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Department of Veterans Services
About Us
The Soldiers Relief Commission
The Veterans Burial Fund
The Michigan Veterans Trust Fund
Homeless Veterans
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A very important function of county government is to provide services for veterans. Genesee County has a population of 436,000. The county currently has the fifth largest veteran population in the state of Michigan.
Formed in 1975, the Genesee County Department of Veterans Services was created to help local veterans and their families obtain veterans' benefits from federal, state and local agencies. The office was also set up to help indigent veterans and veterans in emergency situations who need help with the necessities of life.
Since the department's inception, the Board of Commissioners has continued to recognize the need for professional veterans' advocates to provide claims assistance to the 40,000 veterans and their families who reside in this county and to continue helping our indigent veterans.
The Genesee County Board of Commissioners are responsible for four separate departments: Department of Veterans Services, Soldiers Relief Commission, Michigan Veterans Trust Fund and the Veterans Burial Fund. These departments are supervised by Jeanne C. Thick, Director.
The Department of Veterans Services is a networking center for all veteran organizations in the county. The staff answers any questions that the veteran or family member may have, and /or refers them to the proper agency for additional help. The staff also disseminates information to the veteran's organizations as it relates to upcoming events, legislative concerns, or issues we feel are important to the veteran. The Department of Veterans Services is unique in that they house three State Service Officers from Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Marine Corp. League. These counselors assist veterans and family members with their claims and filling out VA forms for service-connected and non-service connected disabilities and pensions for veterans, spouses, widows and dependent children. The Service Officers are also accredited to represent veterans in all VA matters.
The Soldiers Relief Commission was established to help indigent veterans and/or veterans in an emergency situation who have at least one day of wartime service. A staff member fills out the application form for the veteran and Soldiers Relief Commissioners determine their needs. Many times, when immediate help is needed, they are referred to other county agencies. The veteran may apply for financial assistance for food, rent, mortgage, taxes, utility bills, clothing and many other necessities of life. The Soldiers Relief Committee meets the 1st & 3rd Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
The Veterans Burial Fund is a fund set up for veterans who have at least 90 days of wartime service. If the estate, real and personal, does not exceed $40,000 excluding the homestead, the family will receive $300 towards the burial expenses from Genesee County. The veteran must also have been a resident of Michigan for a period of six months before entering the service, or for a period of three years immediately preceding death.
The Michigan Veterans Trust Fund is a state fund set up for veterans who have at least 180 days of wartime service and have a short-term emergent situation. In most cases, veterans apply for food, utility bills, rent, mortgage, taxes, clothing and other items deemed as an emergent need. The Trust Fund Committee meets on a monthly basis.
Homeless Veterans can get assistance with medical treatment, temporary shelter, housing and employment. A representative from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is available at the Department of Veterans Services every other Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Transportation for Veterans to and from the VA hospitals are referred to the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter #3 (810) 742-9220, or a veteran may apply for bus transportation through the Soldiers Relief Commission or the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund.
For more information, contact:
Department of Veteran Services
1101 Beach St.
Flint, MI 48502
(810) 257-3068
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:00 AM - 11:45 AM
and 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Genesee County Department of Veterans Services has partnered with MTA Flint to offer 4 FREE rides a month to doctor's appointments, pharmacy, grocery store, farmer's market and other desinations within Genesee County. Our Vets to Wellness program is available to veterans and their dependents.
For more information, contact:
Department of Veteran Services
1101 Beach St.
Flint, MI 48502
(810) 257-3068
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:00 AM - 11:45 AM
and 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM


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Despite an attempt by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to downplay the angry messages from US officials over plans for new homes in East Jerusalem, Israel's envoy in Washington believes it's the worst crisis between the allies in more than a generation.
Ambassador Michael Oren told Israeli consuls in the US during a conference that a nearly week-old public fight that broke out during Vice President Joe Biden's visit marks a low point in diplomatic relations since the mid-1970s when the Ford administration reassessed ties with Israel over a disengagement agreement with Egypt and froze arms shipments. President Barack Obama has been pushing for a full Israel settlement freeze to get peace talks with the Palestinians restarted.
IN PICTURES: Israeli settlements
The leak of the ambassador's statement to Israeli newspapers Monday could hurt Netanyahu's standing in Israel, where public opinion is historically unforgiving toward leaders who don't manage US relations well, said experts.
"You don't want to be the prime minister that's the worst in the relationship with the US,'' says Mitchell Barak, an Israeli pollster. "[Former Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon was wildly popular, and one of those reasons is because of a close relationship with [Former President George W.] Bush.''
A spokesperson from the foreign ministry did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Another apology for 1,600 new homes
Amid an unusually high-profile flap over Israeli settlements, Netanyahu on Sunday apologized again for what he called the unintentional publication last week of plans to build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim as the capital of a future state and which was seized by Israel in the 1967 war. News of the project has prompted the Palestinians to threaten a boycott of negotiations that the US had finally succeeded in renewing, spurring an unusual series of public criticisms of Israel from the Obama administration.
The announcement of the plans came from the Interior Ministry, which is headed by Eli Yishai of the religious nationalist Shas party, prompting speculation that the move was designed to derail Biden's visit and make Netanyahu look bad.
The Israeli press has generally blamed Netanyahu for mishandling the crisis, saying that he has put relations with the US at risk at a time the Jewish state needs close security cooperation to block Iran's nuclear program.
Writing in the daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot, columnist Sima Kadmon bemoaned Washington's "lack of trust'' in Israel. "We deserved this,'' she wrote. We had fully earned the treatment we were receiving.'
Some Israeli experts, however, have accused the US of unnecessarily inflating the crisis over the weekend at a time when Netanyahu had hoped that an initial apology would be sufficient.
How the Israeli public is likely to respond
It's unclear in which direction Israeli public opinion will tip. Will it coalesce behind Netanyahu against an administration that's already seen by Israelis as tilting toward the Palestinians – as it did a year ago when the US first pressured the Jewish state on settlements?
Or will it put the weight of the blame on the prime minister for not doing enough to mollify Israel's most important ally – as it did in 1992 when voters sent home Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, in part over his falling out with President George H. W. Bush over settlement expansion?
In Netanyahu's favor is the fact that Israeli public opinion generally backs building in the Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. While most international observers consider anything over the Green Line to be a "settlement,'' Israelis don't consider the 200,000 Jews living in the urban neighborhoods as settlers.
What's more, public opinion in Israel has been skeptical of Obama's policy in the Middle East as bending over backward to court Arab governments at the expense of the Jewish state. On Sunday, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the leading pro-Israel lobbying group, warned the Obama administration of unnecessarily inflating the crisis.
Avi Primor, a former Israeli ambassador to the European Union, speculated that the Obama administration doesn't have the domestic political strength to see through a true crisis in relations, which he said would involve US security backing for Israel. Still the current war in the media will nonetheless take a toll.
"The anger of the American government has a psychological effect on Israeli public opinion which fears a deterioration of relations,'' he said. "The US is Israel's biggest security asset. There is a cost of alienating that asset.''
Indeed, the public remembers the diplomatic turmoil of Netanyahu's first term office unfavorably, and a series of foreign policy gaffes has raised questions about whether the Israeli prime minister has matured since he lost reelection in 1999.
"It's the same old Stupid Pet Tricks,'' says Barak, referring to the classic segment from David Letterman's show. "He's starting to wear on people. People are starting to say this is the old Netanyahu.''


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This layout was inspired by sketch #41 @ Tuesday Trio. The extra challenge was wings:
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In the pictures you can see Yaara & Rotem (Yaara's best friend) planting in their kindergarten's back yard.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Josh Freeman became Tampa Bay's first 4,000-yard passer and also threw for more touchdowns in a season than any player in franchise history, yet the NFL playoffs will begin without the Buccaneers for the fifth straight year.
Sunday's 22-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons stopped a five-game losing streak and enabled the Bucs (7-9) to finish with three more wins than they did a year ago, when a season-ending 10-game skid led to the dismissal of former coach Raheem Morris and the hiring of Greg Schiano.
``Ending the season like this and not making the playoffs, it's unacceptable and it's not where we want to be,'' said Freeman, who threw for 4,065 yards and 27 touchdowns en route to also becoming the team's all-time leader in TD passes with 78.
``Obviously, it's what you play for. If you end the year without winning the Super Bowl, your season can't be considered a success,'' the fourth-year pro added. ``But certainly I'm optimistic. We've got a lot of pieces and a number of guys we'll get back on the team this offseason. Looking forward, I'm really excited.''
In addition to Freeman's record-setting season, Tampa Bay had a 1,400-yard rusher in rookie Doug Martin and a 1,400-yard receiver in Vincent Jackson. One of Freeman's other playmakers, Mike Williams, finished four yards shy of giving the Bucs their first pair of 1,000-yard receivers.
Still, Schiano enters an offseason in which one of the major priorities will be improving a porous pass defense and answering questions about whether Freeman, who has one year remaining on the contract he signed as a rookie, is the club's quarterback of the future.
Another unknown is the status of 16-year veteran Ronde Barber, who made the transition from cornerback to safety this season. The 37-year-old is one of 10 Buccaneers who will be free agents and has not indicated whether he would like to return in 2013.
For his part, Schiano said Monday that he's going to evaluate every aspect of the team in coming weeks, including Freeman, whose inconsistency contributed to the late slide that knocked the Bucs out of playoff contention.
``What I can say is, a 4,000-yard passer, touchdown record, there are a lot things that you say, `Wow.' Are there things that frustrate you? Yeah. There are things that frustrate him, too,'' Schiano said.
``But I'm not ducking the question, because quite frankly, I like Josh Freeman. But I don't want to get ahead of my skis here and really evaluate every single thing about what's best for this organization,'' the coach added. ``Do I think Josh Freeman is going to win Super Bowl's in this league? I do. I hope that happens here. But at the end of the day, I have to evaluate everything before I can say, `That's what we're doing.'''
Schiano said one thing he'd like to do before training camp next summer is increase competition for jobs at every position, including quarterback. Backup Dan Orlovsky appeared in one game this season, throwing seven passes in the fourth quarter of a 41-0 loss to New Orleans.
The coach met with the team collectively on Monday and said he planned to meet with Freeman individually.
``It was an up and down year, but ... there's a lot of positives, though. Certainly when the expectations level is what we make it and then you don't reach that, there is also disappointment,'' Schiano said. ``Josh is probably his own toughest critic. So I don't know if anything I'm going to tell him is going to shock him.''
The Bucs set club record for points (389), touchdowns (44) and yards gained (5,820). They also led the NFL in rushing defense, allowing a franchise-low 82.5 yards per game.
General manager Mark Dominik said he feels the team is headed in the right direction, despite fading after a 6-4 start. The Bucs last earned a playoff berth in 2007, and haven't won a postseason game since winning the Super Bowl 10 years ago.
Schiano, who left Rutgers to take over the Bucs last January, thinks there's been progress in changing the culture of the organization.
``Pro football is a little more difficult to do that because you constantly have turnover. You're bringing guys in from other places in the middle of the season, so what you need to do is make your culture so strong that anybody that comes in from the outside, whether it be a rookie, a free agent, in-season signing, that they just get swept up in the way things are done,'' he said.
``We're not there yet, we're getting closer.''
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Dealing with debt
In challenging or encouraging economic times, understanding how to manage debt is important for your financial health. Sometimes it can be overwhelming.
If you're feeling that way, remember, you're not alone. There are many solutions that can help make debt manageable. But just as it takes time to get into debt, it can also take time to get out of it.
Here are some guidelines to help you manage and reduce your debt:
- Create a budget and stick to it. Budgets can help you gain control of your debt and manage future spending.
- Prioritize your outstanding balances based on interest rate. Pay off your highest-interest debts first. But remember to continue paying at least the minimum amount on the other outstanding balances.
- Investigate alternatives for paying down your debt. You may want to consider monthly instalment, discount payment or using another alternative to help you pay down your debt.
- Resource your available payment options. Some lenders offer a variety of payment methods. See what's available and use the option best suited to help you pay on time, every time.
- Utilize services such as SMS Alerts to help you remain aware of your due dates and spending levels.
- Talk to your lenders if you're struggling to make your payments. Don't skip the payment altogether, as this will only make the situation worse and impact your credit rating. In many cases, lenders are willing to work out a solution with you.
- Seek advice from a professional credit counselor, legal, other financial institutions.
Budgets build healthy habits
Budgets can help you recognize spending habits and identify areas where you might be able to cut back. They're an important tool for managing your debt, and are simple to create.
How to prepare a budget
Track your income and expenses: Over a two-month period, keep records of all your money coming in (income) and going out (expenses). Certain expenses may be fixed each month, including rent, mortgage, groceries, insurance premiums, utilities and transportation. Other expenses may vary – such as vacations, entertainment and gifts.
Create your budget: It is recommended that you prepare the budget for one month so you can directly compare your monthly expenses against your income. You may also choose to complete your budget from a household point of view. If this is the case, be sure to consider income from all contributing household members and the total of everyone's monthly expenses.
Follow your budget and keep track of your spending: When you have a good record of where your money is going, see if you can cut costs in certain areas. Or, see if you can add to your savings.


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Steve Jobs - One Last Thing premiered November 2011.
Steve Jobs - One Last Thing
Official Trailer
Preview for the documentary about the visionary co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs.
About the Program
Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Steve Jobs, Apple's former CEO, has done. The scope of his impact was evident in the outpouring of tributes from around the world — voiced on Twitter as well as through makeshift memorials in front of Apple stores — following his death, from complications of pancreatic cancer, on October 5, 2011. Steve Jobs – One Last Thing not only examines how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but the influences that shaped and molded the man himself.
Steve Jobs. Courtesy of Getty Images.
The documentary takes an unflinching look at Jobs' difficult, controlling reputation and through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, provides unique insight into what made him tick. Among those interviewed for the film are Ronald Wayne, co-founder of Apple Computer, Co. with Jobs and Steve Wozniak; Bill Fernandez, who is credited with introducing Jobs to Wozniak and was also Apple Computer's first employee; Robert Palladino, calligraphy professor at Reed College whose classes Jobs acknowledged with inspiring his typography design for the Apple Mac; Walt Mossberg, who covered Jobs as the principal technical journalist for The Wall Street Journal; Dean Hovey, who designed the mouse for Apple; Robert Cringley, who interviewed Jobs for his documentary Triumph of the Nerds; and Dr. Alvy Smith, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, which Jobs acquired in 1986.
In addition to those who knew and worked with him, Steve Jobs – One Last Thing features a never before broadcast, exclusive interview with Jobs. Speaking a year after he was first diagnosed with cancer, Jobs expounds on his philosophy of life and offers advice on changing our own life to achieve our ambitions, desires and dreams: "Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact, and that is, everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you ... the minute that you understand that you can poke life ... that you can change it, you can mould it ... that's maybe the most important thing."
Steve Jobs – One Last Thing takes its name from a catchphrase Jobs used to tease and titillate audiences at the many successful publicity launches he helmed for the ever evolving Apple product line. Appearing to reach the end of a presentation, he would then announce to the expectant crowd: "Oh … one last thing," before unveiling the company's latest design achievement.
Steve Jobs - One Last Thing was produced by Pioneer Productions.
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Hello, Mr. Chang: Space change, but elusive chef still coming
Despite recent reports to the contrary, renowned chef Peter Chang is still planning to open his namesake restaurant in Charlottesville, though it will not be in the former Asian Buffet space on Route 29 North, as Dish previously reported.
According to an associate of Chang's, that deal mysteriously fell through following a September 14 story in the Hook. Indeed, despite having issued Chang a leasing contract (which Dish saw with his own eyes) that would have allowed the chef to take possession of the property (which has been vacant since 2006) in October, Chang's associate says that representatives of property owner, the University of Virginia Foundation, expressed frustration with the early publicity and declined to follow through with the deal.
When asked why the property wasn't leased to Chang, UVA Foundation CEO Tim Rose declined to comment, citing client confidentiality in such negotiations.
"If you have questions about this," said Rose. " I would suggest you contact whomever shared information with you."
Anyway, it appears that the Foundation's loss will be the Barracks Road Shopping Center's gain.
Today, Chang secured the former Wild Greens space in the North Wing of the shopping center, and will be calling it Peter Chang China Grill.
"We're very excited to announce that Mr. Chang's restaurant will join Barracks Road in early 2011," said Stuart Biel, leasing associate for Federal Realty, which owns the shopping center.
Of course, you never know with Mr. Chang, but as far as Dish can tell it's a done deal. Reports that Chang was ditching Charlottesville and moving back to Atlanta with his concept aren't true, says Chang's associate. Although he will be consulting on the opening of a new Atlanta restaurant, the associate says Chang will be a majority partner in the Charlottesville restaurant.
After some renovation work to the old Wild Greens space, Chang's associate says they plan to open in late January 2011, just in time for Chinese New Year on February 3. Until then, stay tuned for updates.
Updated 11/17/2010
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Please, no more "news" until the place opens, and Peter Chang is actually spotted in the restaurant, making dishes.
You know at this point I don't really care...there's so much else going on in this town food-wise. Plus he's making me so exhausted I feel like I just ingested a pound of MSG....
Who be, in Peter Chang's restaurant, eating sushi... drinking saki? It's me, and my mami with the doobie
Oh, goody goody gumdrops. Charlottesville can pat herself on the back (again) because this renowned chef couldn't have POSSIBLY left her for another town. When will people here realize that these decisions are made primarily on market analysis, not necessarily because someone falls in love with the place.
I ate at Taste of China last Friday and the food was delicious!
Tell you what, I am Chinese, and I found the food now at Taste of China is better than when Chef was there.
Chef Chang's food is good, but not that great. It was a big hype. If he was in China, he would be a so so chef.
Doesn't seem like very good sense to me to be angry that a prospective tenant has enough pre-opening press to guarantee that he can make rent.
Chang's chicken fingers are the best around.
UVA failed to comply with it's side of an agreement?
Naughty, naughty little UVA.
ching chong CHANG!
Chang needs to have a bar in that place like ole Charley's that was in that location in the old days... that place was like a redneck version of a disco in the 80's late night...Rock on Chang...
Chang could call it "Charley's Chang"....
Just received confirmation from Federal Realty, owner of the Barracks Road Shopping Center.
"We're very excited to announce that Mr. Chang's restaurant will join Barracks Road in early 2011," said Stuart Biel, leasing associate for Federal Realty, which owns the shopping center.
Wenge Li: Odd to say that Chang would be a "so so chef" in China, since it was the Chinese Embassy that brought him to the US in the first place. I think his bona fides are pretty assured at this point.
Caroline: Not sure if you have been following this story over the last six years, but I assure you that market analysis has little to do with this mercurial fellow's approach.
I'll gladly go out of my way to drive to Charlottesville on my occasional trips to Richmond once Chang's new restaurant (hopefully) opens. His DC restaurants have been hard to forget.
How does being a cook at an embassy assure bona fides? If you were looking for the best chefs in France, I bet you wouldn't find them among embassy domestic staff. It wasn't like he was the ambassador of food.
Berieve it
@cookiejar, @WengeLi
He wasn't just a "cook at an embassy." He also won numerous awards in China. And it's not like only provincial stay-at-homes like his food.
I hope it's buffet style and they have like pizza and stuff
I love it. The dueling weeklies, both staking their journalistic reputations on the location of Peter Chang's next restaurant.....
Ball's in your court, C-Ville Weekly!
I'll believe it when I see it.
I wish someone would just tear down that Asian Buffet building. What an eyesore! You could put a decent apartment or office building there and use the space much more effectively than it's being used now.
Maybe this will shed some more light on the whole issue:


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If you happened to be in Barcelona, Milan or Munich, you might have seen one of the below animations playing in a Benetton front store window. The brainchild of Fabrica, Benetton's research centre on communication, the "Live Windows" project is about creating a new visual experience for passers-by. Produced by students based in Germany and Spain, the Peace Day contributions are part of a partnership between Fabrica and UNRIC to promote UN observances through student contribution from a network of prestigious European design schools.
This year's theme for the International Day of Peace was "sustainable peace for a sustainable future", chosen following the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June this year.
The contributions to the live windows were made by students from ELISAVA - Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona - and Mediadesign Hochschule für Design und Informatik (MD.H), in Germany.
Students from ELISAVA admitted being "baffled" at first by the theme, how do you portray peace and sustainability in a creative way whilst also "avoiding classic iconography of peace; white pigeons, hippies and peace logos"? In the end they chose to focus on 'balance and time', two concepts interrelated with a 'sustainable future'.
At MD.H Berlin, the team behind "Friedestaube' explained why they chose an animation of a paper dove evading and escaping evil paper hands.
"In our concept we associated peace with paper, it can be destroyed and restored. The protagonist of the video is the dove of peace. For us it was important to choose a peace symbol, which is uniform and easily recognizable. We have chosen hands, to create a direct connection to people. Because only by the people themselves can produce peace, but also destroy it."
In all, four videos were endorsed by UNRIC for use on the giant media-walls that showcase the live windows. These join another 13 student contributions from 5 different schools, all of which are available on our dedicated web page; including much more on the partnership, school network and "Live Windows".
Stay tuned for more, including some great contributions for the International Day of Non-Violence.
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Opinion: Will Massachusetts Ever Elect Another Scott Brown?
Political commentator Monica Crowley on the results of Tuesday's Massachusetts special Senate election. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel wait a Democratic victory last night in Massachusetts ... where Ed Markey a long time representative from that state crushed Gabrielle Gomez ... by a ten point margin to fill John Kerry's old Senate seat ... to shoot the Democrats take heart from this victory is this a good signal for twenty fourteen for the party ... if the Fox News analyst and author Monica Crowley joining me now ... on a monthly e e e is this a meaningful way with the Democrats in the is not a small margin of victory now ten points and looking for Democrats in Massachusetts is better to win this race the kids a lesson isn't ... there it's that the really celebrate remember this is in very deeply state this is the deepest blue states cell ... actually took place at me not to significant margin but I didn't hear Democrat of Massachusetts and probably a little too close for comfort they're ... like it's a list I think very dangerous to try to extrapolate national other non national projection from a local race or even a statewide race in this case ... I don't think we can be too much into twenty fourteen a Democrat won in Massachusetts it's not a big headline okay well let's talk about the Republican challenger Kasriel comments because he does ... represent the future of the of the opposition in Massachusetts and as it were ... you political newbie ... but he didn't attract a lot of money despite a really interesting profile ... Harvard MBA Navy seal well spoken ... on ... that one of the Republican money stay with this this is one of my great frustrations married because this is the guy even in the deep blue state like Massachusetts who actually could have Dave and maybe even a more serious run ... to end markets are in Congress over thirty years and is a really serious arguments make against Mr. Markey he's been in Congress wait too long and so on ... and Gabrielle Gomez was after making ... these arguments and doing a phenomenal job he just didn't have the support from the National Party when we talk a good game about the meaning of Republicans are conservative movement we took a good game ... about recruiting Exxon candidates ... getting them to Ron Paul than the other credit accretion is actually stepping in and supporting them financially supporting them with all kinds of material support and it just didn't happen in this case ... they were too greedy to why get off and I think it would seek huge mistake ... Scott Brown a couple of years ago have this huge victory in Massachusetts in January twenty ten ... it was a harbinger for what was coming ... are you doing right that that was an exceptional case because of Obamacare in Envia electorate was just completely mobilized against Obamacare even in a state like Massachusetts ... this was different and and because he didn't have that mobilizing a shield ... a candidate who still outstanding what Mr. Gomez who really did deserve more support from the National Party in just in case any it's more than money its material support to me that's the really important point ... um guys made some pretty fundamental errors kind of ... I've that strong language that non ... issue say ... the claim that it was in defeating a politician Lankan an business Minson gaps ... I'm kind of like I am now another Massachusetts politician that we spend much time talking about ... the year ago ... um you know it doesn't lead Republican party not to see better candidates but today they need to renovate this this the campaign staffs themselves the well yes that's a good point and also when you are recruiting and acts like an like Mr. Gomez who doesn't have any previous political experience than you have to provide ... some sort of training for that media training it's not that the DVD on how to insert texting and talking soundbites ... with the as the Largo I mean it the start of the deal ... is the reason you haven't done it before you've really I think the National Party or even a statewide organization of the time the Republican Party ... ought to keep refining that kind just bare bones ... training said that they're not going into this blind and they're not flying with adding that the thing and that they have the actual material support is bonus money ... about thirty seconds left eye is Gomez says next step to run for governor in his his political career assertive sneered by this point won't think so because I'd love to lose ten points announces this is actually the start of the tomato if you're Republican ... to be of getting a candidate for somebody who this ... job running out for national office for the very first time he's done everything going for him ... I think he's gotten bitten by the bug in and decides that you know he wants to increase to politics in the future I think he does have a good ... future ahead of him ... but again it might be for different office and hopefully next time the party will support him more than they did an okay well


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LONDON (AP) — A British judge has cleared Bernard Madoff's sons of wrongdoing in a case brought against them by the liquidator of his estate in Britain, saying in a written ruling that the pair's honesty was not in doubt.
Judge Andrew Popplewell said Friday that the brothers, Mark and Andrew, were among several U.K. directors of Bernard Madoff's London-based securities firm whose reputations had been tainted by association with the elder Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud. In dismissing the civil case against them all, the judge delivered a glowing endorsement of their character.
"Their honesty and integrity has been vindicated," he said.
Mark and Andrew Madoff long played a lead role in the drama surrounding their disgraced financier father. They first alerted authorities in 2008 after the elder Madoff confessed that his highly regarded investment business was nothing more than a Ponzi scheme.
The pair held their silence as the details of the breathtaking fraud spilled out into the public domain, but following Mark's suicide in 2010 — and ahead of the release of a book telling the Madoff family's side of the story — Andrew spoke to the press, saying the Madoff family had been completely hoodwinked by his father.
"What he did to me, to my brother, and to my family is unforgivable," Andrew Madoff said at the time.
Nevertheless, suspicion has lingered, and a lawsuit filed in London's High Court against the Madoff brothers and various company directors alleged that they subverted the company's finances by approving $27 million in payments, more than 5 million euros ($6.8 million) in perks, and millions more in interest parceled out to well-connected Austrian businesswoman Sonja Kohn, who had helped the elder Madoff win billions in new business.
Judge Popplewell ruled that the Madoff brothers and another director, Philip Toop, "were in breach of their duty to exercise reasonable skill and care" by failing to investigate whether the payments were in the company's best interests. But Popplewell said that the payments would most likely have been made in any case, and in general his judgment was a big win for the defense.
"The resolute and temperate way they have conducted themselves in these proceedings does them great credit," he said.
Other legal actions — including a criminal trial in New York involving a different set of defendants — are ongoing.
The judge said Andrew Madoff was "seriously ill with cancer" and so sick he had been unable to give evidence, even via videolink.


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Heavy Traffic Can Be Heartbreaking
Dec. 1 -- SUNDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The decline in highway traffic that was brought on by last summer's spike in gas prices may be a boon to heart health.
That's because automobile emissions are among a long list of risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
"There's a very coherent and consistent body of data that links particulate air pollution with cardiovascular disease and premature death," said Dr. Ted Schettler, science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, an environmental and public health advocacy group.
Among the latest evidence: a German study published recently in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, which found that people who live near heavy traffic are more likely to develop atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which can boost the risk of heart disease.
Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that begins with damage to the lining of the arteries. Over time, the arteries accumulate plaque, a combination of fat, cholesterol, calcium and other substances. This causes the arteries to become rigid and narrow, impeding the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart and other parts of the body. This can lead to a heart attack, stroke or even death, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
In 2004, the American Heart Association issued its first official statement on air pollution and cardiovascular disease. In reviewing the scientific evidence, an expert panel concluded that short-term exposure to elevated particulate matter, which includes motor vehicle emissions, "significantly contributes to increased acute cardiovascular mortality, particularly in certain at-risk subsets of the population."
The panel further noted that prolonged exposure to elevated levels of air pollution reduced overall life expectancy "on the order of a few years."
To assess the impact of long-term residential traffic exposure on the heart, Dr. Barbara Hoffmann, head of the unit of environmental epidemiology at the University of Duisburg-Essen, and colleagues used "electron-beam computed tomography" to measure calcium build-up in the arteries.
Compared with people who lived more than 200 meters, or 642 feet, from major traffic, the risk of coronary artery calcification was 63 percent higher for people living within 50 meters (160 feet) of heavy traffic, and 34 percent higher for those who were between 51 meters and 100 meters (164 to 328 feet) away. The risk was 8 percent higher for those living 100 meters to 200 meters (328 to 642 feet) away.
Hoffmann compares the damage wrought by traffic fumes to the effects of aging. "Living within 100 meters of a major road compared to people living further away amounts to a similar difference in coronary calcification as six months of aging," she said.
Her team is currently examining all study participants again to determine whether those living close to heavy traffic have suffered a greater increase in coronary calcification during the past five years.
So what can individuals do, short of moving away from heavily traveled roads, to stave off cardiovascular disease?
The best thing is focus on modifiable factors, such as keeping blood pressure and diabetes in check, lowering cholesterol, increasing physical activity and quitting smoking, Hoffmann said.
Reducing air pollution is a larger challenge.
In big U.S. cities, state and local agencies are required to report the Air Quality Index -- a measure of how pristine or polluted the air is -- each day, says AirNow, a federal government Web site on air quality. Depending on the level of concern, people with heart or lung disease, older adults and children may be advised to remain indoors
"That's just a Band-Aid on a public health problem," Schettler said. "Do we want people who have early cardiovascular disease to have to avoid breathing air outside, or do we want to clean up the air?"
More information
For more on the heart-health effects of air pollution, visit the American Heart Association.
SOURCES: Barbara Hoffmann, M.D., M.P.H., head, unit of environmental epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., science director, Science and Environmental Health Network, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Aug. 13, 2008, news release, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.; July 17, 2007, Circulation; U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md.; American Heart Association, Dallas


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U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the appointment of Robert Shireman as deputy undersecretary and Massie Ritsch as deputy assistant secretary for External Affairs and Outreach at the U.S. Department of Education.
In his role, Shireman will advise the Department on college financial issues and other higher education initiatives. A leading expert on college access and financial aid, he previously served as a congressional appointee to the Federal Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, an advisor to U.S. Sen. Paul Simon and as part of President Clinton's White House National Economic Council. Shireman is founder of the Institute for College Access and Success and the Project on Student Debt. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from University of California at Berkeley and masters' degrees from Harvard in education and the University of San Francisco in public administration.
Ritsch will oversee outreach to education associations, foundations and think-tanks. He comes to the Department from his job as communications director at the Center for Responsive Politics where he served as chief strategist for the organization and, among other duties, oversaw the organization's award-winning Website, OpenSecrets.org. Ritsch also served as vice president of the Sugerman Communications Group in Los Angeles, where he helped salvage public funds for a consortium of innovative schools chartered by the Los Angeles Board of Education, as well as garner support for a universal preschool initiative. Prior to his time at Sugerman, Ritsch covered local education issues and the 2000 presidential campaign for the Los Angeles Times. He received his bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University.


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Mitchell Feinberg
Dacquoise sounds very fancy, but it's just a dessert made of giant flat meringues layered with mousse, whipped cream, or buttercream.
- Yield
- Makes 8 to 10 servings
- Active Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Total Time
- 7 hours (includes chilling time)
- Meringue layers
- 1 1/4 cups roasted spanish salted peanuts with skin (6 to 6 1/2 ounces), divided
- 3/4 cup sugar, divided
- 6 large egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar pinch of coarse kosher salt
- Mousse:
- 1/2 cup chunky natural-style peanut butter
- 1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- Pinch of coarse kosher salt
- 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream, divided
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Glaze:
- 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/3 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
- For meringue layers:
- Preheat oven to 275°F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper. Draw three 10 x 4 1/2-inch rectangles on parchment; turn parchment over. Finely grind 1 cup nuts with 1/4 cup sugar in processor. Coarsely chop remaining 1/4 cup nuts and set aside.
- Using electric mixer, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and coarse salt in large bowl until foamy. With mixer running, gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, beating until meringue is stiff and glossy. Add ground nut mixture and coarsely chopped nuts; fold gently just to blend.
- Spoon 2 cups meringue onto each rectangle on parchment; spread evenly to fill rectangles (any remaining meringue can be baked as cookies).
- Bake meringues until golden brown all over and dry to touch but still slightly soft, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely.
- For mousse:
- using electric mixer, beat peanut butter, brown sugar, and coarse salt in medium bowl to blend. With mixer running, gradually beat in 1/4 cup cream. Add another 1/4 cup cream and beat just to blend. Beat remaining 1/2 cup cream, sugar, and vanilla in another medium bowl until peaks form; fold into peanut butter mixture in 3 additions. Chill until ready to use.
- For glaze:
- Whisk cocoa powder and sugar in medium saucepan to blend well. Gradually add 1/4 cup water, whisking until smooth. Gradually whisk in heavy cream. Bring to boil over medium heat, whisking frequently. Reduce heat to low. Add chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Let stand at room temperature until cool and slightly thickened, stirring occasionally, about 2 hours.
- Leaving meringues on parchment and using large serrated knife, trim edges of each meringue to original 10 x 4 1/2-inch size. Slide thin knife between meringues and paper to loosen. Spoon 1/4 cup glaze evenly over top of 2 meringue rectangles and spread to cover. Chill until chocolate sets, about 30 minutes. Place 1 glazed meringue rectangle on plate. Spoon half of mousse over (scant 1 1/4 cups); spread out in even layer. Place second glazed meringue rectangle atop first; spread with remaining mousse. Top with unglazed meringue rectangle. Pour 1/2 cup glaze down center of top meringue. Using icing spatula, spread glaze over top meringue, allowing glaze to drip down sides. Smooth top and sides to cover evenly with thin layer. Refrigerate until glaze is set, about 30 minutes. Pour remaining glaze over top of dacquoise and quickly smooth over top and sides in even layer. Sprinkle fleur de sel lightly over top, if desired. Chill at least 3 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover with cake dome and keep chilled.


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"Your plan worked, Lau. With Trapjaw rusted, he can't even move or call for help! To the Talon Fighter!"
Chow Yun-Fat is a renowned actor whose career spans several decades, but who is best known to American audiences for his roles in John Woo's heroic bloodshed films and a couple of wuxia films that were released in the oughts. Andy Lau, whilst less well known in America at large, has an enormous following both among film fans, especially well known for his work with Johnny To, and his career as a Cantopop star. Throughout both of their careers, Chow and Lau have appeared in several films and a television program:
1982 - Sou hat yi
1986 - 楊家將 aka Yang ka cheung aka The Yangs' saga
1987 - 江湖情 aka Goo woo ching aka Drifter love aka Jian hu qing aka Rich and famous
-and - 英雄好漢 aka Ying hung ho hon aka Hero aka Heroic hero aka Rich and famous II aka Tragic
Hero aka Ying xiong hao ban
-and - 英雄好漢 aka Ying hung ho hon aka Hero aka Heroic hero aka Rich and famous II aka Tragic
Hero aka Ying xiong hao ban
1988 - 精裝追女仔 aka Jin zhuong zhui nu zi zhi er aka Romancing star II
1989 - 賭神 aka Du shen aka Dao san aka God of gamblers
1991 - 賭神2 aka Dou hap aka Du xia aka God of gambers II aka Knight of gamblers
Although their careers haven't intersected in a long time, that didn't apparently stop Andy Lau from bailing out his old friend who seems to have been imprisoned underneath Snake Mountain, judging by the eerie green light and the ancient magenta bricks. How did Lau and Woo find themselves on Eternia? Who painted this amazing picture? [Insert Orco saying something silly.] I found this ad in a Vietnamese rag whilst hanging out with the ever astonishing Ngoc cung.
"Curses Lau! You win this time but I'll be back! Meh heh ha ha hanh!
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What happens when two black holes smash into each another? They form an even larger black hole while driving jets of relativistic matter into the far reaches of the cosmos. New complex computer simulations have attempted to give a glimpse into the explosion of electromagnetic and gravitational waves that result. The answers may tell us whether or not we could ever detect such a merger.
A paper describing the simulations appears in the current issue of Science. It takes a look at what happens as two supermassive black holes dance around each another, accompanied by a conducting plasma and magnetic field. The emission of gravitational waves would carry both angular momentum and energy away, causing them to eventually collide and merge. The numerical simulations indicated that the particle jets that sometimes accompany black holes would align, thanks to an anchoring and alignment of the magnetic field that occurs as they merge.
An interesting side note mentioned by the authors is that stray charged particles will get caught up in the magnetic field and accelerate to enormous velocities. This acceleration will result in the particle radiating off enough energy to form electron-positron pairs from the vacuum which will be accelerated in turn. This process would repeat, producing a cascade of particles that populate the immediate region with a charged, conducting plasma.
All of the work is interesting to any theorist, but the results show what astronomers might look for as indications that an event of this sort has taken place. The electromagnetic energy of the collision can be transferred to kinetic energy through the plasma, which will bleed it off through synchrotron radiation. Those emissions could be detected with future X-ray telescopes out to a significant distance from the source (a redshift of z = 1).
Further in the future, joint X-ray-gravitational wave detectors will allow more refined observations of supermassive black hole mergers. The paper gives a scaling for gravitational wave power that should be detectable at even greater distances, back to redshifts of 5 to 10.
Science, 2010. DOI: 10.1126/science.1191766


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Children's Storytime is an opportunity for children and their adults to come together for stories, songs, crafts and more. Reading and singing to young children promotes language and vocabulary development. Comprehension and cognitive skills are also enhanced as well as positive social interactions.
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Vision Statement
"M'Chigeeng Anishinabek will be a vibrant, progressive,
proud, united Ojibwe-speaking First Nation.
Our people will be healthy, self-reliant, respectful of our obligations
to Mother Earth, and culturally grounded, showing
mutual respect and support for all people."
Mental, Emotional, Spiritual and Physical Well-being
-The Anishinabek Seven Grandfather Teachings –
To cherish knowledge is to know WISDOM
To know LOVE is to know peace
To honour all of creation is to have RESPECT
BRAVERY in to face the foe with integrity
HONESTY in facing a situation is to be brave
HUMILITY is to know yourself as a sacred part of creation
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Feb 15, 2011
Former PBS broadcaster Bill Moyers, with all his influence and prestige, publicly derided 9/11 truth activists, and supported the official myth in a speech he gave in New York on January 27, 2011.
Of all people, Moyers should know the power of myths in human society, and that a myth is not the truth. "Myths are public dreams," said Joseph Campbell. In America, where tricksters and thieves have total government power in their hands, and rule over the public mind with propaganda and other techniques of collective brainwashing, the only truth that is allowed to be expressed is their truth. What they say is real becomes reality itself; what they dream behind closed doors becomes lived experience. They did 9/11, and they're still free almost ten years later because journalists have not fully questioned the events of that day. Since 9/11 the American people, and people across the planet, have lived not in a public dream but in a public nightmare. And we have the tricksters and traitors in Washington to thank.
It takes patience, and a "readiness to own thyself mistaken," as Thomas Carlyle said, to dig through the facts and evidence before arriving at the truth of what really happened on September 11, 2001. I thought Moyers would be more open-minded and sympathetic, but he's made an ignorant judgment about the movement for 9/11 truth and accountability. I feel let down because I admired Moyers. It turns out most journalists can't handle the truth about 9/11. Oh well. I have new heroes now: Paul Craig Roberts, William Cooper, David Ray Griffin, Alex Jones, Richard Gage, Bob McIlvaine, the list is endless. I hope Moyers rejoins the list in the future.
Although I understand that people deny a painful truth because it undermines their core beliefs about the world, and damages their self-esteem, I'm still surprised that intelligent and genuinely independent-minded individuals can't accept the fact that the Bush administration completely lied about 9/11. Our supposedly best journalists and reporters, who constantly talk about democracy, free speech, and the need to resist power, and who endlessly quote Orwell, are not only nowhere to be found when it comes to speaking the truth about 9/11, but they arrogantly mock the individuals who are simply asking for a new investigation.
Like other prominent journalists and reporters, Chris Hedges and Robert Parry among them, Moyers is shockingly dismissive of the evidence that undercuts the official story about 9/11 which has been painstakingly gathered by 9/11 truth activists, professional architects and engineers, citizen journalists, and regular individuals.
In a speech given at a convention held by History Makers in New York on January 27, 2011, Moyers said that the 9/11 truth movement is not based on the truth but disinformation and conspiracy theories. He ignorantly refers to 9/11 truth activists as "truthers." Here is an excerpt from the speech:
Disinformation is not unique to the right, of course. Like other journalists, I have been the object of malevolent assaults from the "9/11 truthers" for not reporting their airtight case proving that the Bush administration conspired to bring about the attacks on the World Trade Center. How did they discover this conspiracy? As the independent journalist Robert Parry has written, "the truthers" threw out all the evidence of al-Qaeda's involvement, from contemporaneous calls from hijack victims on the planes to confessions from al-Qaeda leaders both in and out of captivity that they had indeed done it. Then, recycling some of the right's sophistry techniques, such as using long lists of supposed evidence to overcome the lack of any real evidence, the "truthers" cherry-picked a few supposed "anomalies" to build an "inside-job" story line. Fortunately, this Big Lie never took hold in the public mind. These truthers on the left, if that is where GPS can find them on the political map, are outgunned, outmatched and outshouted by the media apparatus on the right that pounds the public like drone missiles loaded with conspiracy theories and disinformation and accompanied by armadas of outright lies.
George Orwell had warned six decades ago that the corrosion of language goes hand in hand with the corruption of democracy. If he were around today, he would remind us that "like the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket," this kind of propaganda engenders a "protective stupidity" almost impossible for facts to penetrate.
But you, my colleagues, can't give up. If you do, there's no chance any public memory of everyday truths – the tangible, touchable, palpable realities so vital to democracy – will survive. We would be left to the mercy of the agitated amnesiacs who "make" their own reality, as one of them boasted at the time America invaded Iraq, in order to maintain their hold on the public mind and the levers of power. You will remember that in Orwell's novel "1984," Big Brother banishes history to the memory hole, where inconvenient facts simply disappear. Control of the present rests on obliteration of the past. The figure of O'Brien, who is the personification of Big Brother, says to the protagonist, Winston Smith: "We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves." And they do. The bureaucrats in the Ministry of Truth destroy the records of the past and publish new versions. These in turn are superseded by yet more revisions. Why? Because people without memory are at the mercy of the powers that be; there is nothing against which to measure what they are told today. History is obliterated.
By quoting Orwell, you would think that Moyers would understand that using the labels "conspiracy theories" and "9/11 truthers" to bat away and delegitimize other human beings represents "the corrosion of language" that Orwell warned about. How did the label "conspiracy theory" enter the popular lexicon in the first place, anyway? It surely benefits the war criminals in power in Washington when journalists like Moyers and Parry use the label "conspiracy theorist" to put down activists and stand beside the official lie that Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden carried out the 9/11 attacks. It seems like Moyers, Parry, and other journalists are putting themselves inside a bubble of "protective stupidity," making it "almost impossible for facts to penetrate."
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Has Moyers watched the collapse of Building 7? Has he read the books on 9/11 by David Ray Griffin? Has he interviewed Richard Gage of Architects And Engineers For 9/11 Truth? What kind of research has he done on the subject? Or is he just talking out of his ass?
If Orwell were alive today, he would not mock 9/11 truth, but research all the evidence, and then let it all hang out.
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The $11 Million Love Nest YaVaughnie Gave Up after Her Break Up with Charles
Vengenance-by-billboard artist YaVaughnie Wilkins hasn't said anything about her best-jilted-lover-revenge-plot-ever, but we've discovered one good reason she might be pissed at Charles Phillips: She had to give up this $11 million estate along with her tech titan boyfriend.
UPDATE: The billboards in New York and Atlanta have been taken down. That ought to kill this story!
After Phillips, who is currently living with his wife on the Upper West Side of New York, confirmed he had recently broken off an 8 1/2-year long relationship with Wilkins last night, the story of Wilkins' campaign, first reported by Gawker, to publicize the affair via a web site with hundreds of photos and billboards in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta has been picked up everywhere, including the New York Post's front page this morning. Wilkins is evidently pleased with her handiwork; after our posts went up, Wilkins emailed the designer of the web site saying, "I've become famous."
She may be famous now, but her whereabouts are still unknown. According to public databases, Wilkins' most recent address was at this massive French chateau in the town of Hillsborough, Calif, just a 20-minute drive from the headquarters of Oracle Corp., where her former boyfriend Charles Phillips is paid nearly $20 million a year. The eight-bedroom home sits on a two-acre lot with a pool and a tennis court. Sure enough, this 2009 photo of Wilkins on a scooter, taken from the massive stash of incriminating photos she posted on her site, appears to have been taken just outside the driveway of the San Mateo home—at right is the Google Street view of the outside of the home.
The house was purchased in February 2008 by an entity called NewLife88 LLC — what a hopeful name for a shell company! Here's what we know about NewLife88: In the 2008-09 fiscal year, it was Hillsborough's 10th-largest taxpayer [pdf], owing to the home's $20,600 property tax assessment. It was organized in Nevada in January 2008, just a month before the the Hillsborough home was purchased, and according to real property and corporate database searches, appears to have transacted no other business aside from the purchase. NewLife88's manager, according to Nevada records, is another Nevada company called Redkey12 LLC, which was organized in February 2008 as a foreign limited liability company and also appears to have no other purpose aside from its relationship with NewLife88. Redkey 12's manager is Jeffrey R. Matsen, a San Matero, Calif., lawyer who specializes in asset protection for wealthy clients.
Wilkins was living well in Hlilsborough, to judge by photos of the spread on this real estate site:
And here, for comparison, are some more 2009 photos of Wilkins galavanting around her home, which appear to match up precisely to the Hillsborough love nest:
But nothing lasts forever: Alas, NewLife88 sold the home just last month, on December 16, to a private equity investor and his wife. Which means Wilkins had to clear out at just about the same time that her web site and billboards disclosing her eight-year affair with a married corporate titan who was just last month publicly singing the praises of his wife in a speech were starting to appear. If only new lives could stay new forever.


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Zurich Insurance has admitted losing the personal account details for more than half a million people more than a year ago.
The details of 51,000 British customers were on the tape, along with hundreds of thousands of details from people in South Africa and Botswana. They should have received letters warning them of the loss in recent days.
The data was backed up on tape and was on its way to a South African storage centre when it was lost in August 2008. It included account details for 51, 000 British customers, 550, 000 South African customers and about 40, 000 accounts from Botswana. The insurer said it had seen no evidence that the information was being used for ID fraud or otherwise exploited.
Customers at risk are those with Zurich general insurance, not life insurance.
Zurich has hired KPMG to sort out its data protection policies and has also kept the Financial Services Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office informed.
A spokeswoman for Zurich told the Register: "People have been calling the phonelines for reassurance and generally the response has not been bad. We've hired KPMG to find out why it has taken so long for this loss to come to light."
Annette Court, chief exec of Zurich UK, apologised for the loss and said the firm was improving internal procedures to "ensure that incidents of this nature do not happen again.".
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Pioneering Whistler halfpipe freestyle skier Sarah Burke is in critical condition in a coma following a crash in Park City, Utah, on Tuesday.
Burke, 29, was training on Park City Mountain Resort's "Eagle Superpipe" in the early afternoon when she suffered a head injury following a landing, witnesses said.
"Apparently she landed on her feet at the bottom of the pipe and then kind of bounced on to her head," said Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO Peter Judge, who heard accounts from athletes at the scene.
"It didn't look like it was a real stunner of a fall, but obviously it was one of those ones where she hit just right and it was more pointed than it appeared."
Park City Mountain Resort mountain patrol stabilized her at the scene and then transported her to base patrol, said Andy Miller, the resort's communications manager.
"From there, she was flown to a hospital in Salt Lake City," he said.
Judge said the severity of her injury is not yet known.
"The thing with head injuries, and even comas, is that they can be very deceiving," Judge said. "A coma could be something that's quite mild, and you come out of in a certain period of time, or it can be significant. At this point, it's pretty speculative to try and pin exactly what it is, or what the implications of it are."
The 22-foot superpipe hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics men's and women's snowboard halfpipe events and the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships halfpipe competition.
It is the same superpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce was severely injured during training on Dec. 31, 2009. Pearce suffered traumatic brain injuries but recovered and returned to riding on snow last month.
As of late Tuesday, Burke's husband, skier Rory Bushfield, and Burke's mother were trying to arrange travel to Salt Lake City.
"Sarah is a very, very strong human and she will be fine," Bushfield said.
Burke, a native of Midland, Ont., is a pioneer in women's freestyle skiing and a trailblazer in getting women's ski superpipe into the X Games, at which she is a four-time winner.
She was also instrumental in getting the superpipe into the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she is expected to contend for a gold medal if she is healthy.
A few weeks before the 2010 Olympics, while she was still struggling to get her sport included, Burke said in an interview with The Associated Press that it was frustrating to be on the outside looking in.
I think we're all doing this, first off, because we love it and want to be the best," Burke said. "But I also think it would've been a great opportunity, huge for myself and for skiing and for everyone, if we could've gotten into the Olympics. It's sad. I mean, I'm super lucky to be where I am, but that would've been pretty awesome."
Burke was named 2007's Best Female Action Sports Athlete at that year's ESPY Awards.
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Steven Spielberg has officially signed on to direct the film adaptation of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The award-winning director's next film has been up in the air since Robopocalypse was put on hold, but he is now set to work with the film's star, Bradley Cooper, who has been developing the project as a producer. Spielberg will also work with Andrew Lazar, Peter Morgan and Jason Hall, who wrote the script and will serve as executive producer on the Warner Bros./DreamWorks co-production.
The autobiography, which spent 18 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, tells the story of how Kyle came to hold a record of 150-plus confirmed kills throughout his decade-long military career. Kyle was shot dead three months ago while he was trying to help former Marine Eddie Ray Routh recover from the mental strife of going to war.
Cooper said in an interview on NPR's Fresh Air:
His story first of all really needs to be told, and it's also relevant on two fronts: gun control and the need to address the many soldiers who are coming back with PTSD. Medicine has evolved to such a state — soldiers are coming back and they're going to assimilate into the culture and if we don't address the mental state along with the physical state it's going to be a problem.
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Is it when Batman starts questioning the alien-demon-thing about why he was at the docks, as if that's the important aspecy of an alien-demon-thing running around, or is that somewhere in the DC universe someone thought of, constructed and paid for a large sign that only said "FOOD"? I'm genuinely asking.
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The final sessions of the day at NC Science Blogging 2008 followed a slightly more traditional meeting format, starting with a set of talks given by Jennifer Jacquet, Sheril Kirshenbaum, and Chris Mooney entitled "Changing Minds through Science Communication: a panel on framing science." Chris was probably the most high-profile blogger at the conference, and readers will recognize him as the author of The Republican War on Science and a more recent tome on climate change, Storm World.
The talk began with Jennifer delving into the ongoing decline in the public's interest in science, along with the media's ever-growing fascination with celebrities such as Britney Spears. With the growing corporate media consolidation, organizations such as the BBC, PBS, NPR, NYT, and The Guardian (I'd argue Ars Technica as well) remain some of the few places that aren't cutting back their coverage of science and technology in order to cover the latest exploits of a vapid blonde.
Of course, as was pointed out by Helen Chickering, MSNBC's science reporter, media corporations need to make money, and vapid blondes sell advertising, so don't expect that to change any time soon. Still, I'd suggest that's where science blogs come in; whether they are sites like Ars or Wired Science, or individual efforts, the rise of the citizen journalist is a reaction to the dumbing down of the mainstream media.
Chris and Sheril followed, and their talk focused on Science Debate 2008, the effort they started to have the 2008 presidential candidates take part in a science debate as part of the upcoming election. We've covered Science Debate 2008 in the past, and I think it's one we all support, although from where I'm sitting, I can see a large potential pitfall. Asking the American people to choose their next leader based on that candidate's views on science is all well and good, but what happens if they make it clear they want an anti-scientific candidate?
You can actually watch this session, along with the final talk of the day, "Adventures in Science Blogging," presented by Jennifer Ouellette (author of The Physics of the Buffyverse), and the ensuing discussions, as they were recorded and put online by Wayne Sutton. The relevant clips are entitled 'Framing science panel intro pa...,' 'Changing Minds through Science...,' and 'Adventures in Science Blogging...' You get bonus points for identifying Matt and me in the audience.
With that, the sessions were complete, and all that remained was to pig out on some fine NC BBQ and continue the day's conversations with people. Speaking of which, watch this space in coming weeks for a collaborative project between us and some of the other science blogs out there. Finally, you can find links to lots more coverage of the event at A Blog Around the Clock. Roll on, Science Blogging 2009!


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Speed Skating:
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Gold Medalist, Sven Kramer of the Netherlands.
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On February 15th, Tom Cochrane played at the Molson Canadian Hockey House. Guests to his stage included Tyler Stewart of the Barenaked Ladies, and Donald Sutherland. It was an amazing show and the House was full of energy and excitement! A super fun time! If you have a chance to watch a game at the Molson Canadian Hockey House, take it! Included in the FanZone ticket is entrance, food, and non-alcoholic beverages. Beer is $7.50 tax and tip included.
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I was at the USA vs Norway game on February 18th. We had seats right behind the photographers' pit and I was able to sneak into the photographers area for about 20 minutes in the second period! It was amazing to be so close to the action and having the players bang up against the glass right in front of me! Here are some of the shots from that game.
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On February 22nd, the Swiss played the Russians in Women's Hockey at Thunderbird Stadium out at UBC. After a well-matched game, a few injuries, overtime and a shootout, the Swiss were victorious, winning 4th place in the 2010 Olympic standings! Congratulations Switzerland!
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