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The March 22 Oso mudslide was an unspeakable tragedy. As workers continue to search for still-missing loved ones, those who survived find themselves confronting a host of financial and legal uncertainties.
In leveling over 40 homes, the mudslide also washed away residents' personal effects. As a result, the most basic challenge of proving legal identity to engage in a host of essential transactions is just the beginning. Survivors and the heirs of the deceased must establish or re-establish proof of right, title, or ownership in real and personal property. Only then can they begin to address legal matters involving their mortgages, automobile loans, and other obligations — facts of life that, sadly, were not extinguished by the mudslide.
In general, issues of probate and residential mortgages will be most profound for the survivors. Establishing a legal interest in a destroyed residence will be indispensable to negotiating with any mortgage servicer or lender. Moreover, if a home was not in the name of a survivor, and if the home was willed to several heirs, clearing title may be a precondition to receiving assistance from various services such as FEMA or Fannie Mae. The very practical barriers to property ownership and title verification, probate, estate, and other domestic and family law issues will continue to make life difficult for the survivors — especially if no proactive measures on the part of government and financial institutions are taken.
Standard insurance policies do not cover landslides. Unless big mortgage lenders follow the admirable lead of Coastal Community Bank and agree to forgive the homeowners' mortgage loans, many survivors will find themselves in the absurd position of being obligated to make payments on a home that no longer exists. Since the area has been declared a disaster area by President Obama, lenders, at the very least, should suspend the obligation to make mortgage payments for at least six months. Such a moratorium should include one on assessment of late fees. Importantly, because survivors will need new housing, and because credit reports are used by landlords and lenders alike in deciding who can access housing, lenders should not report adverse events such as past due payment to credit bureaus. Loan forgiveness and relaxed credit reporting policies should be applied not just by mortgage lenders, but by business lenders, automobile or agriculture equipment purchase lenders as well as credit card companies.
The federal and state government could also go far in helping mitigate the resulting distress by refusing to tax any mortgage forgiveness as income. Because Congress refused to extend the Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007, extinguishing the homeowners' mortgages will be considered "income" and thus taxable. That outcome is cruelly unconscionable, especially where the homeowner has lost life, if not property to a natural cause. Moreover, while federal disaster aid compensates homeowners for their losses up to $32,400, not all survivors were homeowners. Consequently, relief should be extended to all those adversely impacted by the mudslide — whether an owner, renter, or someone just passing through.
For those who survived the heartbreaking Oso disaster, and those who must assume the obligations of their loved ones lost in the devastation, the road to financial stability may be a long one. However, the government, banks and other financial institutions can go far to making that road as smooth as possible.
Bryan Adamson is a Seattle University associate professor of law who teaches consumer protection matters and a Board Member of Northwest Consumer Law Center.
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Want the tiny size of a netbook, but the power of a full-size? Intel showed off a crop of ultraportable laptops, all aimed at around an $US800 MSRP, using Core 2 Duo processors, not Atom. Check out our gallery below.
Aside from a few from MSI, all of these ultraportables are from ODMs, meaning they're waiting for a larger company to snap them up and rebrand them (they're ready to go to market now, so you could start seeing them very soon). But they're all working prototypes and all very svelte and usable, with a focus on affordability. Sure, my 2009 MacBook Pro is very nearly as thin as a lot of these laptops, but it also cost twice as much. My favourite has to be the little white 10-incher with the blue flower design.

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If you must fly in the peak of the summer, you might as well quit reading now the rest of this column just disappeared. If youre still with me, lets see if we can pull a few rabbits out of the hat as you plan your next year of travel.
Are certain dates during the year cheaper to fly?
Absolutely my airfare analysis reveals the following magical dates:
Nov. 22 Thanksgiving
Most of us are acutely aware that Thanksgiving fares can carve a big gash out of your budget unless you travel on the day the turkey is the one under the blade.
Thanksgiving Day is a relative deal; its the same price as the Thursday after Thanksgiving which recently was priced at 40 percent off, thanks to a sale from Southwest.
Tip: Avoid the Wednesday before and the Sunday and Monday after Thanksgiving unless youre prepared to lets keep the metaphor going apply a tourniquet.
Dec. 18 Last day before airlines Christmas season
The Advent calendar may start three weeks earlier (the chocolate version of which seems to vanish pretty quickly at our house), but airlines begin their Christmas season on the 19th by charging an additional 30 percent or more for the following two weeks.
Tip: Airlines offer a bit of a price break for Christmas Day and New Years Day departures.
March 20
European vacation
The first day of spring yes, its on the 20th next year is a charmed date as departures to Europe go up in price by 20 percent or more starting March 21.
By the way, the first day of spring in 2013 is a Wednesday, which adds its own mystique because weekday departures bring an additional savings of $30 each way compared with takeoffs on Friday through Sunday.
Tip: No, it wont be too cold; look for crisp afternoons in the 50s in Paris.
June 3 Tokyo
This is the last day to fly to Tokyo from the West Coast on the biggest airplane in the world (the A380) on one of the worlds best airlines (Singapore) for just $852 round trip and yes that does include everything. A good trick, given that tickets on United and Delta on that route cost twice that amount.
Tip: Buy a cheap ticket to the coast and hang out a day to prepare for a flying experience that I trust youll find magical.
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Erlin is looking to pick up where he left off
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Promoted from Triple-A Tucson on four occasions in 2013, Robbie Erlin saved his best stint for last during his rookie campaign. Called up a final time on Aug. 28, the left-hander went 2-1 over five starts, compiling a minuscule 1.97 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 32 innings through the end of the Padres' season.
Not a bad way to cap off your first year in the Majors.
Now back with the big league club at Padres Spring Training, Erlin is hoping to parlay his strong finish from last year into an Opening Day roster spot come April.
"I learned so much every time I was up, and I think that's going to serve me well here the next month," Erlin said. "The biggest thing was the experience and just getting all the firsts under my belt. This year I'll feel a little more ready and a little more prepared if I do get the chance to pitch in San Diego, because now I know what to expect."
Already armed with an advanced and deceptive fastball-changeup combination, Erlin said he has made significant strides with his curveball, and he's eager to try it out in the Cactus League.
"The curve is feeling good. It's got really good spin. Now it's just a matter of getting the feel and repeating it," he said. "If I can mix that pitch in consistently, it could be something I can throw ahead in the count and keep hitters off balance."
With the Padres' starting rotation likely already set, Erlin is a candidate for one of the final bullpen positions this spring. The 23-year-old made a pair of relief appearances for the Padres last year and believes he can fill any number of roles in the big leagues, from short or long relieving to spot starting when needed.
For now, though, Erlin is merely focused on improving every day and showing the coaching staff what he can offer.
"I know if I do my work, the rest will take care of itself," he said. "That means just doing what makes you the best at what you do. In my case, it's a solid foundation of mechanics and throwing a lot of strikes."


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A report published by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel last week accuses Israeli military forces of neglecting precautions for the protection of civilian casualties during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014.
In collaboration with the Palestinian NGO Al-Mezan, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) commissioned a fact-finding mission to Gaza in July 2014. Eight independent medical experts were recruited, specialised in relevant fields and unattached to either one of the conflict's parties. The mission's goal was to assess accusations of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed by the Israeli army during the 50-day conflict.
The report proceeds on UN estimates that over 2,100 Palestinians in Gaza were killed during seven weeks of hositilies, of whom about 70% were civilians. An additional 11,000 were injured and 100,000 people were rendered homeless due to Israel's widespread bombing campaigns.
On three visits to the Gaza Strip between 19 August and 12 November 2014, the members of the fact-finding mission interviewed 68 people injured during the fighting and reviewed extensive sets of medical files and photographic materials of this summer's casualties from the morgue of the Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza's central hospital in Gaza City.
"The attacks were characterised by heavy and unpredictable bombardments of civilian neighbourhoods in a manner that failed to discriminate between legitimate targets and protected populations and caused widespread destruction of homes and civilian property," the report's conclusion states.
Rescue actions were prevented and medical staff were wounded or killed through repeated attacks of the same locations. Both medical and educational institutions were directly targeted, leaving Gaza's civilian population virtually no true place of shelter. Additionally, and maybe most alarmingly, the report argues the attacks were deliberately ordered by "top-level decision makers in the Israeli military and/or government."
The IDF rejected the report's conclusions by categorizing the mission's sources of information as biased. The research relied upon informants mediated by either Physicians for Human Rights-Israel themselves or NGO's located in Gaza, such as the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza --all of which are recipients of either UN funding or financially supported by governmental agencies from Switzerland, Sweden and the Netherlands.
So far, Israeli officials have reacted to the report's accusation of their failure to adequately ensure protection for civilians in Gaza by pointing to their strategy of warning civilians via text message, phone calls and/or the dropping of non-explosive missiles, before attacking. The results of PHR-I report, however, state otherwise. Only 7% of those interviewed by PHR-I who had survived an Israeli airstrike received warnings before their position was hit. Even when warnings were received, the period of time between the warning and the actual strike was almost always too short to allow those inside the structure to get to safety.
While there is an ongoing Israeli army investigation into its own compliance with international law during Operation Protective Edge, PHR-I's report states its mistrust in the army's self-investigation, requesting "that the governments of Israel and Egypt permit and facilitate the entry of investigative teams into Gaza, including experts in international human rights law and arms experts." Therefore international actors as the UN, the EU and the US are called upon to increase pressure on Israel to enable conclusive analysis of the IDF's conduct in the latest Gaza war.
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Hey, a sailing boat is not a balance beam! You shouldn't do crazy tricks on it like that! Apparently Sail Simulator 5 let's you do it if you are lucky enough, and if you're hitting the high seas with 20 miles per hour.
No doubt it's a logical way to make virtual sailing exciting. Just as exciting as virtual woodcutting or handling virtual cranes.
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Left 4 Dead fans have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming expansion pack, "Crash Course." Unfortunately, though, different platform versions are going to carry different prices: the download will be free for PC players, but it will cost Xbox 360 gamers 560 MS Points. While that might seem unfair, Valve has revealed that the Xbox Live price was something forced on them.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Valve writer Chet Faliszek explained that the developer would prefer to make expansions and add-on content free for its customers. This is why the PC version of Crash Course won't cost gamers a thing; Microsoft, on the other hand, wouldn't let this happen.
According to Faliszek, "[Microsoft] helped us get the first one out for free. We had the one DLC out for free. And I think... they have to look and say, wow, we're kind of being unfair to everybody else if these guys can do that. It's not like [Valve is] looking at this as, 'Oh my god, we need some money, we're going to charge,' obviously, or we'd do it on the PC. So it's just kind of the way the system works right now."


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Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws and Other Transnational Considerations17 May, 2013 | (01 hr)
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Ethics policies and Codes of Conduct need to address a host of important compliance issues on a transnational basis. Among these issues are the impact of expanded anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) laws; laws addressing financial matters, such as money-laundering and securities trading; and laws implementing international sanctions. This webinar focuses on: (1) the key ethics issues in this area and the need for a cross-border view; (2) how to use ethics policies and codes of conduct to mitigate risk; and (3) how to establish an ethical culture within a global enterprise. Case studies will be used to illustrate the major policy/legal issues.
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Key ethics issues and their transnational reach:
- ABAC developments, including the recent U.K. Bribery Act which expands cover to private transactions and has extra-territorial application;
- The growing international scope of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement;
- Continued efforts to regulate money laundering and insider dealing; and
- The growth of export control as a significant compliance issue.
Managing and investigating ethics and compliance issues:
- Whistle-blowing;
- Building an ethical/compliance regime, including addressing data protection issues; and
- Linking ethics to professional development.
Establishing a global ethical culture and the role of the Governance Professional, the Corporate Secretary and the Secretary to the Board.
Who should attend:
Chairmen, Executive Directors, CEOs, Members of Boards of Directors, Chief Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretaries, Corporate Governance Officers, Secretaries to Boards of Directors, Risk Officers, Human Relations Executives, Investor Relations Executives, Sustainability Executives, Institutional Investors.
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For the nation's 29 new governors, inauguration day may feel like having a brutal hangover.
And that's even while the cork is being popped on the celebratory bottle of champagne.
This week, 11 states — including California, Florida and Nevada — will swear in their new chief executives. The rest of the new governors take their oaths next week or the week after.
Revenues below pre-recession heights
The rookie governors — and veteran incumbents too — are facing a year filled with ugly and divisive choices as they try to balance the books at a time when revenues are below their pre-recession heights.
The money flowing into state coffers has decreased by nearly 12 percent in the last two years, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. By one estimate, states confront budget deficits of nearly $27 billion this fiscal year and a cumulative gap three times bigger than that in fiscal year 2012.
Another challenge for governors aiming to slice costs from their state budgets: there may not be much fat left to cut. Over the past two years, state lawmakers have already eliminated much of what they saw as expendable, closing budget gaps totaling nearly $84 billion in FY 2011 alone.
There are some encouraging signs of economic revival. The Census said last week that state and local government revenues in the third quarter of 2010 increased by 5.2 percent compared with third quarter of 2009 — the fourth consecutive quarter of revenue growth.
But, while revenues may be inching upward, so are costs. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) warned in a recent report that increased state revenues are "unlikely to be sufficient" to offset the increasing costs of state programs like Medicaid and public education.
A nd incoming money from the federal government in the form of Recovery Act funds is also drying up. With the ending of the federal stimulus program, states will have nearly $40 billion less in federal funds at their disposal in FY 2012 than they had in FY 2011.
Medicaid funds diminished
One crucial provision in the stimulus was increased funding of Medicaid. That enhanced funding ends for most states on June 30.
Due to the recession and workers losing their jobs and their health insurance, states are now carrying huge Medicaid case loads. After June they must carry them with less federal support.
At his swearing-in Tuesday, Florida's new governor, Republican Rick Scott, stressed job creation at all costs as his priority.
"We will not allow excessive law suits to strangle job creation. And we will not allow a small group of predatory lawyers to stalk the business community in search of deep pockets," he declared.
"We have to do tort reform. As I explained to (Texas Governor) Rick Perry, whatever they do in Texas, we're going to do better." He added, "No special interests can be allowed to triumph over the goal of full employment."
Using a metaphor appropriate for his state, Nevada's new governor on Monday compared the causes of his statehouse's challenges to an economic earthquake.
"We live in a time when the odds seem to be against us," said incoming chief executive Republican Brian Sandoval in his inaugural address Monday. "The earth has shifted beneath our feet. The old rules no longer apply in a new global economy. And for some, the results have been disastrous."
While avoiding specific proposals for spending cuts or tax increases, Sandoval tried to rally the people of his state by citing two adages: "character is measured in times of crisis" and "optimism is the foundation of courage." And he said, "Rarely has our state been so in need of courage."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat and the son of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, spoke for other governors Saturday when he said in his inaugural address in Albany, "This is an austere setting. And it should be ... No grand celebrations. There's a lot of disappointment vis-à-vis the government. There's a lot of suffering from the economy."
Brown's "painful ... but honest" budget
During his inauguration Monday in Sacramento, Calif., Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown offered a sober assessment of the fiscal moves necessary to dig California out of its deep shortfall.
"The budget I present next week will be painful," said Brown, who took office for the third time after serving two terms in the 1970s. "But it will be an honest budget."
Brown lamented a lack of bipartisan solutions to the state's economic problems, saying that the two parties "can't come close to agreeing on what the right path forward is."
The budget shortfall is due, Brown added, to "far more than waste and inefficiency" in government.
"Yes, government wastes money ... but government also pays for things that people want," he added, things such as parks, prisons, hospitals, and universities.
California's short-term finances are looking better. State Controller John Chiang said that revenues for the month of November were 19 percent above the target estimates in the state budget.
"Barring an unexpected drop in revenues or surge in state payments, we do not face an immediate cash crisis this fiscal year," said Chiang. "But without an honest, on-time budget, we could see a multi-billion dollar cash problem in the summer of 2011."
New Yorkers 'imprisoned in their homes'
In New York, Cuomo is contending with a budget gap that the NCSL estimates at more than $9 billion. New York will lose more than $5 billion in federal stimulus funds, and tax increases enacted over the last two years will expire during the next three years.
The new governor offered a bleak prognosis.
Young people in upstate New York "are leaving because they believe there is no economic future left," he said.
In his address, Cuomo also called for a cap on property taxes, saying that many homeowners "are imprisoned in their homes" because they can no longer afford to pay the fees or sell their houses in the face of plummeting property values.
In a striking comment for a Democratic governor, Cuomo said "the state government has grown too large, we can't afford it ... ."
"This state has no future if it is going to be the tax capital of the nation," he said.


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I know many seasoned advisors who have built and established very successful businesses. But capitalizing on that initial success and taking their practice to the next level often poses a significant challenge. In many cases, fostering growth for long-term continuity and health of the firm is best achieved through careful expansion of the team. But where do you start?
Bringing on the "Right Fit" advisor can fulfill your growth goal in the short term and also help play a role in your long-term succession plan if you find the ideal fit.
First Steps: What's Your Strategy?
Once you've decided it's time to expand your business through recruiting an advisor, take the time to clearly define your firm's value proposition and how you want to go about growing your business.
There are two growth strategies to consider:
1. Bringing on an experienced advisor who can either
- manage more of the day-to-day operations, freeing up the senior advisor to spend more time servicing clients, or bring along a strong client base and book of business
2. Bringing on a junior advisor to train, develop and groom to eventually generate additional client and revenue opportunities for the firm
Advisors who want to expand their practices must have a clear understanding of the strategy they wish to employ and whether they want to continue to be a sole practitioner or build a more team-oriented business. Before considering expansion, it is a good idea to answer some statements to clarify exactly what you are seeking:
- What business need am I trying to fulfill with this new advisor?
- What expectation do I have of this person and his/her role with the firm?
- What skillset(s) am I looking for?
- What type of experience do I want to create for myself and my clients long term?
Once you have defined what you are looking for, it's time to begin searching for and attracting the right talent. The clearer you are about the advisor you are seeking, the easier it will be to narrow the search and filter out the advisors who aren't a fit.
Strategy 1: The Case for Hiring an Experienced Advisor
If you decide the right strategy for your business is to bring on an experienced advisor who can help with the firm's operations and allow you to spend more time with clients, this individual needs to understand the industry and your business so they can assume some of the managerial and day-to-day operations quickly.
With this advisor role filled, you can let go of many of the administrative responsibilities currently absorbing your time and redirect your energy to what you do best: serving your clients.
This operational leverage can also create the opportunity to grow your client base by giving you more time to dedicate to prospecting and lead generation. The experienced advisor can also bring in additional revenue as they build their own book of business, while managing your business.
If you have the operations side of your business already working efficiently, but want to add to your immediate client base and assets under management, hiring an experienced advisor with a robust clientele and book of business may make sense.
Again, start by defining the need. Do you want an advisor with a complimentary book of business or do you want to branch out to a new niche entirely? Are you looking for an advisor with a personality closely matching your own or who excels in areas where you do not?
The right candidate will result in a win-win scenario for your firm, the new advisor and your clients.
Strategy 2: The Case for Hiring a Junior Advisor
When looking for the right-fit advisor, a senior advisor may want to consider bringing on a junior advisor. In general we are talking about the 20-to-30-year-olds who are just starting out in the business and are eager to bring added value to the firms they join.
Many of these junior advisors are well versed in technology and social media trends, new processes and systems, and can offer fresh thoughts and ideas for marketing and client interaction. They also bring enthusiasm, energy and a high level of motivation and passion to succeed. Junior advisors are often more coachable, open to learning and are looking to be groomed.
However, this requires a commitment to providing guidance, structure, training, time and financial support. This level of dedication and investment has to align with the overall goal of the firm. Senior advisors need to set clear expectations as to the duties, responsibilities and role of the junior advisor.
Today's industry is different for advisors just starting out. Independently building a book of business and reaching new clients is extremely different from days past. It's not about cold calling anymore. The majority of today's wealth is at the senior client level. This makes it difficult for a junior advisor to gain the confidence needed to target the level of wealth the senior advisor is already managing.
If you are unwilling or simply don't have the mentoring abilities to bring on a junior advisor, this strategy probably isn't the right fit for your practice.
Investing in the Next Gen
Junior advisors are uniquely positioned to build relationships with the next generation of clients. The next gen advisor is likely to have a natural rapport with a younger group of clients, wealth transfer opportunities and millennial investors, many of whom are accustomed to a ready access to information, data, immediate access and quick response times. The rise of the do-it-yourself investment options also means this generation of advisors will truly need to show their clients the value of their customer service and investment expertise.
Millennial advisors also tend to have a higher comfort level and aptitude for technology. This is important as compliance regulations play a much larger role in today's industry which is continually inspiring new technologies, systems and documentation processes. Not staying current in this race to innovate dramatically increases a firm's risk.
Seasoned advisors looking to expand their business by bringing on an advisor—whether experienced or new to the business—are likely to generate increased client satisfaction and revenues. More often than not, embracing a team-oriented approach creates a greater advantage for your firm and the entire team.


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A Palestinian man, identified as Udaay Hashim al-Masalma, 24, has been shot and killed during clashes in Beit Awwa, near the Israeli Negohot settlement in the southern Hebron Hills.
According to Ma'an News Agency, doctors in Hebron's public hospital confirmed al-Masalma's cause of death as a bullet to the head.
IDF Spokesman, Peter Lerner stated that the man was shot after he attempted to stab an Israeli soldier during "violent riots" in Beit Awwa. He added that the Israeli soldier was lightly wounded in the attack.
Israeli forces Tuesday morning fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at protesters in Beit Awwa.
Forty-four Palestinians and eight Israelis killed since Oct. 1 during a wave of violence which has swept the region following the imposition of entrance restrictions at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem.
Approximately half of the 44 Palestinians have been killed during clashes with Israeli forces, and the other half after allegedly carrying out knife or shooting attacks against Israelis.
It has been stated that many of the Palestinians killed after alleged knife attacks did not pose an immediate threat to those around them when they were shot and killed by Israeli forces.
This use of lethal force has been condemned by human rights organisations, with some labeling the killings of Palestinians as "extrajudicial executions."
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An office on wheels is nothing new in the 21st Century, as many make their living on the road.
For Metro Vancouver's food truck operators, it's a business on wheels of another kind, with a full kitchen complete with prep area, cooking area and serving area.
In the first of a series appearing in the Province's new Tuesday Trucking section, we'll take a closer look at the truck part of our city's healthy food truck business.
First up is Roaming Dragon, serving up pan-Asian favourites, including fried rice, short ribs and steamed pork buns.
The Dragon's Jason Apple brought us up to speed on the ride beneath the Dragon's wings.
What kind of truck is the Roaming Dragon?
It's custom-built in Southern California and based on a GMC Workhorse chassis.
How long has it been roaming Metro Vancouver streets?
The Roaming Dragon truck arrived in early June 2010, got inspected, wrapped, and unveiled at the Richmond Night Market in June 2010.
What's the best driving aspect of your truck?
Roaming Dragon is a head turner! It's really fun to drive around and have people point, stare, cheer and give "thumbs up" as we drive by. We've also become master lip readers: "Look, there's Roaming Dragon"; "We saw them on Food Network!"; and "Cool truck" are the most common statement by onlookers.
What's the best food operation aspect of your truck?
The Roaming Dragon is literally a restaurant on wheels, providing incredible versatility for any type of culinary need. From street food at our Robson & Burrard location to catering a corporate event for 400, and from working the crowd at the PNE to a low-key private party, the Dragon's kitchen is a monster!
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We're quite attached to the Dragon just the way it is. It's like one of our own children, and we wouldn't change a thing! The Dragon is so much more than simply a truck to our team. Roaming Dragon has a personality, energy, and a life of its own. We're quite proud.
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I am an historical archaeologist who teaches at Cheyney University and at West Chester University, two campuses of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education that are located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. I am not teaching during the summer term which gives me time to pursue my research which involves studying the public's engagement with the archaeological resources in Independence National Historical Park (a U.S. National Park Service property commemorating the birthplace of American democracy). Today, June 27th, has been a 'catch-up' day for me where I had time to move ahead on several items on my 'wanting to do' list. First, I wrote to the editor of the "Images of the Past" column of the Society for Historical Archaeology Newsletter (Benjamin Pykles) proposing a write-up about Jackson Ward 'Smokey' Moore, Jr. Moore, a retired archaeologist and a Native American Chippewa, excavated in Philadelphia in the 1960's at the site of Benjamin Franklin's mansion.
My offer to undertake this write-up required researching the Newsletter's back issues to determine the type of information expected for the column and I spent an hour doing this prior to contacting Pykles to make sure I had the kind of information wanted. I then turned to some on-going background research I've been doing for a possible book project that the art photographer John Edward Dowell Jr. and I have talked about doing. This would be a book designed for the general reader which would feature photographs John took during the excavation of the President's House archaeological site in Independence Park. These photographs document the archaeological excavation and its findings about slavery and freedom at the birth of the American nation and, in doing so, they help create African American history. They are also art pieces made by a Black artist. Beyond documenting new American history evidence and documenting new African American history evidence, his photographs are art pieces (re' artifacts) of black visual art. Today I spent time researching and considering how these images therefore fit into the history of Black visual art. After reading a significant portion of N.I. Painter's Creating Black Americans I realized that Dowell's President's House archaeological site photographs not only help make Black history more visible but also help make black art history more "visible" and that this is something we would likely want our manuscript to address given that the history of black visual art, like African American history, has been ignored, overlooked, and excluded in the canon.
Later on in the day I began typing up the meeting notes taken during the last monthly meeting of the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum (PAF). I am Secretary of that non-profit advocacy group and I post the meeting minutes on the PAF listserv. However, I am coordinating a local version of the Day of Archaeology for the PAF and I switched to work on this task. I am coordinating Philadelphia area Day of Archaeology contributions from local area archaeologists as well as members of the public during the period June 25th-June 28th. I will use these contributions to develop a new page of content for the PAF webpages at www.phillyarchaeology.orgthat will help demonstrate and explain what people in our area do with archaeology both at work and at play. I will also be forwarding the contributions to the coordinator of the international Day of Archaeology blogging project.


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Lesbian Literature Group
August 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Meet other fans of Lesbian Literature here in Seattle. Chat about books while meeting fellow queer ladies who like to read and socialize. You can jump in and join anytime!
Meeting Structure: The meetings are structured to discuss the books and get to know each other. We start with introductions, something we thought about the book (longer than a paragraph, shorter than a page), then we launch into discussion. We discuss the book and the issues discussed in the book for about an hour and a half. Then we end with our names again, last thoughts on the book and any activities/events/announcements people want to share with the group.
You are welcome to attend the meeting if you haven't read the book or haven't finished the book, especially if you're trying to determine if it's the right fit for you. We have on average about 20 women at every book club, often more, sometimes less.
Where we Meet: We meet at Gay City Health in the Calamus Auditorium, 517 East Pike Street. Enter through Gay City's doors, right next to Kaludi Coffee and walk past the library to the doors at end of the path. We occasionally remember to put the book on the door a print out of the cover of the book so you'll know you're in the right place.
After book club: Many of us head over to Elliott Bay Book Store where we pick up the next month's book. We're an official book club with Elliott Bay, so they have enough books in stock for our group and we get a 20% discount. To get the book, simply go to the front counterand tell them you are there to get the Seattle Lesbian Literature Book Club Book. It's often helpful to know the title of the book. (They usually stock our books one or two months in advance.)
After Elliott Bay: Many of us go out for dinner after we pick up the next month's book. Sometimes during the summer it's just ice cream. We decide together where we go for dinner on the spur of the moment.
Occasional changes to meeting space: In the summer, we often head over to Cal Anderson Park and will discuss the book in the sun. Because Seattle weather is unpredictable, we try to post something a day before about the change in meeting space. We also put a note where we had previously said we would meet and one of the organizers typically meets people at the original meeting space and walks over while the other organizer starts the meeting. Other times of the year, we occasionally have a scheduling conflict with the other events that Gay City puts on and we typically meet upstairs at Lobby Bar when this happens.
Parking Advice: Seattle Central Community College has a lot on Pine and Harvard that is $5 all day and evening, so it's cheaper than filling a parking meter.
Picking Books: Julie is always on the lookout for for books that might be good. If you have any suggestions, please email them to her. If we haven't read them, and Elliot Bay can order them for us, they'll go on the next poll. She puts up a poll of four books a few months in advance of a meeting, so members can vote on what we read. An email goes out with descriptions of all the options and the link to vote. If it's a tie between two, we may read them on subsequent months. If there's a strong second place choice, it will probably re-appear on the next poll.


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Bye Bye Butterfree (バイバイバタフリー Bye Bye Butterfree) is the 21st episode of Pokémon: Indigo League.
Near Saffron City, Ash, Brock and Misty encounter a group of Butterfree that want to lay eggs with their mates. Upon encountering a pink Butterfree, Ash's Butterfree falls in love, but she does not want to be his mate. Butterfree attempts to display that he can be resilient and tough. While the pink Butterfree still does not want to be his mate, Team Rocket steal all the Butterfree. Now, it is up to Ash's Butterfree to save them all and prove his love to the pink Butterfree.
Episode plot
On their way to Saffron City, Ash, Misty, and Brock come to the top of a high cliff. Brock tells the others that the cliff should lead them to Saffron City. Ash sees a big group of Butterfree in the sky. Brock says that it is the time of the year when all of the Butterfrees mate.
They rent a hot air balloon and they follow the group of Butterfree. Ash sends out his Butterfree so it can find a mate but it struggles to get attention from the other Butterfree. Ash's Butterfree soon falls in love with a pink Butterfree, and attempts to get her attention. Sadly, the pink Butterfree rejects Ash's Butterfree, and slaps him with her wing. Ash's Butterfree flies away crying to a nearby forest.
Soon, Ash and his friends find Butterfree in the forest. Ash tells Butterfree to show his strength to the pink Butterfree to win her heart. To make him look better, Brock ties a yellow scarf around its neck.
They soon return to the sky with Butterfree, having gotten its confidence back. Ash's Butterfree fails to impress the pink Butterfree with a Whirlwind and a Tackle attack. It appears Butterfree has been shot down again. Suddenly, Team Rocket arrives in a helicopter. They say their motto and then they capture all of the Butterfree, except Ash's Butterfree, with a net. Ash's Butterfree tries to break the glass on the helicopter by using Tackle, but it doesn't work. It then tries to use Stun Spore to stop them, but it doesn't work either. Ash is about to recall Butterfree and use Pidgeotto instead, but Misty stops him by saying he might hurt Butterfree's feelings. Team Rocket flees and Ash, his Butterfree and friends follow them to a warehouse in a canyon.
They break in the warehouse through a window while Jessie, James, and Meowth count all the Butterfree they caught. They say their own little version of Team Rocket's motto, then Misty sends out Starmie and tells it to use Tackle to chase Team Rocket while Ash's Butterfree starts to Tackle the net holding all of the other Butterfree. After many tries, Butterfree finally breaks the net open. Jessie whacks Starmie with a sledgehammer, but Misty revives it by spraying it with water. Brock opens up the doors and the Butterfree fly above Team Rocket, who are desperately trying to use their nets to recapture them. Ash's Butterfree, worn out from breaking the net open, is still inside. The pink Butterfree approaches it, impressed by its determination. James tries to catch it, but Ash's Butterfree knocks him and the net away, making the pink Butterfree blush.
Team Rocket tries to catch the Butterfree by getting back into their helicopter. Ash and his friends follow them in their rented balloon and they quickly find them. The pink Butterfree watches as Ash's Butterfree flies to the helicopter with Pikachu riding it. Pikachu jumps on the helicopter and destroys it with an electric attack. Team Rocket falls into a canyon, disappearing into the darkness.
The pink Butterfree has now fallen in love with Ash's Butterfree and she does a courtship dance to Ash's Butterfree, who accepts it. Back at the cliff, Ash sadly says good bye to his Butterfree and its new mate. As they fly into the sunset, Ash remembers catching it as a Caterpie, it evolving into a Metapod and then a Butterfree. As his Butterfree is almost out of sight, Ash wishes it good luck.
- "Prepare for trouble." - Ash
- "And you can make it triple." - Misty
- "To protect the world from devastation." - Brock
- Ash and Misty: "To unite all peoples within our nation."
- "This was just..." - Jessie
- "...Too good..." - James
- "...To last." - Meowth
- "You got that right." - Ash
- "Pika!" - Pikachu
- "We're defending the beauty of truth and love!" - Misty
- "Let's do it!" - Brock
- "We gotta stop that!" - Meowth
- "It's gonna shock us!" - Jessie, James, and Meowth
- This is the first episode where Team Rocket's Motto gets ripped off.
- This is the first episode where a main character releases a Pokémon.
- This episode is the first one where Team Rocket have thoughts about boss' fantasies, where they think about stealing Pokémon and giving them to Giovanni.
- The English Title is a play on the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
- This episode introduces the concept of differently-colored Pokémon.
- This episode contains a montage of Ash's Butterfree, from when he first caught it as a Caterpie, to its evolution into Metapod, to its final evolution of Butterfree and every battle they were in. The Pokémon theme was played in the background when Ash said goodbye to Butterfree.
- The "Who's that Pokémon?" in this episode is Butterfree.
- The song played in the beginning of the Butterfree Montage is called "Tears After Cloudy Weather."
- When Team Rocket flies away in their helicopter with all the Butterfree they captured, a Jigglypuff hot-air balloon can be seen.
- This is one of the episodes in which the title is the same in both English and Japanese.
- In the scene with Team Rocket falling into the canyon, Jessie's nose and the capital "R" on her shirt are missing also, one of James' sleeves keeps getting miscolored every second it shows them falling.
- When Team Rocket gets into their helicopter for the last time, Jessie's lipstick is missing.
- In a shot with Pikachu talking to Butterfree, the white spot on Butterfree's eye is red.
Dub differences
- The banner that had Team Rocket's motto had the text was edited out in the dub.
- In the dub, Brock says that Ash raised Butterfree to be courageous and that he believes Ash has shown himself to be courageous too, to which Ash thanks him. In the original version, he says that people can take care of Pokémon but cannot reproduce them, to which Ash agrees.
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Well, the defeat at the hands of the Kiwis was expected. But it was the manner of the defeat that worries me. The sheer inability of our batsmen to stay at the wicket was very alarming. And one can't help feeling that this team, in spite of being talented, just can't cope up with the pressure of playing international cricket. I always believed that talent is one thing & materializing that talent is another. This current Bangladesh side is no doubt very talented but time and again they failed to deliver when it really mattered; the side is not fulfilling its potential.
Pretty 20s, Bulbul, Zimbabwe Series & Winning Ugly!
by Syed Shehwar Hossain
Published: 28th October, 2004
Well, the defeat at the hands of the Kiwis was expected. But it was the manner of the defeat that worries me. The sheer inability of our batsmen to stay at the wicket was very alarming. And one can't help feeling that this team, in spite of being talented, just can't cope up with the pressure of playing international cricket. I always believed that talent is one thing & materializing that talent is another. This current Bangladesh side is no doubt very talented but time and again they failed to deliver when it really mattered; the side is not fulfilling its potential.
One of the main reasons why one feels that way is that the current bunch of players haven't had much exposure at the domestic circuit & the lack of experience is clearly evident. For example, how can you expect a certain Aftab Ahmed to win you a match against an international side when he hasn't even played a match winning knock for his club side? There is no doubt about his talent but since he has been thrown right into the deep end, he'll probably get dropped unless he performs within the next 3-4 matches, which will eventually shatter all his confidence. So a 19 year old kid will have to take a huge step backwards even before his career had begun. I saw Aftab in the 2nd test against New Zealand & he looked pretty good indeed. But a pretty 20 or 30 is just not good enough at this level. There just have been way too many very pretty 20s & 30s by Bangladeshi batsmen & then they threw it away. It is mortifying to hear positive comments about a pure batsman who has scored only 20 odds.
Bulbul got dropped from the ODIs in 2002 & since he was my favorite player I remember almost all the innings I saw him play. He had scored 31 off 42 deliveries including 3 boundaries before being bowled by Razzaq trying to accelerate the scoring rate against Pakistan in the last ODI match he played. My question to the selectors is: If a 30 odd from a seasoned campaigner who could do it at the big stage & had done it before wasn't acceptable then how come the 20s have become so promising? Just because they are young? I'm sorry but I have to say that since 2002 we haven't been fielding our best eleven. The side that has been representing Bangladesh for the last 2-3 years has never reflected the real ability that Bangladesh possess. If we take a look at Kenya for example, they are performing better because they have been given the opportunity to play together for a good 7-8 years. So the player shortage for Kenya has really been a blessing in disguise. Even the world's best side would struggle if they go through wholesale changes let alone Bangladesh.
We need to score awful 100s
The critics of Aminul Islam compare his ODI average of 23.35 with the current players & figure out that he is not much better than the current bunch but what they don't realize is that it took him 14 years to play 39 ODIs! He made his ODI debut in 1988 in The 2nd Asia Cup against India. The current Indian team had a lay off of about 2 months & the whole team is struggling to the limit. Think about Aminul Islam who had to wait a good three-four years for a single ODI & then had to perform straight away! After gaining the test status Bangladesh had only started to play a few series on a regular basis when he unfairly got dropped. Now compare him with the players who play international cricket day in & day out & still almost all of them averages below him!
There were talks in the forum about Bulbul's last few innings in test cricket. Well, he was first dropped after he bagged a pair against Srilanka both times getting out to Muralidharan (Do I need to introduce him?) & the decisions were doubtful (silly point & short-leg bat-pad catches). If bagging a pair was the criteria of dropping a player then Atapattu should be immediately dropped & what about Ashraful? He has bagged a pair too in the ongoing 2nd test, that too in one day, hasn't he? And then he was brought back for the West Indies home series for just a single test. Yes folks, not the series but a single test & he was asked to perform. With so much pressure on him he failed to deliver & that was the end of that. Comebacks are always difficult, even for the likes of great Tendulkar. Giving Bulbul just that lone opportunity was sheer injustice.
Getting back to Bangladesh not fielding their best eleven, what a disgrace it is to see players like Alamgir Kabir, Ehsanul Haque play test cricket & Minhazul Abedin sitting in the sidelines (In fact not even the sidelines, he was never even in the squad!). But with our test status at stake we have to take some desperate measures. As we all know, our next series is against The Mighty Indians & if the World doesn't turn upside down we are more than likely to put up yet another dismal show. What we can do though is to look forward to the Zimbabwe series.
It might sound funny but we should take the Indian series as preparation for the real thing. BCB President Ali Asgar Lobi has already revealed that if we fail to beat Zimbabwe this time around then ICC will have to take strict measures so this really is our last opportunity. Now what I'm suggesting is a bit different. Since a lot of folks in this forum feel that it's not worth to bring back the senior players & since a few of us feel the other way around. I would suggest the cricket board to organize three unofficial Test matches between the current national side & a team consisting of Bulbul, Nannu, Akram, Mehrab, Naimur & company. Good 15 days of competitive cricket should be able to tell us what their match fitness's are like, what kind of forms they are in & more importantly who are really the best players in Bangladesh. I honestly feel this will boost our chances of doing well against Zimbabwe. Moreover, the selection of the team will be fare as only the best performing players from the lot will be selected.
This kind of arrangement is not the first time to happen. I believe The Cricket Control Board of India on a number of occasions made up three teams consisting of their best 45 players including some who had represented them before & made them play a tournament with the 15 best performing players proceeding to play for India. I feel it's a fair selection process & it will push the current national players to stay at the top of their game.
I reckon most people still don't realize how important this Zimbabwe series is for us. The future of Bangladesh cricket depends on this very series. Anything short of a convincing victory both in the test & ODI series will raise a lot of eyebrows. So we really need to pull up our socks & play to win. We don't necessarily have to look good in doing so. Because at the end of the day it's the victory that matters, no one will remember how we looked while doing so. The pretty 20s & 30s that our batsmen score on a regular basis will just not be good enough against Zimbabwe. We need someone to score an awful 100. Someone who will just occupy the crease, someone who will take a lot of blows to the body, someone who will craft an innings from the beginning to the end, someone who will take about 400 deliveries to reach hundred but will still fight it out in the middle. We really do need that certain someone against Zimbabwe. A few ugly hundreds from our batsmen will give our bowlers the platform to dominate from there on. Only that kind of an attitude will enable us to win & it's called WINNING UGLY.
About the author(s): Syed Shehwar Hossain is a freelance journalist and a very keen traveller. He has been a member of BanglaCricket since 2004. Shehwar left Bangladesh in 2005 for higher studies in the UK where he completed his graduation and is currently settled in London.
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Opening The Brand's Flagship Retail Space in the USA
Today the world-renowned Casio watch brand, G-SHOCK, is opening its flagship store in the United States within New York City's prime shopping district of SOHO, on West Broadway. The G-SHOCK store pays tribute to its innovative design and reputable heritage by displaying a timeline of the timepieces released over the brand's 30 year history, offering limited edition collaborative product available only at the shop as well as current inline models.
Casio's G-SHOCK team worked to define what the space should look like, what the consumer should be introduced to, and how to best make synergy between a retail establishment and a showroom–all while communicating the core DNA of G-SHOCK: Tough, Durable and Functional.
The two level retail space echoes the unique attributes the brand is known for: the first floor will be devoted to the retail space while the second floor will be used to showcase the current collaborations. Throughout, walls are adorned with art by world-renowned graphic artist, Eric Haze and plastered with original rock fixtures. The space will have a street-wear influence with enough elements conveying the toughness and technology the brand has to offer creating a perfect environment for fans and consumers alike to experience just what the G-SHOCK brand represents.
The focus of the store is to offer customers an immersion in the brand–what it represents, why toughness is important in a timepiece and how new technologies can improve the overall performance and feature sets of a watch.
Each season, G-SHOCK will showcase their assortment of products available; including store limited styles along with some selections from their Baby-G, ProTrek and Edifice watch lines.
Casio currently has over 300 stores worldwide. The introduction of a flagship store in the United States was a global initiative, and the heart of downtown NYC, SOHO, is truly the destination for all global fashion brands and the perfect next step for G-SHOCK.
The store opened its doors on November 28(th) with a small cocktail reception in the store. Today the store is officially open to the public.
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New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212.533.8700
About Casio America, Inc.
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions, established in 1957. Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, digital cameras, business projectors, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to realize its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casiousa.com
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>> Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Overall comment: Unique & delicious food in petite portions.
Halal: Pork-free; alcohol is served
Once again, Ploy brings its diners on a modern & unique journey through a more Japanese-touch menu. You'll rarely/never find their type of dishes elsewhere as the team at Ploy comes up with the most unique Japanese & Thai-style dishes with a modern twist every now & then.
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A friend of mine is having trouble with his Sirius hookup in his car. He hasn't had a professional installation of his unit -- he usually plops the radio and the cradle loose on the passenger seat, and runs the antenna along the dash and clips it to the roof exterior, usually running it out the door or rolling it up into the window while driving. This is of course sub-optimal, and he's already gone through two antennae this way. I'd like to figure out a better solution: what would be a good way to fixed-mount the dock and antenna completely inside the interior of the vehicle? It's important to minimize the outward appearance of the unit whenever possible, so that it's not noticeable from the street. Anything better than just looking into a suction cup base for the magnetic antenna? Thanks!


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As many of you may know, Ladera Ranch's Mercantile West Shopping Center was raided by graffiti-happy taggers (and if you still have no idea what I'm talking about either get with it or read the article above.) With obscene and demeaning phrases written on the walls of shops that men, women and children shop at everyday, California's once aesthetically flawless counties just became flawed. And although the racial slurs were cleaned up, I can't help but wonder what's next for the once quaint and Mayberry-esque County?
At times, the majority of the O.C. seems a little too perfect. Nowhere else do physically flawless people drive to their chocolate box homes in shiny coupes and go to bed in 5,000 thread-count sheets, all the while not worrying about the fact that their front doors are unlocked.
Don't get me wrong—I'm far from deeming the streets of Orange County as daunting. I don't think the 'burbs will be sporting telephone pole-hanging Converse anytime soon. Half of the people (kids, really) responsible for these markings probably live in Coto de Caza or some other affluent neighborhood of Orange County and have nothing else better to do than paint with the permanent markers bought with their parents' money. Do they know that they live in a place commonly referred to as "the bubble"? Aspiring O.C. gangs, please understand that the rest of the the state pokes fun at our Orange Curtain concealed ways of life. After all, a city/county that doubles as a "Real Housewives" set can't be too threatening, right?
So while we don't see cop cars infiltrating our neighborhoods to the point where we don't blink twice when seeing the red and blue flashers reflecting off our backyard walls, we do see tagged walls more than we'd like to.
But the real question is: why? What are these professional calligraphers trying to tell us? Are these so-called gangs nothing more than medieval hoodlums attempting to inform us of the king's arrival? Taggers: this isn't the fifteenth century. Ornate cursive went out of style with knights and goblets.
I get perplexed when attempting to decipher the motives behind the silly actions of these wannabe thugs. While I can understand the point of "marking your territory" (which I thought only male dogs did on walks) I just do not understand why they feel compelled to write their crew info in flamboyant font. Perhaps they lost the identification bracelet they had when they were 5-years-old and a personalized wall containing all the important information is the next best thing. I'm surprised I've never seen a wall with grade, room number and teacher's name written in three tidy lines.
My advice? These cookie-cutter criminals need to go and scribble on some parchment paper with a quill pen if they desire a penmanship-practice fest. Office Depot is open pretty late and fresh ink and feathers aren't that expensive these days. Buy some tape, mount it in an alley and the O.C. taggers have successfully informed other Orange County hooligans—who so successfully display accurate adult male golden-retriever behavior—that that wall is their wall.
Please report any local graffiti sightings to your Orange County Sherriff's Department. If you are not quite sure where to find these calligraphers, please visit their best friends—your local blacksmith, shoemaker or welder—at your nearest bazaar as they are likely to be hanging out in the back room.


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Jessica: I Want to Adopt!
Jessica Simpson is doing her best Angelina Jolie by confessing that she wants babies – she just doesn't want to make one herself, yet.
So what's getting Jessica in the mothering mood? Her dogs, at least according to the New York Post's Cindy Adams. But the pop princess, whose been cavorting all over America with boyfriend John Mayer, isn't quite ready to pump out little Jesses. She's going to get herself, as Adams puts it so delicately, "another designer kid."
Lane Garrison to Plead Guilty to "Some Charges"
"Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison says he will "live with a sense of guilt" for the rest of his life, and his lawyer Harland Braun tells People that Garrison plans to plead guilty to "some charges" and that he "accepts responsibility" for what he's done.
As TMZ first reported, the charges Garrison will face are felony vehicular manslaughter and three other lesser charges, including "driving under the influence causing injury to multiple victims." The charges stem from an incident Dec. 2 in which Garrison crashed his Land Rover into a tree in Beverly Hills, killing 17-year-old Vahagn Setian and injuring two young women.
Judge to OJ: No Book Money for You
OJ Simpson won't get a penny from the sale – future or otherwise – of the book in which he explains how he might've killed ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ron Goldman. A judge in L.A. County Superior Court ordered the auction of the rights to "If I Did It," even though the book and a TV interview connected to it were never released, and stipulated that any profits would go to the Goldman family. "This is a guarantee that if they ever publish this thing, Mr. Simpson won't see a dime from it," says Goldman attorney Jonathan Polak.
Party Favors: King Meets Pope ... Tori Spelling Has Boy ... Jake Gyllenhaal – Captain Marvel?
Boxing impresario Don King tells Page Six that he will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI on March 21 at the Vatican, even though he's a Baptist, not a Catholic. The meeting was arranged by an Italian fighter promoted by King. ... Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott had a baby boy, Liam Aaron, who was delivered yesterday in LA. "Everyone is happy and healthy," says a source to Us. Grandma Candy was there too. ... Jake Gyllenhaal is taking on the role of Captain Marvel, say Rush & Molloy, even though rumors have swirled that Jake will take over the role of Spider-Man from Tobey Maguire.
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Miss a call, freak out -- meet the Internet.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh reacted -- histrionically, perhaps; emotionally, most assuredly -- to a controversial referee's call late in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. And a GIF of his moves -- falling to the turf as if struck, while sporting a look of pure agony and slapping his headset off of his head with hand -- is now Internet gold.
See for yourself.
Harbaugh, who will face his brother's Baltimore Ravens in the 49ers' first trip to the Super Bowl in 15 seasons in two weeks, is known for passionate outbursts. Some may call them theatrics, but there's no doubt something he's doing is working. On the Internet.
See the Niners vs. the Falcons in images
Harbaugh's 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win a trip to the Super Bowl in Harbaugh's second season as head coach. Harbaugh was reacting to a referee's ruling that a ball that seemed to bounce incomplete was ruled a catch.
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With the latest polls indicating that the PQ is within a hair's breath of a majority, many of us – at least, those of us who disagree with Marois's "pure laine or go home" vision of Quebec, are probably thinking about the best way to stop that from happening. And I've heard a lot of talk lately from anglos or other anti-PQ voters about voting "strategically".
Here's why I think that's a dumb idea.
Polls can be wrong. They often are. Witness the last federal election, or, more recently, the provincial election in Alberta. Countless other examples. Polls have a margin of error; they rely on small sample sizes; people lie or change their minds. Just because you heard things would go one way in the polls doesn't mean they can't go entirely another way.
You don't know what everyone else will do. The Quebec electorate is notoriously unpredictable and can turn on a dime. So-called "strategic" voting assumes that you do. But if you're wrong? Your strategic move could end up delivering exactly the opposite result. For instance, voting for the CAQ in a riding where the Liberals are assumed to be out of contention (or vice-versa)? That could put the PQ in power, if there's enough vote-splitting between the Liberals and the CAQ.
You could end up voting for someone even worse… and what if they win? In my riding, a longtime Pequiste stronghold, the only party running even close to the PQ in the polls is Quebec Solidaire. Now, I know a lot of people like QS, but they pretty much stand for everything I disagree with the most — anti-democracy, hard-line socialism, nationalism, anti-Israel, pro-anarchy, you name it. A "strategic" vote for the QS might make logical sense in terms of preventing a PQ majority, but I'd never do it. After all, they could lose, and then I'll have voted for a party I don't believe in and actually hate intently for nothing. Or, worse yet, they could win… and then I'll have helped elect a local MP from a party that I pretty much loathe with every fibre of my being. Not to mention, the QS holding the balance of power would very likely help, not stymie, the PQ's drive towards sovereignty. Nope, better to be one of a few people voting Liberal in a riding where they have no hope. At least I'll be able to look myself in the mirror the next morning.
It hurts democracy by providing all the wrong incentives to politicians. Jean Charest lost a lot of respect at the outset of the campaign when, right out of the gate, he warned anglophones and federalists not to vote for the CAQ or anyone else because it would play right into the PQ's hands. Now, I'm a Liberal supporter, but I wasn't the only one who was pissed. Meanwhile, Marois has been using similar tactics, warning hard-core separatists not to vote for Quebec Solidaire or Option Nationale lest they cost her a majority. The fact is, people don't like to be told to vote "against" something; they'd sooner vote "for" something. And in an election where most people are holding their noses and voting for the least-worst option anyway, outright calls for strategic voting merely encourage this type of behaviour among politicians. If we ourselves admit to voting tactically instead of for what we believe in, how can we then turn around and accuse the politicians of failing to give us something to believe in? It's up to us to demand it from our representatives.
There will be a September 5th. One way or the other (or the other… or the other…), we'll wake up Wednesday morning to election results. And, regardless of how things turn out, you'll have to live with how you cast your vote. The only vote you'll never regret is the one for the party that best represents the vision of the Quebec that you wish to live in on September 5th. Any other vote will only leave you with a sour taste in your mouth, no matter how things turn out.
Remember to vote on Tuesday. And when you do, vote your conscience.
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Findings Of Community Task Force On Police Reform Part 3
Lynne Hayes Freeland spoke with members of the local Community Task Force On Police Reform about their recent report and findings.
Lynne Hayes Freeland spoke with members of the local Community Task Force On Police Reform about their recent report and findings.
Journalist Eli Lake, an aggressive critic of the government's handling of the investigation into Trump and Russia, said that while there was a "scandal" in how the FBI conducted parts of its investigation, there was not a "deep state conspiracy."
Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava calls decision 'deeply frustrating'
A South Korean court has sentenced the operator of a vast online sex trafficking ring to 40 years in prison in a case that outraged the nation. Cho Ju-bin, 25, oversaw a group of 38 accomplices who befriended and then blackmailed at least 74 women into sharing explicit videos that were then posted in pay-per-view internet chat rooms. Sixteen of the victims were less than 16 years old, the age of consent in South Korea. The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday found Cho guilty of violating laws to protect minors from sexual abuse and of making a profit from producing and selling abusive footage, Yonhap News reported. Indicted on 14 criminal charges, including inducing another person involved in the trafficking ring to rape a teenage girl and concealing more than £70,000 in criminal proceeds, prosecutors had initially demanded a life sentence on the grounds of the "irreperable damage" Cho had caused his victims. They had also requested that he be obliged to wear an electronic monitoring device for 45 years. In a petition to the court, one of the women said Cho, who had worked in an orphanage and adopted the online name "The Doctor", was "evil" and deserved a 2,000-year prison term. Passing sentence, the judge said: "The accused has widely distributed sexually abusive content that he created by luring and threatening many victims." Media reports have suggested that some of the video clips showed a group of men raping a teenage girl in a motel room, while others included images of the word "slave" cut into a woman's body. One video showed girls "barking like dogs", the Kookmin Ilbo newspaper reported. Cho operated the chat room on the Telegram messenger service, with at least 10,000 people accessing the site and paying as much as £1,000 for access. Authorities have been tracing people who used the site and have identified serving police officers and teachers as among the users. Cho's arrest in March sparked fury across South Korea after prosecutors initially refused to name the suspect before his trial opened. Within days, more than 5 million people had signed petitions on the home page of Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, demanding that the authorities withdraw his right to anonymity. A committee of senior judicial officials, a psychologist and a psychiatrist weighed the public's right to know and took the unprecedented step of naming Cho. He was then brought out in handcuffs from a police station in central Seoul to face the public. "I apologise to those that I hurt", Cho said. "Thank you for putting a brake on the life of a devil who could not be stopped." South Korea's Ministry of Justice has been the target of criticism for its failure to deal with the growing use of technology to carry out sex crimes, with one ministry official admitting that the case had been "a disaster" and apologising for its "lukewarm response" to online sexual abuse cases.
Donald Trump Jr. tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Although he is asymptomatic, the CDC recommends sick people like him isolate for 10 days.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov. 3 election, even as he repeated his unfounded claims of massive voter fraud. Speaking to reporters on the Thanksgiving holiday, Republican Trump said if Democrat Biden - who is due to be sworn in on Jan. 20 - is certified the election winner by the Electoral College, he will depart the White House.
With communications largely cut to the Tigray region, both sides in the conflict are trying to control the narrative.
Trump's former campaign chairman was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to more than seven years in prison
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. In the nearest he has come to a concession, Republican Trump said if Biden is certified the election winner by the Electoral College he will depart the White House. Biden is due to be inaugurated on Jan. 20.
British-Australian lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert endured two years of "incredible hardship".
Activist Olimpia Coral went through an inferno in 2013, when an ex-boyfriend posted sexual images that made the rounds in her conservative town in Mexico. Things got so bad — the shaming, the internet bullying — that she hid in the trunk of a taxi when going to her grandmother's house a few blocks away. Seven years later, she has a proposed federal law named after her.
Trump campaign recount team member Chris Prudhome provides insight.
Donald Trump admitted it was a "very hard thing to concede" electoral defeat but committed to leaving the White House if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden, the Democrat president-elect as he attended a Thanksgiving event on Thursday. "It's going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud," Mr Trump said, refusing to say whether he would attend Mr Biden's inauguration in January. In the nearest he has come to a concession, Mr Trump said he would leave the White House if Mr Biden is certified the election winner by the Electoral College - the process by which presidents are elected - on December 14. However, Mr Trump appeared to suggest he still held hopes of retaining the presidency. Asked about his plans for his last Thanksgiving in the White House, the president told reporters that the occasion might be the "first one of a second term". The president added there were "a lot of things happening between now and January 20th [inauguration day]" and the election results have a "long way" to go. "I know one thing Joe Biden did not get 80 million votes," he said. "The only way he got 80 million votes is through massive fraud." During his annual Thanksgiving call with US troops overseas, Mr Trump also claimed the US will begin delivering Covid-19 vaccines "next week and the week after" as he insisted the country had "rounded the curve" on the pandemic. "We are rounding the curve [on the virus]. The vaccines are being delivered - literally it will start next week and the week after," he said during his address. Mr Trump suggested that medical workers, other frontline staff and elderly people would be the first to receive the vaccinations. It is unclear which vaccine Mr Trump was referencing, or whether he was referring to a specific federal government policy for a vaccine distribution. Two US companies, Moderna and Pfizer, have so far announced that their vaccines are effective at protecting people against coronavirus. Earlier this week US government officials said the administration planned to distribute around 6.4 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine to Americans as soon as the jab received emergency approval from the federal government, expected to be around mid-December. Officials say that by the end of the year they expect to have enough doses of vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna to vaccinate around 20 million people. However, it is likely to be April before the vaccines are distributed to the wider American public. In his address on Thursday, Mr Trump praised the speed with which a vaccination had been created, saying "two companies already announced [successful vaccines]" adding that several others were "coming up soon". "Some people have called it a medical miracle," the president said adding that the hunt for a vaccination "could have taken four or five years".
Russia should consider revising the terms of its participation in the International Space Station, a Russian space industry executive said on Thursday, because it wants to focus on forming its own orbiting outpost after 2024. The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has said it will remain part of the ISS until 2024 and that it is open to extending its participation beyond then. "We have to reconsider the terms of further participation in the (ISS) programme and focus on the implementation of orbital station programmes," Vladimir Solovyov, deputy head of Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, was quoted as saying by the Scientific Russia internet portal.
Ms Powell posted links to the legal documents on her website with the words, 'The Kraken is released on Georgia!' and 'The Kraken is released on Michigan!'
A former gymnast is thought to have jumped across the border fence undetected to flee to the South.
The contact between Fauci and Biden's team comes as the US may be entering the darkest stage yet of the coronavirus pandemic.
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No one is really sure what Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner will do after leaving the White House in January or where they will live, but people who know them are certain they plan on getting out of Washington, D.C., as fast as they can, The New York Times reports. President Trump's daughter and son-in-law have never fit in, several people told the Times, but it's not a sure bet that they will return to New York City. Donny Deutsch, a marketing expert and critic of the president, said he thinks Ivanka and Jared would have an "even harder time than Trump himself" moving back to Manhattan. Trump is "despicable but larger than life," he added. "Those two are the hapless minions who went along."Georgina Bloomberg — daughter of Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and Democratic presidential nominee — told The Daily Beast earlier this month that Ivanka gets unfair criticism due to her father, and she thinks Manhattan society will be more forgiving. Two friends told the Times Trump could revive her jewelry and clothing lines, peddling it to a conservative audience, but two others said the Ivanka Trump brand is dead and won't sell. As for Kushner, who worked in real estate, Deutsch said he could go back to making deals, and "if he's doing anything with the Trump name, he can monetize it in red areas."The couple could be thinking about settling in New Jersey, where they have a large "cottage" on the grounds of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. The town recently received blueprints for renovations to the abode, including expanding the master bedroom and bathroom and adding two bedrooms, a study, and a veranda. There are also plans to build a complex for spa treatments and a "general store" on the property, the Times reports. For more on Trump and Kushner's future — and the drama surrounding their children's schooling in D.C. — visit The New York Times.More stories from theweek.com 7 cartoons about America's COVID Thanksgiving Our parents warned us the internet would break our brains. It broke theirs instead. This is the most important Thanksgiving of your life
A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite charged with finding girls in the 1990s for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, said Tuesday that her client is awakened every 15 minutes in jail while she sleeps to ensure she's breathing. Attorney Bobbi Sternheim told a Manhattan judge that Maxwell faces more restrictive conditions than inmates convicted of terrorism or murder. Maxwell has no history of mental health issues or suicidal ideation and no criminal history, either, she said. She asked a judge to intervene on her client's behalf to improve her conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. In her request, Ms Sternheim made no direct reference to Epstein taking his life in August 2019 in his cell at another federal lockup, in Manhattan. US District Judge Alison J. Nathan instructed defense lawyers and prosecutors to confer over the next week over Ms Sternheim's request that the Brooklyn facility's warden directly address the concerns. A spokesperson for prosecutors declined comment. A message for comment was sent to the Federal Bureau of Prisons spokespeople. Maxwell, 58, has pleaded not guilty to charges that she procured three girls for Epstein to abuse in the mid-1990s. She has been held without bail while she prepares for a July trial.
Azerbaijan's parliament called on Thursday for France to be stripped of its mediation role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to punish the French Senate for adopting a resolution backing the region's independence. The French resolution adopted on Nov. 25 followed a Russia-brokered ceasefire ending weeks of fighting in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, part of Azerbaijan mainly populated by ethnic Armenians.