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OAKLAND — Diantay Powell, 18, pleaded not guilty to killing two teenage girls during an adolescent lovers' quarrel last year, but two close friends and one acquaintance all said he did it, evidence presented during a preliminary hearing revealed.
Based largely on that evidence, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson ruled that there was enough reason to believe Powell committed the crimes and should be sent before a jury for trial.
Rolefson also ruled that Powell's friend, Antonio Edwards, 20, should be sent before a jury on a charge of being an accessory to a felony. Testimony presented during the preliminary hearing revealed that Edwards drove Powell from the scene in East Oakland after the killings.
Rolefson's ruling came after a day and a half of testimony during which a 16-year-old boy reluctantly confirmed statements he made to police describing the Nov. 25 killings of best friends Raquel Gerstel, 15, and Bobbie Sartain, 16.
It also came after an acquaintance of Edwards, Albert Rich, said that Powell described the killings to him a day after they occurred.
Powell is charged with a double murder and using a gun causing death, crimes that allow District Attorney Nancy O'Malley to seek the death penalty. If the death penalty is not sought, which is most likely the case, Powell will face life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Evidence presented during the preliminary hearing revealed that the two girls were killed after a fight broke out between Sartain and Powell that was sparked by Powell announcing that another female was coming to meet the group.
The group, which included Edwards, Gerstel and the 16-year-old boy who testified, were hanging out in a rental car on Minna Avenue near Brookdale Park between 3:20 and 6 a.m.
The two girls, who grew up together in Alameda and considered each other best friends, had met up with Powell and Edwards just after 3 a.m. at a gas station near the corner of High Street and MacArthur Boulevard, close to where Sartain's uncle lived. It was a meeting that was captured on video surveillance.
It remains unclear what the group did while in the car but one witness said Powell and Edwards told him the group was taking drugs and having sex.
The shootings began after Sartain slapped Powell and Gerstel came to her friend's defense when Powell slapped Sartain back, a witness said. As Gerstel approached Powell, the witness said, Powell pulled out a gun and shot Gerstel in the head.
At that point, Sartain ran from the scene pleading with Powell not to shoot and promising not to tell anyone what happened, testimony revealed. Powell, however, kept shooting even after Sartain fell to the ground, the 16-year-old witness said.
At least 23 bullet casings were recovered from the crime scene, Officer Brad Baker testified.
Though Edwards only faces three years in prison for being an accessory to murder, he faces decades in prison for two unrelated crimes in which he is accused of robbery and sexual assault.


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Most car geeks have, at one time or another, thought about cobbling up a homemade special that would really turn heads once it was finished. And most of us never get around to it, and that's why we drive Accords or Impalas or Volkswagens.
This couple in the Anchorage, Alaska, area took the time and the trouble to make a, um, conveyance that clearly turns heads and, to boot, looks like a lot of fun. The story, which ran originally on KTUU-TV, can be seen here:

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The pace of home sales remained sluggish in March according to the most recent data released by the Long Island Board of Realtors. A combination of higher prices and new lending standards have played a role in the slower pace of sales, as did February's severe winter weather. Prices continued to rise despite the slower sales pace, but at a much slower pace than what we saw at the same time last year. Inventory levels have risen slightly & slowly. Based on the first quarter inventory activity, it seems that these low levels of inventory may continue through 2014. Interest rates have continued their slow and steady increase, and potential buyers should anticipate this general trend continuing throughout the year.
Month's Supply: 7.5 Months
Interest Rates
Rates rose slightly from January to February, and they will likely continue to do so throughout the year as the economy improves and the Federal Reserve reduces its asset purchases. Currently, Freddie Mac reports the following figures: 30-year fixed rate, 4.40%; 15-year fixed rate, 3.42%; 5/1-year adjustable rate, 3.10%.
Queens NY Home Sales
The pace of home sales rose from February to March with LIBOR reporting an annual pace of 646 homes. Sales were up 13% month to month and up .5% from the same month last year. Winter weather likely played a role in the slow pace of home sales in January & February but March sales picked up likely due to the warmer weather. As we move out of the winter months, and lenders and consumers adjust to the changes in affordability and regulation, we should see sales begin to pick back up.
Queens NY Home Prices
Median home price decreased slightly in March to $370,000, down 2% from the previous month. Prices remain above those seen at this time last year with March posting a 4.2% year-over-year gain, and many sellers continue to benefit from equity gains accrued in last year's substantial price recovery in Queens County.
Queens NY Housing Inventory
Inventory levels picked up once again with 5,534 available for purchase, up 3.7% from last month. This represents 7.5 months of inventory at the current sales pace, which is down 23% from last year and up 6% from the previous month. As we move further into the year, we should continue to see inventory loosen, giving buyers more choices and putting less upward pressure on prices.
Courtesy of the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty Landmark II.
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About Jeffrey Nonken
"Smart business people should always be asking what they can do to get more customers." Or customers to pay more or buy more. (Not criticizing, just expanding.)
Problem is, that's what they think they're doing. They think that they can force customers to spend more money by threatening to beat them up if they don't. They're trying to convert "people who like our stuff but aren't paying for it" into "people who are buying our stuff" by force.
The old business model isn't working any more, but the old businessmen are afraid of change. So they grab the nearest hammer and start playing whack-a-mole on the square pegs to fit them back into round holes.
And thus do I mix metaphors with a runcible spoon.
"When your only tool is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a mole." Or something like that.
We've already seen with the RIAA cases and with the European ACS:Law cases that many innocent users get snared with these letters.
Oh come on, Mike. Get real. That laserjet was guilty and you know it!
The first part is exactly right. Not everything is paid for by the consumer directly.
Not true. Show me when the consumer has ever not paid directly.
Ads are funded by consumer product purchases as well as licenses by product purchases of wares.
"As for the mentioning of a business name; it is similar to slander, you cannot publish that Coca-cola is made with harmful ingredient X when it is not."
But that doesn't prohibit you from merely mentioning a name. If the urinal photos were taken at a particular airport, simply saying they were is merely truthful.
(BTW, your example would be libel, not slander. JTFR.)
First of all, to anybody kvetching about "proof", he didn't say anything proves anything. He said it "disproves". Disproof of one thing isn't the same as proof of another, even an opposite.
Second, I'd like to point out a site that has taken a stance on free IP: http://www.baen.com/library
Plenty of authors have tried it -- and seen their back listings take on new life. Some people even buy some of the books that are available on that site, for free, in several common formats, not encumbered by DRM, registration not required.
To me it's fascinating to read the editorials, especially the last Prime Palaver (#11) by Janis Ian, somebody who is also in the music business. You can also read it at http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html if you'd rather.
Depends on what it's for. If its purpose is to keep people from playing who aren't properly licensed, it's a form of DRM, even if it's not called that. If its purpose is ONLY to prevent cheating at the game, then it's not. No reason it can't be both, though. Valve reserves the right to cancel my account if I'm caught cheating, for example.
But if it accomplishes the former, and you think it's not DRM just because it isn't called DRM, or because it also has other functions, I think you're being naive.
A lot of people don't like Steam, and they have good reasons.
Contrariwise, while I can't comment on your particular situation, I have to say that I've re-installed Steam on several computers over the years and never had any real problems with the licensing. Or the DRM if you prefer.
If I had to guess, I'd guess that you're trying to re-license the current version, unaware that once licensed, you only need your account and password. Throw your old computer into the trash, install Windoze on a new computer, install Steam, give it your old account and password and it will remember who you are and what games you've purchased and will download the content for those games from their server. The only thing you'll lose is your settings. Obviously you can keep those by copying your old files over (assuming you still have them or took care to back them up).
When I bought HL2 on disc it integrated it with my current license (after asking), then the same when I bought The Orange Box (I think I did that online) it did the same, and even knows I have a spare copy of HL2 and will let me give it to somebody else.
No scheme is ever perfect, but Valve has done a lot to make Steam as painless as possible. Personally I think they've done a good job, and while I'd prefer DRM didn't exist at all, Steam is a decent job.
Sorry if your experience was a bad one. Personally I suggest you give it another try; even if you've lost your login information, the original key should let customer service help you recover your account.
MHO, YMMV, not affiliated in any way except as a more-or-less satisfied customer, etc.
... But I notice despite the title of your comment, you propose no rational solution, nor in fact any solution. All you do is rant against the current moral ambiguity.
Which is fine, but you seem to prefer the solution of passing laws and enforcing them. Nice and easy, but it doesn't actually solve any problems, does it? It just puts the government in charge of protecting the IP holders' revenue streams and current business practices while inconveniencing their customers and alienating potential customers. Not to mention throwing more people in jail.
What's that? Fines? No, that's for civil offenses. The gummint prefers to throw you in a cage for criminal offenses, and that's what this becomes if you get them to start passing laws. Obviously stealing music and movies is criminal.
Not to mention that this starts costing tax dollars for prosecuting and jailing all those people.
Hah hah. See what you've done? By not actually proposing a solution of your own, or even a suggestion, you've got me a) making straw-man arguments and b) doing exactly what you did, ranting against one position without proposing an alternate solution.
Of course, being a typical American I blame you rather than taking personal responsibility. Just like the RIAA and MPAA which would rather blame the customers for their failing business model rather than take responsibility and change with the times. Tee hee! Snuck that one in there with an analogy!
My proposal? I don't know, really. It seems to me that there has to be a way to leverage the networking system. And in fact there's plenty of evidence to show that sharing free content actually increases sales. (Read Prime Palaver at http://www.baen.com/library, for example.) So instead of forbidding all copying and trying to either sue, prosecute or both everybody who dares to make an unauthorized copy of something copyrighted.
Guess what? Yes, I'm proposing (as many wiser heads have done before me) that they actually embrace file sharing and use it as a tool.
For one thing, they're not going to stop it. They just AREN'T. The genie is out of the bottle. The only way to re-can a can of worms is to use a bigger can. When people want to do something, they'll do it; the prohibition proved that, the war on drugs is proving that, and we're too stupid to learn from the past or we wouldn't still be proving it.
OK, I'm finished ranting. Let's hear your rational solution. I'm all ears.
"I've been in the cockpit behind the stick of many 727's, 737's, 757's and MD-88's directing that pushback with all the comms active and my cellphone did the same thing to those systems that it does to your PC speakers when it rang." Of course, the article is about etiquette, not about technical problems, as stated in the last paragraph. But even so, a) the picocell should take care of that and b) as far as I know, most cellphone-wielding passengers are not in the cockpit. Proximity is a factor. (Remember the inverse squared law.)
When I text while walking I always pause at the street corners and check the traffic before I cross.
It's called "awareness of your surroundings." Or maybe it's called "priorities." Or maybe it's "I'm an old fart who didn't get that way by ignoring hurtling hunks of glass and metal."
Or maybe I'm just smart. There's always room for doubt on that last one but hey, I'm still here.
"This case shows that we don't need an anti-bundling bill, because a legislator can always just introduce another bill to undo a single component of a prior bundled bill."
Ummm, no. It's almost always much harder to repeal a law than it is to pass one in the first place.
In this case, somebody apparently went out of their way to sneak it through. I wouldn't want to depend on that to work every time.
"Laws are like sausages -- it's best not to see them made."
I copy my purchased DVDs for two reasons.
One you've just said -- get rid of all the stupid advertisements.
The other is so that my autistic daughter can watch the movie over and over without worrying about how badly she treats it. If she trashes a DVD, hey, I can just make another copy from the original.
Of course, the MPAA would rather I kept buying new copies. But, guess what? I can't afford to. Sorry, forcing me to keep replacing those wouldn't make me buy more. Can't squeeze blood etc.
BTW, most of the DVDs will let you either FF or skip through, or use one of the menu buttons. Try all of them before you give up.
The long drawn-out main menus are oh so clever and all, but it gets really tedious going waiting through that every time you want to watch Harry Potter. I've seen it, just let me get to the freaking movie!
(Sometimes the menu buttons can bypass that too. Sometimes it just makes things worse. *sigh*)
"I remember when they showed just two or three trailers, a quick reminder to turn off your cell phones, and then movie started."
I remember when they used to play cartoons before the main event.
They didn't remind anybody to turn off their cell phones, but then, cell phones hadn't been invented yet. :)
"Halo 3 in my eyes - needs to be rated <M. And games such as Grand theft auto, need to be rated >M."
How's that? ;)
It doesn't take much, just learn a few simple codes:
< = <
> = >
& = &
... assuming I didn't screw that up. The preview replaces the HTML so I'm reluctant to preview to make sure. :)
It's always easier to blame:
- Communists
- Blacks
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Women (should never have been allowed to vote)
- Russians
- Polish
- Irish
- Terrorists
- Arabs
- Iranians
- Immigrants
- Illegal immigrants
- Drug users
- Drugs
- Koreans
- Jews
- Satanists
- Homosexuals
- Bisexuals
- Indians
- Indians
- Lovers of kink
- Anybody who enjoys sex in any form
- Anybody who has sex in any form
- Pagans
- TV shows
- Violent games
- Dancing
- Music
- Lyrics
- Movies
- Teachers
- Drivers
- Pedestrians
- The French
- Egyptians
- Men
- Pedophiles
- People who practice bad spelling, grammar, or punctuation
- People who make lists
- Anybody who uses 1337
- Anybody who is erudite
- Anybody with a funny accent
- Tall people
- Short people
- Anybody who weighs more than 99 lbs soaking wet
- Pro-choicers
- Pro-lifers
- Wal-mart
- The rich
- The poor
- The middle class (all three of them -- don't worry, they'll be poor soon)
- Evangelists
- Dogs
- Cats
- Redheads
- Doctors
- Actors
- Baseball players who make millions of dollars
- Paris Hilton
... than it is to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. Easier to cast blame than it is to make an effort to actually discover root causes and work on solving them.
I realize that you can't draw a curve from a single point, but I'm one of those who plays violent games (in my case, online first-person shooters) and AFAIK have not killed or maimed anybody lately. My girlfriend says I'm one of the most considerate people she knows. My daughters are doing well in school and do not get into trouble.
Once when she was very young I sat my older daughter down and explained the nature of swearing, why people did it, why it was questionable socially, why it was socially unacceptable for her to do, and added that if she started using swear words inappropriately people would be very upset at her and she could get into trouble. I very deliberately did NOT specifically threaten her with any punishment. But once I told her all that, we started letting her watch movies with swear words, and we never, ever had a problem with her. Never a single complaint, and even now (she's 15) we rarely if ever hear her swearing, even though we occasionally swear in front of her.
That's called Good Parenting. I won't claim I'm a Good Parent, certainly I make my share of mistakes, but that day I did Good Parenting.
If tomorrow she asks for a copy of GTA IV, well, I won't say no because of the violence. I may for other reasons, but I'm not worried she'll turn into a violent teenager and start killing people because she played a video game.
I haven't talked much of my other daughter because she's autistic and it's much more difficult to communicate with her. But even there we let her watch cartoon violence and movie violence, and she's not been a problem.
Among the things that have not turned her into a raging homicidal maniac are:
- Classic Warner Bros. cartoons
- X-men
- Spiderman
- Harry Potter
- Lord of the Rings
- Batman and Robin
- Narnia
- Deputy Dawg
- classic Underdog cartoons
... and so on.
My wife takes martial arts. They do not make her violent.
I watch porn. It hasn't turned me into a rapist.
I'm of the opinion that, generally, these serve as outlets for our tendencies and emotional issues, rather than causing them. This has been my personal experience and observation on my part.
Blaming GTA is stupid and short-sighted. You're not doing anybody any favors by trying to ban it. You're just being lazy.
@Quantity Surveyor Man:
Heh, you've got the right idea!
Yeah. Once those families have spent all that money on their TV and service upgrades, they won't be able to afford a radio to get those inclement weather reports. And they'll have to cancel their Internet service. And won't be able to get to a newspaper stand. Or knock on a neighbor's door. God knows TV is the only way to keep up with events!
Nikita: I can see you did a lot of research before you stuck your foot into your mouth.
1) She wasn't driving the car. Her grandson was driving the car.
2) The car wasn't moving. Her grandson pulled over in the parking lot so she could pull the cover off the coffee to add cream and sugar.
The rest of you:
Some of you are missing the point. The coffee was at an unsafe temperature. It was hot enough to strip flesh from bone, literally. The question isn't how stupid she was to try to open a coffee container, and not expect the coffee to be hot. The question is: HOW HOT DOES THE COFFEE NEED TO BE? Should it really be hot enough to strip flesh from bone? We're not talking about a scald here, we're talking about 3rd degree burns over 6 percent of her body. Pain and trauma and hospitalization and skin grafts.
People expect to be able to drink the coffee. Why was it being kept too hot to drink? This wasn't either the first nor the only incident, either. There was one, for example, where the lid came off as the clerk was handing it out the drive-through window. McDonalds had been paying off customers for years (in discovery they produced documents showing over 700 incidents similar to Stella's).
If customers are expecting near-boiling liquid and it's being properly contained, sure, that's one thing. But that wasn't the case here. McDonalds knew their coffee was too hot, but refused to do anything about it. All she was trying to do was get her medical bills covered and get McDonalds to lower the temperature of their coffee to something safer. McDonalds ran their spin machine and convinced you that they weren't being negligent by blaming the victim.
Hey. Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? Go ahead, look it up for yourself!
Know the Facts: The McDonalds Coffee Case
This case and Google's have nothing whatsoever to do with each other.
OK, I know I'm gonna get flamed for this one. Excuse me while I put on my asbestos underwear.
In answer to a number of arguments here, I once again plug Baen Free Library, which shows how giving electronic books away can increase sales of dead trees. Take a look. Read Eric's introduction, read the Prime Palavers. Read the figures, see how older titles have had an unprecedented increase in sales.
Heh, wrong Flint. That's Eric, not Larry.
Go to Baen Free Library and read Larry Flint's introduction. Then go read the Prime Palaver. The last, number 17, is particularly good -- it's written by Janis Ian who is in both the music and writing industries.
Of course, that site is mostly about books, not software. Nevertheless it's an interesting counter-view of piracy.
The rumour is that Microsoft, far from being upset about piracy of Windows and Office, is rather pleased. Every stolen copy of Microsoft software that's being used is one copy of some other brand that isn't.
Here's an interesting economic model for you. The local video rental store will (for its older videos) charge a discount if you rent 5 at once. The discount brings the total down to a few cents more than renting 3, and less than renting 4. And the clerks will tell you this if you walk up to the counter with 3 or 4 videos, it's not something they hope you don't notice. So... what does it gain them to charge the same for you to rent 5 as for 3? Don't they lose money?
Whomever gets the right answer gets to stay late and clean the erasers! ... Oh wait, schools don't use chalk boards any more. Oh well.


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Monday, February 13, 2012
Pre-Lent Contest
All you need to do to enter is simply to put your name in the comment section of this post. No anonymous entries will be considered. The winner will be randomly drawn at the end of the contest, which will be Thursday, February 16th at 11:59PM. This contest is open to anyone in North America. (Sorry again to my loyal readers in the rest of the world.) Also, if you have a blog and would like to advertise this contest, it would be much appreciated. I will announce the winner on Friday.
The winner will receive the paperback edition of the Fireside Catholic Youth Bible: NABRE. This lovely youth Bible includes:
The complete New American Bible Revised Edition recently released by the United States Catholic Bishops. It features articles on subjects of concern to teenagers with an emphasis on what the scriptures teach regarding those subjects. This Bible explains what Catholic teens need to know and why they need to know it. A collection of insightful articles is presented in seven unique sections including: Your Decision / Your Reward; What Does the Bible Say About?; Roots of Our Faith; Saints Relate; 1 on 1with Christ; What Jesus Did; What Jesus Said and Putting My Faith Into Action. Features include: a Presentation Page; the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation; the Origin, Inspiration and History of the Bible; the Three Year Cycle of Readings; The Celebration of the Eucharist; Terms of the Mass; Basic Prayers and Practices of Our Catholic Faith and Page-edge Indexing.
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The drama surrounding Target Corp.'s data breach continues.
Texas law-enforcement officials over the weekend reportedly arrested two Mexicans. The two had allegedly used credit card information stolen from Target to make tens of thousands of dollars of fraudulent charges at retailers including Best Buy and Wal-Mart. However, a federal official on Monday said the credit card fraud wasn't tied to Target's /quotes/zigman/253872/delayed /quotes/nls/tgt TGT data breach, the Wall Street Journal reported. Target declined to comment on whether the arrests had anything to do with its security breach, except to say "the investigation is active and ongoing."
Meanwhile, cyber-intelligence firm IntelCrawler, which generated news headlines last week for identifying a nearly 17-year-old Russian as the author of the malware that led to the Target hacking, has also changed its original identification of the teen to another teen, and said the person it originally identified was working closely with the malware's actual author.
Still, to be safe, the firm's CEO Andrew Komarov told MarketWatch "We want also to point your attention that it is the key author and exact person, but we can't confirm his name, age or city, as it can be fake."
As the investigation continues, the financial community is parsing the potential negative impact. Target shares fell to their 52-week low on Tuesday after Cowen & Co. cut the stock to underperform from market perform.
Analyst Faye Landes said she expects Target to suspend its buyback indefinitely to help shoulder costs from the data breach.
"We cannot estimate the costs related to the credit breach, including replacement cards and terminals, legal and settlement fees, and doubt that (Target) will have visibility on these costs for some time," she said in a report. "We therefore expect (Target) to err on the side of prudence."
Landes, who slashed her price target on the stock to $47 from $66, said Target may need to shoulder the cost of replacing up to 40 million cards at $10 apiece. She said it's unlikely that Target has insurance related to potential lawsuits from banks. Target may need to replace about 50,000 of its so-called point-of-sale systems at cash registers. While Target has cut its outlook earlier this month, the analyst said "there's definitely further risk to (per-share profit) should Target's fundamentals continue to be weak or deteriorate." Every 0.5 percentage point dent in comparable sales in the U.S. versus her estimate represents about a 15-cent hit to the company's annual per-share profit, Landes said, adding every $100 million in incremental expenses is also another 15-cent profit hit.
Target spokesman Eric Hauseman said the company's approach to share repurchases hasn't changed. "We remain committed to share repurchase over time and have consistently maintained that we will govern the pace of repurchases with the goal of maintaining our strong A credit rating," he said. Target has spent $10.18 billion in share repurchases between 2008 and 2012 and has spent another $1.47 billion in the first three quarters of 2013, he said, adding that Target's approach to dividends hasn't changed.
Target has declined to comment on issues relating to the data breach before.
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"Rice is one of my favorite markets right now," said Jack Scoville, vice president, Price Futures Group, during a Chicago Board of Trade press briefing on the USDA estimates. "The demand profile for rice is very strong. I'm hearing about new inquiries from South America already. I understand they have several hundred thousand more tons that can be bought there."
The bottom line is that rice could trade a lot higher, according to Scoville. "I'm not sure when that begins. The market has been in a correction mode after the big rallies we've seen over the last few months. Now we're ready to look ahead with the new crop coming on. The ending stocks estimates were trimmed quite a bit in the USDA report and justifiably so."
It's possible for rice prices to approach between $8 and $8.50 per hundredweight in the next few months, according to Scoville, "especially with the ending stocks estimate and demand headed where it is. I think contract highs are in jeopardy sooner or later."
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U.S. rice production in 2003/04 is projected at 195 million cwt, down 4 million cwt from last month and about 16 million cwt below 2002/03. Estimated harvested area of 2.97 million acres is 46,000 acres below last month, 240,000 acres below 2002/03, and the lowest since 1996/97.
Exports for 2003/04 are projected at 87 million cwt, down 1 million cwt from last month and 33 million cwt below the revised 2002/03 estimate. Ending stocks were projected at 17.5 million cwt, down 5 million cwt from last month, about 3 million cwt below the revised 2002/03 estimate and the lowest stocks since 1980/81.
U.S. exports for old crop rice were forecast at a record 120 million cwt, 3 million cwt above last month. Rough rice exports for 2002/03 were increased to a record 45 million cwt and combined milled and brown exports (rough-equivalent basis) were raised to 75 million cwt, up 1 million cwt and 2 million cwt, respectively, from a month ago.
Global rice production for 2003/04 is projected at 394 million tons, slightly above last month's largely trend-based projection, but nearly 13 million tons above 2002/03. Global consumption for 2003/04 is projected at a record 412 million tons, slightly above last month and 2002/03.
Global consumption is projected to exceed production for the third consecutive year, resulting in a further drawdown in stocks to 88.6 million tons, 3.5 million tons below last month, 18.1 million tons below 2002/03, and the lowest stocks since 1984/85. Global exports in 2003/04 are projected at 25.4 million tons, nearly the same as last month, but nearly 2 million tons below 2002/03.
Cotton bullish
USDA lowered projected U.S. cotton production 3.5 percent from last month to 16.6 million bales. Projected domestic mill use was cut sharply to 6.8 million bales, as indicators of both current mill activity and textile trade suggest reduced prospects for next season.
Meanwhile, USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board raised its export forecast 2.6 percent to 11.8 million bales. Projected ending stocks were reduced to 3.9 million bales, which is 21 percent of total use.
World ending stocks, at about 33 million bales, are nearly the same as last month and the lowest since 1994/95.
With bullish new crop news in cotton, "one is left to wonder why the market has not jumped to the 65-cent mark already," said ag economist O.A. Cleveland in his weekly Cotton Experts comments.
Part of the reason is that new crop sales "are now in the headlines and will provide market direction," Cleveland said. "This week's export report show old crop sales of cotton very strong at 70,800 bales and old crop shipments of 278,000 bales. However, new crop sales totaled only 5,900 bales.
"For now, new crop exports do not carry a Step 2 payment. Thus, prices paid by mills are higher than they have been in three years, and mills are reluctant to make distant purchases. While estimates call for new crop sales to exceed the record exports of 2002/03, the market and specifically December future, will hold the 60-63 cent level until new crop exports begin to materialize."
USDA also made adjustments to old crop numbers for cotton. For 2002/03, U.S. mill use was reduced 100,000 bales, exports were raised 200,000 bales to 11.6 million bales, reflecting atypically strong end-of-season shipments. Accordingly, ending stocks were reduced 100,000 bales.
The 2002/03 world estimates include higher production and lower consumption, resulting in an increase of nearly 2 percent in ending stocks. Production was raised in Pakistan, Uzbekistan and others and was partially offset by a decrease for Syria. Consumption was reduced in Brazil, the United States, Taiwan, and others, and was partially offset by an increase for China production.


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If you were one of the unlucky Xbox One purchasers to get your hands on a defective console at launch, Microsoft is looking to make it up to you.
In case you hadn't heard, a small percentage of Xbox One consoles have been affected by faulty disc drives. As soon as someone would put in a game, the system would grind it up, and render the optical drive useless. Fortunately, Microsoft is on top of it, and will be sending new consoles to those impacted with little resistance. However, so people can still enjoy games while they wait for the new console to arrive, Microsoft will be giving away free digital versions of its first-party launch titles.
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According to Williamstown Superintendent Cliff Wallace, Williamstown has missed seven snow days so far. Grant County schools have missed 11 days so far, two for the flu outbreak in early December. Wallace said Williamstown students will probably be in school on President's Day Feb. 19. Grant County will also be in session of Feb. 19.
Rep. Royce Adams said he wants to hear more about a bill that calls for graduated licensing for drivers under age 21. The bill, introduced by Rep. Jim Gooch Jr., has yet to go before the state house or senate, but legislators think it needs to be seriously examined. The proposal calls for driving students 16 and older to have a learners permit.
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Telesat Communications of Kentucky, Inc. recently completed construction of a signal processing center for its Grant County cable television system. The center is located in Crittenden, and is part of the hardware being installed to provide cable service to Crittenden, Dry Ridge and unincorporated areas in Grant County, which includes more than 1,500 homes.
An adoption ceremony for dolls will be held at the Grant County Courthouse at 11 a.m. Jan. 18. District Judges Stan Billingsley and Stephen L. Bates will preside. Each boy or girl participating in the adoption will receive a certificate of adoption and will take an oath to be a good adoptive parent. Grandparents of the dolls are invited to bring cameras.
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Grant County Fiscal Court passed a resolution setting salaries for various officers elected for the next four-year term. Yearly salaries are as follows: magistrates - $1,200; the county judge - $6,000; county attorney, $1,800; sheriff, $7,200; clerk, $1,800; jailer, $2,400; and coroner, $1,500. Payments will be made in 12 monthly installments.
Fred Mulberry has purchased the Sullivan farm, known as the late Charles Harrison farm at Heekin, and has become the 793rd o-operator of the Grant County Soil Conservation District. Mulberry said he wants a farm plan with land use and soil maps, and intends to start a conservation program on his farm.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo today announced that she directed Cliffwater, one of the state's investment consultants, to review the pension fund's alternative investment holdings for firearm and ammunition manufacturers and distributors. Raimondo shared the findings at Wednesday's monthly meeting of the State Investment Commission.
"As the mother of two public elementary school students, my heart aches for the families of Newtown, Connecticut and what they are enduring. We must all be doing what we can to make sure this never happens again," said Raimondo, the chair of the State Investment Commission. "We owe it to one another to keep our neighborhoods and schools safe for all our children and their families."
Cliffwater's preliminary search identified that the state invests with one private equity firm, Wellspring, which has an equity stake in United Sporting Companies, a distributor of firearms, shooting accessories and hunting supplies. According to Wellspring, United Sporting Companies notified them that they will be ending their distribution of semi-automatic rifles as of January 1, 2013.
In the coming months, the State Investment Commission will be exploring these issues further as it develops its corporate governance policy. In developing this policy, the commission will need to balance its fiduciary responsibility to maximize investment returns with the need to hold corporate citizens accountable.


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Sun and Moon Shards(Redirected from Sun Shard)
The Sun Shard (Japanese: たいようのかけら Sun Fragment) and Moon Shard (Japanese: つきのかけら Moon Fragment) are special Key Items present in Pokémon XD. Their only use is to evolve Eevee into Espeon or Umbreon, respectively, as the usual necessary evolution method was not possible to achieve in XD.
In Gateon Port's Machine Parts Shop, a man will give the player a choice between five items: the Fire Stone, the Water Stone, the Thunderstone, the Sun Shard, and the Moon Shard. This is essentially where the player decides what they will evolve their Eevee into.
The Sun Shard and Moon Shard passively apply while in the player's Bag. If the player's Eevee levels up and has high enough friendship, it will evolve after the battle (or immediately if it leveled up using a Rare Candy) into Espeon (if the Sun Shard is in the Bag) or Umbreon (if the Moon Shard is in the Bag).
These items were included in XD due to Eevee's (then) unique method of evolution: leveling up when at a sufficient friendship level at a specific time of day. While Eevee can become an Espeon or Umbreon in other games through use of the realtime clock, this was not possible in XD. This game, like Pokémon Colosseum, was not programmed to use the GameCube's clock, meaning that time-based events cannot occur in this game. As the developers wanted players to have Espeon and Umbreon available as choices at the same time as the other Eeveelutions, these items were made available to the player as a choice at the same time as the Fire Stone, Water Stone, and Thunderstone, which allow the player to evolve Eevee into its Generation I evolutions.
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Sun Shard
Moon Shard
- Though Pokémon Colosseum has the same lack of connection with the GameCube's clock as XD, the Sun and Moon Shards do not exist in that game. This is likely due to the fact that the player starts the game with an already evolved pair of Espeon and Umbreon, as well as Eevee's complete absence from said game.
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Cotton and agriculture face serious challenges as the 112th Congress looks to trim budgets and farm interests compete for a piece of a smaller pie. A lot of newcomers on key committees, especially the House Ag committee, could make the chore even more challenging.
The budget will be the key, said John Maguire, National Cotton Council Senior vice president for Washington Operations.
"Preserving the budget baseline for the 2010 farm bill will be an issue," for both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, Maguire said during the opening session of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Atlanta.
Both Houses have new leadership. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., is chairman of the House Ag Committee following Republican gains in November elections. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is Senate Ag Committee chair, taking over from Blanche Lincoln who was defeated.
Agriculture lost a lot of rural, conservative, Blue Dog Democrats, Maguire said. "Of 28 Democrat members (of the House Ag Committee) from the 111th Congress, 16 were defeated. And six of the remaining members have cotton. Of the 25 Republicans on the House Ag Committee, 16 are freshmen and 10 have cotton."
Maguire said the House Republican agenda will focus on the budget deficit, banning earmarks, regulatory review and trade. Possible cuts to agriculture programs include a $10 billion reduction from direct payments, conservation and export enhancement programs. "Budget reconciliation may require adjustments to current law," he said.
On the plus side for agriculture, farm programs account for less than 1 percent of the total federal budget. "Agriculture has contributed $4 billion to deficit reduction and current farm bill costs are well below projections and are declining."
A target for House Republicans, Maguire said, is to reduce discretionary spending by 21 percent. Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans programs are the only programs exempt. "New House rules will require a constitutional basis for all legislation, no earmarks and Paygo (all spending increases must be offset). A separate vote will be required to raise the debt limit."
Regulatory review will include EPA. Also on the agenda are financial market reform and food safety implementation.
Trade issues include free trade agreement action with Korea, Columbia and Panama. Transportation and immigration are also possible targets for the 112th Congress.
Maguire said House Ag Committee chairman Lucas does not see 2011 as a deadline for developing a new farm bill. "He also says it's not necessary to completely rewrite the current law, but prefers to identify and fix what isn't working."
Ag programs without baselines are in jeopardy and "38 programs are unfunded and will require $8 billion to reauthorize," Maguire said. "Commodities, conservation, nutrition and specialty crop programs will be in intense competition for funds."
The Brazil WTO ruling continues to pose a challenge for cotton. In a framework agreement Brazil agreed not to retaliate if certain changes are made to the cotton program in the 2012 farm bill. If that agreement falls through, retaliation "against U.S. products, services and intellectual property is authorized."
Also of concern is language in the Doha round of trade talks, specifically the "Hong Kong text requiring a 'more expeditious and more ambitious' outcome for cotton."
But cotton also has opportunities, Maguire said, including "remaining a reliable supplier of quality fiber, completing the boll weevil and pink bollworm programs, continuing to develop and adopt technology and maintaining highly successful research and promotion programs."
Maguire said the National Cotton Council is deeply involved in efforts to work with Congress, educate newcomers and represent the interests of the U.S. cotton industry in Washington.


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Earlier in March, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus revised how to count the size of the U.S.'s battle force inventory. The battle force inventory is important because it measures the size of the U.S. combat fleet. The new definition will make the U.S. combat fleet look larger than it really is. This provides a political shield against legitimate concerns that the Navy is shrinking. Ships included in the battle force inventory had been "warships capable of contributing to combat operations" or ships that contribute "directly to Navy warfighting or support missions." Aircraft carriers, destroyers, amphibious ships, and submarines are included in the former; examples of the latter are mine warfare vessels.
Under the new definition hospital ships will be included in the battle force inventory. So will mine countermeasure ships: they had previously been categorized by their ability "to provide support to fleet units." This classification made sense because while hunting for, and destroying, enemy mines could enable a naval squadron to conduct offensive operations, such missions could neither sink enemy ships nor project power ashore. Also added to the battle force inventory are coastal patrol (PC) boats. Weighing in at about one-seventh the displacement of the littoral combat ship, the Navy's smallest combat vessel, the PC is armed with twin 25mm guns and several .50 caliber machine guns. If an enemy has attacked the U.S. Navy with container ships, cabin cruisers, or sailboats a 25mm gun is a fearsome thing. If an enemy attack is conducted by such small widely-operated naval combat ships as frigates, the anti-ship missiles they commonly carry will sink a PC far beyond its small weapons' range.
The justification offered for including these ships in the battle force inventory is that they will eventually be replaced by the littoral combat ship (LCS). In other words smaller vessels of dubious utility in a real fight can be counted in the battle force inventory because they will be replaced by combat vessels. Is the LCS a good combat vessel? It could be. We don't know yet. But, in his budget "preview" on February 24, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel justified the administration's decision to reduce by 38 percent the number of LCSs the Navy will build, noting that "we need to closely examine whether the LCS has the independent protection and firepower to operate and survive against a more advanced military adversary and emerging new technologies." If the secretary of defense believes that the combat efficacy of the LCS itself needs to be re-examined how, aside from political need, can the PC's inclusion in the battle force inventory be justified because the LCS will replace it?
As for adding the Navy's two hospital ships to the battle force inventory one doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. The two ships, USS Hope and USS Mercy, travel about the world doing immeasurable good earning the U.S. and its Navy respect by conducting medical missions. They are unarmed and an attack against them ought to be treated as a war crime. They were not intended to go in harm's way and should not be included among ships that do.
The Navy secretary's new definition is an example of the politicization to which the entire Defense Department has been subject. It's true that major technological innovation might reduce the number of ships that America's combatant commanders need to accomplish their assigned missions. But it's equally true that any such change in how the battle force inventory is counted would be most successful if agreement with Congress had been reached in advance. The recently announced change may succeed in persuading some that the size of the U.S. combat fleet is nothing to lose sleep over. But it should be a reminder of Abraham Lincoln's question: 'does calling a horse's tail its leg mean that a horse has five legs?' And of his answer: 'no: because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.' Including unarmed ships or those that were not designed to strike an enemy, or those that are too weak to do so effectively in the U.S.'s combat fleet might relieve some of the pressure on the Navy that is a result of the correct perception that the fleet is shrinking as the international situation deteriorates. But it will not change the facts. The way to do that is to build more ships.


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Letter in the April 4 Tomahawk Leader:
To Whom it May Concern:
When the current residents and land holders on Branch Road received a letter regarding rezoning, it was very confusing. We find it very unfair and upsetting that the proposal for rezoning of this land was put forth without any concern or knowledge to us.
Questions we have:
1. According to the meeting minutes, why at the second meeting weren't any of the questions answered from the first meeting ...
2. Regarding Branch Road that is currently being considered an easement.
•What is the width an easement can legally be? We believe an easement can only be 10 feet wide
•How can our property be taken away from us to make Branch Road wider? Who actually "owns" Branch Road and the easement? If the road does get widen will our land be purchased from us?
•Some of the currently land owners have mound systems that are fairly close to the road. How will you be able to widen the road and not affect them? ...
3. The land you are proposing to build on is a lake bed and or swamp land, how are you proposing to build on this type of land? There is a culvert under the railroad tracks that has water running through from the swamp on the other side of the property. Where will this water go?
4. We would like to know what the DNR has to say about the proposal. What is the outcome of the engineer's evaluation?
5. Is there a sketch of the layout of what is potentially going to happen? Is this sketch or plan anywhere where it is available for us to look at? ...
6. There is lots of discussion in the minutes about soil testing and results?
In closing, there are many questions and concerns regarding the rezoning of this land that we feel should be addressed. We feel that the rezoning of the land was "pushed" through without regard to the current property owners and our lifestyle on Branch Road. We value our land as being private, quiet and a relaxing atmosphere. With the proposed changes, all of this will change. ... The approach of the rezoning commission and Mark Kordu's Land Company on the proposal for change is very unfair and intentional. The whole process has been without regard to our opinion. We are not lawyers with degrees to understand the process nor can we afford to hire a lawyer to help us through this fight to get our voices heard. We ask for your help in real language to understand what is going to happen. The extent of our feeling is that we don't want to see development at the end of our road. This proposed change would affect the current value of our properties and lifestyle.
I would appreciate someone contacting myself to discuss the questions above.
Brian Richter
Branch Road rezoning ...
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This dessert was sort of a disaster in the beginning...but overall turned out pretty awesome! Mainly a disaster because I had invited over a few of my classmates for "tasty pumpkin flan with Guinness caramel" on Sunday and didn't look at the recipe until noon on Sunday...oops. I briefly panicked when I read that it needed to chill for 6 hours and thought about cancelling. But, how could i cancel on flan??? How!!! Andrew ran to the store and got the ingredients we needed and we got to work. He made the flan part (super easy, just toss everything into the kitchen aid) and I worked on the caramel. The recipe called for 2/3 cups sugar and 1/4 cup water. I figured I could just substitute the water for Guinness and call it a day. Wrong.
The "caramel" foamed and was weird and then when I finally thought it looked sort of right it hardened as soon as I poured it in the pan. Needless to say, it did not coat the bottom. I tried again with water and sugar and it looked great until all the water evaporated and it was just one big gloppy mess in the bottom of our brand new all clad sauce pan. I again panicked and threw in enough water to redissolve the sugar. I poured it all in the bottom of the pan, poured on the flan mixture and crossed my fingers. After that I texted my friends and telling them to come later in the evening and hoped that the freezer would do a good job at setting up the flan.
And you know what? It worked! The flan turned out to be super super yummy, the caramel on the bottom was perfect and it set up great! Success! I also made a Guinness syrup to pour over the top. It was pretty, but a little bitter...the flan was better without. Oh well...
ALSO!!! This week we are doing a give away to a lucky blog reader. Up for grabs is a jar of raw honey from the bees at my school. You can read more about the arboretum where they live here. To enter to win, please leave a comment and I will draw randomly! The drawing will take place on November 14th.
Pumpkin Flan
recipe from Gourmet
1 1/3 cups sugar
6 large eggs
2 cups canned pumpkin puree
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
2 cups heavy cream
In a small skillet combine 2/3 cup of the sugar with 1/4 cup water and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring and washing down any sugar crystals clinging to the sides with a brush dipped in cold water until the sugar is dissolved. Cook the syrup, swirling the skillet, until it is a deep caramel, pour it into a warm 2-quart glass loaf pan, tilting the pan to coat the bottom evenly, and let the caramel harden.
In a bowl beat the eggs with the remaining 2/3 cup sugar, beat in the pumpkin puree, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cream, and pour the custard into the loaf pan. Set the loaf pan in a deep baking pan, add enough hot water to the baking pan to reach halfway up the sides of the loaf pan, and bake the flan in the middle of a preheated moderate oven (350 degrees F) for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the flan cool and chill it, covered, overnight. Run a thin knife around the edge of the loaf pan, invert a platter over the pan, and invert the flan onto the platter. Serve the flan, cut into slices, with the cinnamon whipped cream.


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FileVault Disk Encryption
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FileVault Disk Encryption (FVDE) is Full Volume Encryption solution by Apple first included in Mac OS X Lion.
See Also
External Links
- Infiltrate the Vault: Security Analysis and Decryption of Lion Full Disk Encryption, by Omar Choudary, Felix Grobert, Joachim Metz, July 2012


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UC Irvine 4, Hawaii 1
IRVINE — Matt Whitehouse struck out a career-high nine batters for the No. 27 Anteaters who clinched the series in the Big West Conference game Saturday.
The lefty (3-2) dealt 7 2/3 innings, walking two and holding Hawaii to two hits. Whitehouse pitched seven shutout frames before an unearned run would score in the eighth.
Chris Rabago paced the 'Eater offense, tying a season-high with three hits and scoring twice. Dominique Taylor launched a two-run home run, his second of the year in the seventh and finished the day two for three with two runs batted in and a run scored.
Race Parmenter entered in the ninth inning and set down three straight batters on seven pitches to record save No. 6 for UCI (19-8, 2-3 in conference).
Hawaii is 7-20, 2-3.
The series concludes Sunday at 1 p.m.
Orange Coast 4, Santa Ana 2
COSTA MESA — The Pirates swept the Dons in a three-game regular-season series for the first time since 1971 after Saturday's Orange Empire Conference win Saturday.
In 1971 OCC lost in the playoffs to Santa Ana.
Cristian Salina (two runs), Manny Argomaniz (one run) and Danny Jimenez each went two for four. Salina and Jimenez had one batted in each for the Pirates (20-8, 8-5 in conference).
The Dons are 18-9, 5-8.
SANTA CLARITA — Bryce Arroyo finished with three total hits for Vanguard, which was swept, as The Master's won, 9-4, and, 5-2, in Golden State Athletic Conference action Saturday.
Arroyo and Jordan Mould (one run batted in) both went two for four in the first game for the Lions (16-24, 9-18 in conference).
The Master's is 32-11, 22-8.
UC Irvine def. Pacific
IRVINE — All-American outside hitter Kevin Tillie led all players with 16 kills while hitting .609 (16-2-23) and recording three block assists to lead the No. 4-ranked Anteaters to a 25-20, 25-16, 25-18 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation win at Crawford Court Saturday.
UCI (20-6, 17-6 in the MPSF), which won its third straight, hit a season-high .515 with 41 kills and just six errors in 68 attempts.
Freshman Kyle Russell had 10 kills, two aces and a career and match-high five digs, while junior Scott Kevorken totaled five kills, an ace and a match-high four total blocks. Opposite Zack La Cavera hit .583 on seven kills in 12 attempts without an error. Setter Chris Austin racked up 31 set assists, four digs and two block assists.
Pacific is 8-17, 5-16.
The Anteaters play host to No. 10 Cal State Northridge Wednesday at 7 p.m.


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CPDA Announces 2012 Annual Adjuvants & Inerts Conference
The 2012 Annual Adjuvants & Inerts Conference, hosted by the Chemical Producers & Distributors Association (CPDA), will be held from May 15-16 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The meeting will be held at the Hilton President Hotel and will highlight the critical role adjuvants and inerts play in improving plant production and protection efficiencies and how the use of the products is contributing to a healthy and robust agricultural economy across the globe, according to the CPDA.
This year's program will highlight cutting-edge technologies and cover topics such as:
• Risk vs. Rewards of 2, 4-D and Dicamba Tolerant Crops
• Soil Amendments for Water Conservation
• Foliar Nutrition and its Role in Crop Protection
• The Role of Innovation and Technology in Reducing Spray Drift
• How Generic Pesticides are Being Used to Manage Resistance
Additional details about the 2012 Annual Adjuvants & Inerts Conference will be announced by CPDA.
For more details, visit www.CPDA.com or to register, click here.
Source: CPDA, Edited by Stefanie A. Toth, Online Editor


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Celebrity Charity: Is that an Oxymoron?
August 27, 2008 by JS · 8 Comments
Think back to your high school English days and the exciting discussions you used to have about oxymoron. You know those phrases like wicked good, terribly pleased, and old news. It was always fun to come-up with a few of them. But there's a phrase that is often uttered in the media that I find to be an oxymoron.
Am I alone here?
Sure, celebrities do their fair share of good things. They show-up at charity events and raise money. They give their money to worthy organizations around the world. But how much good are they really doing?
More importantly, how much more could they be doing?
What really got me thinking about this is when Brad Pitt went down to New Orleans to build 150 Green Homes for those who lost their home because of Hurricane Katrina.
Brad Pitt held a press conference and said: "To build those 150 homes, we need the help of the American people. We need to all join together to do this. There is no reason why we can't do a thousand homes."
He was right and wrong at the same time. He was right that "there is no reason why we can't do a thousand homes" but he was wrong when he said "we need the help of the American people."
Do they really?
Seriously, all Mr. Pitt needs is the help of a few of his friends. In fact, just take the cast of Ocean's Eleven (or any of the Ocean's movies) and he would have more than enough to build 1,000 homes at $150,000 per home.
I don't even need a calculator to come-up with the sum of $150,000,000.
Yes, that's 150 million. And that is a lot of money.
But you know what? If just half the cast of Ocean's Eleven – Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, and Julia Roberts – chipped in they could've easily footed the bill.
Together they probably make more than $150,000,000 with just one movie.
So why does Mr. Pitt need the help of the American people? Haven't they already helped enough by going to the movies?
I'm kidding, of course. The American people do need to help others. But the stars in Hollywood need to do a whole lot more.
Because Brad Pitt is one of the good guys. He's one of the more generous stars. (In all fairness he did give $5,000,000 for the Green Homes.)
There are many other celebrities who blow their money on $10,000 dinners while homeless children starve mere blocks away.
I don't mean to be a downer, and I'm truly sorry if I've offended you in any way.
But I'm just sick of hearing about "Celebrity Charities". It's an oxymoron.
If Brad Pitt and all the rest would really give an amount of money that would cause them even a small amount of discomfort then they could really make major changes in the world.
They could really make a positive change.
Sadly, I don't think it will ever happen. And I fear that "Celebrity Charity" will forever be an oxymoron.
[this post was featured in: Carnival of Personal Finance #168 at thatonecaveman.com]