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hong kong has alot of cheap and really nice food depending on where you go
and if you know where to look
i guess this thread is just some places and foods people reccomend
specific adresses would be nice
i personally like the Yumcha in Lok Fu
it has realy nice food ^.^
also those really cute sushi train shops that are like just franchises everywhere~
sometimes i forget to keep checking crunchy.
anywhere in hongkong
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Ajisen Ramen's always one of my favourite's It's a chain, so you can find it anywhere, but the airport has one and I know that Sheung Shui has one too.
Cafe de Coral is where we literally go everyday for breakfast, lunch and dinner when I go to HK because it's just so cheap and the food's delish (try the ice lemon tea as well, 'cus i'm a biggg fan :P)
Oh, and I've been to the R66 revolving restaurant and the buffet there is really nice. The scenery you get and the atmosphere is memorable too
But, yeah, anywhere you go has nice food
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Actually anywhere at hk is pwnage>D
sometimes i forget to keep checking crunchy.
hahah yeah..you'd find food places almost in every corner!! if you looking for a place with different kind of food from all over asia at teh same time, try Food Republic or Food Court, they have dishes from china, hk, taiwan, india, japan etc...classy restuarants tho are usually on big buildign or plazas and once again you can find them almost on any roads..try going here for more info on where to eat :
they have chiense version as well..try there...they have restuarnat reviews, exact address, telephone numbers etc...we always look there when we try to meet up with friends for lunch or dinner or like hanging out in cafe
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Hong Kong is known as a heaven for food. Many people know tho, that original snacks are the best.
And you gotta try them!!
For example, fish balls. Okay. You might think
But duuuuu!! You're wrong. Because fish balls in Hong Kong are extra fresh (if you eat the fresh made ones) and you can feel it bounce in ur mouth (LOL). Ok then there was this Hong Kong-ish waffles. It's different then normal ones. It once made with duck's eggs, but they changed to chicken's eggs. It taste really good, plus they sometimes comes in chocolate, and lots. Idk, you REALLY gotta check the snacks out.
I could eat that everywhere!!
LOL Matter of fact is everything tastes good, but only you can tell what taste good to you.
personally I like eating it hardcore LMAO anything made rite on the streets taste way better than that ones u find in nice fancy places.
I love goin to places that aren't to busy either that way the chef can concentrate better on making your food instead of just bagging another client.
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i like hong kong dessert.
u can get them anywhereeeeee
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i dunno why but i have mcdonalds there a lot but i still have a lot of chinese food too
Anywhere in Hong Kong really... though Sai Kung is nice.. though i'm biased seeing as we have relatives and often go visit.
But for dessert definitely try out Honeymoon Dessert the mango pancakes are good^^
i live in hong kong and going to cafe de coral, food court and aijisen ramen is quite a waste... you should really go to some traditional chinese restaurants or expensive japanese restaurants or so. For example, 老飯店,漢京樓 sth like that.
yeah ur right, open rice is a good indicator. i also recommend Yung Kee Restaurant, although it is expensive, they have fantastic dishes


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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Oklahoma Christian University (OC) won its second consecutive state championship at the OK Ethics Statewide Student Ethics Challenge Saturday.
Both of OC's student teams won all three of their matches to finish first and second, respectively.
OC's first-place team (the Talons) beat peers from Rose State College, the University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University.
OC's runnerup squad (the Eagles) defeated teams from Cameron University, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. The Talons claimed the championship over their OC classmates by virtue of overall point differential.
Host school Oklahoma City University, Southern Nazarene University, the University of Central Oklahoma, and the University of Tulsa also had teams competing.
OC's Talons team was composed of Jasper Bawcom, Hunter Farhat and Gabriel Gasiorowski. The Eagles team members were Hannah Ketring, Chas Carter and Ryan Fuller.
"I am proud of our students' commitment to excellence and of how they've embraced the importance of ethics in the business world," said sponsor Jeff Simmons, associate professor of business at Oklahoma Christian. "We spent the past month doing weekly practice sessions at six o'clock in the morning, and their hard work paid off in a big way."
OC's championship showing earned the university $2,500 in funding from the OK Business Ethics Foundation for travel to the Regional Student Ethics Bowl in San Antonio on Nov. 16. Oklahoma Christian won the regional championship last year.
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In a sources sought notice, FSI said it seeks an app that lets both student and instructor create and manipulate content across a wide variety of activity types in a trackable format. The tools should also support:
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(Hey Donald, you let me know when you're gonna stop armbarring me like my little sister. Sound good?)
I did something terrible this morning, Potato Nation. After waking up with blood on my hands and a splitting hangover beneath an underpass I did not recognize, I was forced to stumble across five miles of snow covered wasteland, wearing only one shoe mind you, to make it home. I fired up my computer to find a video of newly crowned UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson competing in the 7th Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu International Open awaiting my viewership. In need of a pick me up, I watched it, figuring that there was no way in hell my boy "Smooth" would be submitted by this Daniel Grippaudo sumbitch, because, let's be honest, Henderson CANNOT be submitted. We all know the first round anaconda loss to Rocky Johnson that soils his record was made up to prevent 155-pound grapplers from committing mass suicide. There is no "Rocky Johnson." There never was.
Anyway, after watching the video that rests just a mere paragraph away, I proceeded to run to the nearest elementary school, steal the microphone from the principal, and inform those listening to the morning announcements that Santa was in fact a lie. Do I feel bad about it? Surely, but the point I was trying to make is simple: give up hope. The boundaries of life are disintegrating before our very eyes. Nothing is real anymore; Santa, your parents, Jesus, none of it. If it turns out that the following video is not, as I suspect, a complete fabrication, then I hold these truths to be self-evident.
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They embody a city oozing with history, yet the blue plaques that commemorate the birthplaces, homes and landmarks of London's great and good face an uncertain future.
English Heritage has announced that it can no longer afford to continue the 146 year old scheme.
The installation of the cultural hallmarks has been suspended after a 34 per cent cut in government funding, the quango's only source of income. From £130m in 2010-11, English Heritage's budget will be slashed to £92m in 2014. An £18m cut is planned for this year.
In a letter obtained by the Mail on Sunday, Dr Emily Cole, head of the blue plaque team, said:
"These are extremely difficult times for English Heritage and for the scheme, which has a very uncertain future."
Eight-hundred and sixty-nine tablets have been erected since the scheme was started by the Royal Society of Arts in 1866 – believed to be the oldest of its kind worldwide. It became the responsibility of English Heritage in 1986.
The first ever plaque, which in 1867 commemorated Lord Byron at his birthplace in Cavendish Square, was demolished in 1889. The earliest surviving marker, erected the same year, pays tribute to Napoleon III in King Street, St James'.
A blue tablet to be unveiled next week in Great Russell Street for John Nash, the architect behind Regency London, is expected to be among the last.
Within the mile surrounding the New Statesman's Carmellite Street offices alone, there are 260 plaques remembering diverse characters, including the author and lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson, Crimean war hero Mary Seacole, Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling and former four-times Prime Minister William Gladstone. Others include founding father Benjamin Franklin, economist John Maynard Keynes, Lady Nancy Astor and Dame Gracie Fields. A correspondent to The Times in 1873 suggested the plaques make "our houses their own biographers".
Each plaque costs around £965 to install. In almost 150 years, the scheme has only been suspended as a result of wartime austerity from 1915 to 1919 and 1940 to 1947.
A spokeswoman for English Heritage said: "Following our 34% funding cut in the 2010 spending settlement, English Heritage commissioners made the decision that the blue plaques scheme was to be funded in an alternative way in the future."
She said that by reducing the team by two full-time equivalent posts and suspending installations, £240,000 will be saved over two years.
Yesterday four English Heritage employees earning six-figure wages came under fire, however. It emerged it emerged that chief executive Simon Thurley, earns £163,000 annually, over £20,000 more than the Prime Minister.
In light of the cut backs, English Heritage has prioritised its planning advice services, the maintenance and conservation of its properties, existing grant commitments and its Buildings at Risk programme, which seeks to save historical sites at risk of being lost forever.
The current panel of plaque experts, which includes Stephen Fry, Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, and broadcaster Bonnie Greer has also been disbanded.
Plaque schemes outside London that are not funded by English Heritage, but by local authorities charities, trusts and organisations, will continue. The Corporation of the City of London erects plaques within the square mile.
A statement provided by English Heritage said:
"English heritage remains committed to the Blue Plaques scheme that has done so much to inspire Londoners and visitors with the history of the capital and its inhabitants."
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Masters of Horror: Pro-Life (US - DVD R1)
Gabe tries to avoid abortion themed metaphors while reviewing this short
Fifteen-year old Angelique (Caitlin Wachs) Burcell is pregnant and seeking an abortion at the local clinic, and literally runs into two of the clinic's doctors on the road from her house. Unfortunately, her right wing, Christian father, Dwayne (Ron Perlman), is very pro-life. He has a restraining order placed against him from the clinic, and cannot follow her onto the grounds. When he thinks he's heard word from God himself to protect Angelique's unborn child, Dwayne and his sons attack the clinic. Meanwhile, the two doctors are shocked to learn that Angelique's bizarre claims of demon rape may not be entirely insane...
You'd think that mixing John Carpenter, Ron Perlman, and a really upsetting subject would make for a movie Gabe could get behind. Adding plot elements from Rio Bravo (which Carpenter already remade as Assault on Precinct 13), The Thing from Another World (which Carpenter already remade as... The Thing), and Rosemary's Baby (which Carpenter took elements from for Prince of Darkness, kinda) can only make for a great, slam-bang, blood and guts horror show, right? Eh, yes and no.
The idea behind this Masters of Horror episode is pretty great. Taking some very familiar cinematic mainstays and infusing them with a very, very controversial subject matter is almost brilliant. Horror, fantasy, and sci-fi films have and will always be an easy way to deal with rough political and ethical issues. If things get a little too heavy a filmmaker can easily reiterate the fact that it's only a movie by throwing in a monster or flying car.
The problem is that the allegory or undercurrents often end up being much more interesting than the fantastic elements of a story, or vice versa. Pro-Life is a case of the real world issues of the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life ideals very much overshadowing the Rosemary's Baby in an abortion clinic story that belongs on an episode of Masters of Horror. I appreciate Carpenter and his Aintitcool writers attempting the balance, but it never works. This is perhaps because the subject matter needs to be so dark that a man-in-suit finale isn't possible.
I don't blame the filmmakers at all for avoiding taking obvious sides on the issue, because it would be insulting to tell an audience what to think on such a personal issue. It's not a horror film's job to answer the tough questions necessarily, just to bring them to the table, and playing with touchy subjects is a great way to get a desired horror movie response from viewers on all sides of an argument.
Ron Perlman's Dwayne is a very well rounded and respectable person, and even though he's a killer, and I don't agree with his hard-lined stance, I felt some emotional connection with him, due in no small part to Perlman himself. He actually represents the Pro-Life side of the abortion argument and its ideals pretty well. Despite his crimes I felt for the guy, but this all goes to Hell in the film's most shocking sequence, where Dwayne crosses a line that no realistic sympathy can overcome. It's a great, ironic, and gory horror movie moment on paper, but really puts the kibosh on my support of the character. Again, we can't have it both ways.
Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan have grown as writers, as a second viewing of Cigarette Burns (the teams first episode of Masters of Horror) tells me that I was wrong in my initial acceptance of it. It's actually a pretty bad episode. The problem here is two-fold; one, they have trouble committing to ideas (a group of entirely extraneous characters' threads are only partially completed), and two, they write too much comic-book dialogue. I don't mean that they write extremely broad dialogue, I mean that they make characters say things that are better left unsaid. It's the kind of stuff that belongs in a thought balloon.
The real ball-dropper here is, again, the Master himself John Carpenter, who again does little to discern his picture from all the other films in the series. Originally a visually powerful director, Carpenter seems to have either run out of ideas, inspiration, or both. This isn't a poorly directed feature, but it isn't a John Carpenter film either, and it still looks like it was made for TV. The best example of this lack of intrigue is the birthing scene, which has almost no suspense, and bumbles most of the scares, cliché or not.
Yet this was still an above average little horror film, and it has some cool creature designs. The actors are solid overall, and Carpenter puts just enough effort into his direction to create a few memorable images. Between this and Argento's episode the new season is off to a decent start. I said decent, not good.
Season two is definitely an improvement over the bulk of season one so far. Here we still have some problems with low-level noise in dark corners, and so digital blocking in brighter colours (reds especially). Noise continues to be far too prevalent for an HD recorded series, but details are better even than the Argento episode, Pelts. Pro-Life takes place mostly under the daylight sun and the florescent lights of the abortion clinic, so the episodes overall success isn't entirely surprising.
Like every other Masters of Horror release, Pro-Life is presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround. The sound is, again, like every other episode, not very overwhelming, but it gets the 'low-budget horror' thing done. The monster sound effects are cool and bassy, and the gunshots have nice punch. I didn't notice a whole lot of surround channel effects, but the stereo field was pretty active. Carpenter's son, Cody, once again supplies the short's soundtrack, and has grown a lot since Cigarette Burns. The score is a little old fashion in its use of synthesiser effects, but is charming and at times very effective (though incredibly obvious at others). It also sounds very rich through every channel.
Cigarette Burns ate up all the Carpenter specific extras, and Pro-Life is left a little bare. The starter is the commentary track, which has Carpenter and his writers, which is a better idea than the two separate tracks of Cigarette Burns because the Master and his apprentices can bounce off each other. The problem here is that Carpenter, usually one of the best commentary men in the business, really has no interest in the track, and even leaves halfway through for a cigarette break. McWeeny and Swan are geeks, no doubt, and tend to gush, but still offer up some decent information.
The featurettes are pretty weak. 'Final Delivery: The Making of Pro-Life' is short and not very sweet. It's an ad for the episode, and only writers McWeeny and Swan really put any effort into telling us what went into production. They look and sound like geeks, but this acts as an assertion to all the other geeks (myself included) that perhaps one day, we too can work with our idols and be a part of a DVD featurette. Any real information about the episode is available on the commentary track.
'Demon Baby: Birthing the FX Sequence' doesn't offer much in the way of 'how-to', and is overall very rushed, but I'll always have a soft spot for all the KNB Effects guys and what ever they happen to be talking about. Carpenter seems to have had a lot of input into the level of gore in the film, which was going to be a little more realistic initially, apparently.
The rest of the disc is made out of a series of storyboards and stills, a selection of Anchor Bay release trailers, and a Carpenter bio.
I'm still disappointed, but still think Pro-Life is a pretty effect little (emphasis on little) thriller. Like so much horror, it doesn't gel in its parts, but is effect in each. I really regret giving this teams first Masters of Horror episode a passing grade initially, and really don't get how so many fans can consider it first season's best. This one has some originality on its side, and doesn't feature some of the most ill advised CG in horror history. It looks like a made for TV movie, but that's what it is.
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Sound like a movie to rent...
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The episodes I've seen from season 2 of "Masters Of Horror" have been nothing short of terrible. This was no exception.
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This series as a whole for me has been a hit and miss affair...
great screen caps Gabe!
great screen caps Gabe!
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how about Sounds Like, god damnit!?!?
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I thought Cigarette Burns was terrible. The acting was grating, the gore was ridiculous (probably the only redeeming scene was the one with the butler and the projector...or is that damning?), the story was dull and the dialogue was at times nauseatingly stupid.
I have liked some of the other segments of Masters that I've seen though, like Stuart Gordon's "Black Cat" (not great but pretty good). Want to check out Miike's "Imprint" and the other Gordon bit now.
I have liked some of the other segments of Masters that I've seen though, like Stuart Gordon's "Black Cat" (not great but pretty good). Want to check out Miike's "Imprint" and the other Gordon bit now.
I didn't see Black Cat, but the other Gordon bit was awful. Imprint was better than the reviews will tell you, but nowhere near as shocking as the hype will tell you. Pick Me Up and Homecoming are the two best so far.
Opinions are insanely varied on every episode of this series.
Some people despise the common 'bests' some people love the 'worsts'...every new release gets mixed ultra positive, middling, and ultra negative reviews.
What I'm curious about is why this particular release came with two different covers--and why one says "CLN" on the white sticker on the top!
(Anchor Bay has not gotten back to me yet...)
Some people despise the common 'bests' some people love the 'worsts'...every new release gets mixed ultra positive, middling, and ultra negative reviews.
What I'm curious about is why this particular release came with two different covers--and why one says "CLN" on the white sticker on the top!
(Anchor Bay has not gotten back to me yet...)
Do you have a visual aid?
I just came back from Best Buy, and sure enough, there's a different cover. It's a creepy hand reaching out of a crib.
I just came back from Best Buy, and sure enough, there's a different cover. It's a creepy hand reaching out of a crib.
Gabe Powers wrote: Do you have a visual aid?
I just came back from Best Buy, and sure enough, there's a different cover. It's a creepy hand reaching out of a crib.
and for anyone curious about the covers:
(on the left, the ultra-sound version, the one that just says "MOH : PRO - LIFE"; on the right, the monster hand crib deal, which is the one that says "MOH : PRO LIFE CLN")
I just came back from Best Buy, and sure enough, there's a different cover. It's a creepy hand reaching out of a crib.
and for anyone curious about the covers:
(on the left, the ultra-sound version, the one that just says "MOH : PRO - LIFE"; on the right, the monster hand crib deal, which is the one that says "MOH : PRO LIFE CLN")
Thanks a lot for that. I wonder what the story behind this is.
Gabe Powers wrote: Thanks a lot for that. I wonder what the story behind this is.
I e-mailed Anchor Bay, as I said...still waiting for a response.
I e-mailed Anchor Bay, as I said...still waiting for a response.
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wow i would realli like to see thisz move it would get mi attention
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Disc Details
Release Date: 20th March 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Director and Writer Commentary, Final Delivery: The Making of Pro-Life, Demon Baby: Birthing the FX Sequence, Storyboard Gallery, Stills, Trailers, Directo Bio
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Ron Perlman, Emmanuelle Vaugiere, Caitlin Wachs
Genre: Horror
Length: 57 minutes
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Most people still think the U.S. gambling industry is anchored in Las Vegas, with its booming Strip and 24/7 action, a place where years of alluring marketing campaigns have helped scrub away the taint of past corruption.
Yet in just a decade, the center of gambling has migrated to the other side of the world, settling in a tiny Chinese territory an hour's ferry ride from Hong Kong. The gambling mecca of Macau now handles more wagers than all U.S.-based commercial casinos put together, and many of those bets end up swelling the balance sheets of U.S. corporations.
But as U.S. gambling companies have remade Macau, Macau has also remade them.
Chasing riches, these companies have been hit with allegations of improper conduct, prompting investigations and serious questions about how closely U.S. authorities are watching the corporations' overseas dealings, and what, if any, real repercussions they could face. Could these corruption claims revive the specter of gambling's bad old days, when Sin City casinos kept mobsters flush?
"There are some countries where you either have to pay to play and break the law, or you have to not do business there," Indiana-based casino consultant Steve Norton said. "I think the jury's still out on Macau."
A few hours' flight from half the world's population, Macau is the only place in China where gambling is legal. Each month, 2.5 million tourists flood the glitzy boomtown half the size of Manhattan to try their luck in neon-drenched casinos. Most of them are nouveau-riche Chinese who sip tea and chain-smoke as they play at baccarat.
The former Portuguese colony has long been known for its gambling but used to offer a seedier experience, with small-time gambling dens crowding up against textile factories and gangs, prostitutes and money-launderers operating openly in the cobblestone streets. That was the scene in 1999 when China assumed sovereignty of Macau and opened it to outside gambling operators.
"It was a swamp," said Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, as he looked back on his early venture in an obscure city where Chinese officials envisioned conventions and resorts. "Everybody thought that I was crazy."
Nevertheless, he and the two American competitors that tried their luck there succeeded spectacularly. Adelson's first casino opening there caused a stampede that ripped doors off their hinges. Now operating four booming casinos in Macau, he described Sands as "an Asian company" with a presence in America. He makes far more in China, a culture in which notions of luck and fate play integral roles, than in Las Vegas.
"This industry is supply-driven, like the movie 'Field of Dreams:' Build it and they will come." he said. "I believe that."
If Adelson's words and jack-o'-lantern smile suggest all is right in the globalized casino world, consider where he made these statements — on the witness stand in a Vegas courtroom this spring, defending his company against one of his former Macau consultants.
A jury in May found against Adelson, awarding the consultant $70 million for helping Sands secure a lucrative gambling license in Macau. Sands immediately appealed.
But the lawsuit may be the least of Adelson's worries. His firm is also accused of making improper payments to a Macau lawmaker and collaborating with the Chinese mafia. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating. The company says it's done nothing wrong.
It's not just Sands facing legal and regulatory troubles connected with Macau. Two of the other three major U.S. gambling enterprises are, too: Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International. Both Sands and Wynn are facing related lawsuits from shareholders who claim Macau mismanagement has damaged the companies.
— Wynn is being investigated by the Justice Department and the SEC over a $135 million donation to the University of Macau Development Foundation in 2011. Wynn co-founder Kazuo Okada characterized the donation as "suspicious" in a 2012 letter to the SEC. He noted that the Development Foundation's lead trustee is also a member of the Macau government, and said that the donation coincided with Wynn's request for land to develop a third casino.
"I am at a complete loss as to the business justification for the donation, other than that it was an attempt to curry favor with those that have ultimate authority for issuing gaming licenses," said Okada, who is now under Department of Justice investigation himself for possible bribery in the Philippines, and has fallen out with his former Wynn colleagues. Okada denies wrongdoing.
If his claim is true, the Wynn payment could violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA — a law that bars U.S. companies from paying off officials to win business overseas. Wynn says it acted properly and had no need to buy-off authorities. Nevada regulators, in a separate investigation, found no wrongdoing.
— MGM got into trouble with New Jersey regulators when the company opened a Macau casino with Pansy Ho, the daughter of a gambling kingpin allegedly linked to Chinese gangs. The state found the partnership "unsuitable" in a 2010 report, and forced MGM to sell its stake in an Atlantic City casino. MGM denied that there was anything inappropriate about the relationship, began the process of selling its stake, and did not cut ties with Macau.
Two years later, MGM CEO Jim Murren stands by that choice. "The Macau market is now larger than the entire U.S. gaming market. Unfortunately for Atlantic City, it's gone the other way. It's smaller now than when we entered it. The fortunes of the two couldn't be more different," he said.
Last winter, New Jersey agreed to consider MGM's application for a renewed license.
— The Sands inquiries stem from a pending wrongful termination case brought by former Sands executive Steve Jacobs in 2010. Jacobs claims that Sands' China subsidiary did business with known gangsters, tacitly condoned prostitution and made inappropriate payments to an attorney who was also a Macau lawmaker. Jacobs claims Sands paid the lawmaker to help settle various regulatory issues in Sands' favor.
Sands has denied all claims, but recently said in an SEC filing that an internal audit had found possible breaches of a section of the FCPA that requires public companies to file proper financial statements and maintain a system of internal controls. In April, Sands' auditor declined to stand for re-election.
Justice Department spokesman Michael Passman declined to comment on the probe. Sands says it is cooperating with federal prosecutors. Spokesman Ron Reese said the company's dealings in Macau attract more scrutiny because it's the world's largest gambling market, but Sands is diligent wherever it operates.
Sands opened for business in Macau in 2004, at the beginning of a massive boom in China's economy that has lifted incomes for hundreds of millions of people, allowing them to afford upscale pleasures like gambling in casinos. Today, the former backwater is in the midst of one of the greatest gambling booms the world has ever known. To rival the money it takes in, Las Vegas would have to attract six times more gamblers each year than it does now— essentially every adult in America. Wynn Resorts now makes nearly three-quarters of its revenue in Macau. Sands, which owns the Venetian and Palazzo, earns two-thirds of its revenue there.
But like early Las Vegas, Macau has a long history of ties to crime syndicates — in this case secretive brotherhoods called triads that first formed on the mainland more than a century ago. Machine-gun shootouts, bombings and even assassinations of government officials were commonplace during magnate Stanley Ho's four-decade monopoly of gambling. (He is Patsy Ho's father.) In the late 1990s, a police official tried to reassure visitors by remarking that Macau had "professional killers who don't miss their targets."
The history and regulations governing the enclave continue to make it tricky for modern casinos to avoid gangs, illegal money transfers and at least the appearance of bribery.
Businesses operating there can expect allegations against them, true or not, said Bill Weidner, who was president of Sands until 2009.
He added: "Macau is their country, not ours, and it's their system not ours, and it operates differently than ours. It's not better or worse, just different."
One contributing factor is China's capital controls, which restrict the amount of money that citizens take out of the country, including to Macau, which like Hong Kong, is a semi-autonomous region with its own financial system. Another is the lack of reliable credit risk information in China, which makes it hard for casinos to figure out whom they should lend to.
So-called junket agents provide an easy fix. They use their networks on the mainland to identify wealthy would-be VIP gamblers, whisk them to Macau's tables, lend them money, then settle up when they get home.
Junket operators often assume management of a casino's private VIP room. Casinos provide the facilities, dealers and chips in return for a cut of the profits. Baccarat played in VIP rooms accounts for two-thirds of Macau's $38 billion in annual gambling revenue.
While many of the more than 200 junket operators active in Macau are law-abiding, some have documented ties to organized crime. Operating off the books, junkets pay out winnings in Hong Kong dollars, widely accepted in Macau, which players can then move to another location. As a result, Macau is seen as a conduit for money flowing out of China, with wealthy individuals and corrupt officials suspected of transferring funds abroad.
The enclave has seen a spate of killings and kidnappings associated with debt collection, including one grisly case last year in which two men were stabbed to death in their four-star hotel room, discovered by a friend who had come to lend them the money they needed.
Today, U.S. companies are tweaking their flagship Las Vegas casinos to look and operate more like Macau-style properties. The biggest casinos have imported Asian pop sensations, Chinese delicacies and baccarat, now Nevada's biggest moneymaker. They've outfitted their hallways in red, a lucky color in Asian culture, and set up Macau-style VIP rooms that employ junket operators catering to high-rollers.
Asian visitors now account for 9 percent of tourists to Las Vegas, up from 2 percent in 2008. And the Strip is preparing to welcome its first Asian-owned casino: a multi-billion dollar Chinese-themed extravaganza called Resorts World, complete with pandas and pagodas.
One reason casino bosses are dreaming up ways to lure Macau customers to Las Vegas is that Nevada imposes one-fifth of China's 39 percent tax on winnings. "They can make a lot more money from a big gambler here," said David Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
But some of the problems associated with Chinese gambling halls may be migrating to the Strip as well.
In March, a man police described as an enforcer for the Taiwan-based triad United Bamboo began serving a life term for stabbing a man to death in a karaoke bar near the Strip. Prosecutors said he'd been sent to collect a $10,000 gambling debt.
Last year, the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network warned casinos to monitor junket operators and report suspicious activity. The warning followed media reports that Sands allowed a man named as a triad member in a congressional report to move a $100,000 gambling credit from Las Vegas to one of its Macau casinos.
Unlike some other states, Nevada allows junket operators to work in casinos without the full suitability checks required for key employees. Some Hong Kong operators licensed in Nevada have been found unsuitable by other jurisdictions, including Singapore.
"The reason why we don't do a full giant investigation on them is that they have no control over the casino operations; they are basically travel agents and hosts," Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett said. If another jurisdiction finds fault with a junket operator licensed in Nevada, state regulators will simply ask the operator to submit to a suitability workup, which is tantamount to telling them to get out, Burnett said.
Still, regulators are not blind to the link between junkets and triads.
At a hearing before a congressional advisory panel in June, Burnett said it is "common knowledge that the operation of VIP rooms in Macau casinos had long been dominated by Asian organized crime."
Steve Vickers, who spent 18 years in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and commanded its criminal intelligence bureau, believes that nearly all junkets that cater to Chinese tourists collaborate with organized crime.
"You won't find the triad names listed as the junket operators, but they are behind it, because who is it that can reach into China and enforce the debts, move the money? Only one kind of person can do that," said Vickers, who now runs a consulting company.
In the 1980s, state regulations, along with an FBI crackdown, helped push out the mob bosses who had taken refuge in the gambling world and usher in the industry's modern corporate era.
Today, states can impose fines or revoke licenses if any U.S. companies are found to have acted improperly in Macau. But except for rare instances like New Jersey's action against MGM, regulators have so far refrained from public action, preferring to wait until federal probes are complete.
Nevada's Burnett said that does not mean regulators are sitting idle. "A lot of what goes on is dialogue between the board and the companies that the public doesn't necessarily see," he said.
Conventional wisdom is that no U.S. companies will lose their licenses over the allegations, even if proven true. At worst, they could get fined, said Michael Paladino, an analyst at the credit rating agency Fitch. "They can handle that," he said, noting that the largest FCPA fine to date — imposed on German engineering giant Siemans A.G. for bribery — amounted to about $1 billion. That's less than one month's revenue for Sands.
The balance of power between casinos and regulators has shifted as gambling companies have achieved their own version of outsourcing, according to I. Nelson Rose, a professor at Whittier Law School in California who writes a blog called Gambling and the Law.
"Macau forced the casinos to see that they could become like other large U.S. corporations: Set up their plants and operations in other nations and make far more than they can being stuck just in Las Vegas," he said, speaking from his hotel room near Macau University, where he teaches a summer course.
Sands, Wynn and MGM have structured their China operations as subsidiaries that could eventually be spun off entirely.
In any case, public officials aren't exactly clamoring for investigations. Among the ranks of the unconcerned is former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, a one-time lawyer for mob figures. Sitting on an overstuffed green leather couch his living room, Goodman, whose wife is now mayor, said he doesn't worry about Macau because Americans are not paying attention to the murky allegations there.
"You ask people who Sheldon Adelson is, if 10 out of 50 recognize the name, I'd be surprised. If they associated him with the Venetian and the Palazzo, I'd be even more surprised. People are busy," he said.
Of course, within the industry, Adelson is an object of fascination. As the Sands chief appeared in court this spring, a former rival, Phil Satre, who headed Harrah's Entertainment, followed the coverage from his home in Reno. Harrah's, the nation's largest casinos company when Satre stepped down in the early 2000s, was later renamed Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
While Wynn, MGM and Sands have taken off, Caesars, the industry's fourth major player, has been left behind. Caesars did not apply for the finite number of gambling licenses in Macau in the early 2000s for fear of upsetting domestic regulators.
At that time, Satre said, the U.S. gambling industry had at last gained a legitimacy and mundane familiarity that had been unthinkable a generation ago. He said he didn't think American regulators would tolerate any hint of ties to criminal activity in Asia.
"There are some things that still have to play out, but when I look back and think about the opportunity to go back in Macau," Satre said, "I'd probably take a different posture."
Kelvin Chan in Hong Kong contributed to this story.
Hannah Dreier can be reached at http://twitter.com/hannahdreier.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Charles Tillman and Lance Briggs have scored more touchdowns than Matt Forte this season.
And the Chicago Bears aren't complaining.
Tillman and Briggs returned interceptions for touchdowns — their second in six days — and the Bears used stifling defense to overwhelm the Jacksonville Jaguars 41-3 Sunday. Tillman and Briggs became the first teammates in NFL history to return interceptions for touchdowns in consecutive weeks.
"This one was an easier catch," Tillman said. "Last week, it was, 'Is he really throwing me the ball?' This week was normal. This one was easier. It came at a good time. We needed a lift, and that score got us rolling to the point the offense started putting up points after that."
The Bears (4-1) scored 38 unanswered points, including 35 in the second half, to win their third consecutive game.
The streak has everything to do with defense. Chicago has returned five interceptions for touchdowns in those games.
Tillman and Briggs returned two of the team's five INTs for scores in Monday night's 34-18 victory at Dallas. Major Wright returned one the previous week against St. Louis.
Tillman's second of the season — a 36-yarder in the third quarter — proved to be the decisive play in a game that saw as many punts (six) as points in the first half.
What prompted Chicago's turnaround? Players credited coach Lovie Smith's halftime message.
"He basically cursed us out without cursing," Tillman said. "He raised his voice and gave us that mean, surly, stern look and we responded to that. He put a little spark in our rear end. We started getting to the quarterback in the second half. We were a little flat in the first half and came out with a sense of urgency."
The Bears finished with 501 yards of offense, 309 in the second half, and held Jacksonville to 45 yards after the break. The Jaguars ran just four plays in the third quarter.
"It's been the same thing for five years," Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew said. "Obviously, we're not working hard enough. I don't know. We're just not playing well right now. We have to figure something out. No one here is going to save us. It's the guys in this locker room. There's no one we can bring in to help. We got to look man to man at each other and figure out what we're going to do."
The Jaguars (1-4) never recovered from Tillman's touchdown and played the final quarter amid a chorus of boos. Jacksonville now heads into its bye week with serious questions about what direction the team is headed under general manager Gene Smith, quarterback Blaine Gabbert and maybe even first-year coach Mike Mularkey.
With Smith assembling the roster, the Jaguars have lost 18 of their last 24 games.
They have been downright pathetic in three home games this season. They managed 117 yards in the home opener against Houston, 212 last week against Cincinnati and 189 Sunday.
"I can talk up here all night about what we did, but that's not going to cure anything," Gabbert said. "We've got to come out in the second half and play better football. It starts with me. When you throw two Pick 6's in a half, that's awful. I've got to find a way to fix that and get this offense going a little bit."
Gabbert completed 17 of 33 passes for 142 yards, with the two interceptions. The Bears stacked the line of scrimmage, clearly wanting to shut down Jones-Drew. It worked, as Jones-Drew finished with 56 yards on 12 carries.
Following Tillman's score, the Jaguars allowed consecutive scoring drives after playing stout defense in the first half.
Jay Cutler hooked up with rookie Alshon Jeffery for a 10-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter and found Brandon Marshall for a 24-yarder with 8:37 remaining in the game.
Briggs' score came after that, a 36-yard return that made it 34-3.
"The defense put up some points again," Cutler said. "We're never really out of a game with those guys on defense. They play such good football. They hold teams to few yards and a lot of punts."
Cutler completed 23 of 39 passes for 292 yards, with two TDs and an interception before giving way to backup Jason Campbell.
Marshall caught 12 passes for 144 yards. Forte, who has one touchdown this season, ran 22 times for 107 yards.
Few outsiders gave the Jaguars a chance before the game. The only thing that seemingly was in Jacksonville's favor was catching Chicago on a short week. The Bears got home from Dallas early Tuesday and were back on a plane Saturday.
That may have contributed to Chicago's slow start. But it mattered little in the second half — thanks mostly to the interceptions.
"I know they know how important it is to take the ball away," Smith said. "There is an emphasis on it. And after a while, you see one guy doing it, you want to join in on that action. It's discouraging to the offense. We normally win when we score one time, and it's probably safe to say we haven't lost when we score a couple times on the defensive side."
NOTES: Tillman became the franchise's all-time leader in defensive touchdowns with eight. … Jeffer


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Water Pollution
Sources of Pollutants
Types and Effects of Pollutants
Wells and Groundwater
Water Usage and Conservation
Did You Know?
What You Can Do
Water Pollution
Industrial agriculture is among the leading causes of water pollution in the United States today. In the 2000 National Water Quality Inventory conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agricultural activity was identified as a source of pollution for 48% of stream and river water, Fand for 41% of lake water.
Water pollution from industrial farms not only damages the environment and kills wildlife, but it can also sicken and kill people. And since these farms exercise little restraint when it comes to water usage, they tend to waste large quantities of water, even when neighboring communities are experiencing water shortages. Because small, sustainable farms are more integrated with their surrounding communities, they pay closer attention to the ways that they use water and how their practices affect local water supplies.
Sources of Pollutants
Most water pollution from industrial farms results from the storage and disposal of animal waste. Industrial livestock farms store manure and other farm wastes in gigantic tanks known as "lagoons" which can hold millions of gallons of manure and urine. Unfortunately, these lagoons often leak and—during large storms—they may rupture or simply overflow. When this happens, the environmental damage can be devastating. Leaking lagoons also release antibiotic residues and harmful bacteria that can leach into water supplies.
In order to dispose of manure after it's been stored in lagoons, industrial farms spray the waste onto farm fields as fertilizer. Unfortunately, these farms produce far more waste than can be applied to fields, and once the saturation point has been reached, the waste runs off into nearby water systems. The most common form of water pollution in the United States is excess levels of nitrogen or phosphorous, both of which are largely caused by fertilizer runoff. FWhen manure is spread on fields as a fertilizer, it can also introduce some of the more toxic substances present in livestock excretions, such as pharmaceuticals For bacteria. FWater pollution from manure as well as synthetic fertilizers can lead to serious environmental damage and harm human health.
Types and Effects of Pollutants
Agricultural water pollution can have variety of negative effects. Not only do substantial environmental problems result, but many of the pollutants produced by farms (minerals, chemicals and pathogens, to name a few) can make water unsafe for human consumption.
Case in Point: Fish Kills
By polluting the nation's waterways, a single factory farm has the ability to negatively affect whole regions, as was the case when manure spilled from a ruptured tank on a 3,000-head dairy farm in upstate New York in August 2005. Three million gallons of cow manure poured into the Black River, polluting an area one-fourth the size of the Exxon Valdez spill. FThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cited the farm for numerous environmental and permit violations, and estimated that this spill killed around 200,000 to 250,000 fish. F
Nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, are the minerals in fertilizer that promote plant growth. But due to the over-fertilization of cropland, far more nitrogen and phosphorous are applied to fields than are removed by crops. FExcess nutrients in water cause harmful plant growth—commonly referred to as "algal bloom," which can cause fish kills. Nitrogen can also degrade ecosystems by making water more acidic and killing some aquatic plants while promoting the growth of other kinds of plants. F
Case in Point: Nitrogen and Dead Zones
Excess nutrients in bodies of water can contribute to the excessive growth of plant life, a process known as "eutrophication," which, in turn, can make water "hypoxic," or low in oxygen. FThe effects of eutrophication can be vast. According to the USDA, "as much as 15 percent of the nitrogen fertilizer applied to cropland in the Mississippi River Basin makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico." FThis pollution is one of the leading causes of the so-called Gulf "Dead Zone," an oxygen-deprived area as large as 8,000 square miles—almost the size of New Jersey—in which no fish can survive. F
Ammonia and Nitrates
Livestock manure is high in ammonia concentrations, Fand dissolved ammonia in water is not only highly toxic to fish, Fbut can also be converted to dangerous nitrates. FElevated nitrate levels in drinking water are highly poisonous to humans, causing potentially fatal oxygen levels in babies (known as "blue-baby syndrome"), spontaneous abortions, and possibly cancer. FIn a sample of wells surveyed by the US Geological Survey from 1993 to 2000, 2 percent of public-supply and 9 percent of the domestic wells more common in rural areas were found to have nitrate concentrations higher than the EPA's maximum allowable level. FThe EPA estimates that about 1.3 million households in counties with industrial livestock facilities get their water from wells with dangerously high nitrate levels. F
Pathogens and other microorganisms
Manure contains a high level of pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms). When the waste is applied to fields, those pathogens can be transferred to local water supplies during a run off from either irrigation or rainfall. FThe impact of pathogens from manure is severe: according to the Centers for Disease Control, in every waterborne disease outbreak in the United States from 1986 to 1998 where the pathogen could be identified, it most likely originated in livestock. F
Some other waterborne microorganisms do not originate on farms, but develop as a result of eutrophication caused by high nutrient levels. Pfiesteria piscicida, for example, thrives in many areas where algal blooms grow, and causes lesions in fish and large-scale fish kills. FIt can also cause a range of symptoms in humans, including respiratory and eye irritation, gastrointestinal problems, fatigue, as well as skin problems and cognitive symptoms such as memory loss and confusion. F
Antibiotics and Hormones
Antibiotics and artificial growth hormones are commonly used on industrial farms, either injected directly into the livestock or added to their feed. Large amounts of both substances end up being excreted by animals and can thus pollute water along with everything else in livestock waste. Some hormones can remain functional in manure up to 270 days after excretion, and there have been many documented cases of hormones discovered miles downstream of farms. FAlthough it is unclear whether these hormone concentrations can be high enough to affect humans, they have been shown to compromise the reproductive processes of fish. F
An estimated 75% of all antibiotics administered to livestock are excreted, Fand for certain common antibiotics that figure can be as high as 90%. F. The overuse of antibiotics for livestock contributes to the development of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, and some studies suggest that growth of these resistant bacteria may be promoted in waterways with high levels of antibiotics. FNumerous studies have demonstrated that waterways are a prominent means of transmitting these dangerous types of bacteria to humans. F
Heavy Metals and Salts
Some heavy metals, such as copper and zinc, are essential nutrients for animal growth—especially for cattle, swine, and poultry. FHowever, such elements are often present in animal feed in concentrations far higher than necessary for animal health, along with other heavy metals such as chromium, lead, arsenic and cadmium. FFarm animals excrete excess heavy metals in their manure—which in turn gets spread as fertilizer, leading to soil and water pollution. The health hazards resulting from exposure to heavy metals in water include kidney problems from cadmium; nervous system disorders, kidney problems and headaches from lead; and both cardiovascular and nervous system problems from arsenic, which is also known to cause cancer. F
Many salts are also present in large quantities in manure, including sodium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, chloride, sulfate, bicarbonate, carbonate, and nitrate. FWhen introduced to the environment, these salts increase the salinity of waterways, leading to changes in aquatic ecosystems and making water brackish, and therefore unfit for drinking. F
Organic Matter and Other Solids
In addition to the biodegradable organic matter naturally present in manure, animal bedding, wasted feed, soil, dust, hair and feathers are often mixed with manure in storage and can end up in waterways. FThe decomposition of organic matter can cause increased levels of bacteria, which in turn reduces oxygen levels in water and kills fish. FThis decomposition can also negatively affect the color, taste, and smell of water. F
Wells and Groundwater
Although much of the water used in the U.S. is obtained from surface water sources, many families continue to use wells to draw water from the ground. FIn fact, groundwater is the source of drinking water for 46% of the U.S. population and for 99% of the population living in rural areas. F
While public drinking water systems are regulated by the EPA, private drinking water wells are not regulated, and are not required to meet EPA clean water standards. FFurthermore, unlike public water systems, private wells aren't required to undergo routine testing by experts. As a result, families that rely upon private drinking water wells are especially vulnerable to the harmful effects of water pollution from factory farms. In U.S. counties that have industrial farms, approximately 13.5 million households depend on domestic drinking water wells. F
Water Usage and Conservation
Agriculture uses a staggering amount of water on an annual basis. In 2000, 41% of all freshwater used by humans in the United States was used for agriculture. FPerhaps even more notable is that agriculture accounted for more than 80% of US "consumptive use" of water—that share of water which is not returned quickly to the environment. F
Water overuse is particularly a problem on industrial farms that do not tailor their farming practices on a case by case basis. For example, a dairy that uses an automatic "flushing" system to clean out its animal houses uses an average of 150 gallons of water per cow per day, compared to an average of 5-10 gallons used by farms that monitor their water use in order to conserve it. FNot only does water overuse hurt the environment, it's also expensive. One estimate from the USDA concludes that increasing water use efficiency on irrigated farms by just 10% could save almost $200 million per year solely due to the associated savings in fuel costs. F
Did You Know?
- The EPA considers agriculture to be "the most widespread source of impairment in the nation's assessed lake acres." F
- There were over 1,000 documented spills or discharges of manure from animal feeding operations in the Midwestern states between 1995 and 1998. F
- An Ohio study revealed that 67 percent of water taken near poultry farms and 31 percent of water near swine farms contained antibiotics. F
What You Can Do
- Small, sustainable farms conserve water and apply waste and fertilizer to fields responsibly, minimizing their impact on local water systems. By supporting small farms such as these, you can help to promote healthier waterways while showing that you do not support the environmental recklessness practiced by industrial farms.
- Visit Eat Well Guide to find a farm, store or restaurant near you offering sustainably-raised meat and dairy products. Just enter your zip code!
- Know your farmer. Visit your local farmers' market or join a CSA (community supported agriculture group) and start buying from a farm directly. Ask questions and get to know your food and how it is produced. Check out Sustainable Table's Shop Sustainable page to learn more.


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William Maze
William Maze is the former labor research assistant for the Midland-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy and an attorney.
From William Maze
Upping the Ante: Civil Service Rules and State Contracting
MPR raises the learning curve with a special back-to-school issue on education and privatization, including feature articles on school unions and privatization, how privatization could help Detroit schools, and private management of school cafeterias. Other features discuss privatizing the anti-drug program DARE and competitive contracting of teacher health care benefits. 20 pages. … more
Published on March 1, 1998 – Michigan Privatization Report
Why Does the Michigan House Want Schools to Waste Money?
Outsourcing noninstructional duties saves money and improves quality for schools and taxpayers, but the Michigan House of Representatives voted to make doing this more difficult and costly for the state's school districts. … more
Published on Sept. 8, 1997 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
New Legislation Flunks Out
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Folding the Tent on Poor Performance
Published on June 1, 1997 – Michigan Privatization Report
Project Labor Agreements
Published on March 1, 1997 – Michigan Privatization Report
Privatization for Safety's Sake
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It's been more than 40 years and I can still see the numbers, scrawled on my Uncle Michael's bedroom wall, of how many American soldiers had died in the Vietnam War.
It's been more than 40 years and I can still see the numbers, scrawled on my Uncle Michael's bedroom wall, of how many American soldiers had died in the Vietnam War.
No issue galvanized this nation more as I neared my teens. Nothing painted for me a more black-and white picture of what the war had really cost this country than those numbers, each one representing someone's father. Son. Brother. Friend.
Uncle Michael had a high draft number. We both knew he was lucky. The numbers were his tribute to the soldiers. A reminder and a protest.
The numbers on the wall sparked my interest in the war, which began an early period of activism and a lasting curiosity with politics.
In 1972, after more than 56,200 American soldiers had lost their lives in Vietnam, my uncle voted in his first presidential election. His protest went from writing on a wall to casting a ballot. This is how you can really make a difference.
I was jealous. Why did I have to wait another eight years?
Turns out he was among the dozen or so who voted for Democrat George McGovern that year.
He also was among the 55.2 percent of the voting-age population who voted in the presidential election of 1972. While it remains the third-greatest percentage of voter turnout in a presidential election over the last 36 years, it was in fact the continuation of a downward slide in voter turnout since 1960, when 62.8 percent of Americans cast their ballots for either John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon.
A few months back, I reminded my uncle of the wall in his Brooklyn bedroom. We got to talking politics and then he tossed into the conversation that the '72 election was his last. He hadn't voted since then.
Had the McGovern trashing taken that much out of him?
He said he just never saw a reason to vote after that. Didn't think it would matter. Hadn't been paying much attention to the candidates or the issues.
But the wall. The numbers. Your protest. Your vote can make a difference.
He shrugged.
We had an editor at this paper who said he didn't vote because he wanted to remain impartial. Knew which candidate he wanted to see win. But he said he'd be compromising his journalistic integrity by voting.
Really? How about his integrity as an American?
How could you not vote?
How can anyone not vote?
I know. It's a Tuesday. Workday. Polls are only open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You only had four years to figure out how you can take a half-hour out of your day to vote. Because you might miss a "Real Housewives" episode.
Oh, that's right, it doesn't matter because your candidate is going to win or lose anyway. And it doesn't really matter because those politicians are all the same. Any other excuses?
As I told my uncle, don't just talk to the wall. Go vote.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (AP) - Gov. Robert Bentley says it's unlikely teachers and state employees will get pay raises in this year's budgets.
The governor says his staff is studying the issue but that the money is just not there for a state employees' pay raise, which would mostly have to come out of the cash-strapped General Fund budget. He said it also looks uncertain whether the funds will be available for a pay increase for education employees.
Mac McArthur is the executive director of the Alabama State Employees Association, and he says rank & file employees have not received a pay increase since 2008.
The chairman of the education budget committee said he has not received a "hard estimate" on how much tax revenue will be available for the education budget.
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- The director is the same person who directed FFVI, FFIX and FFXII, Hiroyuki Ito.- The co-director led a small part of the development team to make Tactics Ogre for the PSP in parallel with FFXV. He's currently multi-tasking as lead UI designer of FFXIV 2.0 and co-director of FFXV.- The game design and battle system will be a major evolution of FFXII.- The game will be open world and have sprawling, crowd-filled cities on par with Assassin's Creed.- The battle system now allows you to target different parts of an enemy's body like in Vagrant Story.- Yoichi Wada (president of Square Enix) wants the game to have a world scale and volume of content that surpasses The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. He also wants the game to surpass FFVII in worldwide sales and critical reception.- Will release on all major current gen platforms.
- The game design and battle system will be a major evolution of FFXII.
Sounds fake.
I'm always skeptical of open-world games since they tend to do a shitty job telling you how to advance the main storyline, and I personally think non-linearity is vastly overrated, and that linear titles tend to have better plots.


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The line array concept suffers from two major shortcomings: destructive self-interference and a frequency response that varies based on the listener's distance to the array. The combination of the three Danley patent-pending technologies enable a single Genesis or Jericho Horn to supply even coverage out to multiple hundreds of feet, whereas it requires multiple line array cabinets to produce performance anywhere close to that. This is accomplished as Shaded Amplitude Lens Technology allows as much as 20 dB of gain out of a single cabinet, to be evenly distributed over a very large listening plane. Compared to the more typical 6 dB of gain generated by all other discrete cabinet designs - even those deemed line array cabinets. Moreover, the frequency response of a Genesis or Jericho Horn, due to the Synergy Horn technology, is smooth in all dimensions and the phase response is simply incomparably better. Evidence of this is clearly apparent when listening to a stereo pair of Jericho Horns as they produce imaging that line arrays simply are incapable of producing, including the phantom center image when standing directly between two cabinets. Perhaps the most significant difference is the full-range response of the Jericho Horn as a single cabinet, which will leave listeners amazed that separate subwoofers are not being used.
The unique performance of the Genesis Horn, and now the much larger Jericho Horn, is the brainchild of Tom Danley, who has a unique take on loudspeaker design informed by decades of acoustic research and development outside of the sound reinforcement industry (building acoustic levitators and other similarly sci-fi-sounding gizmos). Thinking outside the box, Danley developed the Synergy Horn technology employed in the company's flagship SH-50 full-range loudspeaker, along with the Paraline and Shaded Amplitude Lens technology that makes the new horns conform to three critical requirements: high output, appropriate SPL by angle so that everyone from the front row to the back row receives the same impact, and fidelity that impresses even audiophiles.
"In every respect, the Jericho Horn is a vastly better alternative to the problematic line array solution that the industry has 'settled' for," said Mike Hedden, president of Danley Sound Labs. "Its output is monstrous, yet so pleasant to listen to. There is nothing comparable on the planet. I challenge any line array solution, at any price, to even approach the Jericho Horn's performance. This is reference quality typically only heard at close distances, yet being delivered at hundreds of feet away. It occurs to me that for a time, slide rules were indispensable to engineers, physicists, and others who worked with numbers; but then something better came along, and they don't use slide rules anymore. It will come as no surprise that I view line arrays as the slide rules of the sound reinforcement industry."
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CORTLAND, N.Y. – Sophomore John Babin (Warwick Valley) caught eight passes for 77 yards and a touchdown and freshman Bronson Greene (Clifton Park/Shenenedehowa) rushed for two scores as Cortland took a 23-6 halftime lead and the Red Dragons held on to defeat The College of New Jersey, 23-20, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) contest.
Cortland improved to 6-2, both overall and in the NJAC, while TCNJ s now 5-3 overall and 4-3 in the conference.
Senior linebackers Cody Allen (Medina) and Bill Smith (Nanuet) led Cortland with 14 tackles apiece. Allen finished with 2.5 tackles for losses, including 1.5 sacks, and forced a fumble. Freshman Jesse Scanna (Holbrook/Sachem North) totaled two sacks. Quarterback Dan Pitcher (Cortland) completed 17-of-28 passes for 154 yards, senior Dorian Myles (Lackawanna/Hamburg) ran for 64 yards and Greene finished with 33 yards rushing.
TCNJ senior quarterback James Donoghue (Shamong, NJ/Seneca) finished 21-of-36 passing for 246 yards and two touchdowns, but was sacked six times. Junior Glenn Grainger (Island Heights, NJ/Holmdel) caught eight passes for 120 yards and two scores and junior Matthew Rosati (Bayonne, NJ) finished with six receptions for 62 yards.
TCNJ sophomore linebacker Nick Bricker (Middletown, NJ/Middletown South) improved on his status at the NJAC's tackle leader. He finished with 22 tackles, 13 solo, with two tackles for losses and a fumble recovery. Junior linebacker Greg Burns (Hamilton, NJ/Hamilton West) made 11 stops and senior defensive back Shawn Brown (Long Branch, NJ) finished with nine tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. He recorded 2.5 tackles for losses, including a sack.
Special teams play was a factor in much of the first half scoring. TCNJ started the game's opening drive on its own 3-yard line after a returner slipped catching the kickoff. On fourth down at the 11-yard line, a bad punt snap resulted in a 1-yard run and a turnover on downs, and Cortland capitalized with a 3-play, 10-yard drive capped by Greene's 1-yard TD run.
Later in the first quarter, the Red Dragons marched 56 yards on seven plays, keyed by a 40-yard pass from Pitcher to Babin on 3rd-and-9 from the Cortland 45-yard line, and Greene once again finished the drive with a TD run, this time a 2-yard effort, to give the Red Dragons a 14-0 lead.
Early in the second quarter, TCNJ's Andrew Carbone (Hackettstown, NJ) blocked a Cortland punt that Nicholas Lukaszewicz (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional) returned three yards for a touchdown. However, the Lions' extra point was blocked by Smith and senior D.J. Romano (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) picked up the ball and raced untouched 84 yards down the left sideline for a two-point defensive conversion and a 16-6 Cortland lead.
Cortland's final scoring drive was set up when senior defensive lineman Steve Gruber (Thornwood/Westlake) intercepted a pass and returned the ball 45 yards to the TCNJ 7-yard line with 1:27 left in the half. On the next play, Pitcher hit Babin on a 7-yard pass to the back right corner of the end zone and Cortland led 23-6.
Neither team scored in the third quarter as three of the six drives in the period ended in turnovers on fumbles – two by Cortland and one by TCNJ. With 7:11 left in the game, the Lions started a drive on their own 16-yard line. They eventually scored on Grainger's 44-yard TD catch with 5:24 left and Cortland's lead was cut to 23-13.
TCNJ forced Cortland to punt on its next possession and got the ball back on its own 31-yard line with 2:44 left. On 4th-and-2 at the Cortland 25-yard line, Donoghue connected with Rosati for a 21-yard gain. Following an intentional spike, Donoghue scrambled before throwing a 4-yard TD pass to Grainger with 29.3 seconds left and the Lions were within three at 23-20. Cortland's Mike Humphrey (Le Roy), however, successfully fielded the ensuing onsides kickoff and the Red Dragons ran out the clock.
TCNJ outgained Cortland 319-278 in total offense, snapping the Red Dragons' streak of six consecutive games gaining at least 400 yards.
Cortland will play its final two regular-season games on the road – next Saturday at Brockport at 1 p.m. to complete its NJAC schedule and Nov. 12 at Ithaca at noon in the annual Cortaca Jug rivalry game. TCNJ hosts Western Connecticut State next Saturday at noon and travels to Rowan Nov. 12 at 1 p.m., both NJAC games.


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Loss Given Default of High Loan-to-Value Residential Mortgages
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Abstract: This paper studies residential mortgage loss given default using a large set of historical loan-level default and recovery data of high loan-to-value mortgages from several private mortgage insurance companies. We show that loss given default can largely be explained by various characteristics associated with the loan, the underlying property, and the default, foreclosure, and settlement process. We find that the current loan-to-value ratio is the single most important determinant. More importantly, mortgage loss severity in distressed housing markets is significantly higher than under normal housing market conditions. Our empirical results have important policy implications for risk-based capital.
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1. Re: Intel, where are you in the development...Dago_Intel Apr 25, 2012 10:11 AM (in response to nic727)
Regarding with your inquiry the latest Intel graphics drivers provide support for OpenGL version 3.0. already.
You can confirm this information at the following url:
This is the list of tested games for the 2nd generation of Intel graphics controllers, IL2 Cliffs of Dover is not included in that list however probably it will be included with the 3rd generation of Intel graphics controllers:
However if you have issues with this game you can access the following page for troubleshooting purposes:
Intel chipsets with integrated graphics do not support full scene anti-aliasing. Anti-aliased lines are supported in OpenGL* applications or through the game settings only.
2nd generations of Intel graphics controllers do support DirectX* 10.1:
3rd generation of Intel graphics controller will be available very soon; once they have been released all the information about their improvements will be available on our web site.
Dago MC.
2. Re: Intel, where are you in the development...nic727 Apr 25, 2012 3:19 PM (in response to Dago_Intel)
thx for your answer but I was talking about 1st generation Intel HD Graphics (plain name).
I just want to know if you are able to test new game and try to improve performance. OpenGL 2.1 for this graphic card have some issue. Major functions don't working correctly, because I have some issue in video game when I play OpenGL 2.1 but not Direct X 9. The strange thing is that my game require OpenGL 1.3 or something like that, but I can't play with 2.1 Some people think that it's an issue with Intel HD Graphics.
I just want you to test Il2 Cliffs of Dover too just to know if you are able to do something or not. Just that. If yes, say me.
3. Re: Intel, where are you in the development...nic727 May 3, 2012 7:02 PM (in response to nic727)
Can someone answer me about OpenGL issue for Intel HD Graphics (not 2000 or 3000. I talk about 1st generation). When I play my game in OpenGL mode I have that for cloud.
and the playability of Il2 cliffs of dover for Intel HD Graphics first generation. http://communities.intel.com/thread/28028?tstart=60
Can you find something to put antialiasing?
I wait for answer...
4. Re: Intel, where are you in the development...nic727 May 19, 2012 9:35 AM (in response to nic727)
When we will get the next update?
5. Re: Intel, where are you in the development...nic727 Jun 20, 2012 6:28 PM (in response to nic727)
Hi Intel,
I found that Nouveaux drivers Intel HD Graphics 15.26 et 15.28 pour Windows 7/8 - Intel - Cartes graphiques, Processeurs It's in french, but I say that you released a new update for
- HD Graphics 2000
- HD Graphics 2500
- HD Graphics 3000
- HD Graphics 4000
- HD Graphics P3000
- HD Graphics P4000
- Core i3-2000
- Core i5-2000
- Core i5-3000
- Core i7-2000
- Core i7-3000
- Celeron 700
- Celeron 800
- Celeron B700
- Celeron B800
- Celeron G400
- Celeron G500
- Pentium 900
- Pentium B900
- Pentium G600
- Pentium G800
- Xeon E3-1200
What happen to my Intel HD Graphics (first generation) and my Intel Core i3 inside? We didn't have update for the last 3-4 months. It will be cool if you can fixe OpenGL too for this driver, because in the link, it say that you updated OpenGL 3.2 to 3.3. I have 2.1 with bug and I just want you to fixe this version (not update now)like I said in my topic before.
THX to answer. I want an update!!!


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Our faculty members are engaged teacher-scholars with a wide range of interests: the Hebrew prophets, contemporary peace builders, ethics, ecclesiology, Ramanuja and liberation theology. They hold memberships in many scholarly societies such as the American Academy of Religion, the Society for Biblical Literature, the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Biblical Association. They teach courses which draw on ancient traditions, but also take their students to experience contemporary societies through travel courses and service learning. They teach in the classroom, at Boston-area religious sites and at the Museum of Fine Arts. Their students organize teach-ins on AIDS, celebrate a Passover seder and create and host their own ecumenical council to update Vatican II. They are also actively engaged in the wider community and among them you will find a Catholic priest, a Protestant minister, a public library trustee and an advocate for the elderly.
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We are a design firm that is launching a new site next year. This site will allow many freelancers to get paid (no contests) for their skills on a regular basis. OUR PASSION? Helping our clients (small business, church, ministry, nonprofit, Christian Musicians and film makers) Achieve better visibility through high quality design services at a budget they can all afford. we could not do what we do without amazing designers like you! We are interviewing for new designers as we need lot's of help now. Submit and get hired for more work!
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