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Perhaps one of the more interesting stories to break over the weekend, we get word that Lotus is making a 200 horsepower motorcycle…well, sort of. You see the Lotus C-01 is a venture between the tuners at the Holzer Group and the Kodewa car racing effort, with the design being penned by the very talented Daniel Simon.
Where does Lotus the car manufacturer come into all of this? Well, in name only, as it seems that the British marque's only contribution to the project is lending its name to the motorcycle (it's debatable as to whether we would be talking about the C-01 if the word "Lotus" didn't come before the model designation).
Details are light at this point, with the press release drawing heavy lines between the C-01 project and Formula 1 technology. There is also mention of a 200hp figure , as well as the use of carbon, titanium, and "aerospace quality" steel.
If you haven't figured it out already, we are rolling our eyes pretty hard at all the hype and marketing parlor tricks that are going on here with this Lotus motorcycle; however there does seem to be some hope for an intriguing machine to come from all of this.


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Vocalist Hillary Smith has so much on her plate right now she's just going to have to get herself a bigger one.
She's performing with two funk groups, Hip Pocket and the GT's. She's collaborating on two recording projects, one with acclaimed pianist and (who knew?) vocalist Kevin Hays (The Dreamer, to be released on April 27), the other with knockout bassist Luis Guerra. She's got two more recording projects in the works with hip saxophonist Doug Lawrence: a live performance recorded at the Outpost last summer and a yet-unnamed big band studio project, being recorded in Milwaukee with the Doug Lawrence Band. That group features legendary drummer Clyde Stubblefield, who wrote the book on funk while playing behind James Brown.
Then, of course, there's the new quartet that's appearing this week, with John Rangel (piano), Guerra (bass) and Arnaldo Acosta (drums).
"It's a real throwback kind of concert," she says about the Outpost gig. "We're doing some standard stuff but just paring it down and approaching it a little more emotionally."
She mentions "You Belong to Me," "When I Fall in Love," a Dinah Washington–inspired version of "I Want to Be Around" and Laverne Butler's arrangement of "West Coast Blues."
"We're trying to put a lot of different feels in there," she says. "We've got some jazz ones. We got some blues going on. Then, of course, I'll probably throw something in there with some funk in it.
"The thing with working with Arnaldo—I can call any kind of show, because he can backbeat, just swing, just play some filthy blues. So it's going to be a little bit of all of that."
Smith sees the new quartet, which has performed only once before, as "a great opportunity to play with a new combination of players."
"It's a real fresh sound," she says, noting that this is the first project on which she's worked closely with Rangel.
"He's sensational," she adds.
Smith and Guerra have been working together for years. "He's a really close friend," she says. "We've also been in the studio off-and-on for the last year-and-a-half working on a neosoul-
Smith seems genuinely stunned by the opportunity to work with so many great people. At the Milwaukee recording date in February, for example, not only did she have the chance to work with Stubblefield, but the engineer, Rick Probst, "had a string of platinum records along the wall"—dance hits from the '80s that Smith had thrilled to back in the day.
"Between you and me, I was so intimidated because these guys—their careers are just so immense," she says. "I wasn't expecting everybody to be so kind, and so generous and welcoming. I was really knocked out."
She's psyched about the Hays project, too. "He has me doing a lead and a couple of backgrounds on his thing, and that material will make you cry," she says. "It is so beautiful and so sensitive, and Kevin is singing on most of it, and he is amazing. Wait till you hear him. You're not going to believe it."
She hasn't forgotten her funky side, though, gigging regularly with the two groups at the hot nightspots. (Catch Hill and the GT's Friday night at The Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe: 988-4455.)
The best way to keep track of what's on Smith's plate is to check her website, www.hilljam.com, which is updated regularly.
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The likelihood of the Rockets, a 36.2% three-point shooting team, missing 26 threes in a row is .00084% or a 1 in 118757 chance.
— Eric Sidewater (@SixersScience)
The Rockets have always beaten the odds.
Minutes before tipoff…. GO ROCKETS!!!!
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz)
We knew Ted Cruz had something to do with this!
The rockets were clearly distracted by NRA sellout Ted Cruz's shining smile.
— Matt Deitsch (@MattxRed)
That smile blinded the 3-point shooters of the Rockets.
The Rockets in total missed 27 threes in a row before PJTucker finally made that one??? It's really a shame they're having to play this Game 7 without CP3 on the floor.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless)
More often than not, the real reason why the Rockets went into an offensive funk. Then again, they have managed to do this in the thrid-quarter all series long.
James harden literally shot the warriors back in the game.
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David Aldridge interviewing the Rockets' 3-point shooters
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This tweet speaks for itself.
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz)
When PJ Tucker hit that 3-pointer to end the streak, all of Texas rejoiced.
The Celtics last night from three: 7/39The Rockets tonight from three: 6/39
— Justin Jett (@JustinJett_)
Watching the Rockets offense was like watching Saw. In fact, they should make a Saw movie out of this horrific shooting performance by Houston.
D'Antoni: "Alright guys lets go out there in the second half and let's hit these shots"
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The Rockets in the second half the last two games.
In the end, that shooting streak doomed the Rockets and they dropped Game 7 to Golden State 101-92. Just a few made shots and things could have been very different.
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Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
Every single day we hold onto certain kinds of expectations about ourselves, about others, and about our circumstances. Whether we realize it or not, these expectations directly influence our lives. In fact, you always hold onto conscious and unconscious expectations in various situations.
The expectations you hold onto influence where your focus and attention goes. As a result, these expectations become targets, or in other words plans for the future. In fact, these expectations directly influence what you WILL or WON'T attempt to do, and essentially what you BELIEVE is possible at any one moment in time. Moreover, your expectations influence your attitude, decisions, behaviors, perspectives, as well as your interactions with others.
So as you can see, our expectations direct our lives in numerous ways. This is all well and good of course if we hold onto expectations that serve our greater good. However, for many people, this, unfortunately, isn't the case. Often our expectations are flawed because they actually delete and distort our interpretations of reality to our detriment.Emotions Influence Your Expectations
Consider for a moment the emotion of fear, worry, and anxiety. Whenever you experience these emotions you are at that very moment creating a set of negative expectations. For instance, when you worry about something, you are at that moment expecting that something will go wrong. And with this expectation at the forefront of your mind, you are now going to make certain decisions and take specific kinds of actions that meet that expectation.
Now, of course, whatever you are worried about might just be a figment of your imagination. In fact, often our worries never come to fruition. However, we don't tend to believe that at the time, and as a result, our negative expectations lead to certain behaviors, decisions, actions and interactions that might not serve our greater good. In fact, those negative expectations might actually lead us to unfavorable circumstances that otherwise we might never have experienced because our expectations, of course, direct our focus and attention.
The emotions you experience throughout the day will provide you with insights into your current set of expectations. As such, whenever you experience a particular emotion it is helpful to ask yourself:
What emotion am I experiencing?
What am I expecting as a result?
Is this expectation helpful or unhelpful?
Does this expectation get me closer to my desired outcome?
You, of course, no doubt have certain goals and objectives that you would like to achieve in any given situation. However, your emotions can often cloud your judgment and therefore lead you down the wrong path. You must therefore always be conscious of your emotions and identify whether or not the expectations these emotions are creating are helpful or unhelpful. Are they moving you towards your desired goals and objectives, or are they pulling you away from them?
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DSPxThe DSPx is a fully wired and tested Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Module suitable for DSP development and learning, as well as embedding into your own projects.
The DSPx is fully compatible with the W7PUA DSP-10 2-meter Software Defined Radio.
The DSPx is interfaced to the DSP-10 with the KDSP10 Interface Adapter.
The DSPx module uses the Analog Devices ADSP-2185N Digital Signal Processor chip. It currently is equipped with a 4M bit/512k byte Flash memory, SST 39VF040 --> --> or similar. The product currently shipping includes a monitor that is compatible with the ADSP-2181 EZ Kit Lite
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By Gov. Dave HeinemanDear Fellow Nebraskans:Every Nebraskan is impacted in some way by this summer's drought. From the brown lawns and watering restrictions to the drought-related wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres of land, the hot and dry weather has impacted all citizens and areas of our State.Some of the most immediate and profound impacts are on our farmers and ranchers. The extreme drought conditions have shriveled crops and forages, dried up livestock ponds, increased irrigation pumping expenses, and contributed to increased feed costs for livestock producers.Even with all these negative impacts, Nebraska farmers and ranchers are still in better shape than producers in other states because of our irrigation resources. Agriculture research helps us understand how alternative feeds can be used in livestock diets. If farmers and ranchers work together, we can take advantage of crop residues from crops like corn and soybeans to stretch limited forages even further during the drought.Our farmers and livestock owners can benefit from crop residue usage. An example is the research conducted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Terry Klopfenstein that has shown grazing corn residue can result in an important bump in yields the following year. In particular, this research shows that irrigated and no-till fields benefit from this type of grazing.There are other important points to consider in the current drought. Grazing corn residue, instead of conducting fall tillage, conserves soil moisture and reduces erosion. Grazing cattle works the residue into the soil without exposing tilled soil to the air.Along with increased yields and reduced erosion, the cash rents provide an additional incentive to open fields to grazing cattle, and not tilling will save fuel costs. Another option is to bale cornstalks and stover. This will provide farmers with some additional income from their fields, while increasing the amount of forage available to our livestock producers. Ranchers across the state are utilizing a variety of different forages to sustain and maintain their cow herds through the drought.There are a variety of resources available to help farmers and ranchers who are looking for, or trying to figure out how to use, different forages. General drought information is available at www.Nebraska.gov


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Forestry Program Provides Graduates for a Growing Industry
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- The first graduating class from a Northwoods forestry program will receive their diplomas this May, and most of them have job offers. It's a program that's taking the forest industry to another level. But it's not just about the trees. It's about jobs. "We're just trying to develop the best possible people for this industry that we can," said Brown. Northcentral Technical College's Wood Tech program is teaching future forest industry employees, right in Antigo. "The equipment that we have here on the floor, the curriculum that we teach here at NTC is very unique, and it is cutting edge. It's what employers are looking for when they're hiring new employees," said instructor Travis Allen. The forestry industry job market looks good too. With almost 60 thousand jobs in Wisconsin in 2011, compared to 52 thousand in 2010, according to the DNR. Oradei sees it as a sustainable job market too. "It's a very desirable industry to be involved with; you're always working with a renewable resource," said Oradei. Brown is happy to see business growing. "Business has picked up in the united states and worldwide, so it's getting a lot more fun," said Brown. Sixteen students in Travis Allen's class are hearing from employers too. "A week ago I had three different employers contact us for skilled employees, and the nice thing is our curriculum is covering exactly what they want to hire on," said Allen.
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Amgen pleads guilty, takes CIA in $762 million False Claims Act case
Amgen "marketed the spread" between the price practices pay for Aranesp and that patients pay as a means of driving sales—to the point of having speakers tell docs that they could make a million more each year by prescribing the Amgen anemia drug over its competitor, Procrit.
That was one of the revelations to come out of the company's $762 million settlement of a False Claims Act case, the biggest involving a biotech to date. Amgen pled guilty to illegally marketing Aranesp for off-label uses and will pay $150 million in criminal penalties for that sin. The company will pay another $612 million to resolve charges that it bilked the government by causing false claims to be submitted to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs for Aranesp as well as Enbrel and Neulasta. And it will enter a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement that the government said will "increase accountability of individuals and board members," as well as strengthen transparency and compliance.
The government built its case on testimony from and evidence gathered surreptitiously by whistleblowers—in particular, Milwaukee rep Jill Osiecki, who wore a wire to sales meetings at the behest of HHS investigators. Osiecki told the New York Times that when she joined the firm in 1990, it had "good science, good products, strong ethics," but that corporate culture changed for the worse around 2000, "when new management came in and Aranesp was approved, setting up a fierce marketing battle with Johnson & Johnson and its rival anemia drug, Procrit," the Times reported. That was the year that Kevin Sharer took over as CEO of the company. He was succeeded in that role, and subsequently as chairman, this year by Robert Bradaway, and is due to retire from the board of directors at the end of the year.
Osiecki told the Times that reps were instructed to make "homemade bread" presentations to docs, so that the spreadsheets couldn't be pinned on the company, and advised not to leave presentations behind after events. Disgusted, she contacted HHS's Office of the Inspector General in August 2004 to report these practices. HHS OIG asked her to wear a wire, and she did, letting the department monitor 13 events over the course of 15 months. She said she was fired in 2005 after revealing that she had held on to a potentially incriminating voice mail message.
"This sends a powerful message to pharma companies," said US Attorney for the Western District of Washington Jenny Durkan. "You must not put profits ahead of patients' health and doctors' trust. Drugs should be prescribed because they make people better, not because they make companies money. The coordination by our office, the US Attorney's offices in the Eastern District of New York and Massachusetts, and Main Justice shows that there is no corner of the country in which these actors can hide."In other False Claims Act settlement news, Sanofi will pay $109 million to settle charges that it plied docs with "lavish dinners" and samples of knee injection Hyalgan to get them to buy and write the drug. The company was also charged with counting samples as sales in average sales price reports for the product, thereby overcharging government programs for it.


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Before I introduce my holy grail products to you, I'd like to discuss the roller-coaster which is my skin. I have combination to oily skin which makes me prone to black heads, pimples, sebaceous cysts.. the whole crew basically. During my teen years I became very conscious of my skin, which was heightened by lack of self-esteem, an unfortunate side-effect to adolescence that most of us have to suffer. I was relentlessly sampling a scope of different products, none of which seemed to perform their job adequately. Eventually I resorted to concealing my hideous imperfections with concealer and loose powder, the powder unfortunately was only a very temporary relief, it would initially absorb the greasy moisture off my face, yet in return, by midday it would not only have worn away but resulted in my skin becoming even oilier. I would frequently break out and my blackheads began to invade a great portion of my face. To make matters worse, when I began to reside in the university dormitory, I was on a stable diet of carbs and dairy and processed meat. My skin immediately retaliated to this lifestyle and soon sebaceous cysts had infested the lower portion of my face and chin.
It took an awfully long time for it to dawn on me that I wasn't treating my skin as I ought to. We have a very fragile mutualistic relationship with our skin. The skin is like a mirror, it reflects our lifestyle choices.
Here are some tips that I have gathered from this tumultuous skin phase:
Do you have any intolerances or sensitivities?
Alongside my deteriorating skin, what encouraged me to take some drastic action was the frequent bloating in my abdominal region, it was painful and swollen, to the extent I thought I'd put on weight. At the beginning of this year, being a bit of a hypochondriac, I gained some insight about intolerances towards certain foods, then went on to voice my concerns to my mother (who is a doctor). I ceased eating gluten based products and sure enough my bloating stopped all together and my skin, slowly but surely became more radiant than it had been in years, many of blemishes and blackheads had reduced in number too! Intolerances and sensitivities can sometimes be overlooked because the symptoms are not always as conspicuous as an allergy may be.
Everything to a moderation
Despite the majority of pimples and blackheads haven reduced, my sebaceous cysts persisted. After some extensive reading I figured that, unsurprisingly, my dairy intake was excessive, being a Turk and all, a great portion of our diets include dairy. I found that once I had reduced my dairy consumption my cystic acne had vanished, it was like magic! Although, whenever I do go overboard with my chocomilk, the acne makes it's grand return!
Make-up can be a vicious cycle
I am utterly in awe of those who can wear make up to their hearts content yet not suffer any downsides. My personal relationship with make-up has been a very dependent one, in order to conceal my dull blemish infested skin, I took to wearing a small amount of make-up, the more frequently I wore it, the oilier and irritated my skin became. In order to compensate I would slather even more make up on until I found myself stuck in an inescapable vicious cycle. A second reason for the dependency is that one becomes so accustomed to seeing one's own features accentuated with the power of make up, that without it, you feel bare. At the start of this semester, I threw away the little make-up I had in my possession (the only thing remaining is my mascara). My skin originally had to endure a phase where it had to acclimatize to my immediate decision, it took a while however it became noticeable that my skin had restored and healed itself. In all fairness my skin has remained on the oily end of the spectrum, however nowhere near what it was formerly.
Without further ado, I would like to share both my morning and evening routine with you all. A mistake I made prior to my radical change was to only wash my face in the evening, which was far from sufficient for someone with combination skin... So here is my updated version:
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2) Cleansing and using a toner
Over the course of the day your skin is exposed to pollutants and emissions and all kinds of microbes, therefore in the evening I prefer to use a cleanser with gritty, exfoliating properties to it. Thereafter I use a toner to soothe and remove any impurities that may have remained on my skin. Last but not least I use a lotion which I blend thoroughly into my skin which provides moisture after the stripping of my facial oils.
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Pretty self-explanatory really, I tend to use this godsend product from Boots, which I pour onto a cotton round and dab lightly around my face. Word of caution, an excessive amount can cause the skin to become oily all over again!
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In the morning I usually wake up with a thin film of grease that has accumulated over the course of the night. This time I use a cleanser that is not as harsh as my evening routine exfoliating cleanser. I opt for something along the lines of this hydrating cleansing gel and rinse it off afterwards. Following this step, I tend to dab a tiny amount of the aforementioned rose water moisturiser on my face, just enough to restore the moisture that may have been lost.
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Higher Education Learning Plan now covers more than 500 online courses at ESC
Volunteer firefighters now can have up to 100 percent of their tuition costs for online courses at SUNY Empire State College's Center for Distance Learning funded by the Firemen's Association of the State of New York Higher Education Learning Plan.
"By partnering with Empire State College, we are ensuring that more of our volunteer firefighters have access to higher education while at the same time providing lifesaving services to their communities," said FASNY President James Burns. "Our HELP program has been an integral tool in recruiting and retaining new members. This new partnership will make our program even more robust."
"By including Empire State College in the HELP program, FASNY has dramatically expanded access for volunteer firefighters to earn an associate degree online," said Meg Benke, acting president of Empire State College. "Special thanks go to Jim Burns and his team at FASNY, college alumnus and former volunteer firefighter Richard Wishnie, Empire State College Professor Jim Savitt and the college's Office of Academic Affairs for their hard work in making this arrangement possible."
Launched in 2011, FASNY established the HELP program to assist volunteer fire departments in attracting and retaining more members. Under FASNY HELP, a student/volunteer firefighter who hasn't already achieved an associate's degree or higher will be eligible to have up to 100 percent of his/her tuition reimbursed in exchange for maintaining good grades and fulfilling service requirements as a member in good standing in one of New York's volunteer fire companies.
The program covers courses at all 29 SUNY community colleges throughout the state and has seen hundreds of students receive tuition reimbursement. FASNY HELP is made possible through a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. More information and an online application form are available here.
Founded in 1872, the Firemen's Association of the State of New York represents the interests of the more than 92,000 volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel in New York state. For more information, visit fasny.com or fireinyou.org.
SUNY Empire State College was established in 1971 to offer adult learners the opportunity to earn associate, bachelor's and master's degrees from the State University of New York.
In addition to awarding credit for prior college-level learning, the college pairs each student with a faculty mentor who supports that student throughout his or her college career.
The college offers more than 500 courses and complete degree programs online through its Center for Distance Learning. The college also educates students face to face at more than 35 locations in the state of New York. Its 66,000 alumni are active in their communities as entrepreneurs, politicians, business professionals, artists, nonprofit agency employees, teachers, veterans and active military, union members and more. More information about the college is available here.


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Governments must act on new UN Report to bring down the cost of medicines says Oxfam
Oxfam welcomed a groundbreaking new report on access to medicines published today by a High Level Panel of the United Nations and called for the UN to work with governments to implement its recommendations without delay.
Syria ceasefire: Russia and USA must ensure agreement leads to real halt of violence
In response to the nationwide ceasefire in Syria, Oxfam hopes it will provide a welcome respite for Syrian civilians who have faced unremitting violence and deliberate deprivation of aid. Russia and the USA must make sure their agreement translates to a real and lasting halt to violence in Syria, said the agency.
UN member states choose to fail millions searching for safety and dignity
The disappointing outcome document for the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants has today been adopted as a UNGA Resolution. It falls far short of what is needed to address the global displacement crisis or protect people on the move.
G20 needs to do more on inequality, climate and migration
"The G20 reiterated previous commitments to reduce inequality, boost the participation of women in work and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. The G20 said they would draw up a proper response to the refugee and migrant challenge next year, which is too late. The world needs urgent action now, not more words."
Oxfam praises joining of Paris climate agreement by China and US
Oxfam praised President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping for officially joining their countries to the Paris climate agreement today.
Deployment of armed forces in Western Sahara "deeply troubling"
The deployment of armed forces in southwestern Western Sahara by both Morocco and the Polisario Front described by the UN as the first ceasefire violation since 1991.
Apple ruling highlights how EU governments must do more to clean up murky corporate tax practices
The European Commission's decision on Ireland's sweetheart tax deal with Apple shows that some tax practises can be terribly damaging. In times where poverty in Europe has been rising, governments must not churn the chance to raise billions in corporate tax income for the benefit of their citizens.
Oxfam celebrates final peace agreement between Colombian government and FARC guerrilla group
After four years of peace talks, the Colombian government and FARC-EP guerrilla group have signed a final agreement in Havana, Cuba. This agreement puts an end to FARC as a guerrilla group and opens up the possibility for the definite end of more than 50 years of internal conflict.
Oxfam reaction to proposed ceasefire in Aleppo
In response to the proposed 48 hour ceasefire in Aleppo, Andy Baker, Oxfam's Syria Crisis Response manager said: "While the proposed ceasefire is welcome it must not be a one-off. Regular, sustained pauses in the conflict are necessary to deal with the scale of the suffering, devastation and destruction in the city."
Yemen airstrikes target main food supply route to Sanaa
Destruction of the key bridge from Yemen's main port to the capital Sanaa is hampering delivery of food, fuel and other essentials.


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Chair's ColumnBy David W. Hilgers, Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., Austin, TX
I was recently invited by our healthcare colleagues in the military to speak to a 2010 Health Law Conference of the Joint Department of Defense and MedCom in San Antonio. Major Joseph Topinka in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, who is a member of the Health Law Section, asked me to come and speak on the top issues facing health lawyers in 2010. It was a very enlightening experience.
First, I will have to say that our military counterparts are extraordinarily polite and hospitable. On arrival I was greeted, offered water, bags, pens, and materials of all sorts about the military. I was very generously introduced and amazingly, the audience was extremely attentive (which is unusual for my talks). No one got up to leave, no one was reading their BlackBerries, and the audience gave me a generous round of applause (which is also not my normal expectation). Finally, at the end of the talk I was given a commemorative medal reflecting my participation in the conference. It was a very nice experience.
In preparing my presentation, I was somewhat at a loss to determine what the healthcare lawyers in the military would find interesting about the topics that I could discuss. When I looked at the topics they were going to hear about, they included What's New in Military Health Law, Tri-Care Management Activity, Legal and Ethical Dilemmas and Informed Consent, Tort Claims Act Update, Joint Capital Medical Command Update, Disaster Operations Overseas, Current Issues in Medical Contracting, and Deployment Lessons, among others. They did have some familiar topics, such as Informed Consent, Bioethics Panel, and HIPAA Issues, but there was nothing about healthcare reform, Stark and anti-kickback, antitrust or restructuring of the provider industry. However, Major Topinka informed me that they did want to hear about the private sectors. That was a good thing, since that was all I could talk about.
Yet, as I gave the presentation, I was struck by the diversity of health law. The military has been living with the single payer system for a very long time. Many of their issues revolve around what is more like our disaster planning, rather than chronic illness. They discussed HIPAA in the context of "mass casualties." They discussed informed consent in the context of battlefield injuries. In other words, their healthcare world is dramatically different from the one most of us deal with.
There are other examples of healthcare practices that are quite different from what we consider mainstream; for example, Indian health, veterans health, or public health. There are lawyers who work for the CDC or NIH, which deal with other aspects of healthcare. It is an amazingly broad spectrum of issues, problems, fact situations, and circumstances.
It seems to me that it would be one of the goals of the Health Law Section to reach out to as many of those diverse areas as is possible, within the limits of our financial and staff resources. Linda Baumann, the incoming chair of the Section, has gotten a head start and is sending out a survey to all of the members of the Health Law Section asking for their thoughts on how we are doing and how we might improve. I would encourage all of you to respond to this survey because it will give the Section leadership a clearer understanding of what your needs are and how we can meet those needs. Particularly, if there are areas of law that we need to address, or initiatives that we need to begin, please let us know.
It doesn't take much thought to realize the breadth and depth of health law. It virtually can involve every other area of law that exists. For that reason, the Health Law Section needs to be vigilant in its efforts to bring the resources that the entire legal community needs in order to practice in the healthcare arena. We look forward to your response.
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Elmer Lee Yarbrough, 78, of Forsan, Texas, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with the Rev. Darren Weaver and Derrick Looney, officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, at the funeral home.He was born Dec. 28, 1934, in Stamford and married Loretta Turner Nov. 6, 1959, in Big Spring, Texas. Mr. Yarbrough was a long time resident of Howard County. He served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1959. Lee worked for Forsan Oil Company from 1959 to 1973. He then started his own business, Lee Yarbrough Contruction, retiring in March 2010. After retirement he continued to do contract pumping for various oil companies. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed his grandchildren. He was a Baptist.Survivors include his wife, Loretta Yarbrough of Forsan; three sons, Gerald Yarbrough and wife, Susie of Midland, Texas, Darrell Yarbrough and wife, Wanda of Colorado City, Texas, and Mark Yarbrough and wife, Tiffany of Big Spring; two sisters, LaVerne Dean and husband, A.J. and Barbara Morgan, all of Big Spring; two brothers, Preston Yarbrough and wife, Norma of Eastland, Texas, and Leslie Yarbrough and wife, Kathy of San Angelo, Texas; eight grandchildren, Sarah Yarbrough Rook, JoHanna Yarbrough, Morgan Yarbrough, Meagan Hensley, Stormy Emery, Rhonda Goddin, Walker Stendabach and Sabrina Melson; five great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, JoNelle McWhorter of Abilene and a brother-in-law, Gilbert Turner and wife, Claudia of Bangs, Texas.The family suggests memorials be made to Forsan Baptist Church, P.O. Box 234, Forsan, Texas 79733.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.comPaid obituary


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ImportBuddy is the tool that allows you to migrate or restore a site with BackupBuddy.
ImportBuddy Password
To use ImportBuddy, you'll first need to set a password. ImportBuddy requires this to protect unauthorized access to your site and backup files before you have finished restoring.
- This password is encoded inside your
importbuddy.phpfile when it is made, so:
- If you share this
importbuddy.phpfile to another for usage with a backup file you will need to provide the corresponding password.
- If you change the password will need to download a new copy of
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- To set your password, navigate to BackupBuddy > Settings and enter the password you'd like to use in the ImportBuddy & RepairBuddy password section.
- You can also set a password when you download ImportBuddy. If you set a password when downloading ImportBuddy, it overrides the password you created in your BackupBuddy Settings. If you leave the option blank, it will use the default password you created in your settings.
- An ImportBuddy password can also be set during the Quick Setup page after first installing BackupBuddy.
Accessing ImportBuddy
After setting your ImportBuddy password, there are two ways you can access ImportBuddy:
- Manually downloading and uploading to destination server
- Sending to destination from within BackupBuddy
Manually Downloading and Uploading to Destination Server
Manually Downloading ImportBuddy
- To download ImportBuddy, navigate to the Restore/Migrate page in BackupBuddy and click the Download ImportBuddy button. This will initiate the download of the ImportBuddy file.
- Save the file to your computer.
- You will next upload this file to your destination server to begin using it.
Uploading ImportBuddy to your destination server
- Decide on the FTP directory that you would like to migrate or restore the backup to (using an empty directory is best) that corresponds to the web URL you want your destination site to be at. For example, if you want your new site's URL to be "http://your.com/mybuddy/" then your server directory MIGHT be something like
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- Navigate to the
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Instead of downloading ImportBuddy, you can send ImportBuddy directly to the location of your migration/restoration.
- To send ImportBuddy to a destination, navigate to the Restore/Migrate page in BackupBuddy and click the Send ImportBuddy to a Destination.
- In the window that opens, you be given options for where to send the ImportBuddy file. You'll find a list of your current remote destinations and an option to create a new destination.
- Follow the steps for Manual Migration or Magic Migration.
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ImportBuddy automatically accounts for many server configurations and troubleshooting settings. However, when ImportBuddy cannot automatically account for some difficulty or cannot automatically assume to do so safely, you have the option to control server options and features which can aid with working around server problems or troubleshooting possible issues.
- Skip zip file extraction.
- If enabled then Step 2 of ImportBuddy will skip unzipping / extracting your backup ZIP file. You will need to manually unzip the file somehow, such as on your local system and then uploading all files, or with a server-side tool such as within your host's control panel file manager (if available).
- Wipe all database tables. - Use caution.
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- Skip import of database.
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- Skip migration of database.
- Useful if you only want to migrate the data in the already imported database (ie: You already imported a database or have an existing one and just need things like URLs and paths migrated.) Note: Your database will still be imported unless disabled above.
- Error Logging to importbuddy.txt
- Ignore SQL errors & hide them. Rarely used option for hiding error messages. This can be used if your server is reporting incorrect errors/warnings caused by misconfiguration and it's preventing you from continuing the restore.
- Skip migration of .htaccess file.
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- Force medium speed compatibility mode (ZipArchive).
- Bypass attempting to use command line zip. Rarely needed; troubleshooting.
- Force slow speed compatibility mode (PCLZip).
- Bypass both high speed mode and medium speed mode, falling back all the way to PCLZip (slow speed). Rarely needed; troubleshooting.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she will work on ensuring more is done to keep mentally ill people from getting access to guns.
The Republican governor tells The Albuquerque Journal in a statement that she will pursue a proposal during the legislative session next year that would require the state to provide information on people who have been found by a court to be mentally ill or have been committed to an institution.
Martinez responded to questions posed by the newspaper about gun control after last week's Connecticut school shooting that left 20 young students and six adults dead. The gunman also killed his mother and himself.
Asked about the suddenly renewed political push to increase gun restrictions in the United States, Martinez emphasized the need to better recognize and battle mental health problems to curb gun violence.
The New Mexico governor said a push is needed to ensure national criminal databases have updated information on an individual's mental health status that would be flagged in federal background checks before some gun sales.
Criminals and mentally ill people should never have access to guns, she said.
The state's next session of the Legislature convenes Jan. 15.
Martinez said state officials will have discussions about protecting school children by reviewing safety policies at schools.
The governor expressed sympathy for victims of the mass shooting.
"So many of the innocent victims who lost their lives were children -- an unspeakable horror for parents everywhere who send their kids to school and expect them to come home safely at the end of the day," the governor said. "The children, families, teachers and community members who are impacted by this violence are in all of our thoughts and prayers."
Martinez is a former district attorney and has had a concealed handgun permit. As a prosecutor and governor, she often has expressed special concern about violence against children.
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Laser Jam at Bridgeport Discovery Museum
If immersing "your senses in a multimedia extravaganza" sounds intriguing -- with the likes of Aerosmith, Queen, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles -- the new Laser Jam shows at Bridgeport's Discovery Museum might be just the ticket.
Billed as all-ages family shows, the "The Ultimate Laser Light Show Experience" will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings through May 26 in the 100-seat Henry duPont Planetarium with three different shows nightly.
Jeff Bishop, Discovery Museum executive director, said the music-light shows are designed to attract college students and others who might not normally visit the museum.
"Laser Jam enables the Discovery Museum to reach out to a different audience. It broadens our appeal to not only families with young children, but to teenagers and adults," Bishop said.
"It's also a great way to expand the use of our planetarium. Not only can it be used for scientific study, but also for entertainment."
Bishop pointed out that the Laser Jam series is a fundraiser for the museum, which specializes in science and technology exhibits for youngsters.
"A portion of funds raised through laser light shows are dedicated to the upkeep of the planetarium that is a vital part to the Discovery Museum," he said.
According to show creator, Realistic ReEnactments LLC/Dreamscape Laser and Lighting Productions, the shows utilize a "JBL sound system, four full-color animation lasers, high-definition projectors and specialty lighting and effects, all precisely choreographed to bring you an experience to remember."
Show producer Rich Evans wrote in an email interview that he had lived in Bridgeport for 25 years before moving to Seymour.
"But as I and a lot of my friends say, you can take me out of Bridgeport, but you can not take Bridgeport out of me!" and is devoted to supporting "the first museum I ever visited as a child.
"Over the years I have worked with the museum by designing family-oriented entertainment fundraisers" with the goals of increasing museum revenue, expanding its patron base and furthering the museum's science and technology mission, Evans said.
And Laser Jam -- which "combines music with color via projected animated fractal art and geometric abstract laser art" -- can do all three, he said.
"Laser Jam is designed as a unique exhibit for the Discovery Museum that involves many facets, but what is most important is that it is a new and exciting fun way to spend part of your weekend. ... If it is well attended, it is our commitment to come back in September with a whole new set of shows.
"With the support of patrons, we look forward to providing an ever-changing, affordable event for everyone to enjoy during these tough economic times while helping the Discovery Museum," while creating a new attraction for Bridgeport and the state of Connecticut," Evans wrote.
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10 p.m., Led Zeppelin -- A "fitting tribute to the group that has been called the Gods of Rock 'n' Roll."
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GPSolo Magazine - December 2005
Identity Theft: Crime du Jour
According to a Federal Trade Commission survey conducted by Synovate and released in September 2003, almost 10 million Americans (about 4.6 percent of the adult population) were victimized by identity theft in 2002—compared with 17 million in the preceding four years combined. The FTC survey indicates that the incidence was up by almost 41 percent over the previous year, and the resulting loss to the U.S. economy—including losses borne by victims, businesses, and financial institutions—reached $52.6 billion, or about 0.5 percent of GNP. At an individual level, the out-of-pocket loss averaged about $4,800, not including the value of time lost in attempting to repair the damage.
Identity theft occurs without discrimination. It can affect you without regard to your age, gender, race, or economic status. It can damage your credit, your employment opportunities, and your personal reputation. It is the fastest-growing crime in America, its growth driven in part by the involvement of organized crime operating both in the United States and abroad. Because it is easy to do, offers quick rewards (an average take of $17,000 in two days or less), and poses little risk of arrest, identity theft has become the crime du jour. You may think you are powerless to do anything about it, but there is much that you and your clients can do to protect yourselves.
What Is Identity Theft?
Identity theft typically occurs in one of two ways. The first, account takeover , refers to the theft of existing bank or credit account information and the use of that account to purchase products and services or to obtain cash (e.g., by using a debit or ATM card). If you are a victim of account takeover, you typically will learn of the crime when you review your account balance or, if your financial institution or credit card company automatically monitors accounts for fraudulent activity, when you get a telephone call to verify a transaction.
The second method, true identity theft, sometimes referred to as application fraud or true name fraud, involves the theft of a Social Security Number (SSN) or other identifying information (e.g., health insurance identification number, taxpayer identification number, school identification number, or state or federal driver's license number), which then is used to fraudulently open new accounts and obtain financial gain. The Federal Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 defines identity theft to include knowingly transferring or using, "without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid and abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable State or local law." According to Section 530.5 of the California Penal Code, even the acquisition, transfer, or retention of personal identifying information with the intent to defraud, but without actual use of the information, is a misdemeanor.
True identity theft is more difficult to detect than account takeover because victims may be unaware of it until the user of the stolen identity defaults and collection efforts are initiated—or, even worse, the victim is arrested for another crime committed by the person using the stolen identity.
According to the most recent reported data from the Identity Theft Data Clearinghouse, covering the period 2002 to 2004, most economic identity theft involves the use or creation of credit card accounts (28 percent of victims); utilities accounts, including wireless and land-line telephone service (19 percent of victims); and bank accounts (18 percent of victims).
How Is It Done?
Historically, picking pockets was the most common way of obtaining the personal identifying information contained in a wallet or purse. Today, anyplace that personal identifying information may be found is vulnerable. Contrary to conventional wisdom, however, most thefts of personal identifying information occur offline. Some of the favorite methods are:
- Dumpster diving—going through your trash for any documents containing personal identifying information. Even a strip shredder offers little protection against dumpster divers: Identity thieves often supply metham- phetamine addicts with free drugs in exchange for their painstaking labor to reconstruct documents from the strips.
- Stealing incoming postal mail from unlocked mailboxes—especially those mounted on a roadside or curbside post—to obtain pre-approved credit offers, newly issued credit cards, utility bills, bank and credit card statements, investment reports, insurance statements, benefits documents, and tax information.
- Fraudulently accessing credit files by posing as a loan officer, employer, or landlord.
- Distilling personal identifying information from personnel, customer, client, or patient files in the workplace, whether by outright theft, bribing an employee who has access to these records, conning information out of employees, or hacking into electronic records.
- Shoulder surfing (i.e., simply sneaking a look behind the victim's back) at ATMs and public telephones to capture PINs.
- Capturing credit or debit card information using a pocket swiper or a device surreptitiously installed at a public ATM—a practice known as "skimming."
- Harvesting personal identifying information from online sources, such as public records and fee-based information sites.
More recently, phishing and pharming have become popular ways to obtain personal identifying information directly from victims via e-mail and online (for more on these scams, see the article "Phishing, Pharming, and Other Scams" on page 26).
Creativity abounds among identity thieves. Here are just two examples, taken from Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully's keynote address at the March 1, 2005, Governor's Summit on Identity Theft Solutions: Locking Up the Evil Twin (available online at www.idtheftsummit.ca.gov/2005_report.pdf):
In mid-February 2005, ChoicePoint, a leading compiler of credit and financial data for use by businesses, disclosed that it had unknowingly sold 140,000 individual consumers' background records to a group of con men running phony front companies. The front companies themselves had been set up with stolen IDs.
Even this scam pales in comparison to that devised by Abraham Abdallah, a master identity thief from New York. According to District Attorney Scully, Abdullah posed as an executive for Sprint when he contacted a private detective firm in Texas. He said he needed someone to do background checks on Sprint customers. He asked for the firm's rates and their private investigation license. Hoping to do business for Sprint, they sent him the information. He used it to pose as a private investigator, and set up his own account with an online database firm that specialized in financial checks for PIs. For only $300 per month, he got unlimited access to names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. From there, he could pick and choose the victims whose identities—and money—he would steal. He thought big, targeting the Fortune magazine list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. When he was finally caught, he had stolen over $80 million, had bought a credit card manufacturing machine for $25,000 to make his own credit cards, and was in the process of creating his own off-shore bank, chartered in an African country, where he could launder money and cut off any audit trail.
The lesson we lawyers can learn from these examples is that we must verify the identity of our prospective clients (including the principals of entities), taking nothing at face value. Failure to do so could give rise to liability as an aider and abettor.
How Do You Protect Yourself?
Two-thirds of American Express cardmembers in a recent survey understood that their Social Security Number was the key to stealing their identity, but nearly half of those same people were carrying their Social Security cards in their wallets. Obviously, although you cannot prevent every theft of personal identifying information, you can significantly reduce your risk in a number of ways. First, observe the "Three-S Rule": secure, study, and shred.
Secure. Do not disclose personal identifying information unnecessarily, especially your SSN. Practice safe Internet usage by avoiding attachments to e-mail from unknown writers, as well as "convenience software" that may surreptitiously download "malware" (viruses, spyware, worms, etc.) to your system to harvest information. Install and maintain appropriate security (firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware) software on your individual computers and enterprise-grade versions of that software on your servers.
Study. Monitor all account statements and credit bureau reports, and periodically check other files, such as DMV records, containing any of your personal identifying information. Each of the major consumer credit bureaus (TransUnion, at www.truecredit.com; Experian at www.experian.com; and Equifax at www.equifax.com) offers triple-bureau credit monitoring to alert you of any change in your credit files at each of the three bureaus, and a subscription typically includes a three-bureau credit report to provide a baseline against which to judge the results of your monitoring.
Under the FACTA amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, you also can obtain a free copy of your credit report once a year from each of the three bureaus. A single website—www.annualcreditreport.com—has been established to facilitate the ordering and delivery of these statutorily mandated free reports.
Most commentators recommend that you obtain only one free report every four months, each from a different bureau, rather than all three at once. Fair Isaac Corporation (www.myfico.com) also offers monitoring of more than 400 other data sources for signs of identity theft, although bundled with other products and services. Review your Social Security Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimate Statement each year to check for fraud.
Shred. All discarded personal information should be shredded, preferably using a confetti shredder.
Now, get smarter. You should also change your personal habits, mindful of the following criteria:
1. Know your personal information—and your vulnerabilities. Protect the information that identity thieves want more than anything else:
- your SSN
- your driver's license
- your credit card information
- your bank account information
- your mother's maiden name
- your home address and phone numbers
- any other information that helps an imposter pretend to be you
In particular, keep your SSN and your driver's license number off your checks and do not allow merchants to write either of them on your checks. Do not furnish your SSN on employment applications. If a prospective employer requires your SSN and satisfies you as to the pre-employment reason for having it, provide it on a Form W-9 for the prospective employer to keep securely, separate from the application.
2. Reduce your exposure. Here are a few suggestions, and I am sure you can think of more that are unique to your own circumstances:
- Carry with you only that personal identifying information you require at the time, and keep it on your person.
- Never release your personal identifying information over the telephone, over the Internet, or by mail unless you have a trusted business relationship with the company and you have initiated the contact.
- Pick up new checks at your bank branch or have them mailed to a secure location, such as your office or a P.O. box.
- Never leave your outgoing mail in your mailbox for the postal carrier to pick up—always deposit your outgoing mail in a secure post office mailbox, preferably one inside a post office.
- Have your incoming mail delivered to a secure location—either a reinforced locked mailbox if outside your residence or through a mail slot into the interior of your residence.
- If you are away from home on an extended trip, either have your mail held at the post office or have a trusted friend or neighbor pick it up and hold it for you.
- When creating passwords and PINs, never use the last four digits of your SSN, your mother's maiden name, your birth date, your middle name, your pet's name, consecutive numbers, or anything else that could easily be discovered or guessed by thieves. Whenever possible, use "strong" passwords and PINs—character strings consisting of different letters (in different cases), numbers, and other characters—and change them on a regular schedule. And never keep them somewhere they can be lost or stolen (such as a wallet or PDA), unless you store them electronically in an encrypted file on a password-protected or other access-protected device.
- Keep sensitive documents, as well as documents containing personal identifying information, under lock and key—whether in your home or in your office.
- Always conduct online financial transactions over a secure link in your browser.
- Install a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to, as well as unauthorized transmissions from, your computers at home, at work, and on the road.
- Make sure your credit and debit card receipts do not show the full account number. If they do, ink out all but the last four digits.
- Do not leave your copy of your credit and debit card receipts in the shopping bags. Put them in your wallet until you get home or back to the office, and then file them as appropriate. Do the same with your ATM receipts.
3. Make your sensitive data useless to identity thieves. For example:
- If at all possible, any data that you transmit or store in digital form should be encrypted using the strongest possible encryption available to you and the person with whom you are sharing it.
- Always shred anything containing personal identifying information.
- When disposing of a computer, make sure the hard disks and any other data storage media are unreadable. Either use a "wipe" program strong enough to meet Department of Defense specifications for the erasure of classified information or remove and physically destroy the hard disks. Shred floppy diskettes, CDs, and DVDs using a heavy-duty shredder. Break apart the 1.2 MB "floppy" diskettes, throw away the plastic sleeves, and shred the Mylar media they contain.
4. Act fast if trouble strikes. If you are the victim of identity theft (or reasonably believe that you are), time is of the essence. Assess the situation quickly, preferably with the guidance of someone who knows this complex terrain and is committed to seeing you through the whole process. Then determine what needs to be done and begin reclaiming your identity.
How Do You Reclaim Your Identity?
In reclaiming your identity, you have two options—either avail yourself of the services of a professional identity theft restoration service, or do it yourself. Many large insurance carriers—including MetLife Auto & Home, Fireman's Fund, One Beacon, and Liberty Mutual, among others—now are offering identity theft restoration services as part of their property and casualty insurance coverage. Check your policy for further details. Similarly, some financial institutions—predominantly credit unions—are offering identity theft restoration services to some, if not all, of their customers. Similarly, larger employers— sensitive to the time, effort, and dislocation involved in resolving an identity theft—are beginning to offer these services as a benefit to their employees. Even if you do not have such a benefit already available to you, you can contract with an identity theft resolution service provider—typically for a reasonable flat fee—to work with you to get you back to the status quo ante.
If you decide to go it alone, or if your client decides to use your services instead of those of a professional identity theft resolution service provider, checklists and guidelines are available on the Internet. For example, Identity Theft 911 offers Understanding Identity Theft Part II—Reclaiming Your Identity and Understanding Identity Theft Part III—Emotional Considerations as part of its consumer education library (www.identitytheft911.org/articles/articles.htm). The Federal Trade Commission offers Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft (www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm), a comprehensive checklist of actions to take, including forms to use for tracking actions and results. Additional information also is available at the FTC's other consumer- oriented website, www.consumer.gov/idtheft/con_steps.htm.
What Else Should You Do?
As lawyers, we understand our traditional obligations to maintain inviolate, at all risk to ourselves, the secrets and confidences of our clients. Historically, however, we have not understood that obligation to extend to personal identifying information, even though we often collect and maintain a lot of that information in connection with our practices—particularly in the areas of divorce, estate planning, and probate. California took the lead in mandating the disclosure to affected persons, by any "person or business that conducts business in California and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information [as defined in the statute]" of any resident of California, of any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach that resulted in, or reasonably is believed to have resulted in, the acquisition of that data by an unauthorized person (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.82(a)). Numerous other states have joined California in requiring disclosure and enhanced data security, and Congress is contemplating the issue with bills introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Arlen Specter.
As the issue is under an ever-brighter spotlight at the state and federal level, prudence dictates that we treat our clients' and our employees' unencrypted personal identifying information (including the unencrypted information contained in paper files and loose documents) with even greater care than we safeguard our clients' "secrets and confidences." To do so, any personal identifying information should be segregated and secured, and access to it should be limited to those who have an actual need to know it.
Identity theft is a scourge on our society. It can result from carelessness or indifference, but it also may occur despite our best precautions. If we store personal identifying information digitally and keep it encrypted at the office, we must ensure that it stays encrypted when it leaves the office. If we maintain personal identifying information in unencrypted form (such as on paper), we must avoid leaving it lying around, never just throw it out with the trash, and ensure that our personnel act with equal diligence.
None of us want to share the experience of Blockbuster, which abandoned clear plastic garbage bags containing hundreds of customer account applications in plain sight outside a closed store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. As reported in the New York Daily News on October 9, 2005, the applications contained customer names, dates of birth, credit card numbers and expiration dates, addresses and phone numbers, and other sensitive personal information, and many also included the applicant's Social Security Number. When the garbage bags broke, the sensitive documents, described by the New York Daily News as a "fraud gold mine," lay scattered across the busy Manhattan sidewalk.
We all must exercise our best efforts to protect ourselves and our clients against the risk of victimization. We can educate ourselves and our clients to be proactive. By doing so, we all will reduce the risk of experiencing the dislocations of this crime.
J. Anthony Vittal is general counsel of Credit.Com, Inc., in San Francisco, California. He speaks and writes frequently on legal technology topics and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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President Bush signed a massive mortgage relief bill that will help hundreds of thousands of homeowners refinance their unaffordable mortgages into fixed rate government backed loans rather than lose their homes to foreclosure. The bill also put tighter reigns on Freddie and Fannie, says the Associated Press.
Bush had originally threatened to veto the bill over the inclusion of $3.9 billion in "neighborhood grants" which he claimed would benefit the lenders who caused the mortgage meltdown, but relented as the credit crisis deepened.
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