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Joshua Faudem was having drinks with friends at Mike's Place, a favorite of the English-speaking community on Tel Aviv's beach, when two suicide bombers entered and added the popular hangout to the list of Israeli venues that had fallen victim to second intifada terror attacks.
A decade later, Faudem, a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, is preparing to go back to those moments of April 2003, as he could soon be called to testify in a New York court about the horrors of that night and the psychological price he is still paying.
"This is the last cloud hanging over me," he said. "I'm looking for it to be done."
Faudem, a documentary filmmaker whose 2004 movie "Blues by the Beach" tells the story of Mike's Place, is one of hundreds of plaintiffs listed in the largest Palestinian terrorism lawsuit ever filed in the United States. The civil case is aimed at the Jordan-based Arab Bank, one of the Middle East's largest financial institutions, which, during the bloody period of 2001 to 2004, was allegedly the key conduit for funding families of Hamas suicide bombers that carried out attacks against Israelis.
It is one of two major suits against international banking institutions that allegedly provided Hamas with a financial lifeline and thereby enabled the group to carry out attacks in Israel.
The second case involves the Bank of China, which allegedly allowed Iran to use it for passing funds to Hamas. The family of Daniel Wultz, an American citizen who was murdered in a terror attack in Tel Aviv in 2006, brought forward that lawsuit. His parents are suing the Bank of China in a New York court. The case is reaching its final stages this summer, but the plaintiffs have recently learned that a former Israeli intelligence official who was supposed to be a key witness in the case has not been permitted by his government to testify. The reason: Israel's fear that his testimony could harm its growing relations with China.
The scope, the complexity and the precedent of such lawsuits have made for a decade of delays and lengthy legal procedures that plaintiffs hope could now be nearing an end. In April, a New York judge ruled that the Arab Bank case will go to a jury trial. Plaintiffs expect the trial to take place this fall. But a recent petition by the Arab Bank to the Supreme Court could add yet another delay to the process.
In the nine years that have passed since victims first organized to sue the Arab Bank, much has happened. The intifada died out, Palestinian leadership changed, and while the victims and families still bear the daily pain, Israelis and Americans have moved on. Terrorism in Israel no longer occupies news headlines.
The case itself has also seen setbacks. Recently, a federal court dismissed a separate but similar suit filed by an Israeli injured in Gaza. And a Supreme Court ruling has effectively denied foreign nationals the right to sue non-American entities in the United States. This ruling could significantly downsize the case by excluding all non-American citizens from the suit. The issue will be settled in coming months.
"What I tell our clients is: 'Continue to have faith in the judicial system. I'm very hopeful that we can begin the trial in the fall and get a verdict this year," said Michael Elsner, an attorney with the South Carolina-based Motley Rice law firm, one of the practices representing the terror victims. "We're almost there."
For the Wultz family, suing the Bank of China, patience may not necessarily pay off. Their hope to summon a former Israeli intelligence official to testify about how he personally warned the Chinese about transferring funds to Hamas has hit a snag: The Netanyahu government has reneged on its initial promise to allow the official to take the stand — reportedly after China threatened to call off a scheduled state visit to Beijing last May by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he allowed the official to testify.
But Tully and Sheryl Wultz have yet to give up. She is a first cousin of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and the couple has also enlisted Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to call on Netanyahu to allow the testimony. "If they withdraw support for this case, it would be another tragedy on top of a tragedy," Sheryl Wultz told The Wall Street Journal on June 21.
Ynet, an English-language Israeli news website, reported on July 15 that Michael Oren, Israel's outgoing envoy to Washington, held an emergency meeting with Netanyahu the day before in which he conveyed the "shock" of American officials at the Israeli leader's stand. Netanyahu is known for his adamant counsel in books and speeches over many years against ever giving in to terrorism.
According to the report, Netanyahu now feels torn between American pleas and Chinese pressure and has been told that the court could subpoena Israeli officials to testify if they do not come on their own.
Lawsuits against the Chinese and Jordanian banks are based on the claim that financial support for Hamas enabled it to carry out terror attacks. In Linde v. Arab Bank, at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn), plaintiffs claim that the Arab Bank was responsible for allowing funds to be transferred to families of terrorists, thus providing the bombers with the peace of mind that their relatives would be taken care of after they carried out the suicide attacks.
Officials from the Arab Bank declined to respond on-the-record to the suit's allegations. But speaking on background, an official for the bank voiced confidence that the financial institution would not be found liable for its handling of the money that allegedly ended up with Hamas.
At trial, the key question will be whether the Arab Bank knowingly provided its services in a way that helped terrorists or, as the bank has argued, whether the relevant transactions were routine and lawful.
The New York court's April 24 decision to send the case to trial, which rejected most of the bank's arguments for dismissal, was seen as a victory for the terror victim plaintiffs. But in a separate case, another New York federal judge gave the Arab Bank a boost last November when he dismissed a suit by an Israeli who had been injured in a terror attack. In that ruling, Judge Jack Weinstein said the evidence presented "does not prove that the Bank acted with an improper state of mind or proximately caused plaintiff's injury."
It's a point the Arab Bank hopes will be repeated in the current case.
"Terrorists are energized by the support they receive," argued David Rubin, one of the victims suing the bank. Rubin was on his way home in December 2001 when terrorists ambushed his car on a West Bank road. Rubin was shot in his leg, and his young son, strapped to a car seat in the back, was hit in his skull by a bullet. Father and son underwent surgery and lengthy hospitalizations. Rubin's son also required therapy to overcome mental trauma.
"We could very easily be dead," said Rubin, who moved to Israel from the United States 21 years ago. In joining the lawsuit against the Arab Bank, Rubin said, he hopes justice will be served. "Those who are involved in aiding and abetting terror attacks should be held accountable," he said.
The trial will be held in two separate phases. The first will deal with American plaintiffs, such as Rubin, Faudem and more than 500 other citizens of the United States who were killed or injured in 24 terror attacks. This part of the trial will determine whether the Arab Bank provided material support to Hamas, thus allegedly breaking the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996. If the court rules in favor of the plaintiffs, a separate discussion will determine the process of awarding them damages.
The second phase, which now seems somewhat shakier than the first, will involve 6,000 Israelis and other foreign nationals who are not American citizens. The evidence is expected to be similar and will be based on testimonies of the victims and documents demonstrating the Arab Bank's transactions. But the legal basis for the non-American plaintiffs' claim will be different. This case will go after the Arab Bank based on the Alien Tort Statute, which allows, under certain circumstances, for foreigners to sue non-American entities in American courts. This statute, dating back to 1789, has become an important tool in going after human rights abusers and war criminals. It was also used as part of Holocaust restitution lawsuits.
But in April, the Supreme Court ruled that only foreign entities linked to American territory could be sued under the Alien Tort Statute. This closed the door on attempts to use American courts as a venue for pursuing human rights cases between non-American parties.
Citing this ruling, the Arab Bank petitioned the Supreme Court on June 24, asking it to dismiss the portion of the lawsuit based on the Alien Tort Statute.
The record of similar lawsuits against alleged funders of terrorists, most notably a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia filed by families of 9/11 victims, indicates that the legal road is long and that success is far from guaranteed. "I know these things take a very long time, but I want to see justice done," Rubin said. "I'm not in this for the money."
Contact Nathan Guttman at email@example.com or on Twitter, @nathanguttman
This story "Are Banks Responsible for Funding Hamas — and Enabling Terror?" was written by Nathan Guttman.
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Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward's Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha'aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


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Until two weeks ago, I had assumed that the other members had simply disappeared, perhaps returning to
I just learned twenty seconds ago that future President of the United States of America Jason Finn played with them at some point. So how about that?
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In closing, we started following local music in 1988 and 1989, so we missed the boat on a few important early bands, but we also know that some of our readers witnessed this stuff front and center. I'm awfully curious to know more about H-Hour, whether these songs represented their overall sound well, what they were like live, whether they released other material, etc., so please leave a comment if you can enlighten us a bit about the band.
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Each of the past three or four years, second-year medical student Johnna Mahoney took a timed, 50-question online qualification test to see if she could advance toward becoming a contestant on "Jeopardy!" the popular TV quiz show she grew up watching.
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In April of this year, the Penn State College of Medicine student finally got an email inviting her to travel to New York City for an in-person audition – an honor given to only about 2,500 people annually. About 400 people appear on the game show each year.
"I always thought it was really cool – all the smartest people were on 'Jeopardy!'" she said.
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It's official: Fish pedicures aren't just a bizarre beauty ritual with shady animal-welfare considerations, they're also downright dangerous to your health, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Wednesday, the federal agency published a report by U.K.'s Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, which examined the types of bacteria associated with Garra rufa, an inch-long toothless carp that nibbles away at dead skin. Native to Southeast Asia, the so-called "doctor fish" soared in popularity in 2008, when salons across the nation began offering them as an alternative to razors for scraping away calluses.
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Water, he added, is a fertile breeding ground for all manner of nasties. Couple that with bacteria living on fish scales or waste and the tiniest cut could make the risk of infection a reality. In April 2011, a bacterial outbreak among 6,000 G. rufa imported from Indonesia to British salons and spas revealed colonies of Streptococcus agalactiae, a group of bacteria that can lead to sepsis, meningitis, or pneumonia.
Water is a fertile breeding ground for bacteria, increasing the risk of infection with the tiniest cut.
Water is a fertile breeding ground for bacteria, increasing the risk of infection with the tiniest cut.
"The [strep] strain we isolated typically only causes disease in fish," Verner-Jeffreys said. "We then went on to look at other consignments of apparently healthy imported G. rufa and found some other species of bacteria that can cause disease in humans and fish."
These bacteria included Aeromonas, which causes wound infections and gastrointestinal problems in humans, and Mycobacteria, which Verner-Jeffrey's team recognized as responsible for skin infections in some pedicure clients in the United Kingdom. Worse, the researchers found that most of the bacteria were resistant to multiple drugs.
"To date, there are only a limited number of reports of patients who might have been infected by this exposure route," the report reads. "However, our study raises some concerns over the extent that these fish, or their transport water, might harbor pathogens of clinical relevance."
Our advice? Stick with the pumice stone and let the fish swim free.
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Discuss amongst yourselves.
I'm going to start sending those Tony Robbins doppelganger Christmas cards out now.
Jeez frickin' Louise.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
I'm going to start sending those Tony Robbins doppelganger Christmas cards out now.
Jeez frickin' Louise.
But isn't the series a reflection of the creator?
Man, that was harsh.
I dunno but this has been the general "criticism" of readers. People do not want to read "cinema". I dunno I really see nothing that I haven't seen before. He writes well though, thats a first. 😀
It almost seems like this guy has some sort of personal vendetta against you, Brooke. Like he wants to turn people against you with claptrap like this:
"(This, combined with the fact that he required – or solicited – Fox's help to distribute the DVD invites further criticisms of hypocrisy.)"
This guy completely missed the point of the medium altogether.
That is all I will say….for now.
Well, I pretty much agree with Gupster in that this isn't something new that we've been hearing from critics. He actually made a lot of good points, some of which have been felt for a while.. hell, that's why we tease you as a "sell-out" mosttimes. But from us (since we're professionals of a different sort 😉 ) we say it out of love… because we know and love you.
Oh well right? Broken Saints is successful and out there world-wide and nothing can make me happier for you guys :D.
Thanks for making me cry you asshole. I was complimenting you and showing support, so obviously you didn't read my comment correctly. I've supported and promoted BS as much as I had been able to… so whatever.
YES I DID and I knew of your struggles and your vision and your passion for the story and the project and the people. I never once doubted any of it, never once intentionally sought out any ill-will towards you in regards of Broken Saints (maybe I got cranky back in February with some forum crap, but I've stuck my foot in my mouth since then). I started crying to minute you accused me of making sellout jokes because why is it that EVERYFUCKINGONEELSE IS ALLOWED TO but noooooooooo when I use it in a reference to what others have felt, you bring out the claws. I love everything about Broken Saints. I love everything you have done, I love everything everyone else has done to and for BS. I wouldn't display the BS flash banner on my myspace nor link it on my livejournal nor stay around on the forums if I didn't still believe in you nor the project. Yes I'm a critic of some things about BS- #1 I'm one of the people who's a fan of the classic flash site (but so are other BS 'rats). That doesn't mean I wouldn't go out and buy the DVD (I just found out I'm getting it as a gift since I'm poor and struggling in my own life). Hell since the beginning of my involvement with BS, I've always felt if I had the money I'd just give it to you guys. I spread the word as much as I possibly can. I promote it, I promote you.
There's nothing more I can say.
I'm sorry I mentioned it B. I still love you.
I think that sometimes when you promote the series in the context of evangelism, which you tend to do – elevating the series to almost its own religion – it seems like you're acting kind of like what this review is talking about. IMO sometimes your genuine passion for telling a quality narrative is masked by the way you describe and talk about the passion. . .
. . .just IMO from my experiences. I'm all for Broken Saints and disagree with what's in this review but at the same time I can definitely see where they're coming from and how one could get passion and pretension mixed up.
I wrote to IGN very sternly, and will cancel my membership when I get back to my home system. This, coming from someone who would walk by the mixing room during the audio remaster sessions to shout 'sellout' 😛
He responded already. *snicker*. Something along the lines of "MR BURGESS JUST EMAILED ME TO COMPLIMENT ME ON MY CANDOR AND PROFESSIONALISM SO THERE". Lolz.
Brooke, Brooke, Brooke.. you discussed this at the ComiCon about the "Selloutness" and yes that can be troublesome thats why I left that out of my comment I was focusing on the review I ignored the petty snide remarks towards several directors, not only you…. because thats what they are PETTY and immature. By now after 5 years should be above this, I would have personally responded to the man the same way, we also have to remind ourselves a lot of the new reviews are the first time these individuals seen Broken Saints. SLOW? Hey at least they have all twelve hours in front of them, they did not have to wait for months, wait depending on load time, and then dig in. They do not consider the history until after the fact, which I find hasty. Other negative reviews like this against indie projects going mainstream , I find this happen not only with Kevin Smith and you, but with Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly(even though he is still working on something Indie, every other question at comicon was kinda snide, saying so would you humble yourself to do A Studio project, and he was like yeah if the project is right for me… I am happy to do it.) I tried to focus on what this guy was suppose to do, and ignore the negative crap especially when they do not consider the history this project has.
sorry about the ramble, but thats how I feel especially what we have talked about in SD,
Oh hey, Amazon is selling BS with V for Vendetta now. Cool.
Dammit Brooke, why'd you have to get all weepy, I was primed and ready for some delicious mocking. And with what you've said you're making me feel bad considering I've been one of the main proponents of the sellout cause, which I should point out was never EVER meant seriously. While I don't doubt you're capable of selling out, you clearly haven't even come close to doing it thus far.
And while this review was kindof… biased, I do think it gave the best tagline you could ever hope for:
"Broken Saints is like The Matrix if it was made by Kevin Smith"
I personally couldn't think of a higher compliment.
On an unrelated note [seriously] Matt Chan just gave me my swag, sans posters which he forgot at Rochester.
Pictures soon.
can i ask why you stated "thanks for your candor and commitment to professionalism," (aside from being respectful and professional)?
what he wrote was simply partial and unprofessional to an Extreme…
PS: thanks for your honesty surrounding the sell-out joke that irks… truly, from this witness, it is a sheer impossibility.
I didn't realize people actually took anything IGN published seriously. The mainstream press doesn't have to like the series, Brooke, for you to have succeeded in your goal or vision or whatever. Don't dilute your message just so a few more people will be able to see it.
Hmmm. Yet another otherwise exhaustive review that completely fails to even mention that there is music in the series, let alone say anything at all about that music… unless you count 'original voiceless stereo track' and 'bass notes are deep and rich' as comments on the music. What do you suppose could be on that voiceless stereo track? Why, deep rich bass notes of course! No respect… 😉
I guess in this case I should take it as a blessing. Actually, for that matter, he basically fails to say anything at all about the art either, odd since he does seem to have some understanding of the comic book medium. He seemed quite fixated on the storyline and writing – hey, I don't have a problem with that, though I don't happen to agree with his overall assessment – and on bashing Brooke for things which are quite irrelevant to the series or the DVD. I second gypsy on wondering how exactly he deserves kudos for professionalism. Candor, I can see…
About the Tony Robbins comparison – I know Brooke at least as well as any of you, and I personally love and appreciate the passionate, persuasive intensity thing, but i guess it could be read the wrong way. I don't know, but I've never really dug the sellout jokes much either. I realize they were meant purely in fun, which is why I never said anything, but that kind of fun is never really harmless, it's usually on some level a way to get your dig in but not take responsibility for it, so that the person who's been the butt of the joke comes off as 'taking you seriously' if they don't laugh along – even though they've actually just been dealt an underhanded insult.
So, I've held my tongue about it for a long time, not wanting to get all huffy on Brooke's behalf (he always seemed to take it well), but since it's on the table, that's my take: it's really not cool. No-one who's ever put their heart and soul into something the way we did with BS, let alone having to scratch out a living and pay rent somehow while they're at it, would feel comfortable jabbing a fellow creator with that barb over the modest level of success the series has enjoyed. My guess is Mr. Gilchrist would probably not fit that category. Or, he's just consumed with jealousy that Brooke has managed to carry this thing so far from such humble beginnings, on pure passion – with a little help from his friends (and family). Otherwise, why such a personal attack?
my too sense
p.s. hey, i just realized I can EDIT MY COMMENTS HERE! I have the power! Muahahahahahaha…..
I still wuvvles my little Brookie-poo, and muffin cookies. All glory be to the muffin cookie.
As for caring about IGN at all? Think of it this way, Sagg' – their hub reaches 30 million readers regularly…and the BS review was featured on the main page for an entire weekend. Now imagine how many folks might have been on the proverbial fence regarding the series, and have now cemented their choice NOT to experience the work, based largely on one opinion – admittedly eloquent and well-crafted – that seemed to carry the tell-tale scent of 'vendetta' (and yes, please pardon the timing).
You can make it a numbers game if you want. But I'll point out that you have ads running on one of the most visited sites on the internet (Penny Arcade), the creators and maintainers of which have given you glowing reviews many a time. I'm not going to try and dissuade you from defending yourself, the Crew, or your creation, but it always helps to be mindful and keep things in perspective.
One man's opinion, even if 30 million people read it, remains one opinion. Of those 30 million people, I'm sure at least a few will have come to the site and checked out the series themselves. In addition, you've got the entire traditional BS fan-community that continues to pimp the series (viral marketing for the win), and the new DVD in Blockbusters and Walmarts everywhere.
Of course, there's also the 'there's no such thing as bad press.' I'm not so sure if that's true, but if it is, you've just got your name out to 30 million previously uninitiated people. Which is a good thing, even if the original spin has been negative. All you have to do now, is to get yourself on the Daily Show or Colbert Report. That would make you famous.
To tobias: I think your music is just ahead of it's time. No, don't scoff, I'm serious. Your use of really awesome leitmotifs in in a post-operatic setting is seriously excellent (I'd call it revolutionary, but it's been used in movies before now). You can see that it's creeping into more 'mainstream' stuff, such as the new Battlestar Galactica (of which I am a HUGE fan, you should check it out).
Also, I've been listening to alot of A Suite Hereafter lately. I'm going through a whole cycle of your music right now, actually. Started with Passage, now A Suite…, then I think i'm going to do the whole Continuum/One, and Broadwood thing. It's really great. I really want to hear your new project.
hey sag, thanks for the energy boost. It's always nice to know someone's digging the music somewhere, and 'getting it' too. I honestly wasn't fishing for compliments, though, as much as trying to suggest what Brooke spelled out – that Mr. Gilchrist spent so much time on the personal smear campaign that he managed to almost completely ignore some of the key aspects of a viewer's actual experience of this series. That's why I don't actually agree that this review is particularly well written, despite the fact that he can form complete thoughts and grammatically correct sentences.
You're not the first to point me to the new Battlestar – I've heard it's excellent. I'm way behind the pop culture game, so I'll have to add it to the list (Lost, Deadwood, Carnivale), but consider it added. However, I'm pretty focused on trying to get my current creative workflow rolling – difficult while playing a four-hour jazz gig every night, with rehearsals and such on top. But I hope you're not the only person that will want to hear (and/or read?) it if I ever get it to that point.
No such thing as bad press? ask Mel Gibson… 8)
All I hear from the reviewer's bluster is the story is moving too slowly and that it's too spiritual for him.
What still puzzles me is why Matt from IGNCube/IGNWii never did a story on the series…
Goodness gracious, the things you can miss in only a couple days' time….
B – "…but this guy was taking some personal swings"
Understatement? That seemed to be the bulk of the "review", which was more his opinion of you than anything else. I keep going reading it thinking that I missed something. This guy actually gets paid to write this?
Todd (IGN) – "So why, then, does he name-drop Fox, the DVD distributor, during almost every single chapter of the commentary track?"
This comment alone should show that this guy just brushed through the DVD. I'm almost done with the commentaries and can only recall Fox being mentioned once.
My guess is he didn't even finish half of the series and needed something to write about, so he picked a rant about Brooke taking money from Fox to feed his followers Kool-Aid. I expected bold-faced ignorance from reviewers on the Fox distribution issue, but not from a place with a reader base as large as IGNs. I guess that nowadays, it's too much to ask reviewers to do their homework.
Exactly Ashton, exactly. The dude had a deadline, missed it. Got caught. Pissed off, and did this hasty review. Also I do not think, this guy comprehends sarcasm well, even though he tries to attempt at it himself. Silly rabbit.
B, I need to get you one of those "I'm internet famous" shirts ;). With great fame comes great… slagability? I'm afraid that the farther BS spreads, the more of these ignorant reviewers it's going to attract :(.
As I'm sure you know, while BS can be a massive spiritual awakening for those who are open to it, those that aren't can see it as a massive affront to their way of life. It seems to invoke a passionate response wherever it goes, for better or worse. The attacks on your person are inexcusable (especially under the guise of a DVD review), and yes, the damage is done, but I remain hopeful that it will drive enough people to BS that will formulate their own opinion of the series and of you.
While this kind of hap-hazard "review" should've been killed by editors at IGN, this is also the kind of reporting we've come to expect from mainstream media, and even more so from internet news. Let's hope places like iwtnews.com can turn the tide.
Another fun fact that makes Todd look stupid: He works for FOX. His company sold out in the biggest possible way to them.
You could always try and feed negative press and cover BS up and try to get publicity that way. 😉
I don't usually comment but this struck me as a harsh review indeed. Although, one thing really stood out for me:
"As a former comic book collector and current movie critic"
I am of the opinion that most movie critics have never made a movie. Personally, that is the ultimate in hipocrisy AFIC.
I diligently watched the online series as it became available. I bought the DVD when it became available online and will most likely buy the stover version as well. Hell, I even offered to help Brooke with posters for ComicCon. I am a reasonably-sized fan (no comments on my weight!) and I read that review with some distain, eagerly looking for any praise there was.
As an amature film producer myself (no shameless plugs, if you want our website and stuff we've done so far, please e-mail me), I well understand what it takes to get things done and while the films we have done are not anywhere near as close to the scale of BS, I could not ever possilbly slag the BS crew for what they were trying to accomplish. In fact, I applaud their ability to get the 'establishment' to distribute 'non-establishment' sentiments.
"That's irony….I said that's irony son!"
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Long, long ago, while dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, I nearly purchased a brand new Nikkormat. But the salesman steered me away from it toward a Ricoh XR-1 instead. Perhaps he made more commission on the Ricoh. But it was a fateful choice. The Ricoh used Pentax K mount lenses, while the Nikkormat used Nikon's F mount. As I purchased a few lenses, naturally they were all compatible with Pentax, and I've stuck with their products for nearly 30 years.
Until last week.
Regular CycleDog reader and all around nice guy George, who writes the Bike Riding Donut Guy blog, offered me a deal on a pair of Nikons that had belonged to his father. He had an EM and an N6006 with a 50mm and 35-70mm zoom. Both are autofocus lenses.
The EM is similar to the Pentax ME or MG, with a single mechanical shutter speed for flash synchronization, a B setting for long exposures, and an automatic setting for program operation. It's a remarkably small 35mm SLR, and almost jewel-like as the Olympus OM1.
But the N6006 is the most sophisticated 35mm I've ever had in my hands. It's a polycarbonate body with a multitude of exposure modes, three different metering modes, and an impressively long users manual. Believe me, that manual is an absolute necessity. Very little on this camera can be described as intuitive. While I may have blundered into finding the manual modes by myself, it's not very likely that I'd figure this out without assistance.
There's one aspect that I really like, and that's the focus speed. If you've used a digital SLR, you know just how quickly they can focus. This camera uses the same method, phase detection, if I remember right, and it focuses very rapidly. It's especially noticeable with the 50mm lens, and I like this for street photography. While I enjoy the portability of smaller point and shoot cameras, I can see using this Nikon for some fast moving subjects like bike races. It won't replace the rangefinder cameras I use regularly because they're less obtrusive than an SLR, but I can see these Nikons will be used frequently too.
One other nice thing - the N6006 doesn't use seals - so I don't have to scrape a black, sticky mess out of the camera. I couldn't resist stuffing a roll of film in it. That was on Saturday. It's nearly finished, so chances are it goes to the mini-lab tomorrow. Naturally, I'll post some photos.
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From MastheadOnline: Corporate Knights challenges Maclean's on coporate citizen list
For eight years, Corporate Knights magazine has published a list of the "Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada" and this year's edition is scheduled for distribution to 95,000 subscribers through the Globe and Mail on June 22. The current issue of Maclean's, dated June 22, also features a story on "Canada's 50 best corporate citizens." Yesterday morning, Toby Heaps, editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights, issued a press release arguing that the Maclean's feature encroaches on his magazine's trademark….
A lawsuit is even underway, or at least being threatened.
I'll let the lawyers squabble over intellectual property law, and whether a phrase like "50 best corporate citizens" can be a legally-protected trademark or not. But an argument could be made that muscling in on KN's well-established terminology is at least ethically dodgy. Couldn't Macleans have used a different, equivalent title? I mean, surely there are other ways of expressing the same idea. More on this below.
Now, as it happens, the online version of Macleans's list doesn't seem mention citizenship at all, but is instead called Jantzi-Macleans 50 Most Socially Responsible Corporations. It seems, for whatever reason, that Maclean's editors have had a change of heart.
(The latest Corporate Knights list is due out in a few days. Here's the link to their methodology, etc.)
Of course, just what either list has to do specifically with citizenship — as opposed to merely being good — is still quite unclear, a fact that's only emphasized by the fact that Macleans has so easily changed the title of the online version of its report. Oh, heck…"social responsibility," "citizenship"… what's the difference? Good question.


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It all began when my father was diagnosed with melanoma long before I was born. He was diagnosed at 24, after he found a lesion on his foot that he let go way too long. When it started bleeding he decided to have it checked, and sure enough it was Melanoma. All the doctors in Michigan said he should have his leg amputated, and that if he was lucky he would have 6 months to a year to live. Not a week later my mother found out she was pregnant with my older sister. He decided not to have his leg amputated, since they didnt give him much time as it was. He found a doctor to try some experimental treatment, and thank God he did. Those treatments gave us so many loving years with him. He went into remission for over 20 years. In the mean time I came along :) and my parents due to his history had me checked from a very young age. In the mean time, my grandfather on my mothers side of the family got checked, in light of everything that was going on, and found melanoma already spread to the lymph nodes ( he is still alive after treatment and doing wonderful)!!!! I have now had 10 pre melanoma insitus/ very early melamona insitus ( starting from age 16, now 26), as well as multiple dysplastic nevi that I have had removed. Thank you to my father I have some pretty crazy scars, but most importantly I have my life. Also, I have had 6 cousins as well as an aunt and Uncle that have been diagnosed wtih melanoma. My father has saved all of us because we caught them in such early stages and I am so thankful every day that I had so many loving years with him. My father is my idol, and I am the most blessed girl to have had him in my life for so many years. My fathers cancer spread to his lymph nodes when I was 13, and he went through so many treatments to fight for his life, and once again went into remission for 4 more years!!!! When I was a senior in highschool is when things started to really go down hill. It spread to his brain, he had brain surgery and was back to work a week later, amazing!!!!!!!!! He continued chemo and interfueron, he was so sick, such a strong man, it was so hard to watch. But, he never let it get him down...he took us on trips and enjoyed every moment of life. After it spread to his brain, it slowly went to his liver, lungs, bones, and he even got tumors in the soft flesh of his skin. He spent so many days in a hospital room, but eventually when it came down to it we brought him home with hospice. He died 10 days after we brought him home. But what he would want is for everyone to know the risks of melanoma, and how it can be prevented. Obviously if you are reading this you or someone you know has had melanoma, so please for my father spread awarness...get yourself and your family and friends checked. This is such a terrible illness but it can be prevented and treated when caught early!!! I watched the strongest man I've ever known go through a terrible fight, but he did it, and went to work up until two weeks before he passed, he didn't let melanoma control his life. So spread the word and spread on the sunscreen!!! Do it for him, and me and your family!!! Nobody should ever die from melanoma...catch it early...check yourself...make regular dermatology appointments, and make someone aware!!!! Together we can stop Melanoma from killing those we love!


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Year after year, despite unchanged or increased state funding, the six state-funded Kansas colleges increased tuition far above inflation with little scrutiny. Undergraduate tuition and fees at the six universities increased 146 percent between 2002 and 2013; inflation during that time was 30 percent. From 2002 to 2013, KU raised fees and tuition by 208 percent; Kansas State University, 184 percent; Wichita State University, 124 percent; Emporia State University, 131 percent; Pittsburg State University, 135 percent; Fort Hays State University, 91 percent.
University all-funds spending was $1.814 billion in 2005; $2.186 billion in 2008; and $2.421 billion in 2012 -- a 33-percent increase in spending even with a recession.
Since 2003, unencumbered carryover cash balances in two student fee accounts increased by $248 million. In other words, they collected almost a quarter-billion dollars more in fees than they spent on whatever the fees were earmarked to do. General fees plus interest earned on those accounts can be used for other purposes, say, for example, holding down tuition increases. Instead, students paid more in fees and more in tuition and the fee accounts kept accumulating.
This year, the Legislature examined the numbers and asked questions with a desire to initiate an open conversation about higher education spending, tuition and student outcomes.
The end result was a 1.5-percent reduction to Regents, which hardly qualifies as a slash, but that's the narrative being used. And since state aid represents less than half of their general use expenditures, a 1.5-percent reduction in state aid amounts to a 0.7-percent reduction to that account.
Compare a 1.5-percent state aid reduction with recent requests from Kansas colleges for increases in tuition up to 8 percent next year, even with inflation below 2 percent.
But the template never changes: Demands for more spending are always "modest and necessary"; reduced spending is always "drastic and draconian" -- regardless of the amounts or how the money is used.
The Legislature did not set out to reduce funding. We simply had questions.
Why so many unfilled full-time employee positions perpetually placed on the books with money systematically diverted for other uses?
Even factoring for inflation, why has tuition gone up so much without a correlation to past increases in state funding?
When defaulted on, students' government-backed loans are paid for, ultimately, by taxpayers, so shouldn't improved graduation and employment rates be prioritized over even higher salaries to the already-highly-paid?
By the way, the salary cap we requested was not a cut. You will hear it referred to as a cut, even though we requested salaries be held level, not reduced.
I serve as a commissioner with the Midwest Higher Education Compact -- a 12-state network of universities. Recently, I attended a commissioner's meeting in Indiana where we heard from current and former chancellors about the future of higher education. Similar to other sectors -- health care, for example -- there are two very different driving forces promoting two very different paths: collective institution-oriented versus individual outcomes-oriented.
College students, many unemployed and underemployed, are buried in debt, while universities appear more focused on impressing their peers and expanding their infrastructure.
Indiana colleges, among others around the country, are addressing this disconnect. Indiana University-East, just one example, increased its student numbers and graduation rates while decreasing cost-per-student more than 20 percent.
Kansas state-funded colleges have been raising tuition at astronomical rates, but under the radar. The only difference this year is they are vocal about increasing tuition using the legislature's 1.5-percent budget reduction as a scapegoat.
Early in the session, following a discussion about spending and outcomes, the University of Kansas' response was to threaten closure of some of Kansas' most viable institutions: KU's medical campuses in Wichita and Salina. It was a classic bully move. Rather than address legitimate financial questions, they made threats to cut something highly valued by all. Think White House tour closures.
In response, the House and Senate conference committees added a proviso to the budget to prevent those closures from happening, even though insiders understood KU's intention was to stir up angst among constituents in order to intimidate legislators so they would stop asking questions and hand over the money. Think shakedown.
When the endgame shifts to quantifiable student outcomes -- retention and graduation rates, realistic employment tracks, greater efficiencies, reduced costs, lower tuition -- collaborative conversations can take place and real-world results can be achieved in Kansas.
I remain hopeful and open to such a dialogue.
Rep. Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, represents the 72nd District in the Kansas House.


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Software security is not security software. Attaining software security means applying a number of lightweight best practices throughout the software lifecycle more than it means the application of sundry security features like cryptography. Such best practices (or touchpoints) allow software professionals to build the emergent property of security into software.
A security problem is more likely to arise because of a problem in a standard-issue part of your system (say, the interface to the database module) than in some given security feature. This is an important reason why software security must be part of a full lifecycle approach.
Software security touchpoints are based on good software engineering and involve explicitly pondering security throughout the software lifecycle. This means knowing and understanding common risks (including language-based implementation bugs and architectural flaws), designing for security and subjecting all software artifacts to thorough, objective risk analyses and testing. "Software Security Touchpoints" specifies one set of touchpoints and shows how software practitioners can apply them to the various software artifacts produced during software development. This means understanding how to work security engineering into requirements, architecture, design, coding, testing, validation, measurement and maintenance.
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These lightweight best practices are applied to various software artifacts. The practices are numbered according to effectiveness and importance. Note that by referring only to software artifacts, we can avoid religious battles over any particular process.
1. All software projects produce at least one artifact: source code. At the code level, the focus is on implementation bugs, especially those that static analysis tools that scan source code for common vulnerabilities can discover. Code review is a necessary practice, but not sufficient for achieving secure software. Security bugs (especially in C and C++) are a real problem, but architectural flaws wreak just as much havoc.Just as you can't test quality into software, you can't bolt security features onto code and expect it to become hack-proof. Security must be built in throughout the application development lifecycle.
2. At the design and architecture level, a system must be coherent and present a unified security front. Designers, architects and analysts should clearly document assumptions and identify possible attacks. At both the specifications-based architecture stage and at the class-hierarchy design stage, risk analysis is a necessity. At this point, security analysts uncover and rank architectural flaws so that mitigation can begin. Disregarding risk analysis at this level leads to costly problems down the road. Note that risks crop up during all stages of the software lifecycle, so a constant risk analysis thread, with recurring risk tracking and monitoring activities, is highly recommended.
3. Penetration testing is also useful, especially if an architectural risk analysis is driving the tests. It provides a good understanding of fielded software in its real environment, but any such testing that doesn't take the software architecture into account probably won't uncover anything interesting about software risk. Software that fails during the kind of canned black-box testing practiced by prefab application security testing tools is truly bad. Thus, passing a low-octane penetration test reveals little about your actual security posture, but failing a canned penetration test indicates that you're in very deep trouble indeed.
4. Security testing must encompass two strategies: testing security functionality with standard functional testing techniques, and risk-based security testing based on attack patterns. A good security test plan does both. Security problems aren't always apparent, even when you probe a system directly, so standard-issue quality assurance is unlikely to uncover all critical security issues.
5. Building abuse cases is a great way to get into the mind of the attacker. Similar to use cases, abuse cases describe the system's behavior under attack; building abuse cases requires explicit coverage of what should be protected, from whom, and for how long.
6. Security must reside explicitly at the requirements level. Good security requirements cover both overt functional security (say, the use of applied cryptography) and emergent characteristics (best captured by abuse cases and attack patterns).
7. Battle-scarred operations personnel carefully monitor fielded systems during use for security attacks. Attacks do occur, regardless of the strength of design and implementation, so monitoring software behavior is an essential defensive technique. Knowledge gained by understanding attacks and exploits should be cycled back into software development.
Bonus touchpoint. External analysis (outside the design team) is often a necessity when it comes to security. Software security touchpoints are best applied by people not involved in the original design and implementation of the system.
Unfortunately, software architects, developers and testers remain largely unaware of the software security problem. The good news? Technologists and commercial vendors all acknowledge that the software security problem exists. The bad news? We have barely begun to apply solutions. But if you apply the seven terrific touchpoints outlined here, you'll be making a solid start toward secure software.
Gary McGraw is CTO of Cigital and a world authority on software security. His real-world experience is grounded in years of consulting with major software producers. He serves on the technical advisory boards of Authentica, Counterpane and Fortify Software. Dr. McGraw is coauthor of Exploiting Software (Addison-Wesley, 2004), Building Secure Software (Addison-Wesley, 2001), Java Security (John Wiley & Sons, 1996) and four other books. Contact him at [email protected].


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Natixis Asset Management appoints Nuno Teixeira as Head of Institutional & Retail Solutions
Nuno Teixeira has been appointed Head of Institutional & Retail Solutions, Natixis Asset Management, reporting to Franck Nicolas, Head of the Investment & Client Solutions group.
Global Asset Management's clients, both institutional and third-party distributors. The team of around ten investment professionals has already reached €19 billion in assets under management1 and enjoys a leading position in France in the market of multi-asset institutional mandates. One of its main challenges will be to strengthen its footprint in international markets. The team will notably draw upon innovative solutions such as the Global Risk Parity investment process successfully implemented since 2013.
Nuno Teixeira began his career in 1987 in Paris as financial controller at the French derivatives clearing house, Matif SA. From 1989 to 1997, he was Head of Corporate Investments at the life insurance company Imperio Assurances. In 1997, he joined the US asset management company Invesco as Head of the Multimanagement Fund of Funds team.
More recently, Nuno Teixeira has held various positions at Schroders, notably Head of Business Development, France (2003-2011), then Country Head of the Paris branch (2012-2015).
Nuno Teixeira is 50 and is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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Natixis Asset Management ranks among the leading European asset managers1 with €347 billion in assets under management and 712 employees2. Natixis Asset Management offers its clients tailored, innovative and efficient solutions organised into six investment divisions:
Fixed income, European equities, Investment and client solutions, Structured products and volatility developed by Seeyond, Global emerging developed by Emerise, and Responsible Investing developed by Mirova.
1 Source: IPE Top 400 Asset Managers 2015 ranked Natixis Asset Management as the 46th largest asset manager based on global assets under management, and by the country of the main headquarters and/or main European domicile, as of 31 December 2014.
2 Source: Natixis Asset Management - Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited as of 31 March 2016.
Reference to a ranking does not indicate the future performance of the fund manager.
Seeyond is a brand of Natixis Asset Management. Emerise is a brand of Natixis Asset Management and Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited with teams in Paris and Singapore. Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited is an asset manager, 100% subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management.
Mirova is a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management.
About Natixis
Natixis is the international corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 35 million clients spread over two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne.
With more than 16,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise that are organized into three main business lines: Corporate & Investment Banking, Investment Solutions & Insurance, and Specialized Financial Services.
A global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of Groupe BPCE's banking networks.
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U.S. prosecutors on Thursday alleged that a former federal government lawyer helped the Cuban intelligence service recruit a woman who was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for spying.
An indictment filed in 2004 was unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging Marta Rita Velazquez with conspiracy to commit espionage for her alleged role in recruiting Ana Belen Montes to the Cuban intelligence service and helping her get a federal government job.
Velazquez and Montes became friends while studying together at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s, according to the indictment.
In 1984, Velazquez took Montes to New York, where they met with a Cuban intelligence officer, the government alleged. Velazquez, who the Justice Department said kept in contact with Cuba via encrypted messages, also traveled with Montes to Cuba in 1985, according to the indictment.
Velazquez now lives in Sweden and is unlikely to ever face trial, a federal law enforcement official said. During her government career, Velazquez worked as a lawyer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where she had top secret security clearance.
Montes, who worked at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency for 16 years, was arrested in 2001 and later pleaded guilty to an espionage offense. She is still serving her prison sentence.
The indictment against Velazquez was originally filed in 2004 but kept sealed until Thursday.
Velazquez, who is from Puerto Rico, left the United States in 2002 after news of Montes's guilty plea, according to the Justice Department.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is asking nine natural gas companies to voluntarily disclose the chemical components used in a drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing.
The agency says the information is important as it conducts a study of the controversial drilling practice, also known as "fracking." Crews inject vast quantities of water, sand and chemicals underground to force open channels in sand and rock formations so oil and natural gas will flow.
The EPA is studying whether the practice affects drinking water and the public health. Letters were sent to nine leading national and regional hydraulic fracturing service providers, including Halliburton and Key Energy Services.
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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives the public the right of access to information held by public authorities and requires public authorities to make this information available. The intention of the Act is to increase visibility into the work of public bodies, to ensure that policymaking processes are fair, democratic and open. You can find out more about the FOIA at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website.
The FOI Act requires all public authorities to produce a Publication Scheme that specifies the classes of information which the public authority publishes or intends to publish. To comply with the FOIA, the Publication Scheme sets out:
- what information the Equality and Human Rights Commission will make available, classified by type of information
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In May 2008 the ICO issued guidance on new model publication schemes, which public authorities have been encouraged to adopt from 1 January 2009. The Commission has adopted the relevant model scheme.
The classes of information defined in the new guidance are:
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Rodney is a guy from Malaysia who studied in Singapore. He currently shuttles between several cities in Southeast Asia for work and play. This website is a collection of his travel journals and random thoughts.
Sunrise at Phu Chi Fa near the Thai-Laos border
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SYSTRACE(9) BSD Kernel Manual SYSTRACE(9)
systrace_redirect, systrace_fork, systrace_exit - enforce policies for system calls
#include <dev/systrace.h> int systrace_redirect(int code, struct proc *p, void *args, register_t *retval); void systrace_fork(struct proc *oldproc, struct proc *p); void systrace_exit(struct proc *p);
These functions are used to enforce policy on the system calls as described in systrace(1). systrace_redirect() should be used to perform a system call number code with arguments args for the process p. The result is then put into the retval pointer. A typical code sequence would be: #include "systrace.h" ... #if NSYSTRACE > 0 if (ISSET(p->p_flag, P_SYSTRACE)) error = systrace_redirect(code, p, args, rval); else #endif error = (*callp->sy_call)(p, args, rval); systrace_fork() is called from the fork1(9) function to inherit policy for the child process. systrace_exit() is called during the death cycle of the process to detach the policy from the exiting process.
A subsystem for enforcing system call policies is implemented in sys/dev/systrace.c.
systrace(1), systrace(4), syscall(9)
The systrace_redirect section manual page appeared in OpenBSD 3.4. MirOS BSD #10-current July 21, 2003 1
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Guide for Patients and Families
Demos, 2001 - Health & Fitness - 451 pages
Since publication of the first edition of this book, the understanding andreatment of ALS have changed dramatically. The many puzzles of this diseasere being steadily solved. One cause of familial ALS has been identified, andhe mechanisms of motor neuron cell death are much better understood. The FDAas approved riluzole, the first drug available for the treatment of ALS.dditional drugs are being tested and others are on the horizon. Thisomprehensive guide covers every aspect of the management of ALS. Beginningith discussions of clinical features of the disease, diagnosis, and anverview of symptom management. Major sections deal with medical andehabilitative management, living with ALS, managing advanced disease,nd-of-life issues, and resources that can provide support and assistance.egardless of their views about long-range events, everyone dealing with theeality of ALS wants to know what to do now.;Issues that they have or willeed to deal with include: * whether to participate in therapeutic trials *he role of rehabilitation treatments * the use of riluzole (Rilutek), as
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For small businesses, fiscal cliff's a big deal
NEW YORK — More than 1,000 miles from Washington, D.C., Marie DeNicola's small business is already experiencing the consequences of lawmakers' inability to compromise on the budget.
If Democrats and Republicans don't come to a consensus soon, billions of dollars in tax increases and budget cuts will take effect Jan. 1. This fiscal cliff is hurting DeNicola's company, Mainstream Boutique, a Minneapolis chain of 23 franchise stores that sell women's clothes. DeNicola recently got a painful e-mail from a prospective franchisee who changed her mind about opening a store because of the economic and political uncertainties.
''It was like a punch in the stomach,'' said DeNicola, who also operates one of the stores. ''It's a little scary — because of the unknown, small businesses aren't waiting until January or February to see what happens. People are reacting now.''
If people have to pay higher taxes, they will probably spend less. Businesses will delay hiring or making investments that could help them expand. Federal budget cuts will put billions in government contracts in jeopardy. Economists and lawmakers warn that without an agreement, the United States could slip back into a recession. And they say small businesses have the most to lose.
DeNicola is also holding off on big moves because of the cliff.
''We're waiting to see what happens before we decide on hiring. I can't continue to invest in the business until I know what's going to happen,'' she said.
One of the biggest concerns is the pending expiration of the 2 percentage point cut in payroll taxes, which gave consumers more money to spend in 2010 and 2011. If the cut isn't extended, the government stands to get $95 billion — money consumers won't be spending. Long-term jobless benefits will also expire, giving people who have been out of work for a long time $26 billion less to spend.
The prospect of consumers spending less troubles Greg Jones, the owner of three Five Guys Burgers and Fries franchises in Florida. Restaurants like his lost business to cheaper options like McDonald's during the recession. He worries that will happen again. Jones wants to open two more Five Guys restaurants. But if his existing restaurants aren't profitable enough, he won't get the money he needs.
A Georgia Institute of Technology professor, Thomas Boston, said the fiscal cliff could do enough damage to small businesses to halt the economic recovery.
''They're just now recovering, really growing in any kind of significant way since the recession,'' Boston said. ''The job creation we've seen over the last five months, that creation has been located overwhelmingly in small businesses.''
The stalemate in Washington has kept Arthur Cooper from making big decisions about his Randolph, N.J., Internet marketing company, Optimum7.
''I have to be more defensive in my posture. I have to hire only based on new business that's already coming in,'' he said. ''I can't plan on news business that might happen.''
One of Cooper's concerns is the scheduled increase in personal tax rates. He reports business income on his personal tax return. The scheduled tax increases could result in a much higher tax bill.
''Let's say I'm going to have to pay $30,000 more for next year," Cooper said. ''That impacts me personally impacts my business.''
Cooper expects Congress to do what it has done in the past — come up with a stopgap measure and defer significant decisions for six months or more. That would keep him in limbo while he waits to see if lawmakers will eventually agree on taxes and a budget. He's angry about what's happening in Washington.
''It's an embarrassment to the country. It's an insult to my intelligence,'' he said.
Small-business owners who rely on federal contracts are worried, too.
Vince Fudzie, chief executive of Triune, a general contracting company in Dallas, has been waiting to find out if he'll get approval to finish a dormitory project for the Department of Labor.
If no agreement is struck, Fudzie said, he'll have to reevaluate his business and see if it can find new niches to fill.
In the meantime, he's frustrated by lawmakers' inability to reach a deal.
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Its my first shot at programing for sound in my Operating system.I have just a beep sound in it.
Can any one advise on how to improve my code below to have some better tune other than just beep sounds.
mov al, 182 ; meaning that we're about to load
out 43h, al ; a new countdown value
mov ax, 2153 ; countdown value is stored in ax. It is calculated by
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'Republican at Heart' Kelly Clarkson Is Voting for Barack Obama
Kelly Clarkson is once more making headlines for her political leanings. The 'American Idol' alum has come out in support of President Barack Obama in the 2012 election.
The 'Catch My Breath' singer told The Daily Star (via Pegasus News), " I've been reading online about the debates and I'm probably going to vote for Obama again, even though I'm a Republican at heart." The latter part of Clarkson's statement shouldn't surprise many — she's a native Texan! Though earlier this year Clarkson voiced her support for fellow Texan Ron Paul, a Libertarian favorite, she's rooting for the Democratic incumbent this time around.
So what made her switch party lines? Apparently, Clarkson sides with Obama's social policies over Republican candidate Gov. Mitt Romney's. "I can't support Romney's policies as I have a lot of gay friends and I don't think it's fair they can't get married," Clarkson explained. "I'm not a hardcore feminist but we can't be going back to the '50s."
Clarkson is also a fan of First Lady Michelle Obama's work with nutrition and ending childhood obesity. It's likely a cause close to Clarkson's heart, as she has been criticized since her 'Idol' days for her fluctuating weight. (For the record, we think she's gorgeous at any and every size!) Kel told press, "She has been busy promoting better education and healthy diets, which is something we could all use a dose of reality on."
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Authority and Canon
We can be certain that in His providence, God has provided us with all the special revelation He intended for His church to have. The people of God hear His voice in the 39 books of the Old Testament and ...Read More
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While the church has had some disputes over exactly which books belonged in the Canon, it always agreed that the Canon was closed with the death of the last apostle. While no Christian today seeks to add to the Canon ...Read More