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Today I was researching codes and zoning when I discovered Charlotte now has an app for reporting public nuisances. You can snap a photo, mark the location on a map, then send it the complaint anonymously. You can see it at http://charmeck.org/Pages/MobileApp.aspx
For those of you who don't know, I blog to you from Charlotte, NC; A decent sized city in the south with around 2 million people. It's a great place, it has a lot to do, not a lot of traffic, good jobs, and while ranked 17th largest city in the US, I can still find a multi-acre lots here.
Well Charlotte is also a very difficult place to be a tiny house person, with the city growing by 40,000 people every year, our code enforcement and zoning are very busy, leaving little time to entertain the idea of a variance for tiny houses. Between strict codes that are difficult to get variances on and a most of Charlotte's housing under HOA's, its a tough place for tiny houses.
So I thought I'd share this new innovation that cities are taking up.
If you want to know more about how codes affect you, check out our ebook: cracking the code! here
Your Turn!
- What do you think of this app?
- Have you talked with your local code enforcement about tiny houses?


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By Dan Murtaugh
Bloomberg News
Oil production in Texas's Eagle Ford shale formation rose 54 percent in April from the previous year.
The nine fields that make up the majority of Eagle Ford yielded 530,689 barrels of crude a day, according to preliminary data released by the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas drilling in the state. The fields produced 345,702 barrels daily in April 2012.
EIA: US daily crude supply could surge to 10M barrels by 2040
February output was revised to 561,554 barrels a day from the preliminary report of 529,874, the commission said. Production totals typically increase in subsequent months as the state receives revised, corrected or late reports.
Growing production out of Eagle Ford is helping fuel a renaissance in Texas crude. The state produced 2.37 million barrels a day in March, the highest monthly level since February 1986, according to the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department. The EIA hasn't released March production data for the state.
Eagle Ford boost: Carrizo hikes oil production projection
EOG Resources Inc. is the largest leaseholder in the Eagle Ford play, with 639,000 net acres. Chesapeake Energy Corp. is next with 485,000, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Plains Marketing LP's posted price for Eagle Ford light oil was $94.75 a barrel yesterday, compared with the settlement prices of $98.24 for West Texas Intermediate and $106.12 for Brent.
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Deck Love: Bringing The Cozy Outside/
I'm excited about going home for SO many reasons. But as I ponder what I am anticipating the MOST...it's definitely OUR DECK & the early morning quiet of the mountains. I love sitting out there all snuggled up in a quilt...a steaming cup of yerba mate (with almond milk & a ridiculous amount of raw honey) in my hands, incense burning, and my Bible. And squirrels. I love them.
Remember when my friend Natalie gave us all those awesome tips on "Creating an Outdoor Space You Love"? Now it's time to put those ideas to work!
We did spend lots of time living out on the deck last year...but never invested the time necessary to create a space that we loved.
So...my immediate goal upon returning is to turn our 900 sq ft deck into an oasis of color, cozy, and calm. It's currently a blank slate...in desperate need of Jansseification! And this is where YOU come into play. I want to hear your favorite deckscaping ideas! Link me to your favorite Pinterest boards and favorite stores! I'm looking for:
- Rugs: Layered? Colorful of course.
- Couches/seating: I'd love an awesome & comfy couch and coffee table. Maybe a wraparound. I totally love this.
- Twinklelights. So many.
- Flags!! Some may say I overdo it. I say nonsense. You can NEVER have too many flags!
- Windchimes. You either love them or hate them. And I'm a lover.
- Hanging flowers and succulents (so my chipmunk friends can't destroy them like last year!)
- Eating space / table: there is nothing better than eating outside! And no, there aren't many bugs where we live! And yes, Colorado IS perfect.
- Play area: maybe an outdoor kitchen?
- Birdfeeders (Did you know I'm a crazy bird lady? Yep.)
I will be scouring the thrift stores and garage sales for fun things as well....that's one of the big things I've missed while being in the road too! Can't wait to show you the process...15 days and counting!


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Hi, I was looking through the archive to find out what the aniversary date for Yin & Yang was when I realized some new comics were added to the front end of the archive. So uhm, what is the actual aniversary date of Yin and Yang, Jess?
JesIdres wrote:Yin & Yang 2.0 premiered on February 5th, 2001. Yin & Yang 1.0 debuted October of 1999. Just Another..., The print version of Yin & Yang 1.0 debuted September 1998.
I was thinking about doing an IRC chat on Feb. 5th, so you guys could ask me mythos questions and run me into corners.
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ISB Unveils New Brand Ahead of 20th Anniversary
We are excited to unveil our new brand identity system, including logo, tagline and colors.
So, why change? Simply put, ISB has evolved since our inception in 2000.
- Translational science is a major focus thanks to our 2016 affiliation with Providence St. Joseph Health, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health care providers.
- From Scientific Wellness to complex diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's Disease and sepsis, our research is people-focused and in urgent need.
- ISB's faculty and staff are doing noteworthy work, but we are often overlooked in our own South Lake Union neighborhood, let alone in Seattle as a whole. We're changing that.
- Next year marks our 20th year, and we want to reflect the exciting work and events on the horizon.
A new brand identity system best reflects this evolution.
While our rebrand brings change, there are some things that will always remain constant.
We are committed to the collaborative, cross-disciplinary and groundbreaking research for which ISB is known. We are champions of systems biology: Dr. Lee Hood started ISB as the first-ever institute devoted to systems biology, and we continue down that path.
We worked with Turnstyle Studio in Seattle to define and express our new identity.
Brand elements
A logo serves to identify an organization. Logos are not literal, but are evocative and can mean different things to different people.We designed a new mark that we believe evokes what ISB stands for: biology in action. the idea of collaboration, innovative spinout companies and ISB's entrepreneurial spirit.
Officially and legally, we are "Institute for Systems Biology," but our researchers, supporters and peers know us as "ISB." So, we are embracing this vernacular. In most cases on our website and many digital and print channels, we will be seen and known simply as ISB.
"Science transforming health" — together, these three words exemplify the mission and efforts of everyone at ISB.
Website and social media
We have changed our website address to www.isbscience.org (the legacy systemsbiology.org will direct you to the new name), and ISB's social media handle is @isbsci.
As a whole, our new visual identity system gives form to a fresh and compelling brand that represents our storied past, active present, and aspirational future.
2020 Vision
Next year marks the 20th year of ISB. To mark the occasion, we are putting together a year-long speaker series to focus on some of the most pressing issues in science and health care, including brain health, education, and artificial intelligence. The quarterly events will be held at the newly renovated and incredible Town Hall Seattle, and are targeted toward an interested and engaged public. We will have more information to share — dates, speakers, other details — in coming weeks.
We are thrilled to be part of the vibrant Seattle research community, and we want to interact with engaged citizens who are as passionate about science and the future as we are. We can do what we do thanks to our devoted contributors and ambassadors. If you would like to know more about our research, meet our scientists or find ways to help our mission, please reach out to us.
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Tracking Cells from Well to Diseased
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New $10.9 Million Grant from NIH
The NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences has issued a Biotechnology Resource Grant of $10.9 million over five years to the National Center for Dynamic Interactome Research (ncdir.org) project. This project is a collaboration among The Rockefeller University, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle BioMed, University of California at San Francisco, New York University and New York Structural Biology Center. Michael Rout, of The Rockefeller University, is the Program Director/Principal…
ISB's 2013 Annual Report is Now Available
Institute for Systems Biology has a dizzying breadth of research projects. But when we talk about what we do, it's how we do it that matters most. The systems approach that we pioneered and exemplify continues to distinguish our ability to tackle the most complex biological and environmental challenges today. Because of how we apply our hallmark collaborative, cross-disciplinary and integrative approach, our collective success is greater than the sum…
In the News: Lee Hood on the Future of Personalized Medicine
Dr. Lee Hood, president of ISB, was featured in a cover story for the spring 2014 issue of HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association) Leadership Magazine. He spoke on the future of personalized medicine. "Wellness is not going to emerge out of the current healthcare industry. New thrusts don't emerge out of old bureaucracies. New approaches emerge out of new institutions that are set up for them." – Dr. Lee Hood…
Melding ISB and FHCRC Brain Power for Cancer Research
(Photo above: ISB's Dr. Ilya Shmulevich describes his lab's work in The Cancer Genome Atlas project and how ISB and FHCRC could collaborate.) Big health challenges require big science. Cancers are prime examples of overwhelmingly complex diseases that need the power of a cross-disciplinary, systems biology approach to decipher the underlying dysfunctional gene networks in order to find ways to prevent and manage the diseases and develop more effective therapies….
100K Wellness Project Article by Lee Hood and Nathan Price in Clinical Omics
The latest press about the 100K Wellness Project is in the May 15 issue of Clinical Omics and features a piece by Dr. Lee Hood, president of Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), and Dr. Nathan Price, ISB's associate director. Read "Promoting Wellness and Demystifying Disease: The 100K Project"
It's National Cancer Research Month: How To Help
May has been designated "National Cancer Research Month" and we'd like to share a little about how ISB is using the systems biology approach to tackle some of the complexities of researching cancers. You can read our four-part series on how ISB's pioneering systems biology has made an impact and continues to clear new pathways for the cancer research field. Please visit aacr.org to learn more about NCRM. Support ISB's…
ISB Systems Biology Symposium Speaker Videos Now Available
ISB held its 13th Annual International Symposium: Systems Biology & Cancers on April 13-14. Please read more about our speakers and program. If you weren't able to attend or would like to refresh your memory of the talks, we have made a selection of the presentations available to view below. Or visit the playlist on ISB's YouTube channel.
Lee Hood Wins IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) announced that Dr. Lee Hood, president of Institute for Systems Biology, is the 2014 recipient of the Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. He is being recognized for "pioneering contributions to DNA sequencing technologies that revolutionized life and health sciences." Read about all the medal recipients here.
Free Systems Science Workshop for High School Teachers
FREE SUMMER SYSTEMS SCIENCE WORKSHOP AT ISB FOR TEACHERS: Registration for the summer systems science workshop for high school science, math and CTE teachers is now open. The workshop is hosted by Claudia Ludwig and Dina Kovarik, of the Baliga Lab at ISB, and takes place July 21-25. The focus is on how to implement systems science in the classroom. For more information about the workshop, please visit this site….
Systems Biology + Systems Art
(Photo above: Artist Xiao Dong Feng and Dr. Lee Hood raise a toast during a reception on April 28. Feng's painting "Qing Xu" hangs in the background. The name is symbolic of someone who eschews earthly materialism and is instead a visionary who seeks a higher or more spiritual understanding.) On April 28, Institute for Systems Biology hosted an intimate symposium on Systems Biology & Systems Art in honor of…
Support ISB: GiveBIG 2014
Date: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 Time: 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM Where: The Seattle Foundation website – ISB profile page GiveBIG is an annual, community-wide day of giving hosted by The Seattle Foundation that aims to inspire regional philanthropy. Between midnight and midnight (PST) on May 6th, The Seattle Foundation and its generous sponsors will match a percentage of all contributions to local nonprofits. If you are considering a gift…
ISB's Annual Symposium
ISB held its 13th Annual International Symposium: Systems Biology & Cancers From Big Data to Personalized Treatment on April 13-14, 2014. Visit symposium.isbscience.net for details. Visit the gallery for images. Or visit the video playlist on ISB's YouTube channel.
Participatory Medicine Q&A with Lee Hood
Genome Medicine created a participatory medicine series, which was guest edited by Dr. Lee Hood, president of Institute for Systems Biology, and Dr. Charles Auffray, Founding Director of the European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine. You can read the collection of articles on participatory medicine here. It includes an editorial "Participatory medicine: a driving force for revolutionizing healthcare" co-authored by Hood and Auffray that was published in December 2013….
Participatory Medicine Q&A with Lee Hood
Genome Medicine created a participatory medicine series, which was guest edited by Dr. Lee Hood, president of Institute for Systems Biology, and Dr. Charles Auffray, Founding Director of the European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine. You can read the collection of articles on participatory medicine here. It includes an editorial "Participatory medicine: a driving force for revolutionizing healthcare" co-authored by Hood and Auffray that was published in December 2013….
Summer Course Registration Is Now Open!
Summer Course: Systems Biology of Disease Register Now Offered by Institute for Systems Biology and Center for Systems Biology Course Objective The goal of this course is to introduce the core concepts of systems biology and their application to systems biomedicine. We will demonstrate the importance of cross-disciplinary interactions for the success of systems biology programs. When July 28 – August 1, 2014 9 am to 5 pm Where Institute…
ISB Welcomes Ron Myers and Naeha Subramanian
Welcome and congratulations to the newest members of ISB: Ron Myers is now our Chief Legal Officer and VP Business Development. He is responsible for legal affairs, including patents and contracts. Assistant Professor Naeha Subramanian, PhD, comes to ISB from the National Institutes of Health. Her specialties include immunology, innate immunity, and host-pathogen interactions.
ISB at Town Hall Seattle: Systems Biology & Cancers
On March 27, 2014, ISB and Town Hall Seattle co-presented a panel discussion on "Systems Biology & Cancers: From Big Data to Personalized Treatment." Panelists included ISB president, Dr. Lee Hood; Dr. Tony Blau, of UW's Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine; Dr. Peter Nelson, prostate cancer researcher and oncologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and moderator Dr. Eric Holland, Senior VP and Director of the Human Biology Division…
ISB at Town Hall Seattle: Systems Biology & Cancers
On March 27, 2014, ISB and Town Hall Seattle co-presented a panel discussion on "Systems Biology & Cancers: From Big Data to Personalized Treatment." Panelists included ISB president, Dr. Lee Hood; Dr. Tony Blau, of UW's Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine; Dr. Peter Nelson, prostate cancer researcher and oncologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and moderator Dr. Eric Holland, Senior VP and Director of the Human Biology Division…
Dr. Lee Hood's Research!America Acceptance Speech
Dr. Lee Hood received the Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award through Research!America (read more). Watch his acceptance speech above. UPDATE, April 12: Here's a video of the backstage interviews with all the award recipients.
Dr. Lee Hood Receives Research!America Award
Dr. Lee Hood received the Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award from Research!America at a ceremony on March 12, 2014, in Washington D.C. From the Research!America Website for the Advocacy Awards (link): Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award (Benefactor: The Geoffrey Beene Foundation) Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, will be honored with Research!America's 2014 Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award for pioneering the development of instruments that paved the way for…
ISB Serves as Backdrop for Columbia Bank Commercial
In April 2012, Seattle-based advertising and public relations agency GreenRubino shot a commercial for Columbia Bank using ISB as the set. The producers needed a vibrant, "science-y" set for the TV ad featuring a Columbia Bank client who also happens to be a molecular biologist – and, no, Bert does not work at ISB. ISB's bold connectivity walls captured the producers' imaginations. We were delighted to see the commercial on…
Mark Calendars for Dr. Lee Hood's Reddit AMA on April 11
Dr. Lee Hood will participate in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on March 24 April 11 from 10-11 a.m. PST. There will be more details posted on Reddit.com the morning of April 11. For now, feel free to look at the list of upcoming science AMAs or check out some previous science AMAs here.
'Decoding DNA: The Future of DNA Sequencing': Dr. Lee Hood Appears on Australian Radio Show
Dr. Lee Hood was interviewed by Dr. Norman Swan, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, for the "Health Report" show. The interview aired on radio on Feb. 24, 2014. Listen to the radio segment. SEGMENT TRANSCRIPT: (Editor's note: ABC identifies Institute for Systems Biology as part of the University of Washington in the audio and in the transcript. ISB is an independent nonprofit organization and NOT a part of the UW.)…
'Demystifying Disease, Democratizing Health Care'
In the Feb. 26, 2014, issue of Science Translational Medicine, Dr. Lee Hood and Dr. Nathan Price, of Institute for Systems Biology, deliver an editorial stating the vision of the 100K Wellness Project. The project will track health-related data types for 100K individuals longitudinally over the course of 20-30 or more years. "Unsustainable cost increases threaten the global health care system, and further progress is stymied more by societal than…
The New York Times Science Times Podcast: Dr. Lee Hood and 100K Wellness Project
The New York Times's Jeffrey DelViscio, who is a senior staff editor for the Science Times, interviewed our Dr. Lee Hood during the recent (Feb. 13-17) American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Chicago for a podcast segment called "The Virtual Self." From the introduction: "…in order to truly understand health, wellness and disease, an individual human must create he or her own data cloud, which can be…
Dr. Lee Hood and 100K Wellness Project in Yahoo! News
(ABOVE: Dr. Lee Hood, President of Institute for Systems Biology, spoke about phase one of the 100K Wellness Project while attending the AAAS conference in Chicago on Feb. 14, 2014. Photo by Kerry Sheridan/Agence France-Presse) Agence France-Presse reporter Kerry Sheridan interviewed Dr. Lee Hood on Feb. 14, 2014, about the first phase of the 100K Wellness Project. An excerpt from the article: "The Hundred Person Wellness Project, which begins next…
One of Dr. Lee Hood's Best Talks on Personalized Medicine
Dr. Lee Hood gave a rousing talk at the Personalized Medicine World Conference, which took place in January 2014 in Silicon Valley. In just 10 minutes, he spells out the vision he's had for more than a decade and the exciting new 100K Wellness Project that ISB is launching. It's Lee Hood at his best.
ISB at Town Hall Seattle on March 27
As an extension of ISB's 13th Annual International Systems Biology Symposium, we are collaborating with Town Hall Seattle to hold a panel discussion. Panelists include ISB president, Dr. Lee Hood; Dr. Tony Blau, of UW's Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine; Dr. Peter Nelson, prostate cancer researcher and oncologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and moderator Dr. Eric Holland, Senior VP and Director of the Human Biology Division at…
Dr. Lee Hood's Vision for the 100K Wellness Project
Dr. Lee Hood delivers his vision for the 100K Wellness Project. Read the news article in the journal Nature about the project.
Nature News: 'Medicine Gets Up Close and Personal' – Dr. Lee Hood's Vision for Wellness
"Even in its pilot phase, the project is unusually thorough. The ISB will sequence the whole genome of each participant at the outset. And in later phases, Hood says, the study team will also examine epigenetics: methylation and other modifications to DNA that can reflect environmental exposures. But that is just the tip of the data-collection iceberg." — From 'Medicine Gets Up Close and Personal' in Nature The journal Nature…
From There to Here: Dr. Lee Hood
At ISB, we ask staff to share their stories about how they got "From There to Here" — because each person's path to ISB is unique. Recently, Dr. Lee Hood, our president, shared his journey from his childhood in Montana to the founding of ISB. What an incredible history.
ISB Has Two New Patents
2014 is off to a great start for innovation in human health. ISB released two new patents in January that will make great contributions to personalized medicine. One of the patents, issued on January 27 and titled Use of Gene Expression Signatures to Determine Cancer Grade, has ISB President Dr. Lee Hood and ISB Senior Research Scientist Qiang Tian listed as inventors. Also sharing in that patent is Xiaowei Yan…
Slow Motion Video Booth at ISB
Institute for Systems Biology held its holiday party on Jan. 18, 2014. We hired Super Frog Saves Tokyo to set up a slow-motion video booth and this was the result. It's never boring at ISB! Doing systems biology research is serious work. But that doesn't mean we can't be irreverent. I encourage you to take a moment to watch the really, really fun video from our holiday party. We worked…
Allen Range Joins ISB As Our New Director of IT
ISB welcomes Allen Range as our new Director of Information Technology. Allen spent more than 12 years at Vulcan, Inc., as the Senior Director for Technology Operations. He brings a depth of experience as an IT business leader and global IT operations manager that will help ISB continue to practice science at the frontier. Fun fact: Allen helped launch the Living Computer Museum during his tenure at Vulcan. We're happy…
Dr. Lee Hood: One of 50 Most Influential Scientists
Dr. Lee Hood has been named one of the top 50 most influential scientists in the world today. The list, published by www.thebestschools.org honors other leaders in science and technology such as physicist Stephen Hawking; primatologist Jane Goodall; Timothy Berners-Lee, inventer of the World Wide Web; and Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame. To see the full list, visit this link.
Innovation Game Changer: Lee Hood
Dr. Lee Hood appeared in a video series produced by World Free From Cancer and Value of Innovation about five "game changers" who will help make this a cancer-free world.
Lee Hood at World Stem Cell Summit
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News offered some highlights from the World Stem Cell Summit, where ISB president, Dr. Lee Hood, gave today's keynote talk: "In 5 to 10 years, you will have your genomes as part of your medical records," Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., Institute for Systems Biology, told attendees of the World Stem Cell Summit 2013 today, in San Diego. "Third-generation sequencing will be revolutionary," he said in his…
The Future of Healthcare is Personalized
Dr. Lee Hood, founder and president of Institute for Systems Biology, appeared on the news in New Zealand after giving a talk the previous night at the University of Auckland. Click on the image below to watch the video.
Valerie Logan Luncheon Raises $50K for Science Education Programs at ISB
The Second Annual Valerie Logan Luncheon, which took place on Nov. 13, raised just over $50,000 (UPDATE: As of Dec. 18, 2013, the total funds raised has reached more than $60,000) for our education programs at Institute for Systems Biology. Guest speaker Julia Joo, who spent her summer as a high school intern here at ISB, shared with us the educational journey that led her to choose science as a…
ISB, Lee Hood on Forbes.com
John Nosta, a contributor to Forbes.com, posted this piece today and included a mention of a collaboration between Indi and ISB on a diagnostic that may help identify benign lung nodules. From Diagnosis to Treatment, Has Lung Cancer Begun To Turn The Corner? This study suggests the tremendous power of using systems biology and bioinformatics to better understand health and disease," said Lee Hood, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of the study; co-founder…


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-- the New York Times (NYT) reports -- agreed to pay $13 billion dollars in fines to settle a number of US government charges of financial fraud, particularly in the mortgage area. That is the arena of shady lending, as you may recall, that nearly crashed the US economy in 2008.The amount sounds gargantuan to a member of the 99%. JP Morgan Chase, after personal negotiations between US Attorney General Eric Holder and JP Morgan Chief Honcho Jamie Dimon, has
Of course, whatever the large "settlement," Dimon is still walking around strutting like a rooster -- an impeccably coiffed one -- with all indications that he has been assured that he and his top execs will not face any prosecution. Although the Department of Justice (DOJ) has demanded that a criminal investigation of JP Morgan in California continue in Sacramento, even if the bank were charged and found guilty, the NYT speculates, "If criminal charges arise, it could mean additional fines and a deal that requires an independent monitor to keep an eye on the bank."
In short, all JP Morgan would face if charges in Sacramento arise is another big bank basically getting a slap on the wrist as far as criminal accountability.
The NYT notes that JP Morgan, as is with the case for most big banks, balks at admitting criminal liability, even if they get a sentence that is akin to self-monitored probation:
Even now, a significant obstacle stands in the way of a deal: whether JPMorgan will admit to all of the improper actions cited by the Justice Department. Banks are typically loath to acknowledge wrongdoing, fearing it could expose them to shareholder lawsuits.
In short, the paychecks and bonuses for the likes of Jamie Dimon and other Wall Street execs are not generally impacted by financial settlements with the government. The shareholders pay the price of fradulent bank practices.
This summer, Bloomberg News reported:
The six biggest U.S. banks, led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Bank of America Corp., have piled up $103 billion in legal costs since the financial crisis, more than all dividends paid to shareholders in the past five years.
That's the amount allotted to lawyers and litigation, as well as for settling claims about shoddy mortgages and foreclosures, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The sum, equivalent to spending $51 million a day, is enough to erase everything the banks earned for 2012.
The mounting bills have vexed bankers who are counting on expense cuts to make up for slow revenue growth and make room for higher payouts. About 40 percent of the legal and litigation outlays arose since January 2012, and banks are warning the tally may surge as regulators, prosecutors and investors press new claims. The prospect is clouding outlooks for stock prices, and by some estimates the damage could last another decade.
Thus far, there has not been a shareholders' revolt against the malfeasance committed under the leadership of the likes of Jamie Dimon.
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Neither has there been any serious DOJ attempt -- as BuzzFlash has repeatedly written commentaries about over the past few years -- to hold the Wall Street execs criminally accountable for acts of fraud with a devastating financial impact that almost crashed the US economy.
Our prisons are filled with burglars, check kiters, income tax evaders and others who are pikers compared to the masters of the universe who run Wall Street.
Yet, the Wall Street 1% strut about and live opulently to this day.
After all, they don't personally pay the fines from their humongous salaries (or bonuses) -- and their friends in DC aren't going to put them in jail.
It's business as usual: corrupt and free from prosecution or individual financial liability.
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New York, NY / Monaco / Johannesburg (June 18) - Khabib "The Hawk" Allakhverdiev, the WBA and IBO light-welterweight champion, hopes a dominant performance against former world champion Souleymane M'baye in Monte Carlo next month will lead to bigger fights down the track.
The Russian southpaw (18-0, 8 KOs) captured the vacant belt against unbeaten Joan Guzman last year when Guzman damaged his knee in the eighth round, Allakhverdiev winning a technical decision.
The quick-handed southpaw meets a wily performer in number two-ranked M'baye (40-4-1, 22 KOs), a ring veteran who has twice held versions of the world title.
The pair fight on the Golden Gloves' "Million Dollar Super Four" fight card at the grand Salle des Etoiles arena in Monaco.
"Everything is going according to plan," said Allakhverdiev from his hometown of Kaspiysk in Russia, situated on the shores of the Caspian Sea. "We are wrapping up the first phase of strength training with my brother Shafitdin and trainer Ali Piduriev."
He says the second phase will shortly begin in Moscow, where he will relocate ahead of his transfer to Monaco. In Moscow he will team up with trainer, former light-middleweight and middleweight world champion John David Jackson, doing sparring and working on speed.
"I mostly train with my brother, who knows me best, and with Ali. However, in the last two years I have also learned a lot from John David, particularly during our last training period. I believe I grew . . . John David saw serious potential in me. He put a lot of effort into improving my skills. He also taught my brother a lot, so time with him is very valuable."
Allakhverdiev rates M'baye as a very good boxer and says he always comes in fit and strong. "I've seen him and know he is a strong fighter. The last fight he lost [against Ismael El Massoudi] was simply due to a foot injury. He doesn't fall easily, be breathes well and paces himself.
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General Motors announced that the seventh-generation Corvette will be unveiled on January 13, 2013 in Detroit, from where according to Chrysler, cars are imported . GM also took the opportunity to release the new Corvette logo, which like the car, looks a heck of a lot like the one it replaced. Releasing the logo now ensures that the General will profit immediately from licensing rights as the logo is stiched and silk-screened on a bunch of Chinese-made swag destined for dealer parts and accessory counters and third-party catalog sales entities.
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The public can also count on a lighter, more advanced car with higher test loop MPG ratings, as well as fit and finish and an interior that GM and all magazines will claim are of significant higher quality to meet the Corvette's standing as a "world-class sports car"…but of course, those claims will evaporate a year later when all the same journalists who touted the better interior materials and fit in their first reviews on the 2013 Corvette come back and bash the cheap interior parts and flimsy seats in their head-to-head comparos against the Porsche 911 and BMW M3. Like Mitt Romney and John Kerry, journalists have a distinguished history of "being for it before they were against it" when it comes to Corvette build quality and interior materials.


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The sound heard around the campground near York, Va., was something like a "ka-boom," the Virginia Gazette reported.
Then cries for help came from the RV on fire Friday night (May 25) at the KOA site near Newman Road. Michael Frankenthaler, 44, who was having dinner with his family nearby, immediately ran to the scene along with his cousin, Steve Long, and another man, Jeff Wagner. Inside the RV were a man and a woman along with their two grandchildren, one boy and one girl.
Fellow campers helped get three of the family members, who all suffered burns, out of the RV but there was no sign of the boy. He was discovered a short distance up a hill, also with second- and third-degree burns. Frankenthaler, who is a doctor, had the victims wrapped in wet towels to ease the burn wounds.
More campers came out to help, and Frankenthaler said they worked to make sure the burn victims did not go into shock by talking to them and keeping them conscious.
"You could look at their fingers and hands and tell they were badly burned," Frankenthaler said. Long, of Fayetteville, N.C., and Wagner — who's stationed at Andrew Air Force Base in Maryland — are both active-duty military service members and helped get the flames out with fire extinguishers on the RV.
Long said the rescuers had to think quickly in the moments after the explosion.
"It's instinctive," Long said. "I think you worry about what needs to be done."
Medics arrived and transported all four victims to VCU Medical Center in Richmond with injuries that were considered life-threatening.The boy was brought to the hospital via Nightingale helicopter because of the extent of his injuries.
The victims' identities have not been released by the York Fire Department.Their conditions were not released either, but Frankenthaler said he was told they were all recovering Sunday afternoon. Firefighters said a preliminary investigation showed that a propane leak caused the blaze.
The campground sponsored a weekend fundraiser for the victims, and on Sunday afternoon, a sign posted on the grounds said $550 had been raised on their behalf.


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Sam Mellinger
Tragedy and trauma land hardest on innocent child
An infant girl wakes up this morning without parents, both dead, dad killing mom and then turning the gun on himself. There are no answers. None that make sense, anyway.
Jovan Belcher, the Chiefs linebacker, shot longtime girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, drove to the team's practice facility, thanked general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel for all they've done for him, then killed himself.
The Chiefs will never be the same after a murder-suicide unprecedented in the NFL.
More importantly, neither will two families and a baby girl now orphaned.What Belcher did on Saturday
made him first a criminal, then a coward. The world now knows him as a monster. What Belcher did on Saturday leaves a trail of people who loved him scarred for the rest of their lives, wondering if they ever really knew the man.
"I can tell you that you have absolutely no idea of what it's like to see somebody kill themselves," said Kansas City mayor Sly James, who spoke with Pioli. "If you can take your worst nightmare and then put somebody you know and love into that situation and give them a gun and stand three feet away from them and watch them kill themselves, that's what it's like."
At noon today at Arrowhead, some twenty-eight hours after living that nightmare, Crennel will coach the Chiefs in a game against the Carolina Panthers that was already meaningless for a 1-10 team going nowhere. Now, it becomes a story about a coaching staff and players dealing with unthinkable tragedy the only way they know.
James said the trauma felt by Pioli and Crennel would be like your worst nightmare, and if that's true, imagine what it'll like for that baby girl and the rest of these familes. Belcher's mother was in the house when gunshots blasted, and called the police.
Two families, each tragically broken, must now try to make sense of senseless. A quiet man's personal demons won out, leaving two who once loved each other dead.
Crennel and Pioli have been consumed with football this fall, each fighting a dismal season that may cost them their jobs.
Now, these shadows will never fully leave them. On Saturday, they watched a man they know and respect put a gun to his head and pull the trigger.
Nobody can say why Belcher did it. He was a good man, friends said. Respected as a teammate. Took football seriously. Majored in child development and family relations at the University of Maine, made the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent, played every game since his rookie year.
But the Chiefs will have to be careful how they publicly remember a murderer.
Those of us left to grapple with what's occurred should hug our children a little tighter today. Be more considerate of our spouses. And confront the cold reality that dysfunction gone unchecked can ruin lives.
According tomedical studies
, around 600 murder-suicide events take place each year in the United States, resulting in 1,000 to 1,500 deaths. Most of those don't generate this much attention. As far as anyone can remember, this is the first such incident involving an athlete in America's most popular sport.
Three months ago, a man shot a woman and then killed himself in the Kauffman Stadium parking lot a few hours before a Royals game. The victim in that shooting had two children, a school-aged son and a grown daughter. She spent weeks in a hospital; her spleen was removed, among other operations, but she has survived.
That story came and went faster than this one will, and if we're smart we'll gain some understanding about the problem. Maybe we'll remember that domestic abuse is still a major problem in America.
Maybe this is a reminder that we don't really know our athletes, or our neighbors. Those around Belcher continue to say he was a good man, with a perhaps rocky but never before violent relationship with Perkins. The rest of us now know him for a gruesome, heartless and cowardly act. There can be no bridging of those two views.
Kansas City and the football world are shaken, and especially around here, neither will ever be quite the same. But the bigger world will go on, starting today with a football game that's impossible to care much about.
The Chiefs will play four more games this season. Afterward, decisions will be made about the franchise's future, and Belcher's teammates will scatter for the offseason to spend more time with their families.
And every day, that little girl will wake up without her parents.


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At today's Abu Dhabi Media Summit session, Sami Mustafa Mubarak and Mina Nagy Takla, the co-founders of Taghreedat, illustrated their revolutionary plans for putting Arab content front and central on the internet.
At present, it is estimated that only 3% of the total content on the internet is in Arabic. However, there are now moves to transform the Arab digital landscape - and, in particular, to move away from the dependency on English language and to translate social media terms into Arabic for the very first time.
The Taghreedat founders have struck a number of strategic alliances to ensure that Arabic content is enriched. Their high-profile partners include Twitter, the Wikimedia Foundation, Storify and TED.
"With these four international partnerships, we are trying to drive the cause of Arab digital content internationally and not just upgrade the region."
The aim now is to promote a new era "of social entrepreneurship" Internet users will generate content as well as consume it. "They will get to build a true Arabic web, brick by brick, piece by piece and they way they want it."
Mubarak and Takla revealed a raft of new projects that will ensure Arab digital content is far more readily available. One key goal is to ensure that far more content is translated into Arabic.
Here at the Summit, they announced a new partnership with Meedan to promote Arab education and culture on the web.
At present, Arabic is the 23rd language on Wikipedia in terms of the number of articles available. That is already four places higher than it was when Taghreedat started its collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation. The aim now is to improve that ranking yet further.


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Egypt (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Court Suspends Parliamentary Elections
See also Iraq Feature: The US Pentagon is Linked to Torture Centres br>
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Wednesday's Egypt (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Top Mubarak Ally Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison
2025 GMT: Tunisia. Prime-Minister designate Ali Larayedh has presented a new coalition Government to President Moncef Marzouki after two weeks of difficult negotiations.
Earlier today, the hopes of Larayedh and his Ennadha Party, the leading faction in the Government, appeared to be dashed when three political parties that had been asked to join announced they were pulling out of the talks. That left only Ennahda and its secular allies in the previous Government --- Marzouki's Congress for the Republic and Ettakatol -- -- to discuss a new Cabinet and a proposed Government programme.
Tonight's announcement comes a day before a Constitutional deadline to announce the proposed Government.
The current political crisis was sparked by the 6 February protest of opposition politician Chokri Belaid and subsequent protests. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned when he was unable to form an apolitical Government of technocrats.


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|Knox Moore and his wife Mary (Polly) McColm - 1907
|Knox and Mary Moore with their children Matthew, Rosetta, Knox (baby) and James (in front) - 1913
My father then said that Knox had lost his finger on a circular saw. Many years later someone asked him how he had done it and as he told them how it happened he did it again. Part of another finger was gone.
For years I thought no more of the story. A couple of months ago I was randomly searching the digitised newspapers on Trove. Here was the story verifying that Knox Moore had had 2 accidents involving a circular saw.
|The Brisbane Courier (Qld.: 1864 - 1993), Friday 18 November 1927, page 11.
It is important to remember that even if your family lived a reasonable distance from capital cities, their stories were often published in major newspapers. Don't always assume that these papers will not be a source of information for you. Wallangarra is almost 300 km from Brisbane but features regularly in The Brisbane Courier.
Now of course, I'd love to find a photo of Knox taken after 1927!


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Log in to the LinuxMCE web admin. Go to Wizard -> Devices -> Phones -> Add Device (bottom of the page). For device template select Generic SIP softphone. Rename the phone to something like SPA-3102 Line 1 and hit update. Note the extension of the phone. You will need it later.
Click the Line 1 settings. * Line Option Set to enable. * Sip Settings o Make sure the port is set to 5061 * Proxy and registration o Proxy: the ip address of your core. o Register: Yes. o Make calls without registration: - Not tested but set to yes. o Answer calls without registration: Not tested but set to yes. * Subscriber Information o For Display Name I put 'Line 1'. o For user id I put the extension I created for this phone (see Step 1). o For password I put the password for the extension (the extension number by default) o For 'Use Auth Id' I chose no.


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This story originally appeared on Idealists in Action.
As a child I played with National Geographic magazines. I cut the photos carefully from their binding and positioned them on my bedroom floor. I stood in the center of each photo and communed with the imagined essence of another world. For as long as I can remember, the power and mystery of place captivated my spirit and shook my bones with a voracious sense of wonder.
In 2005, when I was 22-years-old, I landed in Rio de Janeiro with a large university grant. I carried addresses and phone numbers for various nonprofits where I'd been contracted to teach hip-hop and English to Brazilian youth. In my mind, I had plans to study dance all around the country. As a taxi drove me at a furious pace through Rio's tangled maze of steep hillside cobblestone, one clear thought rang out.
"I'm too sensitive for a city like this."
I was right, but I'd soon learn I didn't care. I cared about discovering how my sensitivity interacted with this new world. I wanted to see where the path of contradiction would lead me.
It first led me to a brown-eyed man who stalled my heart when his smile carved two dimples beside the corner of his mouth. The enchantment I felt on the nights I walked arm and arm beside him wasn't simply the magic of being young and falling in love in a foreign country. It was the sensation of being in the presence of a gatekeeper. The one who stands on the threshold of where you've been and where you are going. The one who beckons you in such an alluring way you have no choice but to cross over, regardless of whether or not they follow behind you.
At 22-years-old, travel shattered my compass and my direction became suddenly, terrifyingly fluid. That transformative year, finding love and discovering my calling happened in tandem.
On one typically sweltering Rio afternoon, my Brazilian boyfriend invited me to meet him at a beach side park where his dance company rehearsed every day. The company consisted of a dedicated crew of teenagers with a shocking well of talent and a profound enthusiasm for hip-hop dance.
For the first month I sat mesmerized and watched them rehearse. They trained and created movement, yelled out to keep going when they were exhausted, and celebrated each other's growth. For the second month I stood in the back row of their concrete stage, dancing alongside them. The third month my Brazilian boyfriend broke my heart. I debated ever returning to that park where I had spent the last 60 days humming with a familiar sense of wonder shaking in my bones.
"I'm too sensitive to handle this," I thought.
Yet I found myself back at their concrete stage, terrified and uncertain. The community of dancers I'd been spending everyday with didn't care where I'd been or who I'd dated. They only cared that when we danced we sought entry into the same unspeakable passion. Echoing every day around the park was the soundtrack of their excitement and it created a new compass within me. My brown-eyed ex ignored me, but one day it finally stopped mattering.
On the other side of the threshold the view was different. The narrative had changed. It was no longer about falling in love with a man. It was about falling in love with the story of a group of people. I began coming to practice with a camcorder in my hand. The first time I pressed record my breath stalled and my heartbeat quickened. The earth pressed into my feet. I felt certain I was exactly where I needed to be.
Since that initial discovery I've been growing into the craft of filmmaking, following this community of dancers around Brazil and other parts of the world as their story widens. I've made a hundred amateur mistakes and another hundred skillful, intuitive choices. I've kept myself in the center of my sensitivity even when the pressure mounted because that sensitivity is ultimately what makes me an alert storyteller. I have cherished every moment with the community I've filmed. I've fallen in love over and over and over again.
My editor and I recently put the finishing touches on Believe The Beat, the feature-length documentary that began eight years ago, when a sweet boy asked me my name after a dance class on a clear night in a loud city. There is sometimes a voice inside me that yearns to omit this piece of the story.
"I went to Brazil to make a film," I hear myself think. "I researched and I planned my strategy. I was intentional and grounded and focused from the start."
Then the rest of me rushes in. I am reminded of the little girl who stood on photos of foreign lands with the unknown looming. Who closed her eyes and said yes to a million possible truths.
This is what the world asks us to do. Follow the winding, complicated path toward voracious wonder. Say yes to the moments that enchant and challenge and surprise us. Walk across the threshold when the gate swings open and keep moving forward as it shuts.
Jocelyn Edelstein is a Portland filmmaker, writer, choreographer, and founder of the Urban Body Project, a multimedia collective that explores the relationship between dance, culture, and community. Her writing has been previously published in Best Women's Travel Writing 2011, Volume 8, and will be upcoming in Volume 9. When she is not making films or writing stories she is performing and teaching dance at Polaris Contemporary Dance Center.


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At SO I'd like to use the advanced search but I can't find the proper advanced search page with help (seems to be hidden somewhere). I would be happy if you put a small icon (like question mark) to the left of the search box (in the top right corner), and clicking on it would open a window with advanced search help.
(the question mark icon shouldn't be surrounded by black, I just don't have good image editor with me now)


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EVDV necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 134 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
I am in need of a great looking logo design for my bookkeeping firm. I would really love to have something that is memorable yet professional. At this point I am open to all types of design as long as it is not to "literal" as pertaining to bookkeeping, finances, etc. In other words, I'm not looking to incorporate a checkbook, ledger, etc in to the design.
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I have been a bookkeeper for many years and I am now expanding and growing my business. I am looking for an amazing logo design that I can use on business cards now, and on letterhead, web, etc. in the future. I would love to see designs with a creative use of fonts, graphics, etc. At this point I am very open in terms of design. I just want it to look professional and amazing. I will try to be more specific and give plenty of feedback as the entries come in.
- Professional looking yet not boring
- Creative use of fonts
- Something simple yet eye catching
- Delivered in a format that is easily manipulated and resized without losing quality.
- Literal designs (checkbooks, ledgers, dollar signs, etc)
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Technical Sales Support Engineer
David's background is in life science research with a particular focus on cell trafficking, haematology, nanoparticles, tuberculosis and all types of fluorescent microscopy including super resolution. He joined LOT-QD in January 2016 after doing a PhD at University College London in Molecular and Cell Biology and a Masters in Molecular Biosciences at the University of Oslo. David's interests are playing the guitar, watching football and live music gigs.
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Property Management is responsible for the safekeeping of evidence and found property that comes under the control of the Sheriff's Office. The unit also prepares unclaimed items (excluding guns and illegal contraband) for the county auction, which is held annually in the fall.
Property Management is located on the lower level of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Headquarters Building, 345 West Second Street. Public parking is not available on the premises. Property may be released only with proper identification and proof of ownership.


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Israel gets kosher phone service
While bidding opens on adult.mobi
Bezeq Israel Telecom has launched a phone service which will block connections to "improper" destinations, Reuters reports. The blocking will presumably cover "www.porn.mobi", which comes up for auction next week along with a dozen adult-orientated domain names.
Bezeq's new service is aimed at the ultra-Orthodox customer. It's been endorsed by leading rabbis, but they are expecting to be able to sell it to a much broader audience including concerned parents. The service is far from unique in Israel, though as the dominant operator Bezeq's move into the market is significant. It is interesting to see the use of religious endorsement to sell the service to secular parents - it's hard to imagine the Church of England (or Scotland) being trusted to endorse a pornography-free communications service.
Mobile users without a porn block are going to find it easier to find the naughty stuff thanks to the upcoming auction of adult-themed domain names from dotMobi. The auction includes valuable properties such as "porn.mobi", "naked.mobi" and "vegas.mobi"; just a few of the 5000 names that the dotMobi group has reserved in order to pay for itself. The money raised will pay for the applications dotMobi provides for checking for mobile compatibility.
Talking about porn to mobile phone companies is a strange experience: one generally gets from them either embarrassed giggling, or executives salivating at the money they think they can make, or - in particularly strange cases - both. There is money in mobile porn, but whether mobile users are going to type in ".mobi" site addresses is open to debate.
Overall it seems unlikely that porn on the telephone is going to be the golden goose - or the threat to society - that various parties like to predict it to be. ®


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GameBizBlog offering free recruitment ads
Colin Campbell's newly-launched GameBizBlog is offering free recruitment ads for anyone that needs to place them. Get details here. "Recruitment in the game industry is an expensive and inefficient business," said Campbell. "We would like to try to offer something new and valuable. Our plan is to create one place where game industry professionals can […]
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Binns: Edge Online changes to give "more flexibility in news gathering"
Edge publishing director James Binns said today that moving control of Edge Online to the UK from San Francisco and installing a new editor and news ed would allow for "effective planning and more flexibility in news gathering". Former EIC Colin Cambell left the site on Friday, as did staffers Kris Graft and Rob Crossley. […]
Former Edge Online boss blasts Future over "fiddling with Excel spreadsheets"
Former Edge Online editor Colin Campbell has posted a withering explanation of his reasons for leaving the site, saying that Future's "fiddling with Excel spreadsheets is a poor defense against revolution." Campbell finished a notice period with Future last Friday, having resigned thanks to Future's decision to bring control of Edge Online from the US […]