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- Charity's officers were "lining their pockets," attorney general says
- California sues Help Hospitalized Veterans, accusing it of misspending donors' money
- The state seeks $4 million in penalties for solicitations it calls misleading
- The charity's president says it "looks forward to the chance to tell its story"
California authorities are taking a controversial veterans' charity to court, accusing it of paying officers "excessive" salaries and making "imprudent" loans, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, to a leading conservative activist's company.
In a civil lawsuit announced Thursday, the state attorney general's office asked a judge to remove the president and the entire board of directors of Help Hospitalized Veterans. The complaint asks for the board and president to pay more than $4 million in penalties to compensate for "misrepresentations" in solicitations by the charity.
The charity "has helped some veterans," Attorney General Kamala Harris told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." But she said nearly two-thirds of its revenue went to overhead, and the officers named in the complaint "have basically been lining their pockets off the compassion that Americans have for our veterans and servicemen and women."
"They have really tugged, I think, at the heartstrings of Americans who want to help our veterans," Harris said. "And, instead, they've had golf club memberships and condominiums, and they've been lining their pockets -- their personal pockets."
The complaint accuses the charity -- which reported more than $31 million in donations in 2010 -- of making false statements on its tax filings, paying "excessive" compensation, using donors' funds to buy a country club membership and a suburban Washington condominium, and unlawfully diverting money to start another nonprofit.
Its former president, Roger Chapin, was paid more than $2.3 million from 2002 and 2009, the complaint states, while Michael Lynch, the group's current president, has been paid more than $900,000 -- nearly $390,000 in 2010 alone, according to HHV's public tax disclosure forms.
And the state accuses the nonprofit of making $800,000 in loans to the direct-mail company owned by Richard Viguerie, one of the founders of the modern conservative movement and a friend of Chapin's.
According to tax filings, HHV uses Viguerie's company, Virginia-based American Target Advertising, as its principal fund-raiser. The California lawsuit calls the loans "imprudent and insecure" and states that ATA has never paid back all of the loans.
The lawsuit was filed late Wednesday in Riverside County, outside Los Angeles. Thursday, in a statement read to CNN, Lynch said the charity hopes "these unproven allegations will not diminish the more than 40 years of service HHV has provided to our nations most valuable treasure, our veterans."
"HHV looks forward to the chance to tell its story, and we hope this action will not impede its ability to add its support to hospitalized veterans nationwide," he said.
Viguerie's company said would have "no statement at this time" on the allegations.
The attorney general's office says it will distribute any judgment against HHV to state programs that aid veterans.
The charity was the focus of a contentious 2008 hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations. The groups's former president, Roger Chapin, was found to have purchased a condominium in Virginia with donated funds and received $1.96 million in pension payments from HHV, according to committee lawyers.
In its complaint, the California attorney general's office cites that payment among a long list of abuses it says HHV has committed over recent years.
The state lawsuit also accuses Chapin of using $500,000 from Help Hospitalized Veterans to start another charity, called Conquer Cancer and Alzheimer's Now. The complaint says Chapin was also president of that charity and that the half-million used to start it was "an unlawful diversion of HHV's assets, because it was not in furtherance of HHV's charitable purpose."
According to its website and tax filings, HHV says its main mission is the distribution of "arts and craft kits" to patients at the nation's 155 Veterans Administration hospitals. The kits are designed to help rehabilitation efforts, and the charity values the kits it has distributed at $8 million a year.
A VA spokesman confirmed to CNN that the kits are given out at 152 of the agency's hospitals. In a written statement, the Department of Veterans Affairs said it expects every organization that works with the agency "follows proper procedures and does the utmost to support the men and women who have served this country."
"We will continue to carefully review partnering organizations to ensure they adhere to all applicable laws, are meeting our expectations, and Veterans are being served appropriately," the department said.
U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, the California Democrat who held the 2008 hearing, told CNN that officials of HHV were using donated funds from "well-meaning Americans" to pay for "high overhead, salaries, golf club memberships and money that basically went into the pockets of people running the organization."
"As far as I'm concerned, they ought to be put in jail," said Waxman.
But while the State of California is pursuing substantial financial penalties, none of the individuals being sued will face jail time, since the complaint is a civil action.


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Brian Mariotti's office is absolutely crawling with toys. Recognizable characters from Star Wars, Marvel and DC Comics, My Little Pony and the TV show Arrested Development line the shelves and litter the floors. But among all those items, one relatively obscure, "Oh My Darling, Clementine"-singing pooch from 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoons is especially close to the Funko CEO 's heart. "Oh, Huckleberry Hound!" exclaims Mariotti, picking up the tiny, mouthless pooch. "I've basically got a rainbow of different color variants [of] Huckleberry. He's my favorite."
The one thing these disparate toys from the four corners of the pop-culture universe have in common: They are all Funko "Pops!" — the company's signature vinyl collectible. Whether it's Huckleberry Hound, the Incredible Hulk or The Big Bang Theory's Howard Wolowitz, the average Pop figure adheres to the same template: It stands 3.75 inches tall in a neutral pose. It has a square-shaped head with rounded edges — one large enough to account for half the piece's height. It should have pupil-free, button-like black eyes, a small nose and no mouth. Most importantly, it should be adorable.
Using these simple stylistic guidelines, Mariotti's Everett, WA-based collectible company has depicted a vast array of pop culture icons, real and fictional alike. According to the CEO, the roster currently includes around 180 unique licenses from movies, TV, comic books, video games, sports and other cultural flotsam (like breakfast cereal mascots) — pick a hot franchise, and there's a good chance Funko has either secured the rights to its signature characters or is currently doing so. Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, The Big Bang Theory, the Disney canon, musicians from Kiss and the Ramones to Run DMC and Tupac, World of Warcraft, WWE, MLB and the NBA: these are only a handful of the properties Funko has in play. The diversity increases the likelihood that there's something for everyone. "We were in the $40 million range for revenue last year — and $28 million of that was from Pop figures alone," Mariotti says.
Whether it's the x-men or Breaking Bad, we're going to find some pop culture phenomenon to get you into the hobby.
The company's history begins 1998, when a T-shirt designer and toy enthusiast named Mike Becker was in the market for a vintage coin bank depicting the Big Boy restaurant mascot. Finding that the item he wanted was going for hundreds of dollars on eBay, he figured that he could produce his own replica in China for about the same price. Soon after, he launched Funko from his house in Snohomish, WA, selling bobbleheads, banks and hand puppets based on nostalgia-friendly niche properties. His initial line-up of licensed items featured Popeye, Dick Tracy, General Mills cereal characters such as Count Chocula — and, of course, the Big Boy mascot.
While his venture was successful, Becker was less concerned with using Funko to establish a wider audience than with reviving his favorite brands. By 2005, he was growing uninterested in the company and considering folding it when Mariotti jumped at the chance to snap it up. A former nightclub owner and a serious collector (he made his house's first down payment by selling his Pez dispenser collection), Mariotti eventually persuaded a reluctant Becker to sell him the business with the assurance that key employees would be kept on. "I don't think he thought much was going to come of [the sale] because I had no experience," says Mariotti. "But we were always looking for that next product other than a bobblehead to brand us as a company."
So, at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Mariotti decided to debut a prototype the company had been working on, known as Funko Force 2.0. (The line was a slightly less detailed version of the company's original Funko Force line.) He brought four figures made of DC Comics characters — Green Lantern, Batgirl and not one but two Batman collectibles — to the convention. They didn't click initially. "The early results from my fan base were fairly negative," he admits. "They didn't like the look, the feel...the fact it didn't bobble." Still, Mariotti did receive enough positive feedback from customers of all ages — most unusually, women and Comic-Con veterans who'd never purchased Funko items before — that was motivated to keep it going.
Using the company's three big licenses (DC, Marvel and Lucasfilm's Star Wars property), what would become the Pop line was put into production. Soon, Funko was able to secure 25 more licenses, and eventually pushed the product into outlets other than comic-book and collectible shops — thinking outside of the box by placing the toys in big-box stores and mainstream online retailers. Soon, devoted fans began posting on forums about the figures, making spreadsheets about the brands and blogging about their customized Pops; once Game of Thrones cast members started endlessly posing with their figures, Funko's cultural cachet allowed the company to expand its empire even further. "When licensors see that your products are getting into the marketplace and there is a coolness factor to them, they want to be a part of that," Mariotti says. The rest is history.
Thanks to the vast array of choices and a thorough colonization of every fanscape under the sun — along with the line's $9.99 pricetag, which allows for folks to build collections quickly — Funko Pop has managed to turn the line into, per Mariotti, "a gateway drug for collectibles." And though the line adheres to a strict aesthetic template, part of the appeal lies in how certain characteristics (Walter White looking haggard in his tighty-whiteys, or the inherent creepiness of horror icons like Halloween's Michael Myers or It's evil clown Pennywise) are retained, oh-so-adorable figure or not. "You don't want to lose what people love about the property, even though we're putting it into a format," says Ben Butcher, Funko's Vice President of Creative. It's another huge part of how the team have managed to keep bringing in new, and unexpected, franchises. Anyone could make figures for fans of TV's superhero series Arrow and next year's blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron; only Funko could produce those Comic-Con-friendly characters alongside recently acquired partnerships with the license-holders of Gotham, The Godfather and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and still serve every one of those demographics without diluting the brand.
"There's something [in the catalog] that's going to get somebody hooked," Mariotti claims. "Whether it's the X-Men or Breaking Bad — or heck, Huckleberry Hound — we're going to find some pop culture phenomenon that's going to get you into the hobby. And then we're going to keep you coming back."


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Discussion in 'Fly Tying' started by Tom Grobelny, Nov 29, 2005.
Forgot to add I'm on jury duty for the next five days.
I look to this site as a resource to learn and share. You guys have really gone above and beyond my expectations.
I enjoy watching and helping the Scouts explore and learn and it is reassuring to see so many others anxious to pass on their knowledge and passion for this sport. It will be a month or two before I get into this adventure, but I will use the time to try to organize a plan to pass the information to the boys without overwhelming them with too much book type stuff. To be truthful there are some self centered motives as I intend to enjoy this endeavor and try to persuade the boys to plan more outings where there are fly fishing opportunities.http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/board/images/smilies/wink.gif
I will be calling upon your offers to help and getting back to the board with a report when we start the program.
Retiredfish, your donation will allow me to put together some tying kits that will be part of the troop gear and will be available for the boys to checkout and use at home after the class. I will definitely get the boys to make you some flies, although it may be wollybuggers and prince nymphs for a while though.
Thank you so much…….and you haven't heard the last from my yet!http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/board/images/smilies/thumb.gif
My son is in Boy Scouts as well, and I didn't know there was a merit badge for fly fishing. He is just learning to cast now. Are the requirements in the Boy Scout handbook? This might be just the thing to settle his troop down a little, some of the kids are a little.....wild. Thanks for the idea, and I hope all goes well with your class. Post some pics from your event when it happens. Bob.
No offense, but I dont think giving "wild" kids a 9 foot striking distance and sharp metallic objects is the ticket to settling them down...Then again, maybe it will. What do I know?... I'm just a kid myself.
There is not miraculous cure or guarantees. You present appropriate options and values to the boys and some will take it to heart, others will choose to follow their role models on MTV.
If nothing else, It will distract some of the boys from MTV and Xbox Live for a few hours and present an alternative activity. Best case is we will instill a sense of stewardship and respect for nature and possibly cultivate a few more avid fly tossers.
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well said Tom!
Thanks for the idea, guys. I agree with some that don't think it will cure these kids from their current "behavior". About half the kids,(or less), are good kids, but the rest are unlike any Boy Scouts I have ever had contact with. I live in a small town, so recruits are scarce, and we are stuck with this troop for now. We just got a new leader whom we have worked with all through Cub Scouts and Weblos, so I have faith. I hate to bring up the old addage "spare the rod, spoil the child", but man! Anyway, I will come up with the ff merit badge book and look it over, as a parent, I feel it my duty to contribute in any way I can, and if it gets just one kid out fishing and enjoying nature, I will have done my job. Thanks again, Bob.
For a quick look at the requirements for the ff merit badge you can look up www.meritbadges.com. This site will only give you the requirements, not the content that the boys are supposed to know.
When are you thinking about getting started? I am scheduled to start our program on April. If you like, I will drop you a PM at that time and let you know about any pitfalls that I run across.
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It seems that the top executives of Blackberry are fleeing the doomed outfit before it sinks.
Three top executives have been seen emptying their desks and putting the photographs of their family into old photocopy boxes as recently appointed Chief Executive John Chen embarks on his promised a shakeup at the struggling smartphone maker.
Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear, Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben have collected their pink slips and P45s and CFO Brian Bidulka has been promoted to a "special advisor" until he goes in March.
Tear played a key role in BlackBerry's latest restructuring, while Boulben was instrumental in the company changing its branding and name to BlackBerry from Research In Motion.
Chen said he aims to make the company a top provider for companies and governments of mobile devices and device-management tools.
It looks like he is there to stay. Certainly, he is not keeping the company on an even keel until a new boss is appointed, like most interim CEOs. In fact he is making many hands on changes of his own.
Chen is by nature a turnaround artist and sorted out software maker Sybase in the late 1990s so he probably can't resist the challenge.
BlackBerry did not name replacements for the other two executives exiting the company, but signalled more changes could be coming. It said Roger Martin, a board member since 2007, has also resigned.


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suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Holger LIPPMANN: The fractalScape and NoiseScape series are based on Processing code and work with Perlin noise and iteration functions. The iteration algorithm divides a shape down within a 7-9 level loop. Each repetition of the process is also called an "iteration." The results of one iteration are used as starting point for the next iteration.
The suffix -scape, as remeniscent of landscape, is used to describe the abstraction of some sort of ground—that is, lines and sometimes indications of mountains that, to me, render a certain sense of place; not really landscape, but rather some rough system of abstract perspective. The work is sometimes influenced by photographs of the Shorfheide—a Biosphere Reserve I live close to—and by the Chinese ink painting tradition of shan shui ("mountain-water"), or "pure" landscape. Also, by repetitive electronic music.
sP: What or who influenced this project?
HL: As far as I can remember, I always felt strongly attracted to electronic music. I started listening to kraftwerk at 13 and made my own music on a 486 dos computer with tracker software in the early '90s. To work with computers as visual artist was, for me, a consistent step rather than a special decision. Another step was going from using graphic software into the coding level myself. Since 2008, when I participated in a Processing workshop, I have worked mainly with Processing. I started working with the books of Casey Reas, Ben Fry, and Ira Greenberg, as well as the open source online community OpenProcessing.
sP: What were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?
HL: I was pretty much fascinated by a book of traditional Japanese art.
sP: Whose work is currently on your radar?
HL: I'm constantly looking toward what is going on in visual art and music culture. I feel very much in harmony with the reasent development to a more abstract style of art, away from the figurative art dominated '90s and 2000s. Artists I like include: Diana Lange, Amelie Petit Moreau, Tauba Auerbach, Julian Hoeber, Stefan Saalfeld, and Michael Kalki, just to name a few. Also see my personal art blog, WOWGREAT.
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ANDERSON, Ind. (WISH) – Nine people face criminal charges for their role in what officials call fraudulent billing practices at the Anderson Dental Center.
The owner of the Anderson Dental Center, Sally Metzner, 57, Anderson, is charged with two counts of corrupt business influence, money laundering, Medicaid fraud, theft, forgery and practicing dentistry without a license.
Three dentists who practiced at the center and five of its employees also face charges, according to Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller.
Court documents allege that Metzner and her co-defendants submitted false and inflated claims to the Indiana Medicaid program, sometimes using forged documents, in order to receive more Medicaid reimbursement than they were due.


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EDMONTON (WIVB) – Cory Conacher found the net twice, giving goalie Matt Hackett all the support he needed in a 3-1 Sabres win over Edmonton Thursday night.
The win snapped a seven game losing streak for Buffalo, who'd scored just six goals during that streak.
Conacher broke a 1-1 tie in the third, re-directing a Cody Hodgson shot for his second goal of the night. Drew Stafford added the insurance goal off a no-look pass from Tyler Ennis.
Hackett stopped 35 shots to pick up the win in his first start with the Sabres.
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The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office is teaming up with other local organizations to raise awareness about being safe on football's biggest night. Whether you're attending the big game on Sunday, watching it at a bar or hosting a party, it's important to remember that fans don't let fans drive drunk.
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We posted these few photos on the BMR Facebook and Instagram pages on Sunday, and I felt they'd be fitting to throw in this article.
For those that don't already know, Brick Model Railroader came into existence after the previous Lego train community hub, the online publication RAILBRICKS, fell apart. Many of the contributors and staff members got busy with other aspects of their lives, and so could not channel energy into RAILBRICKS.
The creator and original editor of RAILBRICKS is a gentleman by the name of Jeramy Spurgeon. Before stepping down from the Editor position, he managed to sell a couple limited edition kits. Both of these kits are 6 stud wide models but are still packed with detail.


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Kamal Mouzawak, Founder
As the son of a farmer and producer, food and agriculture have always been Kamal's passion. From food and travel writer to a macrobiotic cooking teacher, to hosting a TV show about healthy living, Kamal has long been a proponent of good food and the values of family, friendship and hospitality that surround it. He created Souk el Tayeb in 2004 and has actively developed and built the institution. Kamal is in charge of the strategic development of the institution as well as its promotion.
Christine Codsi, Managing Partner
After 10 years in business consultancy, Christine, now dedicates herself to actively managing and developing the Souk el Tayeb organization, bringing with her a strong business background and experience in social enterprises.
Jihane Chahla, Quality Assurance
After graduating from university with a degree in agricultural engineering, Jihane created the quality control system of Souk el Tayeb. She is currently responsible for ensuring that the farmers who work with Souk el Tayeb adhere to the rigorous rules and regulations the farmers market insists upon to ensure safety and quality. Jihane developed the quality manual for Tawlet and leads all capacity building projects of Souk El Tayeb.
Nicholas Gholam, Souk Manager
Nicholas is responsible for organizing and delivering the farmers market every week; he also organizes all events including the "Food and Feast" festivals held across Lebanon.
Rana Zein, Chief Accountant
She holds a "General Accounting Certificate" and has a background in biochemistry. Rana handles all the finances and accounting.
Fadi Ayoub, Tawlet Chef
A previous military officer, it wasn't long until he discovered his true love was cooking. He is now the very talented Chef at Tawlet.
Sami Moussallem, Catering Manager
One of the first members of Tawlet family, Sami has a background in hotel management and is responsible for all the catering events.
Elie Ibrahim, Host
Elie has a degree in hotel management and has been with Tawlet since 2009 where he is responsible for service and welcoming.
Djony Kiwan, Tawlet Ammiq Chef
Djony's 15 years of experience in food and cooking, especially Lebanese cuisine, has allowed her to become the chef of Tawlet Ammiq since its opening in 2012.
Nizar Logistics
Nizar Logistics has been with Souk El Tayeb since the very first farmers market, and is responsible for logistics and the set up of the Souk el Tayeb market.


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ENERGY POLICY -- (House of Representatives - June 23, 2008)
Mr. LATTA. Thank you very much, my good friend from Georgia. I really appreciate your being here tonight. And, again, what you say is absolutely what we have to be doing in this country, and I appreciate it. And, again, as we said a little bit earlier, the American people back home get it, but we are not getting it down here in Congress. So I appreciate your words this evening.
Mr. Speaker, we aren't listening to the folks back home. I got home on Friday night from Washington at about 8 o'clock, and gas down at the local gas station was $4.03. I had to speak at our Buckeye Boys State, which was going on at Bowling Green State University on Saturday morning, and I attended one of my county fairs that day and also went to an event at Bowling Green State University that evening. And the only topic that people are talking about right now is what are we going to do in this country about the high prices of fuel? And, again, they understand there's a problem, but, unfortunately, here in this Congress there is a real question if we actually are getting it.
My district, the Fifth Congressional District, is kind of unique in that we are number nine in manufacturing in the entire United States Congress, ninth out of four hundred thirty-five.
What made this country great was the Industrial Revolution. After the Civil War, we watched what happened as the country took off. We had a situation where we had the resources, we had the people, and we were able to produce a product that the rest of the world wanted. And we did great. But the big thing we have to look at today is that energy equals manufacturing, which equals jobs for Americans, and if
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we are not going to be doing that, we're in trouble.
Another great privilege and honor that I have got out there, I am able to go around my district and go to the manufacturing facilities and talk with a lot of the people that are working in these plants. And one of the questions that I always ask them right upfront is how many miles do you drive to work? or how many folks do you have that are driving out of the area? It's not uncommon to hear 30, 40, 50 miles one way for people to come into work. So you multiply that out, and some people driving 500 miles a week. And some people are saying to me, you know what? There's a real problem out there. What happens when gas gets to the price that I'm not going to be able to afford to drive to work and it's not going to be sound for me to do that? We have got a real problem. We have got a real problem. Because the Fifth Congressional District is 140 miles east to west. It's not as large as going to Montana or Wyoming or some other spots in Iowa or some of the other States. But when you're driving that many miles to work, people are going to start asking, is it worth it for me to actually get to work?
At the same time, we have a lot of different manufacturing facilities in Northwest Ohio. We also have certain very unique ones. We have a float glass plant in my district. Five years ago their costs were around $10 million; today they are $30 million. There are 40 of these facilities being constructed in China today. Their labor force is cheaper. So when we are competing with cheaper labor compared to our more highly skilled labor, but at the same price of fuel, let's just say, they are going to win because their prices are cheaper. We can't have that happen.
The other thing we have in Northwest Ohio, I come from the largest farming area in Ohio, and when you're looking at the farmers today, they have been planting corn and soybeans, and they are getting ready in the near future to be out there and are going to be harvesting that wheat. But it costs money. It costs a lot in diesel. It costs in chemicals. It costs in fertilizer. And this is all from the same thing, and all of it is coming from petroleum. So when people say they are getting X number of dollars for a bushel of wheat or beans or corn, you've got to look at what that production cost is. And it's rising. And not only is it rising for the farmers and the manufacturers, but also for that man and woman going into that grocery store every week to try to make sure they have food on the table for their family. The costs are going up.
In Ohio 80 percent of all the goods that are delivered are delivered by truck. We don't have a rail system. We don't have a metro system. We don't have a bus system. People in my area, if you're going to get someplace, you can't walk. You can't ride a bicycle. You've got to get in that automobile and get to work or get to that store. So we have to make sure that folks have that ability to be able to purchase things because if we have too high prices for gasoline, home fuel oil, natural gas, electric costs, rising food bills, that's going to prevent consumers out there from having more disposable income. And when they don't have disposable income out there, what's going to happen? Well, they are going to quit buying, and pretty soon this economy is going to be in shambles. So we have got to do something right now. And, again, the American people understand it, but we have got to understand it here in Congress.
A couple weeks ago when we were having another Special Order, a Member from Texas brought up an example of a person from his district. A trucker from Texas had a load to take to California. It cost $1,500 in fuel costs to get that to California. That trip cost $1,500, and he got $1,700 for the entire trip. By the time you take out all the expenses, the taxes, the depreciation on the truck, he lost money. So we have got a real problem in this country, and that problem is coming up on us right now.
The United States uses about 21 percent of the world's energy as we speak tonight, but the rest of the world is catching up. We were years ago able to make some dumb mistakes in this country because we were always able to correct them quickly because everybody was behind us. After World War II, most of the world all lay in shambles but the United States. But as time went by, these other countries have been catching up, and I think this chart explains it really quickly.
When you look at the energy consumption in this country and where the other countries are, and I'm talking about India and China, you will see that right now we are leading. But in 2015 China and India are going to be at parity with the United States. In 2020 China is going to surpass the United States in energy usage. What does energy usage mean again? Energy usage means jobs. It means manufacturing. And if they get ahead of us, it's going to be very, very tough to catch up. Once again, we have got to do what we have to do for the American people, and that is to make sure that we have the energy to make sure that we have the jobs for the future.
As my colleagues discussed a little bit earlier some of the issues, nuclear, let's just talk about nuclear for a few minutes. France, about 75 percent of all their energy comes from nuclear power. Not only do they have that nuclear power, but they also have that nuclear power they can export to the rest of Europe. So they're producing it and they're shipping it over.
Japan has 55 nuclear reactors with 2 under construction. Russia, 31 reactors in operation and 37 to 42 currently or will be under construction and operational by 2020. India is building 30 new plants in 25 years. They're smaller, about 200 megawatts, but they are building. China, they are building 40 gigawatt nuclear power stations in the next 25 to 30 years. That's 40 in the next 25 to 30 years.
What about coal? As my colleague from Minnesota brought up about all the coal that we have in this country, what is China doing? Well, right now in China, about 80 percent of their power is electrically generated and 18 percent is hydro, and they are getting into nuclear. China is investing in $24 billion in clean coal technology.
India, the third largest coal producer and consumer in the world. India is right there at number three. India and China account for 45 percent of coal use.
Hydro, China is constructing the Three Gorges hydro plant, which is going to produce about 18.2 gigawatts, and the Yellow River hydro plan will produce 15.8 gigawatts.
Oil, as my colleague from Georgia has mentioned, drilling offshore, the Chinese, as he just mentioned and as my colleague from Minnesota mentioned, China is negotiating for oil leases off Cuba 50 miles from the U.S. Canada is negotiating. Venezuela is negotiating. Those are in waters that would be considered areas that the United States should be drilling in, and we are not.
The alternatives/supplementals, China is mandating by 2020 15 percent of energy from wind, biomass, solar, and small hydro plants.
Things are happening across the world, but the real question is what is happening in this country? What is happening in this country? And I am afraid to report tonight not much at all.
As we have talked about, what's been going with nuclear in this country? The last plant to be licensed in this country was in 1977. The last plant to go online was in 1996. When you're looking at these things, we are getting farther and farther behind. There is a lot of different things we can be talking about with alternatives or maybe you want to call them supplementals, types of powers, but I think people have got to know what we're talking about. When we're looking at what one 1,000 megawatt reactor would need, you would have to erect between 1,250 to 1,700 wind turbines to get there. I think wind is great, but I think you have to remember we have to have a base load out there to make sure that we can run our plants.
As the gentlewoman from Minnesota mentioned, the United States has 24 to 25 percent of the world's coal. Well, what are we doing about it? In Ohio we have higher sulfur in our coal, and the problem with that is it costs more to scrub it. But we have the technology. We have an individual from Northwest Ohio that has helped bring about and invent a clean coal technology that we can consume this coal without emitting it. We have hundreds of years of reserves on our coal.
As has been mentioned, the oil shale in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, over 6
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trillion barrels of oil equivalence out there, and what are we doing about it? Absolutely nothing.
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Congress is standing in the way. Oil and natural gas. When we reimport 65 percent of our oil in this country, that is a problem. That is a problem. We need to start doing something. Our friend from Virginia, Mr. Wittman, said a little earlier that what they did with Apollo 13, they had to come up with a solution, and come up with it now. We have got to do that in this country.
John Kennedy, when he was in office, had said that we were going to put a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. We did it with Neil Armstrong in 1969. But we have got to have a purpose and make sure we get that done.
We are talking about places where we are restricting ourselves. The only country in the world to fight with both hands tied behind its back is this country. ANWR, we have approximately 10.3 billion barrels of oil. As has been mentioned, we are talking about an area of over 19 million acres, and only talking about drilling and exploring in 2,000 of those acres. When you are looking at 10.3 billion recoverable barrels of oil up there, we have got to get up there. As mentioned a little bit earlier, President Clinton, in 1995, vetoed that legislation, or we would be getting that oil right.
Also, as has been mentioned, we have 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas offshore. We have 86 billion barrels of oil. Of that, the Federal Government denies access to 92 percent for oil drilling and 90 percent of that area for natural gas. As has been mentioned, even if we got that oil to this country, we haven't done anything for over 2 1/2 decades on refinery.
A bill has been introduced here to say if people have that NIMBY, that ``don't put it in my backyard,'' how about using an abandoned military base to put these facilities in, these refineries.
The scary thing we have got going out there is this, is that as we watch more and more American dollars being spent on all of this fuel and all these other dollars going overseas, and of course we have a $9 trillion debt right now, the scary thing that we have got going out there is who's buying our debt. Right now, we have about a $9 trillion national debt. About $2.6 trillion of that is owned by foreign countries. Japan owns, as of the April statement, about $592.2 billion, and the Chinese have about a half a trillion dollars of that debt.
We have got to act now. We can't wait. We can't make mistakes. We have to explore, drill, we have got to conserve. We have got to do everything that has been mentioned here tonight. We have got to look at those alternatives of supplementals because, again, you talk to a lot of folks out there and the question as to alternatives, well, maybe don't have enough base load out there.
So we have to make sure that we get those wind turbines up. Again, people object to those. In my district, out my back door I can see the only four wind turbines in the State of Ohio. We have solar, with two companies, one in production right now in my district, another going to be going online here in the near future, producing solar panels. I have another company in my district working on hydrogen. There's ethanol, there's biodiesel, but everything put together, we have got to go out there and do it all right, and do it all right, and we've got to do it now.
So, Mr. Speaker, I think that the time is now. The American people are demanding action from this Congress, and we can't make the mistakes of the past because we don't have time to catch up.
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Pimp With "Exquisitely Styled" Hair Sentenced to 18 Years
Jersey City Society Hill pimp is sentenced to 18 years in prison
Society Hill pimp Allen E. Brown got a little testy in court this morning and was sentenced to 18 years in prison by Judge Kevin Callahan in Hudson County Superior Court in Jersey City.
Brown, aka Prince, was shocked at the length of the sentence. "18 years?" Brown blurted out in court when Callahan announced the sentence.
"This will take you to your 60th birthday until you see the light of day" said Callahan. "The facts of this case are horrendous. They are vast."
Brown, 48, who authorities say operating the ring out of a home on Lyon Avenue in the upscale development on the Hackensack River, was sentenced to 10 years for racketeering and eight years for extortion.
When Brown first walked into the courtroom he said to his lawyer, Adam Reisman, "I'm tired of your bulls—." His hair was styled exquisitely, with wavy strands curled on his forehead and a long thin ponytail hanging over his shoulders.
At the plea hearing Brown, who admitted he ran a human trafficking and prostitution ring, was told he faced from 12 to 20 years in prison.
Authorities say he enslaved women and girls, some as young at 17, and forced them to turn tricks on the streets. He even turned some into drug addicts, authorities say. Authorities say the woman were forced to earn $500 on weeknights and $1,000 on weekend nights, or else they were denied entry back into the house, were denied drugs or were beaten.
Assistant Attorney General, Annmarie Taggert said Brown extorted a $600,000 inheritance from a woman who turned over the money because the woman feared for her and her niece's lives. Taggert added that one woman who refused become a prostitute was handcuffed to a bed and forced to take heroin until she became addicted.
Brown's mother, Tecora Brown, and his sister, Veronica, attended the sentencing. Tecora Brown pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and is not expected to be given prison time. Authorities say the Lyon Avenue home belonged to Tecora Brown.
"It's all lies, " Veronica Brown said after the sentencing. She said her brother was trying to help the women who were already drug-addicted prostitutes. Brown said that her brother bought one of the women a computer and that woman now works at a hospital in South Jersey.
Read full story here (with more photos!)
Thembi Says: **blink blink** Ok, y'all. I'm gonna have to start lying to people and saying that I have a heart condition, because I just can't tolerate news items like this! I usually ask why, but this time I want to know how. How can any man (nevermind that he's a New Jersey pimp) find pride in wearing gelled down Wet N' Wavy bangs leading to what even the reporter refers to as "a long thin ponytail"? The last adjective anyone wants associated with a ponytail is "thin," exquisitely styled or not, because no matter what it's doing all I can picture is Fu Manchu's sickly beard. You think I might be exaggerating? Well here's a tragic taste of that.
What about his eyebrows? What about his beard? This dude came straight from jail to court like, which really makes me wonder what went on in lock-up because I know he needed a second set of hands to accomplish this bastardization of proper holding product usage. Meanwhile, this piece of rubbish has the nerve to be shocked at an 18 year sentence for human trafficking when he's already confessed and THEN starts off the proceedings by cussing out his lawyer? This is the worst kind of black person – doing anything he can to disrespect and use women, distrustful of the legal system to the point of self-harm, and overindulgent with his hair. I'm so disgusted. And I hate his lying, excuse-making momma too.


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Alaverdi St. George Cathedral 11th c. is located 18 km from the town of Telavi in the Alazani-River valley. Earliest structures of Alaverdi Monastery date back to 6th century. The present day Cathedral is part of an 11th century Georgian Orthodox monastery. The Monastery was founded by the monk Joseph [Abba] Alaverdeli, who came from Antioch and settled in Alaverdi, and then a small village and the former pagan religious center dedicated to Moon. At the beginning of 11th century, Kakhetian King Kvirike the Great built a cathedral in the place of a small church of St. George.
Alaverdi is the second tallest religious building in Georgia (up to 55 meters). It dominates the surrounding landscape in a fertile river valley against the backdrop of the Caucasus Mountains. In the basement it is a cross with three apses inscribed in a rectangle. In the western part of the building, there are galleries on the second tier of the side naves. The interior of the cathedral is extremely imposing. The fragments of wall paintings of the 9th 15th and 17th cc are cleaned under the 19th c white washed. Outside the Cathedral is devoid of embellishments. The facades have monumental blind arcades and niches for decoration, which give the entire structure an air of monumentality and solemnity. The walls are of fieldstone faced with hewn slabs of Shirimi water tuff, now badly weathered. An area enclosed by a fortified wall contains dwelling houses, the refectory of the monastery, wine cellars, baths, and other structures. The monks also make their own wine, known as Alaverdi Monastery Cellar
The characteristic features of the Kakhetian architecture with its upward aspiring tendency were reflected in Alaverdi. The decor is totally neglected. An impressive space of the interior of this church has no analogy in Georgia.
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