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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Rio scrambles to prepare for impending mega-events

Rio has a lot of work to do before Rio+20, the World Cup, and the Olympics. But by the time the last event is over, not only will Rio have changed dramatically, but Brazil will be a different country.

By Julia Michaels,?Guest blogger / May 30, 2012

??A version of this post ran on the author's blog,?riorealblog.com.?The views expressed are the author's own.

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And yet

A presentation of Rio?s new Strategic Plan at the OsteRio debate venue last May 14 indicated that planning has become central to urban life and politics. On taking office,?Mayor Eduardo Paes made a plan and stuck to it, with meetings, followup, and implementation that included performance bonuses for effective city servants. The new one is meant to be part of the electoral debate for the October municipal elections.

Those who commented on the?new?US$ 15 billion equivalent plan ? which was drawn up with the help of McKinsey & Company consulting plus 200 carioca notables and a public opinion survey ? said its very existence was reason for celebration. ?It means that city hall has recouped its ability to act,? said researcher Jos? Marcelo Zacchi, adding that the challenges facing the city at the start of Paes? term demanded a great deal of thought and planning.

One should not forget, after all, that until 15 months ago all you had to do to get on a bus was raise your hand, as long as you were outdoors and somewhat close to a curb (surviving the ride without needing physical therapy was, and still is, another matter). And that until about eight months ago, electric, cable, gas, and water utilities dug holes and laid networks with zero supervision and zero coordination amongst them. Thus the exploding manhole covers.

Jos? Marcelo?Zacchi recently left the city?s Social UPP program?s top post to join the urban issues thinktank, IETS. Like everyone who?s involved with the transformation of Rio, he?s constantly demanding more. ?We have a well-prepared core, but we don?t have metropolitan management, and we don?t have any connection with that core at the level of local management, decentralized, in neighborhoods,? he said about the Strategic Plan. ?We ?have mechanisms for?planning, transparency, followup, accountability, but we have a long way to go when it comes to participation and decentralized participation at the local level.?

Pedro Paulo Teixeira, the mayor?s chief of staff who presented the plan at OsteRio, acknowledged the need for more bottom-up planning.

The Rio police are also investing heavily in planning ? and personnel, and work space and conditions. They also have a long way to go. A shocking fact emerged at a May 17 presentation of the Public Safety Secretariat?s plan for the Rio + 20 Conference to foreign journalists: police called upon to work overtime at special events were paid nothing. This changes now.

?There?ll be greater willingness to work,? said Roberto Alzir, Special Undersecretary for Mega-Events. Police academy instructors also weren?t paid; the whole system is being reformulated, in large measure to produce more pacification officers. Today, 5,000 officers work in the current 22 police pacification units. The planned number for 2014 is 12,500.

It helps if they?re moving upwards

Clearly regard for those at the bottom of the pyramid is growing. It?s not for nothing that TV Globo?s new novela das oito, Avenida Brasil,?features the not-so-poor-anymore of Rio?s North and West Zones and has reached the best kickoff audience statistics over any other prime-time soap in the last five years. Parenthetically, TV Globo recently started calling the eight o?clock novela a nine o?clock novela, which has always been the time the program airs? definitely a good sign.

Ricardo Henriques, who in August leaves his post as president of ?Rio?s strategic planning and data agency, Instituto Pereira Passos (IPP), speaks of a ?reconfiguration of the social fabric,? and says that cariocas are learning how to engage in dialogue. Mr. Henriques, who?passes on his responsibilities, including the Social UPP program, to Eduarda de la Rocque, currently municipal Finance Secretary, built the program around the concept of ?strong listening.? The results have greatly expanded urban services and also?drawn criticism, part of the vibrant give-and-take currently going on here.

Clientelist and patrimonial behavior can be seen not only among elites, but the poor too, observes Henriques. ?They often come with a list of demands, instead of a readiness to dialogue,? he noted during a Rio de Encontros debate last week on entrepreneurship and sustainability. ?We have to break the armor on both sides, to build trust.?

During a discussion?partly sponsored by energy and mining magnate Eike Batista?s?EBX Institute with director Pedro Rivera?at Columbia University?s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation?s local Studio X, urban agitator Marcus Faustini echoed that thought. He suggested the creation of ?Territorial Funds,? to be managed by community members. ?You have to empower people to decide where they want to go,? he added. ?They aren?t prepared. It would even be a teaching tool. They have to plan, not ask for things. Everyone has to change.?

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Mayor Paes and incoming IPP chief de la Rocque have proposed a?similar fund idea. Income inequality is at the heart of so much left to do.

The challenges and mindtraps lie in unlikely places.?Jailson da Silva,?Coordinator of the Observat?rio de Favelas favela research and advocacy group, criticized the title of another gathering held last week, the Semin?rio Integra??o: Favela-Cidade. ?Favelas are already part of the city,? he pointed out. ?They are integrated? and unequal.? When there used to be shooting in the favela of Cantagalo, invariably the newspapers would headline Ipanema residents? loss of sleep, he added.

Dangling fruit, for a select few?

It could be that the reason for Brazilian dillydallying isn?t that pickings are easy, but the fact that for a minority, the pickings are near at hand; while for many people, they?re are out of reach.

How to get near the mango tree, when a small group has better muscles and longer arms? And why, if you were in the small group and close to the?mangueira, would you bother to plan much? If an imprevisto appears, all you have to do is throw money at a bunch of relatively unskilled workers and they?ll shake the tree (praying no mangoes fall on?their?heads), bag the fruit, and hand it over. The solution leaves a few unhappy?toucans, but those ungainly avians prey on other birds? eggs, so they have it coming.

Except that unskilled workers are getting expensive and?feisty?(and relatively less unskilled); a growing number of people are coming to realize that the mangoes are taxpayer-financed and we all pay taxes; inequality is an ever-more key issue; and the exchanges that globalization brings are challenging long-held traditions, behaviors and values.

In other words, Brazil may actually not be fully ready for its mega-events, but by the time the last one is over, not only will Rio have changed dramatically, but this will be a very different country.

The Christian Science Monitor has assembled a diverse group of Latin America bloggers. Our guest bloggers are not employed or directed by the Monitor and the views expressed are the bloggers' own, as is responsibility for the content of their blogs. To contact us about a blogger, click here.

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The Philosophy Forum: Buddhism

The term ?Buddhism? derives from the Sanskrit word ?budhi?, which means ?to awaken?. Buddhism is a philosophy or ?way of life? that has its origins about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gautama, at thirty five years of age, after many years study, finally achieved enlightenment and became known as ?The Buddha? ? ?The Enlightened One?. Although often referred to as the religion without a god, Buddhism, since it is more concerned with raising one?s levels of awareness or consciousness, is more of a philosophy than a religion.

Siddhartha Gautama was born into a royal family in Lumbini, now located in Nepal, in 563 BC. Although raised in luxury and married to the sensuous Yashodara (a woman reputed to be more beautiful than the Goddess of Beauty herself), with whom he had a son, at 29, finding that wealth and luxury did not guarantee happiness, Siddhartha decided to abandon the worldly life and become a recluse, living a nomadic life of great austerity and reflection. After six years of study and meditation he finally found 'The Middle Path' and was enlightened. The ?Middle Path? is so called because it holds the centre road between hedonism and asceticism. After enlightenment, the Buddha spent the next 45 years of his life (effectively until his death at the age of eighty) teaching the principles of Buddhism.

It should be noted that Buddha was not, nor did he ever claim to be, a God. He was simply a man who taught a path to enlightenment from his own experience.

The Middle Way consists of Four Noble truths and the Eightfold Path.

The First Noble Truth:

The first truth is that all life is ?dukkha?, a term that derives from the Sanskrit for ?suffering?. Life, this first truth reminds us, includes pain, getting old, disease, and ultimately death. We also endure psychological suffering like loneliness frustration, fear, embarrassment, disappointment and anger. This is an irrefutable fact that cannot be denied. It is realistic rather than pessimistic because pessimism is expecting things to be bad. Buddhism explains how suffering can be avoided and how we can be truly happy.

The Second Noble Truth:

The second truth is that ?dukkha? or suffering is caused by desire or craving. Craving, that is, for satisfaction and permanence in things that are transitory, impermanent, and elusive. Since all things are transitory, any attempt to find permanence in worldly things results in suffering.

The Third Noble Truth:

The third truth is that suffering can be overcome and true happiness and contentment attained. By eliminating senseless craving, dwelling neither in the past nor in the imagined future, we can learn to take each day as it is given to us, and be happy and free. Moreover, in such a state of mind, we can have more time and energy to help others. This is Nirvana. It should be emphasized that nirvana is not some out of body or otherworldly experience but a level of awareness, of consciousness that is attained by the physical and mental practices set out in the four noble truths and the eightfold path.

The Fourth Noble Truth:

The fourth truth is that the Noble Eightfold Path is the path which leads to the end of suffering.

The Noble Eightfold Path:

The Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth about all things. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the essence of Buddhism. A strong emphasis is put on the practical aspect, because it is only through practice that one can attain a higher level of existence and finally reach Nirvana. The eight aspects of the path are not to be understood as a sequence of single steps, instead they are highly interdependent principles that have to be seen in relationship with each other.

1. Perfected or Right View

Perfected or Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realize the Four Noble Truths.

2. Perfected or Right Intention

While right view refers to the cognitive aspect of wisdom, right intention refers to the volitional aspect, that is, the kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Right intention can be described best as commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: (1) the intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, (2) the intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and (3) the intention of harmlessness, meaning not to think or act cruelly, violently, or aggressively, and to develop compassion.

3. Perfected or Right Speech

Right speech is the first principle of ethical conduct in the eightfold path. Right Speech is speech free from malice, gossip, or negativity. In other words, this means to tell the truth, to speak friendly, warm, and gently and to talk only when necessary.

4. Perfected or Right Action

Right action means: (1) to abstain from harming sentient beings, especially to abstain from taking life (including suicide) and doing harm intentionally or delinquently. ( 2) to abstain from taking what is not given, which includes stealing, robbery, fraud, deceitfulness, and dishonesty, and, (3) to abstain from sexual misconduct. Positively formulated, right action means to act kindly and compassionately, to be honest, to respect the belongings of others, and to keep sexual relationships harmless to others.

5. Perfected or Right Livelihood

Right livelihood means that one should earn one's living in a righteous way and that wealth should be gained legally and peacefully. In short, avoidance of work that is harmful to others.

6. Perfected or Right Effort

Right effort can be seen as a prerequisite for the other principles of the path. Without effort, which is in itself an act of will, nothing can be achieved, whereas misguided effort distracts the mind from its task, and confusion will be the consequence. Mental energy is the force behind right effort; it can occur in either wholesome or unwholesome states. The same type of energy that fuels desire, envy, aggression, and violence can on the other side fuel self-discipline, honesty, benevolence, and kindness.

7. Perfected or Right Mindfulness

Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Right mindfulness is anchored in clear perception and it penetrates impressions without getting carried away. Right mindfulness enables us to be aware of the process of conceptualization in a way that we actively observe and control the way our thoughts go. Buddha accounted for this as the ?four foundations of mindfulness?: (1), contemplation of the body, (2) contemplation of feeling (repulsive, attractive, or neutral), (3) contemplation of the state of mind, and, (4) contemplation of the phenomena.

8. Perfected or Right Concentration.

The eighth principle of the path, right concentration, refers to the development of a mental force that occurs in natural consciousness, although at a relatively low level of intensity, namely concentration. Concentration in this context is described as one-pointedness of mind, meaning a state where all mental faculties are unified and directed onto one particular object. Right concentration for the purpose of the eightfold path means ?wholesome concentration?, that is, concentration on wholesome thoughts and actions. The Buddhist method of choice to develop right concentration is through the practice of meditation. The meditating mind focuses on a selected object. It first directs itself onto it, then sustains concentration, and finally intensifies concentration step by step. Through this practice it becomes natural to apply elevated levels concentration also in everyday situations.

In summary, the Eightfold Path is being moral (through what we say, do and our livelihood), focusing the mind on being fully aware of our thoughts and actions, and developing wisdom by understanding the Four Noble Truths and by developing compassion for others.

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Rihanna, Drake Spotted Getting 'Hot And Heavy' In Miami

Pair, who recently collaborated on Drake's 'Take Care,' allegedly took part in some dirty dancing at Liv nightclub.
By Jocelyn Vena

Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images

Rumor has it that Rihanna and her onetime paramour and frequent collaborator Drake got their dance on while clubbing together in Miami on Sunday night.

According to an onlooker, their dancing got somewhat dirty while they partied at Miami's Liv nightclub. The source told UsMagazine.com that the twosome got "hot and heavy" while out together, saying, "Rihanna was all over Drake this weekend. They were holding hands and dancing all close on the dance floor."

This is hardly the first time these two have sparked romance rumors. They briefly dated in 2009, but the relationship fizzled from romance to friendship. Since their platonic transition, they have collaborated on several hit tracks including Rihanna's "What's My Name?" and most recently Drizzy's "Take Care." They even steamed up the videos for both tracks by playing lovers.

"We weren't really sure what it was," Rihanna told Elle magazine in 2011 about her relationship with the MC. "I definitely was attracted to Drake, but I think it is what it is, like what it was. We didn't want to take it any further. It was a really fragile time in my life, so I just didn't want to get too serious with anything or anyone at that time."

While it seems the twosome have since moved on from their '09 fling, at the time, Drake had some strong emotions about the breakup.

"She's just such an overwhelming and incredible person," Drake said. "And such a talented person and someone that I was like, 'I can't believe I'm here talking to this individual,' that she just gave me that feeling like when I was 17 years old trying to take Nikki Ramos, this girl from Toronto, out on a date and she never wanted to go with me. She never would go; she would have a million excuses why she couldn't talk to me. That's how [Rihanna] made me feel, she made me feel small; she made me feel nervous. It just put me back to the Acura in Toronto, feeling like Aubrey Graham, not Drake."

Advisers still shaky on social media policy

(Reuters) - As the securities industry finally warms up to using social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, regulators are discovering that brokerages and investment advisers are off to a rocky start.

Some firms are making major missteps as they ramp up their presence on the sites, and many do not even have social networking policies. Or if they do, many have inadequate guidelines.

And while many brokerages and investment advisers were once reluctant to use social media for their work, a growing number find they cannot ignore the marketing opportunity. They are increasingly using social media sites to increase their presence among customers and to recruit new business from investors.

A recent survey by the Massachusetts Securities Division found that 44 percent of the state's investment advisers use at least one social media site. More are expected to use social media within the next year.

Social networking sites, however, have caused a great deal of angst for compliance departments at firms. Many compliance professionals have worried that using social media would expose their firms to scrutiny from regulators for, among other things, not saving copies of the messages sent through the sites.

But findings from industry regulators suggest that some firms are not taking that scrutiny as seriously as they once did, and brokerages that still prohibit social media use can be sloppy about making their policies known.

For example, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the retail brokerage industry's self-funded regulator, asked questions about social media in more than 1,000 brokerage examinations since mid-2010. Not having a social media policy in place - even one prohibiting the use of social media - was the most common violation of industry regulations, according to Amy Sochard, director of advertising regulation at FINRA.

But simply adopting a policy does not guarantee a smooth examination, a periodic regulatory review for brokerages. Failing to enforce existing social media policies, whether through record keeping or the storage of electronic communications, was the second most common violation, Sochard said at a recent FINRA conference.

Similar problems are cropping up at registered investment advisers, which are regulated by the SEC and by state regulators.

HOW ONE FIRM FELL SHORT

A recent follow-up letter to a registered investment adviser examined by a state regulator gives clues about the scrutiny firms can expect as they ramp up social media communications.

In the letter, obtained by Reuters, the regulator said the investment adviser did not create and outline proper procedures for social media use and did not adequately train employees. Simple guidelines, however, such as what types of posts were allowed or not, did not exist.

The source who provided the letter to Reuters asked that neither the firm nor the state involved be identified.

The firm, whose employees often used LinkedIn and Facebook, also fell short by not checking up on their activities there, even though it hired an outside company to save messages employees sent through the sites. The regulator suggested mapping out a periodic review of those details.

Investment firms "are shooting themselves in the foot," said Scott Peterson, co-founder of Relay Station Social Media LLC, a Washington-based consultancy. "Social media is its own kind of animal" and requires a policy of its own, he said.

Regulators typically send so-called "exam deficiency" letters after examinations of both brokerages and investment advisers to outline compliance problems that a firm needs to correct.

Another issue for compliance professionals is crafting a clear policy to require prior approval of employees' posts to the site, or spelling out procedures for ensuring that employees are acting in the best interests of their clients, in the event employees post investment recommendations.

WHAT DOES 'LIKE' MEAN?

An ongoing struggle for advisers is uncertainty over whether investors who click the "like" button on an adviser's Facebook pages are effectively giving testimonials, or a positive endorsement about the adviser. Similar questions also apply to recommendations clients may write for an adviser on professional networking sites, such as LinkedIn.

Use of client testimonials about an adviser's investment skills is a heavily regulated area.

The practice is severely restricted for brokerages and not even permitted for registered investment advisers. Still, there is little clarity from regulators about whether they may construe a "like" as a "testimonial." The SEC, in guidance from examination results it published in February, mentioned the concern, but left the question open.

Firms that are already concerned about clients "liking" their advisers on Facebook may be even more jittery after seeing how that detail was addressed during the state examination.

The state regulator asked the adviser to provide an explanation about why it does not consider a "like" on Facebook to be considered a testimonial.

If the adviser cannot provide that explanation, it will have to disable the "like" button, according to the letter.

One state that is among the few that are more specific is Massachusetts. Guidance released by Massachusetts securities regulators in January concluded that clicking the "like" button on Facebook, without further client commentary, is not considered a testimonial.

But uncertainty over "liking" and more social media issues in other jurisdictions will eventually lead to additional input from regulators, said Paul Cox, chief executive of Business Compliance Partners, a San Diego-based compliance consulting firm.

"At the current volume of social media deficiencies discovered during examinations, creating new rules and issuing new guidance will be warranted and required in the future," Cox said.

(Reporting By Jason Wallace of Thomson Reuters Accelus and Suzanne Barlyn; Editing by Walden Siew and Leslie Adler)

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Home equity loan: Cheap finance with ease | Finance World

May 30 2012

A sweet home becomes sweeter when it acts as an asset during tough times. Home equity loan provide borrowers with a solution to release the equity in their home. You need not sell your home to get the money you need. This particular loan will be secured on the borrower?s home, without affecting his or her existing mortgage. These loans allow people to borrow the money at relatively low rate of interest and manageable monthly payments. The biggest advantage of a home equity loan is that interest on it is tax deductible. With a home equity loan, one can borrow a percentage of his or her home?s value. A borrower can use this loan for any purpose.

Such loans can be used for making improvements at home. These improvements may increase the value of the home. Home equity loans have become increasingly popular in the past few years. With property values rising, more people have realized the benefits. They allow you to borrow a certain amount of money, using your home?s equity as collateral. Most people use this amount for debt consolidation, college educations, vacations or car purchases. It is a secured loan. All secured loans are cheaper in terms of the rate of interest. This secured loan is appreciated over other loans because lenders are more lenient about the terms and conditions.

The home owners can utilize this financial help for any purpose as it is cheaper than most other types of loans. The home equity loan application requirements are quite simple. The additional details for equity loan application include the proof for ownership of home, and the proof for your current equity in home. The main advantage of these loans is its longer repayment periods. Most of the people intend to apply for such loans, in order renovate or reconstruct their home. Don?t apply for these loans just for the sake of it. Apply for it when you are in an emergency or in a need of money. These are also known as second mortgage loans. Such loans help a borrower get the cash in their home without selling it.

About the Author: Aaden Marsh is Advisor of Home Equity Loans Australia.For any information regarding Home Equity loans, Seniors home equity loans visit http://www.homeequityloansau.com

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Music takes center stage at MTV Movie Awards

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Beijing standard rent exists - appliance parts, ge parts, air ...

May 25th is Beijing city lives build appoint ?published on the city rental housing per capita residential area standards related issues notice (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)? deadline, the ?opinions? published in the time specified rental housing structure and per capita living area. ?Economic reference Daily News? reporter recently interview discovery, the imbalance between supply and demand of Beijing housing rental market, ?segmentation rental? and other illegal phenomenon still exists.?Not division, the per capita area of not less than five square meters?In May 9th, Beijing city lives build appoint jointly with city planning, public security, health and other departments, drafting and published the ?published on the city rental housing per capita residential area standards related issues notice?. Which clearly: rental housing in each room housing a number not more than two people; the per capita living area shall not be less than five square meters.In addition, ?opinions? stressed out, ?the city rental housing, should be based on plan design for living space for the smallest room rental units, housing may change the internal structure segmentation rental, not in accordance with room for rent. Kitchen, toilet, balcony and underground storage room shall not be leased for staff housing?.Chain of home real estate market research department of Chen Xue analysis, the published ?draft?, can be regarded as the Beijing municipal leasing market in previous management provisions added, and some defining standards of refinement. ?If every room living population, per capita living area and how to calculate actual living area?.Chen Xue told the ?Economic Information Daily? reporter, the last year Beijing city hall on the ?Beijing housing lease management a number of provisions? content adjustment did not mention. ?The announcement of the? opinions ?have been relatively perfect. Only the actual execution, still need other measures.?According to the Beijing city lives build appoint relevant responsible person said, according to the ?draft? in the regulations, and personnel engaged in real estate intermediary Housing leasing brokerage business, if the violation of rental housing conditions, change the interior structural segmentation rental, will be strictly. At the same time, real estate intermediary to release information, release false advertisement or false information, to comply with the terms of the transaction of low-income housing and the prohibition of trading houses to provide brokerage services, to deceive both earn price difference, also will be strictly.Leasing market did not appear to change significantlyHowever, ?the draft? in residential construction site published since the first half, did not cause the market intermediary organization and the tenants of the attention. This reporter recently discovered, according to ?opinions? on the number of living area, per capita, forbidden to divide the rental limit standard, intermediary institutions has not appear relevant adjustment measures.Xiang in Beijing to purchase real estate brokers Limited a broker told reporters, in Chaoyang District east tetracylie nearby, ?partition? generally in the month hires 500 yuan to 1000 yuan, the area is six square metres to 10 square metres, but this housing has no lack of tenants.According to another brokerage agencies to ?economic reference Daily News? reporter provides a statistical data, from the traditional lease season from February to May, Beijing housing rental market, the average daily turnover growth were 215%, -33.8%, -17.9%, -1.6%, a monthly downward trend. And the price, only in the rental season February annulus rises to 2.6%, 3, keep balance basically April, 6985 rose 1% since May.The in-house personage tells a reporter, Beijing city the announcement of the ?draft? did not significantly alter the market expectations, in trading volume and price at present do not see obvious effect.Chain of home real estate also said, Beijing rental market situation still obvious flat-share trend. The first quarter of this year, more than 90 square meters of small-sized apartment accounted for 30%, compared with a quarter of last year rose 5 percentage points, the proportion of rented to reach 40%. ?Small-sized apartment demand increased, mean flat-share scale is gradually expanding?.Standard rent existsIn fact, Beijing part area rental market dwelling phenomenon has been very serious. The sources told reporters, individual dwelling house, living room area or even less than 3 square meters, a 90 square meters of housing is often divided into seven or eight rooms, the tenant is in above of 10 person. ?These do not meet the standard rent, in addition to the internal structure was changed in the obscure, actual living area also can accurately measure, safety course.?"Moreover, in view of these banned? segmentation rental ?phenomenon, did not see the city lives build appoint relevant punishment measures.? The sources said. ?Against housing rental market rectify management has not obvious effect.? In fact, as early as in 2011 FebruaryDepartment of housing and urbanRelease a new version of ?commodity housing rental management approach?, the housing rental market partition, partition group hire behavior once banned, ?hit him? for the maximum fine of 30000 yuan.Chen Xue told the ?Economic Information Daily? reporter, Beijing rental market and the second city in the imbalance situation very prominent. Even in the off-season supply ratio in 1:2 about.6, this fact makes flat-share real prevalence become inevitable. In addition, the leasing market itself characteristic, to contract proportion he also increased the superintendency difficulty. These factors caused the rental market of some problems difficult to solve, therefore ?draft? specific fulfil still need some supporting measures. Among them, the leasing market requires a relatively open, uniform and convenient registration platform.

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Opposing DOMA ? OutServe Magazine

Charlie Morgan?s voice has been muted by cancer. It has spread and is putting pressure on her vocal cords. But while she speaks with a soft whisper now, her voice has never been louder. Her fight to ensure her small and loving family is taken care of in the event the cancer overcomes her life is being heard loudly. From the local papers in New Hampshire to the halls of Congress, Charlie and Karen Morgan are the national faces of resistance to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Charlie, now a chief warrant officer in the New Hampshire National Guard, met her wife to-be, Karen, in 1997 while working for the local newspaper in Lexington, Ky. They were introduced through a mutual friend on casual terms. Their first date was to a Lilith Fair concert?a fitting beginning to their 15-year relationship where their family enjoys activities based on musical events, especially at wineries.

As soon as Vermont made civil unions available in 2000, the two tied the knot there. ?We thought civil unions were equal to marriage until last year,? relayed Karen, who spoke for both her and Charlie through the interview, given Charlie?s difficulty speaking. The two officially wed only recently in a small ceremony among family and friends in New Hampshire on the same day their civil union was dissolved. They wanted no gap in time for their relationship. ?It was very important to us emotionally.?

The two changed their name to Morgan during their original commitment. They had talked about hyphenating their name, but decided a new name was symbolic of starting a new life together. They chose Morgan because of its water element symbolism and the water?s references to strength and commitment. In the dawn of their biggest fight later in life, they have found that water has provided them solace and comfort.

Charlie is the first woman Karen had ever been with and she came out to her family after the two made a commitment to each other. ?At that point, I realized I?d tell the people important in my life. I was going to be who I am, and I?m very happy with who I am,? said Karen.

Charlie, on the other hand, came out much earlier in life. She had been on active duty as a motor pool clerk and returned from her post in Germany to Fort Hood, Texas in 1984, at only 19 years old. Before signing in, she visited her mother and brought a friend with her. She wanted to talk to her mom about her friend, but her mom replied before Charlie could say anything, ?If you?re going to tell me you?re gay, then I already know that.? Charlie was speechless and maintains a good relationship with her family today.

The two met while Charlie was a civilian, having separated from the Army in 1992, but she hadn?t been a civilian for long. ?I remember when we met, she still did things like she was in the military, folding her clothes and organizing her drawers,? said Karen.

MAKING OF A FAMILY

During the winter, the two live in a quaint, ranch-style home overlooking the sea coast in Rye, N.H., just outside of Portsmouth. From their kitchen table, they enjoy the calming view of the sea. On warmer nights, the two enjoy a glass of wine on their deck where they listen to the bell buoys ring in the ocean. In the summer, when their daughter Casey Elena, 5, is out of school, they stay with Karen?s elderly parents in the lakes region, making their winter rental near the beach affordable. Water is indeed an important element in their family.

It was Casey Elena, though, that brought the family north from Kentucky, where the three had built a home. There, Charlie had been a business teacher in a rural community, and Karen worked in equine management and at the newspaper. Before Casey Elena was born, the two had been foster parents.

?Being foster parents was something we felt strongly we needed to do to give back to the community,? they said. ?We knew we wanted to be parents and it absolutely changed our lives in a positive way.?

But working didn?t suit the parental lifestyle Karen had fallen into, so she became a full-time mom, while Charlie became the family?s full-time breadwinner. Charlie re-entered the Army as a National Guard soldier in 2004, while still teaching high school business.

?I love my family. I love Charlie. And I love my country,? said Karen. ?I?m so proud of Charlie?s service.?

Wanting to move to a place where they could find more acceptance of their family and be closer to grandparents and cousins, they headed to New Hampshire. Casey Elena attends a small Montessori school with a diverse curriculum, and they now live in a more supportive community.

?She has the best possible place to grow up,? the couple said. ?As a family, we love to do outdoorsy things like hiking, biking and going to the beach. Our daughter loves to bowl, and within a few years, she is going to be better than either of us. We do things that draw us together as a family.?

Karen takes Casey Elana to the beach almost every day, while Charlie?s unit has accommodated her health issues by allowing her to telecommute from home. There, she is able to manage the state Guard?s education services. On days she isn?t up to it, she curls up on the couch under a blanket that Casey Elena brings her ?mama? and watches the sea from their large picture window as Casey Elena frolics in the sand. Charlie is mama while Karen is mommy.

?She?s a really creative child,? they said. ?She?s very into painting, drawing and projects. She also does gymnastics, dance, and she loved her preschool soccer camp last summer. We want her to grow up honest and proud. After ?Don?t Ask Don?t Tell? (DADT), we could teach her those lessons.?

A TRIP TO REMEMBER

The family also loves to travel when they can, learning about new people and cultures. In fulfilling something on the family?s bucket list, OutServe raised money for them to go to Hawaii over Valentine?s Day 2012, as they didn?t have the financial resources for such a trip. People donated airline miles, paid for their hotels, gave them tickets for activities, and lent them a Jeep.

?This is the way the military takes care of its own,? they said. ?OutServe took care of us the way the rest of the military does for others. We want to say thank you to everybody, especially Jeffry Priela-Tam, one of the OutServe Hawaii chapter leaders, and Sue Fulton, who facilitated so much of the trip. It was life-changing and created a whole new book of family memories for us.?

LIVING UNDER DADT

To the casual observer, there is nothing different about their family than any other. But they have had their trials and tribulations, especially living under DADT.

?Before DADT, we really had two separate lives,? they said. ?We had our personal life with our family, and Charlie had her military life. We didn?t let the two mingle.?

It was an isolating time for Karen because she didn?t have the ability to freely converse about her experiences as a military wife to other military spouses. This emotion really came to a head when Charlie was given less than 24-hours notice to deploy for three weeks to the gulf coast in response to Hurricane Katrina. There, she supported a unit that hauled food and water to people in need. Charlie, the ever-organized professional, quickly made her business class lesson plans available to a substitute in a scramble.

But from Karen?s perspective, it was scary. ?What if something happens while she?s away? Will they know to contact me? The answer was no,? she said.

Hurricane Katrina happened only a year after the couple deliberated what it meant for Charlie to re-enter service after a 12-year break. At the time, the couple was living openly.

?We were true to ourselves. Everybody in our life knew about our relationship and our family,? they said. ?What that meant, essentially, was that for the first time, we couldn?t be a part of each other?s life.?

The two endured another deployment as Charlie left for a year in September, 2010. She had just been given a clean bill of health from her first bout of cancer and the brigade needed an equal opportunity officer in Kuwait. It was an interesting deployment as she got an inside view of the demise of DADT, given her official duties.

With eight months? notice, the two also had more in place for this deployment, especially communication. At Casey Elena?s stage of development, it was important for the couple to ensure the bond remained strong between momma and daughter. At the same time, communication for Karen and Charlie was difficult because they were on constant guard, even afraid to sign cards ?with love.?

To other couples facing deployment, the two advise, ?Plan your communications as much as you can in advance and make that commitment to each other. It?s really important to take that time. You?re living two different lives, apart. As a married couple, our priority was the few minutes we had to talk.?

They also said it is important for each person in the relationship to have a source of support. For Charlie, it was her first-line supervisor and her roommate, 1LT Jenifer Donovan. Lieutenant Donovan?s experience as a conservative person against same-sex marriage changed upon meeting Charlie. Her story is told in a sidebar to this article.

For Karen, she applauds the end of DADT as spouses at home will be able to access family readiness groups as a source of support in the future.

Charlie redeployed during DADT?s 60-day certification period in August 2011. The family celebrated in Boston like it was New Years? Eve. The eve of the Repeal, Charlie was approached by OutServe to be on MSNBC, where she came out nationally on Sept 20, 2011.

?I felt really proud to do that,? said Charlie. ?It was the first time I could, in a professional capacity, say that I was a lesbian in the military and that I loved my family and my country.?

The two kept Casey Elena home from school that day, as it was a family celebration. ?She understands in some capacity that it was a very special day,? they said.

STRENGTHENING MARRIAGE

The couple?s first experience as LGBT advocates occurred when Charlie requested an exception to policy to allow Karen to attend the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program from New Hampshire?s Adjutant General, Air Force Maj Gen William N. Reddel. The Yellow Ribbon Program exists for all services? guardsmen and reservists who return home to civilian life after deployment and must reintegrate into their former lives. Whereas active duty soldiers have such resources on their bases and from their units, citizen soldiers often spread with the four winds upon returning and don?t have easy access to such programs and resources.

General Reddel, acting on inaccurate information from his lawyers, returned a letter to the Morgans denying the exception to policy and barring Karen from attending the program, citing DOMA.

?It was heartbreaking,? they said. ?The purpose of Yellow Ribbon is to support families. We wanted to go as a married couple and attend a specific session called ?Strengthening Marriage.??

Note that this denial occurred after DADT repeal certification but before Sept. 20?s repeal. New Hampshire Sen. Jean Shaheen got wind of the situation and intervened on the couple?s behalf, allowing Karen to attend.

?I was so nervous about going after the hoopla,? said Karen. ?It became a big deal. I wondered if it would be hostile or friendly. But the brigade commander and deputy adjutant general welcomed us and were very supportive and cordial. On the way out, the general told us, ?Please don?t stop here. Continue to fight what you?re fighting for.??

Ironically, the contractor hired to teach the Strengthening Marriage session was a lesbian, using her own experiences with her partner as examples during the class.

Returning from the desert, it was nice for Charlie to return to her seaside home. ?It?s uplifting and spiritual to live near the ocean,? they said.

CANCER STRIKES AGAIN

But after her return, Charlie?s cancer came back. She has a reoccurrence of stage IV breast cancer, which has spread to her lymph nodes. It is metastatic. It is incurable. Today, the last session of chemotherapy is working its way out of her body and she is feeling a little better. But doctors say this last treatment wasn?t effective. By the time of this publication, the couple will have travelled to Boston for a second opinion, but Charlie has already decided she doesn?t want to go through chemo again.

?It completely takes you down. It?s exhausting. I don?t feel like myself,? she said. ?I?m willing to listen to what they have to say. And we?ve talked about our needs, physically and spiritually.?

A typical appointment now is an all-day affair. By the time they get home, they are whipped, but their family, community, Unitarian Universalist church, and Casey Elena?s school have rallied in support. Together, they provide logistical help like preparing meals and watching their daughter. Charlie?s unit and her family readiness group have also helped.

?People have reached out with those really practical needs, but also on an emotional level,? they said. ?The commitment we?ve made to each other is really strong and that carries us through.?

ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE

But despite the love, strength and support that exists for the Morgans, their biggest worry is that they could lose Charlie without resolution to the question of future support for her family, which Charlie has clearly earned through her service to the country.

Despite being legally married (and being the epitome of a loving, stable family in every way), Karen, who is a full-time, stay-at-home mom today, will not have the luxury of health insurance, Veterans Administration benefits, access to base, or social security that a straight couple in their situation would have if Charlie dies. Next year, Karen plans to begin teaching special education, having earned another degree to become the new breadwinner for the family.

Together, these benefits, known as ?survivor benefits,? are the same things Charlie?s mother used to sustain her family when growing up after losing Charlie?s military father. Survivor benefits are a monthly allotment meant to help care for family in cases where a military spouse passes away during service or in retirement.

These benefits do not exist for gay and lesbian military families because DOMA prevents the Department of Defense from officially recognizing such relationships, effectively creating a two-tier system of benefits that divides gay and straight families.

Charlie took her story to Congress to advocate repeal of DOMA. When she met with her district?s congressman, Rep. Frank Guinta (R-NH), he wasn?t aware that gay couples were denied federal benefits. He had thought that because his state recognized same-sex marriage, military and federal employee spouses were entitled to the same benefits to which a straight couple in New Hampshire had access. But that?s not the case, and Charlie relayed to him her frustration with DOMA.

She then took her message directly to Speaker of the House John Boehner.

?I would like the Speaker to know, as a member of the Active Guard, that I laid my life on the line for my country,? said Charlie. ?Now I need my country to protect and take care of my family. My wife and daughter face an uncertain future, unable to receive the same family support and services as our counterparts who render the same service, take the same risks, and make the same sacrifices. Time is of the essence.?

After a public status-check to Speaker Boehner?s office by the Huffington Post regarding Charlie?s request for an audience with him, she was able to personally deliver her message to his chief policy advisor, but not directly to the Speaker himself. The meeting went well, and she left behind a pamphlet for the Speaker with photos and information about her and her family.

Charlie?s former business students, with whom she left a positive, lasting impression, joined in the Morgans? advocacy efforts, writing to Speaker Boehner?s office.

LAWSUIT

Because of Charlie?s cancer, the Morgans are one of the better-known co-plaintiffs among eight other couples in McLaughlin v. Panetta, a lawsuit filed on behalf of gay troops and veterans by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, pending before the District Court of Massachusetts.

Despite the Obama Administration?s refusal to defend DOMA in court, Republican leaders have spent more than $750,000 defending the law, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that figure to soar to $1.5 million by the end of 2012.

Despite the ongoing litigation, their lawyers have advised that there are things the military can do to ease the burden, but they couldn?t comment further, given the ongoing legal proceedings.

Before entering this fight so publicly, the Morgans discussed it. ?This was a family endeavor, and we support each other in it,? they said. ?It needs to be done. It is an important issue in our life, but it reaches so far beyond our lives. There are other families out there who can?t speak openly because of where they live, their rank or other factors. We can speak, so we should.?

Time really is of the essence for the couple, given Charlie?s declining condition.

?We are optimistic that we?ll have a positive outcome, but the truth is we don?t know for sure,? they said. ?We want to stay optimistic, enjoy life, and not take any moment for granted.?

To help pass the time, Karen and Charlie have worked on a memoir of their life and experiences, titled, ?Personal Courage,? for which they are currently seeking a publishing agent.

For more on Charlie Morgan?s story, including photos, letters from friends, and a moving story about her trip to Hawaii, view the May/June issue of OutServe Magazine here.

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Alcatel outs 4.5-inch, 720p OT986 smartphone with Ice Cream Sandwich in China

Alcatel is relatively a newcomer to the world of smartphone manufacturing, but the company's latest handset is certainly bound to turn some heads. Dubbed "OT986," this 4.5-inch device packs a hefty amount of all-around power (unlike that Venture), starting with its 1280 x 720 HD, IPS display, which is paired nicely alongside a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU (TI OMAP 4460), one gig of RAM and 8GB of internal storage -- and, there's also a lower-end model sporting a 1.2GHz processor and a mere 4GB of built-in storage. Furthermore, Alcatel's new Ice Cream Sandwich slab is said to hit the Chinese market under the TCL S900 moniker for 1,999 yuan (about $314), but deets are still cloudy on whether it'll be stuffed with the same juicy specs as the aforementioned OT986. While we wait to hear which other countries the device will make its way into, though, you can hit the source link below to gander at some extra eye candy.

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Powerful Angels blast Yankees for 8th straight win

New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte throws in the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte stands on the mound as Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols, background left, rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte gestures during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols celebrates his two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin, background right, tags out Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout in the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ? Dan Haren stood at his locker and tried to run through all of the Los Angeles Angels' superlatives in his head, from those two tape-measure homers to several sparkling defensive plays ? and his own stellar pitching, of course.

Haren feels like the Angels are putting together a highlight reel during each night of their eight-game winning streak, and he's grateful to watch it from the mound.

Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo homered, Haren pitched into the eighth inning, and the Angels extended their longest winning streak in nearly three years with a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

"We're being who we are, and this is who we expected to be coming out of spring training," said Haren, who won at home for the first time this season.

Rookie Mike Trout hit a run-scoring triple and made two jaw-dropping defensive plays for the Angels, who have won 11 of 15. After a rough start to a season of high expectations, Los Angeles (26-25) is above .500 for the first time since opening day.

"We're on a good roll now, and we've got to ride this as long as we can," Trumbo said.

Pujols hit a two-run shot for his 453rd career homer in the third inning, breaking a 34th-place tie with Carl Yastrzemski on baseball's career list. Trumbo followed up his game-ending shot Monday night by putting a solo shot deep into the fake rock pile behind center field at Angel Stadium in the sixth inning, a drive estimated at 443 feet.

Howie Kendrick also had a run-scoring single for the Angels, who hadn't won eight straight since July 2009. They haven't won nine in a row since 2005.

"When you're not swinging the bat, you're going to look dead," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "We probably looked dead for a month. (Showing) life is just a by-product of starting to swing the bats."

Haren (3-5) gave up eight hits with seven strikeouts and no walks, coming through with a strong start after the Los Angeles bullpen had to pitch nine innings in relief of injured ace Jered Weaver during Monday's 9-8 victory. After a four-game losing streak, the three-time All-Star has won two straight starts in overwhelming fashion, with 21 strikeouts and no walks in 16 innings.

Andy Pettitte (2-2) yielded nine hits and five runs over seven-plus innings in another solid start for the Yankees, but his teammates couldn't counteract the Angels' plate power and defensive prowess.

Trout and Peter Bourjos also made spectacular outfield catches on long drives by Nick Swisher, slamming into the wall to rob him of extra-base hits in the second and seventh innings. Bourjos tracked down yet another long drive by Swisher in the eighth, making the catch on the run to strand two New York runners.

"What are you going to do, man?" Swisher asked. "I swung the bat super well, and didn't have anything to show for it. They've got some track stars out there in center and left. Maybe I need to start hitting it to right. Keeping us to one run is pretty impressive."

Swisher had a run-scoring single when he wasn't getting robbed by the Angels' young outfielders, but the Yankees lost their second straight after a five-game win streak.

"It's pretty hard to say you're going to see an outfield that fast," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Their defense was what kept us from scoring runs tonight. ... I thought our guys did a good job to give us a chance."

Ernesto Frieri struck out Robinson Cano with the bases loaded to end a hair-raising ninth inning. The Colombian right-hander recorded his 24th and 25th strikeouts in 12 hitless innings since the Angels acquired him on May 3, but Frieri also issued two walks with one out. After Trout made a diving catch in left, Frieri hit Alex Rodriguez to load the bases before fanning Cano.

Derek Jeter went 2 for 4 with a walk on the 17th anniversary of his major league debut with the Yankees, who passed the midway point of a nine-game road trip. The captain leads the AL with 70 hits, including 20 multihit games.

Pujols' two-run shot in the third inning was his fifth homer in eight games, his seventh in the past 14 days and his eighth of May. The three-time NL MVP has followed up his homerless April with a taste of the ferocious power Los Angeles expected to get from its $240 million investment, including 23 RBIs in his last 23 games.

Torii Hunter played right field and went 1 for 4 with a sixth-inning single in his first game since leaving the Angels on May 14 to deal with his teenage son's arrest in a sexual assault investigation. The veteran outfielder missed 15 games.

NOTES: After struggling with his control earlier in the season, Haren has walked one batter in 22 2-3 innings over his last three starts. ... Pujols' homer was his first off Pettitte in 25 career at-bats. ... Ivan Nova takes the mound for the Yankees in Wednesday night's series finale. The Angels go for the sweep behind Ervin Santana.

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