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Hanford likely caused cancer downwind, jury decides
A federal jury yesterday found that the Hanford factories that produced plutonium for the nation's nuclear arsenal probably caused cancer...
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A federal jury yesterday found that the Hanford factories that produced plutonium for the nation's nuclear arsenal probably caused cancer in two people living in nearby towns.
The decision by the jury in Spokane is a historic first for those who have accused the federal government and contractors of sickening people by secretly releasing radiation — affirming the claims of at least some "downwinders." A jury has never before said a U.S. nuclear-bomb plant sickened citizens living downwind.
The 12-member jury found that thyroid cancer suffered by two plaintiffs more likely than not came from radiation that Hanford released, exposing them as children in the 1940s and early '50s.
But the jury rejected the claims of three others who suffered noncancerous thyroid diseases. And it deadlocked on the case of a woman with thyroid cancer who received a lower radiation dose than the other two plaintiffs with cancer.
The jury awarded one of the cancer victims, Steve Stanton of Walla Walla, $227,508 for economic losses and pain and suffering. The other, Gloria Wise of Kennewick, was awarded $317,251.
While the verdicts may bolster the cases of other downwinders with cancer and high radiation exposures, they also suggest those who don't have cancer — many of the more than 2,300 plaintiffs in pending lawsuits — may have a hard time convincing a jury that Hanford is to blame for their illnesses.
• U.S. District Court Judge William Fremming Nielsen urged both sides — former Hanford neighbors sued DuPont and General Electric — to attempt mediation over remaining cases, which include more than 2,300 plaintiffs.
• Both sides have said they may appeal rulings by the judge that could have influenced the outcome of yesterday's trial.
The two sides yesterday offered vastly different interpretations of what the verdict meant. Each declared victory in the cases, which are supposed to provide a precedent for any settlement talks involving the remaining plaintiffs.
While losing three of the cases was a disappointment, winning the two cancer cases against a government-funded defense team representing two powerful companies should force settlement talks, said Louise Roselle, lead counsel for the downwinders.
"The government and these defendants have an obligation to this community and it's time that they honor it. And that's what this jury is saying," Roselle said. "The implication is that the defendant and the government should sit down and talk settlement. We've shown them that we can win cases."
But Kevin Van Wart, the lead defense attorney, said the rejection of the noncancer cases and the size of the judgments posed major problems for the plaintiffs' attorneys. Thyroid-cancer claims make up around 250 of the 2,300 downwinder cases; most of the remaining cases involve noncancer thyroid disease or other types of cancer, he said.
"These are very small awards. And the cost of litigating these claims for the plaintiffs far exceeded the recoveries," Van Wart said. "At the end of the day it's unclear if they will recover a nickel even if these verdicts are upheld, just because of the expense of putting on this case."
Roselle, however, said yesterday's verdict doesn't erase the chances of people with noncancerous thyroid diseases.
"Just because we lost those cases with this jury doesn't say anything about what would happen with another jury," she said.
Meetings will be scheduled soon to determine what to do about the hung jury in the case of Shannon Rhodes, and how to deal with the others who have filed claims, U.S. District Judge William Fremming Nielsen said. Yesterday's decisions also could be appealed.
"I hope at this stage the parties give a good-faith effort to mediation," Nielsen said.
The Department of Energy, the federal agency that oversees Hanford, had little to say. The agency "was not party to the proceedings that have taken place and therefore it would be inappropriate for me to comment," a spokesman said.
The lawsuits stem from decades of operations at factories that were both the centerpiece of the nation's nuclear-weapons program and a source of radiation that spread across Eastern Washington.
Beginning in 1944, Hanford converted uranium into plutonium for the core of nuclear bombs. First built as part of the World War II-era Manhattan Project, it produced the plutonium for the first nuclear explosion during the Trinity test in New Mexico, and for the bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
The factories also spewed radioactivity into the air and water. That included radioactive iodine, I-131, which is linked to increased risks of thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. The six cases before the jury involved people suffering thyroid problems who were children during the height of the iodine releases in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Hanford's plutonium-processing work stopped in the 1990s.
Stanton, a 60-year-old engineer, welcomed the verdict as a vindication of what he has believed all along — that the thyroid cancer discovered in 1996 stemmed from radiation he absorbed growing up in Walla Walla. He said the jury award was fine.
"Money is an issue. But I think the principle of the thing is probably more important: that government and big business need to be more careful what they put out in the atmosphere that could hurt people," he said.
His case and the others, however, could continue to wend their way through the courts. Both sides have said they are considering appealing rulings by the judge that may have influenced the outcome.
Plaintiffs' attorneys said they are considering whether to seek a new trial for Rhodes, the woman with thyroid cancer whose case the jury couldn't agree on.
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2013 and earlier GMC Acadia Lease Questions
danyc1 Posts: 11Just received following e-mailed quote for AWD SLT-1 Acadia in Black ($495 premium) and with just Navigation ($795 add-on):
Adjusted Cap Cost: $41,694
Residual Value: 57%
$493.16/month, $0 due at signing (I'm in CT so tax rate they used would be 6.35%). This is without any negotiating at this point.
Seems like there is $2000 of base incentives out there, but any thoughts on this? -
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Here you go joeystiffs19. Ally's current base lease rate and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 GMC Acadia SLT AWD with 10,000 miles per year are 1.5% and 59%.
General Motors is currently providing a $2,500 cash incentive on 36-month leases of this truck. Make sure to take it into account when negotiating your truck's capitalized cost.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi procter5117. Ally's June base lease rate and residual value for a 39-month lease of a 2013 GMC Acadia Denali AWD wit 15,000 miles per year are 1.5% and 54%.
As I mentioned in my previous post, GM is currently providing a $2,500 cash incentive on 39-month leases of this truck.
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jb2u Posts: 8Just checked forum guidelines to make sure I could post the dealer name, and it states I can so here it is: Faulkner GMC in Trevose, PA.
To answer danyc1 's questions as well, no trade-in applied against this deal, and wouldn't call anything here a 'special incentive' (ie; no executive lease program or dealer coupon etc). It does seem from recent posts that the current rebates may be fewer/lower this month than last; note I figured out the best possible deal (that I got) by using information from a buying service - which I've used before and found to be well worth the small fee. -
procter5117 Posts: 4Hi jb2u, Seems like you have got the sweet deal on denali 2013. Congratulations! I am in Philly area and are also looking for 2013 denali awd. Would you mind telling me the first name of the sales person who you were dealing with. Who knows if I get out with some luck! I appreciate it.
danyc1 Posts: 11Car Man,
We're looking to lease an AWD SLT-1 Acadia in Black with sunroof/NAV, and total MSRP coming in at $44,015. Given the $2,500 incentive for a 36/39 month lease, what selling price should I realistically aim for? I was given an additional $657 (ie $3,157 off) off MSRP, but that seems too low.
Thanks. -
mjl117 Posts: 1Car Man (Or others) - I have zero experience in leasing as i've always financed in the past. Looking at the advertised GMC Acadia for $299 a month / 39 months / 10K miles a month. I'd like to bump up the milage to 15K.
How do i go about leasing process? If i read right from previous posts, i should first negotiate as if i'm financing the vehicle and then explore the leasing option once i get to the lowest negotiated price? What other factors do i need to consider as im told residual value is important?
Just looking for a little hand holding as this is my first time going through the leasing process.
Thanks in advance. -
nostaljack Posts: 2Carman,
I'm looking at leasing an Acadia slt-2 or denali. In your forums you say there is a $2500 incentive on leasing this vehicle for 36 or 39 months. Who is offering the incentives? Is it regional? I live in Pensacola, FL. I keep searching for the incentives and can only find $1500 offered. Looking to lease within a week. Thank you, -
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mbl_carguy Posts: 11Just thought I'd share the deal that my wife got on her 2013 Acadia. We recently leased a FWD SLT-1 with the dual sunroofs, navigation, and DVD system. MSRP just over $44,000. She had 4 payments left on her Honda Pilot lease, but the car had a little over $3,000 of equity. When factoring in about $3,500 of other rebates, we signed a deal for $449 / month for 12k miles per year. Nothing out of pocket and this includes all taxes (we are in NC, so only 3%), fees, and a maintenance plan that should cover the lease period.
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi danyc1. If I was in the market for this vehicle right now, I personally would shoot for a selling price of a couple hundred dollars over the dealer invoice price that is listed here at Edmunds.com minus any available cash incentives.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Welcome mjl117. Since you are new to leasing, you definitely should check out the following informative articles on the subject that are available here at Edmunds.com: 10 Steps to Leasing a New Car and Calculate Your Own Lease Payment.
In short, the easiest way to get a good deal on a leased vehicle is to shop around for the lowest possible selling price and then have the dealer that you decide to go with calculate your vehicle's monthly payment using its buy rate lease money factor.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi nostaljack. The $2,500 cash incentive that is available on 36-month leases of this truck right now is being paid for by General Motors. This is a national promotion that does not vary by region.
The $1,500 incentive that you've seen mentioned is for straight cash purchases, not leases.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515
iwantacadia Posts: 1Car-Man and anyone else....I've been back and forth with this dealer over a lease payment...
39 months
15,000 miles per year
$2,000 down total
Negative equity on my trade-in of $1,600
$475 per month....i'm trying to get him down further.
Do I have a good deal here?
Thanks -
danyc1 Posts: 11I'm in the same position:
SLT-1 Acadia with NAV and no sunroof/DVD, etc and in iridium (ie non premium color).
10k miles/yr for 39 months
$1,000 upfront (incl 1st months payment), then $469/month.
6.35% CT taxes...
Seems like with your $400 net down, and getting 15k/yr, you're slightly better than mine...I think we both have some room because I got this deal down before I've even entered the lot. -
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gatrnol Posts: 2Picked up a 2013 Acadia Denali a couple of weeks ago... first time leasing. Pretty much fully loaded minus rear seat entertainment (kids are in their 20's now)!
Got $10K on my trade in.
Managed about $2K off the sticker (was 47K or so to start).
Got $2,500 off thanks to GM lease promo.
39 months @ 12K/yr
Monthly payment of $264
It had 300 miles on it, as it had been a golf tournament vehicle - but in perfect shape.
To me, at least, this seems like a good deal. I told the salesperson "I'd be stupid not to take this deal"! He thanked me and said he's been waiting years for someone to tell him that... -
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danyc1 Posts: 11Just leased at June month-end black/black SLT-1 AWD Acadia with NAV (no sunroof) @ following terms:
Selling Price: $40,370
Gross Cap Cost: $40,970 ($600 Ally Bank fee)
Net Cap Cost: $38,470 ($2,500 GM cash incentive)
39 month, 10k/yr lease
$442/month with $1,000 due at signing (includes 1st month payment of $442) net of all taxes/fees. I live in CT so 6.35% tax rate applied. I had no trade-in or any other discounts other than the $2,500 cash back.
They initially started me at $479/month with $1,000 due at signing as a reference point. Other dealers were coming in at anywhere between $495-$515/month with $0 due at signing, so a similar starting point. -
czar0013 Posts: 3Hey Carman,
I am interested in leasing a 2013 Acadia AWD SLT-1 in black with the rear entertainment system. I can get the price down to $40,936 after negotiating and applying the $2,000 rebate.
What are the residuals and money factors for a 36 and 39 month lease at 12,000 and 15,000 miles/yr.?
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The results:
No. 2 Ohio State 78, No. 10 Iowa State 75 – West Region
No. 1 Indiana 58, No. 9 Temple 52 – East Region
No. 1 Kansas 70, No. 8 North Carolina 58 – South Region
No. 3 Florida 78, No. 11 Minnesota 64 – South Region
No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast 81, No. 7 San Diego State 71 – South Region
No. 13 La Salle 76, No. 12 Ole Miss 74 – West Region
No. 2 Miami 63, No. 7 Illinois 59 – East Region
No. 2 Duke 66, No. 7 Creighton 50 – Midwest Region
- On Saturday, only one of the eight games finished within five points and five of them were decided by 17 points or more. On Sunday, four games were decided by six points or less and five of the eight games came down to the final minute, including two games that were decided in the final seconds. Saturday's games were decided by an average of 15.9 points, while today's games were decided by an average of just 8.4 points.
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CRAZY: Florida Gulf Coast will make the Sweet 16 just 591 days after being granted full Division I status
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Florida Gulf Coast had OPEN TRYOUTS before the season (via @michael_fly, @thomascs53) twitpic.com/ce5jop
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- The state of Florida in general dominated play on Sunday, as FGCU, Miami and Florida all punched tickets to the Sweet 16.
- While Sunday gave us some absolute thrillers on the court, it also gave us a few questionable officiating decisions to complain about. In Dayton, Ohio State's Aaron Craft draws the charge against Iowa State when he may have been in the restricted area and it looked like he was clearly moving and should have been called for a block (see why that call was so crucial here)
Later in Austin, the officials somehow deemed that this ball went off of Illinois out of bounds when it clearly made contact with a Miami player last.
- On Saturday it was reported that UCLA would be firing head coach Ben Howland and on Sunday it became official. Howland went 233-107 over 10 seasons at the helm of the Bruins, leading the team to three Final Fours during that time.
- Potential NBA lottery pick Michael Carter-Williams helped Syracuse hold off California on Saturday night, but news broke on Sunday that while the point guard was leading the Orange on the court, his family's house was being significantly damaged by a three-alarm fire. Thankfully, everyone inside escaped and none of Carter-Williams' family members were hurt in the fire and.
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For the last several years, Plextor has used a two-tier strategy for its SSD products. We've already tested Plextor's flagship SSD for 2014, which is the M6e. The M6e uses a PCIe interface via M.2 and an adapter card. Today, we have the M6S, Plextor's 2014 mainstream offering, on the test bench.
The M6S is noticeably faster than last year's mainstream M5S SSD. In some cases, it's even faster than the M5 Pro and M5 Xtreme products. The drive uses a new Marvell 4-channel controller that's designed to provide smooth performance while consuming significantly less power than enthusiast class SSDs and hard drives. The drive also uses Toshiba toggle mode flash like its predecessors.
Any SSD buying decision starts by looking at prices. This is where Plextor needs to be competitive once the initial MSRP falls off. With new low cost, high performance products on the market from ADATA and Crucial and 1y flash on the way from Flash Forward (Toshiba and SanDisk flash), SSDs are headed to new price points that are much lower than 2013 prices.
Specifications, Pricing and Availability
The M5S product family consists of three capacity sizes: 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. This is the first product we've tested with the new Marvell 88SS9188 4-channel controller. Plextor paired the new controller with 19nm Toshiba toggle mode NAND flash. The 256GB model we're testing today has a 256MB DDR3-1600 buffer for page data.
This combination delivers 520 MB/s sequential reads and 420 MB/s sequential writes on our 256GB sample. The write speed varies between each model. The 128GB drops to just 300 MB/s sequential writes, but the 512GB model increases to 440 MB/s.
Random IOPS performance changes between the three models as you can see in the chart above. The 256GB drive we're testing today delivers up to 90k IOPS read and 80k IOPS write at queue depth 32.
Plextor covers the M6S with a three-year warranty, but the drives do not ship with an elaborate accessory package. It's an odd position to have at this time with MSRPs as high as the Plextor positioned the M6S at. The 128GB has an MSRP of $139.99, the 256GB is $249.99, and the 512GB model is $499.99.


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Gameplay DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition - 60 FPS Gameplay Trailer Check out this gameplay trailer for the Definitive Edition of DmC: Devil May Cry which will run in 1080p/60fps.
Gameplay 12 Vergil's Downfall DLC Included - DmC: Definitive Edition Gameplay DmC: Definitive Edition includes the story of what happens to Vergil after his battle with Dante.
News 55 GS News - New Witcher 3 Playable Character; Halo To Go For 30 Years? 343 Industries want Halo to last decades, we learn about The Witcher 3's playable female character, and Devil May Cry is coming to new-gen consoles!
Trailer 61 DMC: Devil May Cry - Definitive Edition Trailer Check out DMC: Devil May Cry - Definitive Edition coming soon to next-gen consoles.
News GS News Top 5 - Xbox Ones leaking, free Bioshock Infinite + the future of Resident Evil! Nintendo still struggles with the Wii U, PlayStation Plus has MORE free games, Xbox Ones are leaking, and will the Resident Evil series improve?
Original Series Feedbackula - Top 5 Controversies of 2013! With 2013 drawing to a close, Johnny takes a look at the five biggest hornet nests that got kicked over the course of the year.
Feature PS3 Nominations A quick rundown of this year's nominees for GameSpot's 2013 Game of The Year on the PS3.
Feature PC Nominations Check out this year's nominees for GameSpot's Game of The Year 2013 on the PC!
Gameplay Platforming and Battling - DmC: Vergil's Downfall Gameplay Yes, there's still platforming to be done in the DmC DLC, but at least there's plenty of wicked creatures to slice up along the way.
Gameplay Savage Cuts - DmC: Vergil's Downfall Gameplay Check out Vergil's new S-rated skills in this gameplay from DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall DLC.
Feature That New Releases Show (GameSpot x Giant Bomb) We got the whole games group together to talk about the games that came out the week of March 4th. GameSpot and Giant Bomb unite!
Original Series New Releases: March 3rd - 9th This week we check out SimCity, Tomb Raider, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, MLB 13: The Show, MLB 2K13, DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall, The Sims 3: ...
Trailer DmC: Devil May Cry - Bloody Palace - Launch Trailer The Bloody Palace mode for DmC: Devil May Cry is now available and free of charge.
Trailer DmC: Devil May Cry - Accolades Trailer Check out the accolades DmC: Devil May Cry has received in this trailer.
Feature GameSpot UK Podcast - Xbox 720, The Cave, Ni No Kuni Join us as we dig into to the lastest Xbox 720 rumours, Ron Gilbert's The Cave, and the Ghibli animated JRPG Ni No Kuni.
Feature How to beat Bob Barbas - DMC Boss Battle Bored of Bob Barbas brutalising you over and over? Turn the tide against this demonic reporter with GameSpot's helpful tips.
Feature How to slaughter the Succubus - DMC Boss Battle Suck at fighting the Succubus? Fear not, GameSpot's got you covered. Check out Pav's tips for dealing with this drink-spiking nasty.
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Feature DmC tops UK charts despite weak sales Guy and Martin discuss how DmC: Devil May Cry's managed to top the UK chart, despite only selling a third of what Devil May Cry 4 did back in 2008.
Original Series New Releases: January 20th - 26th This week we check out The Cave, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Strike Suit Zero, and The Sims 3: 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff Pack. Beats courtesy ...
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Feature DmC: Devil May Cry - Graphics Comparison Mark and Cam line up footage from all three versions of DmC: Devil May Cry to help you decide which looks the best.
Feature GameSpot UK Podcast - DmC, HMV Enters Administration We're joined by work experience person extraordinaire Pav to chat about the joys of DmC: Devil May Cry, the collapse of HMV, and why Martin is a dirty, dirty man.
News GS News - DmC gets blasted in Metacritic user ratings Users attack game for its narrative and simplistic combat.
Gameplay Platforming in Limbo - DmC: Devil May Cry PS3 Gameplay Dante might be a fine demon killer, but he's partial to a little platforming too.
Gameplay Hunter Demon Battle - DmC: Devil May Cry PS3 Gameplay Not even the mighty hunter demon is a match for Dante's sword swinging skills.
Trailer DmC: Devil May Cry - Launch Trailer DmC: Devil May Cry is now available for Xbox and PS3, coming to PC on January 25th.
Gameplay Platforming - DmC: Devil May Cry PC Gameplay Dante's not just good at kicking ass: he knows a things or two about platforming too.
Gameplay Mansion Fight - DmC: Devil May Cry PC Gameplay Dante takes on a vicious Death Knight, and finds out a thing or two about his mysterious past.
Feature Devil May Cry Through the Ages GameSpot gives you a primer on the many games in the Devil May Cry back catalogue so you can get up to speed ahead of the new DmC.
Feature DmC: Devil May Cry - Reaction from around the net GameSpot gauges how other outlets have responded to the new DmC game, and have a look at which retailers are selling the game the cheapest and with the most pre-order ...
Feature DmC: Devil May Cry - Review Bonus Feature GameSpot's DmC reviewer, Mark Walton, expands on his thoughts on the game and answers your questions live.
Gameplay Nice Mop (Hair) Dante! - DmC: Devil May Cry Gameplay Dante tries out a new(/old) look before kicking some hunter-demon ass! [Ed. Do they even have asses?]
Gameplay Dante Tripping - DmC: Devil May Cry Gameplay Whether it's a dream or a drug-induced hallucination, this wierd place sure is pretty.
Gameplay Ferris Wheel Demon Slaying Fun - DmC: Devil May Cry Gameplay What's more fun than stabbing demons with a sword? Why, knocking them into the path of a demonic spinning ferris wheel of course!
Gameplay No Escape - DmC: Devil May Cry Gameplay In this gameplay movie of DmC: Devil May Cry, Dante gets his hands on Ebony and Ivory, his beloved double pistols.
Review DmC: Devil May Cry Video Review Dante might have a new look, but can he still slay demons with the best of them? Mark finds out in this review of DmC: Devil May Cry.
Feature DmC: Devil May Cry - Murder on the Dancefloor Challenge It's all kicking off in the club for Dante in DmC: Devil May Cry, but who's the better fighter - Johnny or Cam? There's only one way to find out.
Original Series New Releases: January 13th - 19th This week we check out DmC: Devil May Cry, Crusader Kings II: The Republic and Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt.
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Ken Ulman on Fostering a Healthy Howard County
Howard County has been the healthiest in Maryland since the Country Health Rankings launched in 2010. NewPublicHealth recently spoke with the county's executive, Ken Ulman, about how the Rankings have helped drive further progress in improving the health of Howard County. Health initiatives introduced by Howard County have included a program that certifies schools as "Healthy Schools," if they meet criteria in several areas including nutrition and physical activity, and a smoking ban in all county parks.
NewPublicHealth: Howard County has been consistently been ranked the healthiest county in Maryland. What key factors do you credit for that?
Ken Ulman: We start with some advantages. We have the blessings of a highly educated population that cares deeply about their community and have good jobs, and many, though not all, have [adequate financial] resources and access to care. We also have the advantage of having a nonprofit, the Horizon Foundation, based in Howard County that is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of people living and working in our county.
So it's a combination of policy initiatives coupled with a public that really wants to make progress in these areas.
NPH: Have the County Health Rankings helped drive any of your public health and prevention initiatives?
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>>EDITOR'S NOTE: On 9/13/2012 CeaseFire changed its name to Cure Violence.
A group of impassioned attendees of the National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting attended a screening of The Interrupters, a documentary about the CeaseFire violence prevention program that began in Chicago and is now a prominent, effective program in other U.S. and international cities. CeaseFire takes a unique public health approach to stopping gun violence in communities. Findings from a study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health show that shootings and killings in even America's most violent communities can be reduced using the CeaseFire model—a model that employs disease control and behavior change strategies to reduce violence. CeaseFire employs ex-offenders who have unique credibility with community members and effectiveness in getting people to rethink the impulse to resolve disputes using guns.
Safe Streets Baltimore was launched by the Baltimore City Health Department in 2007 as a CeaseFire replication site. Speakers at last night's screening included Ricardo "Cobe" Williams of CeaseFire Chicago and Oxiris Barbot, MD, the health director of the city of Baltimore in Maryland.
A health officer from Cambridge, Mass., asked the speakers about one thing they'd like to see changed in their communities. Dr. Barbot said: "We need a health in all policies approach with better housing, education [and other social changes] to improve the environment." NewPublicHealth recently spoke with Dr. Barbot about the impact the program has made in the city.
NewPublicHealth: How does the Safe Streets program build on the CeaseFire model?
Dr. Barbot: We replicated what was done in Chicago, but our implementation differs in that the Baltimore health department houses the Safe Streets program–our name for the CeaseFire model—and we provide technical assistance for that community-based organization to actually carry out the model. We think that that works for us because it helps to create community ownership of the model, and it also allows us to focus on administering the program and making sure that the fidelity of the model is adhered to. We oversee the program and community groups implement it.
We've got staff on board that work intensively with the community-based organizations to make sure that they are tracking the number of mediations that occur, that they are tracking the number of face to face meetings, and if those numbers aren't at a particular level, we do retraining so that the interrupters that are working in that particular neighborhood feel more comfortable in what they're doing. Similar to any other chronic disease intervention model, the folks who are actually doing the work need to have ongoing professional development to make sure that their tools are as up to date as possible.
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Depending on where you live, there may be a number of home care options for someone with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Informally, your friends, family, neighbors and people from your church or community may help out with cooking meals, shopping or spending time with the patient or the primary caregiver.
You may also choose to hire a part-time home health aide or nurse to provide memory care. A home health aide may help with everyday tasks such as bathing, cleaning, and laundry, while a nurse can provide medical care and help with any behavioral issues that may arise.
Respite Care
Respite care provides the primary caregiver with relief from the day-to-day demands of memory care. Adult day care services are one type of respite care and are generally provided at a community center or facility and ensure that the patient continues to interact with other people. Activities may include support groups, games and musical activities. Many adult day services provide transportation and meals as well.
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At some point, a person with Alzheimer's disease will need more care than you can provide at home. The patient may need to move into residential care, with options that provide different levels of memory care depending on the patient's needs. Medical care, personal assistance and support services are available. The costs of care at long-term care facilities can vary widely, and options vary from one community to another.
Assisted Living
Assisted living (also known as adult living or supported care) is an intermediate step between living independently and living in a nursing home. Typically, assisted living facilities provide:
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- Help with personal needs (bathing, grooming, dressing, etc.)
Residential assisted living homes do not provide medical care but may be appropriate for people with early mild Alzheimer's disease who can no longer live alone but who can still function fairly independently.
Nursing Homes
Nursing homes (also known as skilled nursing facilities, long-term care facilities or custodial care) provide long-term care for those who require on-going nursing care and supervision. All aspects of care are provided by these facilities, including:
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Nursing home care may be expensive, but for many people with advanced dementia this may also be the most appropriate choice for memory care.
Special Care Units (SCUs)
Alzheimer special care units (SCUs) (also known as "memory care" assisted living) have been developed to meet the unique needs of people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. SCUs can take many forms but most often exist as cluster settings in which people with dementia are grouped together on a floor or a unit within a larger residential care facility.
SCUs offer a higher ratio of staff to residents than other types of care, specialized training for their staff and activity-based patient programs. The unit may include features such as secured exits and enhanced visual cues (such as signs or pictures) designed to help residents feel more oriented in their surroundings. They are often more expensive than other long-term care facilities.
More information on Alzheimer's disease and dementia can be found at WebMD or the Mayo Clinic website.
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(Personal opinion: kind of a jerk move to juke a teammate who wants to celly with you to have your own little skate. But for the purpose of this post, I'll let that slide.)
Allow me to submit the nickname "Austin ABSURD-ia" for your review. The above goal was scored by the gent in the headline, a 19 year-old who took the BCHL's "Player of the Week" honours with four goals and five points in two games over the weekend.
This should be a fun off-season game to play with junior and Euro hockey: Praise (for the goal scorer) or Shame (for the D and/or goalie)?
Reasons for praise: Absurdia, with under six seconds to go, shows patience in passing up a long shot to try to dangle one-on-two, succeeds, then buries one under the bar on the tender, winning the game for the Langley Rivermen (Rivermen? What happened to the Hornets? Chiefs?) with 0.3 seconds left on the clock.
Whatever the overall decision, he deserves love for that fantaculous, miraculous last second goal.
Reasons for shame: Good lord, it was a one-on-two in the dying seconds and a kid got walked, bad. Absurdia barely got touched. And tender, it's literally the last second – he has no option but to shoot. When a guy can't deke, get yourself square, will ya?
Getting roasted one-on-two is terrible. Getting roasted on that situation in the dying seconds is worse. But not noting that the Rivermen went D-to-D, Absurdia provided support, then single-handedly won the game for his team would be a major faux pas.
Your first ever episode of Praise or Shame concludes with a resounding:
…for Austin Azurdia.
But more importantly, praise for the commentator. That guy could run for mayor.
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Samsung Restructures, Names New CEO
Samsung Electronics has appointed Geesung Choi as its new CEO as part of an organizational restructuring intended to increase operating efficiencies and strengthen the independence of the company's business divisions, according to a statement issued by the company.
Samsung Electronics has appointed Geesung Choi as its new CEO as part of an organizational restructuring intended to increase operating efficiencies and strengthen the independence of the company's business divisions, according to a statement issued by the company.
Samsung also enhanced its C-suite by appointing Jay Y. Lee to the newly created position of chief operating officer, and Ju-Hwa Yoon as chief financial officer. Yoon-woo Lee, current vice chairman and CEO, retains his role as chairman of the Board of Directors.
According to the statement, Samsung also will be adopting a "company system" in which each business unit is managed similarly to a standalone company. The new alignments, organizationally and at the executive level, are expected to create a more focused and responsive business structure.
"Samsung has recovered well over the past year, thanks to Yoon-woo Lee's leadership and a measured response to the global financial crisis," said Choi in a statement. "With this forward momentum, we believe now is the time for us to make these important organizational changes to prepare for the challenges and opportunities ahead."
Effective immediately, the heads of all Samsung Electronics business divisions report to Choi and the C-suite. According to the company, the new structure provides a more unified and efficient management team, consistent with global business models, and reflecting the executive structures of many leading multinationals.
"Our renewed profitability enabled us to think long term–to make sure we can continue leading the market," Choi said in a statement. "As a result, we've strengthened the C-suite and created a new executive position, the COO, to help expedite decision making, improve efficiency, and mediate between our business units, ensuring that they work well together in meeting our customers' needs."
Incoming CEO Choi previously held the positions of president of the telecommunications networks business and president of the digital media business.
While creating the greater autonomy at the operating level, says the company, the benefits of the new structure also include a reduction in the company's decision-making hierarchy from three to two stages, and supporting stronger focus and speed of execution in business and investment strategy. Customers are expected to benefit from increased independence in decision-making and faster speed to market.
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Movie Reviews By Kevin Kelly on January 26, 2013 | Be the First To CommentThe Sundance Film Festival programmers who select the New Frontier and Park City at Midnight films have long relished in the fact that they get to choose some of the most bizarre movies for their venues. These are movies that don't fit the general Sundance mold and instead go above and beyond the call of Robert Redford. Last year, we had Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as a tentpole for these types of movies, burning the "Shrim" scene into our brains forever. This year, one of the New Frontier "films" is an episodic series of shorts glued together by director Quentin Dupieux, who previously gave us the Fantastic Fest favorites Rubber and its followup, Wrong. While shooting the latter with actor Mark Burnham, Dupieux had the idea to make Wrong Cops as a project to highlight the music he creates under the name Mr. Olzo. So, they got a camera and shot the thing in three days. The result, which the filmmakers refer to as "Wrong Cops: Part 1," is a mishmash of sketch and situation comedy that leaves you feeling like you've just watched a rehearsal for an unfinished skit.
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Features By Scott Beggs on May 28, 2012 | Comments (1)Why Watch? Seeing Rubber was a highlight of 2010. Quentin Dupieux proved his fierce, uncompromising imagination and a flare for nihilism which made the strange journey of a murderous tire ingenious. His follow-up was Wrong, which hit festivals a while back, but he's now premiered a short at Cannes that's not a sequel. He's just lazy with titles. Wrong Cops, hilarious in its towering self-confident commitment, features the kind of sleazebag authority figure that would make Harvey Keitel smile. Just kidding. Harvey Keitel never smiles. Still, this short is like exploring a place you've been before and finding something different. Insane and wondrous, it also asks a profound philosophical question that demands several minutes of contemplation: does Marilyn Manson want a picture of your dick? What will it cost? Only 13 minutes. Skip Work. You've Got Time For More Short Films
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For a little more in-depth description than you probably want, check my response in this thread:
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Hi. I have an old house (1897) but it does not have a fireplace, and never did. It is built of stone (first floor) and is a "half-double" with a thick brick wall dividing my house from my neighbor's. I would love to install a gas fireplace in the living room, but I don't know if I can due to the layout.
One wall is a large window bay, one wall is the shared brick wall, one wall is only about 4 feet long and opens to the foyer, and the fourth wall, where I want the fireplace, is an interior wall, with the cellar stairwell behind it. Most of what I have read about the ventless fireplaces is discouraging, so I am wondering if I have any other options. Can a gas fireplace be vented "downward", like into the basement and then ducted outside? Or does anyone have any other suggestions or advice? I love my house and don't intend to move, but I have always wanted a fireplace and have finally convinced my husband that a gas one would be OK, but now I don't know if it will work at all......and of course my budget is not unlimited, so that's a concern too. Any advice would be appreciated! |
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The venting needs to either go up and out the roof or up and out a wall. From what you described you cannot go out a wall. Would it be possible to vent through the roof? There are some manufacturers that offer a "power vent" which sucks the exhaust from the fireplace. This allows you to vent down. It does however add a lot to the price. |
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Is anyone out there growing/cultivating Arethusa bulbosa successfully? Any input would be appreciated. |
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Arethusa bulbosa is critically imperiled throughout most of its range, in part due to illegal collecting. It is listed in CITES Appendix II so international trade of this species is controlled. |
True, but it's also been cultivated successfully by Bob Yannetti in New Jersey, and hybridized with other orchids. I don't advocate collecting in the wild, but I'd love to have a source for nursery grown Arethusa. Maybe American Native Nursery?? They list Arethusa in their wetland plant suggestions, but they didn't respond to my query about it. I'm looking into flasking some on my own. Need to figure out what I need to do to get permits to collect seed. Might need to travel to NJ - I don't believe that it's endangered there. Probably just need landowner permission to collect seed. Did you have any luck obtaining a source? FYI... It's not easy to raise, and from what I've heard it has a short life span in the wild, so you need to replenish it or grow it in a garden with the correct mycorrizhal fungi so that it can reseed. Chris |
FYI.. I spoke with someone at American Native Nursery (americannativenursery.com) today. They do periodically raise and sell Arethusa bulbosa. They've provided plants to botanical gardens, and receive seed in return. The earliest they would have any would be spring 2014, since they don't currently have any growing. The plants are shipped potted, in soil containing the required mycorrizhal fungi. As far as I know, and I've done a lot of searching, this is the only commercial source for Arethusa bulbosa. Chris |
Chris, I appreciate that information. I have presently 2 growing in spaghnum moss. I will let you know how they do (if they survive) in spring. Gerhard |
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Steam City is a game of territorial maneuvering and building.
You build up a steam powered city, compete for industrial dominance and fight to control key city infrastructures.
Play style is turn based board game, with placement of tiles followed by pick of new tiles from a common pool. You can either play single player, local multiplayer, or multiplayer over the Internet.
In the grim alternative reality of steam and coal, the sky will darken as you put up smoke stack after smoke stack and your network of steam pipes will spread like tentacles holding the city in its iron grip.


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The Queue: American Old Gods {WoW}
Apr 15th 2011 12:00PM That's brilliant!
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Apr 15th 2011 11:58AM Well, the guy in the comments who mock-claimed it did say he'd had a hard day. I suppose that could be the case, but still... keep the PVP in-game, not in reality! He could have made my girlfriend get in an accident; rush hour is nasty.
The Queue: Almost our celestial anniversary {WoW}
Apr 13th 2011 2:58PM And yes, we're positive that he said "Horde", thank you very much.
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Apr 13th 2011 2:55PM Have you tried inputting the address into your phone's browser as "i.wow.joystiq.com"? I had that issue and it seemed to fix it.
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Apr 13th 2011 2:54PM Yesterday, my girlfriend was driving home in our car, which sports a large Horde symbol on the back window. Some guy cuts her off, then pulls into the lane next to her and flips her the bird, and yells "F***ing Horde!" then cuts her off again.
Now, I, if I were to encounter a car with a blue lion on it, would be glad to run into another wow player. Screw faction choice, it's mainly cosmetic.
Anyone else had any weird faction-biased encounters with other wow players out in the real world?
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Mar 9th 2011 3:57PM My experience tells me that anyone who asks for a recount post is always in first place, so only asks when they are in first, and most likely has their own damage meter running. They're trying to brag without overtly bragging, and it fails every time.
We chide guildies for posting recount, because it's never a geared 85 doing it, it's some BOA-wearing mid-40s toon saying "lol these guys are bads", at a point in the game where dps is all but irrelevant.
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Jan 6th 2011 10:06AM You can indeed send heirlooms cross-faction, but only on the same realm (for now).
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Some groups even think R-68 may be too soft. Unconventional Action, which was born out of the Crimethinc network of anarchists, is recruiting people to protest at the DNC and RNC conventions. The group aims to organize a series of actions that will "shut down the DNC," according to its website, and has been holding a series of "consultas" across the country to build strategy. The Denver Consulta was held on October 5 at a location near downtown and was attended by forty anarchists representing outfits from across the West. Spagnuolo was invited to speak about the mission of R-68.
"A lot of them are younger folks," he remembers, "and they were very excited and happy to hear about the more — I don't want to say aggressive, but the more demanding-type approach that R-68 is taking. We're going to be working with lots of anti-authoritarian groups. And we're not going to be telling people what to do or how to do it."
Four days after the Columbus Day Parade, the protesters held a press conference. After they'd run out into the street, Morris and Spagnuolo had been taken into custody without incident. But others felt they were manhandled by cops, including a female pastor from the Iliff School of Theology who showed a picture of her neck being bent in a police pressure hold. Another protester had to be taken to the hospital. Nearly all of the 88 arrested on October 6 were held in jail overnight, even after they'd posted bail.
Russell Means argued that what had happened to him qualified as torture: He'd been placed in an isolation cell where the buzz of the fluorescent lights bothered him, and his heart medication had been withheld for a time. He said he planned to file a civil suit against the sheriff's department and Denver's mayor, who'd "ordered protesters to be held for the maximum amount of time."
One female protester asked if they could "expect similar treatment at the DNC."
Civil-rights attorney Walter Gerash was there to support the protesters, and will take many of their cases on charges ranging from disrupting a public assembly to resisting arrest. The protesters intend to plead not guilty and take each case to a jury trial. Morris and Spagnuolo will certainly use that forum to further decry Columbus. But they also hope that the legal cases will focus attention on how the city deals with protesters: a protest for a protest for a protest. "We want to put the city attorney's office on notice," Morris says. "They'd better be ready to cancel their vacations."
When he was arrested, Spagnuolo gave Woodbine Ranch as his home address — but now he and his wife must move out by mid-November. According to Stavropoulos, the Woodbine project will move ahead without Spagnuolo. Stavropoulos had his former employee sign a statement of confidentiality regarding the Woodbine project, so Spagnuolo has kept silent on the subject.
But he still has plenty to say about plans for the upcoming convention, when protests "will make the 1968 DNC look like a small gathering." And in honor of the Chicago 7, the group of protesters who went on trial after that convention, those arrested on Columbus Day have already started calling themselves the Denver 88.
"They couldn't process 88 of us in a constitutional manner and get us out of jail in less than 32 hours," Spagnuolo concludes. "What's going to happen when you have 888 people arrested in a day? We're all in a lot of trouble when it comes to the DNC."


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Though it is a bit on the geeky side, I can't think of a better piece of furniture to play poker on. My hat goes off to Justin Adler for constructing this techno table. I think when I get home I'm going to try and convert my Dell into a pinball machine. Wish me luck!


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I found this nice site, thought I would share it. I've never heard of carp being used this way. They say to make a paste of it mixed with flour and put it on the forehead to help rid of fever. Thre is also an alternative by using tofu instead of carp fish (goldfish). Wow, very interesting. I wouldn't kill my goldfish for it, but it's interesting to know. |
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Poor fishies. (joking) If you ever get pneumonia, call me and I'll walk you through the treatment. You can be "out of the woods" within 24-36 hours. Charlie |
That particular remedy sounded like a good thing to do when one really doesn't have anything that will really work handy, just to feel that one is doing something. IMO a certain percentage of the old remedies were really made up for that purpose, ie, psychological need, rather than a true medicinal approach. Another I read somewhere was, to treat epilepsy, to break an egg open and let ants eat the contents. (I suppose ants could have curative abilities they express in gratitude, though, who knows? I don't think anyone has really tried to actually commune with an ant colony regarding its feelings or intent.) I suppose if someone were essentially starving they could eat the pastes and maybe at least give their immune systems a kickstart, since both contain protein. :o/ |
I suppose if one were in an isolated area with no access to modern medicine it might be necessary to fall back on home remedies for pneumonia, but that is probably what killed so many so soon in the days before modern medicine. Some illnesses are so severe, and move so rapidly, that traditional treatments do not have the strength to work. I have always considered pneumonia to be one of those. Essentially, the way I picture it, you have a concentrated ball of microorganisms rapidly doubling in quantity, and something has to be done to stop that fairly quickly before it kills you. Even today and hospitalized, many elderly still die of it. Traditional herbal treatments often cannot be safely taken in massive doses because they have not been treated by modern processes to remove any non-therapeutic constituents that could be harmful. There probably are remedies that could be taken to help ward off pneumonia, before a lung infection actually developed to the point it could be called that, but I don't know what they would be. I know the buds of forsythia have some antibiotic quality, but the Chinese grow a special strain in which that characteristic is stronger. There would be no guarantee, in either case, though, that the antibiotic quality of the forsythia buds would kill the harmful bacteria, rather than simply kill off more beneficial ones that might help to keep more lethal bacteria strains at bay. Only a practitioner in the area where the infection was occurring who had practiced on others with the same condition would tend to have this knowledge. Herbal treatment was probably by trial and error in the early days, and later patients probably benefited more than earlier ones during any particular epidemic. My theory is that most epidemics begin in more crowded and less affluent conditions, which would enable the ambitious practitioner to exercise his or her best remedies on the more affluent. Since herbs take more space to grow and store than today's pills, and transportation was also more limited, the average herbalist was probably rather limited in the number of remedies actually on hand. There were probably a few standards (like comfrey, because it grows so large and well in a variety of circumstances) which would be tried for almost every malady, since there was such a good supply of it, and other herbal remedies, which might acutually have been more effective, held in reserve for the very worst cases or the wealthiest clients. Herbs from warmer, or cooler, or dryer, or more humid climates than the practicing herbalist's would have been in short supply in the early days. An herbalist that relocated to an area with a different climate, for any reason, would have initially been able to bring a supply of his or her own remedies along, but would soon have needed to resupply with remedies that could grow in the new area, or which were obtainable through reliable trade with other areas. Even for conditions which the herbalist knew how to treat effectively, many probably died because of insufficient supplies of herbs or lack of anything to pay for treatment. All of that, again, would have resulted in those who had the knowledge and resources to do so, growing or gathering their own herbs where possible. It is possible that monks and nuns might have shared clones of valuable plants with parish priests, who then could pass offsets on to parishioners, but I don't know if anyone has documentation of that. Possibly, on pilgrimages, people also were on the lookout for curative plants that could be brought home. |
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Your Identity, Open to All
A search for personal data on ZabaSearch.com -- one of the most comprehensive personal-data search engines on the net -- tends to elicit one of two reactions from first-timers: terror or curiosity. Which reaction often depends on whether you are searching for someone else's data, or your own.
ZabaSearch queries return a wealth of info sometimes dating back more than 10 years: residential addresses, phone numbers both listed and unlisted, birth year, even satellite photos of people's homes.
ZabaSearch isn't the first or only such service online. Yahoo's free People Search, for example, returns names, telephone numbers and addresses. But the information is nothing more than what's been available for years in the White Pages.Far more personal information is available from data brokers, including aliases, bankruptcy records and tax liens. That access typically requires a fee, however, which has always been a barrier to the casual snooper.
But ZabaSearch makes it easier than ever to find comprehensive personal information on anyone.
ZabaSearch may give away some data for free, but it charges for additional information -- like background checks and criminal history reports, which
Launched in February, the site has emerged during a period of heightened sensitivity about data privacy and identity theft, now among the fastest-growing crimes in America. Numerous security breaches involving personal records have occurred in recent months. Earlier this week, media giant Time Warner admitted it lost the social security numbers of 600,000 employees. Other incidents of bungling or virtual burglary have compromised hundreds of thousands of personal records held by ChoicePoint, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Lexis-Nexis, among others.
Critics say ZabaSearch is exploiting the lack of data privacy in America. We unknowingly leak personal information in countless ways, the argument goes, and neither the government nor private industry provides effective ways for us to control how our digital identities are shared or sold.
Plus, an odd, often-reported connection between the company's chairman and members of the Heaven's Gate suicide cult hasn't helped make the company's image any more friendly.
But the founders of ZabaSearch maintain they're not villains, and that their service is a step toward data democratization. If your information is already out there, the logic goes, at least now you'll know about it.
Wired News sat down with Robert Zakari, ZabaSearch president and general counsel, and chairman Nicholas Matzorkis, to talk about ZabaSearch.
Wired News: How much traffic is the site receiving?
Nicholas Matzorkis: We intend to release our beta site traffic levels at the time we announce the end of our beta phase in May. But leading up to April 2005, Yahoo People Search was the most-used free people-search directory on the internet since 1998, when Yahoo acquired four11.com. After eight weeks online, ZabaSearch.com beta is processing an estimated three times as many queries as Yahoo People Search on a daily basis.
WN: Who uses the site?
Robert Zakari: Over a third of our users are media, government and companies.
Matzorkis: Based on network domains in our server logs, government use is over 20 percent. Military is 12 to 13 percent. Department of Homeland Security is around 1 percent of the government portion. Media and news agencies, about 2 to 3 percent.
Everybody feels they have the right to use this kind of a search engine, but others should not. Law enforcement tells us they think it's a great tool but question whether others should have right to use it.
There should be laws passed to ensure that access is provided in a way that reflects the public's best interest. But that is not our job. We are not given (the) task of determining those guidelines. Our job is to operate in compliance with the law as it stands. And that is what we do.
WN: Where does the data on ZabaSearch come from?
Zakari: The public domain. Information collected by the government, and information that individuals put it out into the public domain. Court records, county records, state records, information that becomes publicly available after you buy a new house or go to the post office and file a change-of-address form.
Matzorkis: When you move and fill out a change form with the post office, they record date of move and new address, then sell that to info brokers on the open market. When you apply for a credit card, and you don't check the box saying you don't want your information shared, it will be sold.
Personal information in the U.S. is a multibillion-dollar-a-year industry. People realizing that right now as a result of stumbling on ZabaSearch may find that shocking, but the data has been out there for years. It's just a question of who has access. You, or the people selling it to other companies to market things to you?


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