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A method is disclosed to determine an inspection protocol for radioactive material in shipping containers using an inspection technique threshold characteristic. The method includes weighing a container prior to shipment and determining a relative position of the container weight to at least one of a number of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines in an inspection threshold characteristic. Each of the of the predetermined inspection technique threshold lines corresponds to at least one of a number of inspection techniques. The container is classified as either a heavy container or a light container relative to at least one of the inspection techniques according to the relative position of the container weight to at least one of the predetermined inspection technique threshold lines. An inspection protocol for radioactive material in the container is selected according to the classification of the container.
1. A method to determine an inspection protocol for radioactive material in shipping containers using an inspection technique threshold characteristic, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, at a control center having a database, a weight measurement of a container prior to shipment;
(b) determining, at the control center, a relative position of the container weight to at least one of a plurality of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines in an inspection threshold characteristic, each of the plurality of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines corresponding to at least one of a plurality of inspection techniques;
(c) classifying, at the control center, the container as one of a heavy container and a light container relative to at least one of the plurality of inspection techniques according to the relative position of the container weight to at least one of the plurality of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines; and
(d) selecting, at the control center, an inspection protocol for radioactive material in the container according to the classification of the container.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/870,554, filed Dec. 18, 2006, entitled "Method of Detection of Radioactive Material."
The difficulty implementing a strong and effective deterrence against a terrorist or rogue state's use of the commercial ocean cargo container as a delivery vehicle for a nuclear weapon continues to trouble the responsible experts. Especially worrisome is growth of nuclear capable states. Nuclear capable states under duress, acting alone or in cooperation with terrorists, conceivably could adopt a clandestine container delivery tactic, rather than a more easily monitored long range missile system. A container delivery vector is inexpensive, operationally simple, accurate and possibly untraceable.
Overview of Current Policy
Current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defense architecture envisions layered but modest container deterrence as the best defense that it can muster today. The core of the plan is to approach near 100% container inspections in the U.S. arrival ports with advanced radiation portals. A portal is a drive-bye radiation sensor. Advanced means the portals will try to read the radiation spectrum that is essentially a fingerprint of the type of radioactive material that is the target of the inspection, hoping to cut down on the many false alarms that currently plague portal inspections. The General Accounting Office (GAO) questioned whether the new sensors do measurably reduce false alarms. However, the problems facing portal inspections are much deeper than false alarms; and are twofold: First, even an advanced sensor cannot detect a nuclear bomb if the nuclear device is shielded with only modest shielding. The DHS director has recently acknowledged this limitation in Congressional testimony. An adversary intent on executing a nuclear terrorist attack could easily shield its clandestine weapon and adopt a "detonate on detection" counter-strategy (discussed infra) as further protection. Every U.S. port is in a city and inspection after arrival in a U.S. port city is too late. This troubling fact is supported by efforts of the Department of Homeland Security which is working with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Customs Service to try to push back the "inspection borders" out of the U.S. and into those of our trading partners. The reality that the U.S. is trying to export its problem to its trading partners is not lost on U.S. trading partners.
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A few U.S. ports, aware of detonate on arrival or detection, are trying to intercept ships before entry into their ports. In Charleston, S.C., for example, a recent disaster exercise posited an intercepted container detonating during attempts to interdict after arrival in Charleston. The disaster planning event posited tens of thousands of casualties.
Problems with Foreign Inspection
Export of the inspection risk to foreign trading partners has also been fraught with problems and slow implementation. There are a number of acronym-titled programs (CPAT, CSI, etc) in process, but at the core is a reluctance of foreign governments to readily adopt an effective inspection process in their ports. The reasons are both obvious and subtle and range from high direct costs, slowing the flow of commerce, possible foreign legal liability for failure to detect, sovereignty issues of ancillary U.S. activity in a foreign country and U.S. uncertainty of system reliability in some countries that the U.S. would characterize as less friendly trading partners. After all, the actual inspection work and intelligence information comes from the foreign government and port operator security and not from U.S. personnel or agencies. In summary, foreign countries inspect only 10-20% of all of the port container traffic involving the U.S. and these countries do not wish to accept the inspection risk and delays that will impact on not just that 20% of container traffic but on all commerce. Thus the U.S. has a problem with a defense architecture based upon an inspection protocol that is scheduled to reach near 100% of all containers being inspected in the U.S. where it is too late to avoid "detonate upon detection" and using technical procedures that will not be able to detect realistic attacks. Meaningful attempts to export these inspections to foreign countries are probably unworkable as presently constructed. There is foreign information sharing and confidence building concepts like CSI and safe shipper programs that are useful but do not reach the core risk or the scope of the commercial issues either.
A long term solution from the Department of Homeland Security is to develop advanced density measuring x-ray systems that are very large versions of the baggage inspection equipment used in airports. Unfortunately, not only are these systems very expensive and as of yet technically un-proven, but they would be as large as car washes, be relatively slow in completed inspections and have to be located in foreign countries to solve the "detonate on detection" dilemma. This technology can be implemented only in the distant future and would be very uncertain in performance and scalability. It is desirable to have a method to detect contraband radioactive or nuclear material before suspect cargo reaches the U.S. because foreign ports cannot be widely enlisted for near 100% inspection levels overseas and because of the as-yet unsolved reliability of inspections of less friendly trading partners.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is a method to determine an inspection protocol for radioactive material in shipping containers using an inspection technique threshold characteristic. The method comprises weighing a container prior to shipment; determining a relative position of the container weight to at least one of a plurality of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines in an inspection threshold characteristic, each of the plurality of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines corresponding to at least one of a plurality of inspection techniques; classifying the container as one of a heavy container and a light container relative to at least one of the plurality of inspection techniques according to the relative position of the container weight to at least one of the plurality of predetermined inspection technique threshold lines and selecting an inspection protocol for radioactive material in the container according to the classification of the container.
The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of the invention, will be better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there are shown in the drawings embodiments which are presently preferred. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.
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The New Paradigm
There is an alternative paradigm to the current detection methods. Consider a curve representing the total of the all ocean containers graphed against container weight. Container weight is something that is known and carefully checked as the containers are used to safely balance and ballast the ship. Failure to do this properly can make a ship un-seaworthy, and therefore ballasting is not a minor issue.
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Applying the new paradigm, new thresholds are determined at Trmda(heu) and Trmda(pu) far to the right of the Tp thresholds. In fact, Trmda(pu) for plutonium for a fully a shielded plutonium weapon can always be detected regardless of weight or shielding. These new paradigm thresholds are determined in part with the underlying radioactive material detection apparatus (RMDA) (see U.S. Pat. No. 6,891,470 B2 the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference) that uses the time of transit for sensing radioactivity rather than inspections in either the foreign or U.S. port. Thus the time of inspection is roughly 1 million seconds rather than 1, 2, or 5 seconds. Since the RMDA sensors are also spectrum capable, the results are about a 102 to 105 multiple improvement over conventional portals and exhibit fewer false alarms. Most importantly, the risk to the ports is reduced because risk determination is safely assessed at sea, not in a port and the impact on port activity is minimized as the sensors are ship centered and will not effect port commercial activity. Removal of the other unnecessary inspections might actually improve port performance because it is the heavy containers that need to be addressed in the loading ports. The light containers cannot contain an assembled weapon that would not be detected in transit. Thus foreign inspection requirements have been reduced and the quality of the inspections have been dramatically increased.
Close examination of the curve does reveal a potential number of containers to the right of the Trmda(heu) line; and these are potential problems that need to be addressed in a foreign port before arrival in the U.S. Fortunately, some techniques can be used to examine these containers. Since the new RMDA sensors are so much more effective than conventional sensors, any state or terrorist adversary would have to use full shielding around a concealed weapon, or risk RMDA detection. Necessary shielding, like the medium to heavy shielding shown in
Inspection techniques and protocols now being used for containers become much more powerful if those techniques are focused on only the heavies. Safe shipper certification for only the very heaviest containers is much easier to implement. RIM or x-ray sampling of the only the heavy containers, together with RMDA, effectively makes a system that can be a near perfect deterrent against containers as weapon delivery systems.
Unassembled Special Nuclear Material
There is another problematic scenario which has not yet been discussed. So far, an embodiment of the present invention offers an improvement of many magnitudes of protection over the current paradigm of U.S. based portals that don't work well and that are used too late to have much value. This current strategy is overlaid with a partial foreign inspection regime that can never be fully implemented and which suffers from weak performance. The problematic concern is unassembled nuclear material, which includes a bomb disassembled that is to be reassembled in the U.S. after delivery to a U.S. safe house.
Fortunately, in the new paradigm, all the heavy containers, a manageable portion of the total number of containers, get inspected rigorously in foreign ports and the light containers can come to the U.S. without undue concern about detonate on detection. Advanced x-ray "car washes" can be built under quality control in the U.S. ports where a sampling inspection regime is made much easier because the heavier shielding needed to avoid detection from the superior RMDA concepts makes detection much easier. A heavy random sampling protocol on light containers and near 100% inspection on heavy containers overseas and the probability of detection of both assembled weapons and unassembled nuclear material will quickly reach a level that will provide a strong deterrence.
Because the RMDA is a ship centered inspection model there is very little impact on port activity, and therefore speed of implementation is limited only by the availability of massed produced sensors and a specific, detailed system design. The new paradigm system lends itself well to solving transshipment issues and implementation in smaller but critical risk ports; both are problems seeking a good solution.
Costs and Speed of Implementation
The RMDA is not inexpensive, but is a reasonable expense in consideration of the consequences. As stated earlier, a container can be a rogue state's alternative stealth missile. The U.S. is spending $10 billion each year to develop a missile defense system but arguably is not dealing with a much more likely attack mode at all. The Rand Corporation has estimated the consequences of a Los Angeles port nuclear event at $1 trillion dollars.
In a cost-benefit analysis, estimates of an attack (probability of an event each year) multiplied by the impact of the attack (consequences), in dollars, should equal the approximate expenditure for an effective protection. For example, a 1% likelihood every year times $1 trillion=10 billion every year. This is approximately the budget of a missile defense system, but with arguably higher probability of occurrence. The RMDA paradigm is estimated including operating and labor costs about $150 dollars per container trip. At present, a fully loaded government inspection programs today are crudely estimated at $40-80 dollars per container. If this amount was mainly redirected to the new RMDA paradigm the net cost might be only $100 dollars or so per containers. This amount would be not 1% but only 0.1% using the model we proposed in the previous paragraph.
In addition, cargo insurance per container trip is also about $100 dollars per $100,000 of container contents in value per trip. So, if an importer paid a special harbor fee of that amount, it would be only $1 dollar per $1000 of container value or 0.1% of value; a reasonable insurance cost since any weapon-of-mass-destruction (WMD) port event is certain to disrupt, and perhaps fatally damage, the international shipping industry. Therefore, importers, insurers, foreign shippers, foreign governments and U.S. government agencies should find the new RMDA inspection paradigm to be cost effective.
To implement the SBB curve paradigm, it is required to record the weight of the container and pass it to a control center. The decision and inspection process and protocols would flow from that data as a result of analysis under the SBB curve. If an inertia test can be performed at the weighing station and inertia tests can be performed in a few seconds, then that data can be passed on to the control center as well. In a preferred embodiment, the SBB curve analysis can be fully automated.
Using this data and historical experience containers can readily be divided into sets of heavies and lights in the manner described above. The inspection protocol is then designed for the appropriate risk and best location, loading port, destination port or during the transit period. In all cases, in transit monitoring makes shielding much more difficult which simplifies use of automatic x-ray analysis. A robust, practical, commerce friendly and reliable deterrent against terrorism and nuclear proliferation is possible.
1. A single or multiple measured parameter(s) is sent wirelessly or via a wired connection to a system, in particular a control center having a database, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,891,470 B2 to determine the location and timing of active or passive inspection sensing and analysis of those results, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,965,314 B2. The entire contents of these previous patents are hereby incorporated by reference.
2. Single or multiple measured RMDA parameter(s) is transmitted via a wired connection or wirelessly to a central control center where together with inertia test data (see U.S. Pat. No. 6,891,470 B2, the entire contents thereof hereby incorporated by reference) the parameter(s) is used to determine the type and amount of further inspections techniques to be performed.
3. Single or multiple parameter(s) is used to measure the risk of detonation on arrival or detection by a wirelessly or by a wired connection transmission to a central control center.
4. A known single or multiple parameter(s) is transmitted to a central control center and is used to determine which cargo containers are subject to special shipping conditions or licenses
5. Determining the container weight. The container weight and the weight measurement analysis as discussed in the "Summary" paragraph above regarding the SBB curve determines the type and location of further inspection.
In another preferred embodiment, the mode of an interdiction at sea after detection of an unexplained radiation source during transit can be determined and may be best resolved by long quarantine practice with up to 30 days while all parties related to the container specific shipment are interviewed, and degradation of terrorist emergency detonation plans have occurred including secret diversion of the final destination including subtle reloading and at-sea interdiction if warranted. It is expected at-sea interdiction frequency which is a function of the inspection decision rubric were infrequent; the results would be consistent with the desired high deterrence levels and safe, cost-effective and improved flow of commerce.
In yet another preferred embodiment, at least one known or measured parameter and sensing data over variable or a preconditioned period of time is measured and allows for the selected application of an active inspection technique in which the data analyzed is at a later time, thus asynchronous with the transit of the container (see U.S. Pat. No. 6,965,314 B2, the entire contents thereof hereby incorporated by reference).
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes could be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concept thereof. It is understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but it is intended to cover modifications within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Located on a bluff overlooking Cypress Creek. Very large one bedroom with lounging area. Plush king bed. Two 46" TV's. Queen futon bed for additional guests. Fully equipped kitchen. Living room surrounded by windows overlooking Cyress Creek. Wood burning stove, cable, wireless internet, swing, hammock, charcoal grill. It is all yours! I am available by phone (321-412-1914, 321-783-1566) and would love to help in any way I can. Cypress Creek Parking is across street under the trees. An...
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Private. Centralized to the hill country, including Luckenbach, Fredricksberg, Austin and San Antonio. Owner on property - isolated, but near. Central A/C. Gas Grill. Wi-Fi available. Bose CD/Radio. True Texas primitive atmosphere. Sun-dried bed-sheets. Fire-pit and gas-grill onsite. We have tubes and kayaks to explore, swim and relax on your own private Blanco River paradise while sipping your favorite beverage. Minimal, only as needed - fully private. We call it "salvation cabin" bec...
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Wimberley has been in the news a lot lately and most of it has not been good. We have been inundated with every kind of VIP who wants to get his picture taken in front of some sort of devastation, and Lester Holt even anchored the National News in front of it. Hays County alone lost 321 homes and 1194 more were damaged to varying degrees. Many of our friends and neighbors lost everything, and everybody in the communities along the Blanco and San Marcos Rivers lost something. But that was...
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Very convenient location 2 minutes from Wimberley trade days, 5 minutes from town square, and steps away from Cypress Creek event center. Temper Pedic mattress, reclaimed element interiors, full kitchen, and a true hill country courtyard. Relax and take in the hill country fresh air! Learn More
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Charming 1 bedroom cottage in Wimberley, Texas. Conveniently located less than one mile from the square, Blue Hole Regional Park and one of the last outdoor theaters in the nation, The Corral. Wimberley is one of the best kept secrets of the southwest. We're an easy 45 minute commute to Austin, but the tranquility leaves you feeling as if you traveled back to a simpler time. What a perfect place to feed your soul as you appreciate the unexpected beauty. Relax in the river to the soothin...
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Cinnamon-Flavored Pears In Red Wine
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Pears In Red Wine has a Succulent taste. The red wine and pears gives the Pears In Red Wine Refreshing taste.
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs)
|Red wine
|2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs)
|Lemon rind strip
|Cinnamon stick/1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
|Ripe dessert pears
|1 Teaspoon
|Slivered almonds
|1 1⁄4 Tablespoon
Measure sugar and water into a clean pan, heat gently until sugar dissolves.
Add wine, lemon rind and cinnamon, bring to the boil, covered, and boil for 1 minute.
Peel pears but leave the stalks on.
Cut a thin slice off the bottom so that they stand upright.
Place pears in a clean casserole, pour syrup-wine mixture over, cover and stew gently in a moderate oven for 20-30 minutes until tender but not mushy.
Baste frequently while cooking.
Remove pears and stand upright in a serving dish.
Strain liquid into saucepan, cool slightly.
Blend arrowroot with a little cool liquid, stir into liquid in pan and bring to the boil stirring continuously.
Pour over pears and sprinkle with almonds.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had declared his resignation today as Britain's Middle East Envoy
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Blair had written to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about his resignation.
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After his Prime Minister tenure, Tony Blair immediately took his position as Britain's Envoy to the Middle East with the aim of helping the Palestinian economy develop and improve its governance. The job, however, was no easy feat.
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It's a dreary rainy day here in New York, the kind of day where you have no chance of staying dry unless you walk around in a wetsuit. (Fortunately, my beloved Target boots that I raved about did a stellar job protecting my feet during my emergency coffee run.) It makes me long to be a kid again, when you could wear a whole rain ensemble. Seriously, how cute is this dinosaur rain collection from Kidorable? If your kid isn't dino-crazy, there are fireman, ladybug, and butterfly themes too. Check them out at macys.com. And moms, have any of you found a cute raincoat that didn't cost a fortune? There seems to be no such thing!Add a Comment


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If you cherish your freedoms from the corruption in Washington that benefits all of us, we need a balanced tax system with no subsidies, a right to drill on the Peoples National land and sea for plentiful reservoirs of oil, natural gas to alleviate our out-of-control deficit. No more government bail outs for the friends of the White house. Throw out all the profiteering lawmakers and by cleaning house, put recognizable TEA PARTY leaders in their place. Voters need to demand from Congress, specifically from GOP House speaker, John Boehner of Ohio and Dave Camp of Michigan, as the Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee to stop blocking the 50-state E-Verify bill. Call the central switchboard at 202-224-3121 Washington, DC. For further information on this crisis subject, check with NumbersUSA website, where even Congress consults on immigration matters.
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The Town of Windsor is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
The Town of Windsor accepts all job applications online. When completing an application you will have an opportunity to attach a cover letter and resume prior to submitting the online application. Upon hiring, all applicants must submit to a drug screen. Successful applicants must also show proof of citizenship or lawful residence in the United States of America.
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In keeping with our commitment to build a culturally diverse community, the Town of Windsor invites applications from women, people with disabilities and members of minority groups.


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People's Palace
|Place Details
|Place ID
|Registration Type
|State Heritage
|Place Name
|People's Palace
|Place Classification
|Place Category
Retail, Wholesale, Services
|Place Type
Coffee Palace/Temperance Hotel
3 Developing secondary and tertiary industries / 3.11 Lodging people
|Register Entry Date
|308 Edward Street
|Town / Suburb
|Post Code
|Cultural Heritage Significance
|Principal Period
of Significance
|1910-1911, 1913 (fabric)
|Criterion A
|(Criterion under review)
|Criterion B
|The Peoples Palace is significant as a rare example of a purpose built temperance hotel, it demonstrates rare and uncommon aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.
|Criterion D
|The building demonstrates the principal characteristics of a Federation building. The Peoples Palace is important in exhibiting aesthetic characteristics valued by the community in particular, it is a fine example of a Federation brick and render building with the corner entry tower and decorative cast iron work on the verandahs.
|Criterion E
|The Peoples Palace is important in exhibiting aesthetic characteristics valued by the community in particular, it is a fine example of a Federation brick and render building with the corner entry tower and decorative cast iron work on the verandahs. The Peoples Palace is significant as a prominent landmark on the corner of Ann and Edward Street with its corner tower being one of a series along Ann Street.
|Criterion H
|The building is important for as it has special association with the work of the Salvation Army since 1911, an organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
|The People's Palace was built in 1910-11 for the Salvation Army as a temperance hotel. Designed by Colonel Saunders, the Salvation Army's architect, it comprised three floors of accommodation, a service basement and a rooftop garden. Built near Central Railway Station, the hotel contained 130 rooms and provided inexpensive 'working class' accommodation for travellers. The concept of temperance hotels grew out of the temperance movement and the Peoples Palace was the first of its type in Queensland. No alcohol, gambling or 'other evils' were permitted on the premises. In 1913 extensions were undertaken which involved adding an extra two storeys. Renovations and internal re-arrangements continued over the decades as uses and priorities changed. In 1979 the building was leased out as budget accommodation. Recently, the Salvation Army has established its headquarters on the site and the building is now primarily used as offices.
|This large Federation era building is a predominantly red brick structure with painted cement rendered trimmings, decorative cast iron work, and a corner tower. The plan form is that of a hollow rectangle, with the central opening providing light and air to the rooms. It comprises five storeys plus a basement, and additions above the roof line, it has continuous verandahs on three levels, while the fourth has a steeply pitched roof with red tiles in a diamond pattern punctuated by dormer windows. The corner octagonal tower, marking the main entrance, has a bell shaped roof with small dormers in each roof segment. Adjacent to the tower is a polygonal brick lift tower. The verandah's feature decorative cast iron balustrades and friezes with timber posts and handrails. The semi-circular arched and circular windows to the tower have cream painted cement render dressings to contrast with the red brick. Internally the rectangular courtyard has been divided into two by the insertion of a modern brick fire stair. The hipped roof with clerestory remains above the basement dining saloon in the northern courtyard. This is now used as office space but its original entry doors remain. Pressed metal ceilings remain in many sections of the building. The upper levels have not been refurbished, but the partitioning of the lower levels is not original. The original lift with its sliding doors, timber panelling and surrounding stairwell remains beside the entry foyer.
|Element Name
|People's Palace
|Designer Name
Saunders, Colonel
|Design Period
|1900 - 1914 Early 20th century
|Construction Period
|1910 - 1913
|Construction Method
Load-bearing brick
|Fabric (Exterior Structure)
|Fabric (Roof)
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Certified copies of the full entries in the Register are available for a fee.
You can also search the full Register for a fee to find out if a place or parcel of land is listed or otherwise affected by the Act.
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The upcoming Aaliyah biopic will shed light on the star's alleged secret marriage to R&B singer R. Kelly when she was just 15, according to the film's producers.
Disney star Zendaya Coleman is to play the tragic star in a new Tv movie titled Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, and it has now emerged the project will detail the singer's controversial relationship with her music mentor Kelly.
The pair was alleged to have wed in secret in 1994, when Aaliyah was 15 and Kelly was 27, but it was never officially confirmed. A marriage certificate later surfaced, appearing to show Aaliyah's age falsely listed as 18, and her parents are rumoured to have had the illicit union annulled.
Executive producer Debra Martin Chase tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "Aaliyah's personal and professional relationship with R. Kelly will be explored with care in the film as we set out to depict her life with the utmost respect. Above all else, it's our hope to inspire an entirely new generation with her music and larger-than-life talent."
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A Microsoft manager has gone on record saying one of Microsoft's goals with Windows 7 was to "create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics." After posting the story, Maximum PC reader Tekzel commented, "That dude is sooo going to get in trouble." Tekzel, you sooo called it.
It didn't take long at all for Microsoft to distance itself from Simon Aldous, the partner group manger who made the comment. In an official Windows blog post this morning, here's what Microsoft had to say:
"An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was "borrowed" from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed."
Oh snap! Microsoft went on to suggest reading an AP story with Ms. Larson-Green and a couple of other articles linked in the blog to learn more about the design of Windows 7.


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Palma Ceia church hit with $2.1 million tax lien; ex-business manager admits to theft06/23/15Criminal
TAMPA — A year after a $58,000 check for a roof repair bounced, the former business manager at Palma Ceia United Methodist Church has admitted in a federal plea agreement to skimming $82,835 from church accounts.
Juliet Suzanne Ellis, 45, could face up to 20 years in prison on a wire fraud charge.
And now the church has an even bigger problem.
Days ago, the Internal Revenue Service filed tax liens against Palma Ceia United Methodist totaling more than $2.1 million for unpaid payroll taxes and penalties from June 2007 through June 2014....
Sentence in Tampa tax fraud case hits a new high: 27 years06/19/15Criminal
TAMPA — James Lee Cobb III, a felon with a collection of 7,000 Social Security numbers, was sentenced this week to 27 years in prison for leading a scam to claim $1.8 million in tax refunds using stolen identities — while also illegally owning guns.
Victim records were taken from the James A. Haley VA Hospital, the Florida Hospital Tampa (formerly University Community Hospital), a medical billing company and out-of-state ambulance services, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office....
Sex versus security clearance: Feds say Riverview man lied06/09/15Criminal
TAMPA — A Riverview man has been accused of lying to federal authorities about his sex life while trying to get a job.
When Jeffrey F. Bohn sought national security clearance in June 2010, he didn't disclose his contact with a foreign national with whom he was "bound by affection," a grand jury alleges.
Three times since then, he disavowed such ties.
The government isn't naming the foreigner — identified only as "Individual A" — or providing context that might fully explain why the matter escalated to charges punishable by up to five years in prison. Bohn, 55, said "that he did not know or have sex with Individual A" when "he in fact knew and had sex with Individual A," the four-count indictment states....
Palm Harbor oncologist accused of deceiving patients, Medicare with unapproved cancer drugs06/04/15Criminal
TAMPA — A Palm Harbor oncologist sold discounted foreign-labeled cancer drugs for more than three years without federal approval or patient knowledge, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
Dr. Diana Anda Norbergs of East Lake Oncology is accused of administering at least $700,000 worth of the drugs and then billing Medicare as if she had used higher-priced U.S. versions.
"The purity and efficacy of these prescription drugs were of the utmost importance for patients' care," the record states....
Doctor loses millions, indicted accountant dies, federal tax case comes to a halt05/27/15Criminal
TAMPA — Look up tax preparer Peter J. Pinaud online and you'll learn he went to prison in the 1980s for refund fraud.
Would you trust him with your taxes? Professionals in the Tampa Bay area did, and some are suffering the consequences.
Dr. James St. Louis, founder of the Laser Spine Institute, was duped out of at least $2.8 million in 2010 and 2011 after Pinaud falsified returns and stole payments intended for the IRS, federal and state court documents allege....
Former Tampa gold trader admits he conspired to defraud bank of millions05/21/15Criminal
TAMPA — Former coin dealer Mark Yaffe admits in a court paper that he conspired to defraud an institution that had extended his now-bankrupt National Gold Exchange $35 million in credit.
Federal authorities filed a criminal charge against him Thursday, along with a signed plea agreement that calls for up to five years in prison.
Yaffe is known locally for building a 29,000-square-foot Avila estate modeled after a 17th-century palace, which he lost to foreclosure in 2013, after the exchange filed for bankruptcy, declaring $36 million in debts....
Clearwater woman gets two years for ties to tax refund theft05/19/15Criminal
TAMPA — A Clearwater woman was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for aggravated identity theft after she was found with two debit cards that contained proceeds of tax returns filed in the names of other people.
Makaeia Demps, 25, apologized for her conduct and told a federal judge she was ready to straighten out her life.
Attorney James Armington said her life took a turn for the worse when she met Carlos Oscar Johnson, a Pinellas nursing assistant now serving eight years for stolen identity refund fraud....
Buju Banton avoids gun charge in new deal05/14/15Criminal
TAMPA — The imprisoned reggae star known to the world as Buju Banton has made a deal with prosecutors that eliminates a pending gun charge and frees him in less than four years.
He'll quit filing appeals. In exchange, the United States will stop trying to hold him accountable for a gun carried by another man in the cocaine conspiracy that sent Banton away for a decade.
Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, could have faced an additional five years if convicted....
Sons sold cocaine as Tampa Deeper Life pastors ministered to addicts05/13/15Criminal
TAMPA — While a Tampa pastor and his wife were selling religion as a way to get off drugs, three of their adult sons were selling something else: cocaine.
They got caught.
Marvin Jefferson, 47, Shannon Jefferson, 33, and Jimmy Lanier, 37 — each adjudicated guilty of drug trafficking after pleas in June — have now begun to learn their fates in federal court.
The three are the sons and stepson of Deeper Life Christian Church patriarch Melvin B. Jefferson, whose fellow pastor and current wife, Brenda Jefferson, is Lanier's mother....
Have a plan for Sparky, Felix, too05/13/15Hurricanes
Advice from the dog: Cultivate an inland friend, a tolerant one with a home that is high and dry. Do it now before a storm comes barreling up the coast.
For pet owners, hurricane season requires extra thought.
Those who plan ahead may land places in kennels, rooms in pet-friendly hotels or enjoy the hospitality of friends.
Those who don't, by default, toss their pets' safety to the wind, as some learned the hard way when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast 10 years ago, leaving hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats to perish....
Clearwater minister accused of aiding tax refund scams totaling $755,90005/04/15Criminal
TAMPA — The pastor of a small Clearwater church admits in a federal plea agreement to cashing $755,900 in tax refund checks that were obtained using stolen identities, while keeping a "small portion" for himself.
Sylvester Banks Jr., 56, is scheduled to make his first appearance in court Wednesday and plead guilty to theft of government funds, a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison....
Child porn confession puzzle keeps federal probe of freed Bradenton woman alive05/03/15Criminal
TAMPA — One day a photograph of a woman and a toddler girl, neither identifiable, appeared in the e-mail account of a Queens, N.Y., police sergeant. The photo depicted intimate conduct that most would find disturbing.
Authorities alleged that the sergeant had solicited women to create such images.
For eight months starting in June, federal prosecutors in Tampa acted on a New York law enforcement theory that the adult in the photo was a Bradenton medical worker who sometimes babysat for a friend and had met the cop online....
Woman from Tampa meat market brawl in tax fraud trouble04/24/15Criminal
TAMPA — Jacqueline Renee Wimbush's last claim to fame was getting a fingertip bitten off during a 2008 brawl over who was next in line at an East Tampa meat market, an incident that put her finger on the news.
This time, the IRS got the finger.
The 46-year-old woman collected at least $41,476 in tax refunds that were filed using stolen identities, according to a signed plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court in Tampa....
Spring Hill woman accused of bomb threats to U.S. base in Japan04/23/15Criminal
TAMPA —Two recent bomb threats at an American military base in Japan were written by a Spring Hill woman trying to make her estranged husband look bad in a custody battle, federal court records allege.
In January and again last month, someone claiming to be the husband, Takashi Numata, used an untraceable email service and threatened to blow up Misawa Air Base, which is 400 miles north of Tokyo....
Woman, 19, sues TPD, claims now-fired cop caused head injury04/22/15Civil
TAMPA — A 19-year-old woman sued the Tampa Police Department and one of its former officers in federal court Wednesday, alleging that he slammed her head to the pavement on Valentine's Day a year ago, causing serious injury.
Rachel Stockwell, then a University of Tampa student, was forced to withdraw from school because of cognitive impairment and also suffers from facial paralysis, her attorney wrote in the federal complaint....


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