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Another name for seniors: fraud target
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 8:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 8:11 p.m.
There is perverse irony in the case of Joe Forrest and his investment broker, Paul Arnold.
$2.9 billion: Estimated cost of financial exploitation for older U.S. adults in 2010.
69: Average age of an investment fraud victim, nine out of 10 of whom are male.
72: Average age of a lottery fraud victim.
Twice: The rate at which older women are fraud victims, compared to men. Most are between 80 and 89, live alone, and need help with either health care or home maintenance.
51%: Estimated share of elder fraud committed by strangers. Thirty-four percent is fraud by family, friends or neighbors. The business sector accounts for 12 percent.
86%: Estimated share of victims who do not report elder fraud because they are ashamed.
SOURCES: MetLife Mature Market Institute, Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services, AARP Foundation, Investor Protection Trust
To report an instance of suspected fraud: Because building a case of elder fraud is complicated and can involve many public agencies and private companies — such as banks or brokerages — the best place to start is the Florida Division of Consumer Services, (800) 378-0445.
• From Joseph Cunningham, regional administrator for the Florida Department of Financial Services: "If you go to a free lunch about a financial product, take somebody you know. If it's a legitimate product, it will still be there tomorrow."
• Sarasota County sheriff's Sgt. Neil Scully, of Seniors and Law Enforcement Together: "Don't answer the door if you're not expecting anybody. Talk through the door, and ask them for their cell phone number. Before calling, dial *67 — that will negate the receiver of that call from getting your phone number."
• Sarasota elder attorney Erika Dine: "Be careful with your children if they have a substance abuse, mental health, financial or gambling problem." Relatives in need may be tempted to take advantage of your trust.
• For more information: Florida maintains a website of advice for seniors and their caregivers, "On Guard for Seniors," at www.myfloridacfo.com/ onGuard/.
Authorities have accused Arnold, a former broker with Raymond James & Associates, of emptying the 91-year-old Forrest's life savings by having him sign blank checks to strangers, including Arnold's family members. They recently charged Arnold with fraud against the elderly, a felony.
Forrest has already won a $739,000 judgment in a lawsuit against Arnold, requiring his former broker to repay him, plus damages.
But chances are, he'll never collect. Forrest's lawyer says Arnold has money, but under Florida law, it's off limits.
The reason? It's Arnold's retirement money.
Forrest's case is part of the explosive growth in a shadowy sector of white-collar crime, especially in Florida — financial fraud against the elderly. It also highlights an incongruity of a state legal system that is supposed to protect older people — but sometimes winds up sheltering those who defraud them instead.
Older people with impaired memory are particularly vulnerable, targeted by both family members and strangers. The problem is expected to grow, as more people live longer and the older population here and across the country rises.
Because of the victims' memory problems, cases that hinge on their testimony can be difficult to prove in court, making law enforcement officials reluctant to put time and money into pursuing them.
Experts say the criminal justice system needs better coordination and expertise to tackle the rising tide of elder financial abuse. Now prosecutors are talking about new ways to bring perpetrators to justice.
"Senior citizens are very trusting and very private about their affairs," said Forrest's lawyer, Ron Chapman. "When something goes wrong and they're missing money, because of the way they were raised they don't want to blame anybody. They don't want to file a lawsuit. They kind of just take their lumps and go home. So they're the classic vulnerable population for somebody like Paul Arnold."
There are no reliable statistics on the number of elder fraud cases in Florida. But experts say the problem's scope nationally is daunting. A MetLife Institute study last year estimated an annual financial loss of at least $2.9 billion for the elderly — a 12 percent increase from $2.6 billion in 2008.
A report to Congress last month by the Government Accountability Office called for a national strategy to address the issue — perhaps using a newly formed group of elder lawyers, the Elder Justice Coordinating Council, to implement the campaign and raise awareness of this crime.
A fortuitous birthday
These days, Forrest likes to watch the ducks from his easy chair in the Colony Cove mobile home park in Ellenton.
With his savings depleted, he had to move from his home and scale back his lifestyle, facing the prospect that his assets may not last for the rest of his life.
He would be worse off if not for a concerned caregiver who sent him a birthday card last year. It was a contact that eventually helped get a lawyer and law enforcement involved in the case.
When he got Cheryl Yates' greeting in March 2011, Forrest was living alone in a Sarasota retirement community, letting dishes pile up in the sink and feeling confused about where his money had gone.
He is a gentle, chuckling, slightly befuddled version of the strapping man in photos who flew his own planes and founded a company that helped Chrysler open dealerships and train mechanics in North and South America.
After his wife of 50 years died, the woman who lived next door in his Sarasota retirement community became his close companion.
Yates was her caregiver.
"They had a door cut out so they could go back and forth between apartments," Yates said. "They had supper every evening and that's how I met Joe."
Forrest's companion also introduced him to her financial advisor — Arnold.
Arnold helped the woman set up an annuity that would give Forrest a monthly income of $2,000 per month after she died, until 2016. He also began handling all of Forrest's finances, Chapman and Yates said.
"He was a very nice man," Forrest recalled, "a very smooth operator. If he's my financial advisor and says he needs 10 checks, then I'd just sign them and he would distribute them. He had to have the freedom to be able to pay my bills."
After Forrest's companion died, Yates worried about him and sent him the birthday card, asking him to call her if he ever needed help. She heard from him a few days later, and arrived to find his place a mess and the refrigerator empty.
Needing money to buy groceries, Yates said she called Arnold and asked to see Forrest's financial records.
"I was taking over paying his bills and didn't know what to do," she said. "Paul got very riled with me and curt, and told me he had no money. I had done geriatrics for many years, and you know how you get a feeling when something's amiss?"
Yates consulted Chapman, who obtained Forrest's bank records. Chapman said he found Arnold had "started having Joe write blank checks. He would help himself to those blank checks. That money's gone."
According to court records, between June 2, 2010, and April 15, 2011, Arnold wrote 18 checks totalling $198,100 to his son, his wife and a housekeeper who had worked for Forrest's late companion, drawing on Forrest's account.
Successful lawsuit
Chapman took the information to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, an arbitration body that self-regulates the financial planning industry, and last year won a decision in Forrest's favor that found Arnold in "breach of fiduciary duty."
FIRA stripped Arnold of his credentials as an investment advisor in November 2011.
In October, Forrest won a court judgment in a lawsuit against Arnold for more than $246,000 in misappropriated funds, and another $493,000 in damages.
Such elder fraud judgments are rare, because few cases are as clear-cut as Forrest's, with its paper trail of checks cashed by strangers. It is even more rare for victims of this subtle crime to speak out in public.
"Generally, if your case is as clean as this, they will rule in your favor," Chapman said. "But I would say the rules are stacked against the investor, in favor of the brokerage house."
Even though a Florida statute that covers exploitation of an elderly person entitles Forrest to three times the amount that authorities say Arnold took, Chapman said it is far from certain he will ever be paid.
"The problem is, Paul Arnold claims to have no money," Chapman said. "One of the difficulties in Florida — and we know this from the O.J. Simpson case — is that your retirement funds are basically uncollectable. We know he has enough to pay a substantial portion of this judgment in retirement acccounts, but we can't touch that."
High hurdles
Despite the civil case against Arnold dating back to last year, he did not face criminal charges until last month, when prosecutors levied the charge of elderly expliotation for more than $100,000 against him on Nov. 14 — a day after the Herald-Tribune asked the state attorney's office about the case.
Attempts to reach Arnold and his attorney were unsuccessful. Arnold's attorney has entered a denial of guilt, and his next court appearance is set Jan. 10.
Asked about the delay between a probable cause affidavit issued by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office in April and the criminal charge last month, Assistant State Attorney Shannon Hankin called the case "complicated."
"It requires a lot of bank records," she said. "And the defense is already telling me certain things" that required another examination of the records before filing the charge.
With more Americans living longer, and a harsh economy that makes them vulnerable targets, authorities — especially in Florida — are beginning to take the increase of complaints of elder fraud more seriously.
"The spotlight has been turned on," said Ira Wiesner, a Sarasota attorney who has handled elder fraud cases for more than three decades. "I think the economics of the last three or four years tremendously contributes to this. I can't begin to tell you how many potential clients come in and tell me, 'I don't have any money left.'"
But Wiesner said that extra attention has not yet yielded a coordinated response.
"I don't think the level of interagency cooperation we need is there," he said. "We're all evolving right now. This aging tsunami — we've known this was going to happen and we've talked about it for 50 years. Now it's here and we're acting as if it's a surprise."
Chapman said he believes that prosecutors' reluctance to bring tricky elder fraud cases to trial emboldens some unscrupulous money managers to go after older clients who can least afford it.
"They know that if you're under 200 or 250" thousand dollars, he said, "nobody's going to really care, and the senior citizen's probably not going to tell anybody. So they're coming into the perfect storm to steal the money and walk away safe."
Starting over
With more than $240,000 of his savings gone, Forrest could no longer pay the monthly fee at his Sarasota retirement community. Yates helped him purchase the mobile home in Ellenton with what he had left. From his living room, he looks out at a pond.
"Sometimes you can see 20 or 30 ducks out there," he said, smiling.
Yates comes over every evening for supper and a game of cribbage.
"The key is continuity; everything is in the same place and the routine is the same," Yates said. "He doesn't get forgetful; he knows where the oatmeal is. But he's used to having nice things, and I have to say, 'Joe, you can't afford it.'"
Yates and Chapman worry that Forrest, whose parents lived to be 100, may outlast his income. Chapman said he will continue to try to recover more of Forrest's hard-earned money.
"The vast majority of financial planners are very good, very ethical," he said. "But there's a small minority that just destroy people who have invested and saved all their lives. And there's not enough of a regulatory agency to stop them."
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So, following the LOST finale, it seems that the ~Internet~ is divided. Some loved the series finale that was six years—and countless headdesks—in the making, and some hated it. But! The Simpsons beat everyone with its own prediction.
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My social calendar tends to stay relatively full. I have to consciously schedule breaks into it because otherwise I just pack it with stuff. Google Calendar's monthly view is great for keeping things sorta organized. I'm really, really tempted to write a social app that makes it easier to manage these get-togethers - what Filipinos call "gimmicks".
Such an app would have a floating list of non-time-specific activities, with people indicating interest or even availability. People should be able to take events from that list and schedule it onto a group calendar.
There should be *some* way I can easily manage having multiple overlapping circles of friends. See, there's a reason why I'd rather blend groups!
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The Michigan Chamber of Commerce rolled out a new healthcare marketplace of its own Friday, advertising it as functional, flexible and user-friendly.
"The Michigan Marketplace needs some alternatives for the consumer to really shop for their alternatives and drive down their healthcare cost," said Jason Russell, senior director of Michigan Chamber Services. "The Michigan Chamber's goal is to create a consumer-driven marketplace to do just that."
The plans offered on the new website don't have to conform to as many strict federal guidelines, allowing for more flexibility in what can be offered. The Chamber site will be able to provide dental plans and other services too.
"Our goal, and the Michigan Chamber's goal, is to promote a consumer-driven, market-friendly full transparent health insurance marketplace so individuals and families in the state of Michigan can really make the best decision for themselves," said Russell. "Whether that's through the public exchange or through the private insurance exchange."
But the people who helped set up Michigan's federal exchange say people need to be careful about signing up for a site, even if it is sailing smoother than the glitch-prone federal site.
"Yes, you may experience a shorter time in actually buying a product, but are you actually buying a product that's best for you and your family?" said Brett Williams, a regional coordinator at Michigan Consumers for Healthcare. "If you go to websites with only two or three or four people entering, then you're not going to have a slow response time whereas if you have a site that has millions of people needing a product, you could experience some delays and that shows how in need healthcare.gov was."
Williams says there are plenty of other advantages to buying off the federal exchange. For one, he says, it's the only site where users can compare such a large quantity of plans side-by-side.
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Joyce Arlene Childers, 79, of Gridley, California, passed away August 30, 2012 at her home. She was born September 17, 1932 in Neligh, Nebraska to Thomas and Cora Altadell Ofe Paulsen.
Joyce graduated from Woodland High School and later married Rocky Childers. She was a joy to all who knew her and was the best mother ever! Joyce's beautiful smile and her positive attitude will be greatly missed.
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Joyce is survived by her long-time partner, Carl Hutchison; sons: Steve and Kevin Childers, of Sacramento, California, Lance Childers, of Los Angeles, California, and Clint Childers, of Gridley, California. She is also survived by her daughter, Roxanne Harper of Port Orchard, Washington, brother Ken Paulsen, and sister Janice Warren.
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ALBANY -- Temidayo Yussuf scored nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the St. Joseph Notre Dame High boys basketball team to a 44-38 win over University-San Francisco on Saturday in the North Coast Section Division V championship game at Albany High.
"That's what I pride myself off of -- rebounds and points," Yussuf said. "I know that most of my points come off of offensive and defensive rebounds so I try to go for every one. When I'm going for every one and the team is going for every one, nobody can outrebound us."
St. Joseph (21-11) used a dominating defense in the second quarter to build a 22-14 lead at halftime. The Pilots forced eight turnovers and held University (24-8) to zero of eight on field goal attempts over the first six minutes, 14 seconds of the quarter before Will Carroll finally made a baseline jumper. Those were the only points for the Red Devils in the quarter.
Yussuf said the Pilots switched to a 2-3 zone and that keyed the defensive run.
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Said University coach Randy Bessolo, "It's all about a good defense against a shooting team. But with their size down low, they really extend it out, block the passing lanes and gave us a lot of trouble."
The Red Devils fought back and took a 33-32 lead early in the fourth quarter. However, the Pilots put together a 7-0 run to retake control of the game.
Yussuf tied for team-high scorer with Marc Voisenat. Justin Brown pulled down 11 rebounds. Jack Gale led University with 14 points.
It's the third straight NCS Division V title for St. Joseph Notre Dame, and fourth in five years.
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RENO, Nev. - Employers in northern Nevada feel optimism about the outlook for 2013, and they are quick to say so.
Nearly half the business owners and managers from Nevada who responded to a survey conducted by the Employers Association of America said they expect to see a slight uptick in sales this year, and another 12 percent said they're projecting a significant increase in revenues.
"What's not to like about that?" says James Nelson, executive director of the association. "That's pretty telling."
And the sales increases are likely to result in job growth.
About 21 percent of the surveyed companies said they plan to increase staffing sometime during 2013, with much of the project hiring scheduled for the spring and summer months.
The companies that participated in the survey were both members and non-members members of the Nevada Association of Employers.
But group's membership is predominately from northern Nevada, and the results largely reflect the attitudes of executives in Reno-Sparks, Carson City and the mining communities of northeastern Nevada, said Nelson.
Nelson said last week he was particularly impressed by the willingness of employers in the region to share their outlook for 2013.
The 162 responses from Nevada companies accounted for nearly 10 percent of the responses received by the Employers Association of America nationwide.
While many of the northern Nevada executives said they expect to increase the size of their companies' staffs next year, they noted some problems in recruitment of skilled workers.
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Some 35 percent of the respondents, for instance, said their companies are filling vacancies with existing staff members who appear to have potential even if they are lacking all the skills they need.
Other executives said they've focused more on retention of skilled staff and provision of training to help existing employees grow into new positions.
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But about 20 percent said their companies expect to freeze, or even reduce, wages this year.
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Located in an area of outstanding beauty, you would be forgiven for thinking that the area beyond would eclipse Gidleigh Park's own gardens, but in fact each only serves to enhance the other.
The gardens have been planted to provide an array of colour against the hues of green that form the natural backdrop. From the first tulips of spring to the carpet of bluebells that follows right through to the azaleas, acers, aliums, camellias and rhododendrons, and the rich hues of autumn, the riot of colour and beauty is spellbinding.
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Practicality plays a big part in the garden's landscape, particularly in the newly designed Kitchen Garden. The seasonal produce is destined for our kitchen and a planting scheme supports our chef's menu planning through the year. The scent of the herbs as you meander cannot fail to provide a nod to the very fine dining experience you enjoy here.
Whichever corner of our wonderful estate you choose to explore, the accompaniment of the flow of the River Teign, sometimes a gentle babble and sometimes a loud rumble only serves to enhance the experience.
Our Peter Allis designed 18-hole course is situated near the Pavilion where you can feel free to practice your putting. During the winter months we allow for the green to rest before re-opening again early spring.


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, April 22, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Some Augusta commissioners are questioning the need to move people out of Hyde Park. This comes just weeks after our story aired where city officials told us two women tried to beat the system.
Commissioner Joe Jackson questions how the city will continue to pay for the move. Other city leaders say money is available and the process should continue.
"I think people should be relocating. They need to do it on their own if it's that unsafe," Jackson said.
The arrests of Belinda Winfrey and Leomie Fielding are making commissioners question the process for the Hyde Park relocation project.
"There's no need to stop any process or progress of anything we're doing so far," said Commissioner Corey Johnson.
"I get that, and I will deal with that," Jackson said.
HCD Director Chester Wheeler told commissioners his office has things in place to catch crooks. Residents must provide proof through the courts on all their documentation.
News 12 uncovered a story about how much Belinda Winfrey was accused of receiving to move. A News 12 viewer tipped off authorities that Winfrey has never lived in Hyde Park and owns a house across town.
"We have already allocated or supposedly budgeted money, but we don't have the income to budget for that so," Jackson said.
The city has $4 million from SPLOST funds to continue the move. Wheeler says the total project will cost $8 million.


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Delores Erickson, 91, of Brooklyn Center, formerly of Appleton, died Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012, at North Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at Hope Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Center. Burial was at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Minneapolis.
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More than 100 law enforcement agents took part in search and arrest warrants Thursday morning that netted dozens of arrests.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told ABC 17 News that the ATF, along with local agencies, served the warrants in the Sedalia area.
John Ham said the 110 officers served the warrants as part of an "ongoing federal criminal investigation."
Thirty-seven people, including 23 Sedalia residents, were indicted in six separate cases during a two-year investigation called "Operation Coin Collector."
The U.S. Attorney's Office said the cases revolve around drug-trafficking conspiracies that distributed more than $1 million worth of cocaine and illegally possessing firearms.
The investigation focused on "significant" violent crime and drug-trafficking activity in the Sedalia area. Twenty-eight people were arrested Thursday and 9 were already in custody.
Thursday morning's search warrants were served by ATF agents and the U.S. Marshal's Service, as well as officers from various forces including the Boone County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Sedalia and Columbia police departments.
Central Missouri residents indicted:
William M. Staten, also known as "Bugs," 39, of Sedalia
Sarandon A. Staten, also known as "Ran," 19, of Sedalia
Robert D. Ballance, also known as "Bass," 30, of Sedalia
Gordon E. Hawkins, also known as "Fresh," 24, of Sedalia
Ronald W. Spencer, 68, of Sedalia
Katherine A. Mazari, 50, of Sedalia
Ansley E. Sims, 29, of Columbia
Brian K. Wilson, also known as "Brazy," 39, of Knob Knoster
Jeffrey A. Kinner, also known as "P-Nut," 31, of Knob Knoster
D'Shaun L. Johnson, 19, of Knob Knoster
Devan L. Plakorus, 19, of Knob Knoster
Janice M. Williams, 41, of Knob Knoster
Walter J. Staten, Jr., also known as "Walt Jack,"22, of Sedalia
Micah J. Clark, also known as "Dukes," 32, of Sedalia
Samuel I. Gravitt, 21, of Sedalia
Jeremy D. Peters, also known as "Pun," 24, of Columbia
Eual T. Buckner, also known as "Big Tommy," 56, of Sedalia
Kenneth C. Kendrick, also known as "Kavi," 40, of Sedalia
Lee A. Kendrick, 65, of Sedalia
Eric T. Hawkins, also known as "Easy," 33, of Sedalia
Kardell E. Sims, also known as "FU," 35, of Sedalia
George E. Buckner, also known as "Jorge," 50, of Sedalia
Ronald C. Boggs, also known as "Hobbs," 47, of Sedalia
Marvin D. Spruell, 56, of Sedalia
Vickey J. Spruell, 56, of Sedalia
Gordell E. Poindexter, also known as "Fat Man," 23, of Sedalia
Art W. Williams, also known as "Ace," 25, of Sedalia
Demetrius N. Gray, also known as "Meechi," 29, of Sedalia
Antonio T. Gray, also known as "T," 29, of Sedalia
Marquoi D. Staten, also known as "Scratch," 21, of Sedalia
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Gene Robinson critical of Catholic Church for using Communion as weapon in culture wars
Polling shows that ex-Catholics are the third largest religious group in the United States. Many Catholic laity are experiencing a painful disconnect between the official teachings and pronouncements of the Catholic hierarchy and what they believe in their hearts. It�s no wonder they are voting with their feet.
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October 11, 2005
There are trees down along Interstate-20, but it's all part of a master plan to relieve traffic. News 12 is on your side explaining what's next for a project that will last several years.
The work on I-20 promises to relieve congestion. But the project will take years to complete and will force some out of their homes.
Imagine coming home one afternoon and your front yard looks like this.
"That was all trees, you couldn't even see this house from back here. Now we're a little bit worried about being burglarized because no one even knew this was back here," said Bobby Lopez.
Bobby Lopez has rented this house for almost four years, tucked along Davis Road near Interstate-20. But now comes news he'll have to move out by spring.
"Everyday, they're tearing something down. For a long time, it was just a whole bunch of noise, then cutting the trees and hauling the trees off. They actually busted a water main a couple of times, left us without water a day here and there," Lopez said.
It's an area being bulldozed to make room for an interstate exit at Davis Road and a widening project. Davis Road will soon be four lanes instead of just two.
"It's gonna increase the access to the shopping center and the Target area immediately," said Scott Stephens, Georgia DOT Engineer.
DOT Engineer Scott Stephens says the $22 million project should be complete in two years. Right now, crews are working to clear land along I-20 to make room for the exit ramps.
"So it should alleviate a lot of congestion and traffic at the I-20/I-250 interchange," Stephens said.
And that intersection is getting a major overhaul, too. Starting in a year, there will be new ramps for easier access to Bobby Jones Expressway.
It's a project that will take three years to complete, long after Bobby Lopez finds a new place to live.
So in the next couple weeks, expect delays on Davis road. The DOT says they won't have to shut any lanes down, but construction traffic will make things a lot slower.


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Markets Hub: A Yelp for Help?
Boy, that escalated quickly.
Not quite yet, but Yelp executives may soon be aping that line from Anchorman before they know it. Bigger rivals, most prominently Facebook last week, are taking aim at Yelp's business — Yelp's bread-and-butter business, you might say — of online restaurant reviews.
That could spell trouble for yet another social-media darling.
This week's selloff, after Facebook unveiled its "graph search" feature, may be a sign that Yelp should find itself a buyer, and fast, Heard on the Street's Rolfe Winkler said this morning on the Markets Hub.
With the rate at which things change in the tech and mobile world, Yelp could find itself under a serious assault before it knows it. Last week's selloff was a shot across the bow, so to speak.
Here's some of Rolfe's latest column:
For all Yelp's valuable data, it has been unable to generate an operating profit. True, the company is still in investment mode, expanding methodically to new local markets, but it may be doing so for some time before it is consistently profitable. In that time, rivals will continue building up their own database of local information, and Yelp risks that its content becomes less unique.
With that in mind, it is tough to justify the company's steep valuation, which at $1.2 billion net of cash works out to roughly six times 2013 estimated revenue. The only way to do so is if you believe local content is both strategically important and hard to come by. One hope from Apple releasing its own maps app was to boost its presence in this area, but thus far it has struggled. That suggests Yelp may have scarcity value to a potential strategic acquirer.
And there could be a handful of those. Besides Apple, other companies that need to beef up their local tools include Yahoo, Microsoft and possibly Amazon.com. Even Google might have interest if Yelp were on the block. It considered buying the company back in 2009.
Yet none may be inclined to pay the steep price Yelp currently commands.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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Beulah Burns, 81, Marceline, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Pershing Memorial Hospital, Brookfield.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline. Visitation will be held Friday from 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hale Memorial Gardens.
Beulah was born January 15, 1932, in McCool Junction, Neb., daughter of Willie and Bessie Violet (Sommers) Dillon. She married Robert D. Burns on December 17, 1996. He preceded her in death on March 18, 2005.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her brother, James Dillon, Bucklin; her sister Hazel Shaffer, Lake View, Ark.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death her parents; sister, Vivian Simerely; and brother, Bill Dillon.
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Week in Review: Exercising the Mind & Body for Innovation
Week in Review: Exercising the Mind & Body for Innovation
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If you're like me, physical education class was a welcome break from history and math. Unfortunately, it is being cut from school programs. Yesterday, The Today Show featured a report released by the Institute of Medicine that found children need at least one full hour of exercise in school daily and that physical education needs to remain a core class. Not only did the report conclude that kids participating in greater physical activity have greater attention spans, faster cognitive processing speed and better performance on tests, but they also are more likely to develop healthier habits as adults.
Our industry is largely perceived as focusing on maintaining healthy bodies, but we recognize that developing sharp, healthy minds is equally as important. With fewer than 40 percent of college students who intend to major in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field actually graduating with that degree, it is important that the biopharmaceutical sector get actively involved in encouraging student engagement so that we can help cultivate the next generation scientists and researchers.
Olof Larsson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Eli Lilly and Company, weighed in on the subject this week on the blog. He noted that some students have the misconception that scientists are "a bunch of nerds," when in fact they are fascinating people with the ability to bring innovative medicines to patients. For Dr. Larsson, common denominators in the field of science include curiosity, passion, drive and persistence so that one can accept challenges and failures. Ultimately, he emphasizes that working everyday to battle diseases like cancer, depression and Alzheimer's is extremely rewarding and something in which young people should be more interested.
It is now more important than ever to cultivate the next generation of scientists. As the American Cancer Society celebrated its 100th birthday this week, Josie Martin, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, reflected on the progress the organization has made. A generation ago, there were only 3 million cancer survivors, and today there are 13 million. The hope is that this next generation of young scientists can build on the success we've seen. In her blog post, Josie recognizes the doctors and researchers at the American Cancer Society that have forever changed the way we view the disease. Due to their foresight and perseverance, health care professionals and biopharmaceutical researchers better understand cancer and have created treatments that have saved millions of patients.
The biopharmaceutical sector is committed to both mental and physical health because without healthy, research-focused minds, there will likely be fewer medical breakthroughs and fewer healthy patients. To learn more about new research and to hear additional perspectives from PhRMA's scientists, stay tuned to the Catalyst and check out our I Am Research. Progress. Hope. initiative. We look forward to your thoughts and feedback.


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Cruises offer unique view of fireworks
August 15, 2013
One of the most popular parts of this weekend's Parkersburg Homecoming Festival will be the fireworks show on Saturday evening. Visitors will fill the downtown area to view the fireworks at 10 p.m....
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This aerial photo made from a helicopter shows storm damage from Sandy over the Atlantic Coast in Mantoloking, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)
MANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey has reached another milestone in its recovery from Sandy.
The borough of Mantoloking is allowing residents to move back in Friday. It's the last storm-ravaged shore town to do so -- 116 days after the superstorm struck.
It's not a mad rush. The winter population of the barrier island community totals only about 100 and many homes are not yet livable.
And some people have no home to come back to. Sixty or so houses disappeared completely and hundreds more were so badly damaged they'll probably need to be demolished.
Officials say all of the more the 500 houses in the wealthy community received some damage.
Mantoloking is the town where the ocean cut right through to the bay and a house ended up on a bridge.


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Shrimp Scampi with Mushrooms and Asparagus recipe
This week's veggie is Asparagus! Another favorite of ours. I immediately thought of the Shrimp-Asparagus-Gnocchi dinner that we make on a regular basis. But I wanted to make something this week. I do love to just steam asparagus and serve as a side dish, but I wanted something more exciting than that. I looked through the recipes on Allrecipes.com for some inspiration. This was a great recipe that can be thrown together on a weeknight. The flavors and textures of the veggies and shrimp mixed quite well. The original recipe has cheese on top as well, but I wanted to lighten it up. With all that butter, the cheese isn't needed anyways.
Shrimp Scampi with Mushrooms and Asparagus – loosely based on Allrecipes.com
whole wheat angel hair pasta
1 lb shrimp
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 lb asparagus, cut to 1″ pieces
mushrooms, sliced
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 stick butter
Old Bay seasoning
Sprinkle Old Bay seasoning on shrimp. Set aside.
Prepare pasta al-dente. Drain well.
While water is boiling and pasta is cooking, heat olive oil and 3 cloves of garlic in a large saucepan. Add the asparagus and mushrooms. Cook until mushrooms begin to turn tender. Empty contents of pan into a large bowl and set aside.
Add remaining garlic, lemon juice, and butter to saucepan. Once butter starts to bubble, add shrimp to saucepan and cook until pink. Empty contents of pan into bowl with the veggies. Add the drained pasta and stir to combine.
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I am totally drooling. I lurve pasta and shrimp! I am starring this to make for dinner soon. Yum!
YUM! That a GREAT idea to add the mushrooms and asapargus! We are going to have to try this!
I covet mushroom and asparagus recipes. I'm the only one in my family who will eat them- le sigh.
This looks really good and I love pasta and shrimp too, I so could have helped you polish this off.
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I have been running into an issue with the server. When I originally run it it starts up fine, everything is displayed correctly. The way I have been doing it is as soon as I finish a movie my TV (Samsung through AllShare Play) disconnects from the server. An hour or so later if I try to go back to the server to watch another movie, it then shows my root folder being displayed as a 93GB file with the option to try and play this file.
So my root folder is /home/rossvaller/media and on first run it shows media as a folder which then has subfolders, one for each movie. After a seemingly random amount of time, the media folder shows as a 93GB "file" which my renderer, either the PS3 or my TV, shows as "playable". Naturally I get an error if I try to play this file.
When I went to check if there were logs of this, there weren't any...
The server runs as "ps3mediauser" as suggested in the config file. Here is what my config looks like:
Please help as this is unfortunately annoying as I have to restart the server every time this happens in order to be able to watch a movie. Also if there is anything else I can do to make this a bit more understandable, please let me know.
Thanks a ton in advance!!


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i don't know about my core subjects this semester. I really have to learn how to write focused papers. I think I will redo my theology papers until I get them right.
One of my friends gave me a particularly neat gift - chocolates for programming, a stuffed toy for company and a ticket to LOTR in order to unwind. Nice, right? (Thanks, Byron!)
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- After 36 hours from the time of payment, guests may cancel their registration for a specific event. Upon cancellation, guests will have 10 days to decide on dates for a future event. If a guest is unable to decide within 10 days, he or she will be issued a Chopra Center certificate equal in value to the dollar amount paid for the event. The certificate can be used towards any Chopra Center for Wellbeing Event, Program, Workshop, or Retreat, or for any spa service at the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California.
- Registrations made within 7 days of the event start date are non-refundable. In the event that a guest must cancel, all payments can be credited towards future Chopra Center event(s).
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Students who register for any of our Teacher Training Programs (Primordial Sound Meditation, Perfect Health, Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga) have 36 hours from the time of The Chopra Center's receipt of required paperwork in order to cancel and receive a full refund. Required paperwork includes the application, enrollment agreement, and health information. Each student must also submit a one page essay which can be submitted after the required paperwork is submitted. After 36 hours from the time of receipt of required paperwork, the following cancellation and refund schedule applies:
- After 36 hours from the receipt of required paperwork, $2,000 of the paid tuition ($2,500 for Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Teacher Training) will become a non-refundable credit that the student can use towards any future Chopra Center events, Teacher Training Programs, or Spa Services at The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California.
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Clermont Co. man with 6 prior OVI convictions charged with OVI
Driver arrested in Miami Township
Published 10:55 AM EST Feb 19, 2013
A Clermont County man is accused of driving while under the influence yet again.
Scottie Barrick was arrested in Miami Township early Monday.
Miami Township police said Barrick, 39, has six previous OVI convictions dating back to 1991.
Barrick is being held on $20,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court next week.
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HIGHLIGHTS McPherson police An officer took a report at 1:36 p.m. Thursday in reference to identity theft from a 46-year-old McPherson man. The victim had originally had a credit card stolen and had canceled it, but the second one never arrived. After ordering a third card, charges were discovered on the second card. Loss is valued at $1,400. For more information, see Saturday's edition of The McPherson Sentinel or visit the E-edition of The McPherson Sentinel available on the website.
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Clinical trials are scientific studies in which new treatments – drugs, diagnostic procedures, and other therapies – are tested in patients to determine if they are safe and effective.
Such trials help scientists answer questions about new cancer therapies, including: what diseases should they be used for? What doses of new drugs are most effective? And which patients can benefit the most from them?
Nearly all cancer drugs in use today were tested and made available to patients through clinical trials.
Search current cancer-related clinical trials offered through Dana-Farber and other Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center member institutions.
Search a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
If you've never been part of a clinical trial before, you may have concerns and questions about what to expect.
In this video, patients and clinicians explain what clinical trials are and offer suggestions to help patients decide whether or not to enroll in a study. You can also order this video on DVD.
This video is not intended to be a substitute for discussion between you and your physician. If you are considering enrollment in a clinical trial, please talk to your clinical trial study team before making your decision.
To qualify for a particular study, participants must meet a carefully defined set of criteria. These usually relate to age and gender, cancer type and stage, and the types of treatments they have already received.
Before agreeing to participate, patients learn about possible risks and benefits of the therapy being studied. As the trial progresses, participants are given new information that may affect their willingness to stay in the trial. Participants may withdraw from the trial at any time.
Before any clinical trial begins, it must be approved by its host institution's Institutional Review Board (IRB), which includes researchers and physicians. The IRB considers whether proposed studies are safe and well planned and whether they will ultimately advance patient care. It also reviews studies to ensure patients are adequately informed about the risks of participating in clinical research. In all studies, the health of each patient is closely monitored during the course of the trial.
Cancer clinical trials are divided into three distinct stages. Only when the third stage has been successfully completed, and the Food and Drug Administration has given its approval, can a new treatment become part of standard therapy.
Phase I trials are designed to determine the safety of a new cancer therapy. They evaluate how a new medication should be given (orally, intravenously, or by injection), how often, and at what dosage, but are not designed to test if a new therapy is effective. Phase I trials generally enroll only a small number of patients.
Learn about Phase I clinical trials at Dana-Farber's Early Drug Development Center (EDDC)
Phase II trials provide information about how well a new medication works and generate more information about patient safety. Phase II studies usually focus on a specific type of cancer.
Phase III trials compare new treatments with standard ones to determine which is safer and more effective. Phase III trials generally involve a large number of participants and often take place at several health centers at the same time. Patients are randomly assigned to receive either the new cancer therapy or a standard one.
Read our Insight blog for information and inspiration about Dana-Farber's clinical trials.
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kajeet Mobile Web – New!
November 13, 2009
by Carol Politi
We just launched some great new mobile web services! This new offering provides significantly more flexibility for those that want to surf the web from their kajeet device and gives parents the ability to select the level of access they think works best for their family.
The kajeet Navigator (i.e., the browser on your phone) now has a set of free sites, a set of kid-friendly sites selected by kajeet (these cost money to access), access to social networking and IM (these cost money and are in a separately controlled category), and a category that allows you to access the web freely without controls. The new Feature Manager on kajeet.com allows parents to control the access their kids will have to various sites on the mobile web. Login to kajeet.com and select Configurator/Feature Manager to see the full set of options.
What does it cost?
The web services are charged based on use – $0.35 per 0.25 megabyte (each 0.25MB expires 24 hours after purchase). What that means is that we charge you for 0.25 MB and that this is good for a day. (Some carriers charge in MB, for comparison purposes this equates to $1.40/MB).
What on earth does 0.25 Mbyte get you and why did we take this approach? First, it gets you:
– About 10 mobile-friendly web pages
– About 2-3 full web pages (i.e., non-mobile optimized pages)
Why did we take this approach? It is nice to be able to, for a very small cost, casually browse the web – e.g., look at the weather once in a while. Many of our customers just want a bit of web access and they don't want to buy a big bundle. (For those that are very heavy users, we will add a bundle option in the future!)
Please note: it is still free to browse our Navigator store for ringtones, games, and applications – and all kajeet users still get access to select free mobileweb sites! Access to your "MyKajeet" is also free.
We would love some input on this – so please comment here on the new features. Your comments will directly reach our product team and they will listen to you! We could specifically use help in the following areas:
1. What sites would you like to see in the "free" category. Our plan is to consistently make available at least 3 sites as part of our base service. These need to be appropriate for kids of all ages. We would appreciate customer feedback to help us decide if we have made the right choices.
2. Do you know of other kid appropriate sites that should be specifically listed and made available in our "Other Great Sites" category? This is a category of sites that again need to be appropriate for kids of all ages. This category is a bit light at the moment and we would like to make it more robust.
Please comment here to let us know what you think, and to let us know how you would like to see these features evolve. Thanks!


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Genre/Subjects: Comedy, Coming of Age, Music, TeenLanguage: English
A rambling, sprawling, Altmanesque hybrid of music documentary and coming-of-age drama, All Together Now follows an interlocking cast of teenagers and 20-somethings at a more-or-less impromptu concert in the woods. The drama and comedy of this alcohol-fueled adventure in the forest unfold against a mostly harsh sound environment provided by four underground bands: Manicorn, Night Control, Pedestrian Deposit, and Nice Face. Mild-mannered, self-effacing concert promoter Ron has staged the bands' performances in a makeshift shed, but the real "party" is happening deep in the woods. The often dissonant sound reflects the agony and bliss of the hookups and breakups. A man who's lost everything goes on the offensive with a samurai sword. A young member of the elite wanders around lost in a way that suggests serious, possibly criminal loss, until he's confronted by an admirer who quickly turns vicious. Virginal high-schoolers latch onto "older" women for a painful initiation, while two gay boys battle over how far to go. Meanwhile, a teenage blogger documents the cheapest bits of drama around the edges, while Dad's in the parking lot talking about aliens with a kid who's not having a good night and her rancorous chaperones get more entangled than they intended.
The ride is reminiscent of both American Graffiti and Penelope Spheeris's The Decline of Western Civilization. Indie to its very core, the movie offers serious subtext behind lightweight interaction and finds a way to go out with both a bang and a whimper.
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There were 39 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At that time, there were 1,412 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: Police are looking for two men who knocked a man off his bicycle, punched him and fled with his bike at Sierra Nevada Street and Weber Avenue about noon Saturday. One suspect was a 6-0, 220-pound Latino male in his early to mid-40s with short black hair, wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. The second was a 5-8, 150-pound Latino male in his mid-20s with short hair, wearing a brown shirt and brown pants.
Assault with a deadly weapon: A 31-year-old man trying to break up a fight at a large party in the 1600 block of South Airport Way about 11:10 p.m. Saturday was struck in the head with an unknown object and had to be hospitalized with a non-life-threatening injury. There was no suspect information.
Robbery: A 35-year-old man was assaulted and robbed of his red mountain bike by three men early Sunday morning at Filbert and Washington streets. Police provided a description of only one suspect, a 5-7, 180-pound Latino male about 25 to 30 years old wearing a brown shirt and jeans.
Robbery: A juvenile male was robbed by two 17- to 20-year-old men of his cellphone and cash as he walked on the 2100 block of Quail Lakes Drive about 8:10 p.m. Saturday.
The California Highway Patrol did not report information for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 87 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday, including 11 vehicle accidents, 61 medical calls and three structure fires.
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The morning after the Rolling Stones began their brief, five-show 50th anniversary tour, which isn't coming anywhere near the Bay Area, I got on YouTube to see what I've waited for years to see: guitarist Mick Taylor playing with the band again.
There was one shaky video from the Stones' concert at London's O2 Arena, in which the band played "Midnight Rambler" with the amazing Taylor, whose five year tenure with the band (1969-74), for me, marks its best years and its best music.
The music from that time span was the reason I moved to L.A. in 1990 to play music. Because, briefly sandwiched between hair metal and grunge, bands such as the Black Crowes were bringing back that warm, jammy, groove-rooted, country twangin' sound and feel. People in their 20s were discovering records by the Stones, the Faces and the Flying Burrito Brothers. It was a great time, and even though my band sounded more like Cheap Trick or the pop-punk that was on the way in a couple of years, we had our moments in the thick of that old/new sound as well.
Mopey milestone
That was why watching that Stones video was sort of sad. As much as the Stones like to pretend this is an anniversary, it feels much more like a goodbye.
And the Stones aren't the only ones.
Just a day before, I read in Rolling Stone that Jimmy Page has given up on playing with Robert Plant again. The Beach Boys briefly stunned everyone with a reunion tour earlier this year that was fine, until Mike Love took over the band and left Brian Wilson in the dust, confused. Paul McCartney is 70 and hasn't made great music since ... a long time ago. Pink Floyd is over. Sly & the Family Stone will never happen, after he teased us a few years ago. The Who is all but officially done. Rod Stewart is too busy cashing checks from all those golden oldie, crooning albums to even discuss a Faces reunion, which will likely never happen. Bob Dylan still makes good music, but he's also in his twilight. Besides, he never moved me enough to do more than sit and listen. Neil Young still cranks it up now and then, but by and large, is also in his twilight. Black Sabbath is trying to make its first studio record with Ozzy Osbourne in more than 30 years, but guitarist Tony Iommi is fighting cancer, and drummer Bill Ward is sitting the whole thing out over money. And really, you never know when Ozzy just might explode.
I was kind of depressed. So many of my heroic figures of the late '60s and early '70s -- the time I believe was rock's best -- are gone, in the process of leaving or not far from it.
And for the most part, they are going out not with a bang, but a whimper.
Next generation?
Yeah, I know. Stop whining. Time marches on, and none of these acts has been anywhere near the peak in recent years, anyway. Get over it -- there's plenty of new music to love.
But just having these old guys around, or the idea of having them around, made it seem OK. Every four or five years, one could go hear the Stones crank up "All Down the Line" or surprise with a soulful take on "Sweet Virginia" once more. One could hope Led Zeppelin would build on its one-off, supposedly spectacular reunion in 2007 and take it on the road (some of us weren't old enough to see them when they called it quits).
Lovers of good, classic rock (I hate that term, but I suppose it fits) can take heart in this year's encouraging returns of Van Halen, Aerosmith and Soundgarden. The Replacements are talking about reuniting. There's still Radiohead and Wilco and Sonic Youth and Muse and Jack White and on and on.
But as good as they are, these guys are not the same, historic generation of rock pioneers many of us grew up on and who are now fading from view. They will not be easy to replace.
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As a special tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, musician and singer, Britt Gully took to downtown restaurants Wednesday, on the 113th anniversary of his birth.
It was as though Rodgers himself paid a visit. Gully sang some of Rodgers' songs and invited everyone out to the Jimmie Rodgers Museum and Sparkle & Twang Exhibit.
"We are going around downtown here talking to folks and inviting everybody, as my birthday gift to the town of Meridian, and outlying areas to come down to the Riley Center to see he exhibit for free," said Gully, as Jimmie Rodgers. "Come out to the museum and see everything out there for free. It's just my birthday present to everybody else."
Some people did take the opportunity to see the museum, and the exhibit free of charge Wednesday.
Walking into the Jimmie Rodgers Museum, every guest immediately gets asked the same question.
"Hello! Welcome to the Jimmie Rodgers Museum. Where are you from?" asks tour guide Bill John.
Guests come from the far corners of the earth to see a bit of Rodgers' life.
"I never knew his fame was worldwide like it is," John said.
The guest book at the Jimmie Rodgers Museum is sprinkled with signatures from visitors who come from all over the world. Canada, the Netherlands, and even a man from Kenya, Africa who wrote 'to see the great Jimmie Rodgers' as his reason for coming.
The guests visiting Wednesday including a couple from Texas who were surprised but happy to put away their admission money.
"We stayed in Meridian last night, so we thought we would boogie on down here and check it out," said Jackie Blair of Carthage, Tex.
"This was my chance to come inside the museum and see," said Barbara Robinson of Lauderdale County. "And I am glad I did because so much interesting stuff is here, you know? It is unreal that people haven't been here. I was guilty of the same thing so I can talk about it."
One reason for the free admissions was that the guests could help give Jimmie something he loved so much, extra attention.
Rodgers had a twenty plus year career that started and ended young. He began doing road shows at the age of 13. Over the next 22 years, he recorded more than 100 songs, until his untimely death due to tuberculosis at the age of 35.


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Relatives of veterans cope with new policy on markers
July 25, 2013
Veterans and historical groups and families across the nation are facing road blocks as they try to bring official recognition to their long-dead ancestors. In 2009, the U.S....
Well said Mr. Hess! Soldiers are returning from the Middle East with physical and emotional wounds from which they are receiving little to no relief. People returning from war, should not have to wait for over a year to start healing from PTSD and depression. Fund the living before recognizing the dead with a grave marker.
I imagine if we were able to ask those dead soldiers how to use the available money, they all would say help the living first.
History can be remembered and we can learn from it. A plaque or other marker so a person can feel proud,is a waste of money. Better to spend on our living soldiers so they know we are proud of them and their sacrifice, and they can heal. Priorities people.
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With so many programs going to aid people who aren't even legal citizens of this country, there should be enough money to honor the dead veterans and serve those who are living and trying to cope.
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The Obama administration will spend $700 million to reach the "16 percent" of Americans who are uninsured in an effort to tell them about Obamacare. The ad campaign will be similar to the ad campaigns used to sell pop and beer. I think that $700 million would be better spent on our veterans.
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nobody is trying to "DEFUND" our government. We are trying to keep it our of our business. Those making the laws need to have to abide by them as well. All the senators should be signing up for the Obamacare...
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The Meaning of the Snails in 'Deep Water' (WSJ Book Club)
This week, the Wall Street Journal Book Club is discussing … snails.
Specifically, snails and the psychopath who loves them in Patricia Highsmith's novel "Deep Water." We're reading "Deep Water" this month with our guest host, "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn.
Read an interview with Ms. Flynn about why she chose the novel.
Snails come up a lot in "Deep Water," a psychological thriller about an unhappy couple bent on destroying each other. The hero/villain, Vic Van Allen, keeps them as pets and gives them names, lavishing them with attention and praise that he withholds from his adulterous wife, Melinda.
Read an excerpt from 'Deep Water.'
Patricia Highsmigh was enamored of snails herself, according to her biographer. She collected them and kept hundreds at her home. She traveled with them and would, on occasion, pull them out of her bag and set them on the table during dinner parties. So Ms. Highsmith was no doubt writing knowledgeably about snail mating behavior when she described Vic lovingly watching his snails Edgar and Hortense "as they slowly approached each other, lifted their heads, kissed, and glided on."
But Ms. Highsmith clearly wasn't just plugging one of her favorite animals. The snails offer a crucial insight into Van Allen's character.
"There's this wonderful insight into Vic when he's watching his snails," said Ms. Flynn, who noted that the snail love scene is one of her favorite moments in the book. "For me, it's so odd in the best way, but she's completely laid the ground work for it. There's that desolate moment where he finds it very touching to watch these two sails to court each other. He's given them names and created this backstory for them that's more involved than the story of his own marriage. It's so incredibly chilling and to me, and it unlocks a lot about him."
Readers, what do you make of Vic's attachment to snails and his other quirks? Does it make him seem creepier, or more sympathetic?
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Formula for higher state taxes
Connecticut has endured decades of advertising by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities warning that reductions in state financial grants to cities and towns will result in higher municipal property taxes. But throughout this time, despite ever-increasing state financial grants to municipalities, Connecticut somehow has gotten higher municipal property taxes anyway.
Maybe what Connecticut needs now is another statewide organization to advertise the truer and more relevant converse of the CCM ads. That is, increasing state financial aid to municipalities means higher state taxes — like last year's record state tax increase, including increases in the state income tax and the sales tax, enacted in large part in the name of maintaining municipal aid and restraining municipal property taxes.
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