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House Democrats have filed an amicus brief arguing that federal health benefits should cover same-sex spouses of employees.
The 130 representatives filed the brief in the latest challenge to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which bans same-sex marriage. In March, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled that aspects of DOMA that prohibited the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage were unconstitutional. The decision was followed by a unanimous ruling from an appeals court that the entire act was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the issue in 2013.
Karen Golinski, a federal court employee in California, originally filed the case after her partner was denied coverage under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. While the Office of Personnel Management has attempted to give same-sex couples benefits, it is restricted by the tenets of the law. The Senate currently is working on a bill to provide benefits to the same-sex spouses of federal employees.
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"What these briefs make clear is that DOMA is both discriminatory and burdensome, unjustly stigmatizing one segment of the population while at the same time increasing the cost of doing business," Shelbi Day told The Washington Post. "Clearly, it is time to put DOMA out of its -- and our -- misery."
While the White House stopped defending DOMA in court in 2011, President Obama made statements supporting an overturn of the law in a May interview with Barbara Walters.


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The lucky guy was Sweetin's tatted-up new hubby, 30-year-old Cody Herpin, who looked pretty cozy as the former "Full Houser" sat on top of him.
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|2006-05-02, 16:49
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This is a tricky one. Of course it is not simply ok to break a law if you disagree with it. i'm pretty sure most murderers disagree with murder laws, but that doesn't make it ok for them to murder. on the other hand, there have been many civil rights movements (US, India, South Africa) that have relied upon civil disobediance. They broke laws they thought were unfair in order to change the law. Thoreau advocated not following laws you believed to be unfair, he never once payed taxes as he believed they were going to a bad cause. The words "right" and "wrong" are to subjective to debate. the nazis thought they were doing the "right" thing. does that make them "good"? the way i see it as long as you a willing to face any and all consequences that may come of your actions you may do whatever you please. It is not as if any one can stop you.
|2006-05-04, 08:29
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Rules are there to be followed. The law is there because it is to protect everyone's interests. If there is no laws lying around, the world will be perfect chaos. Thieves will steal things, money will be embezzled etc.
Laws are there to punish rule breakers too. Doing so will deter other to-be-offenders.
Breaking rules to leave an impression that a person disagrees with it? That person should go somewhere remote to live. Here is a civilised world where laws/rules protect the majority.
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|2006-05-16, 14:38
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While this shows the importance of adhering to WELL-MADE LAWS, this is entirely disputable in reality, especially that of the modern climate of politics. Lobby groups and special interest groups are set up, with extremely powerful backers that can influence the legislation of a law. As such, laws become legislations in the interest of money and profit of specific corporations and not of the people. How will following these sorts of laws help? They are not divinely issued by God, nor are they made with the genuine interest of the people but rather, laws that are BOUGHT.
It is essentially important to note that what you are saying is it is important to follow the law for the PURPOSE that it serves, but there are plenty of "bad" or "flawed" laws that can be taken advantage of. Should we follow those as well? No.
While it's difficult and complicated to come up with a general theme of action as to how we should act for the best interests of people, it is COMPLETELY FLAT OUT WRONG to follow a law just because it is a law.
|2006-05-16, 15:51
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Speaking of stupid laws have you ever gone to http://www.dumblaws.com some of the things still on the books is insane. Anyway with so many laws on the books pretty much everything you do is illegal. You just have to find the ones you agree with then follow those and be prepared to face the music for breaking the one's you don't agree with.
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|2006-05-16, 16:04
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Of course I recognize the difficulty in developing a whole framework of behavior as to what to obey and what not to obey, but I know for sure that following a law just because is a dangerous course of action.
I'd like to think that I have abit of knowledge on this, because I am after all a Philosophy major (along with Psych double major) as well.. //edited due to undeserved arrogance ; p
I think that while things occasionally work well in theory and on paper, in reality we often have to continually deal with "grey areas" (as cliche as that sounds) and try to make sense of them. We will never be perfect in dealing with them, but as long as we manage, we'll be okay.
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Well, the problem with laws is that they are, essentially, ethical structures, and as such, are subject to every problem regarding morality in general. One's definition of morality shapes his view of specific laws, but since we can't agree on a universal moral guide, we can't agree on which law is just and which one is not.
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|2006-05-16, 18:36
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Rules like law should be kept in order for preace. If everyone did what the pleased there would be chaos. I believe in law but not at the cost of my conscience. Thus, it is very justifiable for me to break a law which violates my conscience. I think if everyone followed their conscience, then there wouldn't really be the need for laws, but unfortunately not everyone has a conscience that has a threshold in their life.
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Well, if one wants to get down-right existential about the validity of the law and the justice system, it is fair to say that no individual holds any obligation to follow any sort of code due to the fact that such rules are simply established by others who may or may not know better than anyone else. Many believe in the justice system because it is much easier (and faster) to abid by a readily created system than to construct a complex personal impression which takes alot more time and experience. Some extreme experts will even tell you it's this auto-obligatory response that we have been taught since the beginning of our earliest education that is leading to the decrease in spiritual richness (I don't mean religion) amonst the human race. Essentially, more and more people are becoming mindless zombies that would rather commit to acts of obidience than say, questioning the setup of the social system. (I'm playing devil's advocate here, so don't get too upset)
Personally, I share some of the views of mentioned in the paragraph above, but I do believe that the justice system we have now is necessary in maintaining our current social structure. Civilization is built around a code of conduct. If that code is to, for whatever reason, fall, then it is more than likely the whole social structure will crumble. The world will enter a period of lawlessness (well, duh), but a new system will be established sooner or later and the cycle will repeat, etc.
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|2006-05-18, 07:43
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The problem with laws is that their "goodness" is sibjective. Some people say that a law is good if it was done regarding the process that the laws themselves stablish; other people say that they have to be in consonance with some sort of "superior morals" common to everyone...but this susally ends up in an individual moral more thna anything else.
What is a "good law"?That's the important and tricking question, and for the record I'll tell you that we're discussing it now in my Theoretical Law(I don0t know the exact translation, as I'm Spanish)
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Because the very basis of morals differ from one individual to another, an universal system of law that will satisfy everyone's point of view cannot be created. Society tries to centralize and standardize people's perceptions via education, but it fails due to the unpredictable atavistic instincts that exists within all of us, something most people refer to as "human nature."
|2006-05-19, 05:31
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Ehe.. you guys are so good at arguing this thread confuse me, there are arguments from all sides I agree with to some extent
At the very least, I would like to think that my personal judgement of my safety and wellbeing, should be above any law, as long as others won't risk serious/fatal injuries etc.
Though even if a situation should be forced to this extend, it's 99,9% likely that I would prioritize my wellbeing first^^;;
I break the law everyday on my way to school, our traffic law to be precise.
When I ride my bicycle I always use the sidewalks, which is not allowed. I have been told that I risk endangering the pedestrians
My justification for breaking this law: If a car accidentally hits me, I die. If I accidentally hit a pedestrian, he gets a scratch... And so I choose to break this law everyday because the chance of a car hitting someone on sidewalk is smaller.
I don't feel bad about it, though I remember few few months ago an old lady suddenly stopped walking and glared at me while I passed by her, she had the words written on her face " young brats these days are just everywhere "
oh I'm such a bad person causing evil and chaos in this world.
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EXCUSEEEEE ME! Now I'm a little bit miffed. I found what appeared to be a great fabric place online, with a real store front out in the RW, and good prices to boot. My DH bought me a couple of yards of fabric and it came. I'm pleased with the quality and texture, etc.
So today, I'm shopping around online, pretty much trying not to work on my current project, and I end up at their store. Oh this will be nice I think. WRONG. They have raised the rates of their fabrics - EVERYTHING is more. My invoice right here next to me says I paid $4.50 a yard. Nothing at the web site is under $5 a yard. Fabrics I remember being the same price as what I bought are up at least $0.90 a yard. I'm not crazy! There was never anything on the website about super sale everything marked down or anything like that.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
MINI collage paintings and a new mirror!
Hello everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! It actually warmed up a smidge here in Toronto. The snow is melting! I hope it continues to and that spring is around the corner....wishful thinking!
Last night I made these two small mixed media pieces. They are created with cut out prints of my art and I painted the background. They are darling little 4x4 inch canvases with chunky sides! So cute!
They are up for grabs on ebay.
OH! and I have a new mirror design in my etsy shop! The bunny forest girl :)
I only have limited supplies of this mirror.
Have a great week!
Talk to you soon!
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- FishStikks said...
Gorgeously wonderful...as always!!
- February 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM
- Billy and Button said...
Cute cute..as always so cute. What a clever and economical way of creating some new paintings, don't you think?
- February 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- The Charm House said...
I just love your Work!!! It is so cute!!!
- February 9, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- Jenny said...
The paintings are darling
- February 9, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Ms Dragonfly said...
luv the bunny, i've got a thing for bunnies :) congrats on the esty article, so cool!
- February 9, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- jane and the happy crow said...
Hello Tascha, I have admired your blog since I started blogging a few months ago but have never left a comment. Your work is absolutely fabulous I love all the colour and your quirky little characters are so sweet. We spent our honeymoon in Toronto and its good to see the photos you sometimes put on your blog. Best wishes Jane x
- February 9, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Summer5 said...
wow, like your stuff....especially the mini canvases...checked out that dolly in the magazine...way to go girl.... hugs Jo
- February 9, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- kardif said...
Wonderful ! Also I tag you on my blog :) Have a nice day xoxoxox Kat
- February 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- La Traductora said...
Not just beautiful, but beautifully excecuted painting, Your paintings make me smile :-)
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With low levels of rainfall and only few inlets, the Salton Sea depends on the Imperial Valley's agricultural run-offs for its survival. The run-offs, however, are filled with nutrients from the fields, creating algae blooms that deplete the Sea's oxygen and kill much of its fish population. In the 1990's this oxygen depletion created a massive die-off, several million fish in a single day, triggering a bout of avian botulism that felled some 10,000 pelicans. (The pelican is just one of many bird species that migrate to the area along the Pacific flyway in the tens of thousands.)
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Wood excellent, but Bucs tee off on 'pen
CHICAGO -- Travis Wood matched a career high with nine strikeouts but couldn't last long enough.
Pedro Alvarez smashed a three-run homer with two outs in the seventh to highlight a five-run rally and power the Pirates to a 5-4 win Thursday over the Cubs to take the series.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Travis Wood matched a career high with nine strikeouts but couldn't last long enough.
Pedro Alvarez smashed a three-run homer with two outs in the seventh to highlight a five-run rally and power the Pirates to a 5-4 win Thursday over the Cubs to take the series.View Full Game Coverage
Wood had thrown 104 pitches through six, and went out for the seventh with a 4-0 lead. The plan was to let the lefty go until someone got on base, and leadoff man Neil Walker hit a changeup to left for a double. Wood was lifted.
"I was ready to go," Wood said of the seventh. "The changeup has been working well, so I just threw it, not really concentrating on getting it down, since it's been working well, and [Walker] did what he's supposed to do."
Pinch-hitter Travis Snider greeted rookie Brian Schlitter with a two-run homer. One out later, Starling Marte singled, and one out later, Andrew McCutchen walked. Schlitter was lifted for James Russell, and Alvarez drove the first pitch from the lefty to center, dropping it on the roof of a batter's eye suite at Wrigley Field.
"It was a slider that I hung and left down the middle of the plate," Russell said, "and that's what he's supposed to do with it. More power to Alvarez for doing his job and taking a bad pitch deep."
"He's come into his own," Snider said of Alvarez. "He's at a total level of comfort. For us, it's fun to sit back and watch him scare pitchers."
Wood had previously struck out nine on Sept. 17, 2012, also against the Pirates. On Thursday, the Cubs lefty gave up four hits and walked three over six-plus innings.
"He did a great job," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said of his lefty. "We sent him back out there [for the seventh], and it was going to be if a guy gets on, he's done."
Wood escaped a jam in the third when the Pirates loaded the bases with one out. The lefty struck out McCutchen on three pitches, then fanned Alvarez to end the threat. Wood was the first left-handed starter the Pirates have faced this year.
"[I had to] bear down," Wood said of the third. "Two good hitters coming up, MVP and Silver Slugger. You've got to give them everything you can, and I was fortunate to throw some good pitches and get them out."
The Cubs lost 43 games last season when they had the lead and finished with 96 losses, and this year, they are 1-4 in one-run games, with all five against the Pirates. Starlin Castro said he feels better about the current team.
"This year, it's closer in every game, more intensity in every game," Castro said. "We've got energy in the dugout that we can tie the game or win the game. It's tough sometimes to lose a game like that. It's tough, but that's the game."
Said Wood: "Last year's behind us, in my opinion. It's just the way it's falling right now. It's baseball and anything can happen in this game."
Emilio Bonifacio reached on a fielding error by Gerrit Cole with two outs in the Chicago third, stole second, and scored as catcher Tony Sanchez's throw sailed past an outstretched Walker and into center field for another error.
Anthony Rizzo and Nate Schierholtz both singled to open the fourth, and one out later, Rizzo scored on Castro's single. An 0-2 pitch to Mike Olt skipped past Tony Sanchez, and Schierholtz scored on the wild pitch for a 3-0 lead. One out later, Welington Castillo singled to left and Castro slid home safely despite a perfect throw home from Marte.
"I don't know if [the umpire] called me safe because the catcher blocked home plate before he got the ball or he called [me] safe because I was safe," Castro said of home-plate umpire Mark Carlson. "I don't know, but I went inside to watch the replay and I looked out."
Castro said the Pirates catcher may have bobbled the ball, and that could be why Carlson called him safe.
"As soon as he called him safe, that was good for us and [we] moved on," Renteria said.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle did not challenge the call, and said the new obstruction rule was not discussed.
The Cubs threatened in the ninth, loading the bases against Jason Grilli, but the closer induced a groundout from Bonifacio to end the game.
Now, they have to play the Cardinals and Yankees on the road.
"It's good when you play really good teams," Castro said. "We'll see where our team is at. We'll see what we can do and how we can be better. When you play a good team like the Yankees and St. Louis, you have to play 200 percent to win the game."
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the majesty, the magnificence....stunningReplyDelete
- MoochoochachiJanuary 6, 2012 at 10:19 AM
This is Important. Thank you for sharing this with us, Internet.ReplyDelete
- American and ProudyJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Horse proves once again he is the true master of Sports.ReplyDelete
I'm sure one of the many Internet Users on this Internet Site knows Horse and if so would you get me an autograph? I would be forever grateful.
- MoochoochachiJanuary 6, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Let's just hope that Barfy doesn't Change The Rules!ReplyDelete
- HallettJanuary 6, 2012 at 1:48 PM
I hate to be sexist, but did you see the legs on that horse???ReplyDelete
No doubt that one's been drinking True Soda: Leg Edition.
THAT SCARF IS FANTASTIC!ReplyDelete
- The Gamzu WhispererJanuary 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Sorry I couldn't post while this dumb old horse was mastering his amateur figure skating I was in the V-pire olympics I got GOLD for team Ricky! Did any of you get into the V-pire olympics? Didn't think so SUCKAS! Can any of you even figure skate while saying" I'm like your shadow I will follow you home."? Can any of you figure skate under pressure? Can any of you skate while saying team Scotty SUCKS? Can any of you skate with a cape on? If you answered yes to any of these you might qualify for boring old Scotty the V-pire and his boring old figure skating routine. Now if you answered yes to all of these questions you can qualify for the elite Vampire Rick figure skating team. For a photo when the judges announce the winners look on my websiteReplyDelete
Oops forgot the stinkin href. I am sure Gamzu will be whining about that soon enough. Here it is suckahs:ReplyDelete
Click Here To See A Fine Specimen Of A Skating Vampire
Unless you are a chicken, Bak Bak!
- HallettJanuary 7, 2012 at 9:10 PM
If you care to check there are past posts on this blog site wherein people refer to me as an "Internet detective". I won't refute that, but labels don't matter to me. However, Vampire Rick you may want to chew on that label before you make your next false claim in a blog response.ReplyDelete
You may be asking yourself, "What are you talking about Hallett?". The answer is: There was no cape on "your" back in that picture of someone alledgedly winning an ice skating contest. Check and mate, sir.
Also: everyone knows vampires loath ice sports because they have no circulatory system to speak of and they ice-up like a cup of Hawaiian Punch left outside during an Alaskan winter.
- HEY GAMZU!January 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I would love it if the Internet had this feature where I could yell:ReplyDelete
And that giant koolaid guy would come crashing through the screen and yell "OH YEAH!"
That would show you all.
AAT Sure Ricky the Vamp is a jabroni. But I have to give him credit for stepping up. Ice Skating, Quinces, Cooking demonstrations.
The rest of you should stop wiring up the lines with disputes about fruit flavored beverages and ask yourselves
"Do I have an event I need to have guests followed home from? Do I need a caterer with fangs?"
How about your second honeymoon or marriage vow renewal ceremony.
AAT I have written a song to the tune of AULD LANG SYNE it goes like this:
Oh special cat
We have not forgot
That your murder goes unsolved
We think of you
At this time of year
But we don't want to get involved
Or something like that. I think we should do one of those youtube video things where each person sings another part of the song and then we put them all together. And then at the end we could yell "HEY KOOL AID" and show a clip of Kool AID Pitcher guy busting through a wall and beating the tar out of VAmpire Rick.
That is all
I am very offended that you call me ricky do I go around saying Gam NO!ReplyDelete
And another thing
Who even drinks KOOL-AID anymore? Your the only one who still drinks that because your not cool enough for any other drink SUCKA! Ya know what I say about that? Rejected!
Do they even make skates for vending machines?ReplyDelete
- MOOCHOOCHACHIJanuary 9, 2012 at 9:27 PM
STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP STEP UP!!!!ReplyDelete
Screw this horse, I'm still pissed about the ticket that damn dog gave me back in Oct. WTF $20 more cause I took over 1 month to pay.ReplyDelete
Ummmmm....Oh but yeah really...this horse is just entrancing to watch. Absolutely stunning. Saw Horse at the Garden last year. Best Show on Ice EVER!!
Is this real? Haha, the ad really made me laugh. I know this may be real but I really can't imagine a horse dancing.It's so shocking and cute at the same time!ReplyDelete
Stunning picture indeed. I can't imagine a horse doing figure ice skating! I would probably laugh the whole time and praise the talented horse!ReplyDelete
That's a very funny illustration of a horse-skating. In fairness to this horse, he skates so well with a poise.ReplyDelete
This soda drink advertisement really attracts me a lot and I will shortly grab this drink...The idea of horse is really admirable...Great!!ReplyDelete
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Beggars Banquet is the album that changed everything for the Rolling Stones.
From the manner it was recorded at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, to the track selection, a mixture of rockers ("Street Fighting Man"), blues numbers ("Prodigal Son", "No Expectations") and ballads ("Salt Of The Earth"), the band truly came into their own, and the Rolling Stones' music of today is a reflection of what happened in that studio in 1968, they reached their musical manhood.
The genesis of the epic song "Sympathy For The Devil" is well documented in the Jean Luc Goddard film One Plus One . While 1967's Their Satanic Majesties was recorded after Mick and Keith's traumatic and unjust, drugs bust, it was almost too soon to be reflected in their songwriting. Whereas "Sympathy For The Devil", and much of Beggars Banquet hint at a defiance at what they'd been through, and a strength from the experience.
The album also marks a change in musical direction for the band, with the debut of Jimmy Miller as producer, who went on to collaborate with the band on Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St and Goats Head Soup. Miller had also produced Traffic and Spooky Tooth, and co-wrote "I'm A Man" with Steve Winwood. Other musicians who appeared on the album are Nicky Hopkins on piano, Dave Mason on guitar and mandolin and a gospel choir from Los Angeles.
The only non Jagger/ Richards song on the album, "Prodigal Son" is a cover of Robert Wilkins' "That Ain't No Way To Get Along", which he first recorded in 1929. A year earlier Wilkins recorded the first known song to be entitled, "Rolling Stone".


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In Harvard Square, donations to homeless in a swipe
15 Harvard Square firms join the effort
By Alyssa Edes | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT MARCH 01, 2013
The World's Only Curious George Store is one of the first in Harvard Square to install tablets that allow donations to the homeless.
Charitable giving to the homeless in Harvard Square is getting a technological makeover.
Fifteen tablets, using touchscreen and wireless technology, are being installed at local stores to give residents and visitors the opportunity to donate money with the swipe of a credit card.
"This is a lot like the Salvation Army kettle but using 21st-century technology," said Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association. "As a society, we just don't really carry change anymore and a lot of people don't even carry cash, so this will be a much more effective and efficient way to give."
The tablets allow users to donate from $1 to more than $100 for food, clothing, and shelter. They have already been installed at seven local businesses and will be available at eight more locations this month.
Youth on Fire director Ayala Livny, whose organization will receive a portion of the donations, said the project exemplifies Harvard Square's spirit.
"It's combining cutting-edge technology with a business association that has a very strong, progressive community outlook to benefit a group of of organizations supporting people who are struggling in the area," she said. "In a way, I kind of think this would only ever happen in Harvard Square."
Nearly 500 people are homeless in Cambridge, according to Census Bureau data. But Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas said that number has been growing in recent years.
"When we saw an uptick in panhandling and begging, that was disconcerting to a lot of folks," Hass said. "But businesses sort of said, 'Oh, police will take care of it,' and service agencies were working but not really cohesive. Now, we're all working in one of the most unique collaborations I've seen in a long time, and the relationship has really paid off."
While some business communities might want to avoid the homeless, Jillison said, Harvard Square aims to make the place welcoming to all people. Even so, she said, many do not feel comfortable giving directly to panhandlers.
"The problem is, people throw change in the cup but can't really know where it's going," she said. "A lot of times, that money is used for illicit behavior, whether its drugs or alcohol. But by giving to the agencies, we can make sure homeless get the care they need in a transparent, trackable way."
The electronic system could lead to less interaction between the broader community and the homeless, but Livny said she hopes those who donate will also engage with the homeless on a personal level.
"Our members often say the hardest thing about being homeless is the sense of being invisible. People walk by you, pretend you don't exist," she said. "But so many will tell you, you don't have to give us money. But have a conversation; look us in the eye; say have a nice day. There's power and dignity in that."
If the program is as successful as the community hopes, Jillson said she'll work to expand it in Harvard Square and hopes it serves as a model for others.


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Manage CD drives connected to a system.
Developer website: Blake Skinner
Ardiem is the evolution of a little utility called "CocoaEject". The program is designed to provide simple methods for the user to manage the CD drives connected to their system. Ardiem's features include:
- Complete support for hot-swappable devices
- An easily extendable plugin based system for adding support to new types of devices in the future
- User selectable system-wide keystrokes for opening/ejecting any of the detected drives
- A status icon in the bar allowing quick and easy access to all detected drives
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- [Bugfix] Several brands of FireWire CD/DVD drives were not properly recognized. This should be fixed now but if any users are still having issues (mainly LaCie users) please send an email to email@example.com or post in the Bug Reports section of the Chaotic Minds forums.
- [Bugfix] Firewire drives will not properly add/remove themselves when they are unplugged from the host system or powered down.
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Free Xbox One And Xbox 360 Games With Gold For July 2017 Revealed
This month you can grab Grow Up and Runbow on Xbox One, plus Kane & Lynch 2 and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on 360.
This month you can grab Grow Up and Runbow on Xbox One, plus Kane & Lynch 2 and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on 360.
Here's which games you can play for free on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in July.
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This week, we feature titles BurgerTime World Tour, Shank 2, Gotham City Impostors, Catherine, Top Spin 4, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, the Jak and Daxter: Collection, ...
Sega's hit arcade racer makes the jump from the mall to the Xbox 360.
Movement of EA pigskin sim into September reporting period has software sales down 37 percent; Deus Ex takes top spot on chart dominated by casual and licensed titles.
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One-two punch from Take-Two tops best-seller chart as total industry revenues down 10 percent to $1.03 billion.
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'I Am Google': Pride Comes Before a Fall
May 19, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Last week, I observed repercussions from one of the most arrogant moves I've ever seen an executive make. A small uproar occurred when a Google product strategist learned there were fewer people than he'd expected at an event he'd volunteered to speak at. As he stormed out, he uttered the immortal words, "I Am Google," to the event organizer (whom he apparently thought was a booth babe, which in itself is troubling).
The incident prompted a massive Twitter firestorm with #IAMGOOGLE going viral -- some of this stuff is pretty funny -- and his name is now synonymous with "jerk." Now imagine if someone had filmed this with Google Glass... I really think Google, in particular, is going to regret that product.
Also last week, the European Union ruled that individuals have a right to have services like Google remove links to private information, which resulted in some impressive legal action by crooked politicians, pedophiles and other folks you wouldn't actually want to be able to do this. Google was at the heart of this action, and this reminds me a lot of what happened at -- and to -- Microsoft in the 90s, when it let arrogance get in the way of good judgment. I figured this would be a good time to shine a light on Microsoft and Google.
I'll close with my product of the week, an impressive business notebook from Dell.
Death by Arrogance: The Microsoft Story
Remember the way Microsoft was in the mid-to-late 1990s? Folks were lining up to buy Microsoft's products, Apple was about to go under (or so it seemed at the time), and Microsoft's war with IBM largely ended with IBM leaving the field of battle whimpering with its tail between its legs. Microsoft was immensely successful -- it could do no wrong. Then this little company called "Netscape" popped up from noplace, and suddenly people were talking about its founder as the next Bill Gates.
Microsoft was in a position to believe that it was more powerful and knowledgeable than anyone, and yet it was faced with what appeared to be a very real possibility that it would be displaced by a young startup. So it started breaking rules. Now, the ironic thing was that virtually nothing it did illegally had any real impact on Netscape, which was in the process of imploding. Regardless of that, the DoJ came after Microsoft -- followed by the EU -- and demanded that it separate its browser from the operating system, which it really didn't want to do.
That would have opened up competition and forced Microsoft to improve the browser faster than it was doing. As we latter learned, when Firefox and then Chrome displaced IE, ramping up its update schedule was something Microsoft absolutely should have done order to remain competitive. However, it fought that and at one point literally told the U.S. Attorney General to go to hell (heck, actually).
The judge in the eventual antitrust case got so mad he tried to give Microsoft the death penalty and was removed from the case, but this all contributed massively to Microsoft's inability to grow for much of the last decade. The company survived, but largely because it got lucky. However, Bill Gates was driven out, and Microsoft was massively weakened.
I maintain it was because Microsoft got way too arrogant (to be fair, this is partially likely because I wrote a paper in 1996 arguing that its behavior would result in this outcome). I did write a follow-up in 2000 I can point to.
I think Google is on a similar path.
Google's Arrogance and Hypocrisy
I actually think Google is far worse than Microsoft was, because Microsoft at least wasn't hypocritical. What Microsoft did was consistent with its belief that it had the power to do those things and that it should have that power (and what Microsoft did mirrored some of the things it believed IBM had done to it).
With Google, however, the battlefield isn't a browser, it is privacy -- and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone more private than Google's chairman and its executive staff. Google once blacklisted CNET for having used its search engine to dig up private information on Google Chairman Eric Schmidt.
Schmidt also has spoken out against drones for fear they would look over his massive wall and violate his privacy, which is exactly what Google's cars and satellites to do us hourly.
"How would you feel if your neighbor went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard," Schmidt mused. "It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?" To which I'd likely reply, "better than if my search provider monitored my calls, email and Web use, shot pictures of my home from the air and ground, and connected folks I didn't know to the most personal information about me."
I could shoot down the neighbor's drone. Stopping Google is a tad more difficult.
So, the big difference to me is that Microsoft didn't know that what it was doing to fight Netscape was wrong, but the Google executive team clearly does, because they don't want the same things they are doing to us done to them.
Microsoft looked bad and sometimes stupid -- but when Google goes before a judge or particularly a jury, it is going to look so hypocritical and dishonest that I expect the judgments will be legendary.
While Microsoft allegedly hurt Netscape, the victims in Google's crimes are folks like you, me, the judge and the jury. Folks should be able to more intimately connect to Google's crime because they are the ones damaged -- if the case is presented properly.
Microsoft's Scroogled! campaign, while very poorly funded and executed, was actually on point -- while Microsoft attacked a competitor, Google attacks its customers, which are us.
That appears to be part of the EU court's ruling, that Google is doing harm and needs to stop. That ruling likely will have implications for virtually every Internet company that hosts user-sourced information. At least Eric Schmidt didn't tell the EU to go to hell, he basically just said they were stupid and that is sooo much better. There is now a renewed effort to mount an EU attack on Google on antitrust grounds.
The ruling eventually should result in an easy-to-use takedown process similar to what content owners have -- but one that individuals have access to, which likely will cripple information aggregators like Google. It will create a competitive opportunity against them that wouldn't exist otherwise, with huge potential liability given that the base for a class action could be huge if they decide to play this -- and they are likely to -- like Microsoft did.
Wrapping Up: Google's Arrogance
The reason I think Google will be arrogant is the same reason #IAMGOOGLE went viral. It showcased a callous approach to common people, suggesting Google executives think and act like corrupt royalty with no care for the little guy. As far as Google's concerned, we are all the little guy.
It is events like this that get people to see a company differently, and that too is what happened to Microsoft. It went from being this amazing, magical company to being a black mark on U.S. business -- and Google is on that same path.
Ironically, the Google founders came out of school during the time of Microsoft's fall with the clear mission of wanting to bring Microsoft to justice. More ironically, Microsoft became a better company -- it had to in order to survive -- while Google became a bigger threat to the average person than Microsoft ever could have been.
You know, sometimes it feels like the story of tech should be a Greek tragedy.
Product of the Week: The Dell Latitude E7240
This is the laptop that really got me thinking that the two-in-one thing was BS. This is in part a result of a meeting I attended at Intel, where some large Chinese manufacturers basically said tablets were going vertical at 8 inches, and sales on larger and smaller products either weren't increasing or were falling sharply.
Folks are simply finding that if you need to work, you need a screen larger than 12 inches, and if you want to read or browse the Web, 8 inches is the ideal balance of price and capability. (The market for Windows 8-inch tablets running Intel processors is expected to be the main driver, because these have a US$100 target sales price, and good tablets at $100 sell huge numbers -- as we saw when HP burned through its Palm products at that price.)
While most folks seem to want both devices to be extremely mobile, they prefer a laptop with a screen larger than 12 inches for work, and a tablet at 8 inches for play.
The Dell Latitude E7240 sets the bar for laptops. It is under 3 pounds, works with a dock, has a 12.5-inch high-resolution touchscreen, a fast 128-GB flash drive and a decent keyboard.
It appears to be wrapped in carbon fiber, giving it a very attractive appearance. It has full ports as well, with three USB ports, an HDMI port and a mini-display port, so it will work with TVs and business monitors. The one I have uses an Intel Core i5 processor, making it compliant with security policies.
Since this laptop got me back to thinking about laptops as laptops, and it is a pretty thing, the Dell Latitude E7240 is my product of the week.


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Program earns praise, but price tag is deemed too high.
At Monday's Crookston School Board meeting, Crookston High School Principal Lon Jorgenson called the Achieve More program an "absolutely wonderful" program.
But he also added a third adjective to describe the initiative launched by the U of M Crookston's Center for Adult Learning (CAL) at CHS and Highland School last fall: Free.
Achieve More, coordinated by UMC CAL staff and involving partners like the Crookston Chamber and RSVP, along with several volunteers from the community, is comprised of College and Career Prep 101 at CHS and Junior Achievement at Highland School. UMC CAL Director Michelle Christopherson secured a $25,000 grant through the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, via the Impact 20/20 initiative, to fund the first year of the program. At the board's last meeting, Christopherson and her staff, along with some CHS students, pitched a $24,000 investment on the part of the school district to continue the program for a second year.
Monday, board chair Frank Fee said the board tried to find the $24,000 during a discussion at their retreat last week but wasn't successful.
"It's a great program, and you heard the kids speak out about it, but we don't have an infinite amount of cash," Superintendent Chris Bates said.
Board member Adrianne Winger said she was a Junior Achievement volunteer earlier this spring and that the kids really enjoyed it. "Finding $24,000 for it is the hard thing, though," she said. "If we could guarantee that the $24,000 was there, I'd feel differently."
Board member Keith Bakken asked Jorgenson if current staff could provide some of the Achieve More components. Jorgenson said that might be possible on some level, but that the high school staff is already stretched thin. "We could do some of it, but not to the depth that it has been this year," he said. "I really liked that they involved the city and the businesses."
Fee asked board members to make a motion to provide the $24,000 for a second year of Achieve More, but no board members made one.
Meanwhile, Christopherson is seeking a $300,000 Otto Bremer Foundation grant to fund Achieve More in Crookston and in three nearby school districts for the next three years. Those districts have committed local dollars to bring the program to their districts. Christopherson said if the grant is funded, the Crookston district would have to come up with a $20,000 match.


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Yikes! What on earth did Harry Styles do to Taylor Swift to make her absolutely loathe him as much as she appears to?
First there were rumors that she was working on a breakup song for him like a day after they split. And then she totally dissed him at the Grammys in front of millions of viewers and a live audience. And now, well, she's gone one step further to make sure everyone everywhere knows she's never, ever, ever getting back together with the One Direction singer.
You guys -- Taylor Swift is making Harry Styles a breakup video.
Yes, a breakup video, set to the tune of what is shaping up to be one of her snarkiest breakup songs yet.
The new single is called "22" (the age she was while dating the Harr-ster), and she was spotted filming scenes for the music video on the beach in Malibu.
Remember that time Taylor and Harry got all cheesy and reenacted the famous lift scene from Dirty Dancing? Well, in the video, she's seen recreating the lift yet again, all while wearing a green beanie and baggy shirt -- classic Harry Styles attire.
Still not convinced that this is his official breakup anthem? Wait till you hear the opening lyrics of the song:
"It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters / And make fun of our exes, ah ah, ah ah."
Wow. Way to be subtle, Taylor.
OMG. Again, what in the heck did Harry do to Taylor to prompt her to go to such great lengths to make fun of him? I know she's probably pretty broken hearted and all, but geez! Doesn't it seem like she's being just a little hard on the poor dude? He has to be more than a little mortified, and he probably wishes he never dated her in the first place.
It's obvious that she's doing her very best to stick it to him as best she can. The only problem is that instead, she's making herself look really, really pathetic.
She's coming across as desperate and mean instead of strong and independent, which I'm guessing is what she is probably going for while dishing out her series of jabs against Harry. And when it comes to any future romances from here on out, she's just not doing herself any favors by ripping her ex-boyfriends to shreds.
Why do you think Taylor is so angry with Harry?
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Meredith Whitney, who built her own Wall Street advisory firm after gaining renown for a 2007 call on Citigroup Inc., deregistered her brokerage unit after three unprofitable years and is setting up an investment fund, according to industry records.
Meredith Whitney Securities LLC ended its registration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Aug. 28, Finra's website shows. In addition to her advisory firm, she's now chief investment officer and managing principal of a long/short fund, according to regulatory records that list Kenbelle Capital LP among her ventures.
Whitney, 43, registered Kenbelle with New York state's corporations division in April. It's an investment manager to a partnership based in Bermuda, according to a legal notice in a newspaper there.
A push into funds would add another twist to her career. She left Oppenheimer & Co. to start Meredith Whitney Advisory Group LLC in 2009, buying the brokerage that year with plans to expand into trading. She predicted a U.S. municipal-bond apocalypse in 2010 that hasn't materialized, also saying she would hire hundreds for a bond-ratings service.
Whitney didn't return calls to her Madison Avenue office.
Her advisory firm hasn't posted research for clients on its website since Sept. 19, according to a page showing several posts per week before then. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company had only one full-time investment professional, Angela Cantu, as of June. She has since left for Blackstone Group LP, her profile on LinkedIn Corp.'s website shows. She didn't respond to messages.
Muni 'Guesstimate'
Whitney started the advisory business amid media coverage including a Fortune cover story crowning her "the woman who called Wall Street's meltdown." Her broker-dealer's Securities and Exchange Commission filings list no revenue in the past three years and about $96,000 of expenses. The unit was inactive last year outside of maintaining compliance and "introducing its services to the market," according to the most recent report.
After predicting muni defaults totaling hundreds of billions of dollars in a December 2010 segment of CBS Corp.'s "60 Minutes," she told Bloomberg News it had been "a guesstimate" involving "fifth-derivative dimensions." Instead of collapsing, munis became a star performer of 2011.
Long/short funds make bets that some prices will fall and that others will rise, sometimes using leverage and derivatives, to profit in a variety of conditions.
Whitney's personal wealth took a hit during the financial crisis in spite of her forewarnings about New York-based Citigroup, according to an interview she gave Bloomberg Businessweek this year.
"I think I lost between a quarter and a half a million dollars on financial positions," she said. "I rode Lehman all the way down to zero. It's pretty ironic, right?"
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›› Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun
Release ~ Merry Christmas - SRW Alpha Gaiden Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden
# Posted on December 26th, 2008 02:03 AM by Gideon ZhiYep. There´s not much else to say at this point, other than that this is a basically untested beta patch. Also, I´m really sorry for taking so long with this. Because it´s basically an untested beta patch, we ran into some crippling last-minute issues, first with the patch not properly replacing the game´s executable and thus leaving the asm hacks out of the resultant disc image, and second with the Premium Box version of the game just not working at all. Both issues have hopefully been resolved! Note that the patch was developed based on the original release of the game, so patching the Premium Box release has been tested even LESS. But it should work, fingers crossed.
Huge, huge thanks out to Excellen (Chrissy on some boards, Hokuto on others) for her extra-hard work over the last four years translating this game´s mammoth 3+ megabyte script. Thanks also to SilverSonic, whose initial (sadly failed) attempts at translating the script got the project on its feet in the first place! Thanks as well to everyone else mentioned in the readme who contributed to the project, and to Masaki and Iriliane from our IRC channel for performing some last-minute grunt testing on the Premium Box version of the game.
Well, I think that about covers it. Enjoy the game, everyone!
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Miscellaneous ~ Tomorrow´s release# Posted on December 24th, 2008 10:10 AM by Gideon ZhiPlease do not panic if nothing shows up at midnight tonight. I´ve done midnight releases in years past, but this year I´m going to be visiting family today and tomorrow, and will be staying overnight in a place with no internet access. As such, tomorrow´s release will be arriving later in the day, rather than in the morning.
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Miscellaneous ~ It is going to be a good Christmas.# Posted on November 15th, 2008 06:01 AM by Gideon ZhiThe likes of which we´ve not seen in several years! More than I can count on one hand! Just don´t, you know, complain. And I know some of you are GOING to. We went with canon wherever possible.
Yes, I´m being deliberately cryptic. But you´ll like this.
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Progress ~ Last but not least, Madara 2. Madara 2
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:57 AM by Gideon ZhiTom finished this one a while ago, but I never mentioned it, because I do so love posting screenshots of this stuff. But alas, again! Nothing to show for it yet, I´m afraid.
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Progress ~ Lady Leaps Ahead Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:55 AM by Gideon ZhiThis one too! Ladystalker has also been fully translated, also thanks to satsu! Unfortunately again, nothing to show for it yet :/
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Progress ~ Hourai High marches onward Adventures of Hourai High
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:53 AM by Gideon Zhisatsu finished translating Hourai High´s script about a month ago, maybe a little longer. Again, nothing to show off, I´m afraid :/ Also, mind not the busted previous news post (and its missing comment link); it´ll get fixed soon.
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Progress ~ Slime DQ Squidges Along Slime Morimori Dragon Quest
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:14 AM by Gideon ZhiJust dropping a quick word about the first - of several - games whose text translations have reached the "complete" marker in the last few months. Slime DQ is the most recent, thanks to Tom/DDS, who is now working on something else for us which I´m sure you´re all rabid for! No screens, unfortunately; I haven´t hacked the text into the game yet, so I don´t really have anything to show off.
Announcement ~ LUNAR announced - feedback wanted LUNAR Walking School
# Posted on August 3rd, 2008 10:42 PM by Gideon ZhiSo here it is, ready to be playtested... or is it? The script is still slightly wooden, in a translated-from-Japanese sort of way. It´s hard to pinpoint what´s wrong with it, and maybe it´s only something that a trained eye can see, but it´s certainly not on par with recent stuff like LaL 2.0. Passable, maybe? I´m not sure.
So, I´m asking for opinions. Would you all rather see another edit pass, or should I just toss it into betatesting? It´s certainly otherwise ready.
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Miscellaneous ~ Looking for investors.# Posted on July 4th, 2008 05:36 AM by Gideon ZhiDo you love what we do here? Do you enjoy older games from days gone by, or perhaps feel that the current generation of games is lacking something? Have you ever wanted to support Aeon Genesis, but haven´t known how?
Well, here´s the thing. I´m looking for investors to help fund what I´ll call a "splinter" operation. This isn´t going to be AGTP, although it will follow similar lines. It won´t replace AGTP either - at least, I hope it won´t - so your favorite WIP projects aren´t going anywhere. (In the event that I AM forced to close AGTP, all current project files will be made public for acquisition by other groups.)
While I can´t divulge much just yet, I have put together a viable business plan; the only problem is, this is going to be stupidly expensive for one person to fund. Now, don´t get me wrong - I´m not asking for free money. I´m looking to drum up some capital that I can then take to a venture capitalist to say, "Look what I was able to raise on my own!" I will *not* take any money until venture capital comes through, and even then you will be paid back with commensurate interest within a few years. This is not without risks, of course, but if I wasn´t confident in my plan I wouldn´t be throwing this out here.
If you´re interested and can help fund this, even a little, please send an email to this address. Let´s do something awesome and show the industry who´s boss.
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Progress ~ Now in Alpha, too. Super Robot Wars Alpha
# Posted on July 2nd, 2008 11:01 PM by Gideon ZhiYep! Took maybe three hours. Note the poorly-edited dialogue. This obviously needs an editor - if you think you´re up to it, have tons and tons of free time, are an accomplished writer, and are a fan of Super Robot Wars, send an email!
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After only two and a half months since Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party formed a coalition with the government, the party leader announced his withdrawal on Tuesday, reasoning the move by the inability to reach an agreement over a new military law that would draft Orthodox citizens to the army or civil service.
"I was ready to make historical compromises for the sake of the country's soldiers, but there was also a red line. People, who suggest that Orthodox youth should be drafted at the age of 26, do not want equality for their citizens," said Mofaz, addressing a crowd of soldiers and their families at the headquarters of his party in Petach Tikvah.
Kadima's pull-out is said to have no influence on the stability of the current government or the elections sceduled for 2013.
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In issuing its latest forecasts for beef and pork production for the remainder of 2013, Daily Livestock Report or DLR (www.dailylivestockreport.com) reported that the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicts commercial U.S. beef production will be down 0.9% to 24.976 billion pounds, reflecting a notable reduction in cattle slaughter especially in the second half of the year.
USDA's World Agricultural Demand and Supply Estimates (WASDE) report raised expectations for U.S. commercial pork production, now pegged at 23.522 billion pounds, 130 million pounds or 0.6% larger than the previous forecast in March and 1.1% higher than 2012 production.
DLR authors suggest the adjustment reflects the upward revision in pig crop numbers outlined in the March Hogs and Pigs report. This is a result of anticipated lower feed costs in the second half of the year seen as improving producer profitability and supporting a modest increase in pork production.
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USDA also lowered its forecast for 2013 pork exports by 160 million pounds or 3% below the forecast in March. As a result, pork exports are expected to be 3.3% smaller in 2013 than they were a year ago.
The combination of more hogs coming to market and less pork being exported means there will be more pork on the domestic market, helping keep pork prices in check.
Per capita consumption of pork is now expected to average 46.8 lb. per person, 2% higher than a year ago.
Also impacting U.S. beef and pork exports was the recent announcement by Canada that it would impose about $1 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods in response to the impact of the mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) on Canadian beef and pork shipped to the United States.
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This is not an exhaustive rundown of everything that has been shot so far, but it's a quick review of some of the highlights that we know of from the past month of shooting, and wrapping up with where we are today. We'll update when and as we're reminded of shooting details we've previously reported on.
This takes us to the present. Earlier this week, footage seemed confined to the Paint Hall, with reports that some of these scenes involved Sean Bean and extras cast as guards. We also knew that late last week, some preparations were going on in an undisclosed location for Winterfell filming. We know Kristian Nairn (Hodor) was set to start filming around now (thanks to Nymeria_WiC for sorting me out on some details here). We've now learned via Northern Irish artist known as Anarkitty, that filming is going on in a field located somewhere between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne, on the grounds of the Redhall Estate in Ballycarry. Given the image above, we believe this means today's filming
Or is it? We've now been told that the scene being filmed there today (and possibly on Friday and Monday as well) correspond to Eddard's third chapter, although with a change: instead of taking place at Darry, it's now taking place at an inn. At a guess? The inn at the crossing of the Trident, run by Masha Heddle (a role recently cast), is going to appear rather earlier on the show than it did in the series. Previously, it was the setting of two significant scenes—now it's gained a third. This is actually a very interesting change, allowing them to cut out a location barely touched upon again until the fourth novel and instead focusing on one that shows up more than once as is (and, in fact, shows up again in A Feast for Crow).


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Chris Bowen
Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law
9 June 2009 - 14 September 2010
Joint Media Release
The Hon Wayne Swan
Reforms to the supervision of Australia's financial markets
The Treasurer, Wayne Swan MP and the Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today announce changes to the supervision of Australia's financial markets that will enhance the integrity of Australia's financial markets and take another step towards establishing Australia as a financial services hub in the region.
The Government has decided to provide for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to perform supervision of real-time trading on all of Australia's domestic licensed markets. This change will mean that ASIC will now be responsible for both supervision and enforcement of the laws against misconduct on Australia's financial markets.
'Australia's financial system has performed better than any other during the global recession and these reforms will ensure that Australia's regulatory arrangements remain among the best in the world,' Mr Swan said.
'As part of the Government's drive to improve regulation of the financial industry, the Government has decided to transfer supervisory responsibility for Australia's financial markets to ASIC as it is more appropriate for an agency of the Government to perform this important function,' Mr Bowen said.
The present arrangements require individual financial markets to self-supervise trading on their individual markets.
This reform is in line with the move towards centralised or independent regulation in other leading jurisdictions.
'Having one whole-of-market supervisor will consolidate the current individual supervisory responsibilities into one entity, streamlining supervision and enforcement, and providing complete supervision of trading on the market,' Mr Bowen said.
'Moving to whole-of-market supervision is also the first step in the process towards considering competition between market operators.'
The changes will mean that ASIC will become responsible for supervising trading activities by broker participants which take place on a licensed financial market, while individual markets – such as the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) - will retain responsibility for supervising the entities listed on them.
'The supervision of listed entities raises a different set of issues. The Government is comfortable that there is no need for the Government to supervise listed entities. ASIC and the ASX are working well together in performing this role,' Mr Bowen said.
It is intended that legislation will be introduced into Parliament next year to give effect to this change, with ASIC to begin performing these functions in the third quarter of 2010.
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Supervision of Australia's Financial Markets
There is a considerable amount of transitional work to be done in preparation for this transfer. Legislation must be drafted, consulted on and then taken through both houses of parliament.
ASIC has advised the Government that they may need 3 months after the passing of the Act to ensure they are appropriately prepared. Once all necessary steps have been taken, and ASIC advises the Government it is ready to proceed, the transfer will take effect.
The handover is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2010.


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from the money-is-the-root-of-all-evil deptSlashdot points us to an amusing story about how an investor who owns about 28% of Bible.com has sued the board for not being profitable enough. Now, it is true that when the owner of the domain put together a corporation to support it, he wrote in the plan "it is the goal of the board of directors of Bible.com to become very, very profitable," but having failed at that hardly seems something that allows you to get sued. The investor is specifically claiming that a study suggested the domain name itself could be worth over $100 million, and he wants it to be sold.
I wondered if the Bible, itself, might have something to say on the matter, and thanks to the lovely thing called the internet, there's actually an entire page of Bible verses about profit, with a few choice quotes such as:
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." -- Matthew 6:19-21Wonder who's going to file the amicus brief on behalf of God?
"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs." -- 1 Timothy 6:10
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." -- Matthew 6:24


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Sorting out our stuff takes many more days
The move in Bay Weekly's future is an 800-pound gorilla making a big mess in the here and now.
1629 Forest Drive is still our office, and will be until Tuesday, May 29. We're doing business here, and putting out the paper as we've done every week for 19 years. At the same time, we're letting go, demolishing the space we've worked in since December, 2007.
We're only moving across the street, literally, but that doesn't play the way husband Bill Lambrecht's earliest move did. He used his little red wagon to help his family move from to 603 to 609 Maple Street in Bloomington, Illinois. If we were to try that across Forest Drive, we'd be losers in a human game of Frogger.
So movers are coming May 25.
Moving is a good time to take stock of all you've accumulated. In our past offices, we've been blessed — or cursed — with ample storage space.
Now we're trying to get rid of tons of stuff so the movers won't have to lift it. More salient, so we won't have a full 19 years of collected paper, electronics, plastic and cords to cram into our new space.
So these days, when we're not newspapering, we're delving, touching, sorting, remembering, boxing and preparing to relocate all sorts of stuff.
Production manager Betsy Kehne was the early bird. Her once well-appointed office was stripped and boxed weeks ago. Now she's working behind barricades of boxes, likely as much for efficiency as for space's sake. The boxes keep us from bothering her while she's creating ads for our annual Summer Guide coming May 24, as well as making each week's paper.
Betsy and most of us are sustainably minded, thus loath to throw away anything reusable. That habit makes us think very creatively.
Leigh Glenn's feature story this week, A to Z Recycling, was written with us as well as you in mind.
Much of our gorilla's weight is in paper. Historic paper, so there's the compulsion to read every piece before consigning to Arnold Elementary, the Knoll kids' school, to add to the Abitibi Paper Retriever to help raise a bit of money for school projects.
Photos are especially demanding. Our recycler doesn't accept them. Will the discards have to be thrown away? That possibility — and the 1,000 words of story each one tells — means I'm on my third round of purposeful sorting.
We've got enough cords to plug in all of Annapolis. For them, I bumped into a bright idea. I've got an appointment at Best Buy to get my car fitted for the 21st century with a radio-CD player with Bluetooth capacity. On that trip, I'll be taking cords by the boxful to shove into that store's electronics recycling bins.
Our brightest idea is Annmarie Garden, to be creatively repurposed into art. For the new artLab at Calvert County's art center, we're packing everything but the kitchen sink. We're leaving that.
Into Annmarie boxes we're packing CDs, old tapes, the plastic cases for both, old index, note and business cards, plastic sleeves for name badges and lots of quirky oddities. It's no problem that Annmarie wants donations in quantities of a dozen or more similar items so they can be incorporated into lessons. We've got plenty of everything.
As I write, Patuxent Roll-Off's big dumpster is arriving. That doesn't make the landfill the fate for all that goes into that big red box. It will be delivered to a sorting station and every useful bit of its contents broken down for recycling.
This is the day of reckoning at 1629 Forest Drive.
At the same time, we're home-making at our new office. Lisa Knoll managed the purchase and reconstruction of Suite 1A at 1160 Spa Road, making it all look effortless when it was anything but. On the first workday after settlement, reconstruction began. Since the mid-1980s, our space was the office of ophthalmologist Dr. William Ahern. As well as walls that didn't work for us, we had hand sinks in every room. Thanks to Chuck Barton, odd walls and sinks alike are gone.
A crew from Annapolis Painting rejuvenated our walls. And any day now, Floor Systems of Dunkirk and Deale is laying new carpet.
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One more paper plus Summer Guide to go here. Vol. xx No. 22, on the streets on May 31, will come to you from 1160 Spa Road.
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Wishing you all an amazing week!
I know it may be too early, especially when you live in the UK, but I am already in the Spring mood! The weather got better, the shops are full of floral print items, pastel colours are everywhere and I just can't help it. I was never a huge fan of anything bright, floral or printed to be honest but I can definitely say that this is no longer true! I also wanted to apologise for not being so active on the blog, I am trying to keep up at least with my post schedule but I didn't really have time to visit all the blogs I wanted and reply to your comments but ones I am finish with tomorrow's assignment I will be active again:)
I found this pair of skorts about a week ago in Primark and I just had to have them. I love the print, the colour combination and I just think it's the perfect pair of skorts for Spring and Summer. Can't wait to wear them without tights! I love wearing shirts, they make every outfit look far more sophisticated and this is one of my favourites (also here and here). If you are looking for a great quality shirt then I definitely recommend visiting H&M. Kept the rest of the outfit black as I wanted to make both the skorts and the shirt to pop out!
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