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Apple's basic new iPhone costs the company just over $200 to make, according to a preliminary component report from analysis firm IHS iSuppli.
The materials in the 16GB model of the phone, the firm said, cost Apple $199 while manufacturing shakes out to about $8 per phone. The iPhone 5's materials come to a slightly higher total than the iPhone 4S. Andrew Rassweiler, IHS's senior principal analyst for teardown services, said that the lowest-end iPhone 4S had a bill of materials of $188.
The 32 GB version costs Apple $209 to make, while the 64 GB is estimated to cost $230. With carrier subsidies, the iPhone 5 retails at $199, $299 and $399. While there's no unlocked version of the iPhone 5 for sale, carriers list the full prices of the device at $649.99, $749.99 and $849.99 without a contract.
The phone's costliest component, unsurprisingly, is its screen. The screen is almost always the most expensive part of a phone, and the new iPhone has a particularly sophisticated panel that integrates the touch sensor and the display panel. And, of course, the iPhone 5's display is a half-inch larger than the screen on the iPhone 4S. It costs Apple around $44 per phone.
Another part of the new iPhone that makes it more expensive for Apple to produce is the inclusion of LTE chips, which the firm said added $10 to the cost of the phone's cellular components.
In his analysis, Ressweiler said that the iPhone 5's LTE chips are meant to run on as many of the world's LTE networks as possible. That's no easy feat, since LTE networks across the globe — even within the United States — run LTE networks at different frequencies. That, for example, is why Apple's new iPad was flagged by British and Australian consumer protection agencies for advertising "4G" speeds when the device wasn't capable of running that quickly in those countries.
Apple's A6 processor also costs a bit more to make than its A5 processor, but the company was able to dramatically decrease the price for NAND flash memory — both because the price of the components are dropping and because the company buys the memory chips at such a scale.
The teardown fun continued at iFixit, a site that performs surgery on devices to try and show people how to fix their gadgets themselves. In a teardown of Apple's new earbuds, dubbed EarPods, the site found that the new EarPods are quite durable and have a cleaner design — but, in the end, are pretty much like most headphones on the market.
A switch to a paper speaker cone instead of a plastic one, the site said, could be the explanation for the headphones' advertised improvement in the mid- and lower-ranges. It also highlighted that the remote casing is well-protected from the elements and that the cable is built to stand up to wear and tear.
Still, the site said, users shouldn't try tearing down their new EarPods at home.
"They will never be the same once taken apart," the site concluded.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The International Air Transport Association says the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane highlights the need for security improvements both in tracking aircraft and screening passengers before they board planes.
The global airline group said it is creating a high-level task force that will make recommendations by the end of the year on how commercial aircraft can be continuously tracked.
IATA director-general Tony Tyler told an industry conference Tuesday in the Malaysian capital that accidents remain rare, but "we cannot let another aircraft simply vanish."
The 3-week hunt for Flight 370 has turned up no confirmed sign of the Boeing 777, which disappeared March 8 with 239 people on board bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.


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SDRplay Limited has today announced the launch of a second Software Defined Radio product the RSP2.
Building on the popularity of our first product, the RSP1, we have now launched the RSP2. The RSP2 delivers a significant number of additional features which result in a higher spec for specialist amateur radio users as well as benefits for additional scientific, educational and industrial SDR applications.
Here are the main additional features of the RSP2:
10 built in front-end pre-selection filters, with substantially enhanced selectivity
Frequency coverage extended down to 1 KHz
Software selectable variable gain Low Noise Preamplifier
2 x SMA Software Selectable 50Ω RF ports (1.5 MHz 2 GHz)
1 x High Impedance RF port (1 kHz 30 MHz)
Built in software selectable MW /FM notch filters
Highly stable 0.5PPM TCXO trimmable to 0.01PPM
24MHz Reference clock input / output connections
4.7V Bias-T option (on one of the software selectable antenna inputs)
RF screening within a strong plastic case for the standard RSP2
A Rugged metal box version the RSP2pro
When used together SDRplays own SDRuno software, the RSP2 becomes a high performance SDR platform. The benefits of using the RSP2 with SDRuno include:
Highly integrated native support for the RSP2 professional grade software based upon class leading Studio 1, free of charge
Calibrated S-Meter including support for IARU S-Meter Standard
Calibrated RF Power Meter with in excess of 100 dB of usable range
Best in class audio quality
Currently the RSP2 requires the use of SDRuno software, but in the coming weeks we plan to provide support for HDSDR, Gnu Radio, CubicSDR and we are working with Simon Brown to get support within SDR Console.
We believe that the RSP1 will continue to prove very popular as the lowest cost 12-bit SDR for general applications such as Short Wave Listening or for use as a panadapter and we pleased that we can now offer more choice to the growing community of RSP users.
The RSP2 is expected to retail at approximately $169 (excluding taxes)
For more information visit our website on www.sdrplay.com
About SDRplay:
SDRplay limited is a UK company and consists of a small group of engineers with strong connections to the UK Wireless semiconductor industry. SDRplay announced its first product, the RSP1 in August 2014
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Like food and oxygen, aggressive growth is something to which few investors would say no, especially in the current volatile market. If only it wasn't accompanied by that nasty downside risk.
Zacks Investment Research compiled a list of solid aggressive growth funds that still have their fair share of risk, but are getting promised returns nonetheless.
"Investors aiming to harness maximum gains from a surging market often select aggressive growth funds," Zacks writes. "This category of funds invests heavily in undervalued stocks, IPOs and relatively volatile securities in order to profit from them in a congenial economic climate. Securities are selected on the basis of their issuing company's potential for growth and profitability. By holding a larger number of securities and adjusting portfolios keeping in mind market conditions, aggressive growth funds offer a less risky route to investing in these instruments."
Here are the top five aggressive growth mutual funds according to the research firm, which "earned a Zacks' No 1. Rank (strong buy) as [it] expects these mutual funds to outperform their peers in the future."
Legg Mason ClearBridge Aggressive Growth A (NASDAQ:SHRAX) OK, so Bill Miller's value plays haven't exactly worked out, but luckily Legg Mason has a few other arrows in its quiver.
According to Zacks, "the fund focuses on acquiring equity securities of companies whose earnings growth is higher than the average returned by firms which make up the S&P 500. The aggressive growth mutual fund has a three year annualized return of 20.39%."
Richie Freeman and Evan Bauman are co-managers of the Legg Mason ClearBridge Aggressive Growth fund.
Delaware Select Growth A (NASDAQ:DVEAX) invests in companies with superior growth potential and the ability to grow faster than the domestic economy, Zacks reports.
"The fund invests in companies with a wide range of market capitalizations which are attractively priced. The aggressive growth mutual fund returned 15.51% over the last one year period."
Jeff Van Harte manages the fund.
Needham Aggressive Growth (NASDAQ:NEAGX) seeks capital appreciation.
"Equity securities of domestic companies constitute at least 65% of the fund's investments," the research firm writes. "The fund invests in companies of all sizes but concentrates on smaller firms. The aggressive growth mutual fund has a five year annualized return of 5.26%."
John Barr is the manager of the Needham Aggressive Growth Fund since January 2010.
Sentinel Sustainable Growth Opportunities A (NASDAQ:WAEGX) The Montpelier, Vt.-based funds invests "a minimum of 65% of its assets in domestic mid-cap stocks. Not more than 25% of its assets may be utilized to purchase stocks from a single industrial sector. The aggressive growth mutual fund returned 10.21% over the last one year period."
Elizabeth Bramwell is the fund's portfolio manager, and has been with the firm for five years.
American Century Ultra (NASDAQ:TWCUX) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
"The fund focuses on acquiring large cap equity securities whose value is expected to rise appreciably in the future," Zacks concludes. "The fund primarily invests in companies which are growing at a significantly fast rate. The aggressive growth mutual fund has a ten year annualized return of 2.19%."
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My dad is a gardener and you know the way gardeners like to tip their compost bins upside down? Well… he did this and out of the flying particles of rotting apples a full-grown mouse mother scampered off to leave her children to dad. Dad has done this before once and the mice were actual pink, furless newborns. Sadly, none of them made it and Dad felt very depressed, as did all of us. But this time the mice he found had fur and as their eyes were still closed they would be more comfortable when their eyes did open as this following piece of mouse logic suggests....
Big thing comes with eyedropper. Eyedropper has drink. Big thing comes with cotton bud. Cotton bud has food. Eat and drink. Feel satisfied. Go and snuggle with others.
Therefore, when we witnessed the mice's eyes opening it was very sweet as they scampered around Dad's hand and followed the mouse logic. Now they have a big tank all to themselves with a little warm hidey-hole. The furniture consists of cardboard tubes fashioned into ladders and tunnels and newspaper shavings, which have soya-based ink so it doesn't harm the mice, which are lactose-intolerant. We used to feed them with a cotton bud but they've gone on to solids so now they just nibble on the raisins and nuts we drop down the hidey-hole. Unfortunately my sister and brother keep arguing over the name of one of the mice. Lily calls him Frodo and Henry calls him Chubby. I call him Frodo too so I don't quite know why Henry doesn't give up. It might be because he's seven. I don't know. I don't know! I just don't know. Ah yes, and we call them meece for some strange reason.
We were on holiday for most of this week and I am writing this blog about an hour after we got back. During our holiday we spent about an hour watching The Sarah Jane Adventures and I didn't time it on my watch otherwise that would be just strange. Anyway, a summary would be swimming pool, playing Pool, arcade and making a holiday film on Mum's laptop. It will be on here the moment it is finished! Actually, that would probably upset the space-time continuum and bring a paradox crashing down on us as the theory of time travel is light years out of our grasp. For people who didn't understand a word I just typed (and that includes me), we wouldn't feel very happy. I used Windows Movie Maker and there are a couple of clips in SLOW-MO. There's one of Henry saying "…is the caravan we didn't expect to get." In SLOW-MO. There's another of Henry talking about his room in SLOW-MO. Most of the ones with Henry in are in SLOW-MO. It's because he's got a SLOW-MO voice. It works well in SLOW-MO.
Anyhoo, here is a piece of news I feel I should bring to your attention. At last year's Weird Weekend some of the raffle prizes were SASQWATCHES. Or however you spell that word. And I crossed my fingers all the way through hoping for a SASQWATCH. Did I get one? No. So humph to all you lucky people who got a SASQWATCH.
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Through that time period, the sugar consumers are faced with the #1 health challenge -which is to simply stop eating sugar!
I know the Jewish women WANT to rid sugar from there lives, but not everyone has the courage to do so.
Here is a little help to kick this habit- who knows- it might even be for good!
Monday May 2, is our start date to kick the Sugar Addiction for a 30 Day Sugar Detox Challenge.
Sunday May 1st (my birthday) is preparation day.
This is the day to tell all your friends and family. Everyone can be included!
Proper planning is the key to success.
So let's begin:
#1. You will need a Sugar Detox Buddy.
This is the person who you will speak or e mail on daily basis, for support, questions or just to help you through a hard day.
#2. Go over your pantry and start reading ingredients. If the ingredients are:
Sugar, High fructose corn syrup, brown sugar, cystallized sugar, fructose, maltose, sorbitol,evaporated cane juice,syrups, xylotol or anything ending in "ose"- than that food is not for you!
There are many names for sugar- if your not sure- simply google it- ask your support buddy- or ask me!
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These foods almost always are filled with sugar.
#4. Alternative sweetness to use:
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Speaker: Pt 2: Terrorism Charges -- What's Involved
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I had to read parts of that about three times to get my head around it. Interesting!
Can I ask - what's the advantage of laying charges under this Act? Lets say hypothetically, the plot was to kill someone. Conspiracy to commit murder already exists. What advantage would there be in charging someone using this act? Are the penalties harsher? Easier convictions?
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Not this time though. The cops will have been very careful. Before listing the Terrorism Suppression Act on an application for a warrant, advice will have been sought not just from legal advisers, but senior lawyers at national headquarters, independent crown prosecutors, and crown counsel. They will have dissected the evidence, and the law.
The trouble with this argument is that its really not in the best interests of the various counsels involved to hamstring the police at this stage. If, say, the crown counsel decided their evidence wasn't robust enough and put the kibosh on the operation, and six weeks later an horrific attack occurred then the wrath of the nation, media and politicians would quickly descend on whatever group of lawyers made that call.
On the other hand, if it does transpire that our police and intelligence services have embarked on a gigantic boys adventure then blame will fall heavily on them, not the lawyers and judges that signed off on their various enterprises.
Do judges and senior lawyers think like that? I've no doubt some do - others might have put their faith in the various other actors in the drama ('whom am I to question an operation that's already been signed off by Crown Counsel?') Large groups of very smart people can and do make astoundingly silly decisions.
The trouble with this argument is that its really not in the best interests of the various counsels involved to hamstring the police at this stage. If, say, the crown counsel decided their evidence wasn't robust enough and put the kibosh on the operation, and six weeks later an horrific attack occurred then the wrath of the nation, media and politicians would quickly descend on whatever group of lawyers made that call.
I'd imagine the legal call was whether to include the TSA on the warrant, or just leave it with other acts. The warrants were going to be served either way, it's just how many acts were listed on them. So I'm not sure the 'horrific attack' would have happened either way.
I had to read parts of that about three times to get my head around it
Well I didn't do a very good job then did I? :-)
Conspiracy to murder carries a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, participation in a terrorist organisation 14 years', but I doubt that's the reason.
Conspiracy, whilst one of the easiest crimes to commit is notoriously hard to prove. If TQ was to be involved in separate attacks (the Greenies attack something, the Peace Activists something else, etc.) proving an overall conspiracy might be difficult - you might miss people involved in important behind-the-scenes assistance/command and control without enough knowledge or involvement in any of the specific targets for a conspiracy charge to stick.
I'd imagine the legal call was whether to include the TSA on the warrant, or just leave it with other acts.
I'm pretty sure Broad has actually said they took the kind of legal advice Graeme has mentioned before including the TSA charges.
The facts, when the come out, will be important: what if anything was planned in Tame's wananga?
and if the answer is not "nothing", how long before the phrase "state-sponsored terrorism" appears?
But seriously,
What recourse does anyone have for getting their group de-listed as a terrorist organisation?
One more: So, it's not terrorism if one "unduly compel[s] or to force[s] a domestic organisation to do or abstain from doing any act"?
Is the act of planning a terrorist act done with the intention of inducing terror or compelling government action? Arguably not – a terrorist act, lets say the assassination of a politician to secure a legislative change – is obviously done with the intention of compelling government action or inducing terror, but is practising the attempt or planning the attempt also done with that intention? How can the secret amassing of terrorist weapons or the creation of plans compel or induce anything?
It would be regrettable if a judge was to interpret the TSA so as to render its planning and attempts provisions inoperative. It would be assinine to have a law that required police to wait until an actual attack (as opposed to a s.25 "terrorist act") was carried out before successfully prosecuting.
Not that there necessarily are any terrorism-related offences in this case, of course. Best to wait and see I think. But for the avoidance of doubt... planning to kill people is not okay.
What recourse does anyone have for getting their group de-listed as a terrorist organisation?
*They can request the PM to revoke the designation;
*They can wait for three years until it is due to expire and seek to be heard in the High Court on the application that it be extended; or
*They can seek judicial review.
it's not terrorism if one "unduly compel[s] or to force[s] a domestic organisation to do or abstain from doing any act"?
Unless that domestic organisation is the Government, or the act also involves terrorising civilians, then yes.
Unless that domestic organisation is the Government, or the act also involves terrorising civilians, then yes.
So if your organisation blows up McDonald's stores (after hours with noone in them) to protest their suppliers' overfishing of Hoki stocks - that's terrorism. But if they do the same to local fish & chip shops, that ain't?
Or does the definition of 'international organisation' not include corporates?
I'd note that McDonald's New Zealand is incorporated in New Zealand, and that individual stores are franchises. And that even obliterating an entire Macca's probably wouldn't constitute damage to major infrastructure (and probably wouldn't - if empty - involve danger to life or serious danger to health).
But even if it did, you'd still have section 4 of the TSA:
**international organisation** means any organisation of States or Governments of States, or any organ or agency of any organisation of that kind
It's basically the the EU or the UN, or the WHO, etc.
Thanks for clearing that up, Graeme.
Thanks for the articles Graeme.
Could the main intent of the warrants and evidence collection be to have Tuhoe, Unite, Save Happy Valley, and other groups added to the terrorist list?
OK, that sounds monstrously stupid, fair enough, but if our media had been a little more credulous it might have looked more likely to come about. The British and American lot seem pretty happy to parrot such things without asking the hard questions, could be that was expected here.
It just seems to me like that's the only thing that could come about from the warrants, and those groups have certainly annoyed the police and various other influential people in recent times.
"We could have done something if only the amendments had already been in place" is bound to be said at some stage too, at least by NZF.
Thanks for the articles Graeme, good stuff.
My thanks also Graeme, your articles have been enlightening. I hope more people get to read clear and informed pieces on this topic before they join an ill-informed mob spouting unhelpful opinions.
Graeme firstly thanks for these articles they have been most enlightening. You say at the end that you think chrages of treason might have been appropriate. I find that interesting and if they intended to overthrow the govt that would be reasonable. Under the treason provisions what has to be proven? for eg would 'bishop' Tamaki's stated aim of turning NZ into a theocracy count? or does he get off because he aimed to achieve this through the ballot box?
I mentioned treason because there were suggestions that someone had said they were going to "declare war on New Zealand". New Zealand citizens commit treason (you have to be a New Zealand citizen to commit treason) if they levy war against New Zealand (and also commit treason if they conspire to to do it).
I'm pretty sure Bishop Tamaki's behaviour wasn't treasonous, although arguably it may have been seditious. Section 73 of the Crimes Act has this to say:
Every one owing allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand commits treason who, within or outside New Zealand,—
(a) Kills or wounds or does grievous bodily harm to Her Majesty the Queen, or imprisons or restrains her; or
(b) Levies war against New Zealand; or
(c) Assists an enemy at war with New Zealand, or any armed forces against which New Zealand forces are engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between New Zealand and any other country; or
(d) Incites or assists any person with force to invade New Zealand; or
(e) Uses force for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of New Zealand; or
(f) Conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in this section.
Graeme, will this have to be a jury trial if terrorism charges are served?
steven - yes. Any trial for a breach of the terrorism Suppression Act has to be a jury trial (neither side has the option).
Moreover, the trial would have to occur in the High Court.
Thanks Graeme
There is a lot of trust for the cops to have dotted the i & crossed the t.
But then the raid in Christchurch no warrent but wanted to pursue a raid anyway & I do want to nail the TV3 conspiracy for the early morning raid. Although TV3 are claiming other things - is that just protecting their (police) sources?
If I was Tame's Lawyers, I'd say he was putting a perfomance art theatre troupe together for special Maori celebrations. A kind of dramatically licensed period piece complete with old guns and flags and mock battles and shit.
Michael - my understanding of the Christchurch raid was that police were looking for a person, rather than searching for evidence. You don't need a warrant to knock on someone's door and ask if Tame is there.
I do think TV3 were just lucky. The TV3 offices are nearby and TV3 have said a cameraman heading to work notice a bunch of cops obviously heading somewhere and followed them. If it were a police source, they'd almost certainly have had a reporter there too, not least because it's reporters who have police sources, not cameramen.
I'd say he was putting a perfomance art theatre troupe together for special Maori celebrations
Like this wedding
Shot gun wedding
10:32am 5 December 2003
Traffic was stopped on Christchurch this morning and armed police called out as a `shot gun wedding� took place in the old stock yards off Deans Avenue.
Over ten police units blocked traffic while armed police observed and called out a group of people believed to have a shot gun were observed going into the derelict area by members of the public.
It was discovered to be a wedding party photo shoot with an imitation firearm as part of the props.
The whole incident took 30 minutes from 9.35am and blocked off a busy part of Christchurch.
Senior Sergeant Kelvin BURGESS says people should have more sense and take care when using imitation firearms.
"At the least advise Police of what you are doing. We�ll still have to check it out but at least it won�t be a surprise to us."
We presume the wedding is still taking place.
Graeme - The cops pushed it entering the property & looking around the back without a warrent.
Do you have to answer a knock at the door from the police?
If I was Tame's Lawyers, I'd say he was putting a perfomance art theatre troupe together for special Maori celebrations. A kind of dramatically licensed period piece complete with old guns and flags and mock battles and shit.
Like the traditional period grenade launcher he was trying to purchase?
Of course...
..specially modified to shoot kumara over large distances. A kind of power planting device for those steeped Urewera terraces.
If the elite terrorist surveillance squad or whatever they are called can intercept and believe txt messages about assasination and revolution sent by some sth auckland hoodrat or a frustrated fogey vet then sure they'll buy performance art and specially modified weapons to plant kumara if told by a QC.
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From Hope College President James Bultman
It is with deep sadness that I share with the campus community the death of two people killed in a single engine airplane crash on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, and believed to be Hope College students Emma E. Biagioni and David O. Otai. Although the identities of the victims are yet to be determined by the Allegan County Sheriffs Department and Federal Aviation Administration authorities investigating the crash, all indications point to Emma, Class of 2011, and David, Class of 2012, as the occupants of the airplane.
Records indicate that David apparently rented the airplane from Tulip City Air Service this morning and sought emergency assistance from air traffic control at the Muskegon County Airport before crashing in a corn field in Manlius Township south of the airport.
Further information from law enforcement agencies is pending.
The staffs of the Counseling and Campus Ministries department are available to members of the campus community on Monday.
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The days when a convicted bank robber could get a job selling gold coins in Minnesota are coming to an end.
A state law takes effect Thursday that will provide consumer protections for precious metals buyers and, effective next July, give the Minnesota Department of Commerce oversight over dealers and their employees.
The new bullion coin law will require criminal background checks and will ban from the industry anyone convicted of a financial crime in the preceding 10 years. Dealers also must post a surety bond that can be tapped by consumers in the event of misbehavior. Those who violate the law could be charged with a misdemeanor and pay a fine of $10,000 per incident.
A Star Tribune investigation in 2011 found that the unregulated industry was rife with addicts, ex-convicts and con artists who routinely misled or defrauded customers, frequently seniors looking for a safe investment.
While the state has laws regulating pawn brokers and other "secondhand" precious-metal buyers, Minnesota appears to be the first state to regulate retail coin dealers and telemarketers like financial advisers.
Some dealers said the new law was needed to clean up Minnesota's reputation as a hotbed of unscrupulous coin dealers. But others said the law goes too far and will likely drive some smaller companies out of state or out of business.
"We had some rotten apples in the business," said Jim Cook, owner of Investment Rarities Inc. in Bloomington, who is considered the grandfather of coin telemarketing in Minnesota. "The big thing is keeping the felons out of the business."
Cook cited the activities of former business rival David Marion, who's scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 29 in federal court for securities fraud, mail fraud and money laundering related to his now-defunct company, International Rarities Corp. At its peak in 2009, the company did $24 million in annual business.
"I'm glad that he finally got his comeuppance. He was the main cancer," Cook said. "Then the personnel that learned the business there would go out on their own and fleece some more people. It's horrible."
It's impossible to say just how many ex-cons permeate the industry because there have been no licensing requirements. The newspaper investigation found six dozen Twin Cities salesmen with serious criminal records who had worked for area coin companies since the 1990s.
The new law wouldn't have barred Marion from the industry, as he had no criminal record when he started. But it would have barred some of his former employees who've been convicted of fraud, forgery, bank robbery, burglary, or theft.
Gary Adkins, an Edina coin dealer and a past president of the Professional Numismatists Guild, said some regulation was warranted. But he said the new bullion law was "ramrodded through" the Legislature by Attorney General Lori Swanson and needs revisions.
"I think it was ill-prepared," Adkins said. "The result is that it will probably put some smaller dealers that have done nothing wrong out of business."
Adkins said the law may interfere with interstate commerce laws by imposing restrictions on out-of-state dealers who do business in Minnesota.
'We're looking forward to it'
The attorney general's office is comfortable that the law will meet constitutional muster, said spokesman Ben Wogsland. He said the regulatory scheme is similar to the state's oversight of payday lenders, and noted that a Ramsey County judge recently granted summary judgment to the state in a dispute with a Delaware lender that did business in Minnesota without a license.
"It's a great law and we're looking forward to it," said Mike Rothman, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce, whose agency will enforce its provisions. "We know there were a lot of complaints about scams, and particularly with senior citizens."
As of Aug. 1, dealers will have to provide their customers specific details about their transactions in writing, including the content of the precious metals in any coins they sell. They must itemize all of the coins that are traded. And they must deliver the products by an agreed-upon time, or if no agreement exists, within 30 days.
The law also bars dealers from misrepresenting the value, characteristics or earnings potential of a transaction, or the manner in which a consumer's coins will be handled or stored. Dealers can no longer try to renegotiate a deal after receiving a customer's money or coins in an agreed-upon exchange. And they must respond to consumer delivery complaints within three days.
If a consumer asks not to be contacted, the dealer may not solicit the person again or sell or give away the consumer's contact information. The latter provision is designed to curtail widespread theft and sales of customer lists.
Rothman said that once the regulatory portion goes into effect next summer, consumers will be able to look up licensed dealers and salesmen on Commerce Department's website, just as they do now for debt collectors, mortgage brokers and insurance agents.
Swanson's office has filed four civil consumer-fraud cases against coin dealers since 2011. In its most recent case, it won a default judgment of $1.38 million against the now defunct Guardian Gold & Silver Exchange of Plymouth and is still litigating the case against its founders, Ray Hanisco and Schaun Waste.
Wogsland said the regulatory scheme and bond requirements of the new law should help prevent future problems in the industry. But he said "jail time and criminal prosecutions" have a greater effect.
Federal authorities are investigating several Twin Cities coin dealers.
Some coin dealers say they've been damned by association. One of them is Jamie Lee Smith, owner of American Independent Gold & Silver and majority owner of American Platinum Gold & Silver. Smith settled a consumer fraud complaint filed by the attorney general's office and said he's doing his utmost to treat his customers fairly. He said he has referred allegations of consumer fraud to federal investigators.
Smith said he is not concerned about the new law.
"I've already been through hell and high water," he said. "Now it will weed out other people that are not legitimate enough to be in the business."


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Petersen Air Force Base is looking for distributors of SimulationDeck, a platform developed by Nusura, Inc., designed to simulate the flow of email, social media, blogs and other communications under crisis conditions.
In a sources-sought notice on FedBizOpps, Peterson's contracting office said it would also consider sources that were capable of providing a product that had the features or capabilities of SimulationDeck to help sharpen communications in high pressure training exercises.
Nusura, which has a patent pending on SimulationDeck, according to its website, said the platform simulates "the pressures created by the media and social media today" in a fashion that "makes any training or exercise more realistic, more engaging and more effective."
The application feeds notifications via mobile email or text and monitors simulated news coverage, "to ensure key messages are picked up by the media and amplified by social media sites." The simulation players use their standard communication tools, and "SimulationDeck simulates the rest," according to the company.
Resources must be coordinated, rumors addressed and misinformation corrected in real time, according to the firm, which calls SimulationDeck "a breakthrough application that helps us prepare in the way we must perform."
The Peterson AFB said the "product/solution must have the capability of replicating integrated and interactive mainstream news websites, government agency home pages and major social media sites to support a variety of command exercises. The product or solution must also have
the ability to upload and stream videos, print stories, photographs, blogs and social media posts on pages that look and function like mainstream and social media sites.
Potential sources must also have the technical and operational experience to provide remote, year-round technical and user support, according to Petersen.
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11th international federation of societies for surgery of the hand congress, Seoul, South Korea: 31 october - 4 november 2010
Prof Ulrich Mennen
Presidential Acceptance Speech - IFSSH
The Editorial Board and the entire orthopaedic community are greatly honoured to congratulate Prof Ulrich Mennen on being elected as president of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hands for a three-year term.
We have pleasure in publishing his Presidential Acceptance address delivered on 31 October 2010.
Prof RP Gräbe
To be acknowledged by one's peers is indeed one of the highest honours to be recognised with.at the same time such an honour is also humbling because of the esteemed office of president of the IFSSH. I am very aware of the exceptional responsibility that goes with this position, and my pledge to you, members of the IFSSH, is to give my best. I thank you for putting your trust in me.
One of the most prominent brachial plexus surgeons, Algimanas Narakas from Switzerland, uttered the following words, after a remarkable career: 'If i were not desperate to do better, how would i know what hope is?' He constantly sought ways to improve on his results, even though during his time, these results were unrivalled. He challenged himself to better his surgical technique, his patient evaluation, his record-keeping, and analysis of his results. This restless dedication influenced and encouraged a whole generation of hand surgeons to be perpetually uneasy with their efforts.
Such an inquisitive mind and a learning spirit are nourished by our coming together, by cross pollination, by teasing the enquiring mind with challenging thoughts; hence the importance of meetings such as these congresses.
In 1980 at the first IFSSH Congress in Rotterdam, we as youngsters were in awe as we met with and learnt from the giants and pioneers of hand surgery. They were the role models who inspired us to also achieve the highest level of knowledge, skill and dedication in hand surgery. Our passion was also to become one of this 'elite group of masters'.
However, 30 years later and having attended all 11 IFSSH Congresses, i have the perception that the impetus of hand surgery has shifted away from the so-called 'hand surgery specialists'. This shift seeks to empower health professionals in general, in the art and science, of maintaining the integrity of the hand.
This is what i would call the 'changing world of hand surgery'. Our aim as the hand surgery family is not to train surgeons to be become 'hand surgeons' in the first place, but to teach health professionals how to practise basic and good hand surgery.
Although centres of excellence are extremely important to develop and practise better hand surgery, we must not forget that the indigent masses have as much need of medical, surgical and allied health services as those who can afford the best and most modern techniques available. The dilemma becomes more acute if one realises that it is the poor masses who rely more on their hands than any other group. Manual labour, in its various forms, is all they can offer, and when injured and diseased, they have no income or back-up insurance. Isn't it ironic that it is mainly these manual workers who are the producers of goods, the manufacturers of merchandise, and the labourers who build structures. These are the people who produce wealth for the investor and the country. These are the people who get physically hurt and then lose their jobs, who are unfortunately, simply replaced, and who are often unfairly seen as disposable.
Interestingly, theword 'surgeon' is derived from the greek word 'cheirourgia'. 'Cheir' means hand and 'ergon' means work. Therefore hand worker or manual labourer!
Of all time lost due to injuries at the workplace, 70% is attributable to hand and upper limb injuries. It is thus self-evident, that this fact has serious economic implications for the workman and his country.
The challenge therefore is to bring good quality hand management to these manual workers in an affordable and accessible way. Hand surgery should therefore in reality become part of primary health care.
In my travels to various parts of our global village, i have witnessed remarkable ingenuity in meeting local challenges. At one large hospital hand replantations and micro reattachments were done on a routine basis, and with world standard success rates, using loops attached to an infusion stand because of a lack of funds for a microscope. In another country, splinting material made from malleable bark, which is available in abundance from local trees, is used instead of unaffordable, thermo-plastic material. These are just two examples of the resourcefulness that does not hinder our colleagues in disadvantaged areas, to practise a relatively high standard of hand surgery and therapy. I have worked in hospitals where the concepts of 'disposable' and 'once only' materials are non-existent. So-called disposable gloves, swabs and implants are cleaned, sterilised and used again and again. The point is that one does not always need the latest technology to produce good quality hand surgery. Or conversely, the newest equipment does not necessary guarantee acceptable surgical practice.
A number of prominent publications have recently shown that donations and hand-outs did not significantly improve the lot and conditions of disadvantaged communities. Some US$ three hundred billion in aid to Africa over the last 50 years has unfortunately not shown much improvement in the standard of living. Redundant high tech equipment 'pollutes' many countries in Africa. These generous gifts have seldom helped to better the quality of healthcare. In fact, the way aid was given often suppressed initiative and innovation. Similarly, intellectual and academic aid can stifle self development, research and progress. What has made a difference however, is the willingness of locals to improve their own circumstances. Appropriate training and education, workshops and practical seminars, are the most effective tools for community upliftment. The quest to know more is the key to progress.
One of the responsibilities of the President of the IFSSH is to organise the activities of its 30 committees. It has been a dilemma of past-presidents to obtain reports from all the committees. In an effort to improve communication among all our members and our coworkers, and to disseminate the committee reports as state of the art documents, i have obtained permission from the IFSSH Exco, ratified by the Delegates Council, to launch an electronic magazine. This electronic magazine, or ezine, will be sent quarterly to each member free of charge. This 'IFSSH ezine' as it will be called, will not be, or compete with, any hand surgery journal, but wants to draw the hand surgery family together by enhancing communication via the internet. The IFSSH ezine contents will feature the following:
1. A home page with links to the IFSSH web page, contact addresses, event announcements and links to associated federations
2. A section for member news regarding their movements, activities and circumstances, and maybe a photo gallery as well
3. Committee reports on specific topics which can be used as the official viewpoint of the IFSSH
4. 'Letters to the Editor' section
5. A question-and-answer chapter for those who have interesting or difficult problems and need advice from members who have more experience
6. A list of published articles in peer-reviewed journals, with links to these articles
7. An interview section with authors and researchers
8. Case reports and technique tips section
9. An anecdote and tales chapter which could include historical narratives and adventures which are hand related
10. An index which would allow one to source previously published topics
11. And finally product news and announcements.
The ezine will be published by the IFSSH and funded by trade advertisements. It will be edited by the IFSSH President, and the President-Elect will assist. The technical aspect will be done by a British company which specialises in electronic page magazines. The aim of the IFSSH ezine is to be an interactive communication medium, which will be used by all members, and should be available to all members of the IFSSH and related federations, including the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy.
This brings me back to the beginning of my address. The inequality in the management and technical know-how of hand conditions can be harmonised by disseminating information through a medium that can reach all members, even those in the most remote areas. The ezine can become a hub for communication where we can be in continuous interaction with each other.
It should become a tool to spread and share information, as one would expect communication to flow in a family, or a well-run company. If you want to receive the ezine, please send your email address to firstname.lastname@example.com so that we can add your details to the address list. I would also like to urge you to contribute with stories or advice, comment by writing a letter, advertise hand-related products or support this exciting venture in any other way you might feel appropriate. Simply send your contribution to this dedicated email address.
In conclusion, i encourage you never to take anything for granted, and to be diligent in your efforts to improve your own ability to help your patients.
And secondly, we belong to a family of volunteers. This makes us all equally important. We should encourage each other to interact freely, to communicate and to offer advice to others, thereby strengthening our hand family ties. We should all be leaders and free-thinkers. If this happens, i know that our vision of a vibrant group of mutually encouraging and supporting members will be realised.
Prof Ulrich Mennen
International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hands


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WATSONVILLE – A Santa Cruz man was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery outside Markley"s Indoor Range and Gun Shop Sunday afternoon, police said.
The 38-year-old victim was with his father-in-law when the two left the range about 2 p.m., after some recreational shooting, and had secured their firearm as required, Sgt. Brian Ridgway said.
They put the gun in the trunk of their car and were about to get in the car when a man walked up, armed with a handgun and wearing a bandana over his face, and demanded their weapon, Ridgway said.
The father-in-law, who is 46, grabbed the suspect"s gun and struggled with him momentarily and the younger man began running south on Vic Rugh Lane, he said.
The suspect broke free and chased him, firing several shots and striking him once in the leg, Ridgway said.
The shooter then jumped in a black or dark green Acura, which was last seen heading toward Freedom Boulevard from Gardener Avenue, police said.
The Acura was estimated to be a 1988 to 1992 model with a body in poor condition and a rear tinted window with bubbling on it.
The shooter was described as a Latino about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 160 pounds. He wore a hat as well as a white and black bandana.
The driver was described as about age 30, clean cut, possibly wearing a white shirt.
A "be on the lookout" was broadcast, and police combed the area, but the suspects were not found.
The victim"s injuries were not life-threatening, but he was flown to a trauma center due to the severity of the wound.
Markley"s range is on Blanca Lane at Vic Rugh Lane, off Freedom Boulevard.
Police ask anyone with information on the case to call investigations at 831-768-3352 or the anonymous tipline at 831-728-3544.


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Life and survival in deep space
Rosetta's deep space odyssey comprised lengthy periods of inactivity, punctuated by relatively short spells of intense activity – the encounters with Mars, Earth and asteroids.
Ensuring that the spacecraft survived the hazards of travelling through deep space for more than ten years was therefore one of the great challenges of the Rosetta mission.
Spacecraft hibernation
For some of the outward journey, the spacecraft was placed in 'hibernation' in order to limit consumption of power and fuel, and to minimise operating costs. At such times, the spacecraft was set to spin once per minute while facing the Sun, so that its solar panels could receive as much sunlight as possible.
Almost all of the electrical systems were switched off, with the exception of the radio receivers, command decoders and power supply.
On-board autonomy
Instructions from the ground took up to 50 minutes to reach the spacecraft and so Rosetta had some 'intelligence' to look after itself. This was done by its on-board computers, whose tasks included data management and attitude and orbit control.
In case any problems arose during the lengthy cruise, back-up systems wereadded to ensure that the spacecraft could remain operational during critical mission phases.
Hot and cold
Temperature control was a major headache for the designers of the Rosetta spacecraft. Near the Sun, overheating had to be prevented by using radiators to dissipate surplus heat into space. In the outer Solar System, the hardware and scientific instruments had to be kept warm (especially when in hibernation) to ensure their survival.
This was achieved by using heaters located at strategic points (e.g. fuel tanks, pipework and thrusters), placing louvres over the radiators, and wrapping the spacecraft in multi-layered insulation blankets to cut down on heat losses.
Solar power
Rosetta was be the first space mission to journey beyond the main asteroid belt and rely solely on solar cells for power generation, rather than the traditional radio-isotope thermal generators.
The new solar-cell technology used on the orbiter's two giant solar panels allowed it to operate over 800 million kilometres from the Sun, where sunlight levels are only 4% those on Earth.
Hundreds of thousands of specially developed, non-reflective, silicon cells generated up to 8700 Watts in the inner Solar System and around 400 Watts for the deep-space comet encounter.


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1. Margaritas
One of the things I miss most about college is coming home to my two roommates on a random Tuesday afternoon drinking Margaritas on the living room floor. These surprise "Margarita Madness" events are something I need to bring back.
2. Spring Polka Dots
Polka dots always seem like a fall/winter print to me; best paired with black tights and neutrals. However, I am loving some of these brighter more playful polka dot stylings for spring.
3. Straw Bags
Straw accessories are on my mind right now, and I definitely bookmarked twice as many bags as I posted. I have a problem.
4. Refrigerator Magnets
People keep sending me post cards and pictures of their kids. I am in desperate of more refrigerator magnets.
5. Cubeecrafts!
all images via Cubeecraft
These things crack me up. They are free to print, time consuming to cut, and hilarious to look at. The boy and I may or may not have made ones over breakfast this morning. (I have a Steven Colbert staring at me, and his desk is now being guarded by Mulder and Scully.)
Have a great weekend,
XO Robyn


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday refused to review a conviction of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who is serving a 6 1/2-year federal prison term.
Ryan was sentenced following his convictions for racketeering, mail fraud, tax evasion and lying to the FBI. He has since been freed and is serving the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
The justices rejected review of Ryan's case in a one-line order without comment.
The mail-fraud charge alleged Ryan defrauded Illinois of its intangible right to his honest services by covertly acting in the interests of some private supporters, rather than as a "fiduciary" for the state's citizens.
But the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that the federal law covering "denial of honest services" covers only bribery and kickback schemes.
A federal appeals court twice rejected Ryan's argument that his jury instructions were defective because they permitted jurors to convict him on an honest-services theory without finding a bribe or a kickback.


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Senate confirmation ritual gives minority party big influence.
Senate Republicans are forcing partisan debates about the role of the executive branch and its commitment to transparency by blocking the confirmation of two of President Obama's nominees to top positions within his administration.
There doesn't yet seem to be any clear resolution to the stalemate, which is holding up the confirmations of Gina McCarthy as Environmental Protection Agency administrator and Thomas Perez as Labor secretary.
The Senate ritual of confirming the president's Cabinet nominees every four years provides the minority party in the Senate a rare chance to influence how the upper chamber and the administration operate. The Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are seizing that opportunity.
Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee boycotted their panel's confirmation vote Thursday that Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., had scheduled despite objections from ranking member David Vitter, R-La.
His chief concern is not the agency's regulations controlling greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change or even McCarthy herself. He and other Republicans on the panel say that EPA is not being responsive enough to their questions and concerns about the agency's commitment to transparency, including using official e-mail accounts and not providing comprehensive data about pending regulations.
"It should come as no surprise that the Obama administration continues to stonewall reasonable information requests from Republicans," McConnell said in a statement to National Journal Daily.
EPA spokesmen and Democrats on the environment panel defend the agency. "I'm going to put this into the record the answer to the thousands of questions," Boxer said at McCarthy's would-be confirmation vote Thursday morning where the Republican side of the dais was left empty. "It's small print, both sides," added Boxer, waving the stack of documents in the air.
The White House slammed Republicans' boycott of McCarthy's confirmation.
"It is unfortunate that some Republicans have chosen to play politics with this nomination," a White House official said. "Gina McCarthy has decades of experience implementing sensible and achievable standards which protect the air we breathe and save lives, all while supporting a strong economy."
Democrats are also rebutting Vitter's charge that McCarthy hasn't been responsive enough to his requests. According to numbers compiled by a Democratic official, McCarthy has responded to 1,120 questions for the record, compared to 157 questions Lisa Jackson, Obama's first EPA administrator answered, and 230 questions that Stephen Johnson, George W. Bush's administrator nominee, responded to.
Democrats signaled they will go to great lengths, including seeking to change Senate rules, to bypass Republicans' obstructions.
"We will look at all our parliamentary options, including changing the rules of this committee," Boxer said. "I don't know if we can do it just with the majority."
The committee's rules state that for the panel to take action at a business meeting, at least a third of the committee must be present, and of that third, at least two members must be from the minority party. As with most rules, there's an exception: The committee can take action if a majority of the total committee is present, which seems to imply that if every Democratic member shows up, Boxer could bypass Republicans altogether to approve McCarthy's nomination to EPA.
That task would require the 89-year-old Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey to show up. Lautenberg, who is in a wheelchair, hadn't cast a vote since Feb. 28, but he made a special trip to the Capitol to vote in support of gun-reform legislation last month, according to a report by NJ.com.
"It depends on the health of Senator Lautenberg," Boxer said. "So we have some work to do on that."
A spokesperson for Lautenberg, Caley Gray, said that if Boxer seeks to move McCarthy's confirmation along party lines, Lautenberg would make sure to show up.
If and when McCarthy makes it through the Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., placed a hold on confirmation to the full Senate all the way back in March.
Republicans' beef with Perez, Obama's pick for Labor secretary and currently assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, stems from the nominee's "ideological" background, according to McConnell.
"His willingness, time and again, to bend or ignore the law and to misstate the facts in order to advance his far-left ideology lead me and others to conclude that he'd continue to do so if he were confirmed to another, and much more consequential, position of public trust," McConnell said on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee delayed a confirmation vote of Perez in that committee Wednesday. It's now set for May 16, according to the Associated Press.
"Republicans will use any procedural roadblock or stall tactic available to deny the president qualified nominees," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on the floor Thursday. "But my Republican colleagues can try every trick in the book. I assure you, Mr. Perez will have his day in the Senate. I assure you, Ms. McCarthy will have her day in the Senate. And I will do all that I can to ensure these highly qualified nominees are confirmed."
Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., continues his hold of Ernest Moniz to be Obama's Energy secretary not because of the nominee himself but because of cuts to a nuclear-waste facility in his state. His office confirmed Thursday that nothing has changed on that front.
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Record-your-own-message card
|Record-your-own-message card
|Greeting card
|First appearance
|"Crimes of the Hot" (4ACV08)
The record-your-own-message card is used to congratulate people on anniversaries (birthdays, wedding anniversaries, etc) or simply greet them. Fry bought Leela a card for her birthday in 3010. The card has a small camera that allows the user to record the message and usually turns on automatically.
By 3050, the record-your-own-message card was somehow improved (or has become obsolete), as Leela considers the one Fry bought her in 3010 to be "old".
People in the 31st century are not supposed to use the card the way people in the 21st century were. They're not supposed to sign it, but to record a video greeting instead. One can record a greeting video nude, but doesn't have to since it's not mandatory. (Amy, however, has never recorded a non nude greeting video.)
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- Curious Pussycat appears on the birthday card.
- The party invitation Nixon sent to every robot on Earth in "Crimes of the Hot" might have been a variation of the card.
Fry: I just have to sign Leela's birthday card. How do you spell "XO"?
Amy: Guh! It's a record-your-own-message card. You don't sign it. You leave a nude video greeting.
Fry: Does it have to be nude?
Amy: I guess not. That never occurred to me.
[Fry's birthday card left by the forward time machine hits Leela.]
Leela: Ow! [Leela regains composure.] How odd. It's one of those old record-your-own-message birthday cards.


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The Amazon rainforest has long been a center of mystery and power, a sacred link between humans and nature. It is the richest biological incubator on Earth, supporting millions of plant, animal, and insect species. The phytonutrients of rainforest plants are just beginning to be understood. Amazonian plants have given modern people such compounds as quinine, muscle relaxants, steroids, and potent drugs. Many untold treasures await discovery with these exotic plants used by shamans, healers, and the indigenous peoples of the rainforest.
Long used in the forests for health and food, modern Brazilians use the berry in desserts, side dishes, drinks, jellies, liquor, and frozen ice-cream-like treats. The taste has been likened to a tangy blueberry with a hint of chocolate.


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Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Oct 5, 2010
The Massive Mortgage Mess as we affectionately call it seems to be getting new names with each passing day – the latest one is, quite appropriately, RoboSigning Scandal (funny how after the stock market, "robotic" technology will soon becoming equated with the biggest mortgage scam in history). During today's Kudlow segment, CNBC's Diana Ollick who is by and far the company's best (and only) investigative reporter, confirms various so far unfounded rumors, that the government is planning to institute a 90 day foreclosure moratorium as it deals with the realization of just how big and pervasive the mortgage problem is, and even worse, will soon be. It is so bad that even a typically ebullient Larry Kudlow is forced to note that this is the "housing equivalent of the credit financial meltdown" and that "this is going to go on for ever." The biggest issue that is now developing, as we noted last week, is the fact that title insurers (firms such as Fidelity National, First American, Stewart Info and Old Republic) are refusing to insure mortgages in foreclosure or otherwise, uncertain as to who actually owns the title. And for all those who believe this will merely keep prices artificially high, we have very bad news – the problem with the title insurers walking away on fears of lawsuits is that no lender will be willing to write a mortgage without title insurance, meaning that suddenly the up-front component of home purchases will either necessarily have to surge, or home prices will have to plunge by a like amount, as there is simply not enough equity (read money) to cover the resulting debt deficiency. Alas, this mess is just starting, and as people realize how bad it is, it very well may lead to a total collapse in the housing market.
For all those hoping on a quick resolution so that Americans can go back to watching Dancing with the Stars, you may wish to reconsider. Quote Kudlow: "We're not talking just a few weeks, or a few months. This sounds like a long, drawn-out, bureaucratic, robotic process with lawyers, and oh my gosh." Another implication: a veritable bonanza for both lawyers and defaulters, the former of whom will end up making billions in legal fees (collected from the same banks which are still sucking off the ridiculously low TLGP-funded, and thus taxpayer sponsored fees), while the latter will be able to live mortgage free for years, while continuing to buy useless trinkets instead of paying what is contractually their duty.
Another important topic discussed is the fact that due to decades of faulty securitizations, suddenly no bank knows who owns what. Courtesy of several trillion in now title-undefined mortgages, which in turn form the basis for thousands of CDOs, which in turn are split up into millions of tranches, and includes the complicity of Fannie, Freddie and private label, it is the banks and their clients that have shot themselves in the foot: as other have noted, very soon, the entire MBS process can and very may grind to a halt (if that happens, goodbye Pimco).
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As mentioned earlier, Ollick confirms that according to rumors, the government is going to impose "some kind of 90 day foreclosure moratorium on the banks which would melt down the housing market." In fact Congressman Merkley already indicated he is for a foreclosure moratorium.
At the end of the day: the one true loser, is the law-abiding, conscientious, tax and mortgage paying middle class American, who is now preparing for TARP 2 as the banks will all almost definitely need to run to the bailout through because of this catastrophe.
Must watch 10 minute explanation for anyone who is still confused by any aspect in this massive story.
This article was posted: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 3:28 am


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Using nothing but colored sand, his bare hands, and much patience, New York artist Joe Mangrum creates beautifully vibrant large "paintings" that are here today, gone tomorrow. Mangrum is drawn to the ephemeral nature of sand and how he can make an aesthetically pleasing work that is enjoyed by many people throughout a day and swept up in the end. For those in New York, Mangrum will be at the SOFA Art Expo this weekend.
Story Eyed Media did a great, short video profile of Mangrum, where you can see how he creates his pieces: