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Young farmers show interest in new FCC Young Farmer Loan
In just over six months, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has approved over 800 loans worth more than $187 million under the Young Farmer Loan launched in April by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and FCC President and CEO Greg Stewart. The average loan size is $217,000.
This new loan offers qualified producers who are under 40 years of age loans of up to $500,000 to purchase or improve farmland and buildings. The loan includes features and options that address this demographic and support their long-term success, including variable rates at prime plus 0.5%, special fixed rates and no loan processing fees. FCC set aside $500 million for the Young Farmer Loan when it was first announced.
"The future of agriculture matters to the Canadian economy," said Minister Ritz. "Young people are a key driver of jobs and economic growth. A strong agriculture industry is vital to the long-term prosperity of the country, so it's positive to see the interest in this new financing option."
"As Canada's leading agriculture lender, we continue to listen to our customers," said FCC President and CEO Greg Stewart. "We proactively develop products and services tailored to the unique needs of agriculture. I'm pleased with the level of interest in this loan."
Producers under 40 are using the Young Farmer Loan to grow their business, which is good for the industry. For example, customers have used the loan to purchase farms, expand their businesses or make land improvements.
According to Statistics Canada's 2011 Census of Agriculture, 8.2% of farm operators are under 35.


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Graffiti PURPOSELY PLACED on a home on the west slope of Bernal. I believe that our neighborhood has either 3 or 4 of these stencils up. They are done by an artist from Oakland (aka the old sf!)… Hopefully Wilson will have completely recovered from the Tommy Johns surgery and he is impressing Bocce a LOT… enough for us to offer him a competitive contract. Because at this point, Mr. Wilson is a free agent. How could we lose the beard that we all should fear?? What will i wear on game day??!! Dilemmas! Oh well, i am going to enjoy my bearded misfit champion team with Brian Wilson a part of the mismatched symphony of players and hope for the best!
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Dreams and Shadows (Hardcover)
Voyager, 9780062190420, 448pp.
Publication Date: February 26, 2013
Screenwriter and acclaimed film critic C. Robert Cargill makes his fiction debut with Dreams and Shadows, taking beloved fantasy tropes, giving them a twist, and turning out a wonderful, witty, and wry take on clash between the fairy world and our own.
Something is missing from Ewan and Colby's lives. Residing in the corners of their memories is their time in Limestone Kingdom, a realm filled with magic and mystery, a world where only some may travel amongst the menagerie of mystical souls and sinister demons.
Cargill offers well-crafted characters and an absorbing, intricate plot that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Lev Grossman. Dreams and Shadows pulls you into an extraordinary universe of darkness that exposes the magic and monsters in our world, and in ourselves.
Praise For Dreams and Shadows…
"In this beautifully written debut…an unhurried storyteller style that provides total immersion…Legends and faerie lore are given a dark urban twist with a raw, honest, sometimes violent edge. The universe is richly detailed, and issues of destiny and sacrifice give the story depth…for those that enjoy a rollercoaster ride into the depths of strangeness and despair."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Exceptional worldbuilding, sure-handed plotting and well-rounded characters, even the nasty ones, abound, and the whole impressive enterprise moves smartly along through a fairy culture with a structure and motivations sharply different from that of humans. A mesmerizing and highly original debut."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Hard to put down…this is definitely going to attract readers of contemporary fantasy, particular those who enjoy Neil Gaiman's adult books or Lev Grossman's The Magicians."
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The eight-night Kraftwerk retrospective of MoMA–the great white whale of museum concerts that it seems like only two people got tickets for–will be happening this month. Just so you know, we'll be fahr'n, fahr'n, fahr'n auf der Autobahn alone in our apartment.
There was a glimmer of hope with Volkswagen's "GIFaway," a contest in which 50 additional pairs of tickets for each performance were given away to people who submitted the best animated GIFs of themselves doing whatever it is that people do in animated GIFs of themselves. That's now over and still no tickets for Gallerist. Our only consolation is that you, dearest reader, like us, are probably also not seeing Kraftwerk.
But wait! Bowery Boogie reports you can see the winning GIFs from the GIFaway projected on a giant screen above the RETNA mural on Houston Street. That's almost as good as Kraftwerk, right? No? Bah.


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College Football 2013: 5 Big Questions for Week 3
This season's "Game of the Century" is here, as No. 1 Alabama looks to avenge last season's loss against Johnny Football and No. 6 Texas A&M. While that's certainly the biggest game of the week, here is a look at that and some of the other story lines in Week 3:
Saban vs. Manziel: Who Wins?
They are the two most polarizing figures in college football, the guys everyone loves or hates. But Nick Saban and Johnny Manziel are also the best at what they do, and, when Alabama and Texas A&M meet up on Saturday, it guarantees to be entertaining. It's only mid-September, but this could be toughest test for the Crimson Tide before the SEC Championship game. After Saturday, they only have two games against ranked opponents (No. 25 Ole Miss and No. 8 LSU), both of which will be in Tuscaloosa. So, like it or not, Johnny Football could be your last, best hope if you don't want to see Nick Saban hoisting the crystal ball for the third consecutive year. Despite playing less than five quarters this season, Manziel has looked every bit the part of a returning Heisman winner, throwing for 497 yards, six touchdowns and just one interception. The Alabama defense has had this game circled on their calendar for nearly a year now, so Manziel will have his work cut out for him to upset the Crimson Tide in back-to-back years.
How Big Will the Oklahoma State Story Get?
Boosters and assistant coaches handing players envelopes stuffed with cash. Hot co-eds bribing recruits with sex. Professors changing grades to help athletes. It's like something out of the movies, but according to a Sports Illustrated series of reports, it's exactly what has gone on at Oklahoma State under head coaches Les Miles and Mike Gundy and assistant coaches who are now at Texas and West Virginia. While we haven't yet heard the other side of the story (many of the sources for the article either have their own credibility issues or are now backtracking and saying they were misquoted), the controversy will continue to swirl around OSU for some time. While the distraction shouldn't impact the Cowboys much in this week's matchup with Lamar, it will be interesting to see if this story has legs and, if so, how the cloud hanging over Stillwater (and Baton Rouge, and Morgantown, and Austin) will impact teams the rest of this season.
Can Anyone Stop the Bleeding in Texas?
Mack Brown says he's not panicking. And we should believe him, because firing your defensive coordinator two games into the season is a totally non-panicky move, right? After last week's loss to BYU, in which the Longhorns gave up a school-record 550 rushing yards, Brown fired defensive coordinator Manny Diaz and replaced him with former coordinator Greg Robinson. Robinson served as Texas's defensive coordinator before taking the head-coaching job at Syracuse (where he went 10-37 in four years). Since July, he has been working as an analyst with the Longhorn Network. He'll be tested this week by an Ole Miss squad that has had success on the ground running a read option. But Texas also has problems on the offensive side of the ball. WR/RB Daje Johnson (131 yards and two touchdowns on just 11 touches this year) is out with an ankle injury and quarterback David Ash is listed as doubtful after suffering head and shoulder injuries in last week's loss. While Texas is certainly the more talented team (at least on paper), Ole Miss is a very real upset threat in Austin.
Will UCLA Expose Nebraska's Defense Again?
While Nebraska's defense played better against Southern Miss than they did in a Week 1 debacle against Wyoming, question marks still swirl around the Blackshirts. This week, Nebraska can silence some of their critics by exacting some revenge on a UCLA offense that exposed their weaknesses a year ago. In last season's matchup, the Bruins torched the Cornhuskers for 653 yards, the second-most ever given up by a Nebraska defense. UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley, one of the nation's top run/pass quarterbacks, torched the Blackshirts for 358 yards and four touchdowns a year ago and is backed up by potent run game that racked up 345 rushing yards in a Week 1 win over Nevada. The Cornhusker defense will have to play much better than it did in Week 1 or it could be a long day in Lincoln. Unfortunately, UCLA enters this game with heavy hearts after wide receiver Nick Pasquale was killed when he was hit by a car on Sunday.
Can Anyone Stop Oregon's Offense?
Through two weeks, Oregon's offense has now rolled up 1,329 yards and 125 points. Sophomore quarterback Marcus Mariota has put himself squarely in the Heisman mix, racking up 668 total yards and six touchdowns in less than six quarters of action. Speedy running back De'Anthony Thomas has already rushed for 252 yards and five touchdowns while helping the Ducks rank second nationally in rushing and third in scoring. Oregon will face its final non-conference contest of the season this week against 2-0 Tennessee. The Volunteers seem to be playing better under first-year coach Butch Davis, but it remains to be seen if the Tennessee defense, which forced seven turnovers (including five in six snaps) in last week's 52-20 win over Western Kentucky, can be anything more than a speed bump for the Ducks. If not, Oregon likely will not be tested until mid-October when they begin a four-game stretch that includes matchups with No. 19 Washington, No. 16 UCLA and No. 5 Stanford.


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That's frightening-but my animal experience there was truly terrifying... the first time I ever played PHILL in 2009 I got charged by a screaming bare-chested chimpanzee wearing blue pants. The thing was 30 feet up in a tree on #3 and when it saw me it clammered down the trunk 30' and covered 50' of open ground, all in about 4 seconds flat, all the while screaming monkey jibberish at me. Like you, I also about sh*t my pants hard. At the time I had no idea there was an exotic animal park next door. Turns out his name was Joey and he was a sweetheart. When he reached me he crawled up my body like a tree and gave me a big hug-then he just stared at me and wouldn't let go. This was a few weeks after that famous chimp attack in Cali where the chimp ate the face and hands off his owner-so I was a little concerned having Joey 3 inches from my face, but then his trainer ran up and reassured me that Joey wasn't going to mutilate me. It was a really bizarre experience.
dclabe GuestRe: Pleasant Hill League« Reply #196 on: May 18, 2009, 10:41:35 AM » QuotePleasant Hill League, Sunday 5/17 (Sunny 68 degrees, South - Southwest wind 5 -8 mph)Fourteen players out for League at Lake Shore on a crystal clear day. Moved pins on #8 and #14 before league. Well, this one is all about Leo/Ted.....who obliterated the field by 7 strokes. On a perfect day for disc golf they brought their "A" game and in the process set a new course record of 41. To be honest, with the current course configuration, I didn't think that there were 13 birdies out there.....a couple of the highlights from their round, birdied #16 from about 80', then followed it with the first birdie during league on #17 from about 100'.Leo DaPratoBrian PalmerBill NeenanCaleb CoffmanBrandon ElkinsWill LoveMatt Fox Ted KeithDan CoffmanSpencer WDoug KrollLeslie PalmerAaron MorrisShane Dierson 41485050535355 $42.00$28.00Next weekend league will be noonthirty Sunday 5/24 at Lake Shore, hope to see you there....if you have questions about league give me a call at 816-210-1063.Report to moderator LoggedKeizer GuestRe: Pleasant Hill League« Reply #197 on: May 18, 2009, 12:48:20 PM » QuoteThat's just not right, even for best-shot dubs! Fine job, fellas!Report to moderator LoggedSpencer GuestRe: Pleasant Hill League« Reply #198 on: May 18, 2009, 01:04:59 PM » QuoteHad a BLAST at my first round at Pleasant Hill!!! Although the golf and beautiful lake/course were definately a plus, the highlight came while I was warming up on hole #3 prior to league. I was teeing off when a guy came walking across the fairway with a CHIMPANZEE on a leash! As if that wasn't strange enough, as i walked down the fairway the thing came running towards me. After the handler convinced me he was just a baby and wouldn't bite my face off the thing climbed up me and didn't want to let go. Talk about a weird occurrence at the golf course! Anyways, I believe that getting a hug from "Joey" the Chimp gave me some good luck, as we finished our doubles round on #3 and I was able to make my only good putt of the day for a 30-35' birdie. All I can say is Monkey Karma
I hear if you go out to Lee's Summit you will see the rarest of rare beasts running amok in the untamed streets out there. It's not a fast animal, but it's still very, very frightening if you see it charging at you... Beware of the vicious and extremely deadly... PALMERANIAN!!! It's wide mouth is filled with gnashing teeth - there are chunks of undigested flesh still caught in between them - and its breath reeks of stale alcohol. Its feet are turned outward as it runs to allow the dewclaw to dig in to the harsh terrain and thus produce more traction. Nothing which runs slower than two miles an hour is safe!!! Its head swings violently from side to side as it runs to look for prey and predator alike. Its tiny tyrannosaurus rex-like arms are kept tucked close to the body to allow for more streamline aerodynamics as it attacks its prey!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!! Stay away from the dark streets of Lee's Summit at dawn and dusk!!!


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Those persons who disparage the Occupy Movement as having been just a failed blip on the radar screen don't understand how uprisings and paradigm shifts are usually the result of a series of events. It is unfair to judge one stupendously successful movement at getting income inequality on the radar screen of even the mass media by how easily the police literally crushed the public presence of the movement.
Nathan Schneider, author of "Thank You, Anarchy: Notes From the Occupy Apocalypse," shed light on the bum rap the Occupy Movement received (whatever its flaws) in a recent interview with Truthout.
The legacy of the Occupy Movement on the ground has spread across the country, and was most visibly nationally reported on when Occupy supporters became the de facto volunteer FEMA in many locations -- particularly hard-hit areas of Brooklyn -- after Occupy Sandy. But the Occupy-inspired uprisings of activism and volunteerism are spread across the nation -- and continuing to accelerate. Maybe they are morphing into new forms and new names, but the Occupy Movement was the kindling wood for many of them.
What is equally significant is that the 1%/99% meme of income inequality has inserted itself in the national discourse. It may not be present in the corporate mass media everyday, but it re-emerges frequently in unexpected ways.
Take CNN for example, which started an interactive news series that lets the readers determine the topic to be explored by a journalist. Coming in at number one in a survey of CNN reader votes was "America's widening rich-poor gap."
This interest in economic justice is not a fluke. Without the Occupy Movement, it probably would not had made it to the top of the CNN list -- and the resultant series of articles on the subject. For example, today (October 30), CNN posted a piece entitled, "7 ways to narrow the rich-poor gap," by lead series writer John Sutter. I was prepared for some "centrist" corporate media pablum -- and there's some of that -- but there's also some surprisingly progressive proposals, including:
3. Raise the minimum wage to 1960s levels, at least
4. Tax the rich at a reasonable rate: "It's clear the rich are getting a big break on their taxes and should be paying more."
5. Give workers a voice in their companies
6. Reign in crazy-huge donations to political campaigns
7. Give money to the poor -- maybe at random
If ever there's a tribute that should go for thinking outside of the box to the Occupy Movement, it's number seven above.
But three through six in the CNN article list are also a welcome antidote to the corporate mainstream media shilling for the 1% in their daily framing of the "news."
And this article came about because readers of CNN online indicated that income inequality was number one in terms of their interest.
While a direct line from the Occupy Movement that spread like wildfire from Zucotti Park cannot be drawn to this CNN series and reader interest in the subject, you can be pretty certain that it would not be number one on CNN's "Change the List Project" if so many inspired souls were not drawn to lower Manhattan to publicly defy Wall Street and Mayor "1%" Bloomberg.
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text: On Fri, 14 May 2004, Donald Becker wrote: > > [[ The mailing list should now be back up and running for all > subscribers. I'll write up the long story of the Beowulf Mailing List > problems over the weekend, assuming that everything continues running. > - DJB]] > > On Fri, 14 May 2004, Greg Lindahl wrote: > > > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 11:49:34AM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: > > > > > rgb at s02|B:1003>./Ospin > > > -bash: ./Ospin: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory > > > rgb at s02|B:1004> > > > > Pilot error. You have to install a couple of additional rpms to run > > 32-bit stuff on an Opteron. The annoying thing about it is that they > > have the same names as x86_64 packages, grrrr. In this case you need > > glibc-*.i686.rpm. > > That makes it sound easier than it really is... > > We distribute 32 bit library RPMs with the Scyld Beowulf for AMD64 > distribution. But those libraries are not just a simple duplication of > the x86 32 bit RPMs. > > The 32 bit library RPMs must contain only the libraries, not other > configuration and documentation files. The libraries must placed > in the proper directories or otherwise made to have non-conflicting > names. Some libraries that exist only as 32 bit versions must be placed > in the LSB-standard location. And all of this get extra complicated > with 3rd party compilers. > > We started out with an ad hoc approach, using the 32 bit RPMs, but > quickly decided that it had too many exceptions to support for end users. We just haven't messed with trying to (build and/or) install the compatibility libraries on our Opterons (yet). It's not that big a deal to do a recompile or rebuild to 64 bit code (for cleanly written applications), and we're currently using all our Opterons as relatively thin compute nodes so it is typically only one or two strictly numerical applications that need the recompile. If/when they start showing up on the desktop, perhaps this will change. I haven't looked at the latest version of the fedora64 core to see if somebody has built and contributed the libraries in a way that will kickstart/yum (sheer laziness on my part, let's see: rgb at s02|B:1001>yum list glibc\* Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - x86_64 - base Server: Physics RHL Server: Fedora Core 1 - x86_64 - updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Looking in Available Packages: Name Arch Version Repo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- glibc i686 2.3.2-101.4 base glibc-debug x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 base glibc-devel i386 2.3.2-101.4 base glibc-profile x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 base glibc-utils x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 base Looking in Installed Packages: Name Arch Version Repo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- glibc x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 db glibc-common x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 db glibc-devel x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 db glibc-headers x86_64 2.3.2-101.4 db glibc-kernheaders x86_64 2.4-8.36 db Hmmm, looks like there is a glibc i686. I'm home, and not eager to try a secondary glibc install from here because messing with glibc on a running system HAS been known to crash systems;-) but perhaps next week I'll experiment with this some If this fedora rpm just "works", it should be fairly simple to get it to install in kickstart (if necessary in the %post), but I'm not sure how to get it to install in yum. I'll ask Seth about it -- if this is a compatibility library rpm, it should probably have a name like glibc_i686 or glibc_32 to make it easier to install and update. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Frito-Lay Fiery Fusion Offers Zesty Kick
Consumers are increasingly looking for exotic, complex flavors that deliver great taste and a zesty kick. PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division, Plano, Texas, is taking spicy snacking to the next level with the introduction of new Doritos and Cheetos Fiery Fusion snacks, now available in convenience stores across the U.S. Fiery Fusion snacks are the latest evolution in Frito-Lay's spicy snack portfolio, offering a unique combination of heat and flavor designed to reflect consumers' changing taste preferences.
Doritos and Cheetos Fiery Fusion snacks offer a one-of-a-kind flavor combination unlike other spicy snacks currently available in the marketplace. They start with a blend of cheese, herbs and spices, followed by a slow-burning heat derived from a combination of cayenne pepper, vinegar and paprika. The result is a fusion of heat and flavor that delivers a stimulating new taste experience on two of Frito-Lay's most popular brands.
"Now more than ever, Doritos and Cheetos brand lovers are asking for really intense flavor experiences and spicy snacks that can offer more than just pure heat," says Tony Matta, vice president of marketing at Frito-Lay. "New Fiery Fusion snacks deliver both – a truly unique flavor built around a delicious fusion of different herbs, spices and cheese, followed by a tremendous surge of heat that sneaks up on you at just the right moment."
Cheetos Fiery Fusion snacks are available in 3.75-oz. bags and Doritos Fiery Fusion snacks are available in 3.375-oz. bags, both for a suggested retail price of $1.49.


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These fish tacos are filled with grilled halibut, cilantro lime rice, salsa verde, diced avocado, shredded lettuce, crumbled queso fresco, pickled jalapeños, carrot and daikon (the Vietnamese flair in these tacos) and finally a dollop of Mexican sour cream.
After completing my second cookbook, (shameless plug: don't forget to pre-order my Banh Mi cookbook), I've been professing my love for the Vietnamese sandwiches to whomever I meet on Twitter. Last weekend, I came across the most wonderful idea from a Texan food & wine festival through Chef David Bull from Austin: Banh Mi Tacos. In my second cookbook, I kept everything fairly traditional by sticking to straight, authentic recipes for the Vietnamese baguette, đồ chua (pickled carrots and daikon) and Vietnamese-style meat. But what I love most is the way we can get inspired from a certain type of cuisine and come up with new, creative dishes.
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This fish taco dish is healthy, flavorful and easy to make. I cooked cod fillets en papillote, which just means that I wrapped the fish in paper and baked it in the oven. The pocket created by the parchment paper acts as a steam chamber and let the fish infuse with whatever ingredients you place inside. For this recipe I flavored the fish with garlic, ginger, fresh kumquat and creeping red thyme. I assembled the tacos with a slightly adapted version of yesterday's creamy coleslaw recipe and some sweet preserved kumquats.
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Three people were killed and 144 others were injured this afternoon as two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession near the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston's Back Bay section, transforming a scene of athletic celebration into bloody chaos.
When the smoke cleared from what officials said may have been a terrorist attack, dozens of victims lay in the street, some unconscious, some grievously injured, including some whose limbs had been torn off by the blast.
The dead included an 8-year-old boy, according to two law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation. Boston Children's Hospital reported that those treated there included a 9-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 12-year-old, and a 2-year-old.
President Barack Obama vowed that whoever planted the explosives would be found and brought to justice.
"We still do not know who did this or why. And people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts," he told reporters at the White House shortly after 6 p.m. "But make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this ... Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice."
At a news conference this evening, Richard DesLauriers, head of the Boston office of the FBI, said the FBI was taking the lead in the probe of the blasts. "It is a criminal investigation that is a potential terrorist investigation," he said.
Blood and broken glass covered sidewalks in the area after the blasts occurred at about 2:50 p.m.
"It was just immediately [evident] there were injuries, right in the middle of the spectator crowds," said boston.com sports producer Steve Silva, who was on the scene to cover the race, normally a spectacle that is a magnet for elite athletes and determined runners from across the world.
"There was blood everywhere; there were victims being carried out on stretchers. I saw someone lose their leg. People are crying. People are confused," Silva, who captured one of the explosions on video, said moments after the blasts.
The injured were brought for treatment to eight area hospitals. Massachusetts General Hospital treated 29 people, 8 of whom are in critical condition, Dr. Peter Fagenholz, a trauma surgeon, told reporters at a briefing late this evening. He said "several" people had to have limbs amputated. Dr. Ron Walls, chair of emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said at a separate briefing that his hospital had treated 31 patients.
Both doctors said those injured had metal debris embedded in their bodies, but they didn't think that the metal was shrapnel that was built into the bombs.
"We will turn every rock over to find the people who were responsible for this," Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said.
No suspects have been arrested, Davis said, though police were questioning many people.
Just before 8 p.m., a "person of interest" was being questioned at Brigham and Women's in connection with the bombing, according to an official briefed on the investigation. The individual was hurt in the explosion, the official said. But Davis said at a mid-evening news conference attended by DesLauriers, Governor Deval Patrick, and other officials, that "there is no suspect at Brigham and Women's Hospital as has been widely reported."
Neither Davis nor DesLauriers would discuss any specifics of the case.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it had implemented a no-fly zone around an area of Boston at the request of law enforcement officials and temporarily stopped planes on the ground at Logan International Airport to change the runway configuration.
Davis said the attacks had occurred without warning. "There was no specific intelligence" suggesting an attack would take place, he said.
Governor Patrick said there was a "horrific attack here in Boston" and authorities were focusing on making sure the area around the Copley Square finish line was safe and secure. He urged everyone to stay away from the area.
He said an area of several blocks around where the explosions occurred had been sealed off and was considered a crime scene. "The city of Boston is open and will be open tomorrow," he said, "but it will not be business as usual."
Davis had initially said there had been a third explosion at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester. But he downplayed those comments at an afternoon news conference, suggesting that the incident might not have been an explosion and might have been a fire.
Hundreds of police officers and firefighters descended on the scene immediately after the blasts, clearing out the finish-line viewing stands. FBI, State Police, and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were among the investigators, officials said.
Bomb squads searched the area, said Steve MacDonald, a spokesman for the Boston Fire Department. Officials said another explosion, heard in the city around 4 p.m., was a "controlled blast" staged as part of bomb squad activity.
Davis, the police commissioner, said the two explosions had happened near the finish line 50 to 100 yards apart.
MacDonald said one explosion had happened in front of the Marathon Sports store at 671-673 Boylston and the windows were blown out at a LensCrafters store, where "the sidewalk is loaded with blood."
Boston.com's Silva said, "I was there at the finish, shooting finish line scenes, and then, bang!, it just went off, and then less than 15 to 20 seconds after, there was a second explosion, closer to Fairfield Street."
"It was just an explosion. It came out of nowhere. ... I saw dismemberment. I saw blood everywhere."
Obama said he had directed the full resources of the federal government to "investigate and respond" to the blasts and that he had assured Governor Patrick and Mayor Thomas M. Menino that "every single federal resource necessary" was available to them.
"The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight," Obama said. "We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable."
Menino said, "Let me just say that this is a tragedy. We're going to work together on this."
Dave Benson, 41, was in the stands across Boylston Street from the explosion.
"I thought it was an end-of-the-event celebration with fireworks. Then I saw a huge plume of smoke and people falling down."
Andrea George, 39, who was also across the street, said, "We heard a noise and heard the glass shatter. My friend was right there, and I can't get in touch with them. I just started running. Everyone was running in different directions. It was the scariest thing I ever saw."
Davis said many people who fled the scene on Boylston Street left bags and parcels strewn along the route, and each of those items was being "treated as a suspicious device" and might be detonated by authorities.
Davis said he could not confirm reports that the bombs were placed in trash cans.
The blasts came long after the elite runners had finished the race — at a time when hundreds of amateurs were crossing the finish line. About 27,000 people were slated to participate in the race.
The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the race, said this evening, "Today is a sad day for the City of Boston, for the running community, and for all those who were here to enjoy the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What was intended to be a day of joy and celebration quickly became a day in which running a marathon was of little importance."
The organization said that all the runners who were out on the course when the explosions happened had been returned to a community meeting area.
Governor Patrick said it was not yet clear how businesses in the cordoned-off area would be affected, but said workers "in most cases" will probably not have access to their offices Tuesday morning.
He also said MBTA riders should be prepared for random searches of backpacks and parcels on Tuesday.
Davis said authorities were continuing to comb through bags left behind at the scene of the blasts but as yet, no additional explosive devices had been found. "I'm not prepared to say that we are at ease," Davis added, however.
The blast came on Patriots Day, Obama noted, which is a state holiday in Massachusetts that celebrates the beginning of the American Revolution.
"It's a day that celebrates the free and fiercely independent spirit that this great American city of Boston has reflected from the earliest days of our nation," Obama said. "And it's a day that draws the world to Boston's streets in a spirit of friendly competition. Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I'm supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and move forward as one proud city. And as they do, the American people will be with them every single step of the way."
Davis gave out two emergency phone numbers for people to call. Relatives of victims and anyone missing can call the mayor's hotline at 617-635-4500. Anyone with information about the explosions should call police at 800-494-TIPS, he said.
The FBI also said it had set up 800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324), prompt #3, for anyone who had information or visual images regarding the explosions.
"No piece of information or detail is too small," the FBI said in a statement.Jim O'Sullivan, Andrea Estes, Maria Cramer, Brian Ballou, Michael Levenson, Travis Andersen, Kay Lazar, and Carolyn Johnson of the Globe staff, as well as Globe correspondents Todd Feathers and Lauren Dezenski contributed to this report.


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3 Kid CEOs – Is This Really A Good Thing?
December 15, 2008 by Jenn · Leave a Comment
We all want our kids to be successful, but what happens when they are more successful than you could have ever imagined, even while they are still kids?
Suddenly, selling those girl scout cookies leads to starting their own bakery business. Having to raise money for a mission trip turns into a project that is so high in demand they have to work their little tails off to fulfill all the orders. Is this really good for our kids?
Before too many people think I want to squash the entrepreneurial spirits of our smallest citizens, I want to be clear that I do think it's a good thing- with some caveats. Children need to be able to still be children. They need to laugh, learn, play and take the time they need to really grow up. There will always be time to take their entrepreneurial tendencies to the next level when they are older.
With that being said, some of these kids are just plain awesome!
Leanna Archer
Take 13 year old Leanna. She owns her own website at http://www.leannashair.com. She creates hair formulations based on an old family recipe and sells them to people all over the world. Leanna is able to bring in about $5,000 a month and expects her profits to increase substantially over the next year. Of course, this wonderful success does not come without its downsides.
"Leanna works seven days a week to keep her business going. On weekends, she makes and packages the products at home with her parents' help.
During the week — after completing her homework — she packs boxes for the orders she receives daily on her website."
It's an incredibly good thing that Leanna found her niche at such an early age! It's amazing even. Still, I can't help but get a touch of sadness that instead of looking forward to going to ballet class or soccer practice, she often stays home to package boxes.
Obviously, her parents seem to have a good sense of what Leanna wants, and she seems wise beyond her years, but I don't think it would be a bad thing if the family outsourced more of the packing and production so Leanna could oversee that, but still be a kid at the same time.
Alexis Holmes
Leanna isn't the only one with a taste for business at an early age. Alexis Holmes is another young girl who has successfully started her own business. Alexis learned how to bake from her Godfather. She got the idea of selling her treats to help raise money for local charities.
This is astounding -within two months of starting her business she generated revenues of $20,000! That's enough to make struggling adult business owners cry. Alexis cites her mother, anther business woman, as being her biggest inspiration. The good news in this case is that she hires other young people to help out with the business, which is great because these are generally kids in crisis who benefit from having this positive opportunity in their lives.
Christina Pendleton
Yet another young CEO is Christina Pendleton. She started out wanting to raise money for a mission trip. Christina made and sold candy, and business really took off! The orders started pouring in even after she came back from her trip. Christina is a high school senior, so it's a great thing she'll have this extra money for college.
All three of these young women have accomplished so much at a young age. Still, it's important to remember that they have their whole lives ahead of them to be worried about making money. For now, the focus should stay on being young, having fun, and fueling their passions because adulthood will be here before they know it. It's hard not to get jealous that they have it all figured out at such a young age though.


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Documentation Formats
NAG documentation is available in several formats. For the Fortran Library, the following formats are available:
- XHTML XHTML + MathML files, one per routine, with XHTML tables of contents.
- PDF Individual PDF files, for each document, with additional HTML navigation pages.
- Single File PDF A single PDF file essentially being a repackaging of the individual PDF files.
- Windows Help File Windows HTML help is essentially a compressed archive of HTML+MathML files derived from the XHTML+MathML documentation, together with additional index and navigation controls.
The C Library documentation, which is largely derived from the same source, is available in similar formats.
In addition, documentation for other interfaces are available, also usually generated from the same (XML) source. For example, the NAG Toolbox for MATLAB documentation is available as a MATLAB help file (essentially a jar archive of customised HTML files) and as a collection of PDF files with HTML tables of contents for ease of navigation. The NAG Library for .NET, currently in beta test, provides the documentation in two forms, a "classic" Windows HTML help file and also a MSHelp2 file, which integrates as a help collection into Visual Studio when the product is installed.
Historically the documentation has been provided in other formats, for example Dynatext, and looking forward we hope to make the documentation available using whatever technology provides the right level of stability and typesetting quality for the devices in use. For the future we hope that (especially) the ability to generate richly structured (X)HTML will provide the necessary flexibility. Many of the currently available formats, such as Windows help and formats for e-books are essentially packaged, compressed, HTML files. Using an HTML base rather than say, PDF, one is forced to sacrifice some typesetting quality, but gain a lot of flexibility enabling the documents to be read in novel ways. An iphone being used to browse the (XHTML) NAG documentation for example.
Even without changing the format used, there are issues in keeping up with technology. Currently, for example we generate PDF versions of our documents using a relatively old version of Acrobat Distiller. More recent versions of Acrobat use some new language features to make much smaller PDF files, at the price of loss of compatibility with older readers. It is hard to know if support for older PDF readers matters or not (does it?), but the bandwidth savings, and space on restricted media such as CD, probably mean that we will switch at some point. Another potential change is the upcoming HTML5 revision of HTML. Currently, in order to get the best possible mathematical rendering, we use MathML in our documentation, but this currently necessitates the use of XHTML rather than HTML, which unfortunately makes things slightly harder to set up in the browser. HTML5 promises to specify the parsing of MathML within HTML documents, so hopefully in future this complication will be gone, and also, the prominence given to MathML by its reference from HTML5 may encourage more browser makes to add native MathML support.
So …
- Do you prefer the single file versions (single file PDF, Windows help) or the multiple file versions (individual PDF or HTML files?
- At what point is it acceptable to move to newer PDF or HTML standards?
- How important is it that documentation for alternative interfaces take on the style of the documentation in the host environment? (For example, NAG Toolbox for MATLAB documentation using a similar style to MATLAB, or the NAG Library for .NET documentation using a .NET/MSDN style.)
- What other features would you like in the product documentation?


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Movie Reviews
'Blancanieves': Flamenco Adventure, Snow White Style
- Director: Pablo Berger
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Running Time: 104 minutes
Rated PG-13 for violent content and sexuality
With: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Like many small children with underperforming nerve-end protectors, I had to be removed from Snow White, because my terrified sobs were bothering the hardier perennials around me. My cowardice always shamed me — until repeat viewings of the Disney classic with my small daughter convinced me that one of the most beloved films in the family pantheon was in fact a horror movie about the fundamental instability of existence.
The wicked stepmother was plenty scary, but it was the tree branches clutching at Snow as she rushed through the forest that undid me. No matter how hard Disney tried to cushion the blow with tweety-birds, a household army of self-cleaning dwarfs, and an undying love, there was no denying that this tale of domestic dysfunction, along with most other parables by the implacable Brothers Grimm, is about the terrors of getting through the ups and downs of daily life.
Small wonder that the forest scene has been endlessly referenced in world cinema. It pops up again in Blancanieves, a grotesquely beautiful new take on the Snow White fable by Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger. This one's for the grown-ups, and grabby branches are the least of the troubles faced by Carmen, the newborn child of two celebrated artists.
In the first 15 minutes of this extravagantly overwrought melodrama, the baby endures the loss of both her parents to death and desertion. Thankfully, Grandma (Angela Molina) steps in to fill the breach and keep the dance lessons going. Her stewardship doesn't last, alas, and soon enough poor Carmen is shipped off to Dad's estate.
From then on, it's a wild ride through epic peaks and valleys, which is about what you'd expect in the life of Carmen, the celebrity offspring of a flamenco dancer and a bullfighter, who's made the mistake of marrying his gold-digging nurse. Had Pedro Almodovar blown in for a cameo, he'd have felt right at home.
Set in 1920s Spain, Blancanieves bows in rapturous homage to the Golden Age of European silent cinema. Lavishly upholstered in silvery black and white, complete with intertitles and a soaring score, the film is a coming-of-age story for hysterics. It's all in the chalk-white faces, their sharp features etched in black to enhance the pangs of love, jealousy and hatred.
None is more innocent than Carmen (Macarena Garcia), with her round, black eyes; and none crueler than the stepmother, Encarna (Y Tu Mama Tambien's Maribel Verdu), a snapping gorgon who holds her wheelchair-bound husband (Antonio Villalta) prisoner in his own home and forces Carmen into Cinderella slavery while she cavorts with her driver. Dwarfs are involved, but don't expect whistling while they work; a prince will show up, but he'll be an unorthodox royal, in service to a twist ending.
Brimming over with sadism and the occasional touch of kink, Blancanieves piles on the pathology that's the birthright of any fairy tale worth its salt. Yet it's still a tale of lost innocence, and Berger keeps faith with a prototype revered by the Disneys and the Grimms alike: the resilient, enterprising girl who overcomes wave after wave of adversity. Blancanieves gets a lot of help on her journey through life, but her salvation, such as it is, will turn out to be the twin performance arts she inherited from her parents.
And so it should be. I'm fond of the helpers, but a girl has got to be able to look after herself. If this Snow White becomes a superstar in her own right, it's because she followed Dad's advice and learned never to take her eyes off the bull.


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University of Minnesota President Roberts Bruininks is asking the board of regents to let the school apply for a state liquor license in order to serve beer and wine at the University's new football stadium.
But a game day beer, or glass of wine, would only be available to those willing to pay for expensive seats.
That could be one of the hundreds of premium season pass club seats ranging in price from $1,800 to $3,000 a year, or the 50-plus four person semi-private boxes that go for $10,000 a season. And for a drink in real style, there's always the 37 private suites being built into the stadium. They'll hold 19 people and cost $45,000 a year.
But under the plan, alcohol would not be available for fans in the rest of the 50,000 seat stadium.
University spokesman Dan Wolter says one reason is because of the thousands of underage students who attend the games. Making sure only those 21 and older were served would be impossible.
"This is a decision that's being made for the good of the campus. We think it's very important to monitor and control the consumption [of alcohol]. It is just to difficult to monitor in a broad open setting like that," said Wolter.
But Wolter says another reason the University wants to offer alcohol in the premium seats is because people expect it.
"It's a very important part of the business strategy, as well, because the suites and those other facilities, we're working very aggressively to make sure those are all sold out and that there are the kind of amenities and features that people are requiring," said Wolter.
Wolter says the University will make money from the sale of alcohol at games, but says it won't be "a huge profit."
The NCAA doesn't allow alcohol in stadiums during its championship events, but the policy for regular season events are left up to individual institutions.
The University of Maryland recently decided to allow alcohol in premium seating. School officials say it's a safe way to serve alcohol, while providing guests with a "wonderful game day experience," according to a statement in the Baltimore Sun.
Policies on who can buy alcohol and when they can consume it varies widely at stadiums across the country. Some schools ban alcohol altogether. Others allow drinking in tailgating sections of stadium parking lots, and some end those parties at kick off. Other stadiums sell booze during the game, but some limit how much patrons can buy.
Currently, anyone of drinking age attending a Gopher football game can buy a drink. That's because the games are being played off campus at the Metrodome.
That makes some students think the policy at the new TCF stadium is a bit unfair.
"If it's going to be a dry environment, it should be a dry environment for everyone," said Missy Gettel, a junior at the University of Minnesota.
The 21-year-old chemical engineering major says this issue is not a big concern to most students. But some think its unfair that only those paying for expensive seats will be able buy a drink in the Gophers new home.
"If the people in the premium boxes can, you know why not us," asked Gettel.
The University of Minnesota proposal would not only allow beer in the expensive seats at the new TCF Bank stadium, but also some pricey spots in Williams Arena, Mariucci Arena and during special events at the University of Minnesota Arboretum.


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In contrast to the attorneys in conservative suits surrounding him, Dave Rushton looked like the video game developer he once was long hair, sport jacket over a polo shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes. Then a bailiff slapped handcuffs on him to begin a year in jail, and Rushton looked like a criminal.
Watching and smiling were many of his former employees from Sensory Sweep Studios, which produced such video games as "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005" and "Justice League Heroes." They say Rushton stiffed workers out of millions of dollars in unpaid wages and looted retirement funds and health insurance payments that he falsely said were paid while he actually left workers uninsured.
"He wasn't stealing money at gunpoint, but he was doing it in a very destructive way, taking advantage of our trust," says Nasan Hardcastle, a former employee who watched Rushton's sentencing earlier this month. "It's been four years and I still have trouble trusting employers in the industry at large."
Rushton's video game company was arguably the worst of hundreds of deadbeat employers in Utah who sent claims for unpaid wages skyrocketing during the past four years after the economy soured in the recession.
It used to be that the Utah Labor Commission considered it an extraordinarily busy year if it received 1,000 claims for unpaid wages, says Brent Asay, the commission's Wage Unit manager.
In fiscal 2009 at the height of the recession the commission received 2,624. Numbers have slowly decreased since, but Utah still saw 1,479 claims filed in fiscal 2012 (which ended June 30), according to a Salt Lake Tribune analysis of data between fiscal 2009 and 2012 obtained through an open-records request.
The claims poured in as many companies went out of business and left workers unpaid. Others seemed to take advantage of employees having trouble finding jobs in the recession, and used empty promises to persuade them to keep working for partial or no pay. Some may have targeted illegal immigrants believing they would hesitate to report problems fearing it could lead to deportation.
Deadbeats • While The Tribune analysis shows which companies were targeted by the most claims, that may reveal only a slice of the problem.
For example, 88 employees filed claims totaling $663,143 in unpaid wages against Rushton's Sensory Sweep Studios, also known as Fooptube.
However in criminal cases against Rushton, prosecutors said they found at least $1.2 million and as much as $1.8 million in unpaid wages for 95 or more employees. Additionally, they said more than $1 million was stolen from employee payments to retirement funds that were never deposited, and more from insurance payments that Rushton was supposed to make but did not.
Labor Commission records don't reflect those high amounts because the agency limits claims to $10,000 in unpaid wages per worker a fraction of the $40,000 or more some of Rushton's former employees said they were owed. At the same time, many workers simply never file claims or choose to sue or turn to federal rather than state regulators.
Still, the statewide total for Utah over the four-year period was 7,646 workers claiming $16.7 million in unpaid wages.
Besides Sensory Sweep, some other companies with large numbers of claims filed include: Precast Concrete Products (90 claims for $138,533); U.S. Tank Co. (74 claims for $189,620); Cabinetec (61 claims for $236,713); and Salt Lake Valley Protective Agency (59 claims for $97,256).
Others include: Heritage Web Solutions/Hit Web Design (58 claims for $245,039); TJ Enterprises and Acoustical (49 claims for $164,707); Zrii (40 claims for $125,805); Willow Creek Health Care (32 claims for $150,148); Digital Bridge (28 claims for $257,375) and Zoomobile Alliances (28 claims for $139,189).
Most of the worst deadbeat employers appear to be out of business now, or in the process of closing. Many left behind unpaid employees as they closed their doors. However, Asay notes that the state can and does pursue corporate officers' individual assets for wages owed. But the process often can take years before much is recovered, and many employees never receive anything.
Empty promises • Unscrupulous employers sometimes con committed employees into working months for partial or no pay using false assurances and promises of big deals.
"He took advantage of our passion for the gaming industry," Josh Jones, a former Sensory Sweep employee, said of Rushton.
"We would be promised paychecks on one day, and that day would get pushed back, and pushed back," Hardcastle wrote to 3rd District Court. And he described the discovery that employees' health insurance had been canceled for lack of payment by the company. "One of my friends has a child who went through a heart transplant. ... They were not able to get the medication they needed."
Stephan Frost, another Sensory Sweep employee, wrote to the court saying that as the company was imploding, Rushton gave him a raise and urged him to use it to help buy a house as a newlywed. "My first house payment almost fell through because when I went to cash my check, there was no money in the Sensory Sweep account."
Frost said unpaid wages eventually forced him to rent out the house for less than his mortgage while his family moved in with relatives to economize.
"[Rushton] didn't pay people what they deserved and he kept deceiving them for the prospect of more money," Frost wrote. "If he can't pay the $2 million that he owes employees, then he should receive a sentence worthy of a bank robber."
Bounced paychecks • Similar stories are told by former employees of Salt Lake Valley Protective Agency, a security guard company. Workers said they would constantly call the credit union that issued paychecks to see if any money was in accounts, and rush to try to cash them when it was.
"They told me to quit whenever I want, but good luck in finding another job in this economy," said claimant Jordan Westling.
Nicholas Ashby wrote in a claim that he had a pregnant wife on bed rest plus two children as bounced paychecks caused his own checks for rent and car payments to bounce. "We had to move in with [his wife's] parents," he said, and the family ended up losing their car. He said in a telephone interview that they eventually moved to Texas where he found work as a truck driver.
Asay, the Labor Commission manager, said that because of their patterns of repeated bounced checks, the Labor Commission referred both Sensory Sweep and Salt Lake Valley Protective Agency (SLVPA) to the Utah Attorney General's Office for investigation the only two such referrals in recent years.
Rushton was convicted in two separate cases, one relating to unpaid taxes and one to unpaid wages. On the tax case, he was sentenced in 2010 to a year and a half in jail and ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution to the state. On the wage case, he was sentenced just this month to a year in jail and ordered to pay restitution to workers and given at least nine years of probation after jail.
In August, the state filed felony racketeering and tax evasion charges against Michael Vigil and Charles Snively of the SLVPA, alleging they failed to pay state taxes withheld from their workers' pay.
Targeting Latinos? • People with Hispanic surnames filed 31 percent of all claims over the four-year period more than double their proportion of the state's population (13.2 percent, according to the census).
Jim Sala, representative of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, says that's because some bad employers do not pay Latino workers, figuring they won't report it out of fear of being deported. "We see it every day," he says.
Claims suggest TJ Enterprises and Acoustical construction engaged in this practice, although company officials deny it and blame the large number of claims on a union campaign against them because they pay below-union scale wages. "They tried to run us out of business, and have succeeded. We're in the process of closing our doors," says company President Ted Gurule.
The company won almost all claims filed against it, arguing that many people filing claims were not technically employees but were subcontractors. Also the company said it had been paid in full, and many of the workers signed papers acknowledging that. But some of those papers said "paid in full $0," meaning they had been paid nothing.
Workers said they signed such papers amid threats. One undocumented immigrant from Mexico, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said in an interview the business owed him $26,000.
When he tried to collect, he said the company's Terry Gurule offered to pay him $1,500 if he would sign a paper saying that was all he was owed. He claimed Gurule then took out a gun he was carrying and laid it on the table.
The man said he felt he had to sign the paper under threat.
Company President Ted Gurule denies that such things ever happened.
But he said Terry Gurule, a relative, has a permit to carry a concealed weapon. He acknowledges the company agreed as part of a labor settlement to post a notice saying employees have a right to join a union and, "We will not intimidate employees from discussing their wages with us by drawing attention to the fact that an employer agent is carrying a weapon." (The union provided a copy of that notice.)
Asay said the Labor Commission does not ask the immigration status of workers. But acknowledging the high number of claims filed by Latinos, he notes, "If they can't speak English well, some less than honorable employers will take advantage of that."
Justice delayed • Despite the dramatic increase in wage claims during and since the recession, the state hired only one additional contract employee to help handle them.
Asay said the average time to determine whether money actually is owed takes 309 days. "That is a long time for people who need the money," he acknowledges.
Many do not see money for even a longer period, if ever. If companies file bankruptcy, all collection proceedings are halted and become part of the bankruptcy court case.
Many companies and their officers do not pay even when the state rules against them, in which case regulators double the amounts owed as penalties, add interest and also charge attorneys fees. The state then will go to court to go after assets.
But as Hardcastle said about Sensory Sweep, "It's been four years, and I haven't seen a cent." He may see some money someday, because Rushton was ordered in his criminal case to pay victims the full amount owed as he works the rest of his life.
But 3rd District Judge Robin Reese told Rushton during his recent sentencing that that was not enough.
"Good employees suffered because of your mismanagement and criminal activity," Reese said. "I feel you should serve hard time," he said as he had the former video game developer and entrepreneur handcuffed and led off to begin a year in jail.


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Quin Hillyer proposes that, in the spirit of bipartisanship, Barack Obama renominate Peter Keisler, the former acting Attorney General, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Keisler was an outstanding nominee, praised by the likes of Ted Kennedy and the editorial boards of the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Moreover, as Hillyer, points out, "when the Inspector General issued a report blasting the politicization of the Bush Justice Department, the report repeatedly praised Keisler for resisting the politicization." And Harvard Law Dean Elena Kagan, who was just selected by Obama for the position of Solicitor General, signed a letter supporting the nomination of Keisler to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (the court President Bush iniitally nominated Keisler for).
If Obama were to renominate Keisler, he would be following honorable precedent. George Bush renominated Roger Gregory, initially tapped by President Clinton, for the Fourth Circuit. Later, he nominated Helene White, another Clinton nominee, to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals even though a Republican Senate had not confirmed her.
Renominating Keisler would take Obama's professed post-partisanship beyond the level of mere gesture. It would be different in magnitude than selecting someone to say a prayer at the inauguration or putting a Republican or two in the cabinet. As a federal appellate judge, Keisler would (like Roger Gregory and Helene White) make important decisions with complete independence from the president.
For precisely this reason, I doubt that Obama will renominate Keisler.
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The BoomBucket is a weatherproof, portable speaker system with remote control for your iPod. Once charged, its two speakers will run for eight hours, meaning that you can bug your fellow beach monkeys by playing Chacarron on a loop.
It's fourth- and fifth- gen iPod-, Nano- and Mini-compatible, and charges them while they are docked. There's a 3.5mm jack for other MP3 players. Available in black and white, it costs $150. [Skymall via 7Gadgets]


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