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Precautions Against COVID-19 Disease for SEDEC 2020
Supported by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Presidency of Defence Industries and The Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters' Association, SEDEC 2020 is going to be the first international Homeland Security, Border Security and Internal Security Systems event to take place in Turkey after the pandemic. As you know, SEDEC Conference, Fair and B2B/B2G event, which was scheduled to take place on 2-4 June 2020, has been postponed until 15-17 September 2020 within the framework of our obligations concerning the preservation of public health and protect our participants and visitors against this pandemic.
A safe business platform which will help to form international collaborations, business relations and economical activities in key sectors such as Homeland Security and Border Security, can create wonderful opportunity to start fighting and removing economic effects of the disease on the industries.
The industry representatives, decision-makers and procurement bodies who can physically attend the event will be brought together with the participants in accordance with all circular and rules of the Ministry of Health, using a B2B/B2G platform and specific schedules for each participant. The industry representatives, decision-makers and procurement bodies who cannot attend the event directly will be connected with the participants for B2B/B2G meetings using a digital setup which will be situated within the event area. Meetings focused on export goals will be held for all companies, both large and small, in the industry. These B2B/B2G meetings will be scheduled and executed solely by using SEDEC's special and domestic software and registration system.
In this respect, SEDEC 2020 is planned as a "Dual Event" that brings together all the advantages both physical and digital events.
In 2018, over 4200 meetings were held within SEDEC. B2B and B2G schedules, which will be tailored specifically for each participant, will be prepared to provide the most effective and productive outputs by our B2B program developed by us and run on our own servers. Thanks to this program, which has been developed and run completely locally, our data security and independence in this regard has reached the highest level.
In order to serve the industry even during the pandemic, we have organized an online event under the name of SEDEC Talks with speakers from 5 countries. Our conference was moderated by the CEO of TURKSAT and SpaceX's Vice-President of Commercial Sales, the CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, the CEO of Turkish Aerospace, LEONARDO's Vice President in charge of Turkey and Central Asia, the CEO of AQST Canada participated. You find a recording of our online event on SEDEC Talks YouTube Channel.
Changes to Our Event
Throughout SEDEC 2020, changes were made to the layout and content of our event, considering the health of our exhibitors, visitors, and the community. These are as follows:
• ATO Congresium acts in accordance with all circulars and instructions from the Ministry of Health and relevant government institutions.
• Opening Ceremony and Speeches will be organized in a way to create low intensity and maintain social distance in order to protect the listeners' health.
• The conference part of our event was cancelled with the aim of maintaining social distance. Smaller workshops will be held as planned, which will enable participants to be informed about the industry rather than large conferences.
• Lunch and gala dinner offered to our participants in our event were also cancelled with the aim of maintaining social distance. Participants will be able to benefit from the safe meal packages offered by Congresium in the hall.
• Distances between exhibitor stands were arranged and increased in the fair area.
• A COVID-19 stand has been added to provide information on COVID-19 during the event, to follow up on these measures and to meet advisory needs.
• In order to prevent the spread of respiratory particles that can be released into the environment as a result of speech, coughing and sneezing, unmasked circulation in the activity area is prohibited and the use of masks has been made mandatory throughout the activity.
• The purchasing delegations, where we will meet our participants, and the arrivals of the delegations to the activity areas will be checked.
• B2B and B2G meetings planned for our participants will be held face-to-face for participants from abroad who attend the venue and participants from our country. For this, the interview rooms will be adjusted according to the social distance rule.
• For parties that cannot physically participate in our event, these meetings will be held virtually partly in the event area.
Measures Regarding Social Distancing
During the SEDEC 2020 Event, the following preparations and measures have been taken to ensure that our exhibitors and visitors follow the social distance rule.
• Our event has been adapted to a "Dual Event" format that will enable both physical and digital meetings.
• A "Social Distance Plan" has been prepared to provide a basis for the widely accepted rules regarding social distance.
• In accordance with this plan, barriers and floor markings are prepared. These signs will guide the participants in terms of social distancing and COVID-19 and physical barriers and direction markers will be placed where necessary.
• Stands, corridors and transitions are arranged and marked to enable the required social distance.
Health and Safety Precautions
The following precautions have been taken regarding health and safety for the beginning and during the event.
• At the entrance of the event area, everyone's body temperature will be measured without contact.
• Masks will be handed out to all participants at the entrance.
• There will be disinfection stations at the entrance and at various points of the event area.
• The ventilation system and ducts of Congresium Ankara, where the event will be held, will be inspected, and controlled.
• Routine disinfection and sterilization processes will be carried out frequently throughout the event area.
• There will be a fully equipped ambulance at the entrance in case of any emergency in the event area requiring medical intervention.
• During the event, there will be COVID-19 information experts to inspect the entries, answer the questions and provide support.
• In order to ensure crowd control, the circulation of the participants in the activity area will be observed and supervised.
The measures and precautions taken in order to realize SEDEC 2020 Homeland Security, Border Security and Internal Security Systems event in the most efficient and the effective manner possible are prepared in light of the good practice guide provided by The Global Association Of The Exhibition Industry and regarding the precautions set by the Republic of Turkey The Ministry of Health. This document has been prepared for informational purposes.
All these changes will be constantly updated until the event date in accordance with the circular and recommendations of the T.C. Ministry of Health.
SEDEC Security and Defence Conference, Fair and B2B/B2G Event Has Been Postponed
SEDEC Turkey 2020 will take place in September.
The contagion of Corona virus (COVID-19), which emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and was defined as an infectious disease by the World Health Organization, has been determined to be a high-level risk for public health by both international and national authorities, and the alarm level has been elevated to very high.
In this regard, because of its goal to increase international business interactions by welcoming participants, visitors and stakeholders from around the world, SEDEC's international aspect requires the necessary measures. Within the framework of the obligations concerning the preservation of public health, it has been decided to postpone SEDEC Security and Defence Fair, Conference and B2B/B2G Event to a further date, so that the visitors and participants can experience a safer, more efficient, successful and result oriented event.
With the recent emergence of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Turkey, there was an obligation to postpone SEDEC Security and Defence Fair, Conference and B2B/B2G Event, which was to take place on 2-4 June 2020, to 15-17 September 2020, in order to protect the participants and visitors against the pandemic. The location and scope of the event remains the same.
SEDEC, The correct address for Turkey-Pakistan Business Relations
Pakistan-Turkey Business and Investment Forum took place on 13th and 14th of February, in Islamabad, Pakistan with participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar, President of Defence Industries Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir, Pakistani Trade Minister Abdul Razak Dawood and DEIK President Nail Olpak. Also participating in the Pakistan-Turkey Business and Investment Forum, SEDEC Coordinator Hilal Ünal Türkan invited Pakistani Defence Industry and Security officials to SEDEC 2020. SEDEC will set a very active and effective platform, on which Turkey and Pakistan can realise their economic and business plans.
The Mark for Security and Defence Technologies; Export,
Target Region; Asia…
Countries' policies for border and homeland security are changing. Latest security policies in the world with their industry aspects will be addressed at SEDEC Turkey 2020. The event will take place in Ankara on the 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th of June with the participation of official invitees such as Boeing, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, KAI, Russian State's arms export company Rosoboronexport, European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex and the European Organization for Security and Asian countries make up the principal targets for export.
For most of the countries in the world, border and homeland security policies have become the foremost important agenda topic. Governments follow this field in which technological leaps occur frequently. SEDEC Turkey 2020 Event supported by The Presidency of the Republic of Turkey the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) and Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters' Association (SSI), where companies working in the fields of homeland security, border security, interior security and defence systems subjects will all be brought together, is getting set to uniting giant companies with international establishments at Ankara.
Professionals from 46 countries have been invited.
SEDEC Turkey CEO Hilal Ünal Türkan says that they were getting ready to host representatives from 46 Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries among which the representatives from Asia will make up the majority. Türkan says "We have intensified our efforts for exporting the systems and equipment developed in Turkey to Asia. We have formed the SEDEC Asia team to reach out to and summon the right people and potential participants to SEDEC Turkey stage." Emphasizing the fact that SEDEC Turkey is of strategic significance for export.
Southeast Asia countries are bumping up their defence budgets.
"The participants will be able to find great opportunities to realize their exportation goals, while the team fortifying the relations with the security and the defence leaders in Asia study the territory in terms of their general structure and important subjects." says Türkan.
Türkan states that as a result of their intense studies on South-eastern Asia countries such as Indonesia, Malesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam, a significant rise in defence industry spending in the can be observed.
Türkan proceeds:
"Even though each country's expenditure may vary, there is an average of 10% augmentation. The rising demand for security and defence technologies in the region where this demand is generally met by import forms a great opportunity for our country's industry. SEDEC invites all to Ankara where SEDEC 2020 is going to take place and contribute to Turkey's industry and exportation."
World's biggest companies are going to be in Turkey.
Making the remark that world leaders such as Boeing, Airbus, Antonov, Tawazun Holding, Rolls Royce, BAE Sysytems, KAI and Russian State's arms export company Rosoboronexport have been officially invited to SEDEC taking place on the 2nd, the 3rd and the 4th of June, Türkan says "Officials from European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex and the European Organization for Security are also among the invitees of SEDEC where the developments in this field are going to be showcased."
Latest Border and Homeland Security Technologies are at SEDEC
The companies working in the field of "Border and Homeland Security", a field, which has recently become the primary agenda topic, are gathering at SEDEC Defence and Security Fair taking place at ATO Congresium, Ankara, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June 2020. As well as having brought together all the national and international members of the industry, SEDEC will also open new doors into new marketplaces for the export of strategic products.
With the recent developments in the Middle Eastern region where Turkey is situated and the Operation Peace Spring, border and homeland security topics have become the primary agenda topic for Turkey. Latest developments, advanced technologic solutions, newly developed systems in the industry holding its top place among both Turkey's and the world's agendas will be presented to the industry professionals at SEDEC Defence and Security Fair taking place at ATO Congresium, Ankara, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June 2020.
Supported by The Presidency of the Republic of Turkey the Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) and Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters' Association (SSI), SEDEC will bring al the national and international members of the industry working in the domains of homeland security, border security and defence systems together. SEDEC will become a summit supported by numerous establishments where defence and security professionals from both Turkey and the world will meet. Run within Teknopark Ankara,
World's biggest companies are invitees of SEDEC.
Besides of having invited representatives from Ministry of National Defence, Commands of Turkish Land Forces, Air Forces and Naval Forces, Gendarmerie General Command, General Directorate Of Security, Coast Guard Command, Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Ministry of Interior Directorate General of Immigration Management, military attachés, FRONTEX (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) authorities, SEDEC will unite world's leading defence companies.
Hundreds of executives and buyers have been invited to SEDEC Fair among whom are officials from Turkey's now internationally recognized brands such as ASELSAN, FNSS, HAVELSAN, MKEK, ROKETSAN, and TUSAŞ and from world leaders such as Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, and Rolls-Royce.
Borders are billion-dollar gateways.
Setting out with the slogan "The right connections with the right people in a short time." Hilal Ünal Türkan, the coordinator of SEDEC Turkey, draws attention to the fact that involving a fair, a conference and bilateral business meetings SEDEC has been held to fulfil to main two main purposes. "SEDEC is opening its doors for the second time to fulfil our internal law enforcers' and security forces' needs." says Türkan.
Drawing attention to Turkey's strategic significance due to its geographic location, Türkan proceeds:
"With 2.949km of land borders and 7.816km of coastline, Turkey has a total surrounding border of 10.765km. These borders are vitally significant and are utilized annually for passages of trade goods and travellers with a total worth of multiple billions of dollars. They also accommodate some of our country's biggest and the most secure cities. While sustaining fairness on the subjects of entry to and exit from the country, defending our borders is important for ensuring our internal security, economic well-being and national sovereignty."
Türkan makes the remark that the visionary conferences that will be held in course of SEDEC with the participations of experts from both Turkey and the rest of the world will have a great effect on the security industry. Türkan says, "We are aiming for the conference, where policies and the actions against all the unfavourable conditions in our region will be discussed, to be the foundation for new ideas."
Opportunity to connect directly with main producers at SEDEC
Pointing out that SEDEC is making direct contact between the demanding authorities such as The Presidency of Defence Industries, Ministry of National Defence, Commands of Turkish Land Forces, Air Forces and Naval Forces, Gendarmerie General Command, General Directorate Of Security and the manufacturers, Türkan proceeds to commentate on SEDEC's contribution to the industry.
"SEDEC will continue to be the most effective platform where selectively chosen buyers from foreign security forces and law-enforcers, as well as main industry manufacturers are able to make SME level supply chain connections in the shortest time possible. "says Hilal Ünal Türkan, the SEDEC Turkey Coordinator.
SEDEC 2018 hosted participants from 39 countries and implemented 4.200 bilateral business meetings. In 2020, these numbers are expected to be significantly surpassed with the second edition of SEDEC.
SEDEC, proceeded its advertising with IWA2018
Beside the defense, SEDEC is aiming to bring a new perspective to security sector. SEDEC proceeded its advertising between 9-12 March in a fair, IWA Outdoor Classics 2018, which is held in Germany. In fair SEDEC team conducted a lot of B2B meetings and increased awareness about SEDEC with attracting attention of various companies.
SEDEC team, in the B2B meetings at IWA fair, explained SEDEC2018 to 62 companies who manufactures guns, ammos, gun parts, police equipment, optical night vision systems. The team recorded these meetings as %86 successful. Companies' officials who participated the fair from mostly ABD, India, England and Italy are advised about SEDEC in detail and replied to their questions in direct conversation.
CEO of SEDEC, Hilal ÜNAL, claimed the participations of IWA 2018 as "In IWA 2018, we met with a lot of companies for the first time. In first meetings like that, companies can be a little protective but SEDEC is well prepared organization and when preparations are understood by them, we observed that ices are melt really fast. Touches at IWA 2018 strengthen our belief to SEDEC. As it is planned, SEDEC will be an effective business platform which brings together the international and national players."
SEDEC team, who are pleased with the fair, are planning to participate IWA fair next year too. The team will proceed with a higher tempo to advertisement of SEDEC in the next weeks.
SEDEC's communication sponsor is Türksat!
SEDEC is an organization that holds exhibitions, conferences, and bilateral meetings that bring together all International and National actors in the fields of Homeland Security, Border Security, Interior Security and Defense Systems, is now communication sponsored by Türksat. The mobile live broadcast truck and TV frequency will be provided by Türksat for live broadcasting from SEDEC. Türksat officials, who will host the guests in their fair booth, will participate in B2B meetings with other firms that participate the SEDEC 2018.
Besides the civil services Türksat serves its various services in defense and security, ahead in communication, as a reliable partner for a long time. In the next terms, the company plans to make more various R&D projects and arrangements. Therefore, the company joins various organizations for both increasing the awareness about it and stepping out new businesses that create synergies. SEDEC will be an important part of this leap which has a slogan as "The right connections with right people in a short time!", thus SEDEC will provide a platform for many businesses to widen their collaboration with Türksat.
SEDEC, which is followed by the business sector, is increasing its participators and solutions partners. Event organization is continuing its meetings with the firms that are both conscious about the advantages of SEDEC and best in their field of work. At the following times, the news will be reported about the sponsorships and participators of SEDEC.


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Applying Foreign Punitive Damage Laws in Louisiana: The Experience of a Mixed Jurisdiction
October 18, 2013 /in /by Marta Requejo
F.X. Licari (Université de Lorraine) and B. West Janke (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), have posted this article on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
There is perhaps no better laboratory to scrutinize punitive damages than Louisiana. As a civil law island surrounded by common law jurisdictions, it shares some compensation principles that are decidedly civilian, and others that are clearly influenced by its American neighbors. Likewise, Louisiana's geography has given rise to a sophisticated, and well-exercised, system for addressing conflicts of laws. Here, the intersection of divergent principles of compensation provokes an inquiry into the validity of the "full compensation" theory. The conflicts analysis in the context of delicts and quasi-delicts, and especially in the context of punitive damages, is complex and involves a plurality of norms of the Louisiana Civil Code (La. Civ. Code). The general inquiry under Louisiana's conflicts analysis is the determination of the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its law were not applied to that issue. The central provision is La. Civ. Code art. 3515, which states :
Except as otherwise provided in this Book, an issue in a case having contacts with other states is governed by the law of the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its law were not applied to that issue. That state is determined by evaluating the strength and pertinence of the relevant policies of all involved states in the light of: (1) the relationship of each state to the parties and the dispute; and (2) the policies and needs of the interstate and international systems, including the policies of upholding the justified expectations of parties and of minimizing the adverse consequences that might follow from subjecting a party to the law of more than one state.
Analyzing this article with other Code articles and Louisiana case-law, the authors conclude that the likelihood that a Louisiana court will enforce a foreign punitive damage law is low, given that the conflicts analysis weighs heavily in favor of a determination that the tortfeasor has more contacts with Louisiana than elsewhere. The general policy prohibiting punitive damages greatly influences every factor of the conflicts analysis except for those factors that clearly weigh in favor of applying the law of another state. So long as Louisiana holds on to the belief that punitive damages are per se incompatible with the theory of full compensation, the conflicts analysis for punitive damages will seldom result in the imposition of the law of another state.
Ps: this contribution was first presented in a workshop held at the University of Metz on 24 May 2013 under the direction of F.X. Licari and Prof. O. Cachard. All the presentations have been collected in the Revue Lamy Droit des Affaires (nº 85, sept. 2013).
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Durian Durian
I received a somewhat pedestrian unsolicited commercial email from Danielle Cwalinski today, advising me of the health benefits of ONE exotic fruit. And she doesn't mean Joe Exotic…BA-DA-BOOM-TSCH! (more…)
Null points
The Dutch government has given permission for 3,500 fans to attend the Eurovision Song Contest in person this year. I'm surprised that there are that many. Obviously lockdown has had a greater detrimental effect on the Dutch psyche than I'd imagined. (more…)
Silly sausage
One of the, ahem, meatier subjects to be debated by the European Parliament this week is when is a sausage not a sausage? (more…)
The times they are a'changin'
David Shukman, the BBC's science editor, asks whether climate change could mean that Summers could become too hot for humans . Except that he doesn't, really. (more…)
The will of God?
An Indian couple, Mangayamma Yaramati and Sitarama Rajarao, have welcomed twin daughters following IVF treatment. This wouldn't really be worthy of comment, if were not for the fact that she is 73, and he is a sprightly 82 years young. (more…)
Eat 'til you bust
The Trendy Shrimp, a mall restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, has been criticised for a crass advertising campaign which offered discounts to women based on the size of their bust. A woman with an A-cup bra could get 5% off of her meal, while the owner of a G-cup could get 65% off. That's a pretty safe bet; I can't imagine that there would be too many of those being awarded in China. (more…)
Rebecca Burger, a well-known French lifestyle blogger , was tragically killed when a pressurised whipped cream dispenser exploded and hit her in the chest. Mme Burger apparently described herself as a fitness, travel, and fashion enthusiast. (more…)
In an effort to improve children's health, by fostering healthier eating, public health officials in Liverpool have named-and-shamed breakfast cereals with high sugar content. Among the shockers is the revelation that Kellogg's Frosties has the highest sugar load of all. Is this really news? Come on, you can see the bloody sugar on the flakes, it's part of the attraction if you're a kid! (more…)
The Bear necessities
Babe and alleged actress, Alicia Silverstone, explains that her decision to raise her son, Bear Blu, on a vegan diet was, like herself: such a no-brainer . (more…)
On average, I should move to Tonga
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A sign of the times?
I saw this while on holiday in Portugal recently, a sign on a bouncy castle warning that it's Only for children up to 40 kg , and Do not use the bouncy castle if you suffer from…pregnancy . (more…)
I'm too young to die!
In 2010, President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan set researchers the task of discovering an elixir that could prolong his life. Two years later, they came up with a bio-yoghurt that they claim will do just that. (more…)
Mi braynz num
It appears that habitual cannabis use, particularly from adolescence, can result in a permanent reduction in IQ. (more…)
Should I become gay?*
MegaCorpUSA, in an effort at inclusion, has set up a gay and lesbian and allies group , to spread awareness, if not interesting diseases. Apparently, the network exists for the positive advancement of gay and lesbian issues , and Their goal for this year is to establish themselves further…and increase the number of members . So I think they're asking people to become gay homosexual. (more…)
Burgers or babies?
Experts at Nuffield Health state that more than half of British women have waists that are larger than the recommended healthy size. (more…)
I (heart) Vogue
Vogue magazine has pledged to only work with models who are not unhealthily stick-thin or below the age of 16. (more…)
It was never like that in my day
…my college days, that is. (more…)
Is this addiction?
A Chinese guy reportedly died after a three-day online gaming session, during which he neither ate nor slept. In the month before his death, he spent almost £1000 on gaming. This was all done at an internet café, rather than his own home, so it makes you question their hygiene standards. After all, he must have positively reeked. (more…)
There are better things to be remembered for
Death comes to all of us, supposedly, with the possible exception of travellers . (more…)
'Nutritious' has added sugar?
Apparently those mirthless buggers at the UK Advertising Standards Authority have upheld complaints about advertising by those frisky buggers at Coca-Cola. (more…)
Of superheroes and Sigmund
While philosophers love superheroes, psychologists do not. They're concerned that modern superheroes are an inappropriate role model for boys. (more…)
Apples 'n' Pears
The Bonkers Institute has concluded, from a survey of fat ladies, that those who deposit their chocolate rations on their hips are more likely to have bad memories than those with wobbly bellies. (more…)
Downward spiral
Depression may lead to dementia. How depressing is that? (more…)
Phew, at least I'm not an alcoholic
Experts say alcoholics tend to have a sweet tooth. (more…)
Smoking addictive shocker!
Some actress who I've never heard of has lung cancer. She smoked and is mad at the cigarette companies: (more…)
I'd like a 'P' please, Bob
Strangely, I was looking for ways to make yummy processed peas, like tinned marrowfat peas, because we can't get them easily in Switzerland. Anyhow, I happened across guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation on processed pea standards. I kid you not. (more…)
Living with Boris
On a couple of occasions at the supermarket, over the last few months, I've had difficulty in focussing on the items on the shelves. Not so much visually as mentally, it all becomes a sickening blur. (more…)
Poor kid, no future (sad)
Studies suggest that babies who are fed an aural diet of classical music during pregnancy* have greater than average intelligence—or something else that's good, but I've forgotten. (more…)
Vegetarianism as the moral high ground
This, on the IMDb boards, made me realise that there's more to vegetarianism than not wanting to eat something that had a face. (more…)
Midriff
Girls showing midriff is okay if they're fit, but why do they do it when they have a roll of flab hanging over their jeans? It's just bad taste really. (more…)


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U.S. newspaper industry - statistics & facts
Published by Amy Watson, Jul 7, 2021
The newspaper industry in the United States has faced many challenges over the last twenty years. Social media does not help matters, with many consumers around the world now getting their news from social networks despite such sites being considered untrustworthy. More recently, U.S. consumers have begun sourcing news updates from influencers instead of journalists, opening them up to more biased and inaccurate information and taking them further away from official channels. Even leaders have found themselves needing to adapt to news audiences moving from print to digital outlets, though some have fared better than others.
Whilst The New York Times' revenue remains high enough to keep the company profitable, the last ten years have been less lucrative than the early 2000s and revenue has not surpassed two billion U.S. dollars since 2010. However, The NYT was quick to adapt to changing consumer needs and demands, and now has over five million subscribers to its digital-only product. Other companies were slower on the uptake. Gannett's digital subscriber base for example only surpassed one million in 2020, a milestone which The New York Times reached in early 2016.
Meanwhile, Gannett-owned newspaper USA Today's print and digital circulation has also fallen dramatically, despite topping the ranking of leading newspapers in the United States during the last period of measurement. Other major papers including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and The Los Angeles Times are also seeing a drop in their circulation, a trend which is sure to continue as consumers spend less and less time with traditional news sources.
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Just a fraction of all time with media in the United States is spent on printed newspapers. This is not surprising, but what one might expect is that physical newspapers remain an important source of news. This is not necessarily the case. Data shows that newspapers are the least popular platform for daily news consumption for adults aged 18 to 29 years old, and aside from podcasts are also the last option for consumers aged 30 or above. Moreover, getting consumers to pay for news is a difficult task in a world where there is a wealth of free sources available online.
A global study revealed that more than 60 percent of U.S. respondents exclusively read news that can be accessed for free, and close to 70 percent admitted to never using a paid print or digital news subscription service. It is hard to imagine consumers ever returning to printed newspapers, and figures on the number of closed or merged newspapers speak for themselves.
The U.S. newspaper industry is fragile: newsroom employment, circulation, print advertising spending, and the number of local news outlets are all falling consistently each year. The immediate future of the market will see all the latter trends continue, whilst more local papers lose their fight to survive independently and are taken on by private equity firms and hedge funds. Concerns that prioritizing quality journalism will give way to the desire to make a quick profit are rife, and given the state of the industry, remain valid.
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The half-hour ensemble comedy was created by and stars Robert Ben Garant,Kerri Kenney-Silver and Thomas Lennon, and also features Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash and Cedric Yarbrough. Throughout the 6-season run, guest stars included Aziz Ansari, Michael Ian Black, Wayne Brady, Andrew Daly, Charlie Day, Danny DeVito, Nat Faxon, Lou Ferrigno, Zach Galifianakis, Seth Green, Chelsea Handler, Jonah Hill, Cheryl Hines, Rob Huebel, Keegan-Michael Key, David Koechner, Nick Kroll, Lorenzo Lamas, Lisa Lampanelli, Natasha Leggero, George Lopez, Joe Lo Truglio, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Heather McDonald, Jerry Minor, Arden Myrin, Oscar Nuñez, Patton Oswalt, Jordan Peele, Brian Posehn, Jim Rash, Paul Reubens, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Paul Scheer, Nick Swardson, Aisha Tyler, David Wain, Matt Walsh and Rainn Wilson.
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The Sopranos: The Complete Series Blu-ray comes with a free Digital HD copy of all 86 episodes, and the set is also loaded with more than five hours of bonus material including a new and exclusive feature exploring how The Sopranos came to be and how it transformed the television landscape. "Defining a Television Landmark," which runs approximately 45 minutes, features all-new interviews with cast, crew, celebrities, filmmakers and academics — including series creator David Chase, star James Gandolfini, Academy Award® winning director Steven Soderbergh, Emmy® Award winner Jeff Daniels and Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi — discussing the impact and influence of the groundbreaking series, with brand new archival footage. Additional bonus material includes lost scenes, two round table dinners with cast and crew, 25 audio commentaries and much more.
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Murder FM made their mark on the scene not too long ago with their industrial rock influences and their energetic stage presence. Although, not familiar with their overall sound, Manchester was respectful to Murder FM and were entertained in return. No doubt gathering a few more fans along the way.
Team TINAS just simply couldn't hold any excitement back from view when Welsh rockers Revoker were due to start. Revoker are no strangers to the scene at all. They've already wowed their masses and gaining more through supports in the major UK festivals along with with Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy, with their more recent Rob Zombie and Hammerfest performances. With their blossoming debut "Revenge For The Ruthless" and a seventeen day mammoth tour with bone crushers Chimaira in March 2012, they are set to take on the world, beginning with Manchester!
The intensive 'Time To Die' blew the crowd into a frenzy right from the very start of their set, thanks to bassist Shane Phillips, guitarist Chris Green, Jack Pritchard's crashing drumbeats and Jamie Mathias' unifying vocals and guitar work. Cheers and smiles were shared across the venue as Revoker stepped on the gas peddle, instigating a mosh pit that lasted for a good while.
Another mosh pit friendly assault in the form of 'Great Pretender' also allowed the crowd to sing along at the top of their lungs. 'Not To Be Moved' and the monstrous 'Thief' followed quickly after. The vibrations of drumbeats, screeching guitars and chants led to the headbanger 'Stay Down', which made the place jump with their own flavour reminiscent of Five Finger Death Punch and then gave Manchester the crowd pleaser 'Born To Be An Outlaw' to bring an end their awesome performance.
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Michał Piotr Boym[1] (Chinese: 卜彌格; pinyin: Bǔ Mígé;[2] c. 1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China,[3][4] scientist and explorer. He was an early Western traveller within the Chinese mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography. The first European Chinese dictionary, published in 1670, is attributed to Boym.
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Drawings of Chinese fruit trees from Michael Boym's "Briefve Relation de la Chine" (Paris, 1654). Depicted are the Cinnamomum cassia, the durian, and a variety of banana (or plantain) tree, with their Chinese names.
Michał Boym was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), around 1614, to a well-off family of Hungarian ancestry. His grandfather Jerzy Boim came to Poland from Hungary with the king Stefan Batory, and married Jadwiga Niżniowska.[5][3] Michał's father, Paweł Jerzy Boim (1581–1641),[5] was a physician to King Sigismund III of Poland.[3][4] Out of Pawel Jerzy's six sons, the eldest, the ne'er-do-well Jerzy was disinherited; Mikołaj and Jan became merchants; Paweł, a doctor; while Michał and Benedykt Paweł joined the Society of Jesus.[5] The family had their own family chapel in Lviv's central square, which was constructed around the time of Michał's birth.[5]
In 1631, Boym joined the Jesuits in Kraków,[3] and was ordained a priest. In 1643, after almost a decade of intensive studies in the monasteries of Kraków, Kalisz, Jarosław and Sandomierz, Boym embarked on a voyage to Eastern Asia. He first traveled to Rome, where he obtained a blessing for his mission from Pope Urban VIII, and then proceeded to Lisbon. Later that year he embarked with a group of nine other priests and clerics on a voyage to Portuguese Goa, and then Macau. Initially he taught at St. Paul Jesuit College (Macau). He then moved to the island of Hainan, where he opened a small Catholic mission. After the island had been conquered by the Manchus, Boym had to flee to Tonkin in 1647.
Even as Jesuits in northern and central China were successfully switching their loyalties from the fallen Ming Dynasty to the newly established Qing, the Jesuits in the south of the country continued to work with the Ming loyalist regimes still controlling some of the region. Accordingly, in 1649 Boym was sent by the Canton-based Vice-Provincial of the China Mission Alvaro Semedo with a diplomatic mission to the court of the Yongli Emperor, the last Chinese ruler of the Ming Dynasty, still controlling parts of the Southwestern China.[3]
As the Yongli regime was endangered by the encroaching Manchus, the Jesuit Andreas Wolfgang Koffler, who had been at the Yongli court since 1645, had succeeded in converting many of the members of the imperial family to Christianity believing this would attract help from Western monarchs for the Southern Ming's struggle to continue to rule China. Among the Christians at the Yongli's court were Empress dowager Helena Wang (Wang Liena), the wife of the emperor's father; Empress dowager Maria Ma (Ma Maliya), the mother of the emperor; and the heir to the throne, prince Constantine (Dangding), Zhu Cuxuan.[3] The Emperor's eunuch secretary Pang Tianshou (龐天壽), known by his Christian name Achilles, had become a Christian as well, years earlier.[3][6]
Boym was chosen to present the situation of the Chinese Emperor to the Pope. He received letters from Empress dowager Helena and from Pang Achilles, to give to Pope Innocent X, the General of the Jesuit Order,[7] and Cardinal John de Lugo. Additional letters were dispatched to the Doge of Venice and to the King of Portugal. Together with a young court official named Andrew Zheng (Chinese: 鄭安德勒; pinyin: Zhèng Āndélè),[8][9] Boym embarked on his return voyage to Europe. They arrived at Goa in May 1651, where they learned that the King of Portugal had already abandoned the cause of the Chinese (Southern Ming) Emperor, and that Boym's mission was seen as a possible threat to future relations with the victorious Manchu. This view was also supported by the new local superior of the Jesuits, who believed the Jesuit Order should not interfere in the internal power struggles of China.
Boym was placed under house arrest. However, he managed to escape and continue his voyage on foot. By way of Hyderabad, Surat, Bander Abbas and Shiraz, he arrived at Isfahan, in Persia. From there he continued his journey to Erzerum, Trabzon and İzmir, where he arrived near the end of August 1652. As the Venetian court was having conflicts with the Jesuits, Boym discarded his habit and dressed up as a Chinese Mandarin, before he arrived in Venice in December of that year. Although he had managed to cross uncharted waters and unknown lands, his mission there would not be easy, as the political intrigues at the European courts proved to be extremely complicated.
Initially the Doge of Venice refused to grant Boym an audience, as Venice wanted to maintain a neutral stance in regards to China. Boym managed to convince the French ambassador to support his cause, and the Doge finally saw Boym and accepted the letter. However, the French involvement caused a negative reaction from the Pope, as Innocent X was actively opposed to France and its ambitions. Also the newly elected General of the Jesuits, Gosvinus Nickel, believed Boym's mission might endanger other Jesuit missions in China and other parts of the world. A new Pope was elected in 1655, and after three years, Alexander VII finally saw Boym on 18 December 1655. However, although Alexander was sympathetic to the Ming dynasty and its dilemma, he could not offer any practical help and his letter to the Chinese emperor contained little but words of empathy and offers of prayers. However, the letter from the new Pope opened many doors for Boym and his mission. In Lisbon, he was granted an audience by King John IV, who promised to help the Chinese struggle with military force.
In March 1656, Boym started his return trip to China. Out of eight priests accompanying him, only four survived the journey. Upon reaching Goa it turned out that Yongli's situation was dire and that the local Portuguese administration, despite direct orders from the monarch, did not want to let Boym travel to Macau. This was in order not to compromise their commercial enterprises with the victorious Manchu. Boym again ignored the Portuguese monopoly by travelling on foot, this time by an uncharted route to Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam. He arrived there in early 1658, and hired a ship from pirates, with which he sailed to northern Vietnam. In Hanoi, Boym tried to procure a guide to lead him and the priests travelling with him to Yunnan. However, he was unsuccessful and he had to continue the journey alone, with the assistance only of Chang, who had travelled with him all the way to Europe and back. They reached the Chinese province of Guangxi, but on 22 June 1659 Boym died, having failed to reach the emperor's court. The burial place remains unknown.
A squirrel (松鼠) chasing a green-haired turtle (綠毛龜), in Boym's Flora Sinensis
Boym is best remembered for his works describing the flora, fauna, history, traditions and customs of the countries he travelled through. During his first trip to China he wrote a short work on the plants and animals dwelling in Mozambique. The work was later sent to Rome, but was never printed. During his return trip he prepared a large collection of maps of mainland China and South-East Asia. He planned to expand it to nine chapters describing China, its customs and political system, as well as Chinese science and inventions. The merit of Boym's maps was that they were the first European maps to properly represent Korea as a peninsula rather than an island. They also took notice of the correct positions of many Chinese cities previously unknown to the westerners or known only by the semi-fabulous descriptions of Marco Polo. Boym also marked the Great Wall and the Gobi Desert. Although the collection was not published during Boym's lifetime,[10] it extended the knowledge of China in the west.
The best known of Boym's works is the Flora Sinensis ("Chinese Flora"), published in Vienna in 1656. The book was the first description of an ecosystem of the Far East published in Europe. Boym underlined the medicinal properties of the Chinese plants. The book also included pleas for support of the Catholic Chinese emperor and a poem containing nearly a hundred chronograms pointing to the date of 1655, the date of coronation of Emperor Leopold I as the King of Hungary, as Boym wanted to gain support of that monarch for his mission.
Athanasius Kircher heavily drew on the Flora Sinensis for the chapters on the plants and animals of China in his celebrated China Illustrata (1667).[11] Boym authored the first published Chinese dictionary for a European language, a Chinese–French dictionary published in the first French edition of Kircher's work, in 1670.[12]
In his other works, such as Specimen medicinae Sinicae ("Chinese medicinal plants") and Clavis medica ad Chinarum doctrinam de pulsibus ("Key to the Medical Doctrine of the Chinese on the Pulse") he described the Chinese traditional medicine and introduced several methods of healing and diagnostics previously unknown in Europe, particularly measurement of the pulse.[13][14][15] The latter book was likely written by the Dutch doctor and scholar Willem ten Rhijne.[16]
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^ His first name is also often rendered as Michele, Michel, Miguel, Michael Peter
^ Transliterated also (using Wade-Giles) as Pu Che-yuen Mi-ko
^ a b c d e f g Mungello, David E. (1989). Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology. University of Hawaii Press. p. 139. ISBN 0-8248-1219-0.
^ a b Xinping, Zhuo (2013). Christianity. BRILL. p. 367. ISBN 9789004174528.
^ a b c d Ród Boimów (The Boim Family) (in Polish)
^ Andreas Wolfgang Koffler in The Dictionary of the Ming Biography, pp. 722-723
^ The Superior General at the time was Francisco Piccolomini. Mungello. p. 139, as well as the Dictionary of the Ming Biography (article on Andreas Wolfgang Koffler, pp. 722-723) give the addressee's name as Goswin Nickel. but it is likely that at the time of writing the Empress and the eunuch – or Boym himself – would not know that by the time of the letter's arrival to Rome Piccolomini will have died and Goswin will have become (in March 1652) the Superior General of the order.
^ "Michał Piotr Boym" in the Dictionary of the Ming Biography, pp. 20-21
^ Cheng An-te-lo in Wade-Giles transcription. He is known also by his Christian name of Andrew Sin
^ It was published in 1661 under the title of Mappa Imperii Sinarum... ("Map of the Chinese Empire")
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You've booked the flights, found the dreamy apartment to stay and have researched the best bars and restaurants, but the biggest task is yet to come – the packing. By living in the different country than my family, I can say that after all these years of hopping between Greece and the Czech Republic I learned how to pack like a pro. Packing at the last moment can be stressful especially with the luggage allowance rules. To make things easier I would like to share some tips on how to pack for summer holidays.
First of all, make sure you have a weather app which gives you a detailed forecast a week ahead. Then think about your scheduled activities day by day and evening wise. This will help you to figure out specific outfits rather than just picking random pieces. Lay all your items on the bed and put together the final icon of your looks. Stick to your goal of not over-packing and get rid of anything you are not putting on for sure. There is no space for what ifs because every inch of your suitcase counts. You should take only things you love and you know you will wear. Ideally, mix every lower body garment with various upper ones in order to create more outfits with fewer items. Also, keep in mind that a few well-chosen accessories can add variety to your outfits and transform them from day to night. Let's have a closer look at what are the essential items to pack for this summer holiday.
Regardless your style, I believe there are at least three must-have items you need to pack with you for summer holidays. Between your chosen tops and other upper body garments, there should be a plain good cotton fabric white T-shirt. You will find it super useful for teaming it with shorts and covering up burnt shoulders. A maxi dress is another must as you will appreciate its versatility. While having a morning coffee in a harbor, walking on a promenade during a sunset or even travelling to your destination, you will look fashionable and feel comfortable at the same time. For instance, above I'm wearing a statement stripe dress with ruffles and a side split. The last item I would include in this category is a denim jacket. I know you expect hot summer nights but it's good to think proactively and to take one piece of practical outerwear with you.
If there's one summertime staple that will never, ever go out of style, it's denim shorts. They're cool enough to wear in the daytime or smarten them up with a pair of decent shoes and a nice top for the summer night adventure. Then take soft printed shorts or a playsuit, which definitely is no longer just for lounging poolside or walking on a beach. At last think about a romantic night on which you may like to wear a cute skirt or a dress.
Now, we've got to the critical part of vacay packing – shoes, I have one thing to recommend. Save the space and don't bother to pack high heels. Take a pair of walkable wedge sandals which will work also for a semi-fancy dinner or bet on heel sandals, like I did. Depending on your mood and style consider taking also a pair of light colored sneakers or dressy flat sandals. Approach your main bag like your day-to-evening walkable shoes: one item you can wear all day to the beach, but enough classy to carry out on evenings. For the nights you want to dress up, have a small stylish handbag.
Pick up some retro shades like these Urban Owl metro retro sunglasses and add a touch of timeless old school glamor to your look. If you forget your fancy sun hat at home or you want to avoid it getting squashed in the luggage, you can always buy one at a destination. Leave your most expensive jewellery at home so you won't end up worrying about it falling off in the sea or locking it in a safe. Besides what you wear on day to day basis, take a pair of colorful earrings which will add interest even to otherwise simple outfit. The same way will work a summer scarf which you can tie around a handle of your bag or wear it on your head as a part of your hairstyle.
So what is your destination for a summer holiday? PS: Don't forget to pack your bikini!
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New supreme court rules promote foreclosure mediation
By Adam W. Lasker
New consumer-friendly rules, effective May 1, are designed to make the foreclosure process more fair and reduce the backlog of cases.
In an attempt to avoid a "foreclosure crisis" in our state courts, the Illinois Supreme Court has adopted three new rules governing foreclosure mediation programs, pleading requirements, and a lending institution's duty to mitigate losses with homeowners who are delinquent in paying their mortgage bills.
The rules were originally to go into effect on March 1, but the court has pushed that date back to May 1, 2013, apparently so its Special Committee on Mortgage Foreclosures can determine whether they should be applied retroactively to previously filed cases pending in courts throughout the state.
Oak Brook-based foreclosure defense attorney Matthew H. Hector, who is a senior associate with Sulaiman Law Group Ltd., said he welcomes the new rules and hopes the court will opt to enforce them retroactively.
"These rules have very serious implications for someone going through the foreclosure process," Hector said. "When I read them, my first question was whether they would be applied retroactively, but we'll have to wait a little longer to get that answer."
Retroactive or not, rules 99.1, 113, and 114 are scheduled to go into effect this spring to help alleviate a "drastic increase in mortgage foreclosure cases and the resultant burden on judicial circuits throughout the state," according to the committee comments that accompany Rule 99.1.
Circuits must offer court-approved mediation
Rule 99.1 allows judicial circuits to establish court-approved foreclosure mediation programs, and it will force lending institutions to notify foreclosure defendants of the availability of such programs. The lenders will also have an obligation to participate in those programs when requested by a defendant.
"Each judicial circuit faced a foreclosure crisis and began adapting its court procedures to most effectively administer the foreclosure proceedings," the committee comments say. "The intention of this rule is to incorporate more consistent elements in [foreclosure mediation] programs throughout the state while also allowing flexibility for changing conditions with mortgage foreclosure filings in the future."
Lenders must attach original mortgage note to complaint
Hector said Rule 113 includes a new twist on an old pleading requirement and places a higher burden on banks and other lending institutions when they commence foreclosure proceedings against a borrower. Lenders were already required to attach to their foreclosure complaints a copy of the underlying mortgage note, but starting on May 1 the attached note must be identical to the original version as it appeared on the day the lawsuit was filed.
"Section 1504 of the [Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law] says you need to attach a copy of the note, and there's a [rebuttable] presumption that the documents attached are true and accurate copies," Hector said. Under the old rule, it would be a defendant's burden to argue and prove defects or omissions on the face of the attached note if such issues were relevant to the defense.
Hector said such defects frequently become an issue in proceedings where, for example, the bank that filed the foreclosure action is not the same bank named on the note that was attached to the complaint. Under new Rule 113(b), the banks are essentially "locked in" to the content of the note as it appeared when attached to the pleadings.
"Rule 113(b) adds an extra procedural roadblock to section 1504 of the IMFL," Hector said. "In many cases, the note attached to the complaint fails to prove standing for the bank that filed the suit. A year later, the bank might file a new copy of the note that finally shows how it got to be in their hands rather than in the hands of some prior lender.…Rule 113(b) is trying to solve this problem, because the bank now has to attach the note exactly the way it looked on the day the action was filed - they shouldn't be able to come back a year later to redeem standing if it wasn't apparent on the face of the note they attached to the original complaint."
The new Rule 113 addresses, among other things, the affidavit a lender must attach to its pleadings whenever it seeks summary or default judgment, Hector said. The rule expands the information that must be included in the lender's affidavit, and forces the party filing the lawsuit to testify about how it obtained first-hand knowledge of the business and finances of the homeowner.
The lender must attach copies of all relevant documents it used in preparing the affidavit, including records the plaintiff bank may have received from any other lenders that previously owned the note. Then, Hector said, the plaintiff must explain how and why the underlying documents are considered to be "business records" within the meaning of the law.
"Right now, banks just sort of recite the term of art that establishes a business record - they state the legal standard, as if it's the facts, but they don't give you the who, what, when, why and how the documents actually qualify as business records," Hector said.
Notice of default judgments to all defendants
There are several other new and valuable provisions in rule 113, but Hector said two other highlights deal with mandatory notice to defendants of certain actions taken by the court. Plaintiffs will now be required to send notice of default judgments to all defendants within five days of the court's order of default.
"This is really important because it's not currently required for every defendant - just those defendants who have answered or otherwise appeared," Hector said. "You have 30 days to vacate a default judgment, so knowing when that time started to run is very important."
Rule 113(f) will now require that all defendants - not just those who have appeared in the case - be provided with notice at least 10 days prior to any scheduled sheriff's sale of the subject property.
"We obviously don't know yet how the courts will treat these new rules," Hector said, "but my belief is if you failed under 113(f) to send timely notice of a sheriff's sale to all defendants, you could argue under [735 ILCS 5/15-1508] that justice was not otherwise done, or perhaps even that the sale was unconscionable."
Lenders must inform borrowers about loss mitigation
According to Hector, the new Rule 114 is designed to force lenders to become more active in the loss-mitigation aspect of foreclosure litigation. The rule will require all lenders to at least attempt to inform borrowers of the various kinds of free legal services they can seek, and the lenders will have to participate in such programs before they will be entitled to a final judgment.
The rule will require lenders to provide an affidavit stating they have identified all loss-mitigation programs available within the county in which the property is located, and the steps the lender took to offer those options to the borrower. Hector said the affidavit must also describe the status of any such loss-mitigation efforts.
"These programs are basically things that the banks have already agreed to, but now the bank has an obligation to look into it for each borrower before they foreclose," Hector said. "If they don't comply with Rule 114, foreclosure courts are empowered to stay the case or deny the entry of a judgment pending the bank's evaluation of the homeowner for loss-mitigation programs."
Hector said Rule 114 is a valuable protection for borrowers, but it will only apply to those defendants who have filed an appearance in the case, or who have filed an answer that has not been stricken by the court.
"Now, the number-1 rule is to show up," Hector said. "File an appearance, or file an answer and hope it isn't stricken, but pay the darn appearance fee. Borrow the money if you have to, because once you take that affirmative step, the banks have to consider you for loss mitigation. This is the most borrower-friendly rule we have, now."
Tough balancing act
When the court first adopted these new rules on February 22, it issued a written statement explaining the procedures its court-appointed Special Committee on Mortgage Foreclosures has taken to study the "foreclosure crisis" in Illinois. The 14-person committee, comprised of judges, bankers and their lawyers, a public-interest attorney, a law professor and the head of the Consumer Protection Division of the Illinois Attorney General's office, promulgated rules "aimed at mitigating abuses and uncertainty in mortgage foreclosures, and helping those who face the loss of their homes by imposing several requirements on mediation programs and lenders seeking to foreclose."
Although the seven supreme court justices unanimously adopted the proposed rules, the effort was spearheaded by Justice Mary Jane Theis. According to the court's written statement, Theis applauded the committee for the tough balancing act it performed in promulgating rules that will help protect homeowners with financial problems, while also providing lenders with a clear set of procedures to follow with foreclosure litigation.
"Some of the provisions in these rules are controversial in their specific worlds, whether it be finance and lending or in public interest and consumer law. No side got everything it wanted," Theis said in the court's statement. "There can be no win-win in a process that is as painful to homeowners as foreclosure. But the process should be fair. These rules remedy or mitigate questionable practices such as robo-signing; speed up the process to hopefully shorten the blight on communities through boarded-up homes, and provide a certainty that will enable foreclosed homeowners to examine loan modification options or proceed on a new path."
Adam W. Lasker <alasker@ancelglink.com> is a lawyer in the Chicago office of Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCanni & Krafthefer.
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Colorado's oil and gas industry has become a convenient bogey man when times get tough and the state is overturning couch cushions trying to meet its budget needs.
We may employ more than 100,000 men and women, pay more than $1 billion in local and state taxes annually and help pay for roads, bridges, rec centers, libraries and parks in every corner of Colorado, but when state funds run low, someone always wants to tap oil and gas for more.
Witness the recent Sunday Denver Post story, which raised questions over how much oil and gas companies pay in severance taxes in Colorado as compared to other states and asked why Colorado isn't doing more to save money for a rainy day.
Rather than take on the complex Gordian knot of amendments such as TABOR, Gallagher and 23, that have tied up the state's budget and stressed out lawmakers for decades, it's easier to suggest that the oil and gas industry just pay more. But that is neither a smart nor fair way to solve our state's budget problems.
First, it's important to note, when you consider all of the taxes the oil and gas industry pays in Colorado, we're smack dab in the middle of 9 Western states when it comes to tax burden.
That's a reasonable place to be. That's where Colorado should probably desire to be overall, especially when you factor in the stringent regulatory environment industry has to navigate here compared to other states.
Given the number of regulations in our state -- we've had 10 major rulemakings over the past six years -- it seems like a fair trade-off. Many of those regulations help further protect our air and water, and we're not arguing to overturn them, but they add to the cost of doing business in Colorado.
Every time we add a regulation, the cost of doing business here goes up more. If our severance and other taxes go up too, you have to wonder why a company would want to do business here.
Wyoming and North Dakota, of course, would love to see us drive business their way.
So, if raising taxes isn't the answer, why not just close all of those loopholes, some have asked?
The story alleges that a recent court case "expanded even further industry tax exemptions," and that's not true. The state of Colorado was illegally collecting certain taxes on a small number of oil and gas companies for a decade. One of those companies filed a lawsuit alleging improper collection, as is their right, and the Supreme Court agreed with them. The state ended up having to pay back some of the money it was found to have been illegally collecting. This case was an example of righting a wrong, not creating a tax loophole for industry.
Finally, a former state lawmaker told the Post "we've frittered away every penny collected in severance taxes."
First, half of all severance taxes pay for four agencies in the Department of Natural Resources and state water projects. The other half, roughly, goes to local impact grants and directly to local governments to help mitigate impacts of oil and gas development.
The author of The Post's story wrote, rather dramatically, that giving this money to local governments has "fueled massive public works spending sprees." Those "spending sprees," however, have paid for programs that actually matter to local communities. Like gardens at public schools, fire trucks and broadband infrastructure.
The story also failed to mention the $500 million that oil and gas companies pay to schools in local taxes. That is $500 million the state did not have to backfill out of its own budget.
Colorado's oil and gas industry pays its fair share of taxes, especially when you look at the entire tax burden. If Coloradans want to spend severance tax money on different things, that's certainly a debate state lawmakers can have. But it's a debate that needs some context as to what the industry already pays in taxes, the existing cost of doing business in Colorado, and the state's other budget constraints.
We should also avoid comparing Colorado's budget to other energy-rich, but much less populated, states such as Wyoming and North Dakota, which have smaller budgets and thus different spending needs. It's not apples to apples and the comparison is very misleading.
Ironically, in a separate op-ed last week, a Boulder congressman said Colorado should be more like California. Now, we're being told to be more like North Dakota.
How about we just concentrate on being Colorado -- a beautiful, politically balanced state, where we protect our environment while remaining open to business? It's worked for a long time.
Dan Haley is the President and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association.
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