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The long awaited day finally arrived this past Saturday when the Princess's chickens finally laid their first eggs.
I had bought a special bag of "laying feed" on Friday, but had not anticipated results quite that fast. I think I'll check to see if they have any human feed for those hoping to get pregnant. On second thought, maybe that is a bad idea, as it doesn't appear anyone around here is having that particular problem.
We have five chickens about 6 months old. Five are regular sized and one is a very small chicken that the little 10-year-old girl named Daisy. Her eggs are half the size of the others, and that delighted the little girl.
The 8-year-old Hurricane boy was equally enthused, but mainly because he wanted to start an egg-throwing fight, explaining that we can't eat five eggs a day, so we may as well enjoy them some other way. He is now permanently banned from the chicken coup and the refrigerator.
All of this coincides with a new craze that the Wall Street Journal wrote about Monday. According to the Journal, thousands of people now have chickens as pets with no intention of eating them or their eggs.
It quotes a Ms. Lazar, who has a chicken named Edie. She says she spent $300 on vet bills trying to help Edie, who was in distress for reasons unknown. Perhaps she was in distress because Ms. Lazar named her Edie.
The vet found nothing, unless you consider she did find a big enough fool in Ms. Lazar willing to spend $300 on a non-chicken cure, but Ms. Lazar discovered the true problem was an egg stuck wherever it is chickens push out eggs. At last report, the chicken was resting comfortably at home, but was still disturbed at being named Edie.
The Journal notes it is difficult to find a vet familiar with treating sick chickens. In days gone by, an injured chicken quickly became fried chicken. but no more. Dr. Greenacre, a Tennessee vet — and I swear I did not make up that name — reports being paid $2,000 for surgery on a chicken last month.
If I pay $2,000 for chicken surgery, it better look like Catherine Zeta Jones when the surgery is finished. The chicken better be able to cluck "The Star-Spangled Banner" and lay five eggs a day. But the vet said her customer was well satisfied. She could have added and also a stark raving mad lunatic.
The article finally told about Stephen Brown, whose claim to fame is he once worked with Tori Spelling on the TV show "Craft Wars." Mr. Brown travels with his chicken and she has her own $1,000-plus travelling container. He gleefully explained, "She laid her first egg in the bed of a Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta, Georgia."
I can make a few observations at this point. First, strike the Ritz from future 5-star bookings. Also, if a Ritz employee brags about the comfortable feather beds, nod and say, " Yes, and I understand you also have breakfast in bed." Finally, I have deep concerns about any man who sleeps in a bed with a chicken. A dog, maybe; a cat, questionable, but, by God, a chicken crosses the line.
Chickens are made to eat and produce eggs to eat. There is no honor in taking Henrietta the chicken for a walk around the block. Chickens will not sit, fetch or play dead, and neither will any of my dogs, which is beside the point, as if I had a point to begin with.
All I can say is I pray every day that Daisy does not become ill. I don't have Dr. Greenacre on speed-dial.
Email columnist T. Gamble at email@example.com.
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Heather McGuire vigil held Tuesday night
Heather McGuire's mother, Jo Anne Kenney, feared years ago that this heartbreaking moment was possible but prayed it would never come to pass.
Her daughter was shot and killed last week on Connecticut Avenue in Kensington. Police say the man who killed her, her estranged husband Philip Gilberti, later turned a gun on himself and took his own life.
"This should have never happened to my daughter. She did everything that she could to try to protect her life," Kenney says.
Tuesday night, loved ones returned to Connecticut Avenue near the spot, one week ago Tuesday, where McGuire's body was found.
Kenney says for nearly a decade she tried to protect her daughter from Gilberti's abusive grip.
"This guy had a record that was incredible," Kenney says.
Gilberti was said to have a short fuse and a long arrest record. The weekend prior to McGuire's murder, Gilberti was jailed twice - then quickly released - for violating a judge's order to stay away from McGuire. The last time he got out, he tracked her down, beat her up then shot and killed her, authorities say.
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They blame a monster of a man and an imperfect judicial system for taking McGuire away - a system Kenney hopes to reform.
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Lapis Lazuli Block
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Physics |
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Transparency |
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Luminance |
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Blast resistance |
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Renewable |
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Lapis Lazuli Block is a decorative mineral block that is crafted from nine Lapis Lazuli dyes. It is a medium blue color, with darker and lighter blue markings on it. Currently, its only uses are as a decorative block and as a form of storage for Lapis Lazuli dye. It looks very similar to water, which is why it's sometimes used for easily creating water decorations.
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- General election runoff date: December 1, 2012
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Party | As of November 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
Republican Party | 6 | 5 | |
Total | 7 | 6 |
District | General Election Candidates | Incumbent | 2012 Winner | Partisan Switch? |
1st | M.V. Mendoza Steve Scalise Gary King David Turknett Arden Wells |
Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise | No |
2nd | Cedric Richmond Gary Landrieu Dwayne Bailey Josue Larose Caleb Trotter |
Cedric Richmond | Cedric Richmond | No |
3rd | Ron Richard Jeff Landry Charles Boustany Jr. Bryan Barrilleaux Jim Stark |
Jeff Landry | Charles Boustany Jr. | No |
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John Fleming | John Fleming | No |
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Rodney Alexander | Rodney Alexander | No |
6th | Bill Cassidy Rufus Holt Craig Jr. Richard Torregano |
Bill Cassidy | Bill Cassidy | No |
7th | District Removed in Redistricting | Charles Boustany Jr. | N/A | N/A |
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Louisiana Public Service Commission General Election, 2012 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | Scott Angele | 57.2% | 213,485 | |
Democratic | Forest Wright | 20.5% | 76,336 | |
Republican | Erich Ponti | 11.6% | 43,287 | |
Republican | Sarah Holliday | 7.6% | 28,214 | |
Independent | Greg Gaubert | 3.2% | 11,758 | |
Total Votes | 373,080 | |||
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- See also: Louisiana 2012 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
LRCA | Amendment 1 | Health care | Protects the state medicaid trust fund for the elderly from budget cuts. |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Firearms | Adds additional constitutional protections to state gun rights. |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Administration of Gov't | Requires more advance filing for bills involving public employee retirement |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Taxes | Provides property tax exemptions to certain veterans' spouses |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Law | Allows the legislature to deny retirement benefits to any public employee or official who commits a felony related to their office |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Authorizes the city of New Iberia to grant contracts for the exemption of property annexed by the city |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Administration of Gov't | Restructures the composition of constitutional boards and commissions |
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Taxes | Allows local governments to opt-in to property tax exemptions for certain businesses |
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Laws | Established certain requirements prior to legislatively creating certain special districts |
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Primary election
- See also: Voting in the 2012 primary elections
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- See also: Voting in the 2012 general elections
The deadline to register to vote is 30 days prior to the election day, which in 2012 was October 31 for the December 1st general election.[2]
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You are eligible to vote absentee in an election if you cannot make it to the polls on election day for one of the following reasons:[4]
- you are in the military, the dependent of military personell, or an overseas citizen;
- you are 65 years of age or older;
- you are at home or a nursing or veterans' home resident and you have been previously approved for the Disability Program, or you are disabled, homebound or a nursing or veterans' home resident. You must submit one of three kinds of current proof of disability with your application:
- a copy of a mobility impaired identification card issued by the Office of Motor Vehicles;
- a copy of social security disability benefits, veteran's disability benefits, paratransit services, benefits from the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, or benefits from Louisiana Rehabilitation Services; or
- a physician's letter certifying your disability (this is required for a new homebound or nursing home application).
- you are a student, instructor, or professor located and living outside of your parish of registration, or the spouse/dependent thereof (if you are a student voting for the first time, you must include a copy of your student ID);
- you are a minister, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy assigned outside of your parish of registration, or the spouse/dependent thereof;
- you are or expect to be temporarily outside the territorial limits of the state or absent from your parish of registration during the early voting period and on election day (if you request a ballot to be mailed to an address within the parish, you must indicate the dates you will be temporarily absent from the state/parish);
- you moved your residence to another parish more than 100 miles from the parish seat of your former residence after the voter registration books closed (30 days prior to the election);
- you are involuntarily confined in an institution for mental treatment outside your parish of registration and you are not interdicted and not judicially declared incompetent;
- you expect to be hospitalized on election day and you did not have knowledge until after the time for early voting had expired; or you were hospitalized during the time for early voting and you expect to be hospitalized on election day; or you were either hospitalized or restricted to bed by your physician during early voting and on election day;
- you expect to be out of your precinct of registration and upon the waters of the state both during the early voting period and on election day because of your employment or occupation;
- you are incarcerated in an institution inside or outside of your parish of registration and you are not under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony (you must attach a certification of the sheriff with your application);
- you are a program participant in the Department of State Address Confidentiality Program; or
- you will be sequestered on the day of the election (you must attach a certified copy of the court order of sequestration with your application).
To vote absentee a request must be received no earlier than 60 days prior to the election and no later than four days prior. The ballot must then be returned by 4:30 p.m. on the day before the election. Military personnel, their dependents, U.S. citizens residing outside of the United States and voters who are hospitalized may return an absentee ballot request by 4:30 p.m. the day before the election and submit their ballot by 8 p.m. on election day.[4]
Military and overseas voting
For full details, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program here.
Voting early
- See also: Early voting
Louisiana is one of 34 states that has early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins 14 days before an election and ends seven days prior to election day.[5] The average number of days prior to an election that voters can cast an early ballot is 21 days in states with a definitive starting date.
See also
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State "Voter Registration," Accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State "Elections Calendar" Accessed May 7, 2012
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State "Voter Registration" Accessed May 7, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Vote by Mail," accessed December 19, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Early Voting, In Person," accessed December 19, 2013


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Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Take Me To Rome
24 comments:
- Dumbwit Tellher ♥ said...
Enough said. Count me in Anna!
- 9 June 2009 3:32 pm
- Joy said...
sigh.... shoes. Beautiful room.
- 9 June 2009 3:56 pm
- Amy Benjamin said...
Hi Anna,
I've been a huge fan of your blog for a while now. I haven't commented as yet though. I am really happy for your successful blog. I see you popping up everywhere in mags now and it's so good to see.
I have an online video tutorial makeup website called Askmemakeup.com and I've had a lot of success from the YouTube community. I am also a photographer and have a graphic design business. I've have started a new blog called Meet Me At Ruby's too (as if I didn't have enough to do!).
Anyhoo... wanted to finally introduce myself. I love what you do. I love your aesthetic.
Amy x - 9 June 2009 4:35 pm
- BOCHENKO NIERUCHOMOSCI said...
ooo wow! I love this shoe painting! Looks amazing! Nice deco though!
Very nice blog. From now on I am on your fan list! - 9 June 2009 4:51 pm
- Ann said...
Oh that shoe artwork is so fab and if you ask me is right in its proper place right now ... above the Ferragamo store. I love their shoes.
- 9 June 2009 5:07 pm
- Alicia said...
Handmade shoes & tailor made clothes go hand in hand with first class rooms. Shop then drop, all in one stop. Got to love it!!!!
- 9 June 2009 6:06 pm
- Exquisite Accessories said...
Oh Portrait suites just look devine wish I was there sipping a glass of chianti & watching the world go by in Piazza del PopoloI great resturant, love Rome!
- 9 June 2009 6:44 pm
- Patricia Torres said...
The artwork fits in so well.. with the sofas.. and the lampshades.. and the dreamy effect of the house!! Lovely!
- 9 June 2009 7:43 pm
- Tiina of LiviaConcept said...
Lovely hotel and fantastic shoes... i'll have them both thank you!!
- 9 June 2009 9:03 pm
- vicki archer said...
Now that would be the perfect place to stay...xv
- 9 June 2009 9:29 pm
- Olga said...
i love your blog!
- 9 June 2009 10:12 pm
- Olga said...
i love your blog! what a discover!
- 9 June 2009 10:12 pm
- Karena said...
Anna, that would be a dream come true, especially if there were a few extra pairs of the fab shoes in the guest closet!
- 9 June 2009 11:14 pm
- lulki said...
your lovely inspirational blog has inspired me to start my own & to keep the pink wall in my studio! i was thinking of painting it white but i look at your blog & i am happy that its pink! lulki
- 9 June 2009 11:15 pm
- red ticking said...
how amazing.... dreamy is right! hope you are well....
- 10 June 2009 12:44 am
- Lea-Ann said...
Hello Anna,
I happened upon your website quite by chance as I was reading through the Burlesque Dubai facebook threads. You seem like a wonderful, warm person and I thoroughly enjoyed your little posts and the beautiful photos of the flowers. You lifted my spirits - thank you :-)May you and your loved one always be blessed. - 10 June 2009 3:42 am
- Beth said...
oooh love that shoe picture inthe background.
love your blog by the way you post the most lovely photographs!
b x - 10 June 2009 3:47 am
- Susan said...
The color palette is perfection and perfect tranquility!
Besos! - 10 June 2009 4:18 am
- Jordan said...
cute! very cute!
:) - 10 June 2009 8:09 am
- Whitney Gray said...
i am enamored. http://enamored-alifeofindulgence.blogspot.com/
- 10 June 2009 12:17 pm
- Suzy said...
Looks gorgeous!
- 10 June 2009 12:32 pm
- chelsea said...
What a gorgeous couch/chair set! I'd like to fall into that sofa and sleep away the afternoon. Although if I were in Rome...I highly doubt I'd want to nap!
xoxo Chelsea - 11 June 2009 4:06 am
- Merilin said...
Hi! I'm from Rome and I once stayed in that hotel: the suites are really chic and spacey, and although it locates on one of the most crowdy streets in Rome, when you're in the mini-Salvatore-apartment, you can have all the peace and silence you want! The stuff is very nice and gives you all the attention you need and probably the most spectacular thing is the terrace with a great panoramic view, where you can enjoy your evening tea, or customer delivered breakfast!
PS!if you're coming to Rome, I'll be glad to give you some more advice (my mother is a Travel Concierge)
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John Skelton
JOHN SKELTON by ROBERT GRAVES
What could be dafter Than John Skelton's laughter? What sound more tenderly Than his pretty poetry? So where to rank old Skelton? He was no monstrous Milton, Nor wrote no Paradise Lost, So wondered at by most, Phrased so disdainfully, Composed so painfully. He struck what Milton missed, Milling an English grist With homely turn and twist. He was English through and through, Not Greek, nor French, nor Jew, Though well their tongues he knew, The living and the dead: Learned Erasmus said, Hic, unum Britannicarum Lumen et decus literarum. But oh, Colin Clout! How his pen flies about, Twiddling and turning, Scorching and burning, Thrusting and thrumming! How it hurries with humming, Leaping and running, At the tipsy-topsy Tunning Of Mistress Eleanor Rumming! How for poor Philip Sparrow Was murdered at Carow, How our hearts he does harrow! Jest and grief mingle In this jangle-jingle, For he will not stop To sweep nor mop, To prune nor prop, To cut each phrase up Like beef when we sup, Nor sip at each line As at brandy-wine, Or port when we dine. But angrily, wittily, Tenderly, prettily, Laughingly, learnedly, Sadly, madly, Helter-skelter John Rhymes serenely on, As English poets should. Old John, you do me good!
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Author | Graves, Robert (1895-1985) |
Title | John Skelton |
Item Date | (1995, 1997, 1999) |
File type | Text |
Content | Poem |
Repository name | ProQuest |
Repository URL | http://lion.chawyck.co.uk |
Copyright | The Robert Graves Copyright Trust |
First line | What could be dafter |
Publication source | Robert Graves Complete Poems: Volumes 1 - 3 |
Publication editor | Graves, Beryl and Ward, Dunstan |
Publishers | Carcanet |
Publication place | Manchester |
Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3418 |


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Hi all. I'm here to see if I can get any wisdom from those of you who have had diabetes longer than me. I was diagnosed about 2 months ago and I've gathered from other posts that people here are all over the spectrum as far as how long they've had it. It may be helpful to a lot of others like myself who are just starting out to hear from some of you veterans out there. More specifically; Is there anything you wish you had or had known up front that would've helped you in the long haul either with management or with your health? Is there anything you wish you had done or started doing right away that would've helped your health and management or prevented any complications?
To be clear, this isn't the thread to say "I wish I had never gotten this" or bemoan your diabetic state. So please, keep things positive here! Hoping to find some great insight and learn from others!
Thanks for leaving your typo for us, Molly! It made me laugh!
Yeah, I'm seeing that this is a pain and nuisance. However, you're absolutely right when you say it's better than dying from cancer. Heck, it's better than dying from diabetes too! Before I was dx I had narrowed my condition down to 3 things. 1. Tapeworm (weight loss and fatigue), 2. Diabetes and 3. Cancer. Strange as it may sound I was hoping for the worm! Oh well! Thanks for the tips and typo. I'm not a drinker at all really. Actually, trying to find a red wine I can stand to drink since the doc says it helps with the cholesterol! Lemme know if you know any good ones.
The usual Merlot ...could be the restaurant's House wine ?? ...I had Red Rooster ( from the Canadian Okanagan wine country yesterday ) ...a bit of advertizing here to visit our part of Canada , ah , ha ) http://www.redroosterwinery.com/ and also my last name before the present Peach name was Rooster ...another story !
I'm sorry, but I can't stop laughing about the tapeworm idea. Incidentally, they don't cause weight loss unless you have a crapton of them. Yes, a crapton. Lol.
Yeah, I knew they didn't typically cause weight loss, but hey the worm was a better option than this or cancer! And crapton... I see what you did there! =]
One thing that has really helped me is to reach out to others with the same disease and to learn as much as possible. It probably would have helped me to do this sooner. Since you made your way here, I think you probably have that covered. JDRF has a mentor program where they will match you with a mentor that has a similar experience to you. It is nice to have that point person that you can call at any time with questions on how they handle certain things. Contact your local JDRF chapter if you are interested.
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The poorest Americans would nearly starve if it weren't for fast-food dollar menus and other cheap, highly processed foods, such as mashed potatoes in a box.
We've heard this so many times that we accept as fact the idea that obesity and diabetes are so common because eating a fresh, well-balanced diet is just too expensive.
With record numbers of people on food stamps, that could mean the obesity epidemic is inevitably going to get much worse.
But is it really impossible to eat healthfully on food stamps?
I wanted to find out. So I went to a local Walmart on Chickasaw Trail earlier this year to buy a week's worth of groceries on a food-stamp budget for a hypothetical family of four.
I brought Stephanie Norris, a registered dietitian, to make sure I was keeping the food healthful and buying enough of it.
Norris and I doubted we could stretch our budget to cover all 21 meals, plus healthful snacks, for two adults and two kids.
Central Florida's poorest families of four can qualify for a maximum of $668 in food stamps per month, so we limited ourselves to $167 for a week's worth of food.
Norris quickly filled our cart with the fruits and veggies that she says too many of us (whether we're on food stamps or not) fail to eat enough of.
Then we hit the meat and dairy departments, where we bought a large package of chicken breasts for $10.80 and 2 1/2 pounds of ground beef, plus milk, cheese and eggs.
We worked our way through the other aisles, and Norris helped me select food that would be filling as well as healthful. Brown rice instead of white. Whole-wheat bread. Extra-virgin olive oil. Natural peanut butter.
In the checkout line, I waited for our moment of reckoning.
And was shocked.
Our total was $106.14, far below our $167 budget.
"I was surprised at how easily we came within the limit," said Norris, immediate past president of the Florida Dietetic Association, who also teaches nutrition at the University of Central Florida and Valencia College. "I thought we probably could, but I was surprised by how much flexibility I had."
But we weren't done yet.
Norris agreed to run the items we found through a computer program that would tell us whether we met our hypothetical family's nutritional needs.
We wanted to make sure the family was getting enough calories, vitamins and minerals from the meals we planned — meals such as whole-wheat spaghetti with meat sauce and baked chicken breasts with rice and salad.
We fell short in three areas. We needed more grains, dairy and produce.
I made a second trip to Walmart. Because we had about $60 left to spend, I splurged on some almond granola bars, oatmeal and chocolate-chip cookies — Norris wanted the oatmeal, I wanted the cookies — a bottle of light ranch salad dressing and, because my editor was so appalled that we left it off our first trip, coffee.
That second trip totaled $55.82. Our grand total increased to $161.96, still $5.04 under the food-stamp budget.
It was a week's worth of hypothetical meals and snacks, all for less than the food-stamp allotment.
The idea that healthful food is always unaffordable is bunk. It is possible to buy wholesome, nutrient-packed ingredients without spending a lot of money.
And keep in mind, food stamps are intended as a supplement, not a family's entire food budget. That's why it's called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Two important caveats:
•I shopped at a large grocery store and took advantage of sales and lower-priced generic options when I could. Some people live in places the government calls "food deserts" because they don't have easy access to big grocers. So for some people, especially those without transportation, a shopping trip like mine would be much harder.
•The amount I used was the maximum allowed for a family of four. Most people on food stamps do not receive the maximum, but some lesser amount based on income and the number of people in the household.
I'm not arguing that living on food stamps is easy.
It takes a lot of planning to stretch the budget for a week's worth of meals. And then it takes even more time to cook those meals.
Maybe the challenge for people on food stamps isn't necessarily the dollar amount, but learning how to use those dollars, and allocating time to prepare food.
Just as some people never learn how to balance a checkbook or avoid the perils of credit cards, some people never learn to roast a chicken or sauté vegetables.
That's a more plausible explanation for $1 cheeseburgers than the inadequacy of food stamps.
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More occasional draft-day thoughts as I have time to drop by:.
4:11 P.M. MDT: Overheard here in the DenverBroncos.com conference room: "I don't know if I even feel comfortable typing 'pelvic bone infection.'"
4:18 P.M. MDT: Longest first round ever. Good God.
4:25 P.M. MDT: As for Jarvis Moss' number, well, there's only two numbers not taken in the 90s — 95 and 96, the latter of which was recently vacated by Michael Myers. Moss had No. 94 at Florida.
5:54 P.M. MDT: The second round isn't motoring along as much as it's lumbering. At this pace, the third round will not begin until around 7:20 p.m. MDT. This is threatening to become the longest first day in NFL annals.
5:56 P.M. MDT: "We never give Mountain time," Chris Berman says as he announces that the draft will move to ESPN2 at 6 p.m MDT … making this one of the rare times I've heard a broadcaster give Mountain Time on a national telecast in the last 15 years. About time the forgotten time zone we call home was acknowledged.
6:57 P.M. MDT: An interesting contrast among the players the Broncos have selected so far. Moss started 13 games in his years at Florida and never started before his senior year. Crowder, on the other hand, became a starter as a freshman and closed his career with 47 consecutive starts. The two also were key parts of the last two national championship teams.
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Ms. Linda FoleyMarch 20, 2002 Senator Feinstein and the members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to provide both written and oral testimony for your committee today and for your interest in the topic of identity theft. I feel strongly that these two valuable pieces of legislation will help to combat identity theft, empower consumers and assist law enforcement and business to reduce loss due to this crime. The Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) mission is to research, analyze and distribute information about the growing crime of identity theft. It serves as a resource and advisory center for consumers, victims, law enforcement, legislators, businesses, media and governmental agencies. In late 1999, I founded this San Diego-based nonprofit program after becoming a victim of identity theft myself. In my case, the perpetrator was my employer and my story is just one illustration of why we need the legislation you are considering today. ITRC's work with thousands of victims, law enforcement officers, governmental agencies and business has taught us much. I hope to share some of what I have learned with you today. My written testimony will be divided into three parts: The Crime of Identity Theft: There are three main forms of identity theft: × Identity cloning is the third category. This imposter uses the victim's information to establish a new life. He or she actually live and work as you. This crime may also involve financial and criminal identity theft as well. Types of people who may try this fraud include undocumented aliens, wanted felons, people who do not want to be tracked (i.e. getting out of paying child support or escaping from an abusive situation), and those who wish to leave behind a poor work and financial history and "start over." As an aside, in view of the discussion about national ID cards or national driver's licenses, we do not see these cards as a way to address identity theft. More typically, those who would commit identity theft will either use fraudulent ID cards or carry none at all. In my opinion, a national ID program will create a larger black market for the acquisition of documentation and cards than we currently have today. Identity theft is a dual crime and no one is immune, from birth to beyond death. There are at least two sets of victims in each case: the person whose information was used (consumer victim, to be referred to as victim from this point forward) and the merchant who has lost services or merchandise (commercial victim). Unfortunately, many commercial victims do not report the crime to law enforcement, finding it more fiscally advantageous to write off the loss. postage, telephone, travel, photocopying, time lost from work, costs involved in getting police reports and fingerprints, and resource materials. Some victims never truly regain their financial health and find credit issuers and even employers reluctant to deal with someone with "baggage." The emotional impact of identity theft can be extremely traumatic and prolonged due to the extensive amount of time it can take to clear one's name. Some victims can be dealing with the crime for 3-7 years after the moment of discovery. Last week I was contacted by someone who also had been a victim of my imposter (my employer was a magazine publisher). This woman had been an advertiser in the magazine and our imposter used her credit card for other purchases. We believe that she may have applied for secondary card use. We started to put together a timeline. It appears that my employer started to use my information just weeks after this woman closed down the violated credit account. This woman and her uncle are still trying to clear records now 4 years old. It took several days for me to recover talking with her. Our conversation brought back all the original feelings of violation and betrayal. 2 The addendum at the end is a brief outline of potential victim emotional reactions. Identity Theft Is a High Profit Crime: their number is for financial institutions only. VISA and Mastercard also report the number to be lower. Part of the problem may be that not all commercial victims report the crime, lowering the number. In fact, many in law enforcement have expressed frustration that businesses prefer just to write the loss off rather than to get involved in an investigation. I also believe they have a vested interest in underreporting the loss so as to retain consumer confidence in their industry and to not encourage a greater number of fraudsters. I have based my numbers on those given by law enforcement, the Florida and PRC reports and victims - sources I believe are unbiased and more complete. Using the number of $17,000 per victim and the estimate of 700,000 victims, the economic loss could total $11.9 billion to merchants, credit issuers and the financial industry in one year alone. I would like to further add that that $11.9 billion loss is just the beginning. You also have to add the cost of law enforcement and criminal justice time, costs to victims (including expensive attorney time) and secondary economic losses to merchants when merchandise "bought" by imposters is resold resulting a lessening of customer trade. Finally, there is the cost of investigating and prosecuting secondary illegal activities (drug traffiking, etc) funded with the money made by imposters or information brokers who sell the documents used by some imposters and those wishing to Identity Clone. Identity Theft Is a Low Risk and Low Penalty Crime: First, the Internet and telecommunications have made it easy to not only apply for credit but also to make purchases from a variety of private and public locations. Even those who appear in person do so with the relative assurance that by the time the crime is discovered, they will not be remembered and any video surveillance will be long gone. FTC statistics prove that while some crimes are discovered within weeks of the first attempt, the average time between the beginning of criminal activity and discovery is about 15 months. Identity criminals are quite clever at finding ways to receive deliveries at locations other than at home. Many use drop spots or private postal boxes, switching from store to store frequently. Second, we have a problem in that identity thieves take advantage of a system that is basically flawed, often due to poor business practices by credit issuers and merchants. Because the credit reporting agencies are subscriber services, credit issuers and merchants buy various levels of service. I have been told that not all see fraud alerts or even statements that the consumer is a fraud victim. Others simply choose to ignore the alert, balancing the potential risk vs the financial gain of a sale and unwillingness to irritate a new customer. Third, law enforcement often finds this a frustrating crime to investigate. One financial crimes task force representative told me that an easy case of identity theft may take about 100 hours of investigative time, a difficult case can take in excess of 500 hours. Why? There are many obstructions to investigating these crimes for both victims and law enforcement. After reporting the crime to credit issuers, victims frequently hear the comment: If you are not the person who opened the account, we can't provide information to you. Yet, these same victims are held financially responsible for the bill until they prove their innocence. These two pieces of legislation in front of you today will help victims and law enforcement to more readily access information for investigation, give consumers more control of when and how credit is issued, make it more difficult to commit identity theft and help us to better understand the nature of this crime. While they both appear to be consumer-driven, I will also address the benefits to taxpayers, businesses and the financial industries, which I believe will be substantial. Testimony in Support of S 1742 (Cantwell): There are three sections of this bill I would like to address. Section 5: Information Available to Victims It would seem logical that when an account is opened in your name that both investigating law enforcement and the victim should be able to access the information that is associated with that account. However, many companies refuse to provide copies of application and other documentation claiming that it would be a violation of the imposter's, or true card holder's, privacy. They claim that once a victim says it is not their account, they lose all rights to information about it and have claimed legal problems in releasing information to law enforcement and victims. Yet, unless that person proves his or her innocence, that victim is still held financially responsible. How does one prove innocence when you don't know what is being held against you? In a court trial, the defendant has the right to view all evidence that will be used, but not in a case of identity theft. When I became a victim of identity theft (Sept. 1997), I was fortunate in that the first credit card company I called shared the application information with me. I was able to immediately identify my imposter. It was my employer and she used her business address, which I recognized, as the mailing address for the account. The second credit card company provided me with a copy of the application which I turned over to the police. Armed with evidence, the detective could then get a search warrant that led to her conviction. Unfortunately, even the companies that helped me have now adopted policies that make it next to impossible for victims to gain access to information on accounts opened in their names. I was told that there was legal issue involved. Credit card fraud investigators told me that once I said it was not my account, they feared that they would be in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by disclosing information to a "third party," someone who is not the account holder. They wanted to provide the information but their legal departments were unsure of what to do. The reality is that once this account has been established as fraudulent and that a crime has occurred, all rights to privacy for the person who opened the account should be suspended. Access to the information regarding the account should be freely given to the victim and law enforcement investigating the crime. Based on the reaction in California and Washington, both states with a law similar to this one, I believe you will see a positive reaction from business because this law will clarify their legal status in giving out information. Application and transaction information on fraudulent accounts provides the following information that the victim and law enforcement could use to establish the true holder of the account and/or prove innocence. This documentation: Solving a case of identity theft is much like putting together a puzzle. Each credit issuer fraud detective only sees one or two pieces of the puzzle. It isn't until the victim, or law enforcement, see many pieces that the picture begins to form. If you can't get the pieces, the case remains unsolved and even more frustrating for the victim, is considered unsubstantiated by law enforcement. We recently passed a bill similar to this in California, now Penal Code 530.8 (SB 125, California Senator Dede Alpert, San Diego), enacted January 2002. The ITRC was the sponsor of the bill and had the opportunity to talk with many groups about the purpose of the legislation and to listen to those with did not originally support it. Some of those who opposed the bill feared we would create a vigilante environment. Far from it. Victims of identity theft only want to clear their name. They are more than willing to let law enforcement take over in terms of criminal prosecution. Victims are well aware that some imposters are on drugs or part of gangs and that even driving past a known location could be dangerous. Sec. 6. Amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Blocking: Fraudulent accounts can and are being used in assessing credit scores and affect a consumer's purchasing power. If I am able to show with some reliability that I was not the person who opened this account it should not be held against me. Unfortunately, it may take several months for a credit issuer or collection agency fraud investigator to look into a case and make a determination - is this a case of a deadbeat card holder who charged more than they realized or is this a legitimate case of identity theft. This section will enable victims to more quickly expedite their recovery. This is vital especially since many victims hear about the crime when applying for credit. They may be purchasing a house or a car. Even a delay in a few weeks could affect the cost and availability of the purchase item. One of ITRC's regional coordinators (from San Francisco, CA) found out about her situation when trying to purchase a house. It took 1 ½ years to finally clear her credit report to the point that she could qualify for a mortgage again. Of course, housing costs had significantly increased and the mortgage broker asked for a higher interest rate. I do have one problem with this section that will probably need to be addressed in future legislation - the requirement of a police report. According to the 2001 FTC report, 20% of all victims were unable to get the police to take a report. (="http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel"MACROBUTTONHtmlResAnchorwww.consumer.gov/sentinel) My work with victims indicates that number may be much higher, perhaps ranging upwards to 50% or greater depending on the state and jurisdiction. At this time, California is the only state that I am aware of that mandates a police report must be taken, in this case in the jurisdiction where the victim lives (California PC 530.6). We do need to find a way to require local law enforcement to take police reports. I have been informed that the credit reporting agencies may have a new policy of blocking on the basis of a "police report" and they believe section 6 is not necessary. As a consumer and victim advocate, I would like the reassurance that this voluntary policy has been made into a law, one that is not subject to change by the economic interests of a company whose primary customers are not consumers but businesses. I applaud their intent and do not understand their reluctance to back it up with legislation. Statute of Limitations: Identity theft is an unusual crime. Most victims of other types of crime are involved from the moment the crime began. If your car is stolen, your house is robbed or you are mugged and your purse taken, you know about the crime almost immediately. This is not true in identity theft. In three studies (FTC, Florida Grand Jury, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse -- all cited in footnotes below), the average victim didn't find out until 13-16 months after the crime first began. By law the clock started when the crime began, giving identity theft victims only a few months to investigate, assess the damage and find out how the crime may have begun. Many victims take a year or more to get to this point. It is illogical to hold an identity theft victim to moment of occurrence. As in many cases of adultery, we are often the last to know of the crime. The group that knows best when an identity theft crime first occurs is the credit industry. They are the ones who know whether each application item exactly matches the items on the existing credit report. To date, consumers who place a fraud alert, requesting that no credit be issued without their express permission, do so with the understanding that credit issuers are not required to honor that request. (to be addressed in S1399). Sec. 7. Commission Study of Coordination between Federal, State, And Local Authorities in Enforcing Identity Theft Laws. There are many questions that still need to be addressed. Clearly we need studies to make recommendations about this issue. I hope one other recommendation will be to require the reporting of identity theft crime by law enforcement, perhaps even including it on the FBI Master Crime Index. Until we statistically know the extent of the crime we can't combat it. I know that you have been also frustrated by the varying statistics you have encountered. Of course, it raises the issue of how to count identity theft crimes. If one imposter uses the information of 10 consumers to steal merchandise from 20 stores, is this one crime, 10 crimes or 30 crimes?
For years consumers have sought to have more effective control over who can access credit lines in their names. We know that criminals have taken full advantage of the reluctance of the credit industry to take positive, proactive steps against identity theft. This bill takes vital steps in empowering consumers and businesses to avoid identity theft situations. Again, I will address the major three sections of this bill. Confirmation of Changes of Address - Account Takeover and Consumer Reports The United State Postal Service introduced a successful program that mirrors the one recommended in this legislation. It mandates that when an address change is requested that a card be sent to the current address on record and to the new address, informing the consumer of the requested change. The card directs the consumer to notify a toll-free hotline should they dispute the change of address request. This bill would create a similar program providing a consumer a proactive way to control changes on accounts already opened under his or her name. It would prevent criminals from changing the billing address on an account and then applying as a secondary card user. By changing the address, it could take several months for the consumer to realize another person had accessed the account, especially if this was a card that was not used frequently. The second part of this section addresses the problem in which a person has requested a credit report relating to a consumer, and the request includes an address for the consumer that is a different location from the most recent address in the file of the consumer. One problem area of identity theft is that many thieves uses addresses that are different from that of the original consumer. Each time a perpetrator applies for credit the address on the application is entered onto your credit report. These addresses may be drop spots at postal box stores, apartments used for criminal purposes, the middle of a lake, an empty lot or even the address of an innocent third party who works between 8 am and 5 pm, the times that FedEx and UPS usually deliver. The criminal picks up the package with the homeowner never knowing that their address has been used to commit a crime. Because of this, many consumers find any number of erroneous addresses on their credit reports. In my work with victims I've seen credit reports with up to 20 wrong addresses, all apparently currently in use. The three major CRAs are all using automated systems now. When a consumer requests a copy of a report, he or she must give the number part of his/her residence, supposedly the last one on the report. Again, it stands to reason that the credit reporting agencies need to exercise due diligence in verifying that the credit report goes to the right person. If you will excuse my candor, both of these bill concepts are no-brainers and should have been implemented voluntarily by industry years ago. Fraud Alerts A 1999 Lou Harris-IBM Consumer Privacy Survey reports that 94% of Americans think personal information is vulnerable to misuse. I believe that number has remained the same or even increased. We have all heard media reports that explain that our information is handled by far too many people on a daily basis. In an advertisement recommending traveler's checks, American Express stated that a wallet is lost or stolen every 10 minutes. Current identity theft victims want to stop the perpetrator from opening yet another account. Many fear with good reason that unless they immediately lock the door to credit the perpetrator will continue to attack them for years to come. Even if the imposter is arrested, there is no guarantee that he or she will not sell the information to another individual who in turn will try to open credit using the consumer's information. The only measure of control over the establishment of new credit lines is through a fraud alert placed with the three major credit reporting agencies. Unfortunately, at this time the notice of a fraud alert - "Do not issue credit without my express permission. I may be reached at 555-555-5555" - is advisory in nature only. This bill addresses two vital issues. It will make sure that every credit issuer sees and observes the words "fraud alert" or "fraud victim" regardless of whether a full credit report, credit score, or summary report is requested. This has been the bill that consumers have wanted for years, the ability to lock the door before a theft occurs. To not allow consumers to have this option is the same as saying - "Yes, you may put a deadbolt lock on the door but you don 't have control over when it gets used." The measure of security that this bill will provide is tremendous. In your explorations of identity theft, you have probably learned far more about your vulnerability than you used to know. Perhaps more than you every wanted to know. As someone who hears about the results of this crime multiple times a day, I am all too aware of my exposure. I am more than willing to forego instant credit in exchange for the knowledge that with a fraud alert, no one shall be able to get credit in my name without my permission. The savings of 175 hours and $1,100 (victim costs to restore financial health) are small compared to the emotional impact of this crime. I pray that none of you will experience the problem of identity theft. This bill might help make that wish possible. Second, it establishes penalties for failure to observe these preauthorization requests and alerts. This is essential. Without the penalty part of this bill, I fear that the decision between "should I observe a fraud alert" and "the customer will take his or her business elsewhere and I'll lose my $400 commission" is too subject to the whims of avarice. It is impossible to state loudly or clearly enough how important this section of S 1399 is to consumers and in turn to the nation's economy. If this bill is passed, the potential savings to credit issuers, financial institutions and merchants could be in the billions of dollars. My comments on this shall be brief. Mary goes shopping. It's a busy time, perhaps a white sale or during the holidays. As she wanders from store to store, she doesn't notice the gray-haired woman walking behind her. In fact, unless you are trained, you may not even notice that the older woman has slipped her hand into Mary's purchase bag and pulled out the receipt for the sweater she bought a few minutes ago. On this receipt is Mary's credit card number. By the time Mary gets home a few hours later, this woman (minus the wig) has hit two nearby shopping centers and charged about $3,000 in merchandise to Mary's account. California has already established a truncation law. At first, stores were reluctant to embrace this law stating that it would cost too much. Using an extended implementation date, similar to the one on this bill, California merchants have been allowed the opportunity to make computer changes in registers as they were replaced and didn't require a quick overhaul of their entire system. Truncation is smart business, both in showing that merchants are concerned about consumers' economic safety and in terms of loss prevention. Even the California Better Business Bureau is supporting this action in California (as reported by the San Diego branch) and reminds businesses about truncating whenever they find a receipt where the system has not yet been changed.
How does one combat a crime like identity theft given all these issues? How do you finally start to control the crime rather the crime controlling society? We educate consumers and businesses. We give law enforcement the budget, staff and training they need to investigate financial crime. And finally, we do what I hope you will do as a result of today's hearing. We pass laws that make it more difficult to commit the crime. We pass laws that empower consumers and law enforcement to find these criminals so they can't hide because of the system. We pass laws that force reluctant businesses to do the right thing, despite the fact that it may cost a few dollars up front. In the end, they will realize an economic gain - in reducing investigative time of fraud investigators, in loss of services and merchandise, in legal fees, restocking time and costs, and in improved customer relations which draws people to their front doors. This bill is smart business and companies, credit issuers and financial institutions should actively lobby for this bill. Companies who carefully monitor the bottom line and observe fraud alerts, confirm address changes and practice truncation are not as inviting to imposters. I believe law enforcement when they tell me that imposters trade information on easy targets and ways to commit identity theft. The explosive growth of identity theft confirms this as well as the number of repeat offenders. Like any other job, you improve with experience. The imposters today of have turned their livelihoods into a multi-billion dollar industry. Your constituents deserve nothing less than the passage of these two bills. To not pass them would be to enable criminals to continue to attack and victimize consumers and businesses. Thank you for your time in considering my statements. If you have any questions, I would be most willing to answer them. I may be reached at ="mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com"email@example.com or during work hours at 858-693-7935. Please be persistent in calling. Our lines get very busy with victim calls. Linda Foley Addendum from ITRC'5 Impact: The moment of discovery. Recoil: Equilibrium/Balance/Recovery: IDENTITY THEFT RESOURCE CENTER The level of activity in ITRC's office increased dramatically in 2001 as we assumed a larger role in the battle against identity theft. In July, we increased our staffing level to two by adding a Director of Consumer/Victim Services in response to the severity and volume of victim cases we receive, up from 2-5 per week in 2000 to 60 requests for help each week by email or phone by the end of 2001. ITRC's web site, ="http://www.idtheftcenter.org"MACROBUTTONHtmlResAnchorwww.idtheftcenter.org, which first appeared in March 2001 is one of the most comprehensive sites on this topic today. It contains current information on prevention, self help guides (self-advocacy encouraged), a comprehensive reference library, fraud complaint forms, legislative information, resource links and access to help groups nationwide. It averages 10,000 visits each month. On the legislative front, ITRC is proud to announce that our first recommendation for legislation in California, SB 125 (Alpert), was signed and now is California Penal Code 530.8. This law gives victims and law enforcement greater and easier access to information on fraudulent accounts opened in a victim's name. By the end of 2001, ITRC had been sought out by legislators throughout the country, requesting support and guidance about state and federal legislation under consideration, including 2 federal bills now under discussion. Our volunteer staff, who give so graciously of their time, has also increased. Our regional network has expanded and now includes coordinators in San Francisco, Wine Country/No. Calif., Dallas TX, New Hampshire, Maryland, Olympia WA, Atlanta GA, Seattle WA, Bridgeport CT, Southcentral/East Michigan, Chicago, Akron OH, Milwaukee WI, Los Angeles and San Diego CA. Besides being available to all media, ITRC is particularly proud of the inclusion of an identity theft consumer education page in the California 2001-2002 Pacific Bell white pages, recommended to the company by Exec. Director Linda Foley and written by her. A letter by Foley that appeared in the Aug 12, 2001 Ann Landers column resulted in more than 1,000 emails from victims and concerned consumers in a 4-week period of time and an increase of more than 6,000 additional visits to ITRC's web that month alone. Presentations made to financial institutions and law enforcement agencies have inspired identity theft awareness programs and enhanced relationships with victims. Foley and ITRC is currently working with the California Association of Collectors to put together an information sheet and standardize practices by collection agencies dealing with identity theft cases. ITRC is now called regularly by law enforcement around the country - to ask advice on how to handle a situation, for permission to reprint self help guides for distribution and to refer difficult cases for assistance. Exec. Director Foley spoke at the March 2001 CA Union of Safety Employees, took an active role in the creation of the new FTC Standard Fraud Form, served on the CA Dept. of Motor Vehicle's Anti-Fraud Task Force, the CA Attorney General' s Identity Theft Task Force and acts as an advisor for the CA Department of Consumer Affairs, Office of Privacy Protection, which included a training program for their hotline counselors. Finally, ITRC is proud to announce that our director, Linda Foley, has received several citations for her exemplary work and is the recipient of the Channel 10Leadership of San Diego "Individual Leader of the Year" Award for 2001, awarded by KGTV, the San Diego ABC affiliate. |


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