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" Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2007 / Suitable for 15 years and over / Director: Andrew Piddington / Actors: Jonas Ball, Krishna Fairchild, Gunter Stern, Mie Omori, Robert Kirk ... / DVD released 2008-03-31 at Universal Pictures UK / Features of the DVD: PAL "
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This is pretty much a case of 'it does what it says on the tin' so to speak, in that its about the killing of John Lennon but don't mistake that for meaning that its all about John, as its really all about the killer, Mark David Chapman. The film starts with Mark at home in Hawaii with his wife and mother and it continues through until when he shot and killed John Lennon and even what happened afterwards, with a basic rundown of what happened from the end of the last scene described in text just before the credits roll at the end.
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This is very much an indie movie, it has quite a gritty feel to it, with the narration by the killer himself in a garbled or otherwise slightly distorted tone, which adds to the surreal tone of the movie. Although the movie is based on whats known of Chapmans life, of course its a dramatisation and as such, it can't be 100% accurate but it certainly does quite a good job of painting this image of a clearly unstable mans life and of providing an insight to his very distorted way of thinking, his presumed reasoning behind that tragic shooting, although its hard to really understand fully his reasonings given the fact that he was clearly mentally ill.
The movie doesn't just cover Chapman's clear love for The Catcher In The Rye (Mark keeps referring to the catcher in the rye and the character Holden Caulfield, how he believes he somehow fortold or predicted what he was going to do - the quote often repeated throughout the movie being 'the phoney must die said The Catcher In The Rye'), his decision to move to New York and carry out that 'dastardly deed', indeed it tries to give an insight into his family life back 'home' in Hawaii (though, as others point out, he doesn't sound like he comes from Hawaii and indeed he clarifies that he was originally from Georgia), with scenes involving a seemingly rather distant (and painfully unaware it seems) wife and a frustrated mother, as well as scenes covering his dealings with the police after being arrested and his subseqent time spent in a psychiatric hospital, where he's interviewed by a member of staff. Fans of Lennon may well be frustrated to see the effort police went to, to protect Chapman from members of the public who were so angry at him (of course there were people who issued death threats towards him too - I'd imagine the hysteria that occured at the time John died (in terms of the impact his death had in relation to popular culture) was similar to that of Michael Jacksons passing and there are certainly plenty of people who want Conrad Murray to be under lock and key, im sure.
Of course the title of the movie and indeed the plot is all about the killing that made Chapman famous, yet the movie is really about him, his background, his thoughts/method and not about Lennon, who only features in the present time (ie the time he was killed, as in 1980) for the briefest of moments. If your looking for a film that goes into detail about Johns life and times and all about the Beatles popularity etc. then this is not for you, indeed it could well frustrate you in a sense in that I felt there was a slight tone to it, more towards the end perhaps, that makes you pity him, which would likely make some peoples blood boil - why feel sorry for someone who did such a horrible act and robbed the world of somebody who was so important etc. Having said all that, this film shouldn't really be criticised for that, I mean its supposed to be about him and I felt that it was quite absorbing for an indie film, creating a rather spooky atmosphere with a slightly off centre narration explaining what you were seeing as a clearly unstable character was drawn deeper into the world his mind saw, becoming more detached from reality and ultimately its up to the viewer to come to their own conclusion(s) about Chapman, whether you feel any pity for him or not. Back to what I was saying earlier about the focus not being on the Beatles and I should probably point out that while this is the case, there is some footage of the group featured on a couple of ocassions/scenes, footage of the group out and about, posing for photos and a conference or two I believe, though the narration talks over the audio at points.
This does mainly feel like a work of fiction, although im sure that the main aspects of it are based on facts gained from numerous interviews with him and those who encountered him (such as other fans (groupies?) who he introduced himself to as a fellow fan, prior to the killing). Its intriguing and should interest those who are fascinated by the psychology behind killers and suchlike, although apart from that im not sure who else would particularly enjoy it, as I couldn't comment on exactly how accurate it is and as I say, those who were around when the killing occured and who were upset and moved by it, may well find it in a way offensive (not everyone but some may, seeing it as a bit tacky to put the emphasis and possibly a very slight sympathetic slant into someone who should never have been allowed to travel and needed to seek help long before - I'm not sure that pity is necessarily appropriate, yes he clearly was/is seriously troubled and has mental illness(es) but I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea of pitying him in a sense...it does make you think that its uncomfortable to know that society missed the signs and couldn't identify him as being such a troubled individual before he did what he did though). In a sense its sad if Chapman knows about this movie, as its clear by the end of the film that he had a craving for attention and so making such films may only add more to his sense of self worth, that he's still getting some sort of fame and notoriety even over 20 years after the event, which could be seen as distasteful. I don't really wish to get into a debate about the morals behind the film as such, the fact is its been made and its up to you whether this is something that you'd find interesting, if the case (as it were) is one that has peaked your interest, if you'd like to see a dramatisation of what we believe went on in the mind of the disturbed killer, so otherwise I'll just say that I think its a pretty interesting movie that should interest those with a desire to get into the mind of a killer.
I'm sure there is an audience for the film, with people including those of my generation who grew up learning what an impact The Beatles and John Lennon himself had on UK and US popular culture in the 60s and 70s and the fact that Johns life was tragically cut short - for us its probably more interesting to see such a film that gives an idea of what happened, at least as far as I'm concerned I never knew that much about it and I became curious to watch this film and learn more about what had happened after catching a documentary about the murder on ITV last month, on the anniversary of Johns death (and subsequently I found another review of this film on Ciao, which led to me adding it to my rental list). As I say, I found it quite an engrossing watch - Jonas Ball certainly played his part well, depicting Mark as a rather peculiar, dishevelled man - the scenes in which his anger gets the better of him are pretty chilling and I would say that he looks the part, although of course its a fair question to ask what does a killer look like? oh he looks like someone who would do such an act, thats perhaps a peculiar and even possibly dangerously stereotyped thing to say but I did feel like the character on screen seemed very believable given their story and what occured, it didn't seem too sterile, if that makes any sense.
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Yes, I suppose I would, as long as your aware of the slant this movie takes and you won't be offended by the fact that its all about Chapman and of course I can't outright confirm its accuracy at all, I'd say that this is a movie which is worth a watch. I felt that it was quite an absorbing movie which gave a (rather unsettling) insight into Chapman's clearly troubled mind and his detachment from the real world. The narration makes it feel more 'real' somehow and even this is somehow detached by the voice being quite garbled and there are some visuals which also, uh visualise the links in his thinking, what was troubling him and so on, it all adds to a sense of surrealism which makes the film quite engrossing somehow.
This won't be a film that everyone will love or hate, im sure there are very different opinions about it depending on who you ask but as im only really here to rate and review the film for what it is, I'd personally rate this with four stars, as a good film, though not quite excellent, with the one star off being that it won't suit everyones taste and a slight sense that perhaps it pities him a bit, I think - certainly there was a part of me that was somehow uncomfortable with the way the police treated him (thats not to say that its not accurate but I didn't much like it either).
Thanks for reading my review, I hope you found it useful - thanks for all rates and comments. This review was originally posted on Ciao UK.
RELEASED: 2007, Cert.15
RUNNING TIME: Approx. 115 mins
DIRECTOR: Andrew Piddington
PRODUCERS: Andrew Piddington & Rakha Singh
MUSIC: Martin Kiszko Makana
MAIN CHARACTER: Mark Chapman (played by Jonas Ball)
NB: Film only review
On 8th December 1980, the world was stunned when Mark Chapman boldly and blatantly fired a round of bullets into John Lennon as he and Yoko Ono returned to their home in the Dakota Building, New York, after a recording session.
When I spotted the movie The Killing Of John Lennon in the great Sainsbury sell-off for a mere £1, I bought it, not expecting much from it at all. I didn't read the details on the CD sleeve and wondered if it was a film that I'd seen quite a few years ago about John Lennon's murder, which despite having been fairly watchable, wasn't all that good. After viewing this newly-bought DVD recently, I was able to determine that they are completely different films from one another. Not quite knowing what to expect and feeling that it could be a sensationalist farce regarding the murder of a much-admired man, I clicked the "play" button and settled to see what it was all about.
The film opens in September of 1980, where we see 24-year-old Texas-born Mark Chapman living in Honolulu, Hawaii, behaving rather strangely. He comes across as somewhat of an enigma; an unbalanced, volatile man who is definitely very troubled. He has a difficult relationship with his mother who appears more interested in her toy boys than her son, and he is tortured by childhood memories of cruelty suffered at the hands of his father. Mark works as a security guard, but aside from his job, seems unable to steadily apply himself to anything and he appears to be very restless. Despite being married to a Japanese girl who he seems fond of but is rather domineering towards, he spends much of his spare time when not working, driving haphazardly through the streets of Honolulu and making random phone calls to various people....during these phone calls, he simply says to the person on the other end..."Bang bang, you're dead!", whilst holding his fingers up in a gun shape and simulating pulling a trigger.
Mark comes across as very intelligent, complex and somewhat deep, but a definitely unbalanced and off the wall young man. He is a lonely individual who admits to needing company, yet at the same time shuns it and is constantly seeking solace inside of Honolulu's main library. It is from this library that he first borrows and reads J D Salinger's classic novel, Catcher In The Rye. Becoming obsessed with the storyline of the book, Mark's mind concentrates itself on the vision he has inside of his head of the world, what he perceives to be the badness within, and how he believes he can change it.
Mark is also a great admirer of The Beatles and their music, yet feels that John Lennon as a person is a phoney. It has been said in the past that Mark actually believed himself to be the true John Lennon and that the real Lennon was an imposter, but as far as this film is concerned, that's not the case at all. Despite being married to a Japanese woman and on his last day at work before his first trip to New York signing his name as John Lennon whilst clocking off from his duty shift, Mark doesn't believe that he actually IS Lennon....it is that he is incensed by Lennon's double standards, feeling that he (Lennon) is a fake and a phoney for preaching non-materialism, yet being one of the wealthiest people in the world who owns a lot of wildly expensive chattels.
Burning with an emotion which there may not even be a name for, Mark decides that in order to further his campaign of cleaning up the world of what he views as undesirable characters (as well as believing Lennon to be a phoney, Mark is also aggressively homophobic and views people such as prostitutes as the scum of the earth), he must travel to New York and kill John Lennon. He buys a gun and a one way plane ticket without even telling his wife or mother he is going.
Once in New York, Mark settles in a hotel and spends his days and evenings hanging around The Dakota Building where John Lennon shared an apartment with Yoko Ono and their little son Shaun. He manages, through chatting to one of the building's security guards, to learn the basics of Lennon's comings and goings, but after a few days, Mark bottles out and decides to go back to Honolulu.
After returning home, Mark's state of mind continues to deteriorate, and he is troubled with nightmares, temper outbursts and dark thoughts invading his mind. He turns to his beloved Catcher In The Rye novel once more, reads several passages from the book, then in a frantic state of burning rage, returns to New York, once again with the intention of killing John Lennon. He actually has a mental list of people he wants to assassinate....Lennon simply happened to be no.1 on that list.
This time Mark stays in a seedy YMCA hostel and is greatly disturbed by the fact that there is a gay couple in the room next to him, and he can hear them having sex....this causes him to have some pretty disturbing nightmares about gunning both the gay guys down at point-blank range. He swallows the rage down and saves it for his campaign against ex-Beatle John Lennon, once again periodically (in between sleeping and eating) taking up his position outside the Dakota Building, waiting for Lennon to come home from his recording session. He does manage to catch sight of Lennon during the earlier part of the day, and asks him to autograph a copy of the Double Fantasy album, which had just been released. John happily signs the album, and Mark holds the LP record close to his chest, positively cherishing it!
During the evening of the same day, Mark (after a rest) returns to The Dakota Building, still clutching his signed copy of the Double Fantasy album, and waits for Lennon to reappear. After a while, a car draws up, Lennon and Yoko Ono get out, and make their way through a small alleyway which leads to their residence. Out of the shadows Mark steps....he quietly calls "Mr Lennon"....John turns around to face him, then Mark crouches and fires several shots into the ex-Beatle's stomach and chest.
Whilst paramedics attend to the dying Lennon, Mark doesn't run - he just stands and observes. When the police arrest him, he doesn't resist and goes off with them as quietly and meekly as a lamb. Inside of the police station, things become difficult because it's obvious that many of the cops present on duty, who are aware of what has happened, are shell-shocked and want to get their hands on Mark, but they know they must keep a professional distance and treat him the same as any other criminal in their custody.
This isn't a spoiler, as it's not a fictional film....most, if not all of us know that Mark Chapman was sent to New York's notorious Belle Vue Hospital for psychiatric asssessment, then was transferred to a state prison after his trial at which he was given at least twenty years' incarceration. Once inside prison, Mark had to be placed in solitary confinement for his own safety, and remains there to this day.....several appeals have been made to grant him his freedom, but they have so far all been denied. It is believed that he is no longer a danger to the public, but must be kept in prison for his own safety because there apparently are still people out there in the world who, more than thirty years after the incident, are burning to exact tit-for-tat revenge against the man who took the life of their idol John Lennon.
The whole movie is presented solely through the eyes of Mark Chapman, and shouldn't be perceived as being a piece of Beatles/Lennon memorabilia, although it does contain some rather speedily flipped through Beatles/Lennon footage. It's not a film about Lennon - it's a factual film about Mark Chapman, concentrating on the weeks before Lennon's murder, the murder itself, and the short-term aftermath.
Much of the film is geared towards what is running through Mark Chapman's mind, and his tumbling thoughts are spoken documentary-style by the actor Jonas Ball in between his acting dialogue, as he plays his role throughout the movie. There is a little sentence which appears printed on the screen during the film's opening credits, that these spoken thoughts are actually taken from interviews and conversations with Mark Chapman since his arrest on the night of the Lennon murder, plus various writings he has scribbled from time to time.
I was hooked into the film from the very first frame, fascinated by not only the haphazard, rather vulnerable character of Mark Chapman, but very impressed by Jonas Ball's portrayal of the man who took John Lennon's life. It's true that actor Jonas Ball bore only a vague resemblance appearance-wise to the real Mark Chapman in the film, but that didn't spoil my viewing experience in the slightest. Of course, I can't comment on the accuracy of the film regarding the portrayal of Mark Chapman's life in the weeks leading up to the crime he committed, but I can say that as far as my memory of newsreels, the press etc. stands, Lennon's actual murder and the way in which it happened is re-created spot-on.
The character chosen to play the part of John Lennon (and he only made a couple of brief appearances in the film) was made to resemble him adequately, and care was taken to dress the actor in exactly the type of clothes Lennon would have worn, although I do feel his (the actor's) glasses were a little too big compared to what Lennon was famous for wearing. Most of the short scenes where Lennon is present are filmed in such a way that you don't get to see him full-on or in great detail, and I suspect this was done deliberately so as not to compromise on accuracy.
Where for me the movie did go slightly wrong was that I felt the actress used to play the part of Yoko Ono didn't resemble her closely enough, and it would have come across as more authentic if her scenes had been filmed more off to the side and with less detail, as were those of the Lennon character. The face of the actress who played her was distinctly fuller and chubbier than was Yoko Ono's at the time....her hair was different, and her eyes were a completely different shape to Yoko's.
As far as I'm concerned, the whole film was admirably and expertly dominated by Jonas Ball's portrayal of Mark Chapman, but it must be remembered that he is the only main character, as the movie is about him, not anybody else. The characters of John Lennon and Yoko are incidental and peripheral.
Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised by The Killing Of John Lennon - happy that it wasn't the distinctly inferior film which I'd viewed several years ago - and I'd truly recommend it to anybody who finds the topic of delving into the mind of a deeply disturbed killer fascinating. This movie has led me to a possibly wrong opinion that, had Mark Chapman somehow managed to get away with Lennon's murder and escaped uncaptured, he would have stepped up his "clean the world" campaign, becoming a serial killer of those who were on his hit-list....that hit-list included Jackie Onassis!
If I were in charge of awarding Oscars, I'd certainly have made sure that Jonas Ball received one for his skilful - and at times very moving - portrayal of the troubled ex-Beatle killer, Mark Chapman, especially as it was his first major acting role. He managed to deliver all of the dialogue, facial expressions, bodily stances/movements required with a perfection that I sadly feel has been given nowhere near the recognition he deserves. It must have been a very demanding role, and Jonas truly seemed to put his heart and soul into delivering it in a way that is convincing, intriguing, chilling and at times heart-rending.
Here and there on various internet film review sites, I have read some mixed opinions about this movie and it appears to be something that people either love or hate...I loved it, and was totally absorbed and fascinated by watching Mark Chapman's disturbed mind mutate, churn, and take him to a place whereby he was single-mindedly compelled to put his fantasy of murdering John Lennon into reality.
I only have two words to say at this point....watch it!
At the time of writing, The Killing Of John Lennon can be purchased on Amazon as follows:-
New: from £1.99 to £21.44
Used: from £1.62 to £4.99
Collectible: Only one copy currently available at £5.00
A delivery charge of £1.26 should be added to the above costs.
As far as I can determine, the movie hasn't been uploaded onto YouTube in its entirety, and there are precious few clips/trailers available. Should you wish to view these clips/trailers, it is important to use the search term "The Killing Of John Lennon movie" - remember to add the word "movie", otherwise all you'll get in your results list is the actual newsreels of the tragic event. Even searching via the strategy I suggest, you will still get lots of newsreels appear in your results.
Thanks for reading!
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Future Gazing
The Role of Social Security's Chief Actuary
by Robert Rosenblatt and Larry DeWitt
THE WORK DONE BY THE OFFICE by the Office of the Chief Actuary is at the core of understanding the Social Security system and helps shape policy decisions that can have an impact on the country's taxpayers and beneficiaries for many years. The actuaries track the income and outgo for the system and make projections of its finances 75 years into the future.
Actuaries bring to the table mathematical rigor and humility as well as political independence. Regardless of who controls the White House and Congress, the actuaries have been able to demonstrate their credibility.
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Each year the Social Security Administration (SSA) handles a cash flow larger than the total domestic incomes of all but eight nations. For many years, Social Security has been the largest single item in the U.S. budget, accounting for nearly one-quarter of all federal government expenditures, an annual amount exceeding $400 billion. More than 47 million people receive payments from the system each month and 156 million pay taxes each payday to support it. Some people are on both ends of the cash pipeline, paying taxes as they work and also collecting benefits in the same month.
At the heart of this vast economic system is the work of Social Security's actuaries, who set the objective parameters for policy debates; who track the tax income and benefit outflow in the system; and who offer expert projections of the finances of Social Security 75 years into the future.
The 52 men and women who work in the Office of the Chief Actuary are the guardians of the integrity of the numbers, the analysts of financial solvency or weakness, and the experts on whose estimates presidents and Congresses must rely when they ponder the future of Social Security.
Actuaries play the role of financial forecasters in our complex society. (Being modest and precise, however, a typical actuary would probably reject the term "forecaster," but it captures what they do in the popular imagination.) In ancient days, seers made predictions based on the entrails of animals, the toss of some dice, the turning over of cards in a deck. The actuary uses numbers. The numbers are of things known and recorded. When assembled in computerized models, they point to future possibilities.
The actuary's profession deals with the quantification of risk and the estimates of future happenings based on the knowledge of past events. How many people will be working (the labor force and the unemployment rates)? How many will be born (the birthrate), and how many new workers will enter the United States (the immigration rate)? How much will the economy expand (the growth of the gross domestic product)? How fast will prices rise (the inflation rate)? How much will each worker be able to contribute to national output (the productivity rate)? How long will people live to collect their benefits (the longevity and mortality rates)?
"Actuaries are trained to make long-range projections based on hundreds of assumptions," says A. Haeworth Robertson, a former chief actuary at Social Security.
IT'S A VITAL TASK to bring a strong degree of credibility and integrity to projections of the future. The federal government got into the business of actuarial projections in 1881 when the Treasury Department hired one actuary for the entire government. It made do with this single expert until World War I, when the temporary War Risk Insurance program for dependents of servicemen required the hiring of additional actuarial consultants. However, none of these early efforts had anything remotely like the impact that Social Security would bring when it arrived on the scene.
Actuarial projections for Social Security began even before there was a Social Security program. As part of President Franklin Roosevelt's planning for Social Security, his Committee on Economic Security hired three actuaries in the summer of 1934, including a young actuarial assistant by the name of Robert J. Myers. The actuarial estimates developed by Bob Myers and his colleagues played a significant role in reassuring Congress that this unprecedented federal involvement in the nation's economic system was something sensible and practical.
In his book Within the System, Myers refers to actuarial work as "future gazing," a noble profession.
"The kind of future gazing I'm talking about involves considering the possibility of declines in mortality rates, advances in medical science, changes in human behavior, improvements in sanitation, increases in the standard of living, improved education, and so forth," Myers wrote. "In other words, you have to make some assumptions, but they have to be reasonable and have some basis in present fact, rather than fantasy or wishful thinking."
The predictive record of actuaries can be impressive. Myers notes that in 1930, the group of people age 65 and over accounted for 5.4 percent of the U.S. population. In 1934, he and his colleagues offered a projection that the age-65 group would be 12.65 percent of the U.S. population in the year 1990. The actual figure was 12.49 percent. "That is pretty good shooting," Myers wrote. In 1935, they offered an estimate of future Social Security costs as 9.65 percent of taxable payroll in the year 1980. The actual figure was 9.36 percent. "Not bad," Myers wrote.
From the earliest beginnings the role of the actuaries has been central to both the ongoing management of the Social Security program and to its policy planning and legislative development. Reliable actuarial estimates were central to the dramatic program expansion that began in the 1950s and to every major policy adopted since.
During that simpler time, the Congress had relatively small staffs, and SSA's actuaries often served as de facto staff almost as much to the Congress as to SSA. In fact, during the 1950s, Bob Myers was actually listed by the House Ways and Means Committee as "Actuary to the Committee" on several reports.
The independent role of the actuaries at SSA continues in the same tradition established decades ago.
The Senate Finance Committee, in its 1994 report on the Social Security Independence Act, emphasized the value of nonpartisan, unbiased expertise furnished by actuaries.
"The Office of the Actuary has a unique role within the agency in that it serves both the administration and the Congress," the committee said. "While the Committee expects that the chief actuary will report to the commissioner, this office often must work with the committees of jurisdiction in the development of legislation."
Ever since the first chief actuary was appointed in 1936, the committee noted, "the tradition was for a close and confidential working relationship between the individual who held that office and the committees of jurisdiction in the Congress, a relationship which the Committee values highly. It is important to emphasize that the Committee relies on its ability to seek estimates on a confidential basis from the chief actuary, especially when developing new legislation. Thus, the independence of the Office of the Actuary with respect to providing assistance to the Congress is vital in maintaining a trusting and useful relationship."
IT WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE to propose any serious policy changes to the Social Security program without having them "costed-out" by SSA's actuaries. The experts in the Office of the Actuary are the "honest brokers" whom all parties can turn to for objective assessments of policy choices.
The actuaries turn out many reports, but the best-known product to which they contribute is the annual trustees' report on the financial and actuarial status of the Social Security system. The actuaries do much of the heavy lifting, developing and running the computer models, poring over endless tables of figures, and then preparing the best estimates they can. This range includes the pessimistic projection, the optimistic view, and the intermediate outlook.
After turning out their figures based on detailed work with complex models, the actuaries meet with the trustees—who include the secretary of the Treasury, the secretary of Labor, the secretary of Health and Human Services, the commissioner of Social Security, and two public trustees—for the approval and signing of the report.
The trustees, who are political appointees, are responsible for issuing the report each year and for selecting the basic economic and demographic assumptions used in the report's projections about the financial future of Social Security. The actuaries work closely with the trustees and their staff members in this process of developing the assumptions. The actuaries have always sought to keep the assumptions reasonably consistent over time, avoiding wide swings that are often popular, reflecting very recent trends. The actuaries then use these assumptions to produce the projections about the economy, the work-force, the collection of taxes, and the payments of benefits.
The actuaries and the staff working for the trustees talk about the numbers and what should go into the final report. Discussions are professional, thorough, and sometimes a little heated.
"The budget assumptions of any administration are often overly optimistic," says former Chief Actuary Harry Ballantyne. The political leaders, whether Democrat or Republican, believe that their economic and fiscal policies will produce positive results in the short term. They would like the trustees' report to reflect their optimism.
"Many times there are some differences" between the actuaries and the political staff members, Ballantyne says. "The cabinet staff people would say, 'why can't we assume this?' We go back and forth, and sometimes changes are made."
Former Chief Actuary Dwight K. Bartlett III describes the process this way: "You have a free-flowing discussion and sometimes a heated discussion."
But regardless of who controls the White House and Congress, the actuaries have been able to demonstrate their credibility and to build up reserves of respect and good will. "Actuaries are highly skilled professionals with decades of experience, and their work is received with a high degree of credibility," Bartlett notes.
Buttressed by their expertise, their autonomy as civil servants, and their traditions of independence, the actuaries stand their ground in these technical and political discussions, and they usually are persuasive.
The actuaries have to insist on independence because they must provide a foundation of reliable data, which is used by researchers and policy-makers for an almost limitless variety of purposes.
At the end of the massive trustees' report, usually more than 200 pages, is a statement of actuarial opinion. This is a seal of approval, saying the report's projections of the future of Social Security have been prepared following standard actuarial techniques. This tells the public that the report makes honest use of the numbers prepared by the actuaries and that the assumptions in the report are reasonable ones. It states that the numbers and estimates in the report haven't been distorted to serve a political objective. The chief actuary, by law, has the responsibility of certifying the report, assuring its credibility. Stephen C. Goss, the current chief actuary, is the man whose signature makes the trustees' report a "blue ribbon" document.
In dealing with trustees' staff and other political appointees, "you have to be firm but polite," Myers says. "An actuary is a person with high integrity. He says what he means, and that's it."
As they make projections, actuaries must bring a combination of mathematical rigor and humility to the vital task of anticipating the unknowable changes of the future.
"These are highly sophisticated projections, but they are, after all, projections of what the future will be, not absolute predictions," says Bartlett.
ROBERT ROSENBLATT is a senior fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance. LARRY DEWITT is an historian at the Social Security Administration.
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Hello, it is understandable that you are concerned.
If you are positive he is chatting to gay boys and men it's very important that there are some changes in the home.
First off I hope your computer is in a public part of the home not in his bedroom.
It's really important that you absolutely know who he is talking to. That is your job as a parent.
Since you've mentioned men and you know there are predators online looking for boys your sons age you will need to be bold about knowing this.
Whether a 13 yr old is gay or not doesn't matter as much as it matters that you know who he is talking to and that he is not accessing x-rated sites (you can get a filter for preventing this). You also need to know where he goes and with whom.
As with any relationship a 13 yr old son may have there are rules and they must be followed. And you are the one to make them. Later he will thank you for it.
At 13 he's at the beginning of learning who he is. Some teens right now think it's cool to say they are gay,lesbian or "bi"..but in truth there's a small sector of kids who are doing this. Perhaps your son thinks it's a way to keep people interested in him.
Maybe it's time to spend more time with him taking walks,talking,playing games,etc.
If there are two parents in the home you need to talk and get in tune with this child so he's not so bored that he's online getting gay men interested in him.
That's scary.And could be dangerous.
It would help if you had a counselor for him to see so do look into that whether he wants to or not.You are the parent.He is the child. You can help him by getting him professional counseling to enlighten him as to who he really is.
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I started at the college's Welcome to COM Library LibGuide page (link below) to access article databases, the library's online catalog and EBSCO's eBook database.
From that page, you can follow the Databases (link below) link to find articles:
On the Databases on most of the subject lists you will find a link to our EBSCO Academic Search Complete database. I searched for 'homelessness' and for 'homeless missions' (without quotes) and got a verity of responses. You may want to add words such as 'organization', or possibly specific areas of homelessness, e.g. mental health, abuse, veterans, etc.
From the Hot Topics there are also links to other databases that may offer more articles, one I found to be productive is Opposing Viewpoints,
From the Nursing tab, you will find CINAHL and All EBSCO nursing databases.
Also from the college's Welcome to COM Library LibGuide (link below), there is a link to Books (print) which will allow you to search our online catalog for books, eBooks and Audio/Visual materials.
From the college's Welcome to COM Library LibGuide (link below) there is also link to EBSCO eBooks. This link allows you to search the full text of the eBooks for which we have access.
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An international collaboration will delve into why patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome have an elevated risk of schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses.
Category Archive: Human Genome
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.research.chop.edu/chop-genetics-expert-co-leads-large-new-nih-grant-psychiatric-illnesses-patients-deletion-syndrome/
Jul 16 2013
CHOP Research Announces New DNA-Protein Interaction Affinity Group
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, there has been a natural surge in biomedical research aimed at gene discovery. Using genome-wide association studies (GWAS), bioinformatics, and other approaches, this process has focused largely on determining what genes are implicated in specific diseases.
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.research.chop.edu/chop-research-announces-new-dna-protein-interaction-affinity-group/
Apr 08 2013
Cast Your Vote for Ian Krantz and Nancy Spinner for the Time 100!
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.research.chop.edu/cast-your-vote-for-ian-krantz-and-nancy-spinner-for-the-time-100/
Feb 26 2013
Using Next-Generation Sequencing to Understand and Treat Disease
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.research.chop.edu/using-next-generation-sequencing-to-understand-and-treat-disease/
Feb 12 2013
The Human Genome — Yep, There's an App for That!
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.research.chop.edu/the-human-genome-yep-theres-an-app-for-that/


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What's it like to Lose Everything?
It's DocDay Wednesday and we have the story of a TV journalist who lost it all. Here's his story of going from a high-paying job to sleeping on a bench.
Ed Mitchell is a former Reuters, BBC and ITN TV journalist who filed for bankruptcy and lost everything in 2007. Making the News reflects on a period of life when Ed was homeless, living on Brighton's seafront.
Everything is Incredible
Tip of the hat to @colossal for sharing this doc with us. Beautiful. Just beautiful.
A disabled man named Agustin in Honduras has been building a helicopter in his home for the past 53 years causing controversy amongst his family and community. Some wonder if he is crazy. Other see him as inspirational. Some believe he is wasting his time. But for Agustin, the helicopter has become a way to cope with his debilitating polio as he painstakingly crafts the homemade flying machine. But will it fly?
Fight For Space: Space Program & NASA Documentary
@FightForSpace by @EventideVisuals is a feature length documentary film that explores the current state and future of the U.S. space program.
TeamJaded loves space. We love Neil DeGrasse Tyson. We love space shows on TV. We love astronauts. And in honor of our friend Whit Scott's aunt, Sally Ride, we present this documentary for Doc-Day Wednesday. Sally Ride was the first woman, as well as the youngest person to enter space. She was a role mode, a national hero, and continues to inspire even after her death. She passed away on July 23rd, 2012 after a 17 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Our thoughts go out to Whit and his family.
Sally was an avid supporter of science education and space exploration. We assume she would be down with this doc.
If you want to support Fight For Space, you have until August 19th, 2012. They still have a long way to go, and any amount helps. Watch the trailer above. Seriously, it's a great trailer.
Since the Apollo era of the 1960s, NASA's budget has been shrinking and our ambitions in space have been decreasing. We are producing a documentary that will examine the reasons why our space program is not all it can be. We are also going to show that space IS worth the time, money, and energy that it needs, not for only exploration and scientific reasons but for economic, planetary security, and cultural reasons as well. We will also be covering the great scientific achievements that NASA is making right now, and we will be examining the new commercial space enterprise by companies like SpaceX, Sierra Nevada, Bigelow, and more. Many problems have occurred in just the past 10 years that have lead to the consistent underfunding of NASA, the cancellation of multiple space systems, and the decline of America's role in space.
We are not producing your average space documentary where we show restored footage from the moon landings and CGI galaxy renderings. We are covering the real political and economic issues of the recent past, today, and tomorrow. We are covering both sides of the argument and we promise to produce a fair and objective film.
The Waiting Room
You MUST support @waitingstories on @kickstarter. Seriously. We had the chance to capture the film's director, Peter Nicks, at the San Francisco International Film Festival back in April this year. What an incredible film this is! Touching, inspiring, informative, beautiful. It's all these things and more.
You only have 17 days left to support this project. It will only be funded if their goal is reached by Sunday July 29th, 2012! Click here for more info.
Here is the cut of the SFIFF's Scoop Du Jour which features Peter Nicks and The Waiting Room.
By supporting this project, they say:
Your help will allow us to:
- Promote our theatrical release in NY, LA, San Francisco and Oakland through a grassroots promotional campaign! The more successful the release, higher the visibility of the film and the more communities we can bring it to.
- Give access to communities that typically do not go to the theaters to watch an indie documentary. Since this film is about their community, we will partner with local and national organizations to hold sponsor screenings that will allow some to attend for free.
- Cover the logistical costs incurred by our non-profit Open'hood in pulling this whole thing off.
Here is the theatrical trailer:
About Peter Nicks:
Peter Nicks is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has produced projects for network, cable and public television exploring topics such as immigration, journalism and technology. He has also directed media strategy for two social networking start-ups and developed transmedia storytelling projects that make use of emerging social media platforms. He worked as a staff producer for ABC News in New York and as a producer for the innovative PBS documentary series Life 360. Nicks is currently producing and directing the documentary-social media hybrid The Waiting Room, which explores the impact of America's health care policy on one county hospital and the population of largely uninsured patients it serves. Peter Nicks earned his Masters in documentary filmmaking from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.
Dear Mr. Watterson: A Calvin & Hobbes Doc
For DocDay Wednesday we bring you @dearmrwatterson Calvin & Hobbes! You can support the doc on… where else? Kickstarter! You have until July 14th, 2012.
About the film.
Calvin & Hobbes dominated the comics in thousands of newspapers for a decade, but when the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, retired the strip in 1995, readers everywhere felt the void left by the departure of Calvin & his tiger, and many fans would never find a satisfactory replacement.
Newspaper readership and book sales can be tracked and recorded, but the human impact Bill Watterson has had and the value and significance of his art are perhaps impossible to measure.
This film is not a quest to find Watterson, who prefers his privacy. It is an exploration to discover why his 'simple' comic strip made such an impact on so many readers in the 80s and 90s, and why it still means so much to us today.
Do I Need This by Kate Schermerhorn
For DocDay Wednesday, @Do_I_Need_This Kater Schermerhorn brings us her Kickstarter campaign for her newest documentary idea.
Do I Need This examines our culture's excessive, often questionable acquisition of possessions and asks the viewer to stop and examine what they buy and whether they actually need what they are purchasing – does your newborn really need that baby wipe warmer? Does your dog need another overpriced squeeky toy…do you need that hot dog cooker you found in the Sky Mall catalog…will that uncomfortable pair of new shoes be a good idea simply because they were on sale?
Using humor, quirky and engaging characters, and no preaching, Do I Need This pushes viewers to think beyond today, beyond the instant gratification of walking away with a shopping bag or carload of stuff and to look at the impacts of our endless world of purchases, on ourselves as well as on our planet. The film will engage viewers who may not view themselves as environmentalists but can still make a world of difference with changes to their buying habits.
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at San Francisco International Film Festival this year. We had the pleasure of interviewing the Producer/ Director, Peter Nicks before his screening at the Kabuki in SF.
Peter was intelligent and engaging, and we highly recommend watching that video, and then checking out the film.
A cool aspect of the project is that it's more than a documentary, it's a "storytelling project"…
The Waiting Room Storytelling Project is a location-based social media and community engagement initiative that aims to improve the patient experience through the collection and sharing of digital content. This cultural data – video, data visualizations, photographs and text – is collected in the waiting room by creating frameworks for sharing that range from anonymous expressions of feeling to deeper storytelling.
The primary aim of the platform is to uncover the needs of underserved patients at a moment when the role of the "Safety Net" is being debated both in America and abroad. We also aim to develop tools for patients that allow them to take a more active role in their health care experience. To this end, we aim to expand and foster the organizational capacity for storytelling at Highland Hospital by creating a robust, scalable platform that can amplify the voices and needs of the most underserved communities in our country.
As America's health care system sits poised to undergo its greatest transformation in generations, we will capture history unfolding and make sure that the story is told from the bottom up, not just the top down, using a unique combination of social media platforms and traditional documentary film. We will directly engage the people stuck in the waiting room of a county hospital: an underserved community that is isolated and disconnected from technology and the vital conversation that can improve their lives. The Waiting Room is comprised of five main components:
- A feature-length cinema verité documentary film that uses unprecedented access to go behind the doors of an American safety-net hospital fighting for survival while weathering the storm of a persistent economic downturn. Following both patients and caregivers, the film tells the story of a diverse patient population coping with a remarkable array of health problems, while caregivers struggle to treat problems that extend well beyond their patients' health.
- A social web architecture that encourages sharing and is designed for an interactive and social user experience. Project staff and volunteers will collect cultural data – photos, audio, videos, texts and emotions – using location based digital tools. Content will be tagged #whatruwaitingfor and uploaded to The Waiting Room's multiple social media platforms.
- A mobile application that will allow users inside and outside of the physical waiting room to browse, share and comment inline on content tagged #whatruwaitingfor.
- A self-sustaining interactive platform placed in the waiting room at Highland Hospital that will allow for the capture of user-generated content. This initiative will serve not only as a cultural data collection platform, but will encourage the use of technology by a community that is most disenfranchised by this nation's digital divide. The platform will have a pilot location at Highland Hospital – but will also spin off a mobile version that can be replicated and used at remote clinics, community events and hospitals around the country.
- The Waiting Room website is a politically independent, hyper-local media portal that serves as a designed aggregator of our project data and a space built for user engagement. It will serve as a hub for our content: one stop on our web of inter- connectivity between points on the social web and the mobile space.
This content will be delivered across a variety of platforms including television, radio, public spaces and the internet, giving hospitals, policy makers, journalists and the general public a greater understanding of the evolving relationship between public policy and people's lives.
Head to the website for lots more info about the issues. Facebook. Twitter.


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Chris Davis tweeted he got a standing ovation in class for his play in the Iron Bowl that shocked the world.
Just got a standing ovation from my Geology class… Wow #WarEagle
— Chris Davis (@chris11au) December 2, 2013
… and rest assured that this is only the tiniest sliver of the tip of the iceberg that is the rest of Chris Davis's life. One more time, why don't we?
For more on this story visit Jerry Hinnen, CBS Sports


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When you work for a search engine, however, you get a different point of view. Because you are literally crawling and analyzing the entire internet constantly (well, most of it anyway), you get a unique top down view of what's out there. The good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately, the good seems to be getting crowded out by the bad and the ugly.
More specifically, we're seeing at blekko is a non-stop firehose of web spam. Millions of pages generated every day solely for the purpose of getting indexed by the major search engines and syphoning traffic from them. Of course the goal of this traffic is not to inform, but to monetize users through a variety of ad networks.
Unless you live this every day, its hard to communicate the size and breadth of this problem. In these instances, a graphic helpful. Thus, we created the spam clock. As you can see, based on our calculations we are showing spam growing at a rate of 1 million pages per hour.
Think about that 1 million pages an hour. Wikipedia is 3.5M articles. Every 3.5 hours a new volume of text the size of wikipedia is unleashed on the internet and unsuspecting users. Every 3.5 hours. 7 wikipedia size corpuses being created every day. Ugh.
Lest you think otherwise, the war on spam is far from over and the enemy is hardly backing down.


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Real Salt Lake Analyst Brian Dunseth – a.k.a. the hardest working man in MLS – is in Philadelphia this week, where he'll host the 2014 MLS SuperDraft from the Penn Convention Center on Thursday morning.
Dunny will be working the in-house crowd at the SuperDraft, but you'll likely see at least a cameo or two of him on the ESPNews broadcast of the event, which will begin at 10 a.m. MT on Thursday. The SuperDraft consists of four rounds this year, with the first two rounds held Thursday in Philly and rounds three and four held next Tuesday via conference call.
Real Salt Lake has one pick on Thursday, with the Claret-and-Cobalt holding the 18th overall selection in the first round. RSL does not currently have a second round selection, but the team does have a pick in both the third and fourth rounds, owning the 53rd and 70th overall selections.
Make sure you tune-in to the SuperDraft on ESPNews on Thursday morning – and look for Dunny!


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Pawan Kalyan appeals to PM Narendra Modi - NTv
Mon, Jul 06, 2015, 08:50 PM
Pawan Kalyan reminded that he told Narendra Modi that the issue of Telugu states is different from the rest and quoted that Telangana has become a surplus state while AP is left with problems following the division. Pawan Kalyan appealed to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the issue of Andhra Pradesh as it might create civil unrest in both the states. Watch the video to listen to Pawan Kalyan . . .. . .


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Complete 5 cycles of:
6 Hammer Around-the-Heads, each direction
10 Hammer Shovels, each direction
12 Hammer Slams, each side
Warmup: 15 forward-to-back shoulder dislocates, 2 Grok hangs [1].
Before you do anything else, procure the proper equipment. This workout is designed around a sledgehammer [2], which you can find at any hardware store for around thirty bucks. I use a 16-pounder, which may not sound like much, until you try to handle the thing by holding onto the very end of the handle and find it feels like triple the weight. Mess around with some in the store and choose the one that is legitimately hard for you to support. You can always choke up on the handle to move your hands closer to the weight and, thus, make things easier until you're ready to progress, but you can't add weight to a too-light hammer. Buying a light hammer will end up a waste of money.
If you don't have a hammer and you can't buy or find one, there are alternatives which I'll discuss later.
I detailed Around-the-Heads in the old mace workout [3] post from a couple years ago. In it, I say to use a mace, but I've since found that using my hammer works just as well. Begin by grasping the handle and holding the hammer in front of you just below chest level with the weighted head pointed up and at, or just above, head level. Push the hammer back and to the right, so it descends over your right shoulder toward the ground. Pull the hammer around your back to the left side and then pull it up and over your left shoulder, using your upper back musculature to move the hammer. Keep your entire body tight. If you're swinging to the right (clockwise), place your right hand on top of your left when grabbing the handle; do the opposite for the other direction.
Shoveling should be second nature, especially to you east coasters (I hear there's been some kind of little snow flurry, or something), but there are a few details to keep in mind. First, adjust resistance by adjusting your hands' position on the handle. Both hands at the end make for a harder workout, while moving one or both of them closer to the weighted end makes it easier. Second, this is not simply an arm workout; use your legs and hips [4] to generate most of the power. Say you're shoveling to the right: turn your body and move the hammer across by pivoting off your left heel and squeezing your glutes and engaging your hamstrings. Once the weight has moved to the right, then use your arms to "shovel" it back over shoulder, as if tossing snow or dirt into a pile. Pull with your right arm, externally rotating that shoulder (while keeping the right shoulder blade tight [5] and retracted to protect the joint), and push with your left arm. Staying tight all over will engage your abdominals and make your movements stronger.
Hammer Slams are normally done against tires, but anything that you don't mind bashing with a hammer will work – sand, soft dirt, an old tree trunk. They're pretty straightforward. Just hold your hammer in a comfortable position that gives you just enough leverage without making it too easy, and go to town. I like making this a full body workout by involving the hips on the upswing, but you can just as easily isolate the upper body. Your choice. Just go hard and fast and minimize breaks in between reps. It should be a fluid circular motion.
That's it. Get yourself a hammer and go to town. Oh, and I apologize for the horrible title. I just couldn't resist.
Obviously, a sledgehammer is ideal, but any dense object with a highly concentrated weight will work. A kettlebell, a large rock, a medicine ball are all viable options. You won't be getting the benefit of wielding an asymmetrically weighted object on a stick, but these will all work. Just mimic the sledgehammer movements and know that they'll be slightly truncated and the range of motion limited.
What are WOWs?
- Workouts of the Week (WOWs) are an optional component of Primal Blueprint Fitness [6] that add a fractal and often fun and playful quality to the basic PBF protocol.
- In most cases WOWs should only be completed by those that have mastered Level 4 of each Lift Heavy Things Essential Movement. Also, it's recommended that WOWs replace one or both Lift Heavy Things workouts or the Sprint workout (depending on the WOW) each week instead of being done in addition to the Lift Heavy Things and Sprint workouts.
- Learn more about WOWs and Primal Blueprint Fitness by getting the free eBook [6]. And access all Workouts of the Week in the WOW Archive [7].


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California Genealogy and History Archives
County Civil War Veterans
Submitted Sep 2010 by Ronald Cannon, MA
Death of S. C.
– Despite the fact that it had become well known that Attorney S. C.
Poage was quite ill, the announcement of his death last Saturday morning
was quite a surprise to the citizens of Ukiah. Deceased had been failing
for some time, and a few weeks ago became confined to his home. It was
hoped that a short rest and good care would enable him to recuperate his
impaired health, but it soon became evident that his sickness was of a
most serious nature, and toward the last he sank very rapidly from the
ravages of what proved to be cancer of the liver.
The funeral of deceased took place from
the M. E. Church, South, under the auspices of Abell Lodge, 146, F.
& A. M., on Sunday afternoon. The church was packed to its utmost
capacity and many were unable to gain admittance. An eloquent funeral
sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. H. C. Meredith, who took for his
text Rev. 21:2. The remains were then taken in charge by Abell Lodge and
were buried with Masonic rites. The pallbearers were his associates at
the bar – Attorneys J. A. Cooper, T. L. Carothers, W. P. Thomas, J. Q.
White, J. M. Mannon and J. E. Pemberton. The funeral procession was the
largest that has been seen in Ukiah for many years, an eloquent tribute
of the high esteem in which deceased was held.
S. C. Poage was born in Missouri in
1845. At the age of 16 he entered the Confederate army and served
through the war, being in numerous engagements and was twice wounded.
Soon after the war he returned to
Missouri and married Miss Amanda Brockman, who survives him. He engaged
in farming and in the meantime studied law, and was admitted to practice
in all the Courts of his native State in 1875.
In 1876 he removed to Fresno county,
Cal., where he engaged in farming and the practice of his profession
until 1882, when he moved to Idaho. In 1879 he was the Democratic
nominee for the State Senate in his district, but was defeated by his
opponent, who secured the Republican and new constitution vote.
In Idaho he served one term in the
Territorial Council, being a member of the Judiciary Committee. In 1885
he returned to California and located in Ukiah where he has since
resided. In this place he practiced law, having been City Attorney of
Ukiah for the past six years, and for several years he was examiner of
titles for the Bank of Mendocino and the Mendocino Discount Bank. He
also filled the office of Justice of the Peace of Ukiah City for several
In his early life the deceased became a
member of the Methodist Church, and from that time to the day of his
death he was an earnest and consistent christian. His uniform kindness
and gentle manners, together wit a high sense of honor and integrity,
gained for him the respect and esteem of al who knew him, and his death
is very sincerely regretted. The following members of his family survive
him: His wife, two sons, William G. and Charles A., three daughters,
Ethel, Mary and Mrs. Cora M. Mohn; also his father, W. B. Poage, of
Missouri, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stark and Mrs. Maggie Sisson, of
Missouri, and three brothers, C. C. Poage, of Missouri, John A. Poage,
of Downey, Cal., and Rev. W. M. Poage, of Tallahassee, Florida. In the
sad bereavement that has befallen them they have te sympathy of this
community. Dispatch and Democrat, 2 March 1894.
1860 U.S. census, Bates County, Missouri, population schedule,
Spruce township, Johnstown post office, p. 193, dwelling 1001, family
1011, Wm B Poage; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 607.
1860 U.S. census, Bates County, Missouri, population schedule, Spruce township, Johnstown post office, p. 193, dwelling 1001, family 1011, Wm B Poage; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 607.


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Among Madoff's victims, some from Tampa Bay
The names of thousands of apparent customers of Bernard Madoff -- charged with running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme -- are now public and include legendary baseball player Sandy Koufax (in photo with white cap, with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre), actors from Kevin Bacon (see second photo) to Zsa Zsa Gabor, and lots of names from Florida and the Tampa Bay area.
Among the thousands of others on the roster are U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey; Fred Wilpon, owner of the New York Mets baseball team; imprisoned class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss; Madoff's sons, Mark and Andrew and their children as well as Madoff's brother, Peter. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg's Wunderkinder Foundation, Columbia University and the charity Jewish Funds for Justice are among other customers listed.
The 162-page document was filed late Wednesday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. The customer list contains names and addresses of individuals and institutions presumed to be Madoff clients within at least the past 12 months. No details were included on the amounts of money invested. Lists were put together by AlixPartners LLP, a firm specializing in bankruptcy claims support that is assisting the trustee.
Plenty of names appear on the list from various cities in the Tampa Bay area. Like most investors, many area people appear to have handed funds to Madoff as part of family trusts and other inheritance-related investments. One Tampa couple named Blossom and Edward Liebowitz is listed, for example, and their investment is listed as the "Children's Education Trust." Combined, about two dozen Tampa investors are listed. Two in St. Petersburg are listed, including the defense firm Conax Florida Corp., and four are listed in Clearwater. People in Brandon and Largo also are mentioned.
Since the list does not include financial numbers, we don't know the extent of the Ponzi damage. But most people did not invest tiny amounts with Madoff (shown in photo coming out of federal court). No doubt, some people are hurting around the Tampa Bay area. The court cautioned the 162-page list is not complete.
(Photos from AP.)
-- Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist


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U.S. Economy: Growth Trails Forecasts as Consumers Retrench
The U.S. economy grew less than forecast in the second quarter, after almost stalling at the start of the year, as consumers retrenched.
Gross domestic product climbed at a 1.3 percent annual rate following a 0.4 percent gain in the prior quarter that was less than earlier estimated, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for a 1.8 percent increase. Household purchases, about 70 percent of the economy, rose 0.1 percent.
Stocks fell as the report dimmed prospects for faster growth in the rest of 2011. The faltering economy may get another blow from spending cuts being negotiated in Congress, keeping pressure on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to hold interest rates near zero.
"The second-half rebound is melting away," said Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts, the only forecaster polled to correctly estimate the gain in GDP. "It's a very, very difficult situation for policy makers. The Fed could give a pretty strong signal that they are not likely to move on interest rates for a very long time."
Stocks pared declines and Treasuries rallied on speculation lawmakers will reach a compromise on raising the debt ceiling, averting a government default. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 0.7 percent to 1,292.28 at the 4 p.m. close of trading in New York after dropping as much as 1.4 percent. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell 16 basis points to 2.79 percent, the lowest since November.
Consumer Sentiment
Other reports today showed consumer and business sentiment cooled in July, indicating the economy isn't gaining momentum as the second half begins.
The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. said its business barometer fell to 58.8 in July from 61.1 the prior month. Figures greater than 50 signal expansion.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment fell to 63.7 this month, the weakest since March 2009, from 71.5 in June.
Consumer spending from April through June showed the smallest gain since the second quarter of 2009, when the economy was in recession, the Commerce Department report showed. The slump reflected a 4.4 percent plunge in purchases of durable goods like automobiles.
Gasoline Prices
Higher expenses for necessities like food and energy may have curtailed spending on less essential items. The cost of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed in May to about $4 a gallon, the highest in almost three years, according to AAA, the nation's biggest auto group.
Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo Inc., the world's largest snack-food maker, said profit this year will increase more slowly than it previously projected because of rising commodity costs and cooling customer demand.
"It's the consumer and competitive picture that has become more difficult than we expected," Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi said on a July 21 conference call.
The unemployment rate climbed to 9.2 percent in June while payrolls grew by 18,000, the fewest in nine months, Labor Department figures showed on July 8.
"You're going to need more employment to really get the consumer comfortable with increasing their spending," said Michael Carey, chief economist for North America at Credit Agricole CIB in New York. "We're going to need more employment as well for businesses to really become confident that demand is going to be there."
Pre-Recession Peak
Economic growth in the first quarter was revised down from a 1.9 percent prior estimate, reflecting fewer inventories and more imports, the Commerce Department's report showed. At $13.27 trillion in the second quarter, GDP has yet to surpass the pre- recession peak.
Revisions to GDP figures going back to 2003 showed that the 2007-2009 recession took a bigger bite out of the economy than previously estimated, and the recovery lost momentum throughout 2010. The world's largest economy shrank 5.1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the second quarter of 2009, compared with the previously reported 4.1 percent drop.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said he favors maintaining record monetary stimulus and doesn't see the need for a third round of asset purchases to stimulate growth.
"We keep policy where it is," Lockhart said today in a Bloomberg Television interview in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. "It is highly accommodative."
'High Bar'
"I don't think you want to take any policy option off the table," he said. At the same time, "There is a high bar to do another round of quantitative easing."
The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee next meets Aug. 9. At their last meeting in June, central bankers decided to keep the Fed's balance sheet at a record to spur the recovery after completing $600 billion of bond purchases. They also repeated their vow to keep interest rates near zero for an "extended period."
"In the very near term, the recovery is rather fragile," Fed Chairman Bernanke told lawmakers on July 14. "We just want to make sure that we have the options when they become necessary" to stimulate the economy.
The employment outlook remains dim, based on company announcements this month. San Jose, California-based Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the world's largest networking-equipment maker, plans to cut about 6,500 jobs worldwide. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will reduce staff by about 1,000, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) will offer a voluntary separation plan to 6,500 employees.
'Still Struggling'
"Recent economic data are clear -- the U.S. economy is still struggling to emerge from the Great Recession and unable to move to a path of vibrant and sustainable growth," Dan DiMicco, chairman and chief executive officer at steelmaker Nucor Corp., said on a July 21 teleconference with analysts.
The Fed's preferred price gauge, which is tied to consumer spending and strips out food and energy costs, climbed at a 2.1 percent pace, the most since the last three months of 2009, compared with 1.6 percent in the first quarter, as higher oil and food costs pushed up prices of other goods and services. The central bank's longer-term projection is a range of 1.7 percent to 2 percent.
"This is the worst of all worlds for investors, certainly the worst of all worlds for the Fed," John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. "A little too much inflation, not enough growth, that is a tough scenario in the U.S."
Business Investment
Much of the growth in the second quarter came from business investment and trade. Spending on commercial structures, including factories and office building, and equipment contributed 0.6 percentage point to growth. The improvement in the difference between imports and exports added another 0.6 point.
Overseas sales will remain a backstop for factories. Dow Chemical Co. (DOW), the largest U.S. chemical maker, said demand is "strong" in markets abroad.
"We captured strong growth in Latin America, and the emerging geographies more broadly, while North America experienced moderate growth," Andrew Liveris, chief executive officer, said on a July 27 conference call with analysts.
Inventories grew in the second quarter at about the same pace as in the prior three months, adding 0.2 percentage point to GDP.
A slump in government spending added to the economy's woes last quarter. Outlays by state and local agencies dropped at a 3.4 percent annual pace, and non-military spending by the federal government fell 7.3 percent, the most since 2006.
One area of weakness last quarter was auto purchases. Cars and light trucks sold at an average 12.1 annual rate in the April to June period, down from a 13 million pace in the first three months of the year, according to industry data.
A shortage of Japanese-made parts after the earthquake and tsunami in March slowed production at U.S. manufacturers. The shortage of components is projected to ease this quarter.
At the same time, the government's inability to agree on a budget and debt-limit increase may be making companies reluctant to order new equipment and hire in the second half.
Today's GDP estimate is the first of three for the quarter, with the other releases scheduled for August and September when more information becomes available.
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Asked yesterday whether he had any statement to make with regard to an alleged request on the part of the Department of Justice for additional information to indicate that the anti-Nazi boycott is being carried on in violation of the Anti-Trust Law of 1890, Samuel Untermyer, head of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, yesterday declared, "None whatever."
According to a letter being circulated by H. Ostermann of the DAWA, German American Protective Alliance, the Department of Justice has replied to a resolution passed by the DAWA mass demonstration of 20,000 German Americans at Madison Square Garden on May 17.
Ostermann gives the content of the official response as follows: (It is translated from a German account.) "The receipt of your telegram of May 18 to the president is herewith acknowledged. My office at an even earlier date has received from private sources complaints on the same subject. Please submit facts on the alleged illegal activities and methods of operation with regard to interstate and foreign commerce."
According to the Ostermann letter, the note was signed by Assistant Attorney General Harold Stephens at Washington.
At the United German Societies offices on Madison avenue, from which the DAWA is being promoted, Henry O. Spier, director of the DAWA, yesterday said that his organization is compiling "voluminous" material designed to prove the illegality of the anti-Nazi boycott.
A letter, recounting these developments (exclusive of Untermyer's declaration) has been forwarded to a number of firms in New York and is also published in the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung.
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Identity theft suspect arrested
A 43-year-old man was arrested this week for his role in an identity theft ring responsible for several hundred thousand dollars in stolen items, Scotts Valley police reported.
In a four-month investigation, Scotts Valley police worked with the Sheriff's Office, Capitola police and law enforcement agencies in San Francisco and Las Vegas to arrest Michael Buck on suspicion of identity theft.
Buck, who used many aliases, was arrested in Las Vegas, according to Scotts Valley police Sgt. Michael Dean. Dean said in a statement that other suspects in the case have not yet been arrested.
Dean was not available for further comment on Tuesday night.
Prosecutors seek tips in takeover
The District Attorney's Office has posted more than 100 photos and 12 videos of participants in the takeover of a former bank building on River Street in late November. Prosecutors have asked the public to help identify them for potential prosecution for trespassing and vandalism.
To see the images on Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Cruz-DA/235639840093 at http://datinternet.co.santa-cruz.ca.us.
Some members of the takeover group said they occupied the building to try to transform it into a community center. Police threatened to root them out. The group left after three days.
Some of the suspects posted images of themselves online during the takeover that led to their identification and prosecution.
Santa Cruz police posted similar photos on its blog in recent months. Prosecutors have charged 11 defendants so far in the takeover.
Prosecutor Rebekah Young asked anyone with information to call 454-2400.
Home burglaries jump in Aptos
Sheriff's deputies advised Aptos residents to safeguard their homes after four reported burglaries on Monday.
The burglaries happened while the residents were at work from roughly 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., deputy April Skalland said. They homes were on Humes Avenue, La Honda, Coates and Wildwood drives.
Cash, credit cards, jewelry and electronics were the most commonly stolen items. A big-screen TV also was taken from one home.
The homes' back doors and windows were left open. Skalland said deputies are investigating whether the burglaries are linked.
Skalland advised residents to lock all doors, including garages. Before a vacation, deputies suggested putting mail and newspapers on hold and notifying the Sheriff's Office at www.scsheriff.com.
Authorities also warned residents not to leave items outside such as lawn mowers, tools and bicycles.
Man wakes to burglar in home
A 39-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday morning after a resident caught him taking items from his house.
Jimmie David Hicks apparently climbed up to a second story balcony at a home on the 100 block of Frederick Street, said Santa Cruz police spokesman Zach Friend. A 36-year-old man at the home confronted him about 3:15 a.m. Hicks fled.
Police found Hicks in Frederick Street Park with checks and tools that belonged to the victim. Hicks was arrested on suspicion of burglary.
While Hicks was being booked into County Jail, he mentioned that he abandoned his white Ford Explorer on the beach near Sixth Avenue in Live Oak. The vehicle was towed.
Hicks, of Aptos, is being held in lieu of $25,000 bail, according to jail records.
Stolen car stop leads to arrests
A wanted parolee and a 17-year-old girl were arrested Monday evening after a police officer spotted a car he believed to be stolen, according to Santa Cruz police spokesman Zach Friend.
The officer was on routine patrol on the 100 block of Ocean View Avenue when he spotted the vehicle. He then saw the driver, Ryan Rich, leaving the car and walking toward Ocean View Park. Officer Matt Mulvihill confirmed the car was stolen and went to speak with Rich and the teenager he was with. Her name is not being released because of her age.
Two methamphetamine pipes were found among the teen's possessions in the car.
Rich was arrested on suspicion of auto theft and for being a parolee at large. The teenager was arrested on suspicion of providing a false name to the officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and on an outstanding warrant. She was booked into Juvenile Hall.


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The Only Way Is Essex stars Lauren Goodger,
Mark Wright and Lucy Mecklenburgh are embroiled in a bitter war of words over claims Mark cheated on his fiancée during his recent holiday in Marbella.
Lauren had been banned from accompanying the rest of the TOWIE crew on their jaunt to the Spanish resort, and was said to be furious after reports suggested Mark had spent the night with former lover Lucy.
The rumours circulated after Mark was pictured naked on his balcony â with Lucy also emerging just minutes later.
Mecklenburgh has now claimed she did hook up with Mark during their trip, telling New! magazine: 'There was a drunken kiss. But out of respect for Lauren, that's all I say.'
She went on to admit the pair kissed twice, but said she'd 'had a lot of vodka' so couldn't really remember what had happened where.
Mark swiftly took to his Twitter account to slam Lucy's version of events, writing this morning: 'not allowed to say to much right now but very shortly your find out the truth. "I think it happened there" hmmm u think maybe coz it never [happened].'
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Lauren thinks that Lucy is lying, and says she is standing by her man.
She told Reveal magazine: 'All the rumours about Mark and Lucy in Marbella are rubbish. Certain girls just try and set things up for publicity, that's all. We're fine, though, and the wedding is definitely going ahead. My ring is still on my finger.'
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I love decorating for fall and look forward to it as much if not more than Christmas decorating. I love the cooler weather when we can open up the house. The smells and colors of fall are my favorite all year long. But, I haven't decorated one drop. I did put up a fall decoration on my front door. My mom got sick in late August and was in the hospital over a week. I've been taking her to Doctor's visits, sometimes two a week. Going to the pharmacy for her. She's not driving yet so I take her to the grocery store and to lunch when she wants. I've been helping my mom and dad by doing their laundry and cooking two or three times a week for them. I'm a stay at home mom and my son is in school so I'm able to help out. My parents are such good people and have always done so much for me. I don't mind at all helping them now. My husband had surgery last week and is still not doing well from that. My son came home from school one day this week with two hurt fingers where another boy had closed a cabinet door on them. They weren't broken, just red and sore. My oldest dog is 17 1/2 and has cancer. He's too old for treatment and right now is getting around and eating well. It just lays heavy in my mind as well. I'm tired all of the time and my house is a wreck. I figure by the time I get everything in order fall will be gone and here will be Christmas.
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Westchester Country Day School
2045 N. Old Greensboro Road
High Point, NC 27265
High Point, NC 27265
Tel: (336)869-2128
Opportunities in the arts range from visual to performing to and music. Arts education begins in kindergarten and is an integral part of the curriculum through graduation. All students have the opportunity to participate in the All-School Musical, presented each fall.
Athletics are an integral piece of the Westchester student experience, with opportunities to play on Middle School, Junior Varsity and Varsity teams in a variety of sports.
Westchester students learn inside and outside of the classroom, with character education weaved through the curriculum in PK-12 classes. Lower School students grow vegetables which are utilized in the cafeteria; Middle School students travel to area schools and nursing homes to donate their time; Upper School students must complete a service project as a requirement for graduation.
Westchester Country Day School values high academic standards in grades PK-12 and boasts 100% college acceptances for graduating seniors.
Westchester Country Day School considers it a vital part of our mission to make our college preparatory program available to talented and ambitious students throughout the Triad regardless of the family's ability to pay. With this goal in mind, WCDS offers a range of tuitions to help bright students and their families to join our school.
- Westchester Country Day is a college preparatory school that seeks to educate each child toward moral, academic, artistic, and athletic excellence in a nurturing, family environment where students, teachers, and parents support one another.
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- Supportive relationships among peers and a dedicated, accessible, and highly qualified faculty form important parts of the Westchester Country Day experience.
- The school provides a challenging college-preparatory academic program in core subjects and technology.
- Strong fine arts and athletic programs offer students a variety of ways to define their unique talents.
- The school's faculty deems critical the integration of moral growth with that of the intellectual and the physical. Finally, Westchester Country Day strives to instill students, staff, and parents with a sense of school community as well as the community at large.
- The school is committed to enrolling young men and women of strong character and academic promise who come from families of varied social, economic, religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.
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|National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Southern Association of Independent Schools
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten-12
|Learning Difference Programs
|Learning Programs Supported
|Mild Learning Differences
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|422 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 18%
|Students by Grade
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|Total Classroom Teachers
|53 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|16 students
|Number of AP Courses
|15 courses
|Classroom Dress Code
(Collared Shirts, no t-shirts)
Finances and Admission
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|Tuition Notes
|$2,375 - $16,320
|% on Financial Aid
|Admissions Director
|Kerie Beth Scott
|Admissions Associate
|Ashley Timberlake
|Total Sports Offered
|10 sports
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I just came across this (to me, at least) new tool for cake pop making: http://www.thecakedecoratingcompany.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=531&products_id=5024
Watch the video below...looks kinda cool! But not exactly cheap. So what do you guys think - worth the money to not have to roll by hand, or just another product you'd probably just use once or twice?
I wish they had a mini one for beads. I think that cake pops are a fad and next year will fade out, because brides are slowly go towards a fancier lacy looking cake and pops are "casual". If you can find something else to do with it to extend its life like maybe fudge balls or truffles and you sell a lot of them then it would be worth it to you. But something about having to fiddle that much with my food is a turnoff. What if your consistency isn't right, do you end up with strips of sticky stuff that looks like tire tracks in a road? I see a frustration factor of 90% here.
Do a google search for cake pop roller and cakecentral and there are lots of threads on this. I have a friend who has one, makes about two dozen a week.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-713330-0.html Here is one thread.
@Denise. There ARE similar rollers for beads. I suspect that's where the inspiration came from.


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to vent a little and looking for
first i would just like to say that ammo going up and up and being harder and harder to find..... really blows, THANKS GOVERMENT!!!!!!! but anyways im trying to find large amounts and or cheap
.45 acp
.22 rimfire
12 gauge 2 and 3/4 birdshot or skeet shot
.303 britsh
army surplus ammo cans
im from around north central west virginia and will happly drive to come and purchase or have it shipped by UPS either or. is it possible to find ammo cans that are less then 15 a piece or boxes of 12 gauge (25 rounds) for 5 dollars a box or under? i can sometimes get it that cheap at dunhams but only on sale days. Also in everyones opnion minus black friday what other good days are fantastic sale days for ammo? thanks
I was in a store called Murdocks the other day. They had a bunch of 30 and 50 cal cans. They also had cans that were the size of an ice chest. I believe Murdocks is a chain. I don't know if they are in your area or not.
Check these guys out. They have decent prices and ship quickly. I've dealt with them for several years.
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I don't have much trouble finding ammo. Locally, yes, but not on the net. It may not be my favorite brand, & it is more expensive than it used to be. [ supply & demand ]
The link to " ammo to go " has everything you mentioned but 7.62.x 54. Here is a place that has it & a better price on ammo cans. Look around & you can probably beat their price, too.
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Thank the Government for this also: Government Surplus Auctions at Government Liquidation Last year me and a couple of buddies bought 600 - 50 cal ammo cans for less than $2000.00. We each kept 100 and sold the rest. The point I'm making is that this is the website that almost ALL surplus goes through now. It's set up like an ebay auction, and you can buy anything from canteen cups to ocean-going ships. The only catch on ammo related things, is you have to get what they call an EUC.....that stands for End Use Certificate.....it's free, but takes a couple weeks to get. Basicly, you have to sign a paper saying you are a U.S. citizen, and you won't sell your stuff to the bad guys (they have a list of who they don't want you to sell to). They sell brass by lots weighing from a thousand pounds to lots weighing several tons. There are locations all over the country so you can look at stuff near you or go as far as you want.
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