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Corruption is corruption.
Hang them from the trees on Wall Street as a warning to others.
And stop creating government regulations that give them lots of loopholes to exploit.
It is very common in 3rd world countries, but even in first world nations there are people that have armed guards.
However I suspect the "banker's well trained soldiers" the GP is referring to are the police forces and armies of the United States. As in, bankers buy politicians, which craft laws and direct their military forces to protect the bankers.
I would be happy if this was tried in the ICC at The Hague, as what they did was an international crime.
I could settle for an old-fashioned tar&feathering. If their security is as bad as you imply, it should be easy&fun.
But I doubt it.
And stop creating government regulations that give them lots of loopholes to exploit.
Yeap. Better totally deregulate the industry... you see?... no loopholes to exploit
Corruption is corruption.
Hang them from the trees on Wall Street as a warning to others.
And stop creating government regulations that give them lots of loopholes to exploit.
You beat me to it. Hang 'em. Hang them high.
Obviously, you haven't been watching Fox News. They have assured me that it was the evil government, and not base greed and the free market, that caused the crash.
Obviously, you haven't been watching Fox News. They have assured me that it was the evil government, and not base greed and the free market, that caused the crash.
Didn't you hear? It was Bill Clinton's army of crafty welfare negroes who somehow managed to sucker the brightest lights on Wall Street, despite having minimal prior experience with anything other than check-cashing joins and sleazy rent-to-own financing schemes... Makes perfect sense!
"When the people at the top of our complex financial system, with the trust and responsibility placed on them to safeguard the well-being of the whole community, behave in such an anti-social manner they belong behind bars."
Hey now, it's not like they were downloading a bunch of academic journals or something!
We need some perspective here.
I've wondered a few times whether Mr. Swartz should have created something like "Information Liberation Inc." or something to that effect. Perhaps if he had engaged in his actions as a company instead of an individual, he could have avoided being labeled a felon and thrown in prison.
I mean, Carmen Ortiz let it work for St. Jude's. And GlaxoSmithKline. And Forest Laboratories.
Now we can see who sits in the cockpit of the "invisible hand". When the people at the top of our complex financial system, with the trust and responsibility placed on them to safeguard the well-being of the whole community...
The mechanism operates just as intended. Bankers are not really there to "safeguard" our community and it is foolish to expect them to do so.
If they are punished for bad behavior, they will (mostly) stop behaving badly. If they are rewarded for bad behavior, they will behave worse and worse until they are punished
Even if they aren't sociopaths, that is a normal reaction.
And I wouldn't blame a few individual bankers, I think this was coordinated a bit higher up. American banks had been selling way too many loans, and when they saw this was becoming a huge problem that might bring down the entire American economy, they made the brilliant move of packaging these loans in nice AAA investment vehicles and selling them to the rest of the world. Now it became a global crisis instead of an American one.
Not a very moral or honest thing to do, but it sure was ingenious.
It was the biggest Ponzi scheme in history--all done with the blessing of the biggest banks in the world, cheering politicians, and a gullible public that bought into the idea that less regulation and oversight would somehow not incentivize corruption and fraud.
And I wouldn't blame a few individual bankers, I think this was coordinated a bit higher up.
Who or what was coordinating it? The Bavarian Illuminati? An invisible man living in the sky? His Noodlyness? Inquiring minds want to know.
My impression of the whole mess:
1. It was fraud on a massive scale.
2. It was very very profitable to engage in. Anyone at a major bank who had even remotely suggested that this was a bad idea tended to be first laughed out of the room and then fired shortly thereafter.
3. For the last 15-20 years at least, the SEC and the Feds basically made the decision to look the other way with regards to Wall St crimes. The Bush administration in particular was notoriously lax, but Obama has done nothing to put a stop to it.
4. When it hit the fan, all the people involved got bailed out because the US Treasury Department was either (a) in on it, or (b) was scared of what would happen to the economy if that didn't happen.
None of this required any kind of coordination, all it took was somebody committing this kind of fraud and getting away with it. As a rule, if left unchecked crooked business drives out honest business because the crooks have higher profit margins.
In the 1990's there was a suggestion that over the counter derivatives (CDS, MBS included) be regulated by the then head of the CFTC, Brooksley Born.
This got slapped down hard by Greenspan, Summers, Rubin etc.
Regulated derivatives like options are far less profitable and far more transparent so of course the issuers of the OTC derivatives don't want that.
Regulation is still needed. People in the industry will tell you that the games are still going on.
"...anybody who wants to see anything different has got to tell me how we de-centralize."
It's starting, and slowly gaining momentum. Support any efforts in your state or local government to re-assert sovereignty. CO and WA are actively defying federal drug laws. Twenty six states sued to block Obamacare and many governors are actively resisting its implementation. Several states have passed resolutions asserting that the NDAA won't be enforced in their states. With all of the anti-gun hysteria, we're seeing states and even county LEOs claiming that they will stop any new gun control laws being forced on their citizens. Something really interesting is that several county LEOs are claiming that they will actively thwart federal LEOs from enforcing the laws in their jurisdictions.
Maybe if we could elect some courageous state AGs, they could prosecute these banking slime on charges of fraud, forgery, perjury, etc.
I like the idea of state banks. Until fractional reserve banking is banned, I think that's the best way to restore the money power to the people.
F*** the federal government's "oversight" role. They have the FDIC, OTS, OCC, SEC, FBI, CFTC, etc. etc. and they not only failed to stop the Wall St. fraud factory and thwarted any investigation and prosecution, they actively conspired to facilitate and cover up the frauds. There is little hope of positive change at the federal level.
Look, anybody who wants to see anything different has got to tell me how we de-centralize.
Something the Occupy Wall St folks did was organize a "Move your Money Day", which was a mass effort to have people close out their accounts at the big banks and put the money into local banks and credit unions. They claim to have pulled $50 million out of the big banks and put it into small banks. These were the same people talking about "Too Big to Fail" - they were actually trying to decentralize, exactly as you suggested.
and do hard time, nothing will change.
Unfortunately, Obama has proved a friend to the wealthy and powerful, so don't hold your breath.
Standard and Poor may not have acted quickly on downgrading these bad loans (they ALL were reluctant to downgrade them, S&P were losing business because they weren't keen to give them good ratings!). The reason S & P are currently under attack is simple:
They downgraded the dollar because Congress wouldn't tackle the government debt. As soon as they did that, the Fed started threatening them with prosecution over bad ratings.
The current deal with the Republicans in Congress includes a raising of the
Egan-Jones, a small competitor to the big three, recently got hit with a 18month ban on govt ratings.
Look, at the height of madness, these derivatives which no one could possibly understand, derivatives so complex even God Almighty could not understand were given the same rating as US Treasury bonds or just a microscopically lower ratings. If these banks really believed the ratings by S&P they would have bought them at the same yields as US Treasury bonds, (or microscopically higher yeilds). But these derivatives were yielding a full percent, and then they were shooting up.
Why? These bastards knew, no matter, what lipstick S&P and Moody's slap on these beasts they are pigs. If small investors were taken in, that lone retiree conserving his/her nest egg, despairing at the ridiculously low interest rates they were getting, buying one lone bond for 12000$ and losing it all, they have my full sympathies, and wish they would be able to take on these bastards and send them to jai.
But, the buyers were the big guys. Why are they buying bonds, whose rating was paid for by the sellers?. Why can't they come up with a plan to pay for the ratings themselves? The bankers could have decided the buyers of bonds would chip in a few dollars and create an agency that will never be paid by the sellers of bonds and would be totally funded y the buyers of the bonds. They still have not done it.
What is playing out in the courts is something like a lovers spat or falling out between the thieves.
I am no fan of S&P rating agency and what they did was horrendous. There was clear conflict of interest in rating a bond/secutiry/instrument and getting paid by the sellers of the very same instruments. But on the other hand the people who were "duped" by the practice are not tiny small investors, without the means to do independent verification or the means to do due diligence on the rating agencies. Heck, the very same big banks that claim to be "duped" by the inflated ratings given by S&P actively participated in the very same rating rigging scheme. They know very well every body is doing it. These banks that bought the bonds were also repacking the very same bonds and putting them back on the market, and they paid the very same rating agency the very same "commissions" to get them inflated too.
All quite true. It's important to understand the the most important modality of Wall Street greed is *individual* greed. Generally speaking, each employee has massive incentive to game the system in order to get a huge bonus at the end of the year. If his gaming of the system subsequently blows up his employer, or the US financial system, the worst that happens is that he gets fired - but he gets to keep bonuses reaped to date. This asymmetry explains much Wall Street behavior... make hay while the sun
Egan-Jones is a small ratings agency that is paid by the buyers. It's famous for harsh ratings and coincidentally got hit by the 18month ban on govt bond ratings few weeks ago.
Someone who sells ratings should not also be buying and selling these products. Of course there is a huge perverse incentive here.
Investment banks don't rate their own products.
They pay ratings companies to rate them.
Do you see the difference?
If you do please let me know what it is.
Let's remember, these "smoking gun" emails are the result of exhaustive, comprehensive searches of EVERY ingoing and outgoing email from the respective organizations. In a large enough company I can guarantee you I can find emails that "prove" almost anything relating to thier business, their customers, etc.
That some employees expressed doubts or questioned the value of the products or services their company offers means very little if they are not the decision-makers.
Anyone surprised that a salesman at an investment house might be selling something they either don't understand or personally see the value in shouldn't be investing in the stock market. Would you be surprised to find out the guy selling you a Chevy Volt doesn't believe it is the best car in the world? What a salesman says to a customer is not neccessarily what he believes in his heart or in his mind.
But we get the [rollingstone.com] point [pbs.org].
It's very well established that banks committed fraud. It's very well established that the US Government protected these very institutions when they were knowledgeable of the fraud being committed.
It's also very well established that no one's going to criminal court. Wall Street and Washington D.C. have been coupled together in such an orgy of conspiracy that neither will willingly do anything to jeopardize their sybiotic relationship.
The thing is, if we allowed the free market to work, then AIG, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and all the big banks who participated in this would have evaporated overnight and regional banks who acted responsibly would have stepped in to fill the void. But the free market was not allowed to do its thing and we have a doubling down on crony capitalism that will fail again, bigger.
A lot of people like to pretend there's an all-powerful government out there that can suppress any dissent, but we've all seen the l
The sad truth is people are corrupt. We all are. It's a part of human nature. What we need to start doing is accepting that people in power are going to abuse it, and put in blocks, checks to keep that from happening. The truth is, people need to be regulated. They need to be checked that they are doing what they are supposed to.
Too big to fail? Not to big to jail.
This also shows what the government thinks of everyone but the rich and corporations. They will bend over backwards to bail out the rich and the corporations while fucking the rest of us in the ass. The economy has been in the shitter but the people the caused it live like kings.
Wish some good would come of this, but our government won't do anything about it.
As far as I could tell (as an about to graduate or just graduated CS major) the economy crashed somewhere around 2000/2001 and never really did recover. It's only been downhill since. That's what I remember hearing in the media at the time too. The economy was crashing. It was only after the housing market did it's thing that suddenly history was rewritten and the crash didn't happen until later. I guess the world just cares more about realestate agents than geeks.
Hard on the edges, soft in the middle
Air is water with holes in it.


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Margarite A. "Peg" Phillips
Margarite A. "Peg" Phillips, 90, formerly of Erie and Kane, went to be with her Jesus on Monday, May 30, 2011, having died at the Kane Community Hospital.Born June 15, 1920 in Syracuse, N.Y., she was the daughter of Laurence W. and Rose M. Von Zagorski Bushley. On Sept. 20, 1940 in Sackett, she married the love of her life, Merle L. Phillips, who died April 2, 2008.She moved to Sackett at a young age and graduated from DeYoung High School, where she excelled at softball. Both she and her husband accepted Jesus as their Lord as young teenagers and served their Lord during their 68 years of marriage, and were both well-known for their ministry with local youth groups. In their last 20 years, they looked forward to the Creation Festival in Mt. Union and spending their winters in Florida.Mrs. Phillips was Baptist by faith, and was a cook for the Millcreek School District for 19 years.Surviving are her daughter, Carol (Bill) Biletnikoff of Scotch Hill; grandsons Douglas Biletnikoff of Scotch Hill and Nathaniel Biletnikoff of Friday Harbor, Wash.; plus great-grandchildren Dakota, Rianna and Chloe; and many nieces and nephews.Preceding her in death, besides her husband and parents, were sisters Beatrice and Geraldine; a brother, Charles; and a granddaughter, Emily.A service will be held privately at the family's convenience. Memorial contributions may be made to The Lutheran Home at Kane, 100 High Point Drive, Kane, PA 16735.Arrangements are entrusted to Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home, Inc. Online condolences may be expressed at www.ronaldmcdonaldfuneralhome.com.

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Build a .NET App for Google Checkoutby Martin Omander
Google Checkout is a new service designed to make online shopping faster, safer, and more convenient by integrating with sites to help people pay for goods and services online. In this article, I'll explain how Google Checkout works, give you an overview of its API, and then show you how to develop an application for it using .NET. I've also included sample code for the application. (Full disclosure: I work for Google, where I help large merchants integrate with Google Checkout.)
To start, let's take Google Checkout for a spin. Buy.com is one of the merchants that have integrated with Checkout. If you go to Buy.com's website, put an item in your shopping basket, and click the Checkout link, you will see two ways of completing the purchase (Figure 1). You can either use Buy.com's regular checkout process, or you can use Google's Checkout.
Figure 1: Google Checkout, integrated with Buy.com
If you click the Google Checkout button, you are taken to Google's website, where you can either log in or create a Google account (Figure 2). Once you have logged in, you can choose your shipping method, shipping address, and which credit card to pay with. Finally, as shown in Figure 3, you are asked to confirm your selections and place the order.
Figure 2: Google Checkout
Figure 3: Placing an order with Google Checkout
In other words, Google Checkout is an alternative checkout process, not a form of payment. Once a customer has created a Google account, she doesn't have to keep filling in credit card numbers and addresses on different merchants' websites, because Google has that information on file. She also doesn't have to remember login details for dozens of different merchant websites. And her credit card number is safer because Google doesn't share it with merchants.
What's in It for the Merchant?
First of all, merchants who offer Checkout get a Checkout shopping cart symbol in their AdWords ads (Figure 4). This symbol, and customers' knowledge of how fast and secure Checkout is, is designed to result in a higher conversion rate and more repeat business.
Figure 4: The Google Checkout shopping cart symbol
As I was writing this article, Google announced that there will be no processing fees for merchants during all of 2007. On January 1, 2008, Google will start charging a transaction fee of 2 percent plus 20 cents per transaction. But if the merchant is using AdWords, he will get $10 worth of sales processed for free for every $1 he spends on AdWords. For example, if the merchant is spending $1,000 on AdWords per month, he will get the first $10,000 worth of Checkout orders processed for free every month.
Finally, merchants using Checkout will be protected by Google's fraud prevention efforts. Google's fraud prevention tools stop invalid orders from reaching the merchant. And Google's Payment Guarantee policy helps protect merchants from chargebacks.
This article is about technology and not marketing, so I won't go into more detail here. Anyone who wants more business info about Checkout from a merchant's point of view can go to https://checkout.google.com/sell.


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NEW YORK - The Columbia heavyweight men's rowing team is excited to
welcome nine new Lions to the incoming class of 2016 for the 2012-13 season.
Christian Aral, Alex Barkume, Josh Fram, Emmett Gross, Max Lawton, Bret McCarty, Jack Michaud, Jake Petterson and Nicolaas Woudenberg will join the Lions this fall.
"We look forward to this group joining the Columbia heavyweight team in the fall," head heavyweight coach and director of rowing Mike Zimmer said. "We expect this class to row and race very hard and to be great teammates."
Zimmer and assistant coach Jon Douglas noted that the class of 2016 is entering Columbia at an important time for the heavyweight rowing team.
"Having graduated only two seniors from the team, we know the incoming class will immediately add depth and competition to the squad," Douglas remarked. "They are the physically strongest class that l have been involved in recruiting and they have shown real racing ability. Most importantly, they have had a very positive impact on their respective teams and are very hard workers. I'm excited to see them develop as a group here at Columbia."
"We recruit student-athletes who are serious about their academics, serious about racing and are excited to undertake both endeavors at the highest level," Zimmer explained. "We look forward to working with these nine young men as they grow as individuals, win races and make Columbia proud."
Christian Aral, 6-5, Glen Cove, N.Y. (Chaminade)
Competed in the top U.S. Development 8+ in 2011 ... fourth place 8+ at 2010 Head of the Charles ... four-year National Honor Society member.
Alex Barkume, 6-5, Manorville, N.Y.
(Choate Rosemary Hall)
Won the Varsity 4+ event at the 2011 NEIRA with current Columbia sophomore Buck Goggin ... holds the 2k erg record at Choate ... awarded the 2012 Austin Meeks Trophy for greatest contribution in rowing at Choate.
Josh Fram, 6-5, Lawrenceville, N.J.
Lawrenceville varsity team captain ... attended the 2011 US Junior National Team selection camp ... three-time Mid-Atlantic Prep League 4+ champion ... won the 2011 Head of the Schuylkill 4+ event.
Emmett Gross, 6-3, Wynnewood, Pa. (LaSalle)
LaSalle varsity team captain ... attended 2012 US Junior National Team selection camp ... eighth place 8+ at the 2012 Youth National Championship...Good Citizen Award recipient.
Max Lawton, 6-5, Bayside, Wisc. (Nicolet)
Milwaukee River Rowing Club team captain … two-time Milwaukee River Challenge winner in the 8+ … holds the 2k erg record at MRRC … National Merit Scholar … Columbia John Jay scholar.
Bret McCarty, 6-3, Lakewood, Ohio (St. Ignatius)
St. Ignatius varsity team captain ... sixth place 8+ at the 2011 Head of the Charles ... gold medal recipient in the JV 8+ at the 2011 Midwest Championships and silver medalist at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championships.
Jack Michaud, 6-3, Concord, Mass. (Concord-Carlisle)
Qualified for 2012 Youth Nationals in the Community Rowing varsity eight ... fourth at 2011 Canadian Henley in the U19 Men's 8+ ... played varsity ice hockey for three years ... hockey captain in his senior year … President's Award for academic excellence.
Jake Petterson, 6-4, Westport, Conn. (Staples)
Saugatuck Boat Club varsity team captain ... competed at Youth Nationals in the 4x and 8+ ... won the 2012 Mercer Lake Sprints and Northeast Championships in the varsity 8+ ... 2011-12 USRowing Scholastic honor roll.
Nicolaas Woudenberg, 6-3, Amsterdam,
Netherlands (Barlaeus Gymnasium)
Competed with the Dutch National Team in the 2011 Coupe de la Jeunesse ... Dutch U-17 and U-19 4x national champion ... set the course record at the Head of the River Amstel in 2011.


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The NCAA Softball Preseason Rankings were released this week. It is not a surprise that 'Bama is #1. They have a star-studded team and returns Jr. Pitcher Jackie Traina. Now I do not think Jackie is the best overall pitcher in the country; but she has excellent control and gets many batters to swing at outside pitches. Teams will become more patient against her this year.
I will be previewing the Big Ten Season in another post tomorrow. Coach Hutch did a great job recruiting so we will be better than last year.
Here is the Top 5.
1. Alabama
2. Oklahoma
3. California
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
No other Big Ten Team cracks the Top 20. It is good to see La-Laf get some love at #11. They played well last year and have many returning players this year.
Another team that is somewhat of a surprise to some is Hofstra at #20. Hofstra came out of no where last year and had some very impressive wins.
It is good to see the girls from Knoxville getting back into the Top 10 @ #6


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Whether it's shooting out kneecaps gangster-style, sneaking through the shadows and snapping necks like a spy, or flying over the city beating down crime with your comic book-inspired heroics, you love action. This is the place for you.
GTA San Andreas
Kratos vs. Master ChiefBlades of Chaos vs. Mjolnir ArmourWinner vs. Loser
I like GTA 4 better
I vote for GTA 4
San Andreas overall was a better and longer gaming experience than any of the other entries in this amazing series.. The character dialog both for C.J. and all of the A.I. is just too humorous 90% of the time. The game's soundtrack of licensed songs in insane. I think IV would probably be my 2nd in line.


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Austin Dillon has won the pole for Friday night's 250-mile Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Dillon turned the fastest lap in qualifying Friday, averaging 178.934 mph around the 2 1/2-mile track.
It's his ninth pole in 60 Nationwide races and first at NASCAR's most famous track.
Travis Pastrana qualified second, followed by Dillon's younger brother, Ty Dillon, Brian Scott and Sam Hornish Jr. Sprint Cup regulars Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth will start seventh, 14th, 15th and 19th, respectively.
Rookie Kyle Larson, whose car sailed into the grandstands on the final lap of the Nationwide season opener in February and injured nearly 30 spectators, qualified 13th in his return to Daytona.


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CSG is the Place to Be
CSG isn't an Organization Separate from the States;
It is Where the States Come Together.
By Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Scott Emler, 2012 CSG National Chair
President Harry Truman once said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." But for 80 years, leaders in state capitols have known if you want a friend, call on The Council of State Governments. For me, CSG is all about friendship. Through my involvement in both CSG's Midwestern Legislative Conference and CSG's national policy work, I have come to think of CSG as family.
As the 2012 national chair, my pride in the work of CSG and its members has only grown. Today, CSG is stronger than ever and I am convinced CSG remains one of the most cost-effective tools state leaders have to create meaningful change and lasting solutions.
Each state, commonwealth and territory supports CSG through the payment of state dues. The amount of these dues is established by a formula approved by the states. Since its founding, CSG has always been a community of the states. CSG isn't an organization separate from the states; it is where the states come together.
CSG's scope of activities and services is broad, but its mission is simple: To help today's state leaders successfully navigate the future. We do that by creating forums where regional and national issues can be explored, by discovering and sharing proven solutions that work, by working across party and state lines and with all three branches of state government, by building leadership skills, and by engaging with international and private sector partners to expand our capacity to make a difference. We also advocate for the states in Washington, D.C.
CSG is built on the belief that when state leaders come together, good things happen. Whether it is creating interstate compacts, regional solutions or interstate cooperation, CSG is an active forum for states to address policy concerns that overlap state boundaries. States working together are often better able than the federal government to address a challenge. CSG is the only association that includes all three branches of state government. This unique structure allows CSG to convene the expertise of the executive, legislative and judicial branches to help states solve problems.
Regional Focus
An enduring strength of CSG is its regional focus. The council maintains four regional offices. The Midwestern Legislative Conference office is located outside Chicago, the Eastern Regional Conference is in New York City, CSG West is in Sacramento and the Southern Legislative Conference is headquartered in Atlanta. Each region maintains its own staff and leadership structure to assure a member-driven agenda in each region. CSG is rightfully proud of its regional focus—and it puts its money where its mouth is because 60 cents of every dollar collected from states is sent to the regional organization to support programs and services for that region. By supporting four active regions, only CSG brings state leaders with similar priorities and challenges together.
Each CSG region also has the ability to adopt resolutions that express the position of that region. CSG does not have a "one size fits all" approach to addressing issues, but instead has the ability to advance unique regional interests.
Solid Information
In our highly polarized world, "facts" are often whatever someone says they are. While that may be convenient, it is a dangerous way to govern. CSG prides itself on providing solid, trusted research and information to state leaders. The Book of the States, the most comprehensive compendium of state information, is published annually by CSG. This year we have made previous editions of The Book of the States available online as part of CSG's Knowledge Center, found at www.csg.org.
Members of CSG each year review new state legislation and produce a volume of CSG Suggested State Legislation. This resource provides legislators and staff with useful templates for drafting legislation. Because we are a nonpartisan organization, we don't recommend model legislation or advocate for its passage. Instead, through Suggested State Legislation, we offer a library of statutory language reviewed by CSG members as a resource to the states.
CSG also functions as a technical assistance provider on topics as diverse as education policy, criminal justice and issues relevant to states that share a border with Mexico. These valuable programs, combined with CSG's commitment to provide direct outreach to the states, enhance CSG's impact.
Developing leadership skills of state leaders is also a hallmark of CSG. The prestigious CSG Henry Toll Fellowship and the regionally based leadership programs remain among CSG's most popular offerings. I would encourage anyone looking to enhance their leadership ability to apply for these programs.
The role of the states in governing is embedded in the DNA of our nation. We do not have a national government; we have a federal government. CSG takes as one of its most important responsibilities the duty to defend and advance the interests of the states in Washington, D.C. The CSG office in Washington stands ready to assist state leaders in navigating the labyrinths of the federal government.
The Place to Be
During my tenure as CSG national chair, I have championed the meaningful work of a great organization. CSG, as America's leading association of state leaders, is making a difference. I am proud of my participation in CSG; I know that because CSG exists, the states are able to accomplish more together than they would if each state acted on its own. CSG works.
As a legislative leader, a former judge and my state's deputy director of homeland security, I know firsthand how the work of CSG, its regions and affiliated organizations is advancing the interests of the states. That fact was brought into sharp focus during super storm Sandy. State emergency management directors, trained and empowered, in part, through their work as members of the National Emergency Management Association, linked through an interstate compact, the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, and in many cases, overseeing programs accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program, were prepared to respond. These organizations are all CSG affiliates and housed in CSG's headquarters.
I am proud of all CSG does to fulfill its mission of empowering all of us to achieve excellence. In its 80-year history, CSG has never been stronger or more needed. That is a testament to the leadership of so many who see CSG as the place to be. I have appreciated being able to serve my state, my region, my country and even Canada as CSG's national chair.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Scott Emler, the 2012 national chair of The Council of State Governments, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2012. He was accompanied by CSG Executive Director David Adkins, at left in the center photo. The Tomb is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by specially trained members of the 3rd United States Infantry—The Old Guard.
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Coddled, Surveilled, and Monetized: How Modern Houses Can Watch You 150
Presto Vivace (882157) links to a critical look in Time Magazine at the creepy side of connected household technology. An excerpt: A modern surveillance state isn't so much being forced on us, as it is sold to us device by device, with the idea that it is for our benefit. ... ... Nest sucks up data on how warm your home is. As Mocana CEO James Isaacs explained to me in early May, a detailed footprint of your comings and goings can be inferred from this information. Nest just bought Dropcam, a company that markets itself as a security tool allowing you to put cameras in your home and view them remotely, but brings with it a raft of disquieting implications about surveillance. Automatic wants you to monitor how far you drive and do things for you like talk to your your house when you're on your way home from work and turn on lights when you pull into your garage. Tied into the new SmartThings platform, a Jawbone UP band becomes a tool for remotely monitoring someone else's activity. The SmartThings hubs and sensors themselves put any switch or door in play. Companies like AT&T want to build a digital home that monitors your security and energy use. ... ... Withings Smart Body Analyzer monitors your weight and pulse. Teddy the Guardian is a soft toy for children that spies on their vital signs. Parrot Flower Power looks at the moisture in your home under the guise of helping you grow plants. The Beam Brush checks up on your teeth-brushing technique. Presto Vivaci adds, "Enough to make the Stasi blush. What I cannot understand is how politicians fail to understand what a future Kenneth Starr is going to do with data like this."


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Sure GTA is fun, but you want a little more open-endedness in your open world. You understand the pleasures of decking out your pad in tiger stripes and streaking through the neighborhood with a bazooka strapped to your back. Welcome home.
I knew i would enjoy SR when i bought the 1st game it was halarious, engaging and GUNS!! I hope the series keeps up the good work when it comes to fun activities i liked the protaganist with a voice option and i they have even more. I do think the driving mechanics need a lot of improovement, SR 1 was better with that. What do you guys think?
beware the red ring!!
I think It needs better graphics, a better physics engine, and a story that brings you into the game and makes you feel sad, angry and happy.
I agree better graphics.But I would like to see more of a variety of things to contol or conquer.That would make me happy.But I think all this is in Saints Row 2 so.I guess they heard me.
i think that they should make it to where what you do in the game will effect the actions that follow
the driving. you barely press on the accelerator and the tires screech. i prefer the GTAIV driving mechanics, honestly. but i STILL love Saints Row


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Honey Buzzard - Pernis apivorus
Common name: Honey Buzzard
Scientific name: Pernis apivorus
Accession number: 011
Materials: Watercolour on paper
When painted: July, 1839
Inscription on reverse: "Honey Buzzard. Pernis apivora. From a specimen shot near Stirling in the beginning of June 1838. Lent by Mr Macduff Carfrae on the 9th June, when its outline was taken. Finished, Edinburgh, 12th July, 1839. W.McG."


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Food assistance in Boulder County has increased rapidly in the past five years. Since April 2007, clients of the Boulder County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have jumped from 8,848 to 21,250 as of April 2013, a 240 percent increase.
Just about every conceivable demographic group has seen an increase in food assistance recipients, according to data compiled by the Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services. A few minority groups are fast risers in the numbers, like unmarried couples, which jumped by a factor of four but still account for only 1.5 percent of applicants, and households outside Boulder County, which increased tenfold to account for 10.6 percent of applications in April 2013.
The largest groups also saw increases, as recipients in Longmont, adults between 20 and 65, seniors over 66 and single people all more than doubled.
A portion of the increase can likely be attributed to a change in the government's attitude toward single applicants. Brian Cadena, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Colorado, says SNAP is intended to aid families, but has recently been applied to an increasing number of single-person households.
"It typically targets families. It's a household-level benefit," says Cadena. "But since the recession, the federal agency in charge of food stamps has waived that requirement because it has been so hard to find work lately."
As of April 2013, the typical Boulder County recipient is a single adult living in Longmont getting $159 a month, based on the federal average.
An estimated 7 percent of the county receives food assistance. An estimated 10 percent of Longmont, 6 percent of the city of Boulder and 5 percent of Lafayette, Louisville and Superior, taken together, receive the benefits.
The amount of assistance has risen right with demand, increasing from $11.1 million in 2008 to $27.6 million in 2012, a 249 percent increase, according to data provided by Boulder County HHS spokesman Jim Williams.
"The figures are primarily federal dollars that flow to Boulder County to provide benefits for clients who enroll for food assistance here," Williams says.
The Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services serves families outside Boulder County, Williams says, in instances where recipients are moving into or out of the county.
The rise in food assistance is a trend that more or less mirrors unemployment in the county, which hit a five-year low in early 2007 at under 3 percent, then more than doubled by late 2012, according to a housing and human services chart.
Recent news stories have noted there are high unemployment rates among new college graduates, but there's little in Boulder County's statistics that can be attributed to that particular trend. Single recipients and the "Adult" group, which spans 20 to 65, haven't risen faster than other groups. Unemployment for recent graduates nationwide remains high at 53.6 percent, according the U.S. Department of Labor and Census Bureau.
Adults between 18 and 35 years old account for approximately 22.8 percent of persons receiving food assistance nationwide, according to the Census Bureau. In Boulder County, adults 20 to 65 are slightly less than half the recipients, but that age group isn't broken down further.
Persons receiving aid in Colorado must also participate in the Employment First Program, according the state of Colorado's official website.
The Employment First Program is a federally mandated program designed to ensure that all able-bodied food assistance participants are engaged in activities that will improve their employability, according the website.
Cadena says the purpose of SNAP isn't just to help the homeless, it's to provide assistance to the working poor.
"It's been for people who are working, so it's for the working poor or at least for those who are looking for work," says Cadena. "And the unemployment rate is falling disproportionately on people who have been unemployed for a long time or have little work experience."
One Boulderite who receives food assistance is already working, but his job doesn't pay enough to eat right, he says. Theodore "Taj" Matuszak is a 33-year-old barista and artist who lives in a studio apartment on University Hill and says he tries to live simply. He works a minimum-wage job at Espresso Roma, where hours available to work are tight for all employees.
Matuszak applied for food stamps in April and qualified for the maximum, $200 a month. He says he makes it a goal to eat healthy food.
"I have the right to good food just like anybody else does," Matuszak says. "It helps me to subsidize organic and healthful food instead of eating GMO crap."
In order to qualify for food assistance in Boulder County, the household income for one person cannot exceed $1,211 per month, and a family of four cannot make more than $2,498. Single people can receive between $16 and $200 per month, and a family of four up to $668 per month.
Dale Kamibayashi, store director for Alfalfa's in Boulder, says purchases made with food stamp cards account for 4 percent to 5 percent of the store's daily transactions.
"Even people on food assistance want to buy healthy products and they budget appropriately," Kamibayashi says. "They buy a lot of bulk food and see how far they can stretch and extend their dollar by buying these commodity items."
Cadena says the increased demand for and increased spending on food assistance is no surprise, given the slow growth of the economy.
"Government spending is supposed to be counter-cyclical — food stamps are considered an automatic stabilizer in standard macro-economics," says Cadena. "Getting money to people who will spend it immediately is always the goal in any stimulus program."
The need for assistance could be even bigger than the increase in demand reported by HHS indicates. HHS stats illustrate a particular issue in Boulder County: Perhaps due to high costs in other areas of life, people in Boulder County can be "food insecure" even when they're making more than the federal poverty level. Food insecurity means a household lacks the budget to have a nutritious diet, HHS says. Data from HHS says 44 percent of the 38,920 food-insecure people in the county are above the federal poverty line, so they aren't eligible for food assistance.
Erica Lindberg contributed to the reporting of this story. She worked at Espresso Roma with Taj Matuszak.
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Bellator 86's Douglas Lima has revenge in mind – after he fights Michail Tsarev.
And he knows to get there, he could get two shots at redemption – one old, and the other perhaps a little more stinging and recent.
Lima (22-5 MMA, 4-1 BFC) on Thursday meets Michail Tsarev (24-3 MMA, 1-1 BFC) in the opening round of Bellator's Season 8 welterweight tournament, which kicks off at Bellator 86.
Headlining the card, which takes place at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., is a welterweight title fight between champion Ben Askren and tournament winner Karl Amoussou. The main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.
Amoussou is in a position Lima was in less than a year ago – with a shot to knock Askren off the mountaintop. Lima couldn't get it done, dropping a unanimous decision.
If Askren gets past Amoussou on Thursday night as a 6-to-1 favorite, he'll be there waiting if Lima can win three fights and win another tournament. That would give Lima another shot at Askren. In the semifinals, though, he could wind up paired against Brent Weedman if Weedman beats Marius Zaromskis on Thursday. And Weedman handed Lima a loss nearly five years ago.
"I have two chances for revenge: Askren and Brent Weedman," Lima told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "I studied the guys in the tournament. But I'm not too worried about revenge, nor do I want to underestimate anyone. I'm keeping my eye on Michail Tsarev for now. We'll see what happens afterward."
After the loss to Askren, Lima beat Jacob Ortiz in November in a stay-busy fight ahead of the Season 8 tournament. And while he's not looking past what he'll need to do in the next three fights to get another title shot, he believes if he does get another chance at Askren, things could be different the second time around.
"Without a doubt, I am ready for anyone," he said. "I improve every time I fight and every time I train. I'm a completely different fighter now. I'm well-trained and ready to put a beatdown on my opponents. And I always train for a five-round fight. I'll face anyone, any day. I always train for the worst.
"I was quite ready for that fight. I don't know if I made a mistake cutting weight because I ran out of gas eventually. But any fight that's mostly wrestling can drain your energy. It's actually a good thing that I lost like that, so I know what to work on now."
Tsarev in November was knocked out by Lyman Good following an inadvertent eye poke. Lima has watched film of the Russian – whom he said he expects to be durable since Russians are "al tough like Brazilian fighters" – and he knows he's got a tall order.
But not tall enough to take any confidence away.
"He might be tough, but I'm ready," Lima said. "I'm not worried about what he'll do. Instead he should worry about what I'll do to him. I don't stress about my opponents."
One would assume that includes the potential future opponents in Weedman and Askren. Once he's done not stressing about Tsarev, then he can start thinking about rematches.
For more on Bellator 86, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.


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When that dude made the light bulb, split an atom etc etc
Yes, Marrea, this one's for you
'The Man like' wrote:Thu Aug 10 02:07:10 CDT 2006
a/aaa_elflibs-11.0.0-i486-6.tgz: Added libmm.
a/pkgtools-11.0.0-i486-1.tgz: Fixed xwmconfig to only recommend installed
window managers. Thanks to Leandro Toledo.
Merged in patches for xorgsetup to support choosing a keyboard model, layout,
variant, and even automatically configuring a mouse scroll wheel!
Thanks to Ismael Cortes for the patches.
Within the changelog, the rootdisks were updated, which means maybe a couple of weeks away from release.


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That stepback shot by burke was a legitimate pro move and shot. He has definitely added some things to his game this year that has taken him to that next level.
One Frame At A Time: CMU
Hit 'escape' on your non-Chrome browser to stop animation.
I'm assuming #25's New Year's resolution involves never again being in the same zip code as Glenn Robinson III.
[Trey Burke doing good basketball things and Nik Stauskas hitting all the threes after THE JUMP.]
I had to look at the scoreboard to make sure I wasn't copy/pasting the same shot twice. Nope.
No big deal, just Trey Burke doing LeBron moves on the fast break.
There's a glitch in the matrix.
I'm betting Trey Burke is very happy he came back for one more year. He's playing like a Top 5 pick right now. Unreal how much he has progressed from last season to now.
He'll never be a lottery pick, let alone top 5, but at this moment he's already playing like Damian Lillard lite, and you could argue Lillard should've gone in the top 3.
I might have noticed it because they reset the play a few times, but one of Michigan's most effective plays is where GR the !!! is at either the top or bottom of the floor near the corner. He will then watch for Burke who is about 2/3 of the way around the three point line, drive to the middle of the key. As soon as Robinson watches Burk drive, he cuts quickly to the basket. They tried this move at the start of the game, and a great example starting at 39:45ish on the above video.
You could see Robinson start his cut, but when Burk pulled up his drive, Robinson moved back to his starting position at the three point line. It was very effective.


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Does anybody see this team, even with drastic improvements ending higher than 8-8 on the high side? Looks like the schedule is going to be tough...
We play the Bucs, Raiders, Panthers, Dolphins, Bills, Browns and Titans...
And Jets fans complain about how tough the schedule is...
Does anybody see this team, even with drastic improvements ending higher than 8-8 on the high side? Looks like the schedule is going to be tough...
Dolphins will be significantly better because of the new QB and another year under his belt. Their defense was already tough for us.
Bills will find a huge step forward, with new "good"coaching.
Browns have just hired some good coaching and building, so they will be dangerous as well.
If we field anything like the team we had at the end of this season, next year will have some problems.
Low end 6-10, high end 9-7. I'd bank on 8-8.
OFFENSE: Look at it this way, basically no matter what happens, the offense will be significantly better coached and game-planned.
O-LINE: likely to maintain level of play or slightly improve (say, if Warmack, Warford or Jones starts).
RB: Powell, McKnight, FA/early-to-mid-round draft pick. Likely to maintain about the same level of production or slightly deteriorate.
RECEIVERS: Holmes, Hill 2.0, Kerley, Edwards/FA/draft picks. Likely to slightly improve, even with perspective loss of Keller since he wasn't a factor last year.
QB: Likely to slightly improve or stay the same in a two-read, WCO. Basically what Schottenheimer ran for Sanchez in 2011, but simplified and run by a more competent offensive mind. Can't get much worse, anyway.
DEFENSE: Defense will probably remain somewhere between 5th and 10th in the league.
D-LINE: play will likely improve. Wilkerson and Coples reaching peak game. Either Pouha playing healthy, or cut, and replaced by a resigned Devito and more 4-3 looks. Plus, a possible first-round pick at hybrid DE/OLB.
LINEBACKERS: Play likely to stay the same or improve. BT gone. Davis with another year in the system, far more athletic than Scott, remains to be seen if he has the instincts. Pace gone or back at a reduced salary. Harris is Harris. Even when he's bad he's okay. McIntyre rotating in. See above re: possible first round OLB. Possible this is where they spend limited FA money as well.
SECONDARY: Best case scenario is Revis, Cromartie, and Wilson. Worst-case scenario is Revis OR Cromartie, Wilson, and Berry/Lankster/Trufant. Jets did fine against the pass this year, don't see that changing in a huge way no matter how this plays out. Safety play will likely get marginally worse. But Rex has always been able to survive with mediocre safety play. (His defense ranked higher with Eric Smith, Jim Leonhard, and Poole rotating than with Landry and Bell).
SPECIAL TEAMS: Might get a bit worse with Westhoff leaving, and perhaps McKnight cut. Nothing special at kicker and question marks at punter. Only unit that could potentially get a lot worse.
I'm not saying they'll go to the Super Bowl, but the Jets will be better next year than they were this year.
No more than six wins. Rex is let go a day after our last game. We trade down
in the draft from the second overall pick. Woody sells the team and the new owner moves it to LA. The new owner changes the team's name to " Condors " .
Depending on when each game is, of course, and based on prior year sales, I'd expect the minimum resale for LSL seats (135) to be about:
Dolphins: $240 - 280 (more if the Phins have a winning record)
Bills: face - $165
Patriots: $300 - 350 (Pats fans spend anything)
Raiders: $275 - 325 (love dem stupid Raiduh fans)
Saints: $250 - 300 (not sure on this one)
Steelers: $350 - $375 (love those dedicated travelin' Steeler fans)
Bucs: $175 - $200 (crap shoot on this one)
Browns: face at best
Can't wait for 2014 to see our new QB.
Nashville & Balt. are always great road game cities just a shame New Orleans is a home game another great road city. I see us at least at 8-8 next season all this moving around we have to i improve a few games at least.
Funny how lots of things changed, yet they are the same. Different stadium, different fans, same outcome to Jets home games(fans selling to go for free).
oh , just to let you guys know,
i'll most probably be at the falcons game
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The Staff Senate Member of the Month for April is Marilyn Wiseman, administrative assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. She received nine glowing nominations recommending her for this recognition.
"Marilyn is an outstanding staff member who is kind, helpful, and hard-working," wrote one nominator.
Another wrote, "She always keeps our department running smoothly. She is always there to help when asked, and often when NOT asked. She always goes above and beyond her duties to faculty and students."
Wiseman has worked at Lawrence Tech for six years and moved to her current position after three months in the dean's office of the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition to her ongoing responsibilities, she handles major events such as the interviewing process to fill faculty positions and hosting 40 high school students interested in game development. Currently she is handling the details for the department's first faculty retreat.
Wiseman also handles many administrative tasks for Robofest and volunteers at the competition events on campus.
In announcing her selection the Staff Senate noted, "Marilyn's nominations show she demonstrates dedication, commitment, and professionalism beyond normal job expectations, and motivation and commitment to team spirit by improving relations between and among staff, faculty, and students. For these reasons, we are very proud to honor her as the Staff Member of the Month for April 2014. Congratulations, Marilyn!"


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Hi....".NET" redirects here. For the top-level Internet domain, see .net. For other uses, see .NET (disambiguation).
.NET Framework Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 logo.png
Developer(s) Microsoft
Initial release 13 February 2002; 11 years ago
Stable release 4.5 (4.5.50709) / 15 August 2012; 10 months ago
Operating system Windows 98 or later, Windows NT 4.0 or later
Type Software framework
License Proprietary; BCL under Microsoft Reference Source License[1]
Website www.microsoft.com/net
The .NET Framework (pronounced dot net) is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and provides language interoperability (each language can use code written in other languages) across several programming languages. Programs written for the .NET Framework execute in a software environment (as contrasted to hardware environment), known as the Common Language Runtime (CLR), an application virtual machine that provides services such as security, memory management, and exception handling. The class library and the CLR together constitute the .NET Framework.
The .NET Framework's Base Class Library provides user interface, data access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development, numeric algorithms, and network communications. Programmers produce software by combining their own source code with the .NET Framework and other libraries.
Basically .net is not a language rather it is a platform upon which several other languages(74) are running suffixed as .net, like c#.net, j#.net etc. as .net is a CUI application it helps the end user as well as helps the developers which is a positive direction of .net. it also supports the the extra ordinary feature Inter interoperability by which one can use the program of c#.net into the v.b.net and so on.


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Now that LXF67 should have managed to reach all corners of the globe (after all, LXF68 just came on sale here in Blighty!) I feel it's safe to ask you all what you think - what you liked, and what you disliked.
I'll get you started, although I'll be restricting the "I didn't like" section to things I wrote so as not to aggravate the people I sit next to
I liked:
- The cover. This picture is so cool that The Times used it the next day for their supplement. Nice bright colours, and a punchy headline. Of course, lots of people have no clue what Xen is, but the idea is that the vagueness will make them want to read
- The Ready2Surf review. Okay, I wrote it so I'm bound to think it funny, but I like it anyway
- Roundup. Marco obsesses over email clients, and was just the man to flog these contenders until we had a sure winner.
- The LXF Interview. Graham is a real KDE head, and got some great answers from Matthias Ettrich about the future of KDE and Qt. Plus the pictures were nice; Oslo looks like a really nice place to work
- Console vs GUI brought a smile to my face, and not only because of the aggressive posturing from Nick and Rebecca.
- Emacs tutorial. Biagio has a real passion for this topic, second only to his love of compilers - I think that sways a lot of people!
I didn't like:
- I have lingering doubts over whether the Xen feature really managed to explain it to newcomers. It's a hard topic, but we all felt it was worth trying our best rather than just ignoring it.
- I'm equally unsure about the "new style" PHP tutorial. From LXF63 onwards I've been trying to lighten up the PHP tutorial to make it a) more accessible, b) funny in places, and c) varied. The problem with making a magazine is that it's very hard to know whether you're succeeding, so I'm just flat out unsure whether the format is working.
Anyway, over to you... what do all y'all think?


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September is National Library Card Sign-up Month--a time to remind everyone that a library card provides access to invaluable services from one of the most important resources in our local communities: your neighborhood library. "We believe a library card is the smartest card in your wallet," said Mary Jean Jakubowski, director of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System. "A library card can open the door to a world of discovery through books, computers and more and, best of all, it's free!"
There are currently more than 278,000 library card holders in Erie County. With your library card you can borrow books, CD's, DVD's, Blu-rays, eBooks and other media; access more than 70 online databases including genealogy, auto repair and foreign language translation; use public computers; enroll in computer training, access our WiFi, download music and eBooks; utilize employment and business resource materials; attend programs and author visits; participate in book clubs; maintain online account access and more.
Getting a library card is easy. Library card applications are available at all 37 local libraries and can also be downloaded at: http://www.buffalolib.org/content/borrower-information and brought to the nearest library with a valid form of identification and proof of address. Those under 17 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian with valid identification to obtain a card.
Director Jakubowski also announced that each of the 37 Public Libraries will be giving away a prize a day to new and renewing card holders during the month of September.
Last year, 8,154,384 items were borrowed through the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System. Over 470,200 reference questions were asked, 842,769 computer hours logged and 3.1 million online database searches took place. The Systemwide door count was 3,657,908.
In celebration of National Library Card Sign-up Month, a new website design was unveiled at www.BuffaloLib.org . Fall hours, which begin in September are also posted on the website. Become a "Fan" of the library on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter, Pinterest and FlickR.


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UnDBX is a tool to extract, recover, and undelete email messages from Outlook Express .dbx files. On first run, all messages are extracted as individual .eml files. Subsequent runs only update the output directory with new messages, and delete old .eml files that correspond to deleted messages in the .dbx file. Corrupted .dbx files (including files larger than 2GB) can be opened in recovery mode, in order to recover messages and partially undelete deleted messages. The success of recovery depends on the type and level of .dbx file corruption.
Software to build and execute shell command lines from standard input in parallel.
An XFCE4 desktop system built on uClibc.


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I wanted to ask a question, but I forgot my Username and password.
I re-registered and gave my email address, but I was told, email is already used by another user. (YEAH, ME)
Isn't there a way to have a reminder-hint section when one forgets password etc?
So now I hope to remember this login and password but I want to use my original email address, since yahoo is very slow on my computer.
Is there a list of member names, I might look at and find my old questions?
I also wrote some short notes in German, since I assumed Guenter to be German.
But if this is not possible, I ask again, if I come across the same problems.


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Consider the following hypothesis test
Ho: >= 20
Ha: < 20
A sample of 50 provided a sample mean of 19.4. The population standard deviation is 2.
a- compute the value of the test statistic? I got 2.12
b- what is the p-value? is it .017 or is it .9830 because it is upper tail
c- using alpha=.05, what is your conclusion?
d- what is the rejection rule using critical value?


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Submission + - NY Couple on "Wanted" Poster for Filming Police
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Ben Fractenberg and Jeff Mays write that the NYPD has created a "wanted" poster for a Harlem couple who film cops conducting stop-and-frisks and post the videos on YouTube — branding them "professional agitators" who portray cops in a bad light and listing their home address. The flyer featuring side-by-side mugshots of Matthew Swaye and Christina Gonzalez and the couple's home address was taped to a podium outside a public hearing room in the 30th Precinct house and warns officers to be on guard against them. The couple has filmed officers stopping and frisking and arresting young people of color in Harlem and around New York City, which they post on Gonzalez's YouTube account. They said their actions are legal. "There have been times when it's gotten combative. There have been times when they [police officers] have videoed Christina," says Swaye. "But if we were breaking the law they would have arrested us." Swaye was part of a group of advocates including Cornel West who were detained at the 28th Precinct in Harlem in October for protesting the stop-and-frisk policy which Mayor Bloomberg strongly defends. Gonzalez and Swaye see the flyer as an effort to "discredit" and "shame" them for protesting what they feel is a civil rights issue, while also potentially endangering them by putting their home address on the flyer. "I saw it immediately and was kind of blown away," says Swaye, "It was designed to show us as people who are not trustworthy or safe.""


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KLRU-Q's Saturday Night at the Movies presents a full-length feature film every Saturday night, plus extra content that gives the evening an exciting spin. Each film explores the work of legendary actors and actresses through many important films from their careers. Here is a peek of what this Saturday has in store:
7:00 – Just Seen It "Episode #107"
John McClane, Bad Medicine and Witches: Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in A Good Day To Die Hard, Steven Soderbergh's suspense thriller, Side Effects, and the bewitching teen romance drama Beautiful Creatures plus our DVD pick of the week.
7:30 – On Story "Academy Award Winners"
Academy Award winning films are discussed by the creative minds behind APOLLO 13, SCHINDLER'S LIST, and A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Featuring Ron Howard and Steve Zaillian.
8:00 pm – Hollywood Stars Film Package "Suspicion"
Alfred Hitchcock directed this thriller about a woman (Joan Fontaine) who suspects that her husband (Cedric Hardwicke) is plotting to murder her. Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce, May Whitty, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo G. Carroll.
9:45 – Cary Grant: The Leading Man
With a winning combination of comic style and leading-man charisma, Cary Grant was the essence of a star. But the suave exterior concealed a complex individual. Family photos, archival footage and film clips vividly convey Grant's journey from lonely working-class beginnings to the peak of Hollywood royalty. The episode includes his first starring role in She Done Him Wrong and his discovery by Mae West.


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Man Stabbed Himself With Meat Thermometer To See If He Was "Done"November 27, 2011 at 4:55 am by Jaded
Newport, TN — Police and paramedics were called to the home of a 38-year-old man Wednesday night in response to a rather bizarre stabbing incident – the man of the house apparently poked himself in the gut with a turkey thermometer to see if he was "done."
The man in question, Scott Kelly, was found lying on a sofa in the home with a small stab wound in his gut.
When questioned, Kelly reportedly told officers he was "basting himself" and just wanted to be left alone. He then explained that he had stuck the thermometer into his stomach "to check his temperature, and to determine if he was done or not."
Why, yes, alcohol was involved! How did you guess?
Kelly's girlfriend told police the man had consumed a fifth of liquor and eight or nine beers before jabbing himself with the thermometer. Based on that information, I'm assuming Kelly was, in fact, done. Well done, even.
Kelly was transported to the hospital for treatment and a mental evaluation.…


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Chelsea look likely to keep up a fine Premier League tradition – that of making sure footballing siblings always end up at the same club.
The Blues made waves by beating their rivals to the punch for Eden Hazard earlier this summer and now they have been linked with a move for the former Lille man's younger brother, Thorgan.
The Lens youngster may not have the reputation of his older brother but it is hoped he can make the grade at Stamford Bridge. If he needs any inspiration, a look back at these famous football families will no doubt help him out.
The Neville brothers, Manchester United
'Neville Neville's, the name of your dad' went the chant to the tune of David Bowie's rebel rebel and it would seem Neville Sr likes things that come in twos if his footballer sons are anything to go by.
Gary and Phil both played for Manchester United having graduated from the club's youth academy, and while it was Gary who enjoyed the more successful career it is Phil who is still playing the game having signed for Everton in 2005.
Since hanging up his boots, Gary has gone on to become a pundit for Sky Sports and was part of England's coaching team for Euro 2012.
The Toure brothers, Manchester City
One is a powerhouse midfielder who helped drive Manchester City to the Premier League title last season and also scored in the Citizens' FA Cup final win in 2011, and the other one is, well, Kolo Toure.
Both arrived at Manchester City by different routes, with Kolo building himself a reputation at Arsenal before moving to the Etihad stadium in 2009, while Yaya went to Barcelona via Olympiacos and Monaco before landing in Manchester in 2010.
While Yaya is considered to be one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League, Kolo has seen his stock fall after a ban for taking his wife's diet pills to combat his expanding waistline, with a move away from the club on the cards.
The De Boer brothers, Ajax and Barcelona
Why is it that siblings have to play in the same, or similar positions? Frank and Ronald established themselves as two of the finest full-backs in Europe and played together at five different clubs.
The pair began their career at Ajax before a big money move to Barcelona in 1999 followed.
Ronaldo and Frank also played together in the Dutch national team, while also representing Rangers, and Qatar sides Al Rayyan and Al Shamal.
The Wallace brothers, Southampton
Forget two brothers, that's been done loads of times before – try shoe-horning three siblings into one side.
That's what Southampton managed to achieve in the late eighties when Danny, Ray and Rod all made it on to the pitch for the Saints.
Danny was already an established Southampton player when twins Ray and Rod signed on the dotted line.
The twins would go on to play together at Leeds, but while Rod would a successful seven year stint at Elland Road, Ray struggled to make an impact and left the club in 1994.
The Da Silva twins, Manchester United
The latest in a long line of Manchester United siblings, the jury is still out on whether Fabio and Rafael will make the cut at Old Trafford.
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Is Niko and Jerkov are the same
Posted 10 January 2012 - 12:43 AM
So what could happened to Niko durning GTA IV -G.T.A. 2 timeline. My guess is that niko screw up and lost his right leg in the most painfull and gruesome way imaginable, probably cause of this was grenade explosion. Pain of losing not only Roman, but a leg as well was unbelliveble. Losing his leg was more intence of course. He spent couple of years in the hospital where he in piece and quiet relived "the end of the world". After that he start to change in to a man, a legend that later would called himself, Jerkov. Which is a nod to niko past, a bar where he and his cosin like to drunk together. Jerkov would combine rage of michael faustin, cold mind of Dmitri Rascalov and insane fear factor of Ray Bulgarin.
Jerkov would be very wise. He is a legend in grand theft auto world comparable to Uncle Fu
Billy Grey, the dead lost mc gang leader suffered from his heavy addiction to heroin which lead him to uncontrolable anger and some wise decisions.
Ray Bulgarin said once that if "the money tell you to cut your f*cking leg off" you probably do it because "money is better then a f*cking leg". That is what mr. Jerkov would argue with in another period of time.
In a movie "Saw" dr. gordon saw his leg off in order to save his family. In "Saw 3D" he became the big bad himself.
G.T.A. 2 timeline is 2013, according to official site at least.
Posted 11 January 2012 - 04:55 PM Edited by MAN IN THE DARK, 11 January 2012 - 05:15 PM.
Russians from there select president for the country. And one of the candidates is Jerkov. Ridiculious isn't it ?
I can imagine like Jerkov, with his new metal left leg and red hat. Hearing out the other candidate, then like shoot him in the head and everyone like "iiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaa our new president is Jerkov. Vote for Jerkov or Die!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Posted 29 January 2012 - 08:42 PM
correct me if i'm wrong, but that guy isn't claude/the player? but he really looks like evil nik0
Posted 23 May 2012 - 07:35 PM Edited by NateShaw92, 29 May 2012 - 02:17 AM.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:10 PM
jerkov is refrenced by sweet may they is same guy
sweet > jerkov > niko
Niko is CJ's brother (maybe)
look at Niko's beard it's thin and jerkov's beard is big
a nick for niko"A PROTAGONIST HAS THREE NAMES"(NIKO, JERKOV, AND SWEET)
Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:50 PM Edited by zachmt123, 11 June 2012 - 02:52 PM.
|QUOTE (indo_14 @ Monday, Jun 11 2012, 14:10)
|i think Serbian is Russian
jerkov is refrenced by sweet may they is same guy
sweet > jerkov > niko
Niko is CJ's brother (maybe)
look at Niko's beard it's thin and jerkov's beard is big
a nick for niko"A PROTAGONIST HAS THREE NAMES"(NIKO, JERKOV, AND SWEET)
Serbian is not Russian. Serbia and Russia are two separate countries. And really, CJ is Niko's brother? You've got to be kidding me.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:45 PM
"Consulting Hans Jerkov" is nothing more than slang terms for "masturbate" and that was the thing Sweet was talking about.
Jerkov's name in GTA2 is coming exactly from the same place: "To jerk off"
GTA 2 wasn't continued in any way nor have any connections with the rest of the series except references (Zaibatsu Pharmaceuticals and beta car names in GTA III)
Niko isn't Sweet (My god, how "intelligent" you have to be to came up with something like this), Jerkov or any other person in any GTA.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 05:53 PM
|QUOTE (indo_14 @ Tuesday, Jun 12 2012, 03:17)
| how stupid am i?
very stupid.
im sorry
Posted 19 June 2012 - 03:40 AM
his name is "sweetbellic" it mean sweet
(i know i'm veryyyyyy stupid)
Posted 19 June 2012 - 08:22 AM
Posted 20 June 2012 - 09:24 PM
|QUOTE (thatstupidbug @ Wednesday, Jan 11 2012, 23:08)
| yeah, there is something similar between GTA IV and GTA2... in this pictures this guy is very similar to an evil niko
I'm a bit late to the party, but when was this image is released? At the times of GTA2? Yes I see the "Z" boxes, Zaibatsu (or whatever gang they are) cars, and a GTA2 style weapon near the Niko-like guy. The image is so small I couldn't tell if its IV era or not.
Also that Jerkov never looks really like Niko.
Posted 21 June 2012 - 05:55 PM Edited by lol232, 22 June 2012 - 10:02 AM.
|QUOTE (zachmt123 @ Monday, Jun 11 2012, 16:50)
Serbian is not Russian. Serbia and Russia are two separate countries. And really, CJ is Niko's brother? You've got to be kidding me.
Seriously, III and IV Era, both are very different...
Far away from being borthers either ways,
also, Jerkov and Niko look a like, but Niko ain't Russian...
It's funny when people mistake a Southern Slavic language with Russian...
Although, they look a like to each other,
Possible they Niko was based off him?
I also heard of a guy called Sasha, but Jerkov looks even more like him...
But II and IV are ain't connected at all.
Anyways, your current signature, Tycek, it is Perfect in this situation when you are replying to Indo_14's comments.
Posted 28 June 2012 - 10:22 AM Edited by GraboidStriker, 16 April 2013 - 06:58 PM.
Posted 04 March 2013 - 12:35 AM Edited by Petsevsky, 04 March 2013 - 12:41 AM.
|QUOTE (zachmt123 @ Monday, Jun 11 2012, 11:50)
Serbian is not Russian. Serbia and Russia are two separate countries. And really, CJ is Niko's brother? You've got to be kidding me.
LMFAO that pic matched well how we reacted after reading his theory.
|QUOTE (indo_14 @ Monday, Jun 11 2012, 14:10)
|Niko is CJ's brother (maybe)
Posted 12 September 2013 - 05:30 PM
Lol more like that jerkov is a past version of the evil ray bulgarin who was obviosly the tip of the iceberg.
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The other day I heard an interviewer on the radio say something like this to his interviewee: "We only have a minute left, so you're gonna have to cut to the quick". This substitution for "cut to the chase" makes sense because, even though "quick" sounds nothing like "chase", the idea of quickness in the sense of speed obviously fits the sense of "cut to the chase". A Google search yielded at least 200 unique hits that had this meaning, for instance:
Yeah they are crazy long and cumbersome to read, but let's cut to the quick.
Let's cut to the quick; Graham Harrell is a lightning rod this preseason.
Because, and let's cut to the quick, Carmelo Anthony never ever would've made that remark about a black NBA player's contract…
To investigate whether the substitution happens in the other direction, I googled "cut me to the chase" and got around three dozen unique hits, but few of them had the sense of "cut me to the quick". Instead, most of them meant the same as "beat me to the punch", as in:
I was going to, but you cut me to the chase, I suppose.
You cut me to the chase! I was thinking the exact same thing!
I have actually been meaning to write a post about the disturbing preponderance of mullets in Russia for a while now, but it seems that an actual journalist cut me to the chase and wrote surprisingly well-researched inquiry into the mullet phenomenon.
It's a mystery to me how this phrase went through such a meaning mutation.
Yummy blends. I wonder whether "cut me off (at the pass)" is blended into the second. Is a three-way blend possible? Beat me to the punch is the invisible framework, viz. _ me to the __, into which cut me off and cut to the chase are patched.
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I wonder whether "cut me off (at the pass)" is blended into the second.
Yeah, I'll bet that's the link, however unconscious, that gets people to the "beat me to the punch" meaning. Good analysis as usual, Bird-man.
"Cut me to the chase", said Tom quickly.
Gotta love Dan Savage who cuts just a little deeper than the chase to the quick.
I want to be direct. I want to say why I write and what I write for, and out of, in as clear a way as possible-to cut to the chase to the quick, to get to the heart of it.
Darn, I was just about to post that one, you beat me to the quick.
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I was going to post a video like this… but you beat me to the cut
Here are three cut-throat, quick-to-the-chase, cost/benefit type reasons.
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Cutthroat adds a nice new ingredient. How about throwing in the viscera?
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Every. Fucking. Week. "Friday Night Lights" manages to gut me to the quick.
It was a long introduction. :d No i'll gut to the chase, and ask: have you found the AA?
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Wow, David, it seems like people are having a free-for-all with the words cut, gut, quick, chase, and beat! It's hard to imagine the "logic" behind some of your examples, though I'd guess "gut-throat competition" may be related to having one's "heart in [one's] throat" due to stress or suspense, or perhaps the image is of both the gut and throat being cut. Some of the uses of "gut" also remind me of the British slang term "gutted", which means something like "emotionally devastated", so there could be a connection there. How do you find all these cool examples?
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This is from the SAG canon AFAIK.
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Particularly not the Vampire Yashy.
Bri is confused when did this happen again?
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A sneak peek? cool.
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