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Turtle Pretzels
* 1 package (14 ounces) caramels
* 1 tablespoon water
* 1 package (10 ounces) pretzel rods
* 8 ounces German sweet chocolate or semisweet chocolate
* 2 teaspoons shortening
* 1 cup finely chopped pecans
* In a double boiler, melt caramels in water. Dip half of each pretzel into the hot caramel. Place on a greased sheet of foil to cool.
* In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip caramel-coated end of pretzels into the chocolate, allowing excess to drip off; sprinkle with nuts. Return to foil to cool. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.

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The Official Blog of the Independent Community of Educators, a caucus of the United Federation of Teachers
Thursday, May 07, 2009
The Chancellor's email contains the following statement that most of us would concur with: "Most significantly, effective immediately, you may only hire existing DOE staff, as opposed to people from outside the system." Great! This could not have happened soon enough. Let's see if it gets implemented. Go on the open market now and see if you can transfer. ATR's might actually find positions for real now.
The Chancellor goes on to say that teacher layoffs are not in the cards. "Teachers: There will be no forced placements or layoffs of teachers. You may only hire existing DOE teachers, as opposed to people from outside the system." It should be noted that new schools are partially exempt from this outside hiring freeze and may hire half of their staff from outside the system and shortage area licenses might also be exempt.
Unfortunately, when we delve further into the Chancellor's statement, it contains other details that are quite scary. He states: "Guidance Counselors, Social Workers: At this time, there will be no forced placements or layoffs of these employees. They will be treated the same as teachers, so you can only hire individuals who are already working in the same titles in our system." "At this time" is lawyer talk meaning right now layoffs won't happen but look out in the near future. By putting out the possibility of future layoffs and bumping, it once again proves that the UFT sold us a false promise when they pushed the 2005 Contracts by saying that they contained no layoff agreements. There aren't any no layoff agreements in our current Contracts. The email gets worse with other titles.
Klein further writes, "School Secretaries, Paraprofessionals, School Aides, Family Workers: We will work to place excesses in vacancies and evaluate the situation to determine if layoffs are necessary." Our secretaries and paras along with school aides have been threatened with layoffs by the Chancellor. As paras learned in 2003, when the ironclad no layoff clause in their Contract expired, layoffs can really occur.
The layoff threat for our people is followed with a job security guarantee and open hiring for assistant principals. The hiring freeze does not extend to assistant principals. In fact, administrators are so important that they can no longer be placed in excess! I'm not kidding; no new Absent Assistant Principal Reserves.
Here are Chancellor Klein's actual words: "Assistant Principals: You may not excess APs. To avoid any increases in the excess pool overall, given the limited number of assistant principal vacancies that we can expect, assistant principals should not be excessed. Vacant positions may be eliminated, and you can fill vacancies under existing procedures with any qualified candidate."
It's what I've maintained for many of the years that I have been in the system: The Board of Ed, Department of Ed or whatever they want to call it is a system run by administrators for administrators. Children first? You must be joking.
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James,Great Posting! I agree with you -- I am sure that the "HIRING FREEZE" won't be implemented because the principals think that they are attached to the buildings and can give jobs just to their friends.
- Friday, May 08, 2009 10:31:00 PM
Patronage lives on.
- Saturday, May 09, 2009 11:57:00 AM
Administrators = nepotism.
- Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:24:00 PM
Where was the last little part about administrators in the NY Times article? I guess their intrepid reporter didn't read that far into the email.
- Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:48:00 PM
Does anybody know if ATRS can apply to vacancies in other schools in their districts.
- Monday, May 11, 2009 4:20:00 PM
Of course they can. They can apply to any school in the city.
- Monday, May 11, 2009 10:12:00 PM
just curious...in closely following your blog..was it not your position that there should be a hiring freeze? If so, what kind of negotiations have you ever been involved with? Negotiations are part of a process..perhaps your 'ATTACHMENT" and protection of your last principal who nearly ruined your school...should be looked at closely. Pocket of the principal????
- Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:40:00 AM
We said the hiring freeze was OK as long as it is real and applied until every ATR who wants a job and has a particular license is placed. I think we called it sensible.
As to protecting the last principal at Jamaica, you must be joking. If you would care to look at some of our chapter newsletters from that era, the Contract mattered then as it matters now. Ask him if we were in his pocket.
James Eterno
- Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:56:00 PM
Here's another devil in the details: F-status teachers are considered new hires for the purposes of next year, and schools must hire only full-time teachers. If an a school has, say, an F-status position for a concert band teacher because a full-time position isn't supported by the budget, and the budget isn't there for a full-time position by September, then both the concert band position and THE CONCERT BAND ITSELF DISAPPEARS. What a waste of money for a school to pay to support programs like dance, music, art, etc., sometime for 50 straight years, and then have it disappear because of a poorly-conceived catch-22. Outrageous.
- Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:10:00 PM
Anonymous May 13, What is your point? The principals can turn F status into full time teachers and bingo. The problem is solved. Plus more of the F Status people -- are the ones with connections with the administration. Who is going to monitor the principals if they do not give jobs to the ATRS housed in their schools?
- Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:49:00 PM
The Devil in the Details..and you are going to defend F status positions? The majority of us know who gets the F status position. We should be concerned with out active members who are vulnerable. Too bad that all you can come up with is the F status position. Ofen I wonder what happened to those who may have differing political ideology but can also respect good work for the members. Too bad to see.
- Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:55:00 AM
I can tell you that James Eterno is in nobody's pocket. In fact the Principal you refer to that destroyed the school was a disaster and it could have been worse without James Eterno blocking his inept Administration.
All schools need Chapter Leaders like James Eterno.
- Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:06:00 PM
- Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:11:00 PM
- Fidgety said...
Have you seen the recent commercial ads for "NYC TEACH" on television? Perhaps they should put off advertising for new teachers under the hiring freeze.. Ya think???
- Friday, May 22, 2009 10:10:00 PM
Whatever happened to seniority? Why can 25 yr vet be placed into the ATR? Why did the union membership ever agree to this?What kind of union gives up seniority?
- Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:39:00 PM
Anonymous May 13, What is your point? The principals can turn F status into full time teachers and bingo. The problem is solved. Plus more of the F Status people -- are the ones with connections with the administration.
Principals can't just "turn" F-status teachers into full-time teachers: there's a hiring freeze on full-time teachers! And way to paint us with a broad brush of incompetence. How sad.
The Devil in the Details..and you are going to defend F status positions? The majority of us know who gets the F status position. We should be concerned with [our] active members who are vulnerable. Too bad that all you can come up with is the F status position.
I can't quite follow your "argument", but I'll do my best to respond. The "majority of us know who gets the F status position"? You've got some serious bitterness where F-status is concerned. I'm in my 30s, looking to stay in the system, and I took an F-status job because I'd rather work part-time in a well-run school that full-time in a miserably-run school. I'm not a near-retiree trying to use F-status to milk the system; I'm trying to stay _in_ the system. If it weren't for F-status, some schools wouldn't have arts at all. Some schools honest-to-God CAN'T AFFORD FULL TIME TEACHERS FOR EVERYTHING. Is that so hard to believe? How dare you paint F-status teachers with such a broad brush. We're often the hardest working people in the school, because if we have to stay after school for extra help for students, we might be staying an extra hour or two beyond our punch-out time. I'm F-status because I love teaching and want to stay in the system. But thanks for judging me anyway.
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:13:00 PM


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German (Bachelor of Arts)
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Thirty credits to include twenty-seven credits in German at the 100-level or above, including GERM 155, GER 156; GERM 281 or GERM 282; and three credits from German literature in translation, WLIT 017 or WLIT 117.
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No secret, there's government fat to cut
OUR "NOT-SO-SECRET" SERVICE: The secret is out of the bag. When public servants, especially those who may think they are above the law because of their positions, travel far from home, they sometimes do things they would never do at home – such as engaging in multi-hour poolside drinking parties followed by indoor partying with prostitutes. What does this tell us about the Secret Service? It says they are under-worked and overstuffed! Since these agents had so much extra time to hang poolside with margaritas and bedside with senoritas, clearly too many were sent to do the pre-visit security work. Just goes to show that our federal government still has a lot more fat to cut and a lot more taxpayer money to save.
MEDIA ATTACK ON "STAND YOUR GROUND" LAWS: The Providence Journal and other media outlets have condemned "stand your ground" laws, labeling them unnecessary and pro-violence. What happened to the principles on which our country was founded? If our country is attacked, do we advocate retreat? Did we retreat after Concord and Lexington? Did we retreat after Fort Sumpter? Did we retreat after Pearl Harbor? Of course not! So, why should a law-abiding citizen who is attacked in a public place be required to run when he has the ability to "stand his ground" and defend himself? There is no logic to such a requirement. We pat ourselves on the back when we march in mass in "take back the night" parades – yet we are afraid to walk the same street alone. If we are serious about taking back our streets, then we should accept that an attacker will be far less comfortable trying to rob or rape us if he knows we may fight back instead of being obligated by law to cower into the shadows.
MORE DIPLOMATIC FAILURES: North and South American countries participating in the Summit of the Americas did not sign a declaration at the conclusion of the summit because President Obama could not overcome other countries' objections and convince them to issue a joint proclamation. Simultaneously, the Obama administration is again negotiating with Iran on its nuclear program against the wishes of Israel who accuses Obama of giving the Iranians "a freebie" by allowing them extra time during resumed negotiations to hide their nuclear weapons-grade uranium enrichment program. While Americans' minds are on the economy, we tend to overlook Obama's foreign policy weaknesses.
THE "WAR ON WOMEN": The Obama campaign is pushing the fiction that Republicans are waging a "war on women." Be careful what you engage in; it might backfire on you. That's what Obama's campaign learned when Mitt Romney fired back. From the time the recession began in 2007 until Obama took office in 2009, 66 percent of job losses were suffered by men. However, from Obama's 2009 swearing in until 2012, the job losses have been felt disproportionately by women 92 percent of the time. No, Obama is not waging war on women, but his policies seem to be having an equally deleterious effect; so he should be very careful about labeling Republicans as misogynists.
SENATOR WHITEHOUSE'S ANGER: Why is it that those who are the angriest about millionaires "not paying their fair share" of income taxes are, almost invariably, millionaires themselves. Could it be these angry millionaires, like Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, feel guilty about how they accumulated their millions? Many of the angrier ones accumulated their millions through inheritance, insider stock information or trading political favors. What about the millionaires who actually worked to earn their money, who started businesses and struggled to make them successful, who created jobs for millions of people? You don't hear them demanding to pay more income taxes. Whitehouse's jobs-killing bill would have increased federal revenues by a mere $47 billion over 10 years – far short of the $16 trillion we need to eliminate the national deficit. Furthermore, Whitehouse knows that millionaires already provide a hugely disproportionate share of the nation's total revenue. But, it's an election year and Whitehouse's seat is up for grabs. He knows cerebral issues won't grab his voting block, only visceral issues designed to divide instead of unite will get him re-elected.
SIGN OF THE TIMES: For the first time ever, 2011 saw attendance at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library eclipse that of the Lincoln Library. In fact, attendance at the Reagan Library is now greater than attendance at any other presidential library, to include those of Democrat icons Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton. Could it be that more and more Americans are identifying with the anti-tax, anti-spending philosophy Reagan espoused. The Reagan philosophy is summarized by a few of his more famous quotes. Describing big government's propensity to tax, regulate and spend: "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." Regarding the odious nature of politics: "It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." And lastly, regarding how fragile our freedom is from big government: "Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction."
NATIONAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY INITIATIVE: Has anyone heard of this initiative? Has the press pursued stories about it? Apparently not. The initiative, supported by the left and the right for different reasons, involves pumping CO2 into depleted oil wells to force previously unavailable oil to the surface. It will benefit the economy because it will add greatly to U.S. oil availability and thus reduce prices at the gas pump. It will also help address global warming since it will sequester underground a huge amount of CO2 that would otherwise be added to the Earth's heat-trapping ozone layer, thus slowing climate change. The initiative seems to promise a win-win result. Why haven't the American people heard more about it and why isn't Congress eagerly pursuing it?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: From an unknown Internet poster: "So I'm supposed to be more angry about how Mitt Romney spends his money than how Barack Obama spends my money."
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Retailing is one of the most important industries in the Northwest. Many prominent national retailers are headquartered in the Pacific Northwest (e.g., Costco, Starbucks, Union Bay, Eddie Bauer, REI, Zumiez, Nordstrom, and Sur la Table), and, our region is a leader in the area of online/technology retailing (e.g., Amazon, Coinstar, and Microsoft Stores). Engagement with this key industry through this program positions students to become leaders in the retail industry.
All UW Bothell non-business majors may earn a Minor in Retail Management. Non-business students enrolled at UW Seattle and UW Tacoma are welcome. Interested students should discuss the feasibility of completing this minor with their major program advisor.
Prospective students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.7 to be eligible. Before taking retail minor classes, students must complete these courses-
Students may take MGMT 300: Leadership and Organizational Behavior and/or MKTG 301: Marketing Concepts, at the UW Seattle campus to satisfy the requirements of B BUS 300 and B BUS 320, respectively. The UW Seattle campus courses are four credits each. Students who take one of these courses at Seattle will complete the minor with 29 credits; students who take both of these courses at UW Seattle will complete the minor with 28 credits.
After completion of these courses, these courses must be taken to obtain the retail management minor:
Retail students are encouraged to take an internship.
To apply, submit a "Change of Program or Minor" form along with transcripts that show completion of the prerequisites. The "Change of Program or Minor" form can be picked up in the Business School office (UW1-381) or in any UW academic office. Send "Change of Program or Minor" form and transcripts to the UWB School of Business. Students must complete the prerequisite before registering for any of the courses.
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You can also make an appointment with a Business School advisor to discuss the Minor. Please consult with your major advisor prior to meeting the advisor from the business school.
Students who have been accepted into the Retail Management minor will be able to register for UW Bothell business courses starting Registration Period 2. However, registration cannot be accomplished through the myUW registration system. Students will need to contact an advisor in the UWB School of Business in order to register for their Business courses each quarter.
When applying for graduation, the student's major program advisor will list the minor requirements on the graduation application. Upon graduation, the minor will be indicated on the student's transcript, but will not appear on the diploma.
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Dr. Jordan joined the UIS faculty in 2010 after two years as a visiting assistant professor at Northern Illinois University and three years as the Legal History Fellow at the Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin Law School. She was promoted to Associate Professor and elected Chair of the Department of Legal Studies in 2015. In the spring semester of 2016, Jordan was a visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
Jordan also has a part-time staff attorney appointment with the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) at UIS. Her position with the IIP involves representing individuals who were wrongfully convicted, leading the policy reform initiative to reduce wrongful convictions, training police cadets on the causes of wrongful convictions at the University of Illinois Police Training Institute, and working with UIS undergraduate and graduate students and law school students externs from other Illinois universities participating with the Project.
Jordan's scholarship focuses on the history of women lawyers and their local, national and international social justice activism; issues of gender race and the law, and critical race theory. Her current work is on the transnational coalitions of women lawyers of color in shaping the new world order during the mid twentieth century. She is additionally analyzing issues of race identity, African-American women lawyers' civil rights activism throughout the twentieth century, and the strategies women lawyers of color developed to overcome the intersection of race and gender discrimination in the legal system.
Dr. Jordan earned her M.A. in Criminal Justice and her Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law. She was awarded the UIC Dean's Scholar Award and received an American Association of University Women Educational Foundation American Dissertation Fellowship. She also won a National Award Certificate of Commendation as curator of the exhibition Bar None: 125 Years of Women Lawyers in Illinois, and was previously Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women and served on its advisory board. In addition to her academic experience, she spent five years as a Deputy District Attorney in Colorado.
Dr. Jordan teaches courses in multiple forums, on-ground in the traditional classroom setting, online for the Legal Studies Master's program, and in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) format.
- In January 2013, Dr. Jordan and Dr. Matthew Holden served as instructors of a UIS MOOC: "The Emancipation Proclamation: What Came Before, How It Worked, And What Followed." This MOOC is free, open to all, and is available on Coursesites.
- In February 2015, she launched a MOOC entitled "The Innocence Movement" about the international effort to exonerate men and women who have been convicted and incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. This MOOC is also free, open to all, and is available on Coursesites.
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Courses Taught: History of American Law, Conviction of the Innocent, Policy Reform and Wrongful Convictions, Law and Society, Women in American Law, Seminar in Politics and Law, Law and Inequality, The American Constitution and Civil Liberties, Introduction to Graduate Legal Studies, Graduate Seminar in Legal Studies.
Recent Publications:
"'After Mature Deliberation': Women Lawyers' Infiltration of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition," in WOMAN IN INTERNATIONAL AND UNIVERSAL EXHIBITIONS 1876-1937, Myriam Boussahba-Bravard and Rebecca Rogers, eds. (London: Routledge, forthcoming 2018).
"A Woman of Strange, Unfathomable Presence": Ida Platt's Lived Experience of Race, Gender, and Law, 1863-1939," in CULTURE – IDENTITY – LEGAL INSTRUMENTALISM, Anna Klimaszewska and Michal Galedek, eds. (Gdansk, Poland: Gdansk University Press, forthcoming 2018).
"'Trying to bail the ocean with a sieve': Women Lawyers and the Fight between the ERA and the Sex Disqualification Removal Amendment, 1939-1957," Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, 38, no. 2 (2017) 81.
"Contemporary Perspectives on Wrongful Conviction: An Introduction to the 2016 Innocence Network Conference, San Antonio, Texas," Hofstra Law Review 45, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 365 (co-authored with Aliza B. Kaplan, Valena Beety, and Keith A. Findley).
"How the Feminine Mystique Played in Peoria: Who is Betty Friedan?" History of Women in the Americas 3 (2015).
"Radical Women and the Development of Legal Aid Societies in Chicago and Los Angeles, 1886-1914," The Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, 18, no.1 (Winter 2015) 65.
"How 30 Women Changed the Course of the Nation's Legal and Social History: Commemorating the First National Meeting of Women Lawyers in America," The Circuit Rider (November, 2013) 23-27. (PDF)
"Engendering the History of Race and International Relations: The Career of Edith Sampson, 1927-1978," Chicago-Kent Law Review 87, no. 2 (2012) 521.
"'Them Law Wimmin': Grassroots Lawyering and the Protective Agency for Women and Children," in FEMINIST LEGAL HISTORY: RECOVERING THE PAST, RECLAIMING THE FUTURE, Tracy Thomas and TJ Boisseau, eds., (New York University Press, 2011).
"Agents of Incremental Change: From Myra Bradwell to Hillary Clinton" Nevada Law Journal 9, no. 3 (Spring 2009): 580- 645.
"'Horror of a Woman': Myra Bradwell, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Gendered Origins of Sociological Jurisprudence" Akron Law Review 42, no. 4 (2009): 1201-1244. (PDF)
Recent and Upcoming Presentations:
"Federación Internacional de Abogadas: Fighting for the Rights of All Women in the New World Order, 1944-1959," International Federation for Research in Women's History Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, forthcoming August 9-12, 2018.
"'To the governments of all countries in which women are not granted equal civil and political rights with men…': Global Coalitions of Women Lawyers, 1920-1960," Social Science History Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, forthcoming November 3, 2017.
"Transnational Coalitions of Women Lawyers of Colour During the Mid-Twentieth Century," Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, Newcastle University Law School, UK, April 5, 2017.
"A Comparative Analysis of the History of Race, Gender and the Legal Profession," Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, England, February 2, 2017.
"'A Woman of Strange, Unfathomable Presence': Ida Platt's Lived Experience of Race, Gender, and Law, 1863-1939," European Society for Comparative Legal History Conference, Gdansk, Poland, June 28-July 1, 2016.
"Engendering International Civil Rights Advocacy During the Cold War: The Transnational Activism of Women of Color for Rights and Dignity, 1949-1958," Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2-5, 2016.
"'Building Our World': Edith Sampson and The Power of Transnational Coalitions of Women of Colour During the Cold War," International Federation for Research in Women's History Conference, Jinan, China, August 27-29, 2015.
"Building Transnational Coalitions of Women of Color During the Cold War: The Work of Edith Sampson and the National Council of Negro Women," American Society for Legal History, Denver, Colorado, November 6-8, 2014.
"After Mature Deliberation": Women Lawyers' Infiltration of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition," Women in International and Universal Exhibitions (1878-1937) as Actors and Objects of Knowledge, Universite Paris, Descartes, France, October 23-24, 2014
"African-American Portias and the Fight for Human Rights," Newberry Library Seminar on Women and Gender, Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 2014
"Race Gender and the Legal Profession: The Life and Career of Ida Platt, Illinois' First African-American Women Lawyer," American Bar Foundation Legal History Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, March 10, 2014.
"Radical Women and the Development of Legal Aid Societies in Chicago and Los Angeles, 1886-1914," Social Science History Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois November 21, 2013
"'Trying to bale the ocean with a sieve': What Women's Rights Legislation in the 1940s Might Teach Us in the 21st Century," forthcoming "The ERA in the 21st Century" conference, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island, November 15-16, 2013.
"'30 Female Blackstones Gather in Chicago' 120th Anniversary" Event sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and the 7th Circuit Bar Association, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, August 22, 2013 http://www.7thcircuitbar.org; Reprise: for The Chicago Inn of Court, November 21, 2013
"Law, Social Change, and Diversity with the Nineteenth-Century Woman Movement: The Story of Charlotte Holt, Esquire," Law and Society Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 2013
"Transnational Coalitions of Women of Color during the Cold War," Freedom, Rights, and Power: Recasting Women's struggles across the Americas since 1900 Conference, St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London, United Kingdom, April 26-27, 2013


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It's possible that for many readers, Futures has spent too much time focusing on what happened with MF Global and PFG and how their deceitful use, theft, bungling — pick a word — of customer segregated funds has stained the futures industry. Let's move on, some say. It's past.
But when people don't ask "who's to blame?" it ignores accountability. And for this industry to move forward, it must correct the problems that occurred; for an industry that largely relies on self-regulation, this is mandatory.
With that in mind, we decided to bring together a group of futures commission merchant (FCM) leaders to discuss their business, how it was affected and what they believe is good and bad with new regulations stemming from the 2008 financial crisis and the MF Global/PFG downfalls. We are fortunate to be based in Chicago, where five out of six of our FCMs are located. We were unfortunate that the roundtable was held during Hurricane Sandy, and some New Yorkers were unable to attend. Still, we got a good mix of retail and institutional firm representatives who were frank and insightful.
This roundtable discussion is part of our Top 50 Brokers coverage (see "Good, bad and ugly of a post-MF Global world"). We certainly appreciated the time and thoughtful two-hour discussion we had with these leaders: Gerry Corcoran, chairman and CEO of R.J. O'Brien; Scott Gordon, chairman & CEO of Rosenthal Collins Group; Joe Guinan, chairman and CEO of Advantage Futures; Peter Johnson, global head of futures & OTC clearing, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Tom Kadlec, president of ADM Investor Services and Salomon Sredni, CEO of TradeStation Group. According to our 2012 Top 50 list, these six firms collectively hold about $21.3 billion in segregated funds as of September.
Although most of the discussion focused on life post-MF Global, the group said much of the industry's sluggishness still is due to other factors, including the 2008 financial crisis and continued recession. Despite that, all agreed that restoring customer confidence in the system was the most important goal for the industry. ADM's Tom Kadlec stated that he spends about 25% of his time now explaining his firm's operations to clients who before might have taken it for granted. Every FCM said as much; in fact, they advocated having a smarter client base who asks questions. In a reversal of the "Know your customer" rule, they thought it positive that customers were wanting more information about the firm and asking to meet key people.
Regarding the drop in trading volume, many doubted that it was due only to MF Global/PFG. Each noted there were other factors affecting business: Lack of market volatility, especially in interest rates, the sovereign debt and European crisis, even the distraction of new regulations and infrastructures being put in place. These realities perhaps had a much larger impact on these firms than the MF Global/PFG fallout. In fact, many customers moved over to these firms, giving them a net business gain, but having to implement systems to get in line with the Dodd-Frank reforms has been costly.
Surprisingly, none were against the new rules stemming from MF Global. As Joe Guinan of Advantage Futures pointed out, it was a new rule implemented after the MF Global debacle that uncovered the PFG fraud.
One important change discussed was a restructuring of the FCM pricing model. FCMs are squeezed due to fewer income opportunities, low interest rates, new technology costs and additional exchange fees. Whether it is implementing OTC clearing into their platforms or absorbing new exchange co-location costs, all FCMs felt these price changes were key to survival. But it also means higher fees for customers. Restoring customer trust is one thing, but a better, more accountable regulatory system means higher costs — and somebody is going to have to pay.


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how did this kite change over the years due to lift and hangtime?I heard that the 2010 model is outstanding up to now.
Anyone got some info?
twannie wrote:Hi,
Tried it yesterday and i am very impressed. I.m.o this years has the most lift and hangtime form all Edges made. Nice and light on the bar and fast steering.
Cant wait to get it out in 30 knots.
Give it a demo try if you can.
Really I demoed both the 13 and 11 and I felt they both flew similar, the 11m just a tad less pull and yeh I suppose crisper as you would expect. Is it because you are in a 17m mind frame and accept its limitations but expect more from the 13? Email me, how much you want for it?Kurt wrote:I have the 2012 11m - nice kite love it.
Had the 2011 11m - ok bit slow.
Tried all the edges prior to 2011 - not great - mushy feeling and 2010 heavy and slow.
Have the 2013 17m love it - crisp and light in the air and bar for a big kite - replaced my waroo pro 17m.
Have the 2013m 13m - hate it - sluggish and has no where the feel of the 11 or 17. Can't sell it even at 30% less than new.
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Dear Friends
Plaudits for the Poppers
Frank and Deborah Popper are the mom-and-pop Darth Vaders of the Great Plains. The scholars from New Jersey coined "Buffalo Commons" to describe the turn they want the depopulated region to take.
Harsh feelings against the Rutgers University-based pair will not be softened by the American Geographical Society, which recently awarded them the first Paul P. Vouras Medal for regional geography. The citation reads:
"The Great Plains deplores artificial boundaries, having determined its own. In recent centuries, settlers and governments from long-subdued lands have laid down their puny state and national borders upon this dynamic landscape ...
"With the eyes of mature scholarship ... the scholars we honor now looked at the Great Plains and saw a land gripped ever more tightly and desperately by inhabitants who did not understand it. These two scholars have increasingly and devotedly worked both to free the Great Plains to be its own complex, muscular self - the region it had become over thousands of years of environmental trial and error; and to enable its human inhabitants to ameliorate their patterns of mistaken occupancy."
Visitors and other news
Chuck and Joann Howe of Boulder stopped by on their way home from Grand Junction. Chuck is an economist at the University of Colorado.
Subscriber Cal Elder of Woodland Park, Colo., tells us: "I decided against running for re-election as Teller County Commissioner, thereby creating my own term limit." But he has a new cause: putting the 1,320-acre Catamount Ranch near Woodland Park into open space. Almost $900,000 has been gathered, with $200,000 left to go; for information on a Paul Annan wildlife print available to contributors, contact Cal Elder at 719/687-1431.
Dick Whelan of Denver and Chris Norris of Herndon, Va., brothers-in-law, stopped by, scouting Colorado's Western Slope. Dick is semi-retired and Chris is a custom-home builder.
We assume reader Jerry Rapp of Rapp Guides and Packers would eventually have visited HCN. But since he was taking his own time about it, some staffers spent a day with him, touring his ranch south of Mancos, Colo., and adjacent BLM land, and seeing, thanks to his knowledge of the area, cougar scuffs and tracks, packrat middens, remnants of Anasazi pit houses, finely worked rock tools, and rock burns left by the Anasazi.
Thanks to reader Mykie Stanford of Alamosa, Colo., for sending the strange photo she thinks of as "composted scarecrow." She drove by a pair of legs upside down in a pile of leaves in California's Mendocino County and "had to turn around to see what I thought I saw." Our photo by Dewey Vanderhoff of booted legs, jutting out of a haystack, jogged her photo file memory.
Heather Coons, who works for the Chevron Conservation Awards program, called to say the deadline for applying for awards to environmentalists has been extended to May 14. Applicants are wanted. Fifteen winners are chosen and each is honored with $2,000 and a reception at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History. Call 415/894-6083 for an application.
We heard from Ted Wolf, director of communications for Ecotrust, the foundation involved in restoring Willapa Bay (HCN, 3/17/97). He gently prodded us to correct his title. We'd elevated him to president and "Spencer (Beebe) hasn't yet told me what he thinks of my ascension."
To deft cartoonist Rob Pudim of Boulder, Colo., our warm thanks for his donation to this paper of his front-page illustration of folks working at consensus (HCN, 5/13/96). His wonderful Western characters are smiling but there's also a hint of gritted teeth, signaling just how hard it is for people in the West to find common ground. The drawing has been reproduced in at least seven periodicals; anyone who would like to use it should give us a call.
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BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows an unexpectedly sharp rise in German investor confidence, suggesting increasing optimism over how financial markets will perform in the coming months.
The ZEW institute said Tuesday its indicator of economic sentiment rose by 24.6 points in January over the month before to an overall 31.5 points — its highest level since May 2010. Economists had predicted a more modest rise to 12 points.
ZEW President Wolfgang Franz says experts "seem to expect that the positive sentiment on the financial markets may soon result in companies realizing investments that had been postponed."
The institute asked 272 analysts about their expectations for the next six months.
Their assessment of the eurozone's economic situation as a whole also rose, jumping 23.6 points over December to 31.2 points.


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Obama to give Morehouse commencement speech
President Obama was just in Atlanta this week, but will be back in May to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College, the White House confirmed to POLITICO.
"Morehouse College, one of the nation's leading Historical Black Colleges and Universities, is among the best and brightest institutions of higher education in the country," the White House said in a statement. Commencement is scheduled for May 19.
"Known for its high standard for excellence in learning and social consciousness, Morehouse is home to a long list of notable alumni that spans the last three centuries," the White House added. Alumni of the all-male liberal arts college include Martin Luther King, Jr., Spike Lee and Maynard Jackson, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta.
It won't be Obama's first commencement speech at an HBCU -- he addressed graduates of Virginia's Hampton University in 2010.
The college's president, John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., informed students of the speech on Saturday night. Wilson is just three weeks into his term as president of the college and previously worked as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. But, he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he didn't lobby for Obama to speak -- the White House contacted him about the speech last month.


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Walraven Herberts (d. 1535)
Walraven Herberts, of Middelie(?), at first a Roman Catholic priest at Deventer, Netherlands, in 1533 joined the Dutch Anabaptists and moved to Münster in Westphalia, and in 1534 became a follower of Jan van Leyden. In early 1535 he was sent out from Münster to propagate the Münsterite doctrines and to solicit soldiers for Jan van Leyden. He worked at Deventer, Zwolle, Amsterdam, North Holland, and Utrecht. To earn his living in the meantime he did not hesitate to pass as a Catholic priest and even celebrated masses. Notwithstanding his slyness he was apprehended at Utrecht and burned at the stake there on 11 March 1535.
Doopsgezinde Bijdrage (1892): 11; (1917): 117. No. 68.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, No. 102.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Walraven Herberts (d. 1535). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Walraven_Herberts_(d._1535)&oldid=111974.
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20 Twitter Reactions To Gucci Mane's Twitter Tirade
When Gucci tweets, apparently the world watches. Gucci Mane became a trending topic today after he decided to slander a slew of industry notables. He did manage to receive responses from many of the hip-hop heavyweights he called out. Check out the reactions to @gucci1017's Twitter rant above.


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New Year's Eve in Palm Springs
New Year's Eve Party at Spa Resort Casino - Dance 2006 away with The Shout Experience, Party favors and a balloon drop at midnight. Tickets are $50. More info: http://palmsprings.com/spahotelandcasino/index.html
Melvyn's Restaurant is having a New Year's Eve Gala Celebration which includeds a five course gourmet dinner, unlimited champagne, party favors, music & dancing. Call 760-325-2323 for more information and reservations.
Spotlight 29 Casino is featuring Phat Cat Swinger - one of Southern California's hottest bands. Hors d'oeuvres at 8:30pm & dinner at 9pm. Tickets: 800-585-3737 or for more information, call 760-775-2853.
Wally's Desert Turtle - Dine elegantly with a four-course dinner from 5:30 to 8pm. A five-course dinner begins at 8:30pm and includes party favors, live music, and dancing. 71-775 Hwy. 111, Rancho Mirage. Reservations & more info: 760-568-9321.
You mentioned you have already seen the Palm Springs Follies, but we wanted to list their New Year's Eve info for others who might have an interest.
The Palm Springs Follies is presenting two New Year's Eve performances beginning at 3:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. These special events kick-off with a champagne reception where each patron receives a goody bag, hat and noisemaker. More info: http://palmsprings.com/active/follies.html
We have also added these restaurants / bars which are a lot of fun and come highly suggested. You may want to contact them to see what they're offering for New Year's Eve.
Copley's of Palm Canyon - more info: http://palmsprings.com/dine/copleys/index.html
The bar at Hotel Zoso - more info: http://palmsprings.com/hotelzoso/index.html
St. James's Restaurant - more info: http://palmsprings.com/dine/stjames/index.html
Enjoy your evening!
Jojo Bergstrom
Editor in Chief
|December 27th, 2006 05:07 PM
New years eve
Hey guys,
Will also be in Palm Springs for New years eve this year. Was curious if you had found anything going on for that fatefull night.
Not sure where I am staying as of yet still looking -
Hope all is well and thanks in advance for the info.
David Twigger
|November 4th, 2006 11:55 AM
New Year's Eve in Palm Springs
Where will you be staying in Palm Springs? If you're staying in a hotel or a resort, perhaps they will be offering something intimate and special for New Year's Eve as opposed to a huge party. We'll take a look around and see what some of the smaller clubs are offering on this festive evening. The PalmSprings.com Calendar of Events is always being updated; therefore, we ask that you continue to check it to see what's going on.
In regard to restaurants, we suggest you take a look at this link for more information on the many great eateries in the area - http://palmsprings.com/dine.html . Of course, if there's a particular type of cuisine you are seeking, let us know and we'll narrow down your choices.
Best wishes,
Jojo Bergstrom
Editor in Chief
|November 2nd, 2006 02:54 PM
New Years Eve events?
Two middle aged couples will be in PS for New Years Eve. What are some of the special events? We've already seen the Palm Spring Follies so would like other suggestions. Also suggestions for a restaurant please. We like all kinds of music, but would prefer a small club rather than a large hotel party. Thanks.
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Lithuanian Offspring
My God!! I just bought the Tribute to the Ramones. Ofcourse the Offspring did a great job in singing Wanna be Sedated. But these suckass Metal bands ruined the sings. Like Marylin Manson's version of The KKK took my baby away sucks. How could Johnny Ramone let them do that is beyond me. He completely ruined the song. :mad: :mad: :mad:


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Reports: Ousted WMU coach to direct Illini offense
Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman has turned to the Mid-American Conference for help in resurrecting the Illini offensive attack, according to an ESPN.com report.
ESPN writer Scott Powers, citing unnamed sources, reports that Beckman has hired former Western Michigan head coach Bill Cubit to be his new offensive coordinator.
Cubit was fired from Western Michigan in November after eight seasons and was replaced by former NIU and Kaneland football star P.J. Fleck.
While Cubit finished his WMU career with a 51-47 overall, he made made three bowl appearances with the high-scoring Broncos. According to the ESPN report, Western Michigan averaged 29 points a game during Cubit's eight years. One of those games was a 66-63 loss in 2011 to Toledo, which was coached by Beckman.
On Saturday, Beckman announced that he fired co-offensive coordinator Chris Beatty after the Illini struggled to a 2-10 finish and offensively was among the worst in the Big Ten. The Illini were last in points per game at 16.7 and last in total offense at 296.7 yards a game.
Beatty came to Illinois from Vanderbilt and split the coordinator duties with Billy Gonzales. According to some reports, Gonzales will be reassigned to work with receivers.
Although Illinois defeated WMU 24-7 in the season opener, WMU played much better in losses to four bowl teams: Minnesota (28-23), Ball State (30-24 OT), Kent State (41-24) and Northern Illinois (48-34). Western Michigan defeated Central Michigan (42-31), which was one of seven MAC schools to play in bowl games this season.
Powers was the first to report Cubit's hiring, and Big Ten analyst Howard Griffin was the first to report Beatty's firing.


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From Lime Street Railway Station - 10-15 mins walk
Turn right out of Lime Street Railway Station (exit where the cars go in and out next to platform 9). Down the hill a little and turn left at The Crown Pub. Continue straight along Lime St and then straight along Renshaw St past The Adelphi Hotel and Lewis (the street contains the large Rapid Hardware shop)At the top of Renshaw St- you should see St Lukes Church - turn left at these lights up the hill which is Leece St, continue straight and the street becomes Hardman St. Turn left at The Flute pub into South Hunter Street. The Hostel is 20 yards on the right. Call us if you get lost!
For Asking Directions- we are near The Philharmonic Hall, The Haigh Student Union, and Hope St - the street that links the 2 Cathedrals.
From the National Express Depot -
Exit the Norton Street National Express Depot by turning right out of the pedestrian Norton St Exit (not where th bus drives in and out) and continue straight across the lights London Rd into Seymour St
Seymour Street becomes Russell Street. Continue along the road into Clarence Street and then straight into Rodney Street. At the junction of Hardman Street (HSBC Bank on the corner) turn left and walk along until the second road on the left which is South Hunter Street. The Hostel is 20 yards on the right.
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From motorway (M62) take Edge lane (A5047) Follow signs to city centre. Follow signs for Cathedrals. Follow signs for RC Cathedral At the RC Cathedral (which like a wigwam) turn left into Mount Pleasant and drive around to the front of the cathedral where the bells are. Straight across these traffic lights into Hope st (the Everyman theatre will now be on your left), First right into Maryland St continue around the corner and we are on the left. Pay and Display Parking is available on the street.
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From the Liverpool John Lennon Airport, two buses travel into the city centre, and along Hardman Street. The number 80A runs every 15 minutes from 6.05am until 11.04pm. The 86A or 86N runs all day and every hour through the night
Get off at Hardman Street at the Philharmonic and continue down the hill then turn right at the Flute pub into South Hunter Street.The hostel is 20 yards along on the right. Alternatively, a taxi fare would be between 12-15.
From the IOM Ferry Terminal at the Pier head- It is probably easiest to take a taxi but you can take the number 224 bus from Canada Boulavard. This stops at Ranelagh Street, outside of Lewis's department store. From here you will have to walk along Renshaw Street to the junction of Leece Street (the bombed church is on the corner). Turn left up the hill onto Leece Street, which runs into Hardman Street. South Hunter Street is fourth road on the left (the Flute & Firkin is on the corner). The hostel is 20 yards along on the right. Alternatively, a taxi fare would be between 4or 5
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Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Monday's Google Doodle honors Opera star Maria Callas on what would have been her 90th birthday.
Time magazine once called the New York native the "undisputed queen of the world's opera" and "a woman for whom the term prima donna could have been invented."
Callas, who grew up an overweight child, willed herself into a svelte and glamorous figure after a mid-career weight loss. This reportedly contributed to her vocal decline and the premature end of her on-stage career.
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David Brock, Liar
A lifelong habit proves hard to break.
Chatterbox is slightly taken aback at the respectful attention some liberals have given David Brock's Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative. In the New York Times Magazine, Frank Rich called it "a key document for historians seeking to understand the ethos of the incoherent 90's." In The New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg called it "an astounding account of fin-de-siecle Washington politics," "an entertaining backstage sketchbook of scores of eccentric and mostly obnoxious characters," and "a valuable book." In The Nation, Michael Tomasky called it"mind-boggling. ... You cannot fully understand this fevered era without reading this book."
Chatterbox is more inclined to agree with David Brock's assessment in his prologue: "This is a terrible book." By "terrible," Brock means that it's about terrible things that he and his fellow conservatives did. But Chatterbox would argue that the book is also terrible in the more conventional sense: whiny, histrionic, and so factually unreliable that Chatterbox practically gave himself a migraine trying to figure out which parts of Brock's lurid story were true, and which parts were false. Chatterbox hasn't had so oppressive a reading experience since he reviewed Edmund Morris' Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan.
Chatterbox has noted before (see "Gödel, Escher, Brock" and "Gödel, Escher, Brock, Part 2") the unique difficulty posed by any narrative that begins, "I'm a liar, here's my tale." (This is a replay of Epimenides' Paradox, subsequently refashioned as Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem.) Rich addresses the Brock Riddle by noting that much of what Brock writes about is already on the public record, and, "for what it's worth, his accounts of events in which I figured are accurate." Rich's second assertion is, in fact, not worth much (Rich only figures in a few pages of the book). His first assertion is correct but doesn't really get Brock off the hook. We know, well before picking up Brock's book, that an appallingly well-financed hard right was obsessed with smearing Clinton, and that a large proportion of Clinton's hard-right accusers failed to conform to hard-right notions about morality, being either adulterers, homosexuals, or begetters of aborted fetuses. We know further that Clinton was placed deliberately into a perjury trap, whereupon he committed perjury. What we don't know, and what Brock purports to tell us, are the nuances—and it's the nuances that provide this book's real interest. Did Theodore Olson, now solicitor general, tell Brock that the American Spectator should publish speculation about Vince Foster's death, even though he himself believed that speculation was false, because doing so would turn up the heat on the administration until another scandal came along? Did Ann Coulter tell Brock that she wanted to leave her New York law firm "to get away from all these Jews"? Did Ricky Silberman, former vice chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, conclude, after reading an excerpt from Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer's Strange Justice, that Clarence Thomas really had harassed Anita Hill, yet helped Brock to discredit that book anyway?
"[C]an we believe it?" Tomasky writes of Brock's book. "The short answer is yes, mostly." Tomasky argues that we should believe Brock because his narrative is full of specifics: "names, places, dates, the food and wine consumed, the color of the draperies." But the same could be said of many journalistic hoaxes, including Michael Finkel's recent New York Times Magazine cover profile of a West African teen-ager who turned out to be a "composite," and, closer to home, Slate's recent "Diary" by a man who claimed to be BMW's chief of North American operations but wasn't. Tomasky also argues that Brock's book has "the tenor of veracity and candor," an entirely subjective judgment. (To Chatterbox, the author's tendency to self-dramatize arouses mistrust.) Finally, Tomasky argues that "I've scarcely heard a peep" from the right about Brock's claims. But, he must then concede, "it's early yet." (R. Emmett Tyrrell has, in fact, challenged Brock's veracity, but not in a particularly persuasive or coherent fashion.)
The hopeful liberal narrative about David Brock, peddled by Hertzberg, Rich, Tomasky, and Brock himself, is that the conservative movement made Brock a distorter and a liar, and that the distortions and lies were all in the service of that movement. But Blinded by the Right offers plenty of evidence that for Brock, lying has been a lifelong habit. During his freshman year at Berkeley, when Brock was still a Naderite liberal, he lied to a man named Andrew, who would become his lover, about the fact that he was adopted. Andrew didn't learn the truth until after he and Brock had lived together many years. While campaigning to be editor in chief of the Daily Cal at Berkeley, Brock was "caught in an embarrassing lie" about an editor he didn't like. He told the Daily Cal's outgoing editor in chief that the university's vice chancellor had phoned to complain about a story that the enemy editor had presumably mangled. It wasn't true, and Brock got caught. By this time Brock had drifted right, but he offers no evidence that this particular conflict had any ideological content. Years later, Brock leaked his American Spectator piece about Troopergate to CNN, contrary to orders from his editors, who were enforcing an embargo on it. "When confronted, I came up with a clearly implausible lie," Brock confesses. Surely lying to one's comrades wasn't part of the conservative movement's playbook. The further one gets into Brock's book, the more one starts to suspect that Brock wasn't a liar for any larger cause, but simply … a liar.
Is he still? Without any particular effort, Chatterbox was able to find three very dubious assertions in Brock's book:
Dubious Assertion No. 1: "Michael Ledeen … pinned the death of Barbara Olson, a conservative pundit who perished, tragically, during the attack on the Pentagon, on the feminist establishment." (Page xiv.)
Ledeen told Chatterbox he never said this, and a Nexis search came up empty. Probably Brock is referring to "Who Killed Barbara Olson?"—an understandably overwrought obituary for his friend that Ledeen posted Sept. 13 on National Review Online. Although the piece does say high up that Olson and two similarly minded conservative women "became the feminists' targets," Ledeen doesn't connect that in any way to Olson's death. Later on in the piece, Ledeen does blame "a fraudulent and arrogant establishment" and "a corrupt elite that celebrates murder, provided that the killers hold the right views and slaughter those who are political lepers." But neither of these statements refers to feminists. The first refers to the intelligence and defense establishments, which Ledeen considers too weak-minded. The second refers to liberals who romanticize terror-bent liberation movements in the Third World, of whom there have never been as many as Ledeen imagines. Ledeen's gist is that national-security softies and Council on Foreign Relations-style intellectuals created conditions in the United States that the 9/11 terrorists were able to exploit. That's debatable, but logically defensible in a way that putting the blame on feminists would not be.
Dubious Assertion No. 2: When Brock wrote The Real Anita Hill, his smear job on Clarence Thomas' accuser, "I had never met … a Democrat working in politics." (Page 108.)
Brock wrote The Real Anita Hill in 1992, by which time Brock had lived and worked as a reporter in Washington more than five years. Even granting that Brock labored for publications like Insight (a newsmagazine put out by the Washington Times) and the American Spectator that don't put a premium on getting sourced up with Democrats, it's inconceivable that Brock had never even "met" a Democrat working in politics. Brock probably means that he had never gotten to know a Democrat working in politics particularly well, which is possible. But that's not what he wrote.
Dubious Assertion No. 3: "I hadn't known of Laura [Ingraham]'s antigay past at Dartmouth, where, along with her then-boyfriend Dinesh D'Souza, she had participated in the infamous outing of gay students, who were branded "sodomites," until I cringed as I read about her Dartmouth Review exploits in a 1995 profile in Vanity Fair." (Page 235.)
Wrong. The Vanity Fair profile (which appeared in the January 1997 issue) was written by Mrs. Chatterbox, who informs this column that she quizzed Brock (who was then openly gay) about his friend Ingraham's anti-gay Dartmouth activities in an on-the-record interview for the piece. (Incidentally, what Ingraham did was less a matter of "outing" than of secretly taping and then publishing the transcript of a meeting of the Gay Students Association.) According to Mrs. Chatterbox's notes, Brock said: "I think there's a sense that some of what they did was exaggerated or over the top—it was in your face, and it was consciously that way, the excesses of youth or whatever. I think that's partly what it was. I have gotten the sense that—it was a little irresponsible, and that was because they were young and conservative and bomb-throwing." Elsewhere in Brock's book, Brock says that throughout his time in the conservative movement he had a tendency to rationalize behavior by conservatives that was blatantly homophobic. That would seem to apply here. Presumably, Brock has simply forgotten about his conversation with Mrs. Chatterbox, and any other conversations he may have had about Ingraham's Dartmouth Review high jinks, which were widely written about before Vanity Fair reported them.
In scanning the letters column of the Washington Post's March 24 "Book World" section, Chatterbox encountered an unambiguously deliberate Brock lie, this one having to do with an unfavorable review of Brock's book that "Book World" published the week before. Here is Brock's letter of complaint:
Bruce Bawer, The Post's reviewer of my book Blinded by the Right, a memoir of my years at the American Spectator (Book World, March 17), a magazine I criticize as an example of conservative excess, is himself a former Spectator writer. My book also contains a passage that puts the credibility of Bawer's published account of his controversial departure from the magazine in question. Neither of these facts are disclosed in Bawer's review.
Brock makes it sound as though Bawer were some sort of Spectator partisan who took offense at Brock's criticisms of the magazine. But as Brock's book makes clear, Bawer (whose time at the Spectator did not overlap with Brock's) left the magazine to protest an editor's deletion of a passing reference to homosexuality in his review of the play Prelude to a Kiss. (Bawer is gay, Prelude's author, Craig Lucas, is gay, and the play has a much-discussed gay subtext.) Contrary to Brock's claim, Brock's book does not question the credibility of Bawer's published account of that departure. Rather, Brock writes that when he read Bawer's account (in Bawer's 1993 memoir, A Place at the Table), he asked the editor in question whether it was true, and the editor "awkwardly denied" it. Brock elaborates: "I shrugged it off and probed no further, since I didn't really want to know the truth. … I wasn't going to let possible prejudice against another writer, whom I did not know, upset my world. Some gays can be awfully hypersensitive, I told myself." The clear thrust of this passage is that Bawer's published version was right, and that Brock, in refusing to believe Bawer's version at the time, had been wrong. As this online chat shows, Brock managed to con Post Editor Leonard Downie and former Post Managing Editor Robert Kaiser, neither of whom must have actually read Brock's book, into thinking he'd somehow been wronged by "Book World." As a result, "Book World" editor Marie Arana ended up publishing a completely unnecessary apology.
How can we trust a writer who won't even summarize his own book truthfully?


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VIENNA (Reuters) - T-Mobile Austria claimed partial victory on Monday in its legal battle against the allocation of radio frequencies resulting from rival Hutchison Whampoa's takeover of Orange Austria.
The Deutsche Telekom unit said in a blog entry on its website that an administrative court in Vienna had referred the case to the European Court of Justice.
T-Mobile said this confirmed its view that it had suffered a decisive competitive disadvantage by the spectrum allocation, which it says gives its rivals a major head start in building next-generation networks.
The administrative court declined to comment.
The ability to build an LTE (long-term evolution) network with data speeds up to 10 times those now available will be a competitive advantage in Austria's telecoms market.
T-Mobile appealed in December to the administrative court against the decision of Austria's telecom control commission, the TKK, for the transfer of frequencies that will accompany the merger that closed in January.
The frequencies T-Mobile will end up with are not adjacent, unlike those of Hutchison and the biggest operator, Telekom Austria, which also bought a package of frequencies.
T-Mobile said the Vienna court had asked the European court to rule quickly on the matter. If not, the case could create uncertainty around a September auction of frequencies that operators need to build superfast mobile broadband networks in Austria.
Austria aims to raise at least 526 million euros ($690 million) at that sale.
($1 = 0.7624 euros)
(Reporting by Michael Shields and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich, editing by William Hardy)


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We are more than used to supermarkets selling a wide array of products under their own label, considerably cheaper than similar original products. We secretly enjoy the bargain and thank them for doing that when we are trying to live on a tight budget.
It is exactly the same in business. When companies are looking for ways to expand their services offer without having to invest thousands of pounds in creating the technology and infrastructure behind it, they can do so by turning to companies providing White Label solution. Take websites for example: Expedia offers its own white label solution to power travel websites; LoveFilm has a business solution to power DVD rentals for large retail stores; book stores use a solution from Amazon for their online operations; hosting service providers and franchises offer white label ecommerce websites by Zed Zed Productions. To understand it better one might use the analogy with outsourcing: without creating excessive overheads themselves the companies are using facilities of the specialized manufacturers/suppliers to create their products at reasonable cost.
So if your company is a cleaning services franchise for example, not only will you be able to provide your franchisees with necessary training, supplies and marketing literature, but also offer them a website with your unique design and features readily available for them OR with their branding, logos and information to start generating business opportunities. Alternatively you can get into a very competitive but ever growing e-commerce market yourself and establish an ecommerce website design company using someone else's proprietary white label website builder solution. And with technology back up already sorted you will find yourself often times in a much better position to compete with established providers, regardless of the market you are aiming at.
As the market puts time, convenience and cost pressures on businesses; complementary skills, minimal start up time and easy access to existing technology becomes vital for strengthening market position. Small local businesses have a chance to have their share of a larger market, while large companies are able to penetrate local or niche markets almost instantly.
If the benefits to company interested in adopting white label website or ecommerce solutions are obvious: cost savings, services diversification, quick market penetration, etc then the benefits for companies who have invested thousands of pounds in development of online platforms which often are also then USPs are not obvious at all! The answer lays in a concept known as "cooperation", activity not highly valued by businesses in the past, but quickly becoming a good practice for forward-looking businesses of the present. Agility, transparency, diversity, speed of information routing, dynamic pricing, widening of audience reach, full accessibility through online technologies – these are the words that get everyone's hearts racing faster, and these are consequentially the benefits of white-label cooperation. Advantages of combining capabilities to meet ever changing demands of the market and customers are endless and if executed properly will benefit all stakeholders involved. Simply by building a brand around an existing hi tech system to deliver an amazing all-in-one solution to the customers, creating a one-stop shop for all their needs is a right way forward.
Purchasing a white label solution may not be the ideal way you see your business moving forward, but often times it's the most reasonable and cost-effective choice for growth and expansion.


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Honors & Awards
» First-Team All-American (Vault, 2010)
» Second-Team All-American (Beam, 2011)
» NCAA Championships Individual Qualifier (2013)
» NCAA Morgantown Regional Co-Vault Champion (2013)
» Big Ten Co-Vault Champion (2013)
» Second-Team All-Big Ten (2013)
» All-Big Ten Championship Team (2013: V)
» All-Big 12 Championship Team (Bars, 2011)
» Three-Time Level 10 National Qualifier
2013 • Senior Season
After sitting out Nebraska's first two meets of the season, Brittany Skinner eased back into the NU lineup in late January and finished the season as an all-around competitior for the Huskers. She set herself apart as one of the Huskers' top vaulters in her senior campaign, capturing four individual titles on the event and a top-20 national ranking. Her work as a member of NU's vaulting corps earned her a spot on the All-Big Ten second team in 2013.
Skinner saved her finest all-around performance as a Husker for NU's final regular season meet at Cal. She posted a career-high 39.525 that included a meet-best 9.90 on beam. Skinner added her first career individual conference title the following week, earning a share of the Big Ten vault title with a career-best 9.95. The performance also gave Skinner her second career all-conference championship team selection.
She followed up two weeks later by tying for top honors on vault at the NCAA Morgantown Regional, tying her career-best 9.95 mark from the Big Ten Championship. Her efforts earned her a berth as an individual at the 2013 NCAA Championships in Los Angeles, Calif., where she posted a 9.825 in preliminary competition.
2012 • Junior Season
Skinner's reliability was key for the 2012 Huskers. The junior competed in 12 meets throughout the season, including eight appearances in all-around competition. Skinner also set or matched career highs on three individual apparatuses during the season: vault (9.925), bars (9.825,) and beam (9.875). She also posted a new career best score in the all-around, picking up a 39.350 at the Master's Classic to finish third behind teammates Jessie DeZiel and Emily Wong.
Brittany Skinner became a two-time All-American in 2011, earning a second-team All-America award on beam (9.775, fifth) at the 2011 NCAA Championships. Skinner's performance helped the Huskers advance to the Super Six Team Finals, where they finished fourth. She competed as a three-event specialist for NU on vault, bars and beam throughout her sophomore season.
Skinner tabbed career-high scores of 9.90 on vault and 9.875 on bars, in addition to a season-high 9.80 on beam as a sophomore. She earned one event title on bars in her second year with NU and tallied All-Big 12 Championship Team accolades on bars after posting a score of 9.85 for second place on the event at the Big 12 Championships.
2010 • Freshman Season
Skinner earned first-team All-America honors on vault at the 2010 NCAA Championships. She competed in four meets as an all-arounder for NU, producing season highs of 9.875 on vault, 9.85 on bars, 9.825 on beam, 9.85 on floor and 39.125 in the all-around.
She made her Husker debut at Washington, where she posted a 9.725 on vault and a 9.10 on floor. Skinner improved in her second week of competition for NU, hitting a 9.825 on vault and a 9.625 on floor. She hit a season-high 9.85 on floor when the Huskers took on Michigan on Jan. 24. Skinner matched her season-high score of 9.875 on vault and 9.85 on floor at the IGI Chicago Style Invite. She tied for second on vault and third on floor as a result of her efforts. In a last-minute decision, Skinner was placed in the all-around lineup for the first time at the Masters Classic. In her first collegiate beam performance outside of exhibition routines, she hit a 9.825 to take second in the event. She totaled an all-around score of 39.125. In her second all-around competition, Skinner hit a season-high on bars (9.80) en route to posting an all-around score of 38.875. Skinner tied both her season-high bars (9.85) and all-around (39.125) scores against Iowa State on March 14.
Before Nebraska
Skinner competed for coaches Justin Howell and Liz Crandall at Airborne Gymnastics along with fellow Husker Janelle Giblin. Skinner was a three-time Level 10 national qualifier and four-time Level 10 regional qualifier. In 2009, she made the NorCal State Team while taking second on bars and placing third in the all-around at the state meet. She was also the 2009 Regional vault and all-around champion, while taking second on beam. Skinner was the 2008 state bars, floor and all-around champion as a member of the NorCal State Team. Skinner finished first on floor at the 2008 Level 10 regional competition. She took first on vault and in the all-around at the Seattle Open in 2008 and was first in the all-around at the Spirit of Flame competition. In 2007, she took the state vault and bar championship, came in second on vault and fourth on bars, beam and the all-around at regionals, and took seventh on vault at nationals. Skinner was the state vault champion in 2006 and took second at the regional competition along with placing sixth on beam at nationals.
A 2009 graduate of Los Altos High School, she was also a member of the dance team in high school. Skinner chose Nebraska over Oklahoma, Arizona, Washington and Denver.
Brittany Skinner was born Dec. 21, 1990 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. She is the daughter of Greg and Stacia Skinner and has one brother, Grant. Brittany is a psychology major at Nebraska.
Skinner's Career Highs at Nebraska
Career Highs
Vault: 9.95 (2 times, last at NCAA Morgantown Regional 4/6/13)
Bars: 9.875 (3 times, last vs. Iowa, 3/4/13)
Beam: 9.90 (at Cal, 3/16/13)
Floor: 9.875 (2 times, last at Cal, 3/16/13)
All-Around: 39.525 (at Cal, 3/16/13)
2013 Season Highs
Vault: 9.95 (2 times, last at NCAA Morgantown Regional 4/6/13)
Bars: 9.875 (2 times, last vs. Iowa, 3/4/13)
Beam: 9.90 (at Cal, 3/16/13)
Floor: 9.875 (at Cal, 3/16/13)
All-Around: 39.525 (at Cal, 3/16/13)
2012 Season Highs
Vault: 9.925 (at Arkansas, 2/24/12)
Bars: 9.825 (2 times, last at Masters Classic, 2/11/12)
Beam: 9.875 (at Utah, 3/9/12)
Floor: 9.875 (Masters Classic, 2/11/12)
All-Around: 39.350 (Masters Classic, 2/11/12)
2011 Season Highs
Vault: 9.90 (2 times, last vs. Iowa State, 3/13/11)
Bars: 9.875 (at Michigan, with Stanford, 2/13/11)
Beam: 9.80 (vs. Arizona State, 3/6/11)
2010 Season Highs
Vault: 9.90 (at NCAA Championships, 4/22/10)
Bars: 9.85 (vs. Iowa State, 3/14/10)
Beam: 9.825 (Masters Classic, 2/28/10)
Floor: 9.85 (2 times, last at IGI Chicago Style Invite, 2/12/10)
All-Around: 39.125 (2 times, last vs. Iowa State, 3/14/10)


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It seems like it's been forever since I've had time to sit down and write a post on here! I know I'm not the only one to say the holiday season fills up everyone's schedules, with work parties, holiday shopping, and family gatherings. You basically can't take a breather until after New Years Day! With that being said, I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas and New Years.
Christmas in upstate New York will always be so special to me. Growing up here, I know nothing different during the month of December. I can't imagine spending Christmastime in a warm or tropical climate! I'm so used to freezing cold temperature, and lots of snow! That's how I like my Christmas and luckily that's what we had this year. It was the perfect time to be cozy with my family, and an excuse to stay in and eat, drink and be merry!
I had an extra special New Years Eve this year. My best friends older sister got married on New Years Eve, to the wonderful man she met seven years earlier, at a New Years Eve wedding! I haven't been to many weddings, but this was by far the most unique, special and beautiful wedding I have ever been to. A wedding is supposed to be all about the bride and groom, and this ceremony was so perfectly attuned to this couple. It was so wonderful being surrounded by love on a night like NYE. The positivity and joy that filled the reception hall brought out the best in everyone as we made the count down to 2014.
It has been a very relaxing, and much needed, winter break so far. I am lucky to have a job here at home to keep myself busy over this seven week break. I work as a busser/food runner at a local fine dining restaurant. I enjoy the food industry because its fast paced and you're really able to develop your people skills without really realizing it. I only have about 2 weeks left on my winter break. It's always bittersweet saying goodbye to my family and friends and heading back to the city, however, I'm extremely excited for my spring semester and all that it brings.
I wish everyone a happy, healthy, successful 2014! Cheers!
xx, Brendan


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You know David O'Doherty as a very funny comedian who has appeared on the Nerdist Podcast and did that segment from the Doctor Who Experience for the Nerdist TV show. You might not know that he is also the co-author of a brand-new book that has been released this very week. You will be advised of this situation forthwith.
"100 Facts About Sharks" is, to be accurate, David's second book, following the successful "100 Facts About Pandas." Written with Claudia O'Doherty and illustrator Mike Ahern, his collaborators on the panda book as well, the book offers information about sharks of which you may have previously been unaware, since their accuracy is somewhat debatable.
Here's a little about the book from the official release:
Leading sharkeologists David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty and Mike Ahern bring you a hundred things you definitely didn't know about the oceans' most terrifying creatures.
Would you ever have guessed, for example, that:
- the great white shark hates jazz music;
- a group of hammerhead sharks is called 'a toolbelt';
- the reef shark can send intimidating telephone text messages with its mind;
- Dancing With the Sharks was Bulgarian TV's least successful ever television show;
- and the word 'shark' actually looks quite like a shark.
Your knowledge of sharks is about to get a hundred facts more knowledgeable.
You get the idea.
Now, the book's just been published in the U.K. by Random House's Square Peg imprint, but while it's not in U.S. bookstores yet, you can order it directly from Amazon.co.uk or through sellers in the U.S. Amazon Marketplace.
There's more about the book at the official website, which is here. Not here as in Nerdist, but here as in "click here."


text: State News State news stories and features from Illinois Public Radio. Economic development bill approved By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 31, 2013 The Illinois House approved a massive economic development bill Thursday evening. The legislation makes way for projects across Illinois from a fertilizer plant in Tuscola to remodeling the convention center in Rosemont. It also has what Governor Pat Quinn calls a "breakthrough" meant to advance the proposed third Chicago airport near Peotone. ACLU joins state prison lawsuit By Alex Rusciano • May 30, 2013 A lawsuit over health care in prisons in Illinois is getting a boost from the American Civil Liberties Union. IPR's Robert Wildeboer reports. IL House advances pension plan By Alex Rusciano • May 30, 2013 Colleges and universities would assume the cost of their employees' pensions under a proposal advancing in the Illinois House Thursday. A hole in Il FOID law By Denise Molina & Alex Keefe • May 30, 2013 State lawmakers now have less than two weeks to pass a law allowing Illinoisans to carry concealed guns. But some say Illinois' existing system of licensing gun owners is badly broken. The state is SUPPOSED to take away Firearm Owners Identification Cards from criminals, the mentally ill and people who have restraining orders against them, like those who have been charged with domestic violence. But more than 67-hundred revoked cards are currently unaccounted for. House approves drone regulation measure By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 30, 2013 A proposal that would regulate the use of drones by law enforcement agencies in Illinois has cleared the House. Drones are sophisticated, unmanned aircraft that authorities are considering for aerial surveillance. Pension talks to continue today By Denise Molina & Amanda Vinicky • May 30, 2013 A solution for dealing with Illinois' 100 billion dollars of pension debt continues to elude legislators, even as the spring session rapidly approaches its end. The General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn Friday. IPR'S Amanda Vinicky reports. Listen Listening... / Lawmakers have taken votes to deal with the pension debt. Problem is the House passed a plan that Speaker Mike Madigan says will save more money. And the Senate passed a different plan that his fellow Democrat, President John Cullerton, says is better because it's more likely to be upheld by the courts. Senate approves education funding By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 30, 2013 Illinois Democrats continued approving a new state budget on party-line votes Wednesday. The Senate approved spending plans for education, from elementary and high schools to colleges and universities, with funding pretty much at last year's level. Senate approves changes to state election law By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 30, 2013 The Illinois Senate has approved a multi-faceted change to the state's election laws. The legislation is almost as notable for what it does NOT do, as for what it does. IPR'S Brian Mackey explains. Listen Listening... / 1:01 The proposal would make dozens of changes to state law including online voter registration. But until Wednesday, the legislation also would have changed how Illinois gets a lieutenant governor. IL concealed carry talks continue By Alex Rusciano • May 29, 2013 Legislators are continuing to negotiate as they seek an agreement on concealed carry legislation. Gambling expansion proposal still being negotiated By Denise Molina & Tony Arnold • May 29, 2013 Supporters of gambling expansion in Illinois are scrambling to negotiate the bill in Springfield. A plan to add five casinos in Illinois, including one in Chicago, is still being negotiated as state legislators are scheduled to end their session on Friday. State budget passes out of the House By Denise Molina & Amanda Vinicky • May 29, 2013 The bulk of a new state budget passed out of the Illinois House Tuesday, and now heads to the Senate. It's far less harsh than lawmakers had been predicting at the start of the legislative session. IPR's Amanda Vinicky reports. Listen Listening... / When he presented his budget back in March, Governor Pat Quinn referred to it as his most difficult.He warned that pension costs were eating up money for other causes. But higher-than-expected revenues came into state coffers last month, freeing up enough money to the point that Democratic Rep. Greg Harris says while many human service programs will be cut, it's only by one-percent. Others won't be at all. U of I grad makes it easier to follow state capitol bills By Denise Molina & Amanda Vinicky • May 29, 2013 More than six thousand bills are before the Illinois General Assembly this spring session. Legislators have until Friday to get through them. And with some of the biggest policy issues facing the state still outstanding, measures will move, change and die rapidly. Illinois Public Radio's Amanda Vinicky spoke with a recent University of Illinois Urbana Champaign graduate who has founded a company that aims to make it easier to follow what's happening at the capitol. Debate on use of drones in non-combat situations By Denise Molina & Sean Powers • May 29, 2013 Drones have been a controversial military weapon in the last decade, and just last week President Obama set tighter standards and oversight over their use. As debate over military drones continues, there's another debate going on about the use of drones in non-combat situations within the U.S. Illinois Public Radio's Sean Powers reports from Urbana. Il Senate approves Medicaid measure By Alex Rusciano • May 29, 2013 A measure that would implement a key part of "Obamacare" in Illinois is on its way to the governor's desk, after it was approved by the Senate Tuesday. IL House approves cellphone driving ban By Alex Rusciano • May 29, 2013 (Brian Mackey/Illinois Public Radio) It's now up to Governor Pat Quinn whether "hang up and drive" will become law in Illinois. The House gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that would make it illegal to talk on a hand-held phone while driving. Representative John D'Amico, a Democrat from Chicago, says talking on the phone while driving has been linked to traffic accidents. IL House pushes for its pension overhaul By Alex Rusciano • May 28, 2013 (Brian Mackey/Illinois Public Radio) Listen Listening... / Members of the Illinois House continued pushing for their version of a pension overhaul Tuesday. The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate remain deadlocked over the best approach to fixing Illinois $100 billion pension problem. The latest twist could affect how public school teachers' pensions are funded. IPR's Brian Mackey has more. Il House approves Medicaid expansion By Denise Molina & Amanda Vinicky • May 28, 2013 Low-income adults who do not have children would for the first time be eligible for state-backed health care coverage under a measure approved Monday in the Illinois House. The Medicaid expansion is a signature plank of the federal Affordable Care Act. With Days To Go, Crunch Time In Springfield By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 28, 2013 While many people across Illinois had Monday off from work for Memorial Day, the members of the Illinois General Assembly were meeting in Springfield. Just four days remain until lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn for the summer. Il has option of spending more money than realized By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 28, 2013 The state of Illinois' budget has been under pressure for years, forcing lawmakers to make difficult decisions to cut spending. But as IPR'S Brian Mackey reports, they learned about an entirely different kind of problem on Monday. Listen Listening... / Even people who closely follow state government can lose track of all the billions and millions that get tossed around during budget-making season. But lawmakers were paying attention when financial experts reported Illinois would have the option of spending $200 million more dollars than they previously realized. It's because of the "April surprise." Sen. Durbin says vets should receive disability payments sooner By Denise Molina & Chris Slaby • May 28, 2013 U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says the way American veterans receive disability claims has "got to change."His comments come as the federal Department of Veterans Affairs is working on a new digital, paper-less way of handling the claims. The V.A. is working to get that done by September. Lawmakers have a lot of work to do before legislative session wraps up By Denise Molina & Amanda Vinicky • May 27, 2013 There are five days left in the Illinois General Assembly's spring session. And as IPR'S Amanda Vinicky reports legislators have a lot of work ahead of them. Listen Listening... / 1:01 Typically, fighting over the budget carries into the waning hours of a legislative session. But Democrats, who have enough seats to pass a spending plan without any Republican votes, say they've already reached a deal. Former Il Gov comments on legislative session By Denise Molina & Jenna Dooley • May 27, 2013 A former Illinois Governor says he's watching Illinois lawmakers closely as this legislative session draws to a close. Jim Thompson says he's disappointed with "the partisan rancor" in Springfield, but doesn't blame the usual suspects: Senate Democrats to meet on concealed-carry legislation By Denise Molina & Chris Slaby • May 27, 2013 Senate Democrats are planning to meet Monday to figure out how to respond to concealed-carry legislation passed by the House on Friday. House passes measure allowing internet gambling on horse racing By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 27, 2013 Internet gambling on horse racing would once again be legal in Illinois under legislation approved Sunday by the Illinois House of Representatives. IPR'S Brian Mackey has more. Listen Listening... / 1:01 Online and telephone horse betting has been illegal in Illinois all year. A law authorizing it expired on Dec. 31. The practice, known as "advanced deposit wagering," was a $122 million business in Illinois last year. IL House approves concealed carry plan By Alex Rusciano • May 24, 2013 Brian Mackey, IPR. Listen Listening... / The Illinois House Friday approved legislation that would let gun owners carry concealed firearms in public. But as IPR's Brian Mackey reports, the governor says he'll work to "stop it in its tracks." Why are gas prices higher in Chicago? By Denise Molina & Michael Puente • May 24, 2013 It's Memorial Day weekend, and people are hitting the road. Drivers are paying more for gas. The Lundberg Survey says the price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose sharply in the last two weeks because of outages at Midwest and West Coast refineries. Gas prices in Chicago are often higher than New York, Los Angeles -- even Hawaii. Why does this happen when we aren't far from oil-rich Canada and we have a huge refinery right next door. Illinois Public Radio's Michael Puente reports. Judges left out of pension conversation By Denise Molina & Amanda Vinicky • May 24, 2013 Illinois lawmakers remain at odds over how to handle the state's 100 billion dollars of pension debt. But there's a chance that this spring the General Assembly may finally do something about it. After years of no major action, there are not one, but two major packages designed to reign in Illinois' retirement costs. The House and Senate passed competing plans. Both of them seek to save Illinois money by cutting current and retired government workers' benefits. House to consider concealed-carry legislation By Denise Molina & Chris Slaby • May 24, 2013 A measure that would allow Illinois residents to carry concealed firearms is heading to the House floor after lawmakers approved it in committee Thursday. The legislation prohibits concealed-carry in many public places, like public transit, sports arenas, schools, and street festivals. Some of these have been sticking points for gun-rights advocates, who would prefer universal carry. Senate approves creation of health insurance exchange By Denise Molina & Brian Mackey • May 24, 2013 The Illinois Senate took a key step Thursday toward implementing the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare." Senators approved the creation of a "health insurance exchange." But as IPR'S Brian Mackey reports, it's still a long way from becoming law. Listen Listening... / A health insurance exchange is at the heart of the Affordable Care Act. It's a marketplace where people who don't otherwise have insurance, like through an employer, are supposed to be able to find it. Measure closing "tax loopholes" heads to the House By Denise Molina & Chris Slaby • May 24, 2013 A measure that would close three so-called "corporate tax loopholes" in Illinois is beginning to make its way through the House. 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