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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Archbishop says Church speaks for the poor in battle with payday lenders
Archbishop says Church speaks for the poor in battle with payday lenders
12:36am Tuesday 30th July 2013 in News
THE Church of England is speaking for the poor in its opposition to payday lenders, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
The Most Rev Justin Welby, formerly Bishop of Durham, said he had received an unusual number of positive responses since he told short-term, high-cost credit firm Wonga that the Church wants to compete it out of existence as part of its plans to expand credit unions.
It has since emerged that the Church of England indirectly invested ?75,000 in Wonga, out of investments totalling ?5.2bn, which Mr Welby acknowledged was "very embarrassing" following his remarks about the payday industry.
Speaking at an event organised by the New Wine church movement, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, the Archbishop described the recent coverage as "astonishing" but insisted the feedback he had received had been overwhelmingly positive.
"The last few days have been astonishing with this affair over the payday lenders," he said.
"For a start, the positive comments have outweighed the negative - which in the letters that come to me is unusual.
"What people have commented on is a church speaking for the poor. And when the Church is real, people pay attention."
Mr Welby has suggested a comprehensive review of the Church's investment portfolio could take place following the revelation of its link with Wonga.
The Church of England leader proceeded to heap praise on Wonga and its management on Friday, appearing to distance himself from comments he had made about the company the day before, saying he wanted to compete it out of existence.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Funnily enough, I never took on Wonga in particular. The context was talking about the entire payday lender movement. Wonga is actually a very professionally managed company. Errol Damelin, the chief executive, is a very clever man, runs it extremely well."
He insisted, however, that he was not backtracking from his commitment to clamp down on irresponsible lenders.
"We need to provide a proper alternative to these very, very costly forms of finance. The worst people are not Wonga. There are plenty of others much worse," he said.
Mr Welby's campaign against payday lenders has been backed by Business Secretary Vince Cable, who said the Government was looking at better regulation of the industry as well as a bar on advertising high-interest loans to people who can ill afford to pay them back.
The Northern Echo also pledged to provide free advertising for credit unions in an effort to dissuade people from using other money lenders.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Trying to save part of Rosie the Riveter's factory
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ? The Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a "man's work" by building World War II-era bombers, making her an enduring symbol of American female empowerment, will be demolished if money can't be found to save it.
The Willow Run Bomber Plant, a 332-acre former Ford Motor Co. factory west of Detroit that churned out nearly 9,000 B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II, is slated to be torn down unless a group can raise $3.5 million by Thursday to convert at least some of the structure into a new, expanded home for the nearby Yankee Air Museum.
"The younger generation needs to know what people went through and be able to go and see what they did and how they did it for our country," Larry Doe, a 70-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident who has given to the cause, said recently before joining other donors for a trip on a B-17.
Although women performed what had been male-dominated roles in plants all over the country during the war, it was a Willow Run worker ? one of an untold number of women in its 40,000-person workforce ? who caught the eye of Hollywood producers casting a "riveter" for a government film about the war effort at home.
Rose Will Monroe, a Kentucky native who moved to Michigan during the war, starred as herself in the film and became one of the best-known figures of that era. She represented the thousands of Rosies who took factory jobs making munitions, weaponry and other things while the nation's men were off fighting in Europe and the Pacific.
Although many Rosies were let go once the war was over and the soldiers returned home, they had shown that women were capable of doing jobs that had traditionally been done by only men. An illustrated poster of a determined-looking Rosie the Riveter rolling up her sleeve with the slogan, "We can do it!," became an iconic symbol of female empowerment for American women.
The Willow Run factory went back to making automobiles after the war ended, and it did so for more than a half-century under the General Motors name before closing for good in 2010.
Now, Doe and other donors are hoping to save at least some of the massive structure to convert it into the new home of the Yankee Air Museum. The museum's original headquarters burned down in 2004, and it is currently housed at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, which is near Ypsilanti Township, where the plant is located.
"We now have the opportunity to actually take a piece of this plant. It's due to be demolished over the next two or three years," said Dennis Norton, president of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation. "There's no further use for it. It's too big. It's too old to be used in modern-day manufacturing."
Organizers of the "Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant" campaign say they need $8 million to fund their "separation" plan. They want to acquire part of the 5 million-square-foot plant, secure it and re-establish utility services such as water, gas and electric.
They have raised $4.5 million of what they need and are hoping to entice major donors to come forward with six- and seven-figure commitments.
Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing two weeks ago isn't expected to have any effect on fundraising, said Dan Pierce, a spokesman for the effort.
"We have not heard this from any prospective donors and don't think we will," he said.
Yankee Air Museum backers are hoping to tap into some of that patented Rosie resolve in their efforts to transform Willow Run.
The hulking facility currently is in the hands of the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust, which took over sites around the country left behind in the bankruptcy of GM.
Much of the plant has fallen into disrepair, including the portion the Yankee Air Museum is eyeing. The factory floor is littered with debris that sits among rusted-out and busted-up equipment once used to make transmissions.
Norton and his colleagues hope to change that soon.
The millions left to raise represents "a significant amount of money," he said.
"However, if we didn't think we could do it, we wouldn't have started it in the first place."
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Whitecaps lose second straight match as Hoppenot leads Union to 1-0 win
Second-half substitute Antoine Hoppenot?s goal in the 85th minute gave the Philadelphia Union a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer action Saturday.
Philadelphia (9-6-7) remained unbeaten in three games, while the Whitecaps (9-6-6) suffered their second straight loss, and their first of the season at home.
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Hoppenot scored off a Philadelphia counter-attack moments after Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath had robbed Whitecaps striker Camilo at the other end of the pitch. The loss spoiled a valiant effort from the Whitecaps, who played a man short most of the game.
The setback also deprived Vancouver goalkeeper Brad Knighton of a chance to beat his former squad after being released by Philadelphia following the 2010 season and forced to play a campaign in a lower-tier circuit. Knighton made some timely saves, but now, after his second consecutive loss, risks losing his starter spot to former Danish Superliga star David Ousted, who was signed in June.
The Whitecaps were forced to play with 10 men after midfielder Jun Marques Davidson received a red card for head-butting Keon Daniel in the back. The incident resulted after Keon kicked the ball while Davidson was on top of it after a whistle.
The Union player earned a yellow card for the infraction and had turned and started to walk away following a face-to-face confrontation with Davidson when the Whitecap decided to seek some revenge.
Davidson, Whitecaps players and coach Martin Rennie protested the ejection to no avail. Following the incident, Daniel was booed every time he touched the ball before subbing out in the second half.
Despite being shorthanded, the Whitecaps enjoyed several scoring chances, while Philadelphia offered the occasional threat.
Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert had a great chance in the 15th minute as he lobbed a Kenny Miller pass over Philadelphia goalkeeper Zac MacMath, but the ball also went over the net, resting on top of it.
One Union chance came around the 20-minute mark, as Daniel blocked Vancouver goalkeeper Knighton?s kick, forcing the ?keeper to check the rebound away from former Whitecap Sebastien Le Toux.
The Whitecaps were fortunate not to lose Knighton after he and Philadelphia captain Jack McInernerey knocked heads in the 24th minute. Knighton lay face-down on the ground for a few moments, kicking the grass in pain and was tended by trainers, but stayed in the game.
McInerney received a yellow card for his involvement.
In the 27th minute, Vancouver?s Young-Pyo Lee shot over the net after taking a pass from Russell Teibert. Seven minutes later, Whitecaps striker Kenny Miller sent a header wide of the net.
Teibert had another chance 10 minutes later, but he fired Camilo?s free-kick-turned-pass from the left flank wide. After eluding two defenders, Miller shot wide from just inside the top of the Union box in the 40th minute.
The Whitecaps lost Miller to an injury just two minutes into the second half.
But Vancouver?s scoring chances kept coming. MacMath blocked Camilo?s shot from just inside the left corner of the box in the 49th minute after the Whitecap striker had eluded defenders and raced in on goal alone.
In the 49th minute, Miller?s replacement, 18-year-old Kekuta Manneh hit the post after MacMath barely managed to get his foot on the shot from the right side of the box.
Manneh had another excellent opportunity in the 68th minute, but MacMath jumped to catch his shot from the top of the box. Moments later, Knighton blocked Hoppenot?s shot from close range with his head.
The Whitecaps lost central defender Brad Rusin in the 81st minute after he was hurt blocking a shot. He was replaced by Carlyle Mitchell.
Camilo had another chance in the 84th minute as he took a through ball from Gershon Koffie and fired a shot from close range at MacMath. But the Philly goalkeeper covered the angle well and knocked the ball away.
Vancouver?s luck ran out a minute later as Mitchell gave the ball away, fell and then could not get up in time to prevent it from going to Hoppenot.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, DC for 360-degree surveillance
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A pair of high-tech Army blimps is coming to the greater Washington, DC area, and soon they will be able to provide the military with surveillance powers that spans hundreds of millions of acres from North Carolina to Niagara Falls, Canada.
The airships are part of Raytheon?s Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, and when all is said and done they?ll offer the United States military what the defense contractor calls ?an affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system? that relies on ?a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats.?
Raytheon has just wrapped up a six-week testing period in the state of Utah and is now sending its JLENS fleet to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Once there, the Army intends to get some hands-on experience that will eventually culminate in launching the pair of airships over Washington, DC.
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Once above the nation?s capital, JLENS will allow the Army to see for 320 miles in any direction from 10,000 feet above the earth. The system can be set up to operate on its own for an entire month without requiring refueling, and offers the Pentagon surveillance capabilities that dwarf other options at a penny of the cost.
Its manufactures say JLENS ?enables commanders to defend against threats including hostile cruise missiles, low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, large caliber rockets and moving surface vehicles such as boats, SCUD-launchers, automobiles and tanks.?
?Affordable defense from real world threats,? Raytheon touts the system on its website.
To provide that security, though, the Army will send its integrated pair of airships ? around 75 yards in length each ? high into the sky carrying ?powerful radars that can look deep into enemy territory.? First, however, the residents of the metropolitan Washington, DC area ? and those in around a dozen states stretching the mid-Atlantic into New England ? will be asked to ignore a pair of sophisticated spying machines.
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?JLENS uses advanced sensor and networking technologies to provide 360-degree, wide-area surveillance and precision target tracking,? the Defense Department found in an unclassified audit of the system conducted in late 2011. But while that tracking is designed to go after enemy drones and spot other suspicious activity, it is also touted as being able to provide a good enough image of moving land targets ? or essentially anything. In a press release from February, Raytheon said the JLENS surveillance radar can ?simultaneously track hundreds of threats.?
Of course, the surveillance ship is only half of the JLENS program. That aircraft, one of the two tethered blimp-like vessles, is equipped with the appropriate lenses to wage sophisticated surveillance missions. Also included in the package is a separate ship equal in size that contains fire control radar that picks up data about incoming threats and then communicates with separate missile systems that can then wage attacks, or counter-attacks.
?We?re proving blimps can see more than just the 50-yard line,? JLENS program director Doug Burgess told Popular Science this week. ?We really feel like we?re at the point now ? development is complete ? and the system is ready to be deployed wherever it?s needed.?
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According to PopSci, the JLENS already successfully completed two exercises in 2012 in which it guided a missile to shoot down other missiles ? one over sea, another over land.
But while the likelihood of having one of the airships shoot down an armed drone heading for the White House seems unlikely, it?s a precaution that the Army intends on being prepared for ? even at the widespread cost of losing privacy.
?When the government is conducting real-time aerial surveillance within the United States,? Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told The Huffington Post, ?there are privacy issues that need to be addressed.?
Raytheon estimates the using the JLENS instead of traditional, fixed-wing surveillance aircraft, could bring the cost of operation down by as much as 700 percent.
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Bosnian immigrant charged with lying about alleged war crimes
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Edin Sakoc during his arrest Friday in Burlington, Vt.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
A naturalized U.S. citizen living in Vermont pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he lied on his citizenship application about gruesome war crimes he is accused of having committed 21 years ago during the Bosnian war.
The man, Edin Sakoc, 54, who lives with his wife and a 6-year-old daughter in Burlington, Vt., was being held by U.S. marshals pending a court appearance Monday at which a judge will decide whether to release him pending trial.
The grand jury indictment, which was unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, alleges that Sakoc, a Bosnian Muslim, kidnapped and raped a Bosnian Serb woman and abetted the killings her mother and aunt in July 1992 ? only three months into what would become a 3?-year bloodbath as ethnic and religious factions fought over the remains of the former Yugoslavia.
That's not what he's charged with, however. The indictment formally charges him with two counts of failing to disclose the alleged crimes, first in 2004 when he applied for legal permanent residence and again in 2007 when he applied for and was granted U.S. citizenship.
If convicted, Sakoc could be sentenced to as long as 10 years in prison, fined as much as $250,000 and lose his U.S. citizenship.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn't answer a call seeking an explanation of how U.S. investigators learned about the allegations against Sakoc. The indictment was kept under seal until Friday to protect agents and sources, indicating that he was possibly identified by an informer.
Sakoc's court-appointed attorney told reporters after Friday's hearing that he had no comment but that he expected his client to be released Monday after turning in his U.S. and Bosnian passports.
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. The next month, armed conflict broke out between Bosnian Serbs and a loose coalition of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats. The conflict spread to other former Yugoslav republics, leading to the deaths of at least 140,000 people by the time peace was brokered in December 1995, the International Committee of the Red Cross estimated in 2010.
In July 1992, the indictment alleges, Sakoc and an unnamed co-conspirator kidnapped a Bosnian Serb woman from the home where she and her elderly mother and aunt had taken refuge in the town of Capljina. Sakoc assaulted and raped the woman and took her to Dretelj, a nearby prison camp where Bosnian Serbs were tortured or killed during the war, it says.
A few hours later, Sakoc and his partner returned to the home, where the unnamed second person shot and killed the woman's mother and aunt, the indictment alleges. They then burned the women's bodies and torched the house, it says.
In a statement, Bruce Foucart, the special agent in charge of ICE's office for Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, said, "Alleged human rights violators who believe they can find a safe haven in the United States are sorely mistaken.
"Even if they take on a different identity in an effort to protect themselves from prosecution, they will be discovered and they will be brought to justice for their crimes," he said.
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Hostage-taker, six others killed in Florida apartment shooting
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Seven people were shot and killed at a Miami-area apartment early Saturday, including the suspected gunman, the Miami Herald said.
The gunman, who was holding two hostages at the time, was killed by a police SWAT team after an eight-hour standoff at the apartment building in the Miami suburb of Hialeah. The standoff began with an argument between the gunman and the husband and wife who ran the building.
Police found the landlords' bodies and the bodies of four other people after they moved in and shot the suspect dead, the newspaper said.
(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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