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These are 3 tags that I sent to Elena in Hawaii for the Tag Swap that I've been participating in. I love these large tags (4" x 4"). They were cut out of red cardstock & then a corner of a Webster's Page was cut down for the image (owl or lamp post) & the To/From is from the Stampin Up Tag it All stamp set. I added some greenery on the left that remind me of miniature garland along with soem red dots on the berries of the stamp. With a little red/gold ribbon the card made itself. I hope that she enjoys these images ... I may try to get some made for my own gifts as they really reflect the warm, nostalgic style tha I like so much.
Today's one of those wonderful days that I'm learning to take a minute & savor. I have the day off from work in order to prep for the annual Thanksgiving Day holiday at our house. I've always loved Thanksgiving & even though it's a HUGE amount of work to feed 21 people -- it's worth it. This morning I got out of bed, enjoyed a cup of coffee with my husband & got right at it. The pie crust was chilling right on time. The veggies were cut & sauteed for the stuffing. David had gone out & picked up turkey #2 & the custard pie was in the oven ... and .... the power went out ... OH NO! Fortunately - the pie only had about 12 minutes left & I was left praying for residual heat. I thought about stomping my feet & demanding that the tree pull itself off the wires so that I could stay on schedule. Since I'm now almost 1/2 a century old - I took the opportunity of no electricity as a gift & curled up in bed with a book for about an hour. What a treat! By the time the power was back on I was rejuvenated & ready to get back to work ... The custard pie was no worse for wear & the afternoon still had some daylight left.
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Section 34B: Evaluation and certification program; application; certification; fees
Section 34B. The board shall conduct a program of evaluating and certifying individuals who wish to be certified as operators of wastewater treatment facilities. The board may establish classes and categories of certifications, and the minimum qualifications and standards for said certifications. The board may prepare and conduct examinations, maintain records, and may issue, renew or deny, or suspend or revoke, after reasonable opportunity for hearing and for cause, certificates of competency. The board may adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the performance of its duties.
Any individual who desires to be certified as an operator of a wastewater facility shall file with the board an application upon a form furnished by the board. Each applicant shall include in such application under oath his qualifications and shall pay with such application an application fee. Prior to issuing an original certificate, the board shall evaluate each applicant to determine his competence and fitness with respect to the class or category of certification for which certification is sought. Said evaluation shall include such examinations as the board may require. Examinations may be taken only upon payment of a nonrefundable examination fee. Prior to renewal of a certificate, the board may make such review of an applicant's competence and fitness as it deems necessary and appropriate. Such renewal shall be made only upon payment of a renewal fee.
Each certification issued by the board shall be valid only for the individual to whom it is issued, may not be transferred, and shall not continue in force and effect after the death of the individual to whom it is issued. Certification and renewals thereof shall be issued for a term not to exceed one year, unless sooner revoked.
The board may issue, for good cause shown and upon payment of a fee, a temporary emergency certification which shall be in effect for a period not to exceed six months.
Fees for the aforementioned application, examination, original certification, renewal and temporary emergency certification shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven.


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Turkish film bags top awards in fourth International Women's film fest
NEW DELHI: The Turkish film 'Istanbul My love' won the best film and best director award for Seckin Yasar at the 4th India International Women Film Festival which concluded here last night.
The film 'Coffee House' by Gurbir Singh Grewal walked away with two awards: the best film in the 'Male Voice' category, and the best actress Sakshi Tanwar.
'Good Night' by Geetika Narang received the award for the best short feature, thus receiving a second award this month as it had won the Silver Lamp Tree Award of the Short Film Center of the International Film Festival of India in Panaji earlier this month.
The award for the best documentary went jointly to the American film 'No! The Rape Documentary' by Aishah Shahidah Simons, and the Indian 'Caravan' by Shazia Khan, while 'Kashmakash' by Pragya Pallavi of India came in for special mention.
France was the focus country and a total of around 80 feature and short films from over 40 countries were screened in the Festival which opened with the film 'Istanbul My Love' on 14 December.
The eight-day festival was aimed at encouraging women directors and on the theme "Women Behind the Camera", relating to women empowerment, where women are being showcased not just as objects of visual pleasure but behind the camera.
Tributes were paid to seven Indian women filmmakers: Arundhati Devi, Manju Dey, Sai Paranjpye, Aparna Sen, Kalpana Lajmi, Vijaya Mehta and Prema Karanth.
The programme this year included Competition ?World Cinema (Feature), Competition (Documentary), Indian Panorama, Retrospective, Kinder Films, Joint Hands, Focus Institute, Male Voice, and Short Films (Out of Competition).


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There's no doubt that you have probably received all kinds of conflicting information about resumes and how to market yourself in the job search. One of those "controversial" topics is about resume length. One page? Two pages? Three or more pages? While less may be more, that's not a sure-fire formula for resume success. So what's the real answer to how long should your resume be?
First (and Always), Create Value
Before we provide a definitive answer on the how long should your resume be question, we first must touch on some key things that your resume needs to do. The main goal of a resume is to get you an interview. It does that by sharing your value proposition. As with any marketing document, your resume is all about the WIIFM factor: "What's in it for me?"
Even though your resume has your name at the top, it's not really about you—or for you, for that matter. You're writing for your target audience, namely employers. That means you need to grab their attention fast and then keep it long enough for them to call you for an interview. You do that by showcasing the value you can provide for them. Hopefully, it won't take 3+ pages to do that.
Remember How Your Resume Is Reviewed
According to a study by TheLadders.com, employers spend about six seconds scanning your resume to see if it will make it to the yes pile. They look at these key areas to see if they want to know more:
- Your name and contact information. Can they pronounce your name? Are you local?
- Title or headline. Are you looking for the position for which they're hiring?
- Summary. They want to learn a little about you, and this snapshot does the trick.
- Most recent position. Does your current (or most recent) role match the position for which they're hiring?
- Education. What kind of degree do you have?
And, yes, they scan in this order. If you have what they want, your resume will move into the yes pile for further consideration.
So How Long Should Your Resume Be?
A resume should never exceed three pages, and your best bet is to get everything on 1–2 pages. If you can share your value in one page, go for it. Most candidates, however, need the two pages to highlight their value proposition, which includes their notable accomplishments and 10–15 years of experience, in addition to the components mentioned earlier.
Sometimes, a recent college graduate needs two pages. And there are occasions when an experienced executive can get everything on one page. As long as you've included the pertinent information and not fluffed with anything superfluous, you are probably on the right track.
Benefits of Hiring a Professional Resume Writer
It's likely that you haven't written a resume in the past decade, and maybe you've never undertaken the task. A lot has changed in resumes since the '90s, and those people who pull templates from the internet usually miss some of the things employers are looking for. In fact, in the same study noted above, recruiters scored professionally re-written resumes 6.2 (on a 1–7 scale) for readability, a 60% improvement from the original documents. They said the newer versions were easier to read. And that's because resume writers do this work all the time. We know what recruiters want, and we can easily gather that information from candidates and showcase it in a way that gets noticed.
If you're in the market for a new job and have no idea how long your resume should be, it's time to reach out to a professional resume writer. The Grammar Doctors provides free resume reviews. Just email your document to firstname.lastname@example.com to learn if your resume is on the right track or needs a little TLC.


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The central theme of this first volume is the evolution of cranial capacity. This is not the first book or article to describe how the size of the female pelvis influences cranial capacity through avoidance of cephalopelvic disproportion during birth. It is the first book to show that brain size is influenced by pelvic size and shape which is related to the dominant mode of locomotion determined by life style. Hunting may be conducted bipedally or brachially in a canoe. Communities may be nomadic or sedentary. This life style writes its story in Man's bones. Now is the time to reconsider prehistoric life styles and the evolution of intelligence. The author attempts to give as much data as is available on the subject as a basis upon which to develop new theory. The ideas which have resulted from this quest could well become areas for new research and investigation.
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At Fayssoux and Landis, P.A., we have tremendous respect for professionals across all industries. Countless people throughout South Carolina do great jobs, but mistakes do happen, whether caused by errors in judgement or negligence. Professionals typically carry insurance coverage to protect them in the event of a malpractice claim. If you have suffered a financial loss, you may be entitled to recover monetary compensation. We are equipped to handle professional negligence cases involving a wide range of professions. Whether an engineer, architect or accountant, we listen to the facts and provide an honest assessment of the challenges you might face through the legal process.
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Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by miasboytoy, Nov 30, 2008.
dunno if this is new to you guys. here's a link.
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I think I MAY have seen that before... but I'm not sure. Very interesting.
based on the translation its suppose to be at the Saki's super festival......?
Someone had one for sale on the classifieds here a couple weeks ago.
Seen shots of the box before, but not of the figure out the box... wasn't this some super-limited Japanese toy convention exclusive sort of thing? I believe there's a couple on eBay Shops going for idiotic and, frankly, obscene prices.
Xjunky was the one selling it.
OLD. I've had mine since 2005. Heck, I photographed it, and its in our Toy gallery.
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The Supreme Court of Virginia, in Johnston v. William E. Wood & Associates, Inc., No. 151160 (June 2, 2016), recently answered the question of what constitutes "reasonable notice" for terminating an at-will employee. The question has been an open one for over 100 years in Virginia. The court's answer: Reasonable notice is "effectual notice," and can be immediate, such as when an employer tells an employee that her employment is terminated "effective immediately." In rendering this decision, the court reinforced the Commonwealth's strong adherence to the traditional employment-at-will doctrine, and further buttressed its reputation as "employer-friendly."
At-Will Employment in Virginia
Virginia remains one of the few states that continue to adhere strongly to the traditional employment-at-will doctrine, with very few exceptions. In 1906, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that when an employment contract does not specify a time period for its duration, either the employer or employee are both "ordinarily at liberty to terminate it at-will on giving reasonable notice of his intention to do so." Stonega Coal & Coke Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R.R. Co., 106 Va. 223, 226, 55 S.E. 551, 552 (1906) (emphasis added). However, for over a century, the Supreme Court of Virginia has not addressed precisely what "reasonable notice" means, and whether reasonable notice equates to advance notice. In fact, the Virginia Courts – both at the federal and state level – have been sharply divided on this issue.1
The Case Before the Court
The court's decision in Johnston reflects the court's wish not to disrupt Virginia's long-standing observance of the traditional at-will doctrine, while also recognizing the practical hodgepodge of outcomes that could result if it ruled that "reasonable notice" meant some type of "advance notice."
The plaintiff in Johnston was a long-tenured employee, having worked for the defendant, a real estate services firm, for 17 years. The defendant discharged the plaintiff without any advance notice. The plaintiff sued, alleging wrongful discharge and breach of an implied term of her employment contract that she be provided reasonable notice of any termination. The plaintiff argued that reasonable notice of termination included a temporal component – that the notice must have been provided at some reasonable time before the actual termination of the employment relationship. The defendant argued that reasonable notice simply meant "effectual notice" that the employment has been terminated.
In ruling in the defendant's favor, the court relied on the bedrock principle of the traditional at-will employment doctrine – that it offers maximum flexibility for an employer or employee to end the employment relationship for any reason or for no reason at all, so long as any reason is not an illegal one. The court stated that interpreting "reasonable notice" as "advance notice" is "antithetical" to this flexibility and would undermine the indefinite duration aspect of at-will employment.
The court also considered the policy implications of its decision, cautioning that ruling to the contrary would create a breeding ground for future litigation in Virginia. The court explained that if "reasonable" advance notice was required, then what is reasonable will "vary based on each employment situation" and that such an "amorphous" standard would create an environment in which an employer could be sued if it guesses wrong about what is "reasonable notice" under the circumstances. By the same token, an employee could also be subject to an employer-filed lawsuit for failing to provide sufficient advance notice of resignation, which would deter employees from seeking better opportunities elsewhere. The court noted, "[e]very decision to terminate an employment relationship, or of an employee to quit a job, would become a jury question – hardly the clear, flexible rule that the at-will doctrine contemplates." Further, "[a] change so fundamental to employment relations in Virginia should be left to the legislature, which is best situated to study the employment relationship and fashion appropriate remedies to address specific problems or changing conditions."
How Johnston Affects Virginia Employers
Employers in Virginia no longer have to worry whether "reasonable notice" requires advance notice of involuntary termination. Johnston makes clear that reasonable notice occurs the moment the termination decision is announced—even if the termination is immediate. This rule, however, applies equally to employees who are not required to provide advance notice of their decision to leave.
Of course, this ruling does not change the fact that employers still need to be mindful of the applicable federal and/or state employment laws that should be considered when terminating an employee in any given situation. However, this decision provides reassurance to employers that the at-will employment doctrine is alive and well in the Commonwealth and that simply telling an employee that his/her employment is terminated meets the "reasonable notice" component of the at-will employment relationship.


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- Is believing in God the same as believing in space aliens? Bill Keller thinks so.
- Can we read the Bible as basically a bunch of facebook posts from God? (This part of the discussion references articles by William Deresiewicz and Chuck Colson.)
- Why would God punish Jesus for my sins? Don discusses the doctrine of justification and summarizes this paper in arguing that aspects of medieval philosophy led to a misunderstanding of what Jesus did on the cross.
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Former Corbyn critic is behind the latest dramatic turn in Labour leader's fashion journey.
"It's not a fashion parade," said Jeremy Corbyn after a Tory MP criticised him for being too scruffy in the Commons.
In the 1980s, the practically-minded MP for Islington North liked to wear a brown jacket, a shirt from the co-op and a jumper knitted by his mum.
"She didn't make the shirt, that came from the Co-op," he told BBC's Newsnight when quizzed on his sartorial style. "But the jumper she knitted and it's very comfortable and it's perfect for this kind of weather because I'm hopping in and out buildings all day long going to meetings at different places and it's just perfect for the winter weather."
By the time he assumed the Labour leadership in 2015, Corbyn had moved on to beige shirts and mismatched suits without a tie.
A few months later, after David Cameron told the Labour leader to "put on a proper suit, do up your tie and sing the national anthem", he was coaxed into donning navy suits, smart white shirts - and even a red tie.
And Corbyn's fashion journey has now taken another dramatic turn after a T-shirt bearing his name with the Nike swoosh logo was acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum for one of its galleries.
The design was released by fashion label, Bristol Street Wear, during the 2017 general election campaign and quickly became a top fashion accessory for Corbynites at events including. Glastonbury.
The V&A will now display the garment in its collection charting how moments of political and social change have a bearing on design trends.
Tristram Hunt, the former Labour MP and critic of Corbyn who is now director of the V&A, said: "As the nation's storehouse for contemporary design and fashion, we are delighted to acquire the Corbyn T-shirt. It is also a rather strong statement of our belief in curatorial autonomy."


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Our Sci-Fi cups runeth over! With the release of Stranger Things last week we're hitting a high water mark as far as quality genre shows on the subscription channel are concerned.
While we remain indebted to Channel 4 for bringing Black Mirror to our screens having all three seasons, and the Christmas special, of Charlie Brooker's opus on Netflix now seems entirely appropriate. Also hats off to Amazon for their adaptation of Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick, but that doesn't detract from the fact that the big red N currently has so much more to offer.
True the level of quality remains hit and miss. Self/less (2015) is a terrible film that makes no sense at all even at the level of a script, let alone realised on screen. However, the likes of District 9 (2009), The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) completely reverse the trend.
Talking of Star Trek, Discovery is another welcome joy that honours and challenges its predecessors, while delivering everything you might want from a Sci-Fi show at a breakneck pace. The casting of Jason Isaacs as the conflicted Captain Lorca, is also an act of genius as Netfix fan girls and boys will already be totally invested in him as an actor thanks to Brit Marling's The OA.
Then over from SyFy you have The Expanse which is really getting into its stride with a second series, especially with Thomas Jane's Detective Miller becoming an iconic, grizzled space cop. Additionally, let's not forget Rik and Morty, Orphan Black, Dirk Gently, Cowboy Bebop… All downloadable and available on the go – albeit in piecemeal fashion.
Actually, with Cowboy Bebop, there is one thing that Netflix doesn't do a great job of and that's creating an extensive back catalogue. This is probably due to contractual limitations laid down by the distributors and, as such, great films that were once on the system can no longer be located. Classic series like Dr Who and Star Trek do appear in their entirety and, as time is the new limited commodity, you can always apply the data of Graph TV to ensure you only get to view the highlights of any series. All of which means if you want a Sci-Fi good time for the majority of the time, Netflix is currently king.


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By Ilissa Mira
On November 4, 2013, a final settlement agreement was approved in the nationwide class action B.H. et al. v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al., No. CV11-2108-RAJ(W.D. Wash.December 15, 2011) (referred to as the "ABT Settlement Agreement"). The lawsuit challenged Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policies for administering the "asylum EAD clock." As a result of the settlement, the government has agreed to several policy changes meant to clarify asylum EAD clock regulations, improve transparency in the management of the asylum clock process, and address unfair clock stoppages. In addition, EOIR released an updated Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum (OPPM) 13-02, offering guidelines for implementing the ABT settlement agreement and superseding asylum EAD clock guidance published in OPPM 11-02.
The term "asylum clock" is commonly used to describe two related processes:
1) The asylum adjudication clock, which refers to the 180-day period within which asylum applications must be adjudicated after they are filed. INA §208(d)(5)(A)(iii); and
2) The asylum EAD clock, which measures the 180-day period after filing for asylum that an applicant must wait before receiving an EAD. INA §208(d)(2). Under immigration regulations, asylum applicants may apply for an EAD "no earlier than 150 days after the date on which a complete asylum application is submitted…" 8 CFR 208.7(a)(1).
However, any delay that is requested or caused by the applicant stops the clock, preventing the asylum applicant from submitting an EAD application. 8 CFR §208.7(a)(2).
The ABT Settlement addresses the following issues:
Greater transparency in the management of EAD clocks. Every time an immigration judge (IJ) schedules a continued hearing, he or she must enter an "adjournment code" into the file. An adjournment code that reflects a delay "requested or caused by the applicant" stops the EAD clock. Prior policy, however, did not require an IJ to make the determination to stop the clock on the record. The settlement provides that the Immigration Court will now give asylum applicants written notice about the impact of different adjournment codes and that the IJ will state the reason for adjournment on the record. The updated OPPM 13-03 includes a list of adjournment codes and describes each code's effect on the EAD clock. Greater transparency in the asylum EAD process means that the impact of an adjournment is clear. Applicants will be notified when the EAD clock is stopped and understand which events allow the clock to continue running.
In defensive asylum cases, the EAD Clock starts when an asylum application is "lodged not filed." Under prior policy, the asylum EAD clock did not start until a complete application was filed at a hearing before an IJ. That meant that applicants were unable to start their EAD clock for extended periods of time while waiting for an immigration court hearing date. As a result of the ABT settlement, the date that a defensive asylum application is "lodged not filed" is the application filing date for the purpose of calculating EAD eligibility. An application is lodged when it is complete and submitted to the EOIR clerk. Although the application still must be filed before an IJ at a hearing, the EAD clock begins running at the time a completed application is submitted to the Court clerk.
Prolonged tolling for expedited non-detained cases. Prior policy allowed IJs to stop the asylum EAD clock if the applicant declined an expedited hearing. These hearings could be scheduled a mere 14 days out, which is often insufficient time to prepare an asylum case. An alternative hearing date could be offered months or years later, during which the asylum EAD clock would be stopped. OPPM 13-02 has been amended so that in an expedited case, a minimum of 45 days should be allowed for future hearing dates. This gives applicants a more reasonable amount of time to prepare their case without having to stop the asylum EAD clock. In detained cases, the minimum of 14 days will remain.
Notice regarding consequences of missed asylum interviews. If an asylum applicant fails to appear at an interview with USCIS without good cause, the EAD clock is permanently stopped. If the case is then referred to EOIR, EOIR does not restart the clock. Under the settlement agreement, USCIS will mail a "Failure to Appear" warning letter to asylum applicants as soon as possible after a missed interview. The letter will describe the effect of a failure to appear on EAD eligibility and list procedural steps an applicant must take to establish "good cause" for failing to appear for the interview. The asylum adjudication and EAD clocks may be restarted after resolution of missed interview based on exceptional circumstances.
Remanded asylum claims. When the BIA remands an asylum claim to the immigration judge to re-adjudicate, the number of days elapsed between initial denial and the date of the BIA remand order will be credited toward the applicant's EAD asylum clock. Under prior practice, the asylum EAD clock might never be restarted once a case is remanded. The settlement clarifies that the Asylum EAD clock restarts on the date of the BIA remand and should continue to run and stop based on the general EOIR policies.


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Why Hecl? Hecl is intended as a complement to the Java programming language, not a replacement. As such, it tries to do well what Java doesn't, and leaves those tasks to Java for which it is best suited. Hecl aims to be a very immediate language - you can pick it up and start doing useful things with it quickly. It is also meant to be easy to learn. Where Java is verbose and rigid, Hecl is forgiving and quick to write. For instance, System.out.println("Hello World"); vs puts "Hello World" - 41 keystrokes (shifted letters count double) versus 22. Hecl is built to "scale down".
This makes Hecl ideal for large applications written in Java that would like to provide a user friendly scripting interface, rather than, say, a clunky XML based configuration system. Examples include: scripted web pages, command/control logic in long running applications, and, I'm sure, many environments I've never considered.
Hecl is also a small language with a minimal core. The idea is to provide only what's necessary in the language itself, and as needed, add in extensions for specific tasks. Core Hecl is small enough to run on my Nokia 3100 cell phone as a J2ME application, presenting the interesting possibility of writing scripts, or at some point, maybe even scripting entire applications, for devices running embedded Java.
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Her screams echoed through the halls like war drums as she clung to her bedpost for dear life, Catleyn thought that maybe this battle was the gods' way of telling her about the warrior she's birthing.
Once her Northern husband had left Riverrun, she started to worry. What if he loses? And she knew in her heart what would happen. Her family would be stripped of their titles, her father would be put to the death and she would be sent off to a lording.
After days of sleepless nights, she realized that her family's only hope was if she was with child. An heir to Winterfell, she could be is regent and as the Lady of Winterfell she could take care of her family. She could see her father if he took the black and take Lysa and Edmure to the North with her.
So naturally, the next day Catleyn went to the sept and kneeled in front of the warrior. She hasn't prayed this hard in her entire life, and her septa had always told her that for the gods to hear you, you must want it with all your being. And gods! Did she want it!
She prayed and cried and begged, She told him what would happen to her family. She told him how badly she needs him. How terrified she was. She told him to keep her husband safe on the battlefield or at least to give her a strong son, someone who could carry the North on his shoulders when all around him falls to ashes. She prayed until her head was spinning. Her knees were aching, her throat was hurting and she could no longer open her eyes.
She kept praying like that everyday, determined that the warrior would hear her if she had to scream so loud that his seat above would tremble.
And so when her son was born and she saw how much he looked like her, she wanted to kiss the warrior if she could. The boy looked a Tully, he would always know who his family is. He would take care of them.
She held her son and presented him to her husband, she thought of how generous the warrior was, he kept Eddard safe and he gave her a strong and healthy son. She was proud of herself.
Now she stands laughing like she had never laughed her entire life. Catleyn never thought of the warrior as the japing type but oh, how he japed. Her husband didn't die on the battlefield, her sweet, honorable Ned died by whispers and traitors. Her son who carried the North on his shoulders as befits a king, who rallied the North behind him and won battles like no four and ten year old boy ever could, is now dead for the same reason. Really, Catleyn had to laugh.


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A 10-year-veteran officer of the San Francisco Police Department is facing jail time and termination on suspicion of taking a car registration sticker from someone he pulled over and putting it on his own personal car.
Officer Gregory Hui was working at Richmond Station in early 2010 when he pulled over someone for a broken brake light, according to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting the case. During the traffic stop, Hui told the driver he was taking a registration sticker into his possession as evidence.
The Internal Affairs unit at the Police Department learned of the alleged theft later in the year, and on Dec. 17, Hui was suspended from duty without pay.
He surrendered Wednesday and is expected to be arraigned Thursday or Friday on two felony charges for fraudulent use of vehicle registration and on a misdemeanor charge of embezzlement. His bail was set at $18,000.
Police would not comment further on the open investigation. Union President Gary Delagnes said Hui had hired an attorney without the union's help.
"It was an off-duty incident involving vehicle registration," Delagnes said. "Unfortunately, it's gotten to the criminal stage. That's all I can comment on for now."


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Gearbox's Mikey Neumann Talks "Borderlands: Origins" Comics
If you've been living under a rock — or just don't follow video games — you may not be aware that the long-awaited "Borderlands 2" hit stores this week, featuring hours' worth of shooting, leveling-up and pillaging would-be Vault Hunters. The sequel to Gearbox Software's popular 2010 hit follows four new heroes — a Gunzerker, an assassin, a commando and a Siren — as they battle the vicious Handsome Jack, a man looking to keep Pandora's treasures all to himself and his corporation, Hyperion.
But there's more to the story than the games can contain, and IDW Publishing is there to fill in the gaps with the "Borderlands Origins" comic series. Every installment of the four-issue miniseries (with the first issue available online for free) focuses on a different character, and tells the tale of how each particular Vault Hunter gets on the bus with Marcus to begin with, leading up to the opening of the original "Borderlands" game while introducing other elements and surprises to the "Borderlands" universe.
To learn more about "Borderlands Origins" — and talk more about Vault Hunting in general — we spoke with the main man behind its story, Gearbox Software's "Chief Creative Champion" and writer Mikey Neumann. Needless to say, Neumann had a lot of fun with our questions, filling us in on why Gearbox and IDW are filling in story gaps in comics rather than in-game, what fans can expect to discover about the extended universe and much more.
First off, tell us what kind of "Borderlands" fan you really are. Do you have a Claptrap dancing on your phone, or are you just a casual player of the game?
Mikey Neumann: I'm a mega-diehard-play-every-day kinda "Borderlands" player. I very much liked to grab builds of the game during development. Now that the game is out, I'm going through on all platforms and playing it through one more time. "Borderlands 2" is the best game we've ever made and we could not be more proud of the success it has had already. We love our fans and our universe, and I think it shows.
Fill us in a bit on the story behind "Borderlands Origins." What can we expect to learn about the Vault Hunters?
You will learn a lot more than we knew. We purposely kept them a bit mysterious as to where they came from and what their background was in the first game.
With the comic, I wanted to take a simple concept and run with it: "How did the four Vault Hunters get on the bus in the first place?" That's the story I wanted to tell, and in the process of that, dive into some piece of their backstory that was previously unknown. For characters like Roland and Mordecai, this might simply be a day or two in the life that sheds light on who they are as people and what events could put them on the bus in the first place. For Lilith and Brick, the stories span multiple years.
You will learn a lot, but the one-shots are done in such a way that there are still a boatload of cool stories to tell about them if the comics were to see wide success.
How deep does the legacy of the Crimson Lance go?
That's just in the Roland book. I would say not incredibly far in the same way that a story about a soldier does not necessarily dive into what created the outfit they are in. Each book focuses on [the question], "How did they get on the bus? What caused them to make that decision?"
Having said that, we get more information about the Lance then we had before. The Lance is an organization in bed with corporations, which can end very badly for all involved.
Are there any events that tie into "Borderlands 2" at all? Maybe something that sets the scene for Handsome Jack's possible takeover of Pandora? Or is he even involved in the books?
We have some glimpses of things, but the narrative of the books leads directly in the first game. "Borderlands 2" takes place many years later and a lot has not come to pass yet — keep your eyes peeled in the Lilith book, though. You might see some familiar faces from the sequel.
Comics, like video games, are rarely one-person creative endeavors. Tell us about the team that you worked with on the "Borderlands Origins" series..
I've been working with Agustin Padilla on the books, who was selected out of quite a few artists to bring "Borderlands" to the comic world. He does absolutely incredible work and always knows how to add just that much more to the story at large. Working with him has been a pleasure and I hope the two of us get to do more work in the Borderlands universe soon!
Will ClapTrap appear in the four-part series at all? Or perhaps you're saving him for his own series?
I'd love to do a second set of one-shots for different characters. ClapTrap, Scooter, Moxxi, etc. Depending on how successful Gearbox and IDW are with this series, I can imagine doing all kinds of cool things within the demented sensibilities of the Borderlands universe.
Finally, after finishing up "Borderlands Origins," what's next on your plate? Do you see yourself adapting another Gearbox game to comics?
I'm up for anything! I have an online novel series I've been self-publishing on the internet called "The Returners." It's about a bunch of famous historical figures being reincarnated in present day and trying to figure out what's going on. It's like "Lost" meets the History Channel. You can read it for free at BOZPublishing.com or if you prefer, can pick each part up for 99 cents on Amazon. The response to my little experiment has been insane, so I will certainly keep doing this into the near future.
On the game front, we're finishing up "Aliens: Colonial Marines" at Gearbox, which is an in-canon sequel to "Aliens" and "Alien 3" — which is obviously a huge deal. That will be out on shelved on February 12.
As for future comics: I'd love to do more. Hey, if IDW likes what I'm doing, there's certainly properties in their wheelhouse I'd love to take for a spin *COUGH* "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" *COUGH*. I'm smelling a four-part Wesley Crusher series. I bet Wil [Wheaton] would write that with me, or he could just write it alone. Without me. Did I just get Wil a job?
Read the first issue of "Borderlands Origins" for free online and be sure to check out "Borderlands 2," available now for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
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Physician assistants are licensed to provide 85% of the same services as primary care physicians, while practicing under physician supervision. While physician assistants work in all health care environments, they often choose to serve in primary care.
PA Focus is a weblog and resource for people interested in learning more about physician assistant (PA) careers, people applying to PA school, and current PA students. PA Focus is a project of the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), a national organization representing physician assistant education programs in the United States.


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With Minds Wide Open we had the vision also the capture every trip on Foto. Sumsi did a amazing job here. We now have 8 high quality canvas prints in our shop section. 6 of them we give away on sylt for charity. we could collect little over 2000EUR for the 6 canvas and donated that money for cancer sick children. To check out the canvas prints: www.mindswideopenmovie.com
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To expand on just how playful and expressive paper drawings can be, Japanese designers Masahiko Sato and Tatsuya Saito created the 'Putting Finger' series, which has very obvious places for you to put your finger in order to "complete" the artwork on the 2D pages.
Some of these funny little interactions include drawings that make it look as though a beam of light from a flashlight has been interrupted your finger, or a string that has been slightly pulled.
The charming series is one thing to look at and although it's a pretty simple concept, it would still be an entertaining one to experience for yourself. Fortunately, the 'Putting Finger' series is currently on display at Japan's DDD Gallery until the 26th of April for people to try out on their own.
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Colorful Childlike Paintings
Street Art Skateboards
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text: I have a very strong feeling my difficult child will receive very very few consequences for the theft. I know that my suggestions have been taken as "too harsh" for a little theft. What is a "little" theft? I thought that weekly mowing with no financial compensation for several months was getting off easy. The therapist who treated him/us for a long time felt we should press charges. My mom just felt violated. My dad was "lost", but felt that "all" teens nowadays steal from their parents. So any long-term or "major" consequences are "too much". I don't even want to know. I do know that if they don't do some real consequences involving hard physical labor, well, next time they can't send him here. I will say no. If husband says yes, well, he can then pay spousal and child support. I spent more time, energy, and everything figureing out what is going on with difficult child, and then treating it than any other person. Every single thing I suggest is ridiculed, or I am told is not appropriate. As this is the case, they can ALL just handle him without me. PERIOD. I love him, but I will only tolerate so much. No more feeling guilty because he doesnt' "live with us". He is in the lap of luxury and has much lower academic expectations and is PAID for contributing to the family. This is my parents' choice. I won't own guilt for having them raise this child. I appreciate it, to a point. I truly think difficult child would have done better if we had gone through the courts and gotten him into an Residential Treatment Center (RTC). But there is very little I can do.


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Lucy and Jorge Orta's new sculpture Clouds: Meteoros at St Pancras station is fun. Lift up your eyes – it floats high above the concourses of the reborn Victorian railway station, a baroque vision of the heavens hung under the modern glass roof that has brought this gothic structure back to life. Two puffy clouds carry playfully posing people aloft.
Nice, but what a shame the Ortas' imagination has to compete for attention with the daft, ugly colossus The Lovers that stands very near it in the same station – and a popular but banal statue of John Betjeman that is also within sight. St Pancras is a rogue's gallery of bad public art. The fact that the Ortas' commission is a step upward just adds to the sense of shoddy artistic values littering this magnificent public space with well-meaning inanities.
What's more, there is a continuity between the Ortas' work and the unpleasant permanent sculptures that haunt this building. While she places her statues on a cloud, she is nevertheless showing us meticulous images of the human figure.
The ideology that guides art commissions for St Pancras looks clearer than ever: its guiding lights, who fought against philistine modernists to save this 19th-century architectural masterpiece from decay and destruction, have no truck with trendy "modern art". They prefer their sculpture traditional and figurative – stuff that Queen Victoria might recognise as art.
The Ortas' cloud people are a compromise – a bit surreal, but nevertheless firmly rooted in a figurative tradition of sculpture that might have pleased the station's original creators.
And yet, surely, a bold marriage of new and old is what has saved St Pancras: 21st-century engineering dances with Victorian design beautifully here. What makes the station's art supremos shy away from a similar artistic liaison? It is just not true that all today's modern art despises or profanes the past. Are Rachel Whiteread's loving casts of architectural details contemptuous of history?
I don't think people who commission public art are in a position to impose an aesthetic ideology. They should be looking for quality, pure and simple, and the fact is that quality in British art in the 21st century often means abstraction, installation or video. There's no reason at all to exclude that from St Pancras – it can only add to the excitement.


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(CNN) -- Fewer Americans are expected to travel for Thanksgiving this year, but those who are taking to the roads and skies may still face congestion.
Travelers gather their luggage before checking in for a flight at San Francisco International Airport Tuesday.
About 41 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home around the holiday, according to AAA auto club. That figure is down 1.4 percent from last year, meaning 600,000 fewer travelers. The dip represents the first decline in travelers since 2002.
"I think with the economy going downward, people are holding off on traveling," AAA spokeswoman Christie Hyde said, noting that the largest drop this Thanksgiving is in flying.
The Air Transport Association of American is projecting a 10 percent decrease in the number of air passengers flying over a 12-day period around the holiday, but airline capacity cuts prompted by record-high fuel prices over the summer mean planes will remain crowded.
Travel in the skies appeared to be off to a good start Wednesday afternoon. Only a few major airports were experiencing delays by mid-afternoon, and most delays were well under an hour.
The ATA expects planes to be close to 90 percent full, on average, on the busiest travel days.
"You'll see plenty of people on airplanes that are full," ATA spokesman David Castelveter said.
He urges air travelers to arrive at the airport early, be prepared to go through security checkpoints and travel light, as space in overhead compartments and underneath seats will be limited. iReport: Share your travel experiences
Ball State University student Katie Dorsey, 21, planned to fly out of Indianapolis' new airport for the first time. She usually makes the trip to Orlando, Florida, to visit her father a couple times a year.
"I know they have more TSA checkpoint lanes, so it should be faster getting through security, but I'm not sure as far as lines," Dorsey said of the new airport. "I'm going to try to get there at least two hours before my flight this time."
Last week the TSA expanded its family lane program to every security checkpoint. Families, individuals who are unfamiliar with security procedures, travelers with special needs and those carrying medically necessary liquids in amounts exceeding the TSA's allowances can use these lanes to get through security at their own pace.
Dorsey planned to check a bag on her AirTran flight because her travel dates dodge the carrier's fee for a first checked bag, going into effect December 5. Many major carriers have instituted fees on passengers' first checked bags, with higher fees for additional bags.
In addition to mounting airline fees, Thanksgiving holiday travelers are paying on average 8 percent more for tickets this year, according to AAA's Leisure Travel Index.
iReporter Bart Wible, 28, couldn't afford to pay the fares he found to fly from West Palm Beach, Florida, with his son and fiancee to visit family in Indiana.
He looked for tickets online four or five times a week for several months, but the lowest fare he could find was $348 per ticket. Wible said he drives to Indiana when he has time to make the 16½-hour trip.
"Lately, it's turned into a trip that I have to drive. Even whenever gas prices were at almost $4 a gallon, I had to drive it, because it's still less expensive than flying when you look at three people traveling," Wible said.
Driving isn't an option for the long weekend, he said, even with average gas prices dipping below $1.90 a gallon.
Wible won't be among the 33.2 million Americans AAA expects to travel by car this year. The projected number of holiday drivers is down 1.2 percent from last year's 33.6 million drivers.
AAA expects to assist five million stranded motorists during the holiday season. AAA's Hyde urges motorists to get their vehicles checked out before hitting the road.
"Even though people might be trying to tighten their purse strings right now, it's not the time to let your maintenance lapse on your car, especially if you live in a cold-weather environment," Hyde said.
Have your antifreeze checked, check your windshield cleaning fluid, replace your wiper blades and monitor your tire pressure, she advised.
As with any travel, the weather will be a big factor in how smoothly drivers are able to get to their destinations.
To ease congestion in the sky that may be compounded by weather, President Bush has authorized the use of military airspace for Thanksgiving "express lanes." Corridors along the East Coast, in the Midwest, the Southwest and the West Coast will be opened to commercial airliners.
"Every little bit helps, no question about that," said the ATA's Castelveter. "When we run into congestion in the airspace, having those extra lanes is a benefit. It's not a solution to delays. It's one of a number of solutions to reducing delays."
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Famous tourist destinations, landmarks, and architecture in Munich, Germany before World War 2. View of Marienplatz with the Town Hall to its right and Frauenkirche in the background. View of St. Peters Church and the Karlstor (or Charles Gate) while looking west on Neubauer Strasse. A tram moves under the gate. Cars and people on a street. Shops on either side of the street including the Hamburg-Amerika Line office. Views of the Former Royal Palace (Munich Residenz or Munich Residence) with streetcar trams, horse carts, and pedestrians in the foreground, the Deutsches Museum or German Museum, the University of Munich and the National Theater Munich. A fountain in front of the university. A girl feeds pigeons.
The Fasching parade in Munich, Germany. People gather in a large number on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. American Army band participates in the gala parade. People watch the celebration from the buildings. Crowds line street as marchers, floats and bands parade. People cheering.
International Air Show in Munich, Germany. Luftwaffe D-33 aircraft in flight. American and Italian planes give an aerobatic performances. French fighters perform stunts as they leave a vapor trail behind.
Officials sign the Munich Pact in Munich, Germany, permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in Munich along with German officers. French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier speaks to a German officer. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini enter a building. The officials sign the Munich Agreement.
U.S. soldiers raid houses in Munich in search of suspects during World War II. Line of tanks, jeeps, and half tracks along roads and streets of Munich on swoop raid. Army vehicles move through bombed out Munich. Infantrymen run along street of Munich. Soldiers raid house for suspected under grounders. Soldiers search a house. A man being arrested. Suspect enters a Command Post. Officer questions the suspect. Suspected homes being raided by soldiers, arrests are made and suspects being brought in for questioning. Suspects leave the Command Post afterwards.
Enthusiastic German audiences in and around the Sportspalast in Berlin, Germany, listen to Adolf Hitler as he harangues them about the Sudetenland issue. Scenes of German military on wartime footing: sailors marching, German warships at sea, and German Air Force aircraft in flight. Neville Chamberlain departing London for a last attempt at diplomatic settlement with Hitler, while at home, the British prepare for the worst, sandbagging government buildings, enlisting in the military, and generally preparing to defend themselves, if necessary. Adolf Hitler walking along a train platform with Benito Mussolini, who has arrived for the Munich summit meeting , followed by Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler. Munich street scenes with enthusiastic German crowds lining the sidewalks waving flags as Hitler and others proceed through the city streets in a motorcade. Prime Minister Chamberlain riding in an open car with Joachim von ribbentrop,German ambassador to Great Britain. Chamberlain of Britain, Edouard Daladier of France, German officials, and Mussolini, entering the Führerbau, with their respective retinues. While the negotiations go on in Munich, a crowd gathers and cheers Mrs. Chamberlain, in front of 10 Downing Street, London. Crowd surrounds car carrying Prime Minister Chamberlain, cheering in belief that his mission to Munich was a success. The Chamberlains appear on a balcony amidst cheers from Londoners.


text: Thought that cameo in 2010's Get Em to The Greek was Pharrell Williams' first taste of the acting? Guess again, In 2004, NERD's frontman starred in "Ecology of Love", a short film by Brin Hill, also starring Dania Ramirez (Entourage, Sopranos). The short has recently been released in its entirety ( 17 mins) . Of course they'd find a way to sneak in a Neptunes track; they used the remix of Sade's " By Your Side". It's a quirky tale of boy gets cheated on, while desitute meets a french enchantress played by Ramirez, in a seedy desert motel. The film showcases Pharrell's boy next door charm. Check out the film below Courtesy of CentricTV


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Using Kit with Instagram
Kit is great at creating and sharing content on Instagram. To run Instagram ads with Kit, make sure you've set up your Instagram account.
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If you run ads on Instagram, it's important to consider Instagram's ad guidelines and best practices.
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To look best on Instagram, your photos should be square. Instagram accepts images up to 1080 x 1080 px, but to most users images will appear at smaller sizes than that.
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- New products are those that have been added to your store recently.
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Anxiety attacks - or panic attacks, if you're going by their more technical name - are intense feelings of anxiety that are so extreme, they can cause people to fear their own death.
It's not surprising that this type of event is difficult to understand for those that have never experienced it. Indeed, when most people think of anxiety, they think of being nervous, possibly shaking - it's hard for someone to picture what an anxiety attack truly is. That's why in this article, we'll describe how to tell you're having an anxiety attack and what it's like to suffer from one.
Is It An Anxiety Attack?
We have developed this a free 7 minute anxiety test that will let you know what kind of anxiety you may be suffering from, how intense it is, and what you can do to treat it. I highly recommend it for anyone curious about their anxiety or anxiety attacks.
Anxiety Attacks and Severity
Anxiety attacks are extremely intense psychological events. The best way to get a better idea of whether or not you have anxiety and what you can do about it is by taking my free 7 minute anxiety test.
What makes anxiety attacks unique is that they're more physical than they are mental, and this is what those without anxiety (or those that have never had an anxiety attack) often struggle to understand. Anxiety attacks cause intense physical symptoms that mimic very serious health disorders. Symptoms include:
- Chest pains
- Difficulty breathing
- Lightheadedness/feeling like fainting
- Muscle weakness
- Trouble concentrating
- Tingling or numbness in the hands and feet
- Rapid heartbeat/heart palpitations (feeling like you're overly aware of your heart)
In many ways, anxiety attacks are extremely similar to heart attacks. There may be other unusual issues as well, such as trouble with your vision, your teeth, your muscles, your nerves, and more. Not all anxiety attacks are the same, but they all tend to be very physical and result in a feeling like something is terribly wrong.
What makes anxiety attacks worse is that they cause other symptoms that exacerbate the physical problems. One of the symptoms of anxiety attacks is this incredibly intense feeling of doom - as though something horrific is about to happen. That is actually a symptom of anxiety attacks, not just a response to the physical sensations, but when combined with the physical symptoms it can make a person convinced that they are about to suffer from something terrible.
Anxiety attacks also have other frightening psychological symptoms as well, such as:
- Disaster thinking, where the person starts to uncontrollably imagine bad things happening to them. Like getting hit by a car or collapsing in a public place.
- An intense feeling of needing to run away or flee, or feeling helpless in your current situation.
- A loss of touch with reality, called "derealization," which is when the brain shuts down your connection in reality as a coping mechanism for intense stress. (Less Common)
- Feelings as though your brain isn't working, or that a seizure is coming. Many people feel as though they are living inside of their own head, unable to escape. (Less Common)
These are just a few examples of psychological symptoms that add to the fear. They do not occur with everyone - anyone may have their own psychological symptoms, but they create an even more disabling environment that explains why anxiety attacks can be so severe - and so strange to people.
It's actually very common for those with their first anxiety attack to consider or possibly even call an ambulance. Thousands of people end up hospitalized because they are unaware that this physical attack is anxiety, only to have it calm down once they get to the hospital.
How to Tell If An Attack is Anxiety or Something Else
The biggest question people have is whether or not they suffered from an anxiety attack or something more physically serious, like a heart attack.
Unfortunately, the symptoms are so close to each other that the only way to tell is to talk to a doctor. The important thing to realize is that anxiety attacks are very common, and heart attacks/serious health issues in those that are generally in good health are much less common. There are a few differences as well:
- Heart attacks may involve vomiting (though panic attacks can cause nausea)
- Chest pains during heart attacks tend to radiate more throughout the shoulder.
- Anxiety attacks tend to peak 10 minutes in. Heart attacks peak right away.
But even these parameters aren't exact. The best thing to do is talk to your doctor. If your heart checks out, chances are the issue is anxiety.
(Note: Many people with anxiety attacks tend to develop health anxiety. Even when a doctor rules out a health condition, it's not uncommon to worry they missed something or that it is some other condition. This is also the result of anxiety.)
What to Do About Your Anxiety Attacks
In some cases, a person has one anxiety attack and then they're done. Often this occurs when a person is under extreme stress, and the body loses its ability to cope. But many people develop panic disorder, which is characterized by recurrent anxiety attacks or a fear of anxiety attacks.
Remember, this disorder isn't something someone can control. Many people think that rational thinking is all a person needs to get out of it, but anxiety attacks are much more like a disease - without the right help, they're uncontrollable, because the thought processes you have are caused by the rush of anxiety.
That's why if you do feel like you've had an anxiety attack or have anxiety attack problems, it's important that you take action right away. The longer you wait, the harder they may be to cure and the more they affect your life.
I've helped many people overcome their anxiety attacks. Start with my free 7 minute anxiety test now. This test is a valuable tool for learning more about your anxiety and what you can do to stop it.
Author: Micah Abraham, BSc Psychology, last updated Sep 28, 2017.


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On December 7, Ira Rubinstein, a Senior Fellow at the Information Law Institute, appeared at a day-long roundtable organized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as an invited expert on regulatory approaches to consumer privacy.
In the face of unprecedented challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data, the FTC is examining new approaches to protecting consumer privacy. The December 7th event, the first of three roundtables over the next six months dedicated to "Exploring Privacy," featured five panel discussions, as well as remarks by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz '84, FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, and David C. Vladeck, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Earlier in the semester, Harbour and Vladeck visited the Law School to speak at a Workshop on Federal Privacy Legislation, organized by the Information Law Institute.
The U.S. takes a sectoral approach to privacy law and the FTC is the principle federal agency charged with protecting financial and children's privacy, investigating breaches of data security and identity theft, and implementing laws and regulations for the credit reporting industry. For the past decade, the agency has required online companies to follow certain Fair Information Practices (primarily notice and choice about data collection) and used its enforcement powers to go after firms that fail to abide by the promises embedded in their privacy statements. The FTC also focuses on protecting consumers against specific harms such as online stalking, identity theft, and spam. Chairman Leibowitz conceded that these approaches "haven't worked quite as well as we would have liked," and hence that the agency needs to consider new ways to enforce privacy standards that are "better for consumers and fair to businesses as well." For the first time in many years, Congress is also contemplating comprehensive privacy legislation.
Rubinstein's panel focused on the adequacy of existing legal and self-regulatory frameworks. While panelists representing consumer groups called for new federal legislation that would reflect not only notice and choice principles but the full range of Fair Information Practices, including data quality, purpose specification, use limitation and consumer access to collected data, industry representatives defended the self-regulatory approach, especially as to emerging practices such as online behavioral advertising.
Rather than attacking or defending self-regulation, Rubinstein pointed out that there are various models of self-regulation, which mainly differ as to the role of government in setting requirements, approving guidelines, and imposing sanctions for non-compliance. He briefly discussed three case studies of voluntary privacy codes that he conducted from which he concluded that the most effective approach was based on "co-regulation." In this approach, industry enjoys considerable scope in shaping self-regulatory guidelines, but the government retains general oversight authority to approve and enforce these guidelines. Rubinstein supported comprehensive federal privacy legislation but strongly recommended that Congress follow the co-regulatory model. He also proposed that Congress take advantage of innovations derived from environmental policy instruments such as the covenanting approach, in which a multi-stakeholder group attempts to hammer out an agreement that all parties—government, industry, and advocates—view as superior to agency rulemaking; and a performance-based approach to regulatory benefits and burdens, in which top-performing firms are treated more favorably than average performers. Rubinstein specifically recommended that new privacy legislation allow civil actions and liquidated damages awards against firms that violated Fair Information Practices and did not participate in an approved self-regulatory program, whereas firms that complied with FTC-approved self-regulatory guidelines would not only enjoy a safe harbor in any enforcement action but exempt program participants from civil law suits and monetary penalties.
A webcast of the panel is available here (for Rubinstein's remarks, fast forward to 43:00).
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When a neighborhood starts to deteriorate, local banks often are among the first to flee. They assume that many loans no longer will be repaid and that new financial risks outweigh any assurance of profits.
But the experience of a South Chicago bank stands as a sharp challenge to these assumptions. When the character of the neighborhood around it changed, the bank stayed and undertook an investment program to revitalize the area.
Actually, the original owners of what is now the South Shore Bank of Chicago wanted to leave and take their bank with them in 1972. The racial composition of their neighborhood, eight miles south of Chicago, had undergone a dramatic shift from white to black. The bank's assets dropped to half the total of four years earlier, and bank officials approved only two mortgages in the area in the entire year.
But after public hearings in which community leaders charged that the bank had failed to serve them well, federal regulators ruled that the bank must stay.
Then, four enterprising young bankers decided to buy the bank as an experiment in community revitalization. They had plenty of experience in making sound, promptly repaid loans to minorities in the inner city and in working with community organizations as volunteers. They had witnessed the difficulty community organizations had in getting loans for projects to stem blight and improve neighborhoods. Determined to disprove the theory that making loans in deteriorating neighborhoods was like throwing money away, they saw their prime task as rebuilding community confidence.
"The conventional wisdom was that the risk was extraordinary," recalls chairman of the board Ron Grzywinski. "But we all made a commitment to work with residents, using the collective talent, credit resources, and energy available to us, to try to turn the neighborhood around."
The new owners considered a commercial bank the ideal core institution for neighborhood redevelopment both because of its assets and traditionally trustworthy reputation. But they saw as a distinct drawback a bank's usual passive role in a community -- responding only to requests rather than initiating.
Building on a 1970 Federal Reserve Board ruling that investment in community revitalization is a legitimate activity for a bank holding company, the new owners formed such an organization to act aggressively in community development. That holding company now includes a real estate arm, a corporation that invests in minority-owned small businesses, and a nonprofit affiliate group called the Neighborhood Institute which depends on outside grants to provide job training and placement help as well as housing aid for local residents.
Progress over the last seven years, by anyone's measure, has been remarkable. The predominantly black neighborhood surrounding the South Shore Bank is integrated and stable. Purchase and rehabilitation of major chunks of local housing and commercial buildings have succeeded in stopping much of the one rapidly spreading blight. And the bank itself, which has no loans outstanding that are more than 30 days delinquent, does turn a profit. Its losses on real estate loans are considerably less than the national average for banks.
"The risks are very easily managed, but it does cost more money to do neighborhood development," notes Mr. Grzywinski. He says that despite South Shore property appreciation, the average loan made by his bank is smaller and more costly to extend than the average loan by a suburban bank.
Even so, the largest drain on bank earings is the large number of depositors who keep low balances in their accounts, according to the bank's board chairman. But the bank views that expense as a necessary part of rebuilding community self-confidence, and it has no intention of tightening the rules.
While the South Shore Bank no longer stands alone as a bank trying to revitalize the community around it -- hundreds of banks are making the effort with varying success -- it does stand alone, by most accounts, as the first bank to make community reinvestment its prime mission.


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An Annapolis alderman has introduced legislation that would require that adequate fire, police, water and road support be in place before major new developments move forward.
Alderman David H. Cordle Sr., a Republican who represents Ward 5, said the measure "has some teeth," and predicted that it would be approved before the end of the year, months before expected.
"It allows for development to occur, but infrastructure has to be in place," Cordle said yesterday. "It may need some fine-tuning, it may not please everybody, but we're ready to listen."


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GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - What a moving sight, a show of love and respect. Hundreds gathered at Gulfport Biloxi Regional Airport Tuesday night.
They came to welcome back the 91 Mississippi World War II veterans back to the Gulf Coast. Those veterans made the trip to Washington, DC aboard the MS Gulf Coast Honor Flight.
Each time there's an honor flight, people gather to cheer and thank the veterans for their service.
"I heard they had a wonderful time and I'm just coming to see my grandpa," Maddy Wiltz said as she waited for the return of her grandfather, who is a WWII veteran.
"If it hadn't been for this group of men, we wouldn't be here today," said the wife of one of the veterans onboard the Honor Flight.
There's always a strong feeling of pride at the honor flight homecomings. As the veterans walked or were wheeled through the airport with their escorts, they were greeted with endless applause.
WWII veteran Cecil Nations said seeing the crowd and shaking hands with them made him feel great. But the overall feeling at this gathering was different because the men and women on of the 6th Honor Flight almost didn't see the monuments.
"When we pulled the buses up to the memorial, we had no idea whether we would get to go in or not," Honor Flight volunteer Mark Walton said.
"We had a game plan to go by in case we couldn't go to some of the memorials," Honor Flight volunteer Lori Turner said.
But they got in most sites, despite the signs and yellow tape.
"This is what I took when I helped Palazzo and his boys take the barricade down," said guardian Cat Aguda said holding the yellow police tape he took down from one of the memorials.
"We went up there to honor the veterans. It wasn't about politics or anything like that. It's just about these great men that did great things for us," Honor flight medical staff member David Wolf said.
Their success in getting through made these gatherers all the more thrilled to meet the World War II veterans who not only fought for our country, but for a chance to see the memorial created in their honor.
"They deserve it. It was their memorial everything should have been open for them," said Larry Byrd, the son of a WWII veteran.
Organizers said this Honor Flight, which was free for veterans, cost $90,000. There were four female veterans onboard this flight; the rest were men.
The Honor Flight program in Mississippi is planning a 7th Honor Flight. To learn how you can volunteer or donate, visit: http://www.mgchonorflight.org/
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The Tools & Techniques of Investment Planning, 3rd Edition, is the one resource delivering the latest techniques that take recent tax changes into account. This new edition covers all the changes in tax law and highlights many different strategies for managing portfolios.
In addition to everything that made the prior editions so effective and popular, the latest edition includes new chapters covering:
The Investment Planning Process
Hedge Funds
Separately Managed Accounts and Unified Managed Accounts
Structured Products
And each chapter is filled with examples illustrating the key issues in these areas.
You also now get all the advantages of:
Current formulas, tables, exhibits, and numbers
An entire section on pooled investments
Updates to the chapter covering ETFs
A demystifying approach to handling global investments
Practical insights into the strengths and weaknesses of different investment approaches throughout
Pages: Approx. 600
Format: Printed, soft-bound
Published: November 22, 2013
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company