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Taking from the poor to feed the rich: NHC and John Dege (Part II)

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In a three part series (see part I here), PNGi exposes the numerous abuses attributed to the former NHC chief, John Dege, and the courageous people who fought back to protect their family home from an outlaw organisation – the National Housing Corporation.

Surveyor Vaki Vailala made a career as a humble public servant. He worked for the Department of Lands and Physical Planning.

In 2013 Vaki’s life was turned upside down. At the behest of its Managing Director John Dege, the National Housing Corporation (NHC) attempted to repossess Vaki’s family property. The  Vailala’s home was to be sold off to Defence Minister, Fabian Pok. This transaction was later deemed fraudulent by Justice Canning.

Video: Fabian Pok is perhaps better known for another property deal gone awry at Manumanu.

In his decision Justice Canning paints a portrait of Mr Vailala. It is one which would be familiar to many Port Moresby residents. Vailala is a hard working, honest man, trying to make ends meet under difficult circumstances. Canning observes:

He appears to the Court to be a decent man, a long-serving public servant, caught in a difficult situation. He has given evidence of the members of his immediate and extended family living in the house. They are not small in number. His evidence is not difficult to believe. This is Port Moresby. Life is hard. This is the norm. He is not living in luxury. He is not a cheat. He is not a young man. He is not a Big Man. He is the sort of person who should be given a chance.

In part two, of a three part series, PNGi examines how an outlaw organisation attempted to throw Vaki and his extended family onto the streets, to curry favour with a scandal rocked Minister. This fraud was executed through the NHC’s ‘Outright Cash Sales Scheme’. PNGi is calling for an immediate investigation into this scheme. It has left a trail of devastation and destruction in its wake.

The Fraud

Since 1994 Vaki and his family lived on Hanu Place, Boroko, in a modest property. He was a legal tenant, who had paid his rent.

In 2006 and 2008 , the NHC offered to sell Vaki the family home. On both occasions Vaki accepted. The NHC failed to execute the agreement.

As the ageing civil servant approach retirement in 2012, Vaki asked the NHC to follow up on the agreements reached in 2006 and 2008, so his family had the security of their own home.

The Vailala family home on Hunu Place.

In 2013 the NHC and John Dege sprang into action with a speedy determination Vaki had never witnessed before. There was one problem. They wanted to sell the Hanu Place property to Defense Minister Fabian Pok.

Pok is perhaps most famously known for his  role in a series of alleged illicit land deals that made headlines in 2017, and have subsequently been investigated through the Manumanu administrative inquiry. Transparent International has demanded the inquiry report, recently table in parliament, be made public. While we don’t know its full contents, one quote featured in The National raises concerns:

The fact that the Lands Department files disappeared strongly supports the proposition that there was corruption involved and there is circumstantial evidence which supports the notion that there was a wide-ranging conspiracy, such as the lengths some personnel in the Lands Department have gone through in removing all the files containing evidence relating to the transaction.

Pok’s role in the Hunu Place affair came about after he wrote to the NHC’s Managing Director John Dege using Ministerial letterhead. Pok requested ‘any property that is available for sale by your organisation’ on 10 May 2013.

Several months later on 30 October 2013, Dege wrote a letter of offer to Vaki Vailala under the NHC’s controversial Outright Cash Sales Scheme. Vaki was informed he could purchase the family home for a sum of K529,590.60.

When Vaki originally attempted to purchase his home a decade earlier, the Office of the Valuer-General put its value at K70,000.00. Vaki was now being asked to pay for NHC inaction, to the tune of 8 x the original ticket price.

He was given 14 days to accept the offer, and pay a 10% deposit i.e. K53,000. As this extraordinary sum was not lying about in Vaki’s  sock drawer, he appealed for an extension. Dege refused. On 18 November, the NHC’s Managing Director told Vaki the offer was cancelled.

The public servant now in his 60s, faced the prospect of having his home repossessed and then sold to one of the country’s most powerful men, while his family would be thrown onto the streets.

When Dege deposed evidence to the Court, he justified this decision arguing that Vaki was an illegal tenant,  a rent defaulter, and had refused previous offers to purchase the property. This is one of many occasions when Dege has accused NHC residents of wrongdoing. Justice Canning slammed the NHC head, arguing he was wrong on all three counts.

Without any legal grounds, Dege offered the Boroko home to Defence Minister Fabian Pok, three weeks after the cancellation letter was sent to Vaki. The proposed sale occurred under the NHC’s Outright Cash Sales Scheme. The price set was K525,525. There was no attempt to tender the property on an open market.

A delighted Pok accepted on 25 November 2013. A deposit was paid three days later for the  sum of K195,617. The sale was executed on 28 January 2014, Pok paid the remainder owing to the NHC in February 2014.

There was one slight problem. The NHC did not actually own the Boroko property. Oops!

It was, in fact, the property of the Government of Papua New Guinea. Senior managers scrambled. On 27 February 2014, the NHC managed to acquire a 99-year State Lease over the Hanu Place property. It was backdated to 11 February 2014. The following day the State Lease was registered in the name of Fabian Pok.

On 11 July 2014, Vaki was given seven days to vacate the property which had been the family home for two decades. The letter was signed by the NHC’s Principal Legal Officer, Mr Gabriel Gore.

Rather than bow down to the so called ‘big men’, Vaki took on the NHC, John Dege, and Fabian Pok.

Litigation was launched and an interim injunction obtained.

Against all odds, Vaki won.

Under the National Housing Corporation Act, the NHC may sell a dwelling to an ‘eligible person’, an ‘approved applicant’, or someone accepting a s38(1) option. The latter two scenarios did not apply in this case.

Justice Canning then asked whether Pok was an ‘eligible person’ under the Act. To be so defined Pok must be able demonstrate ‘limited means’, ‘present unsuitable housing’, or ‘any other circumstances considered relevant by the corporation’.

He had failed in all three respects. All Pok had done was send a general letter requesting a property in 2013. Despite this, Dege went ahead and offered Dr Pok the Boroko home. According to Justice Canning this was in clear violation of the governing legislation.

Canning J observed, ‘such arrangements smack of favors being done to “big men” such as the second defendant, a member of the Parliament and a Minister’.

Justice Canning also argued Dege’s 14 day ultimatum delivered to Vaki was quite unreasonable.

On account then of the following factors:

  • Pok did not fit into section 38 of the National Housing Corporation Act;
  • The unreasonable treatment of Vaki; and
  • The NHC did not actually own the property

Justice Canning concluded that ‘the transfer of title to the second defendant [Fabian Pok] was unlawful and so unsatisfactory and irregular, as to be tantamount to fraud’.

Canning J reserved condemnation for the Defence Minister, and NHC chief. With respect to the former, Justice Canning observed:

He has acted naively, appearing to believe that purchasing a property from the National Housing Corporation would be as simple as writing a letter to see if they have any properties available and then receiving a letter six months later that says yes, and then purchasing it without further ado – without even inspecting it (as the second defendant stated in his oral testimony).

Justice Canning continues:

The second defendant [Fabian Pok] appears not to have considered the possibility that it might be unlawful or improper for the Corporation to be selling its houses, not to people who have been occupying the houses for many years or to people of limited means, but to members of Parliament – leaders – elites – those who are well-off, those who are required under the Leadership Code (Constitution, Section 27) to conduct themselves in such a way, both in their public lives and their private lives, so as not to allow their integrity to be called into question.

Turning to John Dege, Canning J was just as damning:

Mr Dege and Mr Gore [NHC Principal Legal Officer] in particular, reasonably form the view that it would proper and lawful to sell this property to someone – let alone a Member of Parliament – a Minister – who was not qualified to purchase the property? Why was the second defendant cherry-picked to be the purchaser? Was this a pure and lucky co-incidence? It is difficult for a reasonable observer of this peculiar state of affairs not to be suspicious that something more sinister than simple naiveté, or the perceived need to sell the Corporation’s assets at market value, was afoot. But was it really market value? That is not known as the property was never put on the market.

As a result of the fact the sale was executed through fraud, the state lease to Pok was quashed by the National Court. The home was instead offered for purchase to the Vailala family.

But is this the tip of a much larger fraud iceberg within the NHC? In Part III of this series PNGi will dig deeper into the Outright Cash Scheme, through which Dege and the NHC organised numerous frauds.


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Friday, February 10, 2006

Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical

Assalamuaikum.. I HAVE TO UPDATE MY BLOG!!! hiks.. Went to watch PGLM this evening and WAS I MESMERISED with the production! Congratulations to Enfinity Productions and Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelline and all those who are involved in the production of PGLM. I went to Istana Budaya after a meeting, where most of the Theatre Dept Students came in 3 bus loads from Puncak Perdana to watch History in the Making.

Aesthetically, it is a breathtaking experience with good lighting and good sound. The people behind the scene like Dick Lee (Composer) Adlin Aman Ramlie (C0-Director/Lyricist/ Sultan Melaka) Sow Teong Hin (Bookwriter) Zahim Albakri (Co-Director/ Book Writer) Roslan Aziz (Musical Director) Pat Ibrahim (Co-Creator/ Choreographer) and Tiara Jacqueline herself as Gusti Puteri Retno Dumillah and the Executive Producer for PGLM.

This is their second show from the three week run. Personally, I was really satisfied with the Visual Feast PGLM offered the audience, but I did not FEEL anything at all. Stephen Rahman Hughes who played Hang Tuah was TOO CAREFULL with his pronouncation and thus making him sound awkward at some point, and sometimes as if he is reading. That is when he could not deliver the FEEL or giving the audience (especially me) the PUNCH it needed. But when he started SINGING, OH MY, I had to pinch myself to make sure that I AM IN MALAYSIA, sitting in Panggung Sari. For one moment I thought that I was in the West End. Anyways, I hope Stephen would just brush up his Malay so that he would put in more soul into his character and deliver all that he could and make me cry. Casting him for his voice IS A GOOD CHOICE.

I guess, Tiara has set the ball rolling for the future of Malaysian Musicals.

Enjoy the photos I snapped this evening... oh yeah, it was exhilirating to learn that your friends, ex students and people you know are part of this Malay Musical which in future would revolusionise the Malaysian Theatrical Arts Scene. Insya ALLAH.

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pic 1. Intermission pic2. me pic3. Grand Finale, note the standing Ovation pic4. Me, Ismarizal and ZT AuditionII, once my students pic5. Tiara and Sthephen pic6. Me and Hang Tuah pic7. Tiara Signing my RM15 programme book pic8. Me and my ASK friends, Fee and Fini. and lastly Me and Azrizal, a fellow chatter on YM.

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At Sun Feb 12, 04:28:00 PM 2006, Anonymous colourfull chicken said...

ello sir. i`m the beginner for PGLM. no words can describe about PGLM. very interesting!! memang apa yang kita rancang tak semua menjadi.
1. hang tuah tak boleh lari loghat english kerana dia menghafal bukan memahami.
2. bayan pun tak boleh lari loghat Tamil tetapi dia memahami bukan menghafal.

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Reply PachiGal, August 14th, 2009, 6:28 pm

You KNOW you've thought about it... Yay my first post on here! How the heck do the girls fit all those things into one of those tiny purses, with all those stones, water stone, fire stone, thunder stone, jeez, all these stones, and the potions and repells, arg. You'd think you're character would gripe a BIT, or at least upgrade his/her bag to somthing bigger, like Kelsey did. I mean, in the anime, they have tents and food! Lol, I love how Kelsey's face turned out though... I tried doing somthing like that before and it failed utterly.
When I get a tablet my posts will look better, I hope.

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Reply Shadari Draconis, August 14th, 2009, 7:55 pm

Makes you wonder even more when you think about there being no item storage in D/P/Pl, as such no limit to the items you could hold.

Reply Harrow, August 14th, 2009, 9:57 pm

There's a bike and a backpack full of tools in my bag. How about that? D:

Reply Mist th, August 15th, 2009, 12:16 am

Good joke good start welcome to the club.

Reply amjam, August 15th, 2009, 12:41 am

Something about saying "Miss Kelsey-ni chan" sounds like a few honorifics too many, in multiple languages. unless ni chan is her last name, hahaha

And well.. boys have cool bags so I never complain in game BD

Reply PachiGal, August 15th, 2009, 6:08 am

@Shadari: Exactly!
@Harrow: That too!, how the heck does it all fit in there?
@Mist: Thanks! True about the last panel!
@amjam: Pfft, yeah, I just felt like him calling out Miss Kelsey-Ni Chan to be annoying, and to point out the guys personality. It's kinda happy-go-lucky.

Reply spudwalt (Guest), August 16th, 2009, 5:53 pm

The bags must have been bigger on the inside ever since R/B/Y (where you could hold 20 different kinds of items PERIOD. In case you never played the classic old games).

Clearly, trainer's bags must have been designed by the TimeLords or something.

Reply Jiremi (Guest), November 14th, 2010, 2:04 pm

The bags use hammerspace (look it up on Wikipedia)

Reply LOLWHUT SAMMICH (Guest), July 16th, 2011, 4:53 pm

Indeed. @spudwalt: Exactly! I see I'm not the only Doctor Who fan on SmackJeeves. @This image thingy: This would totally happen if these games were more realistic. (Other than the cool 3d thing, but still.)

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@PachiGal: congradulationssss! u r the 100th page creator! i give ssssome of my ssssecret sssstash that djoing kept sssstealing from me

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Leak Buster Omaha is an add-on for Holdem Manager that will scan through all of the hands that you play during Pot Limit Omaha sessions. There are 71 advanced filters that have accompanying videos to help you not just uncover costly leaks, but also figure out how to fix them. There are two editions available for purchase: a $49.99 Standard version that will work for $0.25-$0.50 games and below and a $79.99 Professional version that works at all stakes levels.

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Nobody can just log in to their favorite poker room and expect to crush Pot Limit Omaha games.  For one, the competition gets pretty stiff at the small- and mid-stakes games.  Second, because of the nature of the game, the swings can be wild.  Outside of taking diligent notes on training videos and getting some volume in, there has only been one other way to improve your game, hiring a coach.  This, of course, could cost you $50 to $150 an hour depending on the stakes.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Old Folks

Shall we place our old folks at Foster Houses (Home For The Aged)
or shall they remain with us at home? Please explain your point of view.

Arthur said...

Hi Mel. It depends on how much do the rest of the family work. And how much time can they give to the oldest member.

In my case, well, I pass much time with Gusthav selling milkshakes, my Mother also works, and she works very hard, and she earns lots of money (besides she receives money for her double widowness). And my Brother, well, nothing new about, he also works.

So we all works very hard. My aunt with her restaurant. So we have no other option to send my Grandpa to Foster House. With all the pain of our Hearts.

Big greetings and big hugs

Sweet Dreams, from the bottom of my Heart:

Noushy Syah said...

Wow...I never experienced such situation or at least seen in my family yet sent to Old Folks home....

It depends on how strong is the family ties and relationship in order to send someone that you loved to be living under the care of others or strangers ( the old folks home )...

I rather employ someone to look after my grandfather at my very own house and I will take over once I get home from least I still have him at home when I'm not working, to spend more quality time with and enhance the relationship.I would not consider taking care of the old as burden in fact I take it as an opportunity for me to do some good deeds to my own family...we siblings will take turn to take care...

If they are put in Old folks house, then surely you can't just visit them at any time but to obey to the rules set and you surely can't just pop up at middle of the night to say good night and kiss his fore-head!! way, will I send any of my old folks to the home for the aged. Although you can visit them, but there is no bonding of love as much as you can offer if they are staying at home...regardless...

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Hi Arthur,
That's very understandable. If no one can take care of your grandpa at home, it is really much better to send him in a Foster Home. Just be sure that all of you have the time to visit him so that he will not be lonely there. Imagine yourself when you grow old and you were placed in a Foster Home and you don't receive any visitor from your immediate family. That's a case worse than death. Let us be kind to our elders for someday we will grow old too. Thanks for your visit and your honest point of view. God bless you and your family always my young friend. HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL.

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Oh Noushy, you just cause a tear to fall from my eyes. You are so good my friend to really loved your grandfather and any other old relatives that you have. Your heart radiate with so much love and caring that I can't help but shed tears in my eyes. May the Lord bless you more for your compassionate heart. I could sense that your heart is so full of love and goodwill for others. You are really one of a kind. Truly you are the most beasutiful girl in the world both inside and outside. He, he, he *lol* Thanks for your wonderful point of view. God bless you always my dear beautiful friend. HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND TO YOUR LOVED ONES TOO.

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Hi Gusthav, where are you my young friend? HAPPY EASTER TO YOU TOO.

*~*Sameera*~* said...

I totally hate the idea of old age homes when there are offspring to look after one.And tomorrow,your kids might think about treating you the same way!

noushy syah said...

That's me...a gal from the block..

Happy Easter to you and family too.Have a gr8 weekend and may God bless you always.

Take care my friend.

Rache said...

Hi Mel,

Sorry it took me a long time to get to your blog. Thank you for visiting my blog as much as you do and thanks for sharing comments as well.

As for the question, I agree with noushy, i would feel very responsible about taking care of my parents first hand or hiring a personal nurse or caregiving working from home. This way, even if i have to work full time, i can still check on them everyday and spend even a few minutes with them each day just for hugs and kiss.

I hate the thought that they'll be lonely in some Home without their family or anyone they know in sight. Old folks can be very sensitive and they certainly need and deserve all the love we can give.

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Hi Sameera,
Yes, Home For The Aged or Foster Homes were designed in western countries to free themselves of the care of their old folks. But Asians are more clanish and are closely knit as a family. Old folks are very sensitive and if you put them in Foster Homes, it's as if you condemned them to early death. But as they say, different strokes for different folks. Thanks for your valuable point of view my beautiful friend. How's your work going in Dubai? Thanks for your visit and God bless you and your loved ones always my beautiful friend. (You, with the most beautiful eyes and smile in the whole bloggersville)

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Hi Noushy,
Oh, oh, I better be careful or I might find myself sinking deeper in my own quicksand. He, he, he, *lol*
I appreciate your visit here and your greetings my dear beautiful friend. I'm glad you put back your luscious lips on your profile. Next time probably we'll see your million dollar legs? He, he, he, *lol* But your BF might disapprove it. Oh my goodness, what have I got myself into? Well, let's just say you're both equally beautiful as far as I am concerned and nobody can take that away from me. Do I hear any complaint? I better go now while the going is still easier or I might stumble in my own pit. Thanks my dear beautiful friend for your visit. God bless you and your loved ones always.

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Hi Rache,
You have a very insightful point of view. Yes, our old folks deserve our love and care as they grow old. But Asia is different from the west. I also understand that if they can't take good care of their old folks because they can't afford caregivers, they might as well put them in Foster Homes or Care Givers Home. Thanks for your visit and valuable comment. God bless you and your loved ones always.

Farah Deen said...

Mel, wow this is some subject to discuss. i have never imagined or thought about sending any elderly in the family under the care of old folk's home. However, it all depends on the relationship we have in our family. close knit family wouldn't i guess, well, again depends. some of these old folks require special attention and care which might be impossible for their family members to take care of. however, personally, i would never ever ever send my grand parents or parents to such places, leaving them under the hands of strangers. I would rather employ a nurse or a trained staff and be in the home, right in front of my own eyes.

besides, I don't think I have the heart to send people I love that way, i mean, they took care of us, no matter what happened, so, this is the time to pay them their good deeds...well..again may have their own pros and cons on this topic.

c e e d y said...

With this current situation of the way people are working away from home - it will be a better idea to put them in foster homes.
First - the parents will have friends whom they can interact with rather than waiting for the son/daughter/in law to come home and lead a solitary life

Also for the kids - they are assured that parents will get immediate attention if something goes wrong.

But if it were possible to stay together nothing like it.

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Lauren Jauregui is working hard on her solo album, and on Tuesday (May 8) gave fans some exciting updates via Twitter.

The former Fifth Harmony star began a series of tweets with a photo of her sitting on a couch surrounded by microphones and guitars with the caption: "In my elements."

Hours later, she wrote "Did some cool shit in ze stuuuudio todayy I know I keep saying this but I can’t wait to give you this world," and followed that up with, "My favorite part of making all of this music/visual stuff has definitely been exploring my heart and creativity. Anyone else fucking with it would be a blessing but i fuck with it and that’s all i need to give you to feel like i did my job."

Though she has been pretty mum about her solo work since Fifth Harmony's hiatus earlier this year, the 21-year-old singer did open up to Playboy in a March interview.

“Right now, I’m just exploring myself and getting in touch with myself creatively,” she said. “To be real, I don’t want to give myself boundaries...It’s definitely different than my work with Fifth Harmony. It’s me.”

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An astonishing study was published in the Journal of the American Diabetes Association stating curcumin extract (the yellow pigment in the spice turmeric and curry powder) can help prevent type 2 diabetes. The study was conducted with a placebo-controlled trial (some received the extract, some didn’t) of people diagnosed with pre-diabetes. The results showed a resounding 100% success […]

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The US government released its dietary guidelines this week. It happens once every 5 years. The last version was in 2010. The highlights? Sugar continues to be the enemy. Sugar should only be 10% of your daily calories or less…and that’s not easy considering the average American diet. The limit on cholesterol has been removed […]

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

US Official Praises Thaw in Cuba Relations Following Migration Talks

January 11, 2014

US Official Praises Thaw in Cuba Relations Following Migration Talks Reply

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A US State Department official has praised the tone of current relations between the United States and Cuba, and visited jailed US contractor Alan Gross during a three-day trip to the Communist-run island.
Edward Alex Lee, the US acting deputy assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere affairs, said migration talks held last week were “very constructive and have led to some positive outcomes,” but he did not elaborate.
Mr Lee said he also met with dissidents and other government officials without divulging the contents of his conversations.
Talks between the two countries were suspended in 2003 by President George W Bush.
They were briefly revived by President Barack Obama’s administration in 2009, but were suspended in 2011 when Gross was sentenced to 15 years in prison for installing Internet networks for Cuban Jews in a US programme which Cuba considers subversive.
Cuba, whose delegation was led by Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, director general of the US Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement that the talks had taken place in a “respectful environment.”
The strained relationship between the long-time foes has eased since Mr Obama began his second term in office.
Recently, State Department and Cuban officials said that contacts have been cordial – highlighted by Obama’s handshake with Cuban President Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa in December.
“Despite our historically difficult relationship, over the course of the past year and a half we have been able to speak to each other in a respectful and thoughtful manner,” Mr Lee told a rare press conference in Havana.
The migration discussion was the latest high profile event between the two governments, which do not have diplomatic relations. The last such meeting was held July 2013.
Under accords signed in 1994 and 1995, both governments pledged to promote safe, legal and orderly migration between Cuba and the United States and to meet every six months to review the issue.
As part of the accords, the United States also agreed to accept 20,000 Cuban immigrants every year.
Editor’s Note: Josefina Vidal Ferreiro is a career member of Cuba’s Directorate of Intelligence (DI), one of three intelligence services Havana fields against foreign targets.

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Sunday, June 07, 2009

It's a dangerous world: we nearly get scammed by a fake apartment ad on Paris CraigsList

The last time I stayed in Paris for a few weeks, in 2005 - the year I started this blog and made several resolutions, including "learn Yiddish" - I found an apartment near the library where the Yiddish classes were to take place. The lady met me there with croissants and it was just lovely, all went according to plan.

So when Hannah and her fiancee and I needed an apartment this summer (I'm going back to the Medem Bibliotheque, this time to take the advanced Yiddish course, and they're coming to have fun), I naturally went back to Craigs List.

Well, times have changed. When I responded to a man with an apartment very near the library, he wanted me to wire him the money (plus security deposit), and email him my PASSPORT NUMBER! (see his email, below) I wrote him back saying this is not how we do business on the internet. He sent me another odd email.

I was flummoxed so I sent them both to Hannah.

She found this site: Scammers on CraigsList Paris. I fear the author's quest, to identify and "out" scammers, is hopeless, because after all they could choose new names and new free email accounts for each encounter. However, it's good that she's trying!

An allied site gives ideas for being a cautious renter: Inside Paris: avoid apartment rental scams.

Naturally this is happening in other cities. Some of the scammers are - surprise - in Nigeria. And evidently some of the scammers are on the other side, renting apartments with fake money in some way.

I've been really sad about this. There are real people on both sides of the proposed transactions but they are swamped with fakes.

Somebody told me recently that 95% of email traffic is spam.

What a world.

In case you're in the same boat, below are the odd emails I received from "Thomas Lauren" at tho_lauren04@yahoo.com. Otherwise, read no further.
Normally i am supposed to make a fewe back ground check but nevertheless i know you would be a responsible person to have the place.However, I m presently in the United Kingdom on business trip and i would appreciate if you can make the payment Via Western Union Money transfer.Once i recieve the details of the transfer i would require your full name and address to mail out keys Via registered express mail in which i would provide you a DHL tracking number for your references.You should let me know the date you would like to move in and that will be the starting date to your rental.I am a very honest and God Fearing man and i hope to rent my house to the same person.I attend a catholic church and i am one of the elders in the church and i act according to God principles with good authoritative human perspective views of mankind..Kindly get back to me if we should proceed with the next line of information.You should expect the lease in the next email and kindly provide me with the following details for tne preparation of the contract

Your Full Name and Address
Passport Id Number
Date of Birth
Date of moving in and Date of Moving out
Address for the keys to be posted to you
Contact Phone Number
Thanks And God Bless
Goodmorning Jane,
Thanks for your mail and i wonder why you are not willing to give out your information for the preparation of the contract,at least i gave you one of my old tenant information to ask better about me and the apartment to be sure.
I am in London,and since you are not feeling comfortable sending your information to prepare the contract then i will like to let you know that am the right landlord for you,so i will be willing to post the keys of the apartment and the contract,photocopy of the apartment documents, to your address in USA,by Fedex express serive or Dhl service for you to trust and believe me,so think if you get this info,you would be able to futher with me? But before i can do this,i need to be sure if you are also serious about this rent and if you have the money with you atleast the rent and the deposit,so what i will suggest nowyou will go to Money Gram office,to make a of 700euro using any of your trusted friend as the receiver of the payment,meaning you will transfer the 700euro to your friend's name as the receiver of the payment at Money Gram office when you are given the form to fill,and address in North Carolina will be the receiver's address.or better still you can use your name as the sender of the money and the receiver of the money just for me to be sure the payment is for the rent,and as soon as this is done,you will get back to me with the receipt of the payment at Money Gram office to confirm if the payment is valid or not or better still you can write out from the receipt the sender's name and the mtcn number with this 2 information i can confirm the payment..
I think you understand what i mean? I just want to be sure if you have the money ready with you at hand..
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At 12:56 PM, Blogger Dugdale said...

I created a rental scam detection tool if anyone is interest in seeing if they are getting scammed.

Dave Dugdale

At 1:28 AM, Anonymous Paris Housing Scamwatch said...

Thank you for visiting Paris Housing Scamwatch. I just want to correct the erroneous assumption that our is "quest ito identify and out scammers." More than anyone, we know how futile such an undertaking would be. Rather, our quest is to raise awareness about internet scams while reaching the largest readership possible. Posting scammer names/emails has proven to be one effective way to do this. Why? You'd be amazed at the number of people who arrive at the site after "googling" the name of one of these "scamlords". So we post these names as they are brought to our attention. If you read some of the hundreds of comments posted you'll see that the site has saved countless people from becoming victims. I know, it's hard to believe anyone would even consider sending money to a total stranger and expect to receive keys for an apartment they've never seen in return. But there are many, many people who seem to lose their criticial thinking skills when it comes to the internet. We're trying to educate them about these housing scams so they'll be able to recognize them instantly. Hopeless? I don't think so.
Good luck in your own appartement search. -PHSW

At 3:27 PM, Blogger Leon said...

Anyone who asks for money upfront, send money by Western Union, are red flags that indicate a scammer. There are about 12 red flag indicators. There is a book out called 'Scammers Among Us Beware' that can be viewed on Amazon.com, purchased there and on BN.com, or eloquentbooks.com. This self-help guide will help you to keep out of the scammers clutches.Check it out. I recommend it highly.

At 10:06 PM, Blogger Craig said...

I bought three rare German books online from a rare book dealer in Germany. The dealer mailed them to my dad's address in the U.S. and I picked them up from him a few months later the next time I visited home, as I live in Asia. The dealer wanted payment in euros. Wasn't able to make payment by wire transfer or money order from my bank in the U.S. or from Western Union or from the post office, but had no trouble at all wiring the funds from my bank in Manila. The book dealer wouldn't accept payment until after I had seen the books and was happy with them.

At 2:21 AM, Blogger Miss. Marie said...

When I post a add on Craigslist this is what i state at the bottom of the page:

"this has helped get rid of most all the scammer emails.They are very easy to detect and are way to willing to send their money"

At 3:48 PM, Blogger Leon said...

Well I am glad that this type of ad works for you, just remember that any fee upfront is an indication of a scam. Also any time a scammer tries to buy something they will try and pay you more than you are asking and will want you to send the difference by Western Union. Check the book 'Scammers Among Us Beware' on Amazon.com, it will be of great help to you and yours.Thank you.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Read with Me

 This is my Read with Me Station area that I use each day.  I love my 3 Ways to Read Anchor Chart!
 We sit in a small circle on this carpet while we read together and introduce/review skills each week.
 This pocket chart is an excellent way to retell our stories each week, plus the students are able to review the previous story or "take a peek" at next week's story.  We discuss what the next story might be about.
This little table has my important tools for Read with Me.  I have laminated Word Rings for every reading level, vocabulary picture cards, spelling words, Homemade Bloom's Bookmarks, and my Reading Log Clipboard to take notes on every child during our reading time together.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

ETCHED - Isaiah 49:16

"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands...."  God was speaking in Isaiah 49:16 about his beloved chosen people, the Israelites, and their city Jerusalem.  They were His children, precious to Him.  He did not want to ever forget them, and tried to explain to them in a word picture how precious to Him they were.
Our Mei Mei is also etched in our hearts, as well as our concrete!  A cement pad was poured on the farm today and each grandchild got the opportunity to put his/her handprint in the wet cement so they would be remembered for as long as it stands there.  I thought of Mei Mei.  She could not be here to put her handprints in, but she is already a part of our family.  It would be exclusive to leave her out.  So here she is, etched forever on the Dixon Farm's cement pad!
So how are we doing?  According to the time line we were given, right now things are going ahead of schedule!  We received an appointment to appear in Nashville on July 25th to have special fingerprinting done to finalize the process of our daughters approval to immigrate to the United States.  When the approval is final in approximately one month, we can send all our paperwork to China!  An optimistic goal at this point is to know who she is within two months.  I can't wait to see her face for the first time, but even more so, to hold her several months later!
This process is drawing me nearer to God.  He is giving me patience during the times of anxiety as I check my inbox and the mailbox, and as I count calendar days away.  He is helping me to treasure more the children God has already given us, holding them longer and spending more time enjoying life with them and not hurrying through busy days.  I am understanding God's heart, how He yearns to hold us, look into our hearts, speak to us, and pour His love over us.  All of us who are believers were once orphans as well.  Think of how our Father was waiting to seal YOUR adoption- the anticipation for the moment you gave your heart to Him and the rejoicing when that moment happened?  We are so blessed with an inheritance of heavenly riches and a Father who lavishes us with eternal pleasures.  Our Mei Mei will be introduced to her forever earthly family soon, but I should be even more excited about introducing her to a heavenly Father!
Thank you so much for your continued prayers, inquiries, and encouragement.  We are so blessed to have special friends and loved ones who lift us and Mei Mei up throughout this seemingly long process!  We love you!


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On the first anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, we solemnly remember the devastation caused by the fires around our State of Victoria.

We remember those who died, families who lost everything, the injured, the firefighters, the volunteers & all those affected. When a disaster like this one rears it's ugly being it does affect the whole nation. ..... it's almost unbelievable that something like this could happen.

Ferocious, wild, incomprhensible were some of the the words used to describe this event which is marked down as one of the worst fire in Australia's history. The State recorded over 400 individual fires; Temperatures reached 45C; 173 live were lost; 414 people injured; 2029 homes were destroyed; the total loss of animal life is unknown.... the list is long.

So many have been profoundly affected, yet in the midst of a disaster something happens to humanity - we become 'human'. We open our hearts and reach out to those in need. Many will actually forget themselves so that they can give of their time & energy to help all those affected; People will gather together to pray; and many will open their own homes to the needy.

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Do your Digital Records have an Expiration Date?

Do your Digital Records have an Expiration Date? Jon Tilbury. Information Management. March 22, 2016.
     A general article about the importance of digital preservation.  Some quotes of interest:
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In an effort to bring more information to the community about library services we are going to answer frequently asked questions right here on Pressible! Of course you are still welcome at all times to stop by the desk and ask your questions. The end of the semester is quickly approaching and students have mentioned that the work is piling on. Many students have come to the services desk asking how to quickly find an article. One way to quickly locate an article is to go to the Columbia University Libraries home page. The quick search is located in the middle of the page. Click on the articles tab. The tab should turn yellow. You can then type in a phrase or topic like you would for a google search to find an article.  Or you can type in the title of an article or the author of an article to help you find articles you are looking for. Once you click "go" to complete your search, you will be brought to a page displaying the search results. You can narrow your search based on the options listed on the left side of the page. I hope this provides you with a quick and easy way to locate articles. You can also search for an article in TC's article search here. If you have any trouble finding an article please feel free to stop by the library services desk located on the first floor and we will help you locate what you are looking for.

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Honoring Dr. Bhavik Kumar’s work in this movement.

Dr. Kumar speaks at a rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2016. Photo Credit: Whole Woman’s Health

Abortion providers face immense obstacles when providing care for their patients. They put their lives at risk every single day to selflessly provide comprehensive and dignified health care for the people who come to their clinics. Dr. Bhavik Kumar’s strong advocacy in the face of continued attacks on abortion access by the Texas Legislature is invaluable for the people affected most by the state’s abortion restrictions. That’s why we’re so honored to present Dr. Kumar with Whole Woman’s Health the Fighting Spirit Award at this year’s Fall Celebration.

Dr. Kumar’s advocacy extends beyond the clinic. As legislatures across the country increasingly rely on medically inaccurate terms and scare tactics to push increased abortion restrictions, Dr. Kumar sought out opportunities to educate legislators and advocates on the realities of abortion care. This was especially useful during the last legislative session, when the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 8. The bill essentially bans second trimester abortions and makes it much harder for doctors to practice their best medical judgment when treating patients. From speaking at a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court prior to the HB 2 decision to working with reporters to demystify common abortion procedures, Dr. Kumar’s commitment to reducing stigma and spreading medically-accurate information is invaluable to our movement.

At a time when anti-abortion activists are targeting abortion providers, Dr. Kumar’s intentional decision to speak publicly as an abortion provider is even further proof of his commitment to fighting for his patients’ rights to access compassionate abortion care in their communities. We at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas are so thankful to have the opportunity to honor the brave work Dr. Kumar does. Purchase your tickets now and join us on Oct. 19 at the Fall Celebration as we celebrate Dr. Kumar’s fighting spirit.

One Year Later, Our Fight Continues Stronger Than Ever

Today I’m filled with emotion remembering some of the biggest moments in our movement for reproductive freedom in Texas. Four years ago this past Sunday, thousands of us filled the Capitol building with our voices, killing the bill Sen. Wendy Davis spoke against for 13 hours.

That bill—House Bill 2—eventually passed and our state lost more than half of its abortion clinics. One year ago today, I cried tears of joy with my staff and colleagues in the now-reopened Whole Woman’s Health of Austin clinic when the Supreme Court struck down two of the most harmful restrictions in HB 2.

Unfortunately, we do not have time for much nostalgia because in 21 days, the Legislature is coming back for a special session and Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to put even more abortion restrictions on the agenda. We need you fighting with us at the Capitol in July. Will you contribute $25 to NARAL Pro-Choice Texas today?

During the regular legislative session, anti-abortion lawmakers passed another horribly restrictive law that requires health providers to bury or cremate all embryonic and fetal tissue and criminalizes the most common abortion procedure after 13 weeks. And with more regulations to come, we need your help to fight back. Will you become part of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas’ legislative defense today?

With your help, we will keep fighting for our reproductive freedoms at the Capitol. Thank you for being with us through the years, and being there for abortion access once again.

Proud to continue fighting with you,

Heather Busby

STATEMENT: Texas Legislature Advances Omnibus Anti-Abortion Bill

Texas Legislature Advances Cruel and Shameful Anti-Abortion Bill That Severely Restricts Access to Health Care

For Release: 5-26-2017

Contact: Sharmeen Aly, [email protected]

AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Texas Senate voted 22 to 9 to accept the House amendments added to Senate Bill 8, an omnibus bill that would require burial or cremation of embryonic and fetal tissue, ban the use of fetal tissue for research and ban an extremely safe and medically approved method of abortion. With today’s vote, the bill is now headed for Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. Heather Busby, executive director at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, released the following statement upon passage —

“In a complete disregard for previous court rulings, including last year’s Supreme Court decision reaffirming the right to an abortion, the Texas Legislature has passed another dangerous bill that will place an undue burden on people seeking an abortion. Texas taxpayers will now have to pay for expensive litigation because lawmakers insist on passing bills they know are unconstitutional, simply to appease an extremist anti-choice lobby.

SB 8 effectively bans second trimester abortions and will make abortion care immensely harder to access. This bill does nothing to benefit health and safety and is a dangerous intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship. Politics have no place in the exam room.

SB 8 severely restricts access to abortion and shames and stigmatizes people who have abortions. This is another shameful measure by the Texas Legislature.”

To most people, the RGV is a symbol of the tragedy of this law. To me, it’s home.

This is a guest post from Melissa Aronja.

The day Whole Woman’s Health closed in McAllen, Texas was a sobering experience.

It was March 2014, and no one at the time knew if the Rio Grande Valley would ever have an abortion clinic again. At the closing vigil held outside the clinic, each person in attendance read some of the personal experiences of Whole Woman’s Health patients. They were stories written by immigrants, students, people going through divorce and people who had experienced sexual assault. Local anti-choicers were gathered across the street and cheered in celebration.

The months that followed — the months in which some of the poorest counties in the United States were left without abortion access — were surreal and directly affected people I know.

I was in Austin in 2013 when the Texas Legislature voted to move forward with HB 2, and I’ve seen the effects of the terrible legislation first-hand. Being in D.C. during the oral arguments for Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is important to me. The constant attacks on Whole Woman’s Health are personal. The loss of abortion access during those awful six months in 2014 is personal. Will you chip in and help me carry my voice all the way to the Supreme Court?MelissaAronja

Six months after it initially closed, Whole Woman’s Health was allowed to reopen. On that day, I awoke to texts from friends who were helping the clinic finish setting up. Anti-choice protesters were not happy about the clinic’s reopening; volunteers were needed immediately to help get patients safely inside the building, so I rushed to the clinic. Over the next couple of weeks, our little group hit the ground running, figuring out the logistics of clinic escorting amidst a crowd of very aggressive protestors from the local crisis pregnancy center. Not only were they upset that Whole Woman’s Health had reopened, they were positively furious that clinic escorts were now present on “their” turf.

Then, the clinic was temporarily forced to close again. That weekend, I organized a last-minute demonstration outside our closed clinic. We’d had enough. Only about twelve people showed up, but pictures from that demonstration have since made their way into publications all around the world. South Texans for Reproductive Justice was born.

Looking back on our first demonstration as South Texans for Reproductive Justice, I’m incredibly proud of how far our grassroots movement has come in the wake of HB 2. At the end of January 2016, the annual Roe v. Wade anti-choice parade made its way to Whole Woman’s Health. Hundreds of anti-choicers were met by hundreds of pro-choice supporters. We had enough people to line both sides of the street, preventing the parade from surrounding the clinic during operating hours as they had done in the past.

Before HB 2, the Rio Grande Valley didn’t even register on most people’s radars. Now, it’s part of one of the biggest abortion rights cases in history. To most people, the RGV is a symbol of the tragedy of this law. To me, it’s home. This court case has the power to permanently impact my friends and family, and I can’t let this happen without a fight. Can you pitch in to help me take my fight against HB 2 to Washington, D.C.?

I want to go to D.C. as SCOTUS decides the fate of Texas abortion clinics, but I need your help.

This is a guest post from Mary Drummer.

I remember staying up ’til the early hours of the morning riveted to my computer screen and Twitter, catching the live Tweets and streams from activists who were in the Texas Capitol during Wendy Davis’ filibuster. The feeling was so electric and live that I wished I had scrounged up the cash and traveled to Texas to be there. Unfortunately, at the same time, my home state of Ohio was also doing their best to pass draconian anti-abortion laws, but due to our state Senate rules, there would be no history making filibuster like there was in Texas.

A few months later when Wendy Davis officially announced her intention to run for Governor, I just KNEW I had to work on her campaign. I had previously done organizing work in my home state of Ohio around reproductive rights and other progressive issues and was just finishing up a healthcare campaign with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. When I saw that Battleground Texas was hiring, I applied, was hired, and moved across the country to Texas in 10 days. Working on that campaign and seeing so many Texans inspired and engaged in politics (many for the first time in their lives) was life-changing.Mary Drummer

I’m not done fighting back. Having lived in Houston, Austin, Dallas and traveled to the Rio Grande Valley, I’ve seen first hand the harm that’s being done to individuals because of HB2. Can you pitch in to help me get to D.C. so my voice can be heard at our nation’s capital?

After the campaign ended, I didn’t want to leave Texas, so I moved to Austin where I joined the Next Generation program with NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, participated in direct actions at the state Capitol against more abortion restrictions, and attended community group discussions held by Mama Sana/Vibrant Woman, a radical reproductive justice group that centers Women of Color. I am now living in Dallas, where I recently joined the board of the TEAfund, an abortion fund that serves individuals in North Texas, and I have also joined the advisory council of Reproaction–a national abortion rights organization that aims to change the messaging around abortion to one that’s more positive and affirming.

If HB 2 were to fully go into effect, it would leave only 10 abortion clinics open in a state that’s larger than the country of France. There would be no providers in all of Western Texas or in the Rio Grande Valley.

We’re fighting back. Just like Roe v. Wade, which also originated in Texas, Whole Woman’s v. Hellerstedt will be a watershed moment in abortion rights history and it’s only right that we have Texans who have been working and organizing in this movement in D.C. when the arguments are heard. Can you help me get to Washington, D.C. for the oral arguments at the Supreme Court?


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The Best book to learn about the Web

Last week Google has published a book. The book title is 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web. Though it's online book, we can still read this book on offline (To read on offline at lest once you have to read on online).

I never seen a book like this. It looks different. It's very easy to read. While reading this e-book I feel like a real book. I felt very comfortable while turning from one page to another page. Moreover it looks like a comic book.

This book consists of 20 chapters and 61 pages. My favorite chapter is "Browser Cookies".

Chapter 1: What is the Internet?
Chapter 2: Cloud Computing
Chapter 3: Web Apps
Chapter 4: HTML, JavaScript, CSS and more
Chapter 5: HTML 5

Chapter 6: 3D in the Browser
Chapter 7: A Browser Madrigal
Chapter 8: Plug-ins
Chapter 9: Browser Extensions
Chapter 10: Synchronizing the Browser

Chapter 11: Browser Cookies
Chapter 12: Browsers and Privacy
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Chapter 15: Using Web Addresses to stay Safe
Chapter 16: IP Addresses and DNS
Chapter 17: Validating Identities Online
Chapter 18: Evolving to a Faster Web
Chapter 19: Open Source and Browsers
Chapter 20: Recap

Each chapter title has some words to express about that particular chapter. This idea looks unique and different for this book. For example...

"Browser Extensions" chapter titled as...
          Browser Extensions or superpowers to your browser

"Browser Cookies" chapter titled as...
          Browser Cookies or thanks for memories

When I was a student I was not aware of Cloud Computing, however I used to browse very often. Two years ago I came to know about Cloud Computing.

Surprisingly this book explains about cloud computing in the second chapter itself. Now I am realizing this is the best way to introduce internet and Cloud Computing.

This book says very clearly, we all are using internet through Cloud Computing. During my college days unfortunately this book was not available for me.

In my initial days I used to browse from browsing center. Once upon time I was also a member of Sify-i way.

During those days I did not worry about privacy. Even I was not aware of my password security

I use internet since 2003, but from this book I learned, when I should allow cookies and when I should not allow cookies to remember my password and some other personal things.

This book explains elegantly about few more topics for safe and secure way to access an internet.

The illustration (Image) which has used in this book is really helping to understand the concept very easily. The following image has really impressed me.

The above image has used in this book to explain CSS (Cascading Style Sheet). Moreover this book explain the concept in simple way. For example the following lines have used to describe CSS...

Web pages have also become more expressive with the introduction of CSS. CSS gives programmers an easy, efficient way to define a web page’s layout and beautify the page with design elements like colors, rounded corners, gradients, and animation.

Within two lines this book has explained about CSS. Here each and every word explains about CSS. My favorite line is...

 "CSS gives programmers an easy & efficient way to beautify web page's"

Overall this is the best book for beginners. Moreover intermediate can also get some unknown information from this book. Don't miss this book.

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Citizens United and Electoral Exceptionalism.

"What will the effect be of the Supreme Court's Citizens United on elections?" Scott Lemieux asks below. For all the reasons he describes, the decision is enormous, radical, and wrong, and it will undoubtedly have sweeping impact on future election law as well as other areas of First Amendment and corporate law.

But it is important not to overstate the immediate effect on our political life. The "OMG, corporations are now people, with free speech rights!" reaction to the decision overlooks the fact that for almost all purposes, corporations do have free speech rights, and should, although they can be subject to balancing tests just as all rights are, as Scott shows. The principle area in which corporate rights are balanced has been around elections, in which speech rights are balanced against the interest in reducing corruption and, until the Austin precedent was overturned today, reducing the distorting effect of money on the process.

Even those restrictions were fairly limited, and in fact, the video at question in the case, Hillary: The Movie, would not actually have been restricted by them. Corporations can use their political action committees to directly influence election outcomes; they can use their own funds to run ads before the 30- and 60-day pre-election windows; they can say anything they want, at any time about issues.

Elections are just one part of democracy. We carve out a carefully regulated space for them, as any democracy should, but that electoral exception is not the whole of politics, as we should be particularly aware today. After all, the election of 2008 produced a president and Congress committed, among other things, to health reform. It hasn't happened, and it didn't happen in the past, in large part because of corporate spending of all kinds. (That was even more true in 1994; this time around, the White House made major concessions to the corporations that ran ads like the "Harry and Louise" series to keep them quiet.) And corporate spending to bring down health reform unquestionably created the environment in which Senator-elect Scott Brown could capitalize on that sentiment -- even if no corporation ever ran an ad that encouraged people to vote for Brown. The election exception doesn't achieve all that much, and the only way to really reduce the role of corporate money in politics and public questions would be to go much further in the other direction, limiting corporate speech (and probably the speech of wealthy individuals as well) in many other contexts -- something that few of us are willing to do.

And even in the context of elections, Citizens United is not the end of the line for campaign finance reform. It's just the end of the line for the traditional kind of reform that relies primarily on futile efforts to limit spending, such as the McCain-Feingold Act. Real reform that expands the ability of candidates and citizens to speak and to be heard is alive and well, and is now the only path to a fair political process.

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Why Indiana is suddenly the center of the sports betting world's focus

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While the gambling world awaits the United States Supreme Court's ruling in the New Jersey case and whether single-game sports betting will be legal outside of Nevada, several states (Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Connecticut are among them) and some sports leagues are getting a head start.

New legislation in Indiana provides a glimpse of what Major League Baseball and the NBA want from any state-run legal sports betting markets and reveals a divide in how the other major American sports leagues are preparing for that future, which could be here by summer.

Here's what we know about Indiana House Bill 1325:

Which leagues are involved?

MLB and the NBA have teamed up on a lobbying effort that kicked off in Indiana and is expected to spread into the increasing number of states poised to get in the bookmaking game. For now, though, the two professional sports leagues appear to be on their own.

The two leagues have hired San Francisco law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to lead the lobbying effort. The firm previously oversaw a state-by-state effort by daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel that resulted in close to 20 states passing laws clarifying the legality of DFS over the past two years.

The NFL, NHL and NCAA, on the other hand, remain mostly quiet on the issue.

All five leagues sued New Jersey in 2012 and 2014, as Gov. Chris Christie attempted to boost his state's casino and gaming industry by allowing Las Vegas-style sports betting.

The Supreme Court accepted the case in June. Oral arguments were heard on Dec. 4. A decision is expected by the end of June, if not sooner. The case is centered on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA), the federal law prohibiting state-sponsored sports betting in all but a handful of states, most notably, Nevada.

The Supreme Court could uphold PASPA, strike it down on constitutional grounds or rule narrowly in New Jersey's favor.

Why is this bill important?

Indiana House Bill 1325 aims to legalize sports betting at the Hoosier State's racinos, riverboats and satellite facilities, if federal law is changed. While other states have taken similar steps, Indiana is the first one to publicly work with the sports leagues.

MLB and the NBA provided input on the bill, resulting in stipulations that would give participating leagues the ability to "restrict or limit wagering on sporting events conducted by the governing body to ensure the integrity of its contests." In some instances, leagues would have rights over the data and video used by bookmakers to grade wagers and the types of bets that could be offered.

The leagues also would receive a 1 percent "integrity fee," paid quarterly by operators and based on the amount of money bet on a governing body's events.

For example, if a $100 bet was placed on an NBA game with a licensed Indiana bookmaker, the league would receive $1 from that wager, win or lose. The leagues would not have a cut on the outcome of the wager, only the amount of the bet. That could produce a multimillion dollar windfall for the leagues.

In Nevada, for example, $1.04 billion was bet on baseball in 2016. If Indiana generated the same amount of handle on baseball, Major League Baseball would be in line for approximately $10 million from a 1 percent integrity fee.

The idea of an integrity fee being paid to the leagues has drawn condemnation from the gaming industry.

American Gaming Association president and CEO Geoff Freeman says the leagues' opportunity to profit for legalized sports betting is by increased fan engagement, advertising and data rights -- not a straightforward cut of the action.

"They have an opportunity to make money in a host of different ways," Freeman said. "It's going to take a little bit of work. It's going to take some sophistication, but it's an extraordinary opportunity. Trying to con legislators into giving [the leagues] a direct cut of the amount that bettors wager is a lowest-common-denominator approach and actually undercuts the entire business of sports betting and will insure that we have more people going right back to the illegal market."

It will be politically complex

Indiana HB 1325 is only weeks old and faces a complex political road ahead. State Rep. Alan Morrison, the bill's sponsor, believes having MLB and the NBA on board will only help.

"It is a piece of the puzzle to make this whole thing work," Morrison said. "The integrity language and the integrity part of it is going to be very important. ... I don't think it's a bad thing to implementing that in there."

Morrison said he did not speak with the NCAA before introducing the legislation on Jan. 8. The NCAA, which is headquartered in Indianapolis, has declined to comment on the issue in recent weeks. However, the Division I Athletic Directors Association has been addressing the topic with its members and examining what added costs collegiate programs may endure if sports betting is legalized.

"Eighty percent of our members are against this," said former U.S. Congressman Tom McMillen, who is now president and CEO of the DI athletic directors association. "But we're looking at it."

Indiana State Sen. Jon Ford also has introduced a bill aimed at legalizing sports betting. Ford's bill, SB 405, does not include an integrity fee for the leagues.

"We deal with businesses in the state house every day, and we put requirements on them and we don't pay for it," Ford said. "And this is a business, and quite honestly, if this is successful, [the leagues] have the potential of making more money through advertising, more people watching their games, get better TV contracts. That's where I think they make the money.

"If you can help all the parties, sure, politically, it might help," Ford added. "But at the same time, I'm not sure of the appetite for the vote or taxpayer to keep subsidizing this kind of thing."

This week, Ford's and Morrison's bills were each assigned to the Committee on Public Policy in the Senate and House of Representatives respectively.