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FEELING MINNESOTA A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1996 James Berardinelli
RATING (0 TO 10): 6.5 Alternative Scale: **1/2 out of ****
United States, 1996 U.S. Release Date: 9/13/96 (wide) Running Length: 1:35 MPAA Classification: PG-13 (Profanity, sex, violence) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Vince D'Onofrio, Cameron Diaz, Dan Aykroyd, Delroy Lindo, Tuesday Weld, Michael Rispoli, Courtney Love Director: Steven Baigleman Producers: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher Screenplay: Steven Baigleman Cinematography: Walt Lloyd Music: Los Lobos U.S. Distributor: Fine Line Features
The Soundgarden song goes, "I'm looking California and feeling Minnesota." In Steven Baigleman's FEELING MINNESOTA, the characters may be looking to Las Vegas, but they're still feeling Minnesota, which is where most of the movie takes place.
I think my most frequent complaint about movies is that they're not original enough. That's one accusation I won't be leveling at FEELING MINNESOTA, for, while this twisted romantic comedy is far from an example of perfect film making, it is quirky, offbeat, and highly original. Take a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, set them down in a universe that feels like it was created by pop-culture wannabe-god Quentin Tarantino, and throw in dashes of THE STING, Dostoevsky, and the absurdist humor of MONTY PYTHON, and you still haven't quite got what FEELING MINNESOTA is offering.
Writer/director Baigleman has cheerfully thrown all the formulas out the window. I suppose it's possible to guess at the outcome of certain events, but, in general, this movie defies prediction. Some of the twists are decidedly bizarre, but it's precisely because this movie is willing to take chances that I'm giving it a marginal recommendation. I'll admit that I didn't always feel comfortable watching FEELING MINNESOTA -- it's a gritty, grungy film with thoroughly dislikeable characters -- but I admired what Baigleman was trying to do, even when his attempts went astray.
The opening of FEELING MINNESOTA introduces us to Freddie (Cameron Diaz), who, dressed in a wedding gown, is fleeing from her former boss, Red (Delroy Lindo), an underworld-type. Red has plans to punish Freddie, who he believes stole $10,000 from him. He's going to force her to marry his most loyal employee, Sam Clayton (Vincent D'Onofrio), because, in his words, "It's the worst thing I could think to do to you." Despite the bride's reluctance, the ceremony takes place. In attendance is Sam's younger brother, Jjaks (Keanu Reeves), a repeat offender criminal who despises all of his blood relations. There is immediate electricity between Jjaks and Freddie, and, while the reception is going on outside Sam's house, the pair retires inside for some quick sex. Afterwards, when Jjaks announces his intention to hit the road again, Freddie begs him to take both her and Sam's private stock of cash with him. Then, together, they can head to Las Vegas, her vision of paradise-on-Earth.
I'm reasonably sure that Baigleman intended for FEELING MINNESOTA to be a comedy, but, primarily because the tone is so grim (people are always dying unexpectedly), it's difficult to find much that's funny.  FEELING MINNESOTA's sense of humor is bleak -- this picture is a prime example of a black comedy. I mean, two guys sitting on opposite sides of a road, pelting each other with rocks is ludicrous, but hardly likely to cause waves of uncontrollable laughter. And, as was the case in TRUE ROMANCE, the love affair between the man and woman is far less important than the one between the men and their guns.
For the most part, I'm not a big Keanu Reeves fan. But, despite his limited range, he's right for Jjaks. His performance in FEELING MINNESOTA never caused me to wince. Cameron Diaz, who has been appearing in a number of independent productions (including THE LAST SUPPER and SHE'S THE ONE) continues to show great promise. Even under all the grime of FEELING MINNESOTA, her charisma shines through. Vincent D'Onofrio, who usually plays inoffensive supporting roles, is effective here as Sam the bully. Dan Aykroyd has a sometimes-amusing, sometimes-irritating part as a crooked police officer infatuated with Freddie (his fake accent makes him sound like he wandered over from FARGO).
Ultimately, I probably liked the idea of FEELING MINNESOTA more than I enjoyed the execution. Nevertheless, when the end credits rolled, I was reasonably satisfied because I had just experienced something a little different. FEELING MINNESOTA certainly isn't everyone's cup of tea, and, despite the drawing power of Keanu Reeves, I'm not sure it was wise to expose the film to such a wide distribution (it invites disappointment). But, if you're tired of routine, "feel good", Hollywood fare and are looking for something a little Tarantino- ish and a lot unusual, FEELING MINNESOTA will leave you feeling pleasantly surprised.
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Welcome to the 285th episode of The Ivy Envy Podcast. Holy cow, the Cubs gave us a ton to talk about this week. First off...Jon Lester! The Cubs were able to sign the free agent to the largest contract in organization history. We talk about Lester and what his signing means for this off-season and the 2015 season. What it boils down to is that the Cubs are now interesting at the major league level.
The Cubs also signed Jason Hammel, after trading him to A's with Jeff Samardzija in July. The Cubs and Hammel must have liked what they saw in each other as they worked out a 2-year deal.
The Cubs added an All-Star catcher in Miguel Montero. After missing out on Russell Martin, they went out and got the catcher that is arguably the best pitch framer in baseball. What does this mean for Welington Castillo? And how bad is he, really?
Kurt runs through the players whose contracts were tendered and non-tendered by the Cubs. Corey reads some internet muscle flexes that left Andy and Kurt speechless.
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As James Baldwin once said, “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” This is true now more than ever. Some call it the “poverty tax”—the surcharge people pay for not having savings or access to “prime” credit and being consigned to “fringe finance.” Fringe finance refers to the array of “alternative” financial services (AFS) offered by providers that operate outside of federally insured banks. Gary Rivlin, author of Broke USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc., does the math; adding up the profits from the AFS sector and dividing by the forty million households that survive on $30,000 a year or less, the industry receives an average of $2,500 per year from every low-income household. That’s a “poverty tax” of around 10%, depleting the assets of low-income households. This chapter and the next chapter break down the major perils of fringe finance into those related to transactions and those related to credit. This chapter deals with transaction products and services: check cashing and prepaid cards. Chapter Eight covers credit products and services: payday loans, auto-title and pawn loans, and rent-to-own financing. Among households without access to a bank account, 62% have used an AFS transaction product or service and 27% have used an AFS credit product or service. About 23% have used both. Both chapters offer analysis and information to help you identify the common tricks and traps of fringe finance so that you can avoid them. We consider alternatives to the most expensive products and services, as well as how to save money if you’re “locked in” or have no other options. There is no one-size-fits-all strategy for personal finance. We conclude Chapter Eight by outlining some individual and collective strategies that aim to minimize or eliminate our dependence on the current debt-finance system. Investors, however, expect the stunning rates of financial extraction in the poverty industry to rise, and it has created funds to invest in startups and small firms with big growth potential in the fringe finance sector. The “market” that investors want to tap is the unbanked (people without checking or savings accounts) and the underbanked (people who rely on a combination of both “traditional” and “alternative” financial products). Why are investors so interested in this market? Not only is it a market that has previously been off their radar, it is a market that promises greater returns—even after adjusting for increased risk (otherwise, they wouldn’t be interested). In a blog post titled “Not Unbanked: Untapped,” a venture fund manager explains, “It is fair to say that most of these products are generally more expensive than what most of ‘us’ pay. APRs [annual percentage rates of interest] higher than 30% (if not 300%); transaction costs of $2+; money-transfer costs of $10+; access to payroll check for 2–4%.” The transaction services segment of AFS has seen some of the most spectacular growth in recent years, where prepaid cards are making inroads and recording profits that rival the always-profitable check-cashing outlets (CCOs). This is the predicament of the poor in our debt-finance system: it costs poor people significantly more to use money—to spend it, to save it, to invest it, to borrow it, to send it “back home” (for immigrants whose families still live in their country of origin)—and they have less money to begin with. If you’re poor, you are likely forced to engage with the debt-finance system, and the more wealth it takes from you, the more indebted you become. Meanwhile, AFS owners and investors, who enjoy lower financing costs than you and have more money to begin with, profit from your loss and acquire pieces of your debt. Thus, investors on Wall Street come to own pieces of your future. These are the workings of a two-tiered financial system, on the bottom of which are relatively high-cost services marketed to the growing and changing ranks of the unbanked and the underbanked. The nearly ten million unbanked includes the working poor, the unemployed, the homeless, the undocumented, those who do not speak English fluently, those who are or have been incarcerated, those with mental or physical health issues, older people, those working off the books, those hiding from creditors or the “authorities,” those whose homes were stolen by robo-signing investment banks, youth who have been cut off from their parents, and anyone else who “traditional” financial institutions deem unworthy of service. Demographically speaking, the unbanked population is broad and diverse, but it is disproportionately comprised of low-income households (71% of unbanked households earn below $30,000 a year), households of color, immigrant households, and individuals with negative banking histories. (Of course, many of the unbanked fit into multiple categories.) In general, Latino/a and Black people are six and seven times more likely to be unbanked than Whites respectively. Households with an annual income under $30,000 are thirteen times more likely to be unbanked than those with an income between $50,000 and $75,000. More than half of immigrants in New York City are unbanked, according to a recent survey. People of color and immigrants are more likely to have low, unreliable, or seasonal income, making it more difficult to save enough money to meet minimum opening-balance requirements at banks. Not having enough money is the number one reason that the unbanked do not have a bank account. There’s another significant commonality: many people of color, low-income individuals, and immigrants justifiably distrust banks. Losing one’s home or hard-earned property, or being denied credit for no reason but the color of one’s skin—especially in a society focused on wealth accumulation—is traumatic. The effects can ripple across generations of a family, shaping how future generations interact with financial institutions. Banks have historically been places reserved for middle- or upper-class White men, and that explicitly exclusionary past makes its impact felt in today’s world in various less overt ways. Because of the openly racist and classist history of U.S. credit practices, banks can feel like unfamiliar or even hostile territory to many poor people of color (Massey and Denton, 1993). Inconvenient locations, limited hours of operation, and language barriers often make access difficult for low-income households. Undocumented immigrants generally lack the forms of ID required by many banks to open accounts, and furthermore fear that banks will share their immigration status with the authorities. Some of the unbanked and underbanked rely on fringe finance because it helps them avoid unnecessary difficulties posed by mainstream financial products—difficulties which reflect their socially marginalized status. If you are a transgender person applying for a bank account, for example, you must use your legal name and gender, even if it is different from the name and gender that you identify as (though in Washington State, at least, transgender people have the right to be referred to by their name and gender when doing business at a bank). Preloaded debit cards, which do not have the owner’s name printed on them, help trans people avoid harassment caused by a mismatch between the printed name and their gender presentation. (This information was obtained in a private email correspondence with the founder of a trans activist group in the Pacific Northwest. They relayed various members’ experiences with banking and using fringe finance.) It can become difficult for unbanked people to document and prove income when filing for benefits, workers’ compensation, or filing cases against abusive employers. For many of the unbanked, the experience of second-tier status in the financial system mirrors their experience with the two-tiered justice system. Those who are socially marginalized in one way or another are more likely to occupy the bottom tier of the financial system, which makes it more likely they’ll get caught up in the criminal justice system. The criminalization of poverty, the criminalization of immigration, as well as racial and ethnic profiling are well-documented trends that push people to the fringes of finance. And being on the fringes of finance is itself increasingly criminalized. In at least a third of U.S. states, being in debt can now land you in jail. In Washington State, for example, a Black man with mental health issues was incarcerated for two weeks for failing to pay $60 worth of “legal financial obligations” (LFOs). His jail stay, meanwhile, cost Spokane County over $1,500. In many cases, these barriers to the banking system can reinforce each other and create insurmountable walls between the banked and unbanked. The underbanked tend to share many of the same characteristics and face many of the same obstacles as the unbanked.
Check-Cashing Outlets (CCOs)
For nine million households in the United States, cashing paychecks at a bank or credit union is not an option. The unbanked generally do not have bank accounts for any number of the reasons discussed earlier. For many people, a CCO is the only option to transform their paycheck into cash. According to the Federal Reserve, CCOs generally charge between 1.5% and 3.5% to cash a check. For a $500 check, that comes out to between $7.50 and $17.50 in fees taken away. This is actually a conservative estimate. The Consumer Federation pegs average fees at 4.11%, which means that CCOs get a cut closer to $20.55 of the original $500. With a checking account, by contrast, this service would be free. If you’re unbanked and you make $500 every week, in one year you might spend $400 if you’re relatively lucky, but possibly over $1,000, just so you can spend your own money. The average unbanked person with a full-time job can expect to spend more than $40,000 on such fees in their lifetime. That is, throughout the course of one’s life, more than an entire year’s worth of work goes exclusively toward turning one’s salary into cash. Between 2000 and 2005, the number of CCOs in the country doubled, but the added competition did not lower fees. In fact, the price of cashing a check has gone up, with a 75.6% average growth rate between 1997 and 2006. Companies like Walmart, Kmart, and Best Buy have also tapped into this market by offering check cashing at their stores. Although they charge less to cash a check than the regular outlets, they only keep lower prices so that people suddenly equipped with cash will spend it right where they are. As expensive as CCOs may be, and as much as they target people with lower incomes, if they all pulled up stakes and left, what would happen? Several alternatives may be available. You could make an arrangement with a trusted friend, family member, or even your employer—that is, someone with access to a checking account—in which you would write your check over to them and they would give you the full amount in cash. You could join with others in your community and approach a local community center or religious institution to ask if they would be willing to set up a free check-cashing service. You could talk to local credit unions about their free checking accounts and, to encourage the credit union to offer the services you need, organize others to join in your request. Your collective power and voice could open up new possibilities. If you have exhausted other options and must resort to a CCO, it is important to know how to use it in a way that minimizes harm. For example, ask ahead of time for the fee in dollar amounts as opposed to the percentage. And be sure afterward to obtain and save an itemized receipt. Costs may vary not just from one CCO to the next, but by the time of day and other factors. You can compare receipts to determine the optimal approach.
Remittances
In addition to exorbitant check-cashing fees, there are fees for money transfers. Nearly two-thirds of immigrants in New York City, according to a recent survey, reported using remittance services to send money back to their families in their country of origin, 60% of whom send money every month. Most remittances go simply to pay for basic household needs, such as rent, utilities, and buying food. Immigrants hoping to send money outside of the United States may lose as much as 20% of the amount in the process. While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently introduced new disclosure rules aimed at stopping sudden and unexpected penalties, there’s really nothing that limits the overall fee. By contrast, banks and credit unions charge substantially less for this and other services. Some banks even offer special low-cost money transfers to certain countries. Services that could cost up to $500 annually at a CCO could cost between $30 and $60 annually at a traditional financial institution. Many credit unions, and increasingly many banks, have flexible ID requirements, making it simpler for immigrants to open accounts. Be sure to find out if they require a minimum balance to maintain an account and if they require the recipient to have a bank account. If you must use a money transfer service, be sure to ask what the exchange rate is and how much will actually be given to the recipient. Find out if the recipient will be charged any fees when picking up the money. Remember, you have the right to transfer money in U.S. dollars unless the receiving country has a law requiring money to be converted into the local currency. Be sure to use a licensed transmitter and to keep your receipts. The websites remesamex.gob.mx and remittanceprices.worldbank.org allow you to compare different options and costs when sending money to another country.
Prepaid Cards
First there were credit cards. Then came debit cards. Now there are prepaid cards—and they’re suddenly everywhere.  Credit cards extend credit to consumers for free (with a grace period and assuming good credit). Debit cards give consumers free access to funds in their bank accounts. Prepaid cards charge consumers to access their own funds. So when you use a prepaid card you are essentially paying money to make an interest-free loan to the issuer, who then lends your money to other customers. Charging us for the use of our own money is what banks do. They also provide useful services: the ability to store our money, to access cash, to pay for things without cash, and to turn checks into cash. Prepaid cards—now used by 13% of people in the United States—do the same, although they’re not attached to bank accounts. (Some banks have gotten into the prepaid card game—e.g., Chase Liquid, Bank of America CashPay, PNC SmartAccess—but even their cards are not attached to accounts.) Branded with the logos of American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa, they look like other plastic payment cards and provide ATM access and the ability to make purchases. There are a variety of prepaid cards, including gift cards, payroll cards, government benefits cards, and “general purpose reloadable” (GPR) cards, which let you add funds. Prepaid cards are usually more costly, less convenient, and less secure than comparable services from banks, and they tend to have poor disclosure policies and “gotcha” fees, replicating some of the most aggravating bank practices. Nonetheless, compared with a check-cashing outlet, getting cash from a prepaid card is usually cheaper. When it comes to making payments, prepaid cards are typically more expensive than credit or debit cards, but not necessarily. If you factor in overdraft charges, debit cards can cost more. If you factor in high ongoing balances, high interest rates, and late payment penalties, credit cards may cost considerably more than prepaid cards. Hence, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for personal financial transactions. What’s more, the rules governing the prepaid card industry are still in flux. In 2010 the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act) took effect, tightening regulations for credit cards and traditional debit cards. The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is presently considering how to bring the prepaid card market into the federal regulatory framework. In the meantime, barriers to cash continue to grow; transactions for an increasing range of basic services are impossible without plastic. Some employers only pay their employees via prepaid cards. Soon many of us will have no choice but to use these cards when employers, government benefits administrators, and even colleges and universities begin to adopt them. Purchasable, usable, and sometimes reloadable without identity verification, many prepaid cards offer the advantage of anonymity, which is why they’ve become the preferred means of laundering money and the de facto currency of the prison system. There are also branded cards that are linked to celebrities, heroes, and social causes, and tend to be the most predatory corner of the market. Many consumer advocates consider prepaid cards just the latest addition to the array of high-cost and inferior financial products for which the poor pay more. Not only do prepaid cards generally fail to serve their ostensible function of helping marginalized groups enter the financial mainstream, they also tend to intensify financial segregation. The predicament of Millennials, who appear to be the industry’s latest target, is especially alarming. Not long after the CARD Act restricted credit card companies’ access to college campuses and to customers under twenty-one, prepaid cards began moving in, looking to establish “partnerships.” Now with prepaid cards increasingly serving as student IDs, enrolling in college also means enrolling in a bank.
General purpose reloadable (GPR) cards
GPR cards are the kind that you buy and set up yourself, like a gift card with fees. They range from competitively priced, no-frills cards to premium-priced celebrity cards, which are marketed as symbols of achievement or aspiration as often as they are advertised as financial tools. Beyond utility, the latter promise respect, empowerment and freedom. Of course, prepaid cards are not unique in this sense: everything we consume says something about who we are and what we believe. The problem with most celebrity cards is not simply that they don’t deliver what’s promised, but that they’re designed to deliver exactly the opposite of what’s promised, resulting in financial marginalization. These cards can quickly extract money from their users. Consumers Union found many different types of fees for a range of prepaid cards. In addition to monthly fees, they found fees for activation, point-of-sale transaction, cash withdrawal, balance inquiry, transaction statements, customer service, bill payment, adding funds, dormancy, account closure, and overdraft. Making matters worse, only a few of the fees charged by card issuers are disclosed prior to signing up for the card. Retail displays often contain only purchase prices and initial load amounts, and card company websites frequently require users to click on sign-up pages or registration forms in order to obtain fee information. Consumer Action surveyed twenty-eight different prepaid cards and found that twenty of them carry a monthly maintenance fee, the highest being $14.95. Fees for out-of-network ATM withdrawals range from $1.95 to $3. A few cards charge users to reload money. Ten of the cards surveyed charge 50 cents to $2 to talk to a customer service agent and two of them charge 50 cents for automated help. Like the worst practices in subprime mortgage lending, private student loans, and payday lending, the marketing and sales strategies of the celebrity prepaid card business are predatory; the best predators have a deep appreciation for the needs of their prey. “Well-banked” celebrities like Russell Simmons and Suze Orman are marketers of prepaid cards that target financially marginalized people. While their marketing suggests they are running charities, Simmons and Orman are managing private companies whose unequivocal objective is to profit from providing financial services to poor people. They deceptively present their enterprises as altruistic projects striving for collective emancipation (e.g., theapprovedcard.com). Yes, this is how capitalism works.
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and payroll cards
Over the past 15 years, the federal government and state governments have been gradually replacing paper benefits checks with Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. For the unbanked, the shift to electronic payments means no check-cashing fees, less need to carry cash, faster payments, the ability to make purchases or pay bills electronically, and no ChexSystems screen (see Chapter One for information about ChexSystems). But overall, costs and benefits will vary depending on the fees and terms that apply to the particular prepaid card designated for your benefits program. These are administered by different federal and state government agencies, which contract with various prepaid card issuers. California and New Jersey are considered to have negotiated relatively good contracts for their unemployed workers, providing free and ample access to cash and transaction information with no penalty fees. Tennessee workers, on the other hand, get slammed with the highest junk fees courtesy of JPMorgan Chase, the bank contracted to service that state’s unemployment compensation (UC) prepaid card program. For recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation, the Direct Express prepaid debit card has much lower fees than other prepaid cards and comes with strong consumer protections. Card accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) and are subject to federal consumer protection regulations (i.e., Regulation E). The prepaid card programs administered by the states to disburse UC, as well as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), are more problematic. They’re generally less beneficial for recipients and more beneficial for banks and states. Forty states now use a prepaid card for paying some or all UC recipients. A survey by the National Consumer Law Center found significant shortcomings in fee structures, access to card information and payment options. Across the board, fees charged to benefit recipients are being used to cover the administrative costs of delivering UC benefits—in violation of federal law. Cards may charge ATM balance inquiry fees, denied transaction fees, $10 to $20 overdraft fees, and inactivity fees. On top of this, card issuers such as Bank of America, Citibank, and JPMorgan Chase earn interchange fees—fees paid from one bank to another when accepting a transaction—as well as interest on the funds on deposit. Last year, card fees and ATM surcharges cost California welfare recipients over $17 million. The bottom line: for those who have a bank account, prepaid cards offer little, if any, advantage over direct deposit. Benefit recipients with checking accounts will save money and time with direct deposit. Those who do not have that option—who lack access to a bank account or who live in one of the six states that have eliminated the direct deposit option—will be forced into the prepaid payroll card program(s) contracted to disburse your particular benefit(s). Since you have no choice about which card to use, familiarize yourself with the terms and fees that apply to the card designated for your program. This information should arrive in paper form with your EBT card. You can also look up the details of the particular prepaid payroll program online.
Survival strategies and resources
At a time when it’s hard to use your own cash (if you’re lucky enough to have any), prepaid cards can offer cash-like features such as anonymity, liquidity, and mobility. They’ll also save you money compared with high-cost check cashing. Prepaid cards have also been sold as a way to reduce our reliance on the big banks. But Suze Orman probably came closer to the truth when she said her card is like having a bank in your pocket. Regardless of whose face is on the card, you can be sure somebody on Wall Street is getting their cut. If you ultimately decide to get a prepaid card, you can visit nerdwallet.com to determine which is the least costly. Avoid cards with the most unnecessary fees and be aware of which fees are associated with the card you end up choosing. Be on the lookout for reloading fees, balance inquiry fees, and ATM cash withdrawal fees. When buying gas with a prepaid card, pay the attendant inside before you pump, otherwise the station may put up to a $75 hold on your balance for a few days. It is also important to read the card’s privacy policy to make sure they aren’t selling your personal information. For information on organizations that can help, go to the end of Chapter Eight.
Resources
Articles and Books
General
- Candice Choi, “Reporter Spends Month Living Without a Bank, Finds Sky-High Fees,” Huffington Post, December 11, 2010.
- Sharon Hermanson and George Gaberlavage, The Alternative Financial Services Industry, AARP Public Policy Institute, August 2001.

- Gary Rivlin, Broke USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc., How the Working Poor Became Big Business (New York: HarperCollins, 2010).
- “The Truth about Immigrants’ Banking Rights,” NEDAP.
- John Ulzheimer, “Are Pawn Shops, Rent-to-Own and Other Loan Alternatives Worth It?” Mint Life, January 30, 2012.
Check-cashing outlets
- Jean Ann Fox and Patrick Woodall, “Cashed Out: Consumers Pay Steep Premium to ‘Bank’ at Check Cashing Outlets,” Consumer Federation of America, November 2006.
- National Association of the State Treasurers Foundation: Tomorrow’s Money for Young Adults, “Check-Cashing Stores,” 2012.
Prepaid cards
- “Prepaid Cards: Loaded with Fees, Weak on Protections,” Consumer Reports, March 2012.
- Deyanira del Rio, “Perils of Prepaid Cards,” NEDAP, December 22, 2010.
References
- American Civil Liberties Union. “In for a Penny: The Rise of America’s New Debtors’ Prisons.” October 2010.
- Bajaj, Vikas, and Ford Fessenden. “What’s Behind the Race Gap?” New York Times, November 4, 2007.
- Clinton, William, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Beyond Payday Loans.” Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2008.
- Consumer Action News. “Dos and Don’ts: Choosing and Using a Prepaid Card.” April 2012.
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Electronic Funds Transfer (Regulation E). Washington, DC: GPO, 2012.
- Consumers International. “The Remittances Game of Chance: Playing with Loaded Dice?” January 2012.
- Credit Union National Association. “New Fin Lit Survey: 56% of U.S. Adults Don’t Budget.” April 4, 2012.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households. Washington, DC: GPO, 2009.
- Fox, Jean Ann, and Patrick Woodall. “Cashed Out: Consumers Pay Steep Premium to ‘Bank’ at Check Cashing Outlets.” Washington, DC: Consumer Federation of America, 2006.
- Haughney, Christine. “City’s Poor Still Distrust Banks.” New York Times, August 17, 2009.
- Insight Center for Community Economic Development. “The Racial Gap in Debt, Credit and Financial Services.” June 2009.
- Massey, Douglas, and Nancy Denton. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1993.
- McCauley, Michael. “Consumers Union Report: Prepaid Cards Come With Long List of Fees and Weak Consumer Protections.” Consumers Union, September 15, 2010.
- National Association of the State Treasurers Foundation. “Check-Cashing Stores.” Accessed March 26, 2013.
- New, Catherine.  Huffington Post, April 11, 2013.
- Popken, Ben. “Why Money Launderers Love Prepaid Debit Cards.” The Consumerist, May 25, 2011.
- Prager, Robin A. “Determinants of the Locations of Payday Lenders, Pawnshops and Check-Cashing Outlets.” Washington, DC: Federal Reserve Board, 2009.
- Rivlin, Gary. “America’s Poverty Tax.” Economic Hardship Reporting Project, May 16, 2012.
- Rust, Adam. “Prepaid Cards for Prisoners.” Bank Talk, September 20, 2010.
- Saunders, Lauren K., and Jillian McLaughlin. Unemployment Compensation Prepaid Cards: States Can Deal Workers a Winning Hand by Discarding Junk Fees. Washington, DC: National Consumer Law Center, 2011.
- Schutte, Arjan. “Not Underbanked: Untapped. Underserved Spend $45B on Financial Services.” Inside the Underbanked, November 2, 2011.
- Silver-Greenberg, Jessica. “Welcome to Debtors’ Prison, 2011 Edition.” Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2011.
- Silver-Greenberg, Jessica, and Stephanie Clifford. “Paid via Card, Workers Feel Sting of Fees.” New York Times, June 30, 2013.
- Steinisch, Monica. “Governments Adopt Prepaid Cards for Benefits.” Consumer Action News, April 2012.
- Tuttle, Brad. “Big-Box Banking: Why the Unbanked Are Cashing Checks at Walmart.” Time, February 1, 2011.
- U.S. Department of the Treasury. Banking on Opportunity: A Scan of the Evolving Field of Bank on Initiatives. Washington, DC: GPO, 2011.
- Vissa, Preeti. “Debit Card Overdraft Fees: Reforms Welcomed but More Are Necessary.” The Greenlining Institute, April 2010.
- White House Office of the Press Secretary. “Fact Sheet: Reforms to Protect American Credit Card Holders.” May 22, 2009.
- Work Permit. “U.S. Banks Help Immigrants Send Money Home.” January 30, 2006.


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The beginning…
Sindhu and Amrit met in the Fall of 2010 at the beginning of their Sophomore year of college. Both attended the University of Illinois and were heavily involved in the two largest South Asian dance teams on campus, which allowed them to get to know each other much better. They say that the best of love stories blossom out of the best of friendships, and that’s exactly what happened between Sindhu and Amrit. Over the course of their sophomore year, the two developed a strong friendship. It was during the summer between their sophomore and junior years of college that they realized what was between them was more than a friendship. After dancing around each other, quite literally, for almost three months they decided to make things official in the winter months of 2010.
The proposal...
In the fall of 2015, Amrit decided it was time. After carefully picking out the perfect ring and planning for weeks, on September 15th, 2015, Amrit got down on one knee and asked Sindhu to marry him. With the help of both his own and Sindhu’s families, he was able to create the most perfect proposal. The special event happened at the gazebo near Sindhu’s home where the couple spent many hours getting to know each other at the beginning of their relationship. Along with Gautham, his sister and cousin, Amrit decorated the gazebo with beautiful drapes, balloons, blankets and candles. When everything was ready, he called Sindhu in a frenzy with news of a flat tire. Sindhu came rushing over to help, only to find that there was no flat tire after all. She then walked into the gazebo to the most amazing surprise, and with that, the couple was engaged.
Ganesh Bhaskarla is definitely a cool dad. Ganesh has known the groom for, well, his entire life. On an average day, you might find him in his study reading a book, karaoke-ing along to a classic hindi tune, or perhaps laughing along to a hilarious episode of Seinfield. Whether it's tennis, dance or medical school, he has proven to be an unwavering source of support for Amrit. Like the rest of us, he is excited for the upcoming festivities and can't wait to unleash some of his renowned dance moves on the floor.
Vyshnava Bhaskarla is the groom's head cheerleader. As an expert chef, Vyshnava is the only person in the world who can make Amrit's favorite food, chicken curry, just right (good luck Sindhu). She is always willing and ready to hold out a helping hand to her son. On your average day, you might find her practicing her singing talents after a session at the yoga studio or a nice walk at the forest perseve. She's looking forward to the wedding and reception, but we're all just hoping that she doesn't get carded at the bar.
Known to be the younger (but obviously cuter) version of Amrit, Anusha Bhaskarla wins the title for "most devoted sister". The two Bhaskarla children bond over their similar, unique sense of humor, and together they can be the life of any party. Anusha is looking forward to jet setting all over the world this coming March for the two lovely ceremonies, traveling from her semester long home in Barcelona to both India and Chicago. If you find her asleep in the corner of the reception hall, well, now you know why.
Ila Bala is the Bride's best friend. Sindhu can go to her with anything, whether it's a silly story, or just for some advise. Ila is in love with her flowers and her garden is where she can be found on most summer days. Ila has been a part of the Bride's life every step of the way and is a huge influence to Sindhu pursuing a career within healthcare. Ila's amazing idli and dosa are probably what Sindhu will miss most about home. If you find her at the reception, don't forget to pull her onto the dance floor.
The Naperville yogi, Bala, is passionate about organinc gardening, appreciating fine wines, and watching sports. With his great leadership qualities and healthy, practical lifestyle, he has been a great role model to the Bride for her entire life. Bala is eagerly awaiting the wedding ceremony which is to take place in his hometown of Madurai, India. For anyone with an interest in yoga, catch him at the reception for a quick tutorial, which he'd be happy to give.
Gautham Bala is the Bride’s (second) best friend and man of honor. A great listener when Sindhu has to vent, he has a big heart and Sindhu couldn't ask for a better younger brother. Gautham loves coaching tennis and helping people, two of many qualities that make him the most eligible bachelor on the market. Fully convinced that his mom and Amrit love him more than his sister, Gautham never fails to annoy the Bride on a daily basis. Find him next to the DJ booth at the recpetion trying to convince the DJ to play the hottest tamil songs on the charts.


BATMAN A film review by Steve Kramer Copyright 1989 Steve Kramer
executive:Benjamin Melniker producers Michael Uslan
director: Tim Burton
starring: Jack Nicholson Michael Keaton Kim Basinger
warning: spoilers abound...
I warned you...
It's hard to know where to start on a supposed blockbuster film such as this. It's been hyped up so much on rec.arts.movies it's ridiculous, and there's been lots of controversy about whether or not Keaton would be able to fulfill the role of the Dark Knight respectfully enough that it wouldn't be a laughable thing. In my opinion, at least, Keaton did a very good job, bordering on excellent. However, in all honesty, I would have to say this is *definitely* Nicholson's movie. Both actors did an excellent job of captivating the attention, but Jack exuded an irresistible magnetism during his parts that didn't allow my attention to waver at all.
The beginning of the movie starts us off in Gotham City, which looks busier than New York City during rush hour.  The hoodlums go to a nearby rooftop to count out their loot, and one begins to express his fear about the mysterious creature that's been haunting the night lately: the "Bat." Apparently many of the 2-bit hoodlums in the city have been plagued by the same vision, leaving the ambulance attendants who pick up the nervous wrecks, as well as the policemen, in an utter state of confusion. The Batman has of course noticed this mugging and proceeds to stealthily "glide" down upon them, a spooky sight if there ever was one for a criminal. They shoot him, and "Bat" falls down ... only to rise again in a few seconds, sending the thieves into an utter state of terror. After Batman dispatches one of them, he dangles the other over the edge of a rooftop while the blubbering thief pleads for his life.  The thief asks in a tremulous voice who he is, and the 2 simple words "I'm Batman." send the theatre into spontaneous cheering and clapping.
From then on we cover the newspaper angle a bit and discover Ms Vicki Vale, a la Kim Basinger. She is the staff photographer for a major magazine and has come to Gotham to find out more about this mysterious Bat. Ms Basinger does an excellent job as Ms Vale, displaying her professionalism and street-smartness as well as her personal side.
Michael Keaton, as Bruce Wayne, does a very believable job of how Bruce Wayne could actually be after the trauma of his parents being killed. He is first seen during a charity bash he is hosting, and his mansion looks as big as a fabled English castle. Wealthy beyond belief, he seems initially quite cheerful and lighthearted, but as the movie progresses, we see more of the real Wayne: serious, concentrated, and locked inside a world of his vow: to stop crime. Ms Vale's initial opinion of Mr. Wayne before having met him is a vain, egocentrical playboy; after having met him, however, is another matter....
And of course, Jack Nicholson. Jack begins as Jack Napier, a very powerful criminal apparently, pulling capers in the city, paying police kickbacks to keep them off his case, and seems to be an underling of a crime boss, Grissom, who is played by Jack Palance. Grissom apparently decides Jack has outlived his usefulness and cleverness to him, and asks him to personally supervise the robbery of a chemical plant. After Jack and company leave to plan said robbery, Grissom telephones the police and tips them off to it. In the ensuing police shootout, the criminals almost escape, except who should show on the scene but Batman (what a surprise). Batman corrals the majority of criminals quickly and almost nabs Jack, except for the fact that as he nabs Jack, Jack's right-hand man nabs Commissioner Gordon, along for the sting, and threatens to blow his brains out. After Batman lets him go, Jack kills a police lieutenant (the one who he had paid the money kickback to), and the Batman comes back to apprehend him. Jack fires a bullet, it bounces off Batman's body armor and shatters a nearby gauge, which send shrapnels of glass into Jack's face, at which point Jack falls over a railing and Batman catches him. Unfortunately, Jack happens be over a chemical tank loaded with chemicals, apparently part of which is a nerve gas the government had banned from use some years back. Whether it was Batman's conscious decision, or whether he could not hold on, we cannot say; but Jack falls into the chemical tank ... and later arises. He goes to a back-alley surgeon who tries to doctor him up as best he can, but he cannot undo the nerve damage Jack has suffered to his face: it has fixed his face in an unalterable grin. Going a little nutso at this point, the Joker is born.
The movie is fraught with battle, murder and spectacular special effects; interspersed with the secondary storyline, which is the developing relationship with Bruce and Vicki, and as it turns out later, the Joker. Apparently the Joker has developed the hots for Ms Vale as well and means to make her his own. The interaction between the 3 is very well done; especially with the Joker's twisted insanity. One of the funniest parts of the movie is when the Joker is in an art gallery with his goons, on the way to Ms Vale. One of them is carrying a boom box (with, of course, the Batman soundtrack inside! :^), and watching the Joker and his goons caper and dance about is worth the price of admission itself. The battle scenes are quite well done, with martial artists, climatic fist-fights, and the wonderful array of gadgets the Batman has, including the Batcave (complete with real live bats, the only question is, who did he get to construct it?), the Batplane (a marvelous collection of gadgets inside a sleek stealthy plane in the shape of (what else?) a bat), and of course, the fabled Batmobile. Some of the effects with the Batmobile were done with computer graphics, I'm convinced, like the Batmobile's shields to protect it from harm. It's quite a stunning piece, as are the rest of Batman's gadgets. However, it is the acting (which it should be in all good movies) which gets the movie it's excellent rating. The final battle between the Joker and the Batman is quite impressive, and proves Batman to be a mere mortal after all; in fact, in some places, Batman gets out of his inevitable death by sheer luck. And as we find that Batman "created" the Joker (SPOILER!),
we discover the Joker has also, in effect, "created" the Batman. In the interests of leaving this movie a bit of a mystery, I'll leave it for you all to watch.
Give this one 4 to 4.5 out of 5 stars. Excellent movie, and possibly the best "blockbuster" movie of the summer. Go see it. Today. Now.
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| setNewsId | This method sets the news id for the call | Setter |
| setIncludeImages | This method toggles whether or not images are included | Setter |
| setIncludeTags | This method toggles whether or not tags are included | Setter |
| getBaseUrl | This method gets the base URL used in the call | Getter |
| getUrlParams | This method gets the current parameters for the url | Getter |
| getRequest | This method executes a GET request and returns the Data | Getter |
Endpoint Method Examples
This endpoint requires you to set the news ID so it can find the single story you are wanting.
Below Is A Basic Example Of The Endpoint
<?php
use mrpsdk\endpoints\news\NewsStoryEndpoint;
class NewsClass
{
/**
* @var NewsStoryEndpoint
*/
protected $newsStoryEndpoint;
/**
* YourClass constructor.
*/
public function __construct()
{
$apiKey = 'XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX';
$this->newsStoryEndpoint = new NewsStoryEndpoint($apiKey);
}
/**
* Returns Data From The MRP API In Object Form From JSON
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function returnNewsStory()
{
$data = $this->newsStoryEndpoint // Your Object
->setNewsId(1) // Expects Integer
->getRequest(); // Sends Request And Returns Data
return $data;
}
}
There are also more advanced use cases of this endpoint as well. For specific's on usage of the endpoints full features, please reference the API documentation here.
Below is an example with all methods chained
<?php
use mrpsdk\endpoints\news\NewsStoryEndpoint;
class NewsClass
{
/**
* @var NewsStoryEndpoint
*/
protected $newsStoryEndpoint;
/**
* YourClass constructor.
*/
public function __construct()
{
$apiKey = 'XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX';
$this->newsStoryEndpoint = new NewsStoryEndpoint($apiKey);
}
/**
* Returns Data From The MRP API In Object Form From JSON
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function returnNewsStory()
{
$data = $this->newsStoryEndpoint // Your Object
->setNewsId(1) // Expects Integer
->setIncludeImages('true') // Expects BOOL in String Form
->setIncludeTags('true') // Expects BOOL in String Form
->getRequest(); // Sends Request And Returns Data
return $data;
}
}


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Indiabulls Real Estate Q2 net profit jumps four-fold to Rs 301 crore
Its net profit stood at Rs 75.91 crore in the year-ago period
by Press Trust of IndiaIndiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) has reported nearly four-fold jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 301.16 crore for the second quarter of this fiscal year.
Its net profit stood at Rs 75.91 crore in the year-ago period.
Total income rose to Rs 1,101.9 crore during the July-September quarter of the 2019-20 fiscal from Rs 1,059.71 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing.
The company's net profit increased sharply mainly on account of fall in total expenses.
Indiabulls Real Estate last week announced sale of its property in London to a promoter group firm for 200 million pounds (about Rs 1,830 crore) as part of its plans to focus on the India business and cut debt.
In June this year, Indiabulls Real Estate promoters had sold 14 per cent stake in the company through open market transactions to Bengaluru-based Embassy Group for Rs 950 crore as part of its strategy to focus on financial services and exit the realty business.


Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
by Howard R. Garis
Chapter 10: “Flop and the Turtle”
Additional Information
- Year Published: 1918
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Source: Garis, H. R. (1918). Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys. New York, NY: A. L. Burt Co.
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 4.7
- Word Count: 1,318
- Genre: Fantasy
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“Bur-r-r! Whew! Ice cream!” exclaimed Curly, the little piggie boy, one morning, as he hopped out of his bed in the clean straw and ran to the head of the stairs to see if breakfast was ready. “It’s cold! Terrible cold!”
“Of course it is,” agreed Flop, his brother. “It will soon be winter and time for chestnuts and popcorn and sliding down hill and all that. Of course it’s cold.”
“I hope there is some warm water to wash in,” went on Curly.
“Warm water! What’s that!” cried his papa from the next room. “Nonsensicalness! Cold water is better for you. It will make your skin nice and rosy. Wash in cold water.”
So Curly, whether he wanted to or no, had to sozzle and splash himself all over in cold water, and really it did him good, for it made him feel nice and warm and made his ears and nose as red as a pink flannel blanket.
Then the two piggie boys were ready for breakfast, and they had hot corn meal cakes, with sour-milk and maple syrup sprinkled on them, and eggs, with the shells taken off, and warm milk and all things like that.
Then it was time for Curly to go to school, but as for Flop, he had not yet been vaccinated, and so he could not go to blackboard classes and learn how to add two and two together and make a mud pie of them, or how to write his name with red chalk that made blue marks.
“What are you going to do while I’m at school?” asked Curly of his little piggie brother, who was playing in the front yard.
“Oh, I think I’ll build myself a little house out of corncobs,” said Flop, “and then I’ll go over and tell Jennie Chipmunk that she can put her rag doll to sleep in it.”
“Fine!” cried Curly. “And when I come home from school I’ll bring you each a lollypop.”
So Curly put on his warm checker-pattern coat and stuck his paws in little red mittens, for it was quite cold that morning, and off he went to school.
But his brother, who had to stay home because he was not vaccinated, looked out in the yard, and pretty soon he said:
“Oh, I guess I’ll go out and take a walk. Maybe I can find something or have an adventure.”
So out Flop walked in the yard, and pretty soon, in a little while, not so very long, he came to a place where there was something that looked like a black stone with yellow marks on it.
“That’s just what I’m looking for,” said Flop, as he saw the queer stone. “I heard my mamma saying the other day that she needed some weight to keep the kitchen door from blowing shut. This stone will be the very thing for her.”
So over he ran to where he saw the thing that looked like a stone, and he picked it up, no matter if it was cold. For there was frost on the ground—white frost that made everything look as though a little shower of snow had fallen—and everything was cold and frozen.
Into the house ran Flop, the little piggie boy, carrying his black stone, all streaked with yellow.
“Oh, see what I have found for you, mamma!” he exclaimed. “It will keep the kitchen door from blowing shut.”
“So it will,” said his mamma. “What a kind boy you are.” So she took the stone and placed it where it would keep the kitchen door from slamming, and going shut, and then she made a custard pie so that Curly could have some when he came home from school.
Pretty soon the pie was done, and Flop was almost asleep in the nice warm kitchen waiting for his piece. His mamma suddenly called to him:
“Flop, will you watch the pie for a minute while I run across the street and borrow a yeast cake from Mrs. Wibblewobble, the duck lady?”
“Yes, of course I will,” said Flop, rubbing his sleepy eyes. Then he looked all around the kitchen, and on the table where it was cooling he saw the nice pies his mamma had made, and he thought how good a piece would be, and then he also saw something else.
Into the kitchen came creeping a bad old egg dog—the same one who had tried to get the eggs from Curly a few days before.
“Pies!” cried the bad egg dog! “Custard pies! How I love ‘em! Yum-yum!” and with that he made a jump and he was just going to eat the lovely custard pie Mrs. Twistytail had made when Flop said:
“Here, you let that pie alone, if you please. It isn’t yours. It’s my mamma’s.”
“No matter!” growled the bad egg dog.
And with that he started to throw Flop out of the window, but the little piggie boy cried:
“Oh, what shall I do? Will no one help me?”
“Yes, of course. I will!” answered a voice, and then that queer object, which Flop had thought was a stone, began to move.  Really there was, I’m not fooling a bit!
“I’ll help you!” cried the brave turtle.
“Oh, you!” said Flop. “I thought you were a stone to keep the kitchen door from swinging shut.”
“No, I am a turtle—a frozen turtle,” said the voice. “At least I WAS frozen. The cold weather made me so slimpsy-slopsy that I couldn’t move, if you will kindly excuse me saying so. But as soon as I got warmed up in your nice kitchen I became as lively as ever. I’ll soon fix that dog. Watch me!”
And all of a sudden the turtle bit that dog on the end of its tail, and the dog ran off howling, and so he didn’t get any of the nice pie, and he didn’t bother Flop, nor Curly and his vaccination, any more, and that night they gave the turtle some hot lemonade so he wouldn’t catch any more cold from having been almost frozen by the frosts. And as for that dog, why a dentist pulled one of his ears next day.
So you see what Flop thought was a stone turned out to be a frozen turtle who did him a great favor. And ever after that whenever Mrs. Twistytail made pie the turtle was always in the kitchen to keep the door open, and drive out any bad dogs in case they happened to get in.
And so no more now, if you please, as I am sleepy, and I know you must be, too. But in case the little girl in Montclair doesn’t drop her doll on the sidewalk, and spill the sawdust all over the stick of molasses candy I’ll tell you next about Curly and the chestnuts.


Summary
Welcome to HTML Anatomy 101. In this class, you will do the
learn how to dissect an HTML page from the to the , add a new feature to Sublime Text, and mark up your previous blog posts with semantic HTML tags. So get your gloves on, open your textbook (the HTML docs (Links to an external site.)) and begin!
Release 0: Set up
Decide who will drive and who will navigate. Then each of you will need to:
Create a feature branch in the phase-0 directory
Using the command line, navigate to the week-3 directory
Within that directory, (using the command line) create a blank HTML page called dissect-me.html.
Add, commit, and push your changes to GitHub. Create a quick pull request and merge the changes.
SUBMIT your link to the dissect-me.html file as soon as you do this. This is how your guide will give you feedback. The URL should be something like: https://github.com/[USERNAME]/phase-0/blob/master/week-3/dissect-me.html (Links to an external site.)


Action One
Action Two
Print log.txt
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Acceleration Z:
Timestamp:
Waiting for accelerometer...
Press Print log txt...


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content = "Notebooks I've created and used throughout my Bachelor's degree in Physics."
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Throne Magic is a casual variant where you assume the role of a medieval character in an epic power struggle against your mortal enemies! Play as The King, The Userper's Bannermen, or even the Dragon!
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Grab some friends and pick your roles! Or, if you are feeling adventerous, draft them! Or if you want explosive wins, assign them randomly.


REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1039 OF 2005 Suhelkhan Khudyarkhan & Anr. ....Appellants Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ....Respondents JUDGMENT
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.
1. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellants.
2. Background facts projected by the appellant are as follows: Appellants are tenants on plot No.3/1120 since last 15-20 years where he has erected a tin shed and running religious bookshop known as "R.K. Kitab Ghar". Shop licence and electric connection were obtained for the said shop. Municipal Council has also recognized the shop of the appellants and had allowed the appellants to run the said shop for last many years. At the instigation of respondent No.2 i.e. J.K. Shaikh, the Municipal Council tried to remove the shop of appellants and there they filed suit bearing RCS No. 29 of 1994 before Civil Judge 9(J.D), Bhusawal. On 20.2.1995, Sub Divisional Magistrate issued a conditional order to remove the shop of the appellants on the basis of the complaint filed by respondent-J.K. Shaikh. The appellants appeared before Sub Divisional Magistrate, Bhusawal on 8.3.1995 and made a request for dismissal of application filed by respondent No.2. The Sub Divisional Magistrate, by order dated 26.5.1995 directed the present appellants to remove the shop named as `R.K. Kitab Ghar". The appellants being aggrieved by the said order, filed Criminal Revision Application before learned III Additional Sessions Judge, Jalgaon on 31.5.1995. The said revision was dismissed after hearing the parties on 5.7.1995.
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3. Stand of the appellants was that Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short the `Code') had no application to the facts of the present case. The High Court did not accept the plea. The High Court's directions for removal of the encroachment was stated to be without jurisdiction. The High Court did not accept the stand and dismissed the writ petition as noted above.
4. Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that there was order of status quo and therefore the direction as given is clearly without jurisdiction.
5. Learned counsel for the respondent-State on the other hand submitted that the order of status quo did not have any relevance so far as the present dispute is concerned and that it related to a different property.
6. Section 133 of the Code appears in Chapter X of the Code which deals with maintenance of public order and tranquility. It is a part of the heading "Public nuisance". The term "nuisance" as used in law is not a term capable of exact definition and it has been pointed out in Halsbury's Laws of England that:
3 "even in the present day there is not entire agreement as to whether certain acts or omissions shall be classed as nuisances or whether they do not rather fall under other divisions of the law of tort".
7. In Vasant Manga Nikumba v. Baburao Bhikanna Naidu (1995 Supp (4) SCC 54) it was observed that nuisance is an inconvenience which materially interferes with the ordinary physical comfort of human existence. It is not capable of precise definition. To bring in application of Section 133 of the Code, there must be imminent danger to the property and consequential nuisance to the public. The nuisance is the concomitant act resulting in danger to the life or property due to likely collapse etc. The object and purpose behind Section 133 of the Code is essentially to prevent public nuisance and involves a sense of urgency in the sense that if the Magistrate fails to take recourse immediately irreparable damage would be done to the public. It applies to a condition of the nuisance at the time when the order is passed and it is not intended to apply to future likelihood or what may happen at some later point of time. It does not deal with all potential nuisance, and on the other hand applies when the nuisance is in existence. It has to be noted that sometimes there is confusion between Section 133 and Section 144 of the Code. While the latter is a more general provision the former is more specific. While the order under the former is 4 conditional, the order under the latter is absolute. The proceedings are more in the nature of civil proceedings than criminal proceedings.
8. One significant factor to be noticed is that the person against whom action is taken is not an accused within the meaning of Section 133 of the Code. He can give evidence on his own behalf and may be examined on oath. Proceedings are not the proceedings in respect of offences. The Water Act and the Air Act are characteristically special statutes.
9. The provisions of Section 133 of the Code can be called in aid to remove public nuisance caused by discharge of effluents and air discharge causing hardship to the general public. To that extent, the learned counsel for the appellant is correct in his submission.
10. The above position is highlighted in State of M.P. v. Kedia Leather and Liquor Ltd. [(2003) 7 SCC 389].
11. A proceeding under Section 133 is of a summary nature. It appears as a part of Chapter X of the Code which relates to maintenance of public order and tranquility. The Chapter has been classified into four categories. Sections 129 to 132 come under the category of "unlawful assemblies". 5 Sections 133 to 143 come under the category of "public nuisance". Section 144 comes under the category of "urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger" and the last category covers Sections 145 to 149 relating to "disputes as to immovable property". Nuisances are of two kinds, i.e. (i) Public; and (ii) Private. `Public nuisance' or `common nuisance' as defined in Section 268 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the `IPC') is an offence against the public either by doing a thing which tends to the annoyance of the whole community in general or by neglecting to do anything which the common good requires. It is an act or omission which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity. `Private nuisance' on the other hand, affects some individuals as distinguished from the public at large. The remedies are of two kinds - civil and criminal. The remedies under the civil law are of two kinds. One is under Section 91 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (in short `CPC'). Under it a suit lies and the plaintiffs need not prove that they have sustained any special damage. The second remedy is a suit by a private individual for a special damage suffered by him. There are three remedies under the criminal law. The first relates to the prosecution under Chapter XIV of IPC. The second provides for summary proceedings under Sections 133 to 144 of the Code, and the 6 third relates to remedies under special or local laws. Sub-section (2) of Section 133 postulates that no order duly made by a Magistrate under this Section shall be called in question in any civil Court. The provisions of Chapter X of the Code should be so worked as not to become themselves a nuisance to the community at large. Although every person is bound to so use his property that it may not work legal damage or harm to his neighbour, yet on the other hand, no one has a right to interfere with the free and full enjoyment by such person of his property, except on clear and absolute proof that such use of it by him is producing such legal damage or harm. Therefore, a lawful and necessary trade ought not to be interfered with unless it is proved to be injurious to the health or physical comfort of the community. Proceedings under Section 133 are not intended to settle private disputes between different members of the public. They are in fact intended to protect the public as a whole against inconvenience. A comparison between the provisions of Section 133 and 144 of the Code shows that while the former is more specific the latter is more general. Therefore, nuisance specially provided in the former section is taken out of the general provisions of the latter section. The proceedings under Section 133 are more in the nature of civil proceedings than of criminal nature. Section 133(1)(b) relates to trade or occupation which is injurious to health 7 or physical comfort. It itself deals with physical comfort to the community and not with those acts which are not in themselves nuisance but in the course of which public nuisance is committed. In order to bring a trade or occupation within the operation of this Section, it must be shown that the interference with public comfort was considerable and a large section of the public was affected injuriously. The word `community' in Clause (b) of Section 133(1) cannot be taken to mean residents of a particular house. It means something wider, that is, the public at large or the residents of an entire locality. The very fact that the provision occurs in a Chapter containing "Public Nuisance" is indicative of this aspect. It would, however, depend on the facts situation of each case and it would be hazardous to lay down any straitjacket formula.
12. The guns of Section 133 go into action wherever there is public nuisance. The public power of the Magistrate under the Code is a public duty to the members of the public who are victims of the nuisance, and so he shall exercise it when the jurisdictional facts are present. "All power is a trust - that we are accountable for its exercise - that, from the people, and for the people, all springs and all must exist". The conduct of the trade must be injurious in presenti to the health or physical comfort of the community. There must, at any rate, be an imminent danger to the health or 8 the physical comfort of the community in the locality in which the trade or occupation is conducted. Unless there is such imminent danger to the health or physical comfort of that community or the conduct of the trade and occupation is in fact injurious to the health or the physical comfort of that community, an order under Section 133 cannot be passed. A conjoint reading of Sections 133 and 138 of the Code discloses that it is the function of the Magistrate to conduct an enquiry and to decide as to whether there was reliable evidence or not to come to the conclusion to act under Section
133.
13. Section 133 of the Code as noted above appears in Chapter X of the Code which deals with maintenance of public order and tranquility. It is a part of the heading "Public nuisance". The term "nuisance" as used in law is not a term capable of exact definition and it has been pointed out in Halsbury's Laws of England that:
"even in the present day there is not entire agreement as to whether certain acts or omissions shall be classed as nuisances or whether they do not rather fall under other divisions of the law of tour".9
14. In Vasant Manga Nikumba v. Baburao Bhikanna Naidu (1995 Supp (4) SCC 54) it was observed that nuisance is an inconvenience which materially interferes with the ordinary physical comfort of human existence. It is not capable of precise definition. To bring in application of Section 133 of the Code, there must be imminent danger to the property and consequential nuisance to the public. The nuisance is the concomitant act resulting in danger to the life or property due to likely collapse etc. The object and purpose behind Section 133 of the Code is essentially to prevent public nuisance and involves a sense of urgency in the sense that if the Magistrate fails to take recourse immediately irreparable danger would be done to the public. It applies to a condition of the nuisance at the time when the order is passed and it is not intended to apply to future likelihood or what may happen at some later point of time. It does not deal with all potential nuisances and on the other hand applies when the nuisance is in existence. It has to be noted that sometimes there is confusion between Section 133 and Section 144 of the Code. While the latter is a more general provision the former is more specific. While the order under the former is conditional, the order under the latter is absolute.
15. The above position was highlighted in Kachrulal Bagirath Agrawal v. State of Maharashtra (2005 (9) SCC 36).
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16. In the background facts as noticed above the order passed by the High Court does not suffer from any infirmity to warrant any interference.
17. The appeal is accordingly disposed of.
......................................J.
(Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT) ........................................J.
(LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA) ........................................J (P. SATHASIVAM) New Delhi, April 15, 2009 11


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sorry this morning when I opened bf3 I found an update and an upgrade Battlelog great game 6 gb? for case it is endgame? AIUTOOOOOO PLEASE!!!
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Um... it's a Battlefield 3 update.
You'll have to download End Game seperately when it's released for PC.
I don't know what your exact question is, but you know this is the Better Battlelog forum, right? So
the official Battlelog forum. :)
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You are wrong here for this issue, in well, it's not an issue.
I can see no question, no bug or anything else what is wrong.
And never write in CAPSLOCK mode, nobody need that.


A machine (or mechanical device) is a mechanical structure that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an intended action. They can also include computers and sensors that monitor performance and plan movement, often called mechanical systems.
Human beings may not be perfect in everything but humans are the ones who make machines. Naturally, that makes them more efficient than machines as the vice versa is not possible.Human beings take decisions based on memories of events which have occurred in the past, in other words they make decision on the basis of the experiences they have had. Machines are incapable of this quality which makes human beings unique and at the same time superior to them.Other things is adaptability n response to sudden unknown outcome which humans with the use ot their intelligence n wisdom can do but machine will do for what it is prepared for and that is too by us.and number of sudden unknown outcomes nobody can predict.The site is about the detail description of manufacturing and fabrication of machinery items.
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@import config.ApplicationConfig
@import include._
@import model.Crumb
@import domain.models.applications.Capabilities.SupportChangingAppDetails
@import model.ApplicationViewModel
@import domain.models.developers.DeveloperSession
@this(devMain: DevMain, leftHandNav: LeftHandNav)
@(form: Form[controllers.EditApplicationForm], applicationViewModel: ApplicationViewModel)(
implicit request: play.api.mvc.Request[Any], loggedIn: DeveloperSession, messagesProvider: MessagesProvider, appConfig: ApplicationConfig, navSection: String = "details")
@titleError = { @if(form.errors.nonEmpty) {Error: } else {}}
@app = @{applicationViewModel.application}
@devMain(
title = titleError + "Change application details",
userFullName = loggedIn.loggedInName,
breadcrumbs = Seq(
Crumb("Change application details"),
Crumb.application(app),
Crumb.viewAllApplications,
Crumb.home
),
leftNav = Some(leftHandNav(Option(applicationViewModel), Option(navSection))),
developerSession = Some(loggedIn)
) {
@errorSummary(form)
Change application details
@helper.form(action = controllers.routes.Details.changeDetailsAction(app.id), 'class -> "form") {
@helper.CSRF.formField
@if(app.hasCapability(SupportChangingAppDetails)) {


mystateEngine.activate(noHistReset)
noHistReset (optional) Set this to 'true' if you do not want to reset the history mechanism throughout the system. Default is false.
Nothing
Activates the state engine. If 'noHistReset' is present and true, don't reset the history mechanism for the whole network. You usually want to allow the resetting.