplifiers, the Crush amps include genuine Orange grill cloth, miniature Orange crest finish, signature Orange picture frame edging, exterior beading and the unique hieroglyphs easy to follow symbols.
Orange has drawn upon more than 40 years of amplifier construction expertise to improve range of Crush amplifiers to ensure they are as equally at home on a tour bus as they are in a bedroom. Key upgrades include:
- More power within the same size frames for example the CR10 is now CR12L with two extra watts of power, there's five extra watts on four of the models so the CR15 is now CR20L, CR15R now CR20LDX, CR30R now CR35LDX, CR20B now CR25BX and the CR35B gets a serious power surge with 15 watts of extra punch and is now the CR50BXT.
- New built in guitar tuner and integrated digital F/X with choice of sixteen cool sounds on the CR20LDX and CR35LDX models so now's there's even more rich variety of tones on offer.
- CR50 BXT upwards have Aux input for MP3/CD for jamming along with your favourite recordings.
- New CR100 BXT with 100 Watts RMS, class D amplifier, 15" speaker, tuner and MP3 input.
The new Orange Crush PiX range are the ultimate combo practice amps, perfect for rehearsal or smaller performance environments. They combine portability with solid Orange construction, and durability through using tried and tested Orange parts. They have been built to deliver Orange high standards of quality, looks to turn heads, and sounds that will send a shiver down your spine. Now there's even more rich variety of tones on offer in the Crush PiX series.
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Figuring out the right fragrance can kind of stink.
Guys over 14: Don't even think of wearing AXE. Please, just don't. Thank you.
Women (and men): Remember, a fragrance should be a whisper, not a scream – it should never cause a hangover.
For more tips on smelling your best, Two Blonds visited a women's fragrance counter at Nordstrom at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. There, a certified fragrance specialist lorded over a collection from niche luxury brand Creed, a 250-plus-years-old company based outside of Paris of which coffee-table tomes about perfume have been penned.
Not having the time (or space) to detail how each designer bottle of Creed fragrance takes eight months to make, or how what was once more than 1,000 Creed fragrances is down to a select 52 that have graced the bodies of royalty and Hollywood legends like Audrey Hepburn, Two Blonds instead collected some general fragrance tips.
Context is everything: Scent is the strongest sense attached to memory, so if you want to be remembered fondly, match your fragrance to the setting. In other words, don't show up to a job interview smelling like you're on a hot date, or vice versa. For the boardroom, we suggest Creed's Green Irish Tweed (Cary Grant and John F. Kennedy Jr. loved it); for romance, men can't lose with Creed's Aventos.
For a general-purpose fragrance, stick to a fresh, sporty daytime scent – something light (fragrances are rated from lightest to heaviest).
The tissue trick: Taking a whiff of coffee beans between sniffs of fragrances you are sampling is common practice, but stick to a simple tissue to relax your olfactory nerves. Why? Coffee refreshes olfactory sensory receptors, but unscented tissue is the most effective olfactory equivalent of cleansing the palate. Try it, honest, it works!
The 20-minute stroll: Don't splash on a fragrance and immediately decide whether it suits you. Walk around the store for 20 minutes to let your body react to it.
Where to apply: A splash or two to the pulse points of the wrists, and on the back of the neck. Don't apply to chest or neck or areas of the body that usually are exposed to the sun, because sun on fragrance may irritate the skin. Also, if you spray fragrance on your chest and then eat, the smell of the food can compete with the scent. And competition is best left to cheesy reality TV like "The Bachelor." We know, because we love that show. So sue us.
Size matters: For newbies and for those who like to have a lot of options when it comes to smelling nice, save money by purchasing smaller quantities. Fragrances typically are sold in 1.7-ounce and 3.4-ounce bottles, or thereabouts.
Creed recommendation: As a luxury brand, Creed ain't cheap (4 ounces will set you back about $315). It's difficult to resist the fun and flirty Spring Flower, which Hepburn loved to wear, or the ethereal and sensual Love In White, the No. 1-selling Creed fragrance for women in the U.S. Virgin Island Water is a delightful summer scent that smells like a vacation in a bottle.
As for men? Splash on some Aventos, a divinely fruity but masculine fragrance that one devotee describes as a "creamy gust of wind from heaven."
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has unearthed an interesting case of an improper use of surveillance in an investigation where the FBI had obtained "roving wiretap" authority. In a bizarre turn, the Bureau ended up eavesdropping on young children rather than their adult suspects for five days. The case is generating some attention because that same "roving wiretap" authority is one of the three surveillance powers set to expire in late May. The thing is, on the basis of what I can glean from the heavily redacted document EFF obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, it's not a case involving misuse of the roving authority. But it is a good concrete example of why the roving authority needs to be modified.
First, a bit of background: Roving wiretaps in criminal cases have been around since the 1980s, and were designed to let investigators follow a target across multiple telephone or Internet accounts when there's reason to believe the suspect is frequently changing lines to frustrate surveillance. The Patriot Act extended the same power to intelligence investigations—fine in principle—but with a crucial difference. On the criminal side, there's a tradeoff: For a conventional warrant, you have to specify every phone line and e-mail address covered by a wiretap warrant, but as long as you've got probable cause to link each line to criminal activity, you don't necessarily need the identity of target. For a roving criminal wiretap, you don't have to be limited to phones and accounts identified in advance, but you do have to name a target, and then directly ascertain that this named target is "proximate to" every facility you're about to start collection on. Having both is even better, but you must have one or the other: either a named, known suspect or a list of specific facilities. Not so in the Patriot Act version used for intelligence wiretaps: They only require a "specific" description of the target. Critics argue that these "John Doe" warrants fall short of the Fourth Amendment's requirement that warrants "particularly [describe] the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized," and worry that they dramatically magnify the risk of erroneous collection of innocent people's communications, especially given that intelligence wiretaps are, in many ways, already much more broad—and sweep in a lot more communications—than their counterparts on the criminal side.
The report EFF obtained concerned an investigation in which, it appears, roving wiretap authority was granted by at least one of two orders authorizing surveillance of two subjects, implied to be a married couple. Because it's so heavily redacted, it's necessary to read between the lines a bit, but as best I can reconstruct it, here's what appears to have happened. In the course of the surveillance, an analyst was surprised to find that the conversations on one monitored line sounded like they involved "young children" who were not speaking the same language as the targets of the investigation. The Bureau nevertheless continued monitoring it for five days. Eventually, someone realized that they'd already been informed that the targets had disconnected that phone line a while ago—at which point, presumably, it was reassigned to the kids the FBI ended up wiretapping. In fact, the Bureau had initially refrained from collecting on that line, because the techies had determined that the subjects of the investigation had already disconnected it by the time surveillance was ready to begin. When the request for a renewal of the surveillance order was made, however, the lawyer at DOJ who drafted the renewal request mistakenly included that old number in the application, even though the case agents hadn't put it in their request, and seemingly noted explicitly that it wasn't being used by the targets anymore. But it got into the renewal order, at which point whoever was charged with implementing it dutifully began tapping some child's phone line.
On face, the improper collection here was not the result of a "John Doe" warrant. Again, it's hard to be absolutely sure through all the redactions, but the wording of the report strongly suggests that both targets were known, named individuals from the outset. Neither does the mistake here seem to have been a direct result of the roving authority. The wording suggests that the phone number at issue was actually specified in the initial order, rather than being selected as an exercise of roving discretion by the case agents. Even if it had initially been identified that way, the Bureau realized the subjects weren't using it anymore before they actually went up on the number… at least originally. So one might think this is just a case of an error with conventional intel wiretapping, with no obvious implications for the roving authority as such. But I think there are a couple of important lessons to draw from it.
First as the report notes, the lawyer who drafted the renewal application and the case agents who reviewed and signed off on it all dropped the ball in failing to notice that it included a number they'd already concluded wasn't being used by their targets. The FISA Court itself, however, was not really in any position to detect the error. So while it is an unqualified improvement that roving authority, since 2006, has included a notice requirement to the court within ten days of a wiretap roving to a new number or account, we need to be realistic about how much that's going to accomplish. If an investigation starts going up on some conspicuously excessive number of accounts, or adding them with explanations to the court that sound wildly implausible, you might see a judge step in. But for the most part, when a tap goes up on the wrong person, we're going to have to count on the agents and analysts themselves to notice.
Second, this is a good illustration of an important difference between criminal wiretap orders and FISA warrants. With a criminal order, interception is "minimized" in realtime—meaning you wouldn't have had five days of automatic recording of every conversation on the line. Someone would listen to the start of the call, and as soon as it became apparent they couldn't positively identify a known target as party to the communication, or that it was a personal call unrelated to the crime under investigation, monitoring would (in theory) stop. There's necessarily some flexibility in practice, but the default on the criminal side is not "record everything"; on the intel side, it is.
Third, consider how important a named and identified target is to quickly catching an error. In this case, one of the technicians responsible for executing the wiretap noticed that the people named in the warrant had already disconnected service to one of the targeted phone lines. Having an actual identity for your target is also a decent proxy for having many other types of information about them: In this case, the analyst monitoring the recordings had a set of expectations about what the subjects sounded like and what language they would be speaking. In other cases, it might become apparent that a phone is making calls from one location when the target specified in the warrant is known to be elsewhere. Could these things be known for a target whose name isn't? Sure. But as a rule, a description specific enough to guide initial targeting isn't necessarily data-rich enough to enable very robust error-correction. Since the presumption is that people wiretapped under FISA warrants do not get notified even after the fact, this internal correction is the only real check on erroneous targeting. When wiretaps are limited neither by facility nor a known target identity, it's not just that there's greater risk of tapping the wrong line—it's that it becomes much more likely nobody will be able to detect with any certainty that a mistake has been made.


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Digital currencies such as bitcoin carry 'significant risks,' feds warn
Government regulators issued a consumer advisory Monday on the risks of bitcoin and other digital currencies, warning that the virtual funds expose users to volatile exchange rates, hacking, scams and theft.
Markups and transaction fees for digital funds such as bitcoin, XRP and Dogecoin can cost consumers more than using credit cards or regular cash, and the companies that issue digital currencies aren't backed or insured by any government, according to the six-page alert from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal watchdog agency.
The advisory also cautions consumers that digital currencies can experience huge price fluctuations due to speculation and the lack of regulation. Bitcoin's price has fallen by as much as 80 percent in a single day.
Consumers who use or invest in virtual currencies "are stepping into the Wild West," the bureau's director, Richard Cordray, said in a statement.
"Virtual currencies may have potential benefits, but consumers need to be cautious and they need to be asking the right questions," Cordray said.
In addition to issuing the advisory, the bureau announced Monday that it will start collecting consumers' complaints about virtual currencies on its website, www.consumerfinance.gov.
An official with the trade group Bitcoin Foundation shrugged off the advisory as standard practice.
"There are consumer risks around new technologies, and even-keeled educational material from government agencies can help make consumers aware and savvy," Jim Harper, Bitcoin Foundation's global policy counsel, said in a statement.
In response to Cordray's characterization of the digital currency market as "the Wild West," Harper said new ideas – from credit cards to the Internet – always started as unknowns that became familiar over time as the market matured.
"Bitcoin is poised to modernize legacy financial services, one of the most regulated industries in the global economy. It's not going to remain an unknown territory for very long," he said.
Virtual currencies are a form of electronic money that enables people to send and receive payments online. Consumers store the funds in digital wallets in clouds or on computers and protect them with 64-digit codes known as keys.
Advocates hail the technology as an innovative, anti-establishment payment system that protects users' anonymity and has the potential to transcend politics and national boundaries.
But the pitfalls of bitcoin and other virtual currencies became painfully clear to many users in February, when the Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox suddenly disappeared. The exchange had lost $460 million to hackers, and collapsed into bankruptcy. Customers have yet to recover any money.
"Some virtual currency exchanges do not identify their owners, their phone numbers and addresses, or even the countries where they are located," Monday's advisory warned. "Ask yourself: In any other business transaction, would you trust these people with your money?"
The advisory points out that traditional banks and credit card companies are required to help consumers recover stolen funds, but people who store digital currencies or keys on their computers or hard drives are on their own in the event of theft or loss.
One man lost $5 million in bitcoin last year when he accidentally threw away a computer hard drive that contained his keys for 7,500 bitcoins, according to the advisory.
The advisory also notes that paying taxes on digital currencies can be complicated. New guidelines that the Internal Revenue Service issued in March treat digital currency as property for U.S. tax purposes, meaning it's subject to federal income-tax withholding and payroll taxes and that users must report their virtual gains and losses on their returns.
Consumer advocates welcomed the advisory as a step toward further regulation of virtual currencies.
Consumers need "a sheriff" such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "to protect them from unscrupulous companies and unfair practices," Jeffrey Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, said in an email.
"The agency needs to better police the growing use of digital and other virtual currencies to make sure they operate fairly and don't place consumers at financial risk," Chester said.
The bureau's alert makes it clear that virtual currencies "are not ready for prime time," said Ed Mierzwinski, the consumer program director for U.S. PIRG, a consumer advocacy group. "You'll probably have problems; let (the bureau) know if you do."
The digital currency industry isn't opposed to government regulation as long as any new rules don't smother innovation, said Pete Rizzo, U.S. editor at CoinDesk, a digital-currency industry news source.
Regulation might reduce volatility and make more consumers and businesses comfortable with the technology, Rizzo said.
"I think it's something that most of the businesses in this space would want; they just want it to be done in a smart way," he said.


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"When we began the Campaign for Leadership with a $100 million goal we thought $120 million would be the limit of what we could raise," said Dean for College Advancement Joseph R. Emmick. "Surpassing that total with nine months remaining in the campaign is a testament to the loyalty and generosity of our friends and alumni and it is a tribute to the strength of our mission."
Baker's $2 million planned gift will fund the David O. Justice Chair in Economics at Wabash, which will be dedicated to the study of emerging economies in developing nations.
"It is my strong feeling that the industrial nations have a moral and self interested imperative to enable all humanity to achieve a standard of living commensurate with human dignity," says Baker on the chair that his gift will endow. Baker says his views and opinions on the economies of developing nations have been shaped by Justice, who is a professor and vice president at DePaul University in Chicago and a Wabash alumnus, Class of 1965.
Baker has spent his career developing and improving technologies to assist those who are unable to communicate due to physical injuries or disabilities. Baker developed Minspeak, which uses icons rather than letters, to assist in communication. Baker majored in classics at Wabash, and much of his augmentative communication technology work with Minspeak borrows from his knowledge of ancient hieroglyphics.
Baker's gift is among the ten largest during the Campaign for Leadership, which began officially in 1998 with the announcement of Robert Allen's $10 million lead gift, the largest single-donor gift in Wabash history.
Gifts and pledges to the Campaign for Leadership thus far have funded the $20 million Allen Athletics and Recreation Center; the $30 million Science Center; a new million Malcolm X Institute; and three fraternity renovation and new construction projects. The Campaign also partially funded Trippet Hall, which houses the College's admissions and financial aid offices, as well as the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. In addition, the Campaign has ushered in a new era of teaching and learning experiences for students, including Immersion Learning courses that thus far have taken more than 300 students around the world to give depth and breadth to their classroom studies.
"The $120 million benchmark is an important one for this campaign—it puts us within legitimate striking distance of our ultimate goal of $132.5 million," adds Emmick. "We are now truly in the stretch run of this campaign. For those who have not yet committed to the Campaign for Leadership, now is the time to get on board."


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Scientists are starting to map out a three-dimensional look of the ground below the Assumption Parish sinkhole as nearby residents approach the sixth month of being evacuated.
The sinkhole was discovered on Aug. 3, prompting an evacuation of about 150 homes in the nearby Bayou Corne community.
In the time since, state and local officials have been able to determine the cause of the now 9-acre hole but have not been confident enough with the situation to lift the evacuation order.
"There are many things that are still a mystery," said John Boudreaux, Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness director.
The hole is about 660 feet wide and has grown largely because of sloughing off on the edges, Boudreaux said.
"The evacuation order is still necessary because there are three benchmarks we are still looking for answers to," Boudreaux said.
Last year, scientists determined the hole was caused when a subterranean cavern owned by Texas Brine LLC collapsed.
The cavern sits thousands of feet below the surface in the Napoleonville Salt Dome. Salt domes are naturally occurring deposits of salt. Private companies commonly carve out deposits in these domes to store volatile gases or waste.
Texas Brine was using the failed cavern to extract brine, which is used in various industrial and oilfield applications.
Boudreaux said officials want to determine how much of the earth between the sinkhole and failed cavern has settled.
"There is the possibility that there are other void spaces in the ground," Boudreaux said.
These void spaces could eventually lead to the sinkhole growing or another hole as the failed cavern fills completely in.
"We don't know for sure yet, that is the issue," Boudreaux said.
Following a brief conflict over what solution would work best, the state Department of Natural Resource and Texas Brine agreed that 3-D imaging of the subsurface would give researchers an exact picture of how the earth might shift in the future, said DNR spokesman Patrick Courreges.
Courreges said the goal is to have the imaging complete by April.
Boudreaux said there also needs to be an effort to get the gasses trapped below the community down to safe levels.
Texas Brine and the Department of Natural Resources have underground wells venting off the gas.
Boudreaux said they've vented about 5 percent of the gas estimated to have accumulated near the surface. Nobody knows how much gas is below the area, he said.
Texas Brine is in the process of drilling more vent wells, Courreges said.
Texas Brine has been fined twice for not following a state directive to install gas monitors in local homes, Courreges said. The fines total $250,000 and were also assessed for failing to property contain oil and gas in the sinkhole.
The first of the in-home monitors were installed Thursday while the rest should go in within a few days, Boudreaux said.
Another concern is the stability of the rest of the salt dome. Boudreaux noted there are other caverns inside the dome and some house oil and gas.
"The concern is this cavern would have a domino effect on other caverns because this one is failing," Boudreaux said. "It could cause a bigger problem."
Boudreaux said there isn't a time frame for lifting the evacuation order because there are still these unknowns.
"There is no book to tell us what will happen over time," Boudreaux said.
Parish Police Jury President Martin Triche said the residents of about half of the 150 homes under evacuation have heeded the order.
"I've always said the pace is going too slow," Triche said. "My impression is that if Texas Brine had been more aggressive early along, we could have had this settled by now."
Aside from the residents' safety there is also concerns about property values plummeting, Triche said. He said he asked Texas Brine to consider offering buyouts to those who don't feel the area is fit to live in anymore.
"Many of the residents don't want to move away," Triche said. "We hope to restore things back to their normal environment."
It's unclear how long that might take, but in the meantime, Boudreaux said there are two public meetings scheduled in the coming weeks. The first will take place on Jan. 30 and feature scientists from Texas Brine. The next will be on Feb. 6 and feature state scientists and scientists from the Shaw Group.
Both meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Assumption Parish Community Center.
Sinkhole to be seen in 3-D
Scientists are starting to map out a three-dimensional look of the ground below the Assumption Parish sinkhole as nearby residents approach the sixth month of being evacuated.


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is pavarotti dead, too?
I know of least two others who received the same email
That's a prime example of what I'm talking about. He literally does that with everyone in the 'scene,' trying to stick his nose into anything and everything, when the guy really brings nothing to the table.
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I have given myself an excuse to be buying on ebay. I need beautiful jugs to paint. the rule is close to becoming one in one out. I have a stash of vases that I am prepared to let go if need be.
So, I am very nearly ready for my Solo show. Just two paintings left. I will have 24 in total featuring these new ones and my bright coloured harbour ones. I think my invitations will arrive here tomorrow, should anyone like an invite to the private view on saturday 5th May 11-5, please email me.
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Wow.. I haven't posted anything since October. Shame on me. This is just a quick shout out to say that HappyDD is now hosting a Warhammer: Invasion podcast along with Mallumo (spelling could be off but he's German and they spell funny anyway.. so marshmallumo it is). It's
There are currently two episodes and it would seem that they're aiming to do biweekly episodes so if you're interesting in Warhammer: Invasion, give it a Winvasion listen! http://winvasion.net/
Now, back to getting my other stuff done so someday, maybe, I can paint some minis again.


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Many people will care for you while you're in the hospital. We're trained to introduce ourselves and explain our part in your care when we enter your room. If someone enters your room without doing so, you can call the nursing station for assistance.
Physician Team
Attending Doctor – The doctor who leads your care.
Consulting Specialty Doctor – Specialized doctor who works with admitting doctor.
Hospitalist – A doctor who works at the hospital and helps coordinate care with your physician and other providers.
Nursing Team
Registered Nurse (RN) – Your primary nurse who coordinates your care at the bedside. You may also receive visits from other nurses such as licensed practical nurses or nurse externs.
Medical Assistants – Assist with your basic daily care and safety needs. He or she helps the nurse by performing various patient care duties, such as changing bed linens or assisting you to the restroom.
Nursing Leader – Clinical Directors and Patient Care Coordinators (PCC) supervise daily care in the unit. If you have any questions or concerns during your stay, ask to see your PCC.
Other Medical Professionals
Radiology – Performs your X-ray, scans and various other procedures.
Laboratory – A phlebotomist from the lab may come to draw blood for testing.
Pharmacists – Review and assist with your medications.
Dietitians – Provide specialized meal plans and education.
Therapy Team
Occupational Therapy – Helps patients return to the activities of daily living.
Physical Therapy – Helps with strengthening and conditioning.
Respiratory Therapy – Delivers breathing treatments and respiratory care.
Speech Therapy – Helps patients with swallowing and speaking.
Care Coordination Team
Case Manager – Helps to coordinate your care and discharge plans throughout your hospital stay. Case managers work closely with nurses and social workers to ensure that you are receiving the level of care you need.
Social Workers – Can be reached to support you and your family during your illness. They may also help with plans for home care services after you leave the hospital and can help you find community resources.
Patient Advocate – Represents the patient's needs and makes an effort to visit every patient. Should you have any problem or concerns with the care you are receiving, please let the patient advocate know.
Other Support
Environmental Services/ Housekeeping – Keep your room and bathroom clean with daily visits
Food Service Professionals – Take your meal orders and deliver your food trays throughout the day.
Transporters – Take you to and from tests and procedures.
Patient Access Representatives – Check you into the hospital and enter insurance information.
Chaplains – Chaplains from many faith backgrounds provide spiritual support including counseling and sacramental ministry.
Interpreters – Provide translation services.
Volunteers – Help family and friends visiting the hospital and keep up with a library of reading materials.


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Philippe Pinel (1745-1826)
French physician Philippe Pinel was a founder of moral treatment. His family were country doctors. He trained in Toulouse and Montpellier, then moved to Paris in 1778. He believed this would bring him closer to cutting-edge medicine, but he was prohibited from practising medicine there since his degree was from the provinces. He grew disillusioned with the 'baseness and intrigues' of the Paris medical establishment.
Pinel worked as a medical journalist, and then as an unlicensed doctor in a private asylum. The old guard of the Paris medical profession lost influence during the French Revolution and several of Pinel's friends became advisers to the new government. A government committee appointed him Physician-in-Chief at the men's and women's public asylums in Paris in the 1790s. Pinel transformed asylum practice over the next decades - he believed people under his care should be treated like patients rather than like animals or criminals.
Asylum reform advocates in the 1800s celebrated Pinel as the doctor who first 'freed the mad from their chains'. It was actually Pinel's assistant, an ex-patient named Poussin, who first unchained the mental patients of Paris in 1797. Little is known about Poussin, who was unofficial 'governor' of the Paris men's asylum from the 1770s. Pinel publicly acknowledged Poussin's role, arguing that elitist physicians of his time overlooked the practical knowledge developed since the 1600s by medically untrained 'madhouse-keepers'. These included Poussin, Francis Willis and William Tuke. However, asylum physicians in the 1800s used the story of Pinel 'freeing the mad' in order to strengthen their claim that medical men, not laymen, were experts in treating insanity. They made Pinel a hero and ignored Poussin.
Related Themes and Topics
Related links
Techniques and Technologies:
I Dowbiggin, Inheriting Madness: Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century France (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991)
J Goldstein, Console and Classify: The French Psychiatric Profession in the Nineteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987), pp 67-119
D Weiner, The Citizen-Patient in Revolutionary and Imperial Paris (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993)
D Weiner, 'Le geste de Pinel: The history of a psychiatric myth' in M Micale and R Porter (eds), Discovering the History of Psychiatry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994), pp 232-247


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maryme brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 172 Designs von 44 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
maryme is new & needs a design from the scratch starting with a logo.
++ internet company ++ working for clients, no community
++ look should not be too web2.0-ish but young
++ look should be professional but still young and innovative
++ further work with the winner of course an aim
Maryme | maryme | MaryMe | MARYME | MM
--------------- topic ---------------
its not about dating flirting or anything like that. topic is mainly the world wide web, in specific:
- we dont have one certain product
- we have many little and bigger web sites to work for our clients (could be a price comparison for consumer goods for example)
- what we do for clients:
- generating valuable traffic (web users) for companies.
- generating revenue which comes of course with the users
- doing search engine stuff such as optimisation and marketing--------------- what we need ---------------
- first of all we need a logo.
- second step is of course web page and biz
cards (complete CD ) which can of course be done (paid) by the winner.--------------- the brand ---------------
- maryme
- maryme is just the shortage for the founders so doesnt really mean anything specific
- how maryme is written is up to you (see brand name)
- maryme could be associated with "marry us for business" ;)--------------- the claim ---------------
- we dont have a claim yet but it should be considered for the logo.
- place holder could be online
connection, empowering online relationships, 100% performance, performance
marketing...) whatever sound and looks good. we are very keen for your ideas)
- core message is quality, traffic, revenue, performance, online
- a logo
- version with & without claim
- colored version & black/white
- logo should have a respectable look (reliable, reputable ...)
- we want to appear professional but still young & innovative
- something between an old economy agency and web2.0
- should contain a graphical element which could stand alone
- please no web 2.0 look! not the xth blue and orange bubble logo :)
- stolen designs
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