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National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998 (ICPSR 2934)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) series measures the prevalence and correlates of drug use in the United States. The surveys are designed to provide quarterly, as well as annual, estimates. Information is provided on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco among members of United States households aged 12 and older. Questions include age at first use as well as lifetime, annual, and past-month usage for the following drug classes: marijuana, cocaine (and crack), hallucinogens, heroin, inhalants, alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs, including psychotherapeutics. Respondents were also asked about personal and family income sources and amounts, substance abuse treatment history, illegal activities, problems resulting from the use of drugs, need for treatment for drug or alcohol use, criminal record, and needle-sharing. Questions on mental health and access to care, which were introduced in the 1994-B questionnaire (see NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG ABUSE, 1994 [ICPSR 6949]), were retained in this administration of the survey. Also retained was the section on risk/availability of drugs that was reintroduced in 1996, and sections on driving behavior and personal behavior were added (see NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG ABUSE, 1996 [ICPSR 2391]). The 1997 questionnaire (NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG ABUSE, 1997 [ICPSR 2755]) introduced new items that the 1998 NHSDA continued on cigar smoking, people who were present when respondents used marijuana or cocaine for the first time (if applicable), reasons for using these two drugs the first time, reasons for using these two drugs in the past year, reasons for discontinuing use of these two drugs (for lifetime but not past-year users), and reasons respondents never used these two drugs. Both the 1997 and 1998 NHSDAs had a series of questions that were asked only of respondents aged 12 to 17. These items covered a variety of topics that may be associated with substance use and related behaviors, such as exposure to substance abuse prevention and education programs, gang involvement, relationship with parents, and substance use by friends. Demographic data include gender, race, age, ethnicity, marital status, educational level, job status, income level, veteran status, and current household composition.
Series: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Series
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Study Description
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998. ICPSR02934-v4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-05-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02934.v4
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02934.v4
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies (283-97-9007)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, amphetamines, barbiturates, cocaine, demographic characteristics, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, hallucinogens, health care, health insurance, heroin, households, inhalants, marijuana, mental health, mental health services, methamphetamine, prescription drugs, sedatives, smoking, stimulants, substance abuse, substance abuse treatment, tobacco use, tranquilizers, youths
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1998
- 1998
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: The civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 and older, including residents of noninstitutional group quarters such as college dormitories, group homes, shelters, rooming houses, and civilians dwelling on military installations.
Data were collected and prepared for release by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC.
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse questionnaire and estimation methodology changed with the implementation of the 1994-B survey. Therefore, estimates produced from the 1998 survey are not comparable to those produced from the 1994-A and earlier surveys.
This version of the 1998 NHSDA public release file does not contain data collected on the Parenting Experiences answer sheet (#21) or the questionnaire roster (QD-47) contained in the "Non-Core" Demographics section, nor does this file include various recoded variables that are typically created from the roster data and have been included in past public release files. All the necessary processing of these data and weight calculations for use of these data had not been completed by the data producers at the time of the data deposit. The data producers anticipate release at a later date of an updated version of the 1998 NHSDA public use file, containing additional questionnaire data, variables derived using these data, and additional weights.
For selected variables, statistical imputation was performed following logical imputation to replace missing responses. These variables are identified in the codebook as "...LOGICALLY IMPUTED" and "...imputed" for the logical procedure or by the designation "IMPUTATION-REVISED" in the variable label when the statistical procedure was also performed. The names of statistically imputed variables begin with the letters "IR". For each imputation-revised variable there is a corresponding imputation indicator variable that indicates whether a case's value on the variable resulted from an interview response or was imputed by the hot-deck technique. Hot-deck imputation is described in the codebook.
The "basic sampling weights" are equal to the inverse of the probabilities of selection of sample respondents. To obtain "final NHSDA weights," the basic weights were adjusted to take into account dwelling unit-level and individual-level nonresponse and then further adjusted to ensure consistency with intercensal population projections from the United States Bureau of the Census.
To protect the privacy of respondents, all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been encrypted or collapsed in the public use file. These modifications should not affect analytic uses of the public use file.
Users who wish to replicate results published in the NHSDA Main Findings Report or other SAMHSA reports should use the 1998 NHSDA imputed data for prevalence estimates rather than raw data from the questionnaire or drug answer sheets.
For some drugs that have multiple names, questions regarding the use of that drug may be asked for each distinct name. For example, even though methamphetamine, methedrine and desoxyn are the same drug, their use was measured in three separate variables.
Sample: Multistage area probability sample design involving five selection stages: (1) primary sampling unit (PSU) areas (e.g., counties), (2) subareas within primary areas (e.g., blocks or block groups), (3) listing units within subareas, (4) age domains within sampled listing units, and (5) eligible individuals within sampled age domains. The 1998 NHSDA used the same 115 PSUs selected for the 1995 through 1997 NHSDAs, 6 supplemental PSUs from Arizona and California, and an additional 16 noncertainty PSUs from 13 purposely selected states. The 115 PSUs were selected to represent the nation's total eligible population, including areas of high Hispanic concentration. These PSUs were defined as metropolitan areas, counties, groups of counties, Census tracts, and independent cities. Of the 115 PSUs, 43 were selected with certainty and 72 were randomly selected with probability proportional to size (PPS). The national sample was supplemented by a PPS selection of four noncertainty PSUs from Arizona plus two noncertainty PSUs from California. The additional 16 noncertainty PSUs were added in States with a small sample size to increase the reliability of estimates. Because the national sample provided representation for certainty PSUs in each state, no additional certainty PSUs were added to either sample. The 1998 NHSDA used all available segments that had adequate listing units from the 1997 NHSDA. Only 24 percent of the 1998 sample, or 640 segments, consisted of a new segment sample selected for the 1998 NHSDA. The remaining 76 percent, or 2,030 segments, overlapped with the 1997 survey year. The five age groups were: ages 12-17, 18-25, 26-34, 35-49, and 50 and older. The three race/ethnic groups were: whites/others, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics. Blacks and Hispanics were oversampled in the 115 PSUs that comprised the national study component. There was no oversampling of Hispanics in the Arizona/California supplement because each state's Hispanic allocation in the national study component was large enough to satisfy state-level precision requirements. Consequently, the three racial/ethnic groups were sampled in the supplement so that the combined national study and supplemental samples would result in a proportionally allocated sample.
Mode of Data Collection: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), self-enumerated questionnaire
Response Rates: The study yielded an 85.4 percent completion rate for screening sample households and 93.0 percent for screening eligible households. The interview response rates for the three racial/ethnic groups were: 74.1 percent for whites/others, 79.7 percent for Blacks, and 80.5 percent for Hispanics. The overall unweighted interview response rate was 77 percent. A completed interview had to contain, at a minimum, data on the recency of use of marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Created online analysis version with question text.
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Restrictions: Users are reminded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that these data are to be used solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information and not for the investigation of specific individuals or treatment facilities.
Original ICPSR Release: 2000-06-21
- 2013-05-06 Data collection instrument released.
- 2008-04-25 New files were added. These files included one or more of the following: Stata setup, SAS transport (CPORT), SPSS system, Stata system, SAS supplemental syntax, and Stata supplemental syntax files, and tab-delimited ASCII data file.
- 2000-08-04 Erroneous codes for missing values were deleted for the variable IRAGE2 in the SAS and SPSS setup files.
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Now that
Verizon has the upcoming iPhone 4 to tout, along with the
next wave of top-tier Android phones and first LTE-enabled 4G devices, the company has done away
with a perk that could have helped some customers pay for said devices. Verizon
has confirmed (via SmartMoney) that as of Sunday,
January 16, its New Every Two and early upgrade policy will no longer be
available to new customers.
The New Every Two program offered customers $30
to $100 toward the purchase of a new phone every two years. Current customers
will be able to use this discount one more time within 6 months of reaching 20
months into their contracts. New customers will not be offered the perk.
Verizon's early upgrade program -- perhaps even more attractive than New Every
Two -- offered "new-customer" pricing on devices 13 months into their contract.
Customers will now have to wait a full 20 months before they are offered the
upgrade price.
"The longer you can get customers to go between upgrading their phones,
the stronger the profitability for the carrier," Michael Hodel, an analyst
for Morningstar, told SmartMoney. As evidence, Hodel points to last
year's iPhone 4 release, when AT&T allowed many subscribers to upgrade
early, sometimes even waiving the $18 fee. This resulted in shrinking profit
margins for the carrier.
Verizon, on the other hand, can count on a number of AT&T iPhone users to
jump ship for its CDMA version of the device -- without having to offer much
extra incentive.

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Sobering Statistics
Newly minted law school grads don't just have each other to fight for jobs. According to a new employment report from the National Association for Placement, a sizeable percentage of graduates from the class of 2012 still hadn't found jobs nine months after leaving their alma maters. Alums who did find jobs, however, saw their starting salaries jump from the previous year.
12.8% Unemployment rate among 2012 grads as of mid-February, up 0.7 percent from stats for the class of 2011
58% Graduates who have held full-time jobs requiring bar passage for more than a year, up 2 percent from last year
$61,245 National median salary for new graduates, up more than $1,000 from last year
Hiring Hopes
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for unemployed law school grads, though. A new survey courtesy of Robert Half Legal shows that a significant percentage of law firms and corporate legal departments plan to expand in the second half of 2013.
These planned staffing increases are at least partially driven by an increase in litigation work, although employers anticipate difficulties finding lawyers with the necessary skills.
31% Lawyers surveyed who said that their law firm or company plans to add new positions
50% Respondents who said they plan to maintain staff levels by filling empty positions
2% Companies and law firms that plan to reduce the number of jobs
55% Respondents who expect litigation activity to fuel hiring
53% Respondents who reported difficulty finding skilled legal professionals
Litigation Leap
Patent lawyers could find themselves in high demand in upcoming years, if the 2013 Patent Litigation Study from PricewaterhouseCoopers is any indication. According to the study, the number of patent litigation filings jumped significantly in 2012—along with the number of damages awards totaling more than $1 billion.
Part of that increase is attributable to a portion of the America Invents Act that limits the number of defendants that can be included in a single suit. Non-practicing entities, also known as patent trolls, were responsible for more than half of 2012's patent suits.
5,189 Patent litigation filings in 2012
29% Increase in these filings between 2011 and 2012
3 Total cases with damages awards exceeding $1 billion prior to 2012
3 Cases with damages awards of more than $1 billion in 2012 alone
Rising Rates
Slow and steady does it for law firms emerging from the recession. A joint report from Ceb and TyMetrix shows that law firm rates increased between 2011 to 2012, even managing to outpace inflation. The increase didn't quite match up to the jump law firms saw between 2007 and 2008, but it was comparable to the increase between 2010 and 2011.
The lucky practice group experiencing the largest rate jump in the past three years? Real estate lawyers.
4.8% Increase in law firm lawyers' hourly rates between 2011 and 2012
8.2% Increase in those rates from 2007 to 2008
8.1% Increase in billing rates for real estate lawyers over the past three years
4.9% Increase in rates for law firm partners
Merger Metrics
M&A activity this year hasn't quite lived up to expectations, and Deloitte may have an explanation. The firm's fourth annual Corporate Development survey shows that just one-quarter of executives are very confident that the financial forecasts they use to support M&A decision are accurate. The survey results demonstrate the uncertainty of the M&A field and the difficulty predicting the success of deals, Deloitte reports.
Respondents continue to predict an increase in mergers and acquisitions activity, and many reported using social media for M&A deals.
75% Respondents who think they could improve the accuracy of their deal analyses, but are not sure how
43% Respondents who cannot see any pattern in their forecasting mistakes
34% Respondents who use social media for mergers and acquisitions
56% Executives who think that social media can help to identify M&A targets


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Even though many consumer markets have struggled the past few months, market research indicates the high-definition TV market continues to thrive, with Q1 sales numbers increasing 17 percent up to 7.8 million units sold.
"Amid the current economic downturn, a new wave of cocooning has hit, with recession-wary U.S. consumers eschewing travel, staying home and watching their televisions," said Joe Abelson, iSuppli VP of displays. "However, they still are finding enough money to buy new flat-panel sets that offer superior pictures and larger sizes."
Many consumers are targeting cheaper TVs made by value brands, with HDTV adoption rates expected to continue to increase. Around 70 percent of all TV purchases were valued at $1,000 or less, a seven percent increase from the same time in 2008.
"Despite the current economic climate, HD is on course to becoming the benchmark in television viewing," Nielsen researchers said. "As prices of HDTVs continue to fall and circumstances such as the Digital Television Transition create opportunities to further promote HD sets and services, HDTV will gain a greater foothold in U.S. television homes."
Research published at the end of last year by Nielsen indicated HDTV penetration was the highest in Washington D.C., Boston and New York City, with sporting events from the NFL and NBA still the most popular HDTV programs. At the end of last year, 23.2 percent -- around 26 million U.S. homes -- had at least one HDTV.
An increasing number of content providers are rolling out HD channels, with at least one channel, HDNet, designed specifically to handle a variety of sports programming and other content available in HD only.
Furthermore, standalone Blu-ray player sales also increased due to falling prices of the players, movies and HDTVs, the NPD Group said in a statement published a few weeks ago. A living room with a Blu-ray player and HDTV is a combination expected to help get consumers to watch more movies and HD content while avoiding other leisure activities.


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Jeter disappointed to miss Opening Day
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
TAMPA, Fla. -- Derek Jeter said on Tuesday that it will be "disappointing" to begin the season on the disabled list, and he has accepted the reality that he will miss his first Opening Day start for the Yankees since 2001.
"Pretty much, that looks like what's going to happen," Jeter said. "I've told you guys all along my goal was to be ready on Opening Day, and I didn't reach it. Yeah, it's disappointing."
Jeter felt soreness in his surgically repaired left ankle after grounding out in four Minor League at-bats as a designated hitter on Saturday. He said that he would receive more treatment at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Tuesday and does not know when he will be back on the diamond.
"It's disappointing I won't be ready on Opening Day," Jeter said. "The big picture is, I'll be ready. I just didn't make the Opening Day goal."
Jeter has been in 16 of the Yankees' past 17 Opening Day lineups, missing only the 2001 opener, when Luis Sojo filled in while Jeter was on the disabled list with a quadriceps injury. Once Jeter is retroactively assigned to the DL, the first date he will be eligible to play is April 6 in Detroit.
Jeter said that he does not want to circle any dates on the calendar, but the Yankees have said that they will not activate Jeter unless he proves that he can play nine innings of shortstop on consecutive days. He has played no more than five innings in any game this spring.
"As hard as it is sometimes, you have to try to look at the big picture," Jeter said. "My goal was to be ready Opening Day, but the goal also is to be ready for the season. I pushed it to try to get to Opening Day and it didn't work out, but I still have to be ready for the majority of the season."
Jeter said that the past two days of rest have helped the soreness in his ankle and that, five months after surgery, he has been told that what he is experiencing should be considered normal.
"I heard from the doc yesterday; it's supposed to happen," Jeter said. "Some things, you can't control. Everyone talks about a setback; it's a setback for Opening Day, but it's not a setback in terms of the recovery process because that's what is supposed to happen."
Jeter said that the events have "not at all" changed his belief that he can play shortstop regularly this season. While he would like to be in New York to be present for the April 1 opener against the Red Sox, it is likely that Jeter will instead remain behind in Tampa to continue his rehab.
"Whatever gets me ready to play the soonest," Jeter said. "If it calls for me to be here to do stuff to get ready to play sooner, I will stay here and get ready to play sooner."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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At one point, many internet users first came online using AOL. The ISP was the largest and most popular around thanks in part to the fact that the CDs multiplied like rabbits and could be found virtually anywhere.
AOL is a mere shadow of its former self thanks to cable and phone companies offering many consumers much faster broadband access compared to the slow and near useless dialup connection that AOL still pushes. Still, AOL has a large number of subscribers to its legacy dial-up service.
The AOL Time Warner merger in 2000 was hailed at the time as a deal that would make the new company into the largest media firm in the world. The merger ultimately failed to perform, Time Warner found it was forced to take multiple write-downs as the shrinking dialup user base that powered AOL dried up, and the AOL assets dropped in value.
In 2005, Reuters reports that the market value of AOL was pegged at about $20 billion when Google bought a 5% stake in the ISP. Earlier this year, AOL was estimated to be worth $5.5 billion. Time Warner has announced that it will purchase back the stake that Google owns in AOL and then spin the company off into a separate entity.
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said, "We believe that a separation will be the best outcome for both Time Warner and AOL. The separation will be another critical step in the reshaping of Time Warner that we started at the beginning of last year, enabling us to focus to an even greater degree on our core content businesses."
This isn't the first attempt by Time Warner to turn AOL, its worst performing unit, around. AOL was split into two units previously with one unit focusing on the audience and advertising and the other focusing on the dial-up subscribers AOL still serves.
Market Watch reports that AOL will be an independent and publicly traded company and 100% of the company will be spun off to its shareholders. On news of the spinoff, Time Warner shares gained five cents to $23.05 in morning trading.
Bewkes said that the spinoff would allow Time Warner to "focus to an even greater degree" on its core business assets. Those assets include its content business of TV and film production and its cable networks. When AOL purchased Time Warner in 2000, it paid $106 billion for the purchase. After the dot com bubble burst, the stock value fell in January 2000 to $71, and by July of 2003, the stock price was $8.70.
Time Warner hired new AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to prepare the company for spinoff and to find other ways to improve the business.
Armstrong said at the time, "The culmination of the 100-day process will end in Dulles [AOL's ancestral headquarters] with an all-hands meeting in mid-July. At that meeting, we'll review the feedback we've received -- both internal and external. ... Most importantly, we will set a course and focus all of our resources to make that course a success."


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Seeing A's as a fluke would be a mistake
By Richard Justice / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- What do the Oakland Athletics do for an encore? Actually, that may be the wrong question. Is an encore even possible for a team that rode waves of youth and energy into the playoffs in a 2012 season in which so little was expected of them? Can anything these players do in their careers be as much fun as that wild ride in which a team picked to finish last climbed atop the American League West for the first time by winning the 162nd game of the regular season?
It was a season of shaving-cream pies and bear hugs and believing in one another when almost no one else gave them a second thought. Somewhere hidden amid their success, the A's reminded all of us about the importance of teamwork and relentless effort and shutting out the noise.
"It was a blast," outfielder Josh Reddick said. "It's the most fun I've had in baseball. What we did that last week was unbelievable. It was a very exciting moment to be part of."
There are similar feelings in every corner of the A's spring clubhouse, a determination to do it all again, but also a pride in having already accomplished something almost no one on the outside thought possible. On the first day of Spring Training last year, manager Bob Melvin told his team that they simply wouldn't accept losing and that they had to sweat the small stuff and remain resilient through the tough times.
"The biggest thing is that this is a kid's game -- we rode that attitude," third baseman Josh Donaldson said. "We had fun. We played the game the right way. We went hard for all 162. Being here the last few days, I feel the energy is the same. Everybody is excited about to be back."
When the season finally ended with a Game 5 AL Division Series loss to Justin Verlander and the Tigers, Melvin said that one thing stood out.
"The effort every day," he said. "I told 'em on day one of Spring Training, 'We need to push. It has to be 27 hard outs.' We kept coming, and I think teams felt it."
His boss certainly felt it.
"It was my most enjoyable season," general manager Billy Beane said. "When you see the highlights and video, it hits you all over again."
Looking back on it, Beane said that the low expectations ended up being an advantage.
"We were having a lot of fun before anyone noticed us," he said. "We didn't have to deal with all the things that come along with success during the season. The expectations created a nice buffer for us."
Still, it would be a mistake to see them as a fluke. By the end of Spring Training 2012, they knew they had the kind of pitching depth a lot of other teams would love to have. Their offense would be a work in progress as Melvin mixed and matched the various pieces, but they knew they had a chance to be good.
"I never bought into us sneaking up on anyone," Beane said. "You don't play 162 games and sneak up on anyone. I think teams around the league respected us early on."
It was a fascinating roster as injuries and slumps prompted Beane to shuffle and reshuffle the names. The A's used 10 starting pitchers, and Melvin started five catchers, eight first basemen and seven left fielders.
Donaldson started games at third and catcher. Shortstop Cliff Pennington shifted to second base. Outfielder Brandon Moss played some games at first. The A's didn't clear .500 for good until the 85th game of the season, but they finished on a 52-25 sprint and made up a five-game deficit in the final 10 days of the regular season. They led the Major Leagues in home runs after the All-Star break.
"We just let the talent take over," closer Grant Balfour said. "As we won, the confidence built. When you've got confidence, you can be pretty good."
Their strength was starting pitching. Even after ace Brandon McCarthy's season ended with a line drive off his head and Bartolo Colon was suspended for performance-enhancing drugs and Brett Anderson missed most of the season because of injuries, the A's kept running quality arms to the mound -- Tommy Milone and Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin and others.
Almost all those pitchers -- McCarthy signed with the D-backs -- likely will still be the strength of the A's in 2013, and their best hope for another magical ride. Left fielder Yoenis Cespedes will attempt to build on a 23-homer rookie season, and Beane believes that he's upgraded at catcher (John Jaso), outfield (Chris Young) and shortstop (Hiroyuki Nakajima and Jed Lowrie).
Melvin will again be shifting players to take advantage of matchups, and although the Angels and Rangers have gotten more of the attention, the A's believe they'll be competitive again.
"We're sort of back in the same spot we were last year, where it's the Angels and Rangers [getting the attention]," Beane said. "That's fine. That'll help."
One of the more interesting dynamics will be seeing how the clubhouse leadership evolves without Jonny Gomes and Brandon Inge, who did a terrific job leading and mentoring the young guys last season.
"I think what they did will continue to roll forward," Donaldson said. "You can't replace a personality like Gomes or Inge, but what you can do is learn from how they played the game and went about their business."
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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State honors two Windham County 'tree stewards'
DUMMERSTON -- The nine members of Dummerston Conservation Commission and a Bellows Falls woman were among those named 2012 Vermont Tree Stewards this week.
The conservation commission won in the "volunteer group" category, while Polly Thompson garnered the "unsung hero" award.
They and three other honorees were invited to a ceremony Wednesday at the Statehouse in Montpelier.
"These are the people who go out on a limb for trees because they understand the benefits trees provide, and they recognize that these benefits are maximized through careful planning and active stewardship," said Lee Krohn of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Council.
The council, organized under the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, gives the awards annually to recognize "community tree champions."
Dummerston Conservation Commission was cited for a variety of work. But officials singled out the group's efforts to monitor for the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive tree pest.
The commission "has become a model for citizen-scientist monitoring programs for invasive tree pests in the state," the forestry council said in announcing the award.
Mary Ellen Copeland, the commission's chairwoman, said volunteers are concerned about protecting the town's many hemlocks.
"We have a team of about 50 volunteers who went out in the woods," Copeland said. "Everybody who signed up committed to turning over 200 hemlock branches."
That survey, unfortunately, located "a number of woolly adelgid sites," Copeland added.
"It's a concern," she said. "We will be working closely with the state as they figure out how to address this issue."
The commission also has undertaken a Dummerston Biodiversity Project, an exhaustive inventory of the town's "natural heritage."
"We continue to work to really get to know Dummerston," Copeland said. "We feel we really need to protect the ecosystem we have here. And we can't really do that unless we know what we have."
Monthly educational programs are part of the commission's interaction with residents. January's session will focus on backyard birds, Copeland said.
Other commission activities have included the Prospect Hill Stewardship Project; monitoring of vernal pools; removal of and education about invasive species; and working on a town conservation plan.
Copeland said she hopes the award highlights the important role a conservation commission can play in town governance.
"It means a lot, because we've been working really hard," she said.
Other members of the conservation commission are John Anderson, Ed Anthes, Dana Aquadro, Bill Johnson, Lynn Levine, Jane Michaud, Bill Schmidt and Betsy Whittaker.
More information on their work is available at www.dummerstonconservation.com.
The forestry council also honored Thompson, a Bellows Falls resident since 2007.
Thompson has spent years encouraging urban-tree growth, an effort rooted in her time as a member of a group called Branch Out Burlington (BOB). She was instrumental in creating the Burlington Community Tree Nursery.
"The nursery remains a cornerstone of BOB that continues to foster great community participation," state officials said.
Also in Burlington, Thompson coordinated grant writing, worked to raise funds for an equipment shed, organized tree-planting events and established a "Tree Keeper" program aimed at enlisting nearby residents to care for trees.
Since moving to Windham County, Thompson said she has worked with the Rockingham Tree Committee.
"I've tried to help in any way I can to develop and support the urban forests that we have in Bellows Falls," she said.
Thompson said she also is working with Ray Perry, the local tree warden, in an effort to establish a tree nursery. Compared with the cost of purchasing a mature street tree, growing one in a nursery represents "a terrific cost savings," she said.
She added that she did not consider herself a "tree person" before she got involved in Burlington but has "learned by doing" while supporting an important cause.
"The trees contribute so much to the community," Thompson said. "I feel as though I'm learning constantly as I'm doing this work. So that's a reward in itself."
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All this good news is really bad.
So says famed economist Nouriel Roubini in unsurprising comments to CNBC on Friday.
The legendary bear says tax increases on wealthy Americans and reduced government spending will have a severe impact on economic growth in the United States this year, wiping out the positive effects of a revival in the housing market and cheaper energy, according to the network.
CNBC notes his comments come as investors eye the release of nonfarm payrolls data in the U.S for further clues on the health of the economy.
Speaking at the 2013 Ambrosetti Workshop, Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics and an NYU professor, warned that despite some positive indicators for growth, a number of key issues would hold it back.
"These taxes, taxes for the rich, are going to significantly reduce disposable income, and retail sales have been a disaster," he said. "And there are already signals of consumption growth slowing down, as well as the sequester, and the fiscal drag this year will be 1.5% of GDP (gross domestic product) for an economy that was barely growing last year."
Despite what the network calls encouraging signs of a renewed housing market; a revolution in shale gas, which could result in cheaper energy; and the effects of quantitative easing (QE), U.S. growth would be "1.5% at best this year," Roubini said.
"Even without U.S politics [there would be a drag]," Roubini said. "We've stolen growth from the future, and now there needs to be payback for the mistakes made in the past. [The U.S.] needs to start some austerity."
CNBC says Roubini agreed that while equity markets were a positive, investors should brace for a shock in the latter half of the year as revenue begins to disappoint.
"It's positive because of the direct wealth effect and a signal that things might be improving, but of course sometimes the stock market gives the wrong signal, and I think the markets will be surprised by how much the U.S. will slow down even compared to last year and the second half of the year," he said. "The U.S. stock market could correct somehow."
Jim O'Neill, the soon-to-retire chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, disagreed with Roubini's gloom over the U.S. economic recovery and his view of the equity markets.
"If we get further follow-through (on the U.S. nonfarm payrolls on Friday), I can see people starting to get really excited about the cyclical momentum of the U.S. economy," he told the network.
"As chaotic as Washington seems, the way they're tightening fiscal policy is better than in Europe," he said. "Slowly but surely, the U.S. fiscal picture is improving. Here in Europe and the U.K., they're focusing too much on austerity."
"We have come a long way. I'm generally in the bullish camp, so nothing happens in a straight line, the momentum behind the U.S. numbers is good. It's pretty interesting despite the so-called fiscal drag," O'Neill said. "Valuation wise, the U.S. market is nothing like as attractive as it was, but the momentum from the numbers is there, so what's going to cause it to top?"
CNBC also said Roubini warned that the power of QE was now "becoming ineffective."
"The net wealth of the household has increased in the last quarter, and it boosts confidence but it has less effect on the real economy. If you take away QE too fast there could be a significant backup in long rates, and that would kill the recovery," he said.
"As other countries continue aggressive QE and suffer from broader economic weakness, (that implies) that the dollar can have some upside risk in a situation where the other currencies, whether it's the yen, the British pound or the euro may be weakening."
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clearly the refs were suckin on Tom T it was pretty obvious!
can someone explain this to me? do they not reset the foul clock after a reach-in foul, or was it because there was so little time left on the clock. either way it seems unfair as fuck.
We fought so hard, only to have the zebras give to the Bulls
And i raised the question on DD couple of days ago... and its definite. We in deep shit with that contract
Are we gonna get another pathetic apology from the NBA again? Cuz this is getting really f-ing ridiculous... These foot locker employees are pissing me off...
LOL what's the point of having DeRozan play late in the game in crunch time? the guy DISAPPEARS every single time. Defensively he's a JOKE. The guy averages 18ppg because he plays TONS of minutes for some reason. If AA or Ross plays as much as DeRozan does they probably would average 18ppg as well.
Demar looked fatigued tonight. Playin big minutes is taking a toll on him.
Such a hard fought game, I hope this is the start of another strong stretch
Everyone played well tonight, a lot of times we can pin losses on single players but not tonight. Every player played there heart out but it's hard to win when you're playing 5 on 6
Honestly thought this game was going to be a humiliating blowout but I was suprised goodgame boys some execution problems still linger, but honestly there shouldnt be a question of who ou pg handling the majority of minutes are anymore.
wasn't happy with no plays to the basket for some serious stretches but whatever hit those fts Amir lol.
Can't really blame Amir for that missed FT. We would even have gone to OT without his offensive rebound...
Dwayne Casey and the raptors post up crew hounding the refs after this one.. Jack is furious
Games in the NBA can get close, bad officiating has given wins to the wrong teams. We already got ONE apology and one example of a ref working with the mob.
I don't want these American assholes coming in any more to work here, lets get our own Canadian refs, if the league does not address this, the raptors should nudge immigration to.
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I don't get why people say this kid is untouchable. I know he's athletic and could develop into a nice piece, but has anyone looked at his stats? His shooting is terrible and that's supposed to be his best trait (41% fg, 33% 3 pt). His handles are average at best, he doesn't have any size advantage at his postion, his defense, while better than expected, has not been great, and he's already showing an alarming desire to take long shots instead of trying to drive. He's average at best for a first rounder.
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Today's news that Dean Hancock, Josh Hancock's father, is pursuing a civil wrongful death suit struck me as sad, ridiculous, and all-too-typical for today. The parties to blame according to Dean are the bartender and manager (Mike's daughter Patricia) at Mike Shannon's for serving him when he was visibly drunk, the tow truck driver and tow company for the tow truck's failure to provide adequate warning (huh? its flashers were on), and the poor driver whose crash into the median provided the impetus for the tow truck's arrival.
Out of all these defendants, the only one with a tiny shred of culpability is Shannon's, if in fact, Hancock was visibly drunk and they continued to serve him. Still, they offered to call him a cab and were waved off when he said he was walking. Is it the responsibility of the bartender to escort the patron back to the hotel? That seems a bit much to ask.
This complete refusal to accept personal responsibility really taints the tragedy and must make some of the Cardinals want to rip those 32 patches off their jerseys. Let's review the facts of this death: Josh's blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal level, he was talking on his cell phone, driving 68 in a 55 mph zone, and had marijuana and a pipe in the car. About the only thing he could have added to that list of driving offenses would have been eating Taco Bell and putting on lipstick. How Dean Hancock can ignore all those factors and see his son as an innocent victim in this is beyond me, and it's even worse that some lawyers who don't have the excuse that they are grieving and looking for answers are putting this case forward.


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obtained from past years. For example in 2006 the RIAA in
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The data comprising the Puerto Rico Census Project, 1920 contain individual and household records drawn from the 1920 Puerto Rican Population Census. The data include variables containing basic demographic information such as age, sex, race, marital status, number of children born and surviving, family size, place of birth, immigration status, county and neighborhood of residence, urban/rural status, and citizenship. The data also describe language proficiency, literacy, school attendance, and disabilities (blind or deaf) of the individuals. Other variables provide data on occupation, industry, ownership of residence, status of mortgage, and farm ownership. There are four classifications of variables belonging to this dataset: original input variables, coded variables, constructed variables, and quality flag variables. The original input variables contain the raw data collected by the enumerators. The coded variables are variables that were recoded by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center (UWSC) as part of the Puerto Rico Census Project. Constructed variables were produced by UWSC to capture additional relevant information. For example, one constructed variable measures literacy by combining separate variables containing data on whether the individual could read and if they could write. Finally, quality flag variables were created by UWSC to indicate whether it could be logically deduced that individual records had been hand edited by the Census Office.
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People Helping People: March 7 Shout Outs
Arkansas Federal Credit Union, Jacksonville, Ark., presented an $80,560 check to Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation President Fred Scarborough. Since 1998, Arkansas Federal has contributed over $680,000 to Arkansas Children's Hospital. The money donated by Arkansas Federal over the past four years helped fund the ENT Clinic waiting room. Arkansas Federal employees and members raised $70,560 this past year through several fundraising events, including the 7th annual Arkansas Federal Golf Classic, Painting with a Purpose, candy and cardstock sales and several Bunko Bash events. CO-OP, the electronic funds transfer network and processor, contributed the additional $10,000 for Arkansas Federal's fundraising efforts through its Miracle Match program. Arkansas FCU is part of Credit Unions for Kids, a national sponsor of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union, Groton, Conn., donated $6,300 to local food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters. Recipients included the New London Community Meal Center Inc.; the Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center; Mystic Area Shelter & Hospitality Inc.; Norwich Human Services; Covenant Soup Kitchen; Care & Share of East Lyme Inc.; and Friends of Assisi Food Pantry. The Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center serves as the primary food bank for Southeastern Connecticut, and is one of only three food banks in Connecticut. The Food Center is responsible for donating more than two million pounds of food to 96 pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers, and senior citizen homes in New London County each year. Charter Oak donated more than $191,000 to the community in 2012 and will continue to give in 2013.
Crescent Credit Union, Brockton, Mass. once again partnered with local cleaners to collect and clean winter coats, which were then delivered to nonprofit organizations for distribution to those in need. This year's collection brought in approximately 300 coats for the community. In Brockton and Norwell, Crescent branches collected coat donations in partnership with Anton's Cleaners, who cleaned the coats at no charge and distributed them via BU Medical Center's Outreach Van, Catholic Charities, Community Giving Tree, Cradles to Crayons, MA Coalition for the Homeless, MASSCAP, The Salvation Army, and other organizations. In Taunton, Crescent branches collected coat donations in partnership with Dermody's Cleaners, who cleaned the coats free of charge and delivered them to the St. Vincent de Paul Society Center for distribution to the needy.
Members Advantage Credit Union, Michigan City, Ind., donated $2,500 to the Michigan City Salvation's Army holiday fundraising campaign. Through this donation, the Michigan City Salvation Army can continue to feed 800 area families, which translates to 3,000–4,000 individuals each month; in addition, it helped make 2,000 Christmas food baskets possible, said DeNita Ton, community services director.
Meritrust Credit Union, Wichita, Kan, said two local charities each received a $30,000 donation made generously possible by its members. The credit union's skip-a-pay program allowed members to defer their loan payments by paying a $25 processing fee per loan, a portion of which was donated to local charities. Meritrust chose the Envision Foundation of Wichita and Sunlight Children's Advocacy & Rights Foundation (SCARF) of El Dorado to each receive $30,000, which equates to over 90% of the money generated from the loan deferment program. The Envision Foundation provides resources to enhance the personal independence of individuals with blindness or low vision. SCARF's mission is to provide resources and facilities that support and protect abused and neglected children and their families.
MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union, Macon, Ga., presented a sponsorship donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Georgia. The donation will assist in sponsoring its truck pull fundraising event scheduled for March 16 in downtown Macon's Cherry Street Plaza. The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Georgia provides care and comfort for the families of seriously ill, critically injured or medically fragile children being treated at area medical facilities.
Scient Federal Credit Union, Groton, Conn., gave back to New London's homeless by collecting 50 pieces of winter wear for the New London Homeless Hospitality Center. The credit union displayed a "Tree of Warmth" in their service center throughout the month of December. Credit union members and members of the community came in and helped Scient decorate the tree with a total of 16 winter coats, 6 hats, 14 pairs of gloves, and 14 scarves to help keep the homeless warm this season. Scient delivered all donations to the New London Homeless Hospitality Center.
Service Credit Union, Portsmouth, N.H., and the Daniel Webster Council Boy Scouts of America officials presented a $3,000 contribution to America's Credit Union Museum Executive Director Peggy Powell. The donation was part of the proceeds from the 2012 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show featuring the United States Navy Blue Angels. Proceeds from the air show also helped support two organizations, Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire and the Daniel Webster Council Boy Scouts of America, as well as a multitude of other New Hampshire nonprofit organizations ,including Make-A-Wish Foundation. Service Credit Union Vice President of Marketing Karen Benedetti and Daniel Webster Council Boy Scouts of America Marketing and Public Relations Director Greg Osborn presented the check to Powell. America's Credit Union Museum is located in Manchester, N.H., on the site of the first credit union founded in the United States. The museum is housed at the original location for St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association. The museum pays tribute to the importance of the credit union movement in the past, present and future.
Left, SECU Board Chair McKinley Wooten announcing Prize for Innovation grant at Emerging Issues Forum.
State Employees' Credit Union, Raleigh, N.C., announced that its foundation, SECU Foundation, has provided this year the first of four planned $200,000 annual grants in support of the newly named State Employees' Credit Union Emerging Issues Prize for Innovation through the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University. The 2014 Prize for Innovation competition will engage college level students to collaborate and respond to challenges facing their communities and state, specifically in the areas of education, health, natural and built environments and the economy. SECU Foundation's gift will allow IEI to expand on its Prize for Innovation competition, offering $50,000 in prizes to winning college teams in each issue area. McKinley Wooten, State Employees' Credit Union board of directors chairman presented the grant at the Emerging Issues Forum on behalf of SECU members, who fund the foundation. IEI developed the Emerging Issues Prize for Innovation in 2010. The Prize for Innovation engages and energizes North Carolina's young people about the role they can play in policy and economic development, and highlights the collaborative spirit, talent, and initiative it takes to put ideas into action.
Suffolk Federal Credit Union, Medford, N.Y., recently provided a $1,000 grant to the Little Flower Educational Foundation in support of the Little Flower Union Free School District, a Special Act public school in Wading River for students with special educational needs. Little Flower provides both residential and day placements for young people in grades 3-12 that live with learning and emotional disabilities. George Grigg, superintendant of Little Flower UFSD, said the contribution will help pay for student field trips and other incentives we are unable to afford due to financial constraints.
United Federal Credit Union, Berrien Springs, Mich., gave a gift of $105,000 to the Berrien County Youth Fair Association's Expo Arena project. The funds will help sponsor one of 18 classroom/skyboxes that will overlook the arena floor from the mezzanine level. When completed, the Expo Arena will offer a year-round, climate-controlled facility that will be a landmark showcase for energy conservation and sustainable design. The multi-function building will attract equestrian events, circuses, rodeos, farm shows, boat and auto shows, home and garden shows, conventions, concerts, wedding receptions, and proms. The proposed Expo Arena will cover 6.1 acres under one roof and will include a 500-stall stable and a unique indoor warm-up ring, a main arena that will seat 4,000 for show events and 7,000 seats for concert events, and a hospitality center that will feature a 14,000 square foot all-purpose exhibition hall with a full-service kitchen, offices, and access to the mezzanine level where the 18 classrooms will be located. The classrooms will featured large picture windows overlooking the arena floor and will be used by young people for fair-sponsored classes, as well as meeting space for non-profits and other groups. United Federal Credit Union separately announced that it donated $10,000 to the United Way of Southwest Michigan for its Girls on the Run program as its presenting sponsor. The program in its fifth year is for 3rd through 8th grade girls in Berrien County. Girls on the Run combines training for a 5K running event with lessons that inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem-solving skills and make healthy decisions. Approximately 800 girls will participate in the 2013 season.
Whitefish Credit Union, Whitefish, Mont., has pledged to donate one dollar to local food banks in need for every pound of food collected by their branches during their annual Cash and Cans Food Drive. A local food bank from each of the Credit Union's six operating areas will receive both the food collected by Whitefish Credit Union and the Credit Union's cash donations based on need. The food banks receiving the donations are the North Valley Food Bank in Whitefish, the Columbia Falls Food Bank in Columbia Falls, the Tobacco Valley Food Bank in Eureka, the NW Montana Veteran's Food Pantry in Kalispell, in Polson the Loaves and Fish Food Pantry, Ronan Bread Basket and Mission Valley Food Basket, and the Thompson Falls donations will be divided between the Community Harvest Food Bank of Thompson Falls and the Community Services Fellowship Food Bank of Noxon.


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SINGAPORE – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has underlined the role of innovation in combating transnational crime amid a changing globalized and interconnected world.
Speaking on Thursday at the International Relations Perspectives Seminar hosted by Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Mr Noble said that nearly 100 years since the idea of INTERPOL was born in 1914, making the world a safer place meant drawing on newer ideas that could shape how countries work together against evolving criminal threats such as cybercrime.
"Looking at today's world, it is easy to note how quickly technology has advanced to create a parallel, virtual landscape that is increasingly becoming pivotal for our daily lives, but also providing new opportunities for criminals to strike across borders with unprecedented speed and behind the clout of anonymity," said the Head of INTERPOL.
With INTERPOL's global databases searched one billion times by law enforcement worldwide in 2012, the audience heard that the reality of the 21st Century meant that ignoring the use of INTERPOL's tools and services could be extremely costly for the safety of citizens in any of INTERPOL's 190 member countries; because ultimately, at the core of international law enforcement success lies the cooperation to ensure criminals do not evade justice.
"The world in which law enforcement operates is changing, and fast. Its cyber component is growing by the minute, and so are the opportunities offered to those who want to harm innocent lives and prey on our economies," said Mr Noble.
To be effective in this changing environment, and drawing on Singapore's leadership in law enforcement cooperation and culture of innovation and dynamism, in 2010 INTERPOL's membership unanimously approved the creation of a new, state-of-the art INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore, dedicated to the fight against cybercrime and to next-generation capacity building for police globally.
With the IGCI representing a milestone in INTERPOL's evolution, one of its objectives will be to help bridge the gaps in police capacities and legal regulations globally in dealing with cybercrime.
Secretary General Noble told the audience that cooperation amongst law enforcement agencies alone would not easily bridge these gaps. Given growing limitations on resources, Mr Noble said this was a daunting task to be undertaken by the public sector alone – hence INTERPOL's initiatives in engaging with the private sector, with Kaspersky Labs, Trend Micro and NEC Corporation some of the partners which have joined INTERPOL in its fight against cybercrime.
"We believe that 'innovating' fittingly reflects the way forward in adapting to change: change in allocation of resources by governments, change in newer technologies, change in the way crimes are conducted – and even in the psyche of criminals when it comes to the web," concluded Mr Noble.
Senior Singaporean officials attending the Seminar included Tan Tee How, Permanent Secretary, MHA; Khoo Boon Hui, Senior Deputy Secretary, MHA; Clarence Yeo, Commissioner, Immigrations and Checkpoints Authority; and Benny Oon, Senior Director, International Cooperation & Partnerships Division, MHA.


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My third and final Spring Training game was Monday, Cards v. Astros at Jupiter. We got to the park 2 hours early again and watched some batting practice on the practice fields. Bill Parcells was there, chatting with Tony. Maybe we should hire him.
Saw some of the pitchers taking BP, and also Taguchi, Rasmus, and Duncan. Many Cards stopped to sign autographs, including Izzy who signed for all who gathered.
Our seats were in the field boxes just beyond 3rd base, so we had a great view of the action. Unfortunately, there wasn't much action on the Cardinals' side as they lost 5-0. On the positive side, Wainwright had a great start. He went 4 innings and gave up 2 walks but no hits. Unfortunately, things crumbled when the relievers came in, with Smith giving up 2 runs, and Kinney looking a mess and giving up 3 runs. I wasn't surprised to hear today that he's got an injury. I hope it's not serious, and he can get back to his old form before too long. Something was definitely amiss with him in the 2 appearances I saw.
There aren't many offensive highlights to report. Preston Wilson struck out twice, which caused much cheering from the drunk Astros fans in our section. Spiezio had 2 hits.
Duncan started off the game with 2 sliding/diving catches in left field that gave me hope for him, but then reality came crashing back in as he misshandled and dropped a much more playable fly ball a couple innings later.
My dad wasn't feeling well so we cut our trip a bit short and skipped Tuesday's game in Ft. Lauderdale. I wish we had stuck around for today's home run derby at Dodgertown!


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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule Thursday that would expand its powers to federally supervise certain non-bank student loan servicers that service both federal and private student loans.
"The student loan market has grown rapidly in the last decade, and servicers are now facing the stress of an increasing number of delinquent borrowers," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray.
"Our rule would bring new oversight to the student loan market and help ensure that tens of millions of borrowers are not treated unfairly by their servicers," Cordray said in the announcement.
The CFPB currently oversees student loan servicing at larger banks. Under the proposed rule, any non-bank student loan servicer that handles more than 1 million borrower accounts would be subject to CFPB supervisory authority. With that threshold, the bureau estimates that it would have authority to supervise the seven largest student loan servicers.
Combined, those seven service the loans of 49 million borrower accounts, representing most of the activity in the student loan servicing market.
The proposed rule comes after borrowers provided feedback to the CFPB, saying they have experienced confusion regarding outstanding balances and fees and poor service. Bringing all student loan servicers under CFPB supervision would allow the regulator to evaluate the extent and scope of these issues through examination, the bureau said.
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My name is Wendy Williams. My husband and I had recently been featured in your article Mustangs seized. I would like to voice my side of the story now.
I am truly sorry for the mustangs that were featured in the article. All three of them were very important to me and my husband, and we truly tried our best to care for them. We adopted Sable, Ember and Whisper with the best of intentions.
In May, my husband found himself unable to work due to an injury. Despite my job, we were definitely having trouble making ends meet. However, we did reach out several times to friends for assistance, who were able to help the best they could in providing feed for them. I am the first to admit that these horses were in need of more feed than I was capable of providing.
I understood my contract with the BLM to say that I was responsible for the horses for a year and was unable to re-home them until that year was over. I was unaware that I could surrender them to the BLM, which is what I ultimately did and would have done sooner had I realized that was an option. The mustangs would have been turned out on pasture but my contract with the BLM had strict requirement about fence height and construction that the pastures did not meet.
I felt hopeless and was willing to relinquish the horses to the BLM official when he called about a complaint he had received. I would like to clarify that they were not confiscated or seized, but were willingly relinquished with the horses well being in mind. I am truly horrified that I was not able to keep these horses fed in the manner in which they deserved, but I truly did try my best to provide for them.
I would further like to clarify that I was not contacted by law enforcement until a week after the horses were surrendered. Other than a phone call from the BLM official, I am unaware of any investigation. The newspaper article also stated that they were unable to reach either my husband or me for comment on their condition. We have never been contacted in any manner and neither one of us is hard to get a hold of.
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Now, the company has priced out its new Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid full-size SUVs. The Tahoe Hybrid will be priced at $50,490 for 2WD models and $53,295 for 4WD models. The slightly up-market Yukon Hybrid will be priced at $50,945 and $53,755 in 2WD and 4WD models respectively.
As with the previously announced Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid, the two full-size SUVs feature GM's 2-mode hybrid system which is backed with a 6.0 liter V8 engine. The SUVs can travel up to 30 MPH under electric-only power and can tow up to 6,200 pounds in 2WD guise (6,000 pounds for 4WD models).
As reported by DailyTech in late September, the Tahoe Hybrid and Yukon Hybrid are rated at 21 MPG/22 MPG and 20 MPG/20 MPG respectively for 2WD and 4WD models.
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Illinois Restaurateur Gets Prison Stay in St. Paul Croatian FCU Case
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An indictment showed Sejdic gave former SPCFCU CEO Anthony Raguz $40,000 to reward him for providing the fraudulent loans from the Eastlake, Ohio, credit union that collapsed in April 2010. Federal prosecutors also charged that Sejdic illegally transferred $240,000 from SPCFCU accounts to a bank in Belgrade, Serbia.
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[Guatemala bloggers] Let's be ordinary. Let's be extravagant.
Yesterday was the World Vision bloggers' first day in the field in Guatemala! We're witnessing and bringing to you firsthand how World Vision's work helps transform the lives of children, families, and communities through child sponsorship. Micha Boyett reflects on her first in-person, face-to-face experience with World Vision sponsorship. The post below originally appeared on Micha's blog.
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I've spent a lot of my life trying to good enough to earn God's approval, good enough to earn the grown-ups' approval. I've heard a lot of sermons on how North American Christians aren't doing enough, aren't being persecuted enough, aren't suffering enough. I've read a lot of books on how we need to be more radical. I've written here about my hesitancy with the phrase "Big Things for God," as if we can quantify what is big and what is not. I hesitate because the older I become, the more I learn that the "biggest" things we do for God are usually the smallest, the least impressive, the simplest. And Jesus says the same thing. In the Beatitudes, he tells us that if we want to inherit the Kingdom of God, we must become the little people, the poor in spirit, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of preachers telling me to be more radical: to pray longer and harder. To do bigger, more magnificent things with my life. I've tried for a long time to live up to an idealized version of what the best Christians are supposed to do. And I have failed. I have carried that burden of guilt for a long time. Jesus doesn't want me to carry that burden anymore. Jesus doesn't want you to carry it either. I'm convinced that, to quote my pastor, my ambitions (read: guilt over my non-radical-life) have been too small. I'm convinced that when we carry guilt for the great things we are not doing, we miss out on the Ordinary and Beautiful Things God already has for us to do. If we are only following Christ when we do Big Things, we have set our ambitions too small. Because it's all big. It's all radical. It is radical to do the small, daily work of keeping the suffering of others before my eyes. And it is also radical to remember that the pain of malnutrition and disease is real and tangible for so many people in this beautiful and terrifying world. It is ordinary but profound to remember that I am among the privileged. What am I going to do about it? I ask myself that question not from a place of guilt and fear, but from a place of hope. Will my ambitions be too small? Or will I believe the God of wholeness who has already gone ahead of me in this world, renewing and restoring?
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I'm in Guatemala this week to tell you small stories about real people. I'm here to ask you to do the most ordinary sort of thing, which is to love one person extravagantly. One of the things I love about World Vision is that it works to equip and build up communities. World Vision is not an organization of rich North Americans stomping into the rest of the world with quick fixes. It is a network of local people helping their own communities experience fuller, richer lives. Yesterday, I visited with a local Guatemalan woman who runs World Vision's health and nutrition program here in Central Guatemala. She works throughout the region doing medical check-ups with children ages 1 to 5 in the rural villages, where "Chronic Malnutrition" is a constant problem and a source of developmental (both physical and cognitive) delays. If a child is found to be chronically malnourished, his or her mother is given an intensive ten-day training course in nutrition, in which she learns ways to use the foods at her disposal to feed her child in a more intentionally nutritious way. Then once a month, for several months, she receives training from a woman in her own village. Her child's health is monitored and she is provided with the tools, training, and seeds so she can cultivate her own vegetable garden . Yesterday, I had the privilege of standing in the home of a woman who works as a "Guide Mother" in the village of Las Pitas, a mountainside town filled mostly with rocky roads and wild dogs and subsistence farming families. In the past, Marta's own children were diagnosed with chronic malnutrition and World Vision came alongside and trained her to give them the nutrition they needed. Now, she teaches other women in her community whose children have received the same diagnosis. Yesterday she opened her home for four other mothers and their children. Marta's stove is made of large stones that her husband probably once dug from the ground around their home. A small fire burned beneath the surface of those stones yesterday afternoon, warming the rice and carrots and peppers that were scooped out onto plates and set before the children who gathered around the table.
As I looked at those children, some so small, they sat in their mama's laps while the mothers' spooned the food into their mouths, I thought about the table and what we all share. We're all the same. We all eat. Food is ordinary. Food is essential. Food is extravagant. I know what it feels like to be unsure as a mom. To not know if I'm doing the right thing. What is more beautiful than coming alongside an uncertain mother and showing her how to make it better, how to heal the broken thing? That's why I'm on this trip. That's why I believe in World Vision. When you sponsor a child through World Vision, you are not simply giving one child an education or a healthy meal once a day. You are opening the eyes of mothers, who long to give their babies the best. You are transforming communities. It's so ordinary, isn't it? And so beautiful. Let's be ordinary, friends. Let's be extravagant. Will you do this with me?
Help a child in need. Consider sponsoring a child in Guatemala today. See what our other bloggers wrote about our first day: Shelby Zacharias: "Guide Mother" Jamie Wright: "Fighting Poverty is like so 2012" Zack Hunt: "Losing Your Future Before You Ever Had One" Jessica Shyba: "Guatemala, Day One: Exposed" Matthew Paul Turner: "Proof that God Exists..." Roo Ciambriello: "Hope in an Unexpected Place" Caleb Wilde: "Poverty Pornography" Follow the Guatemala bloggers this week as they gather firsthand stories of the children, families, and communities whose circumstances have been changed for the better by World Vision's sponsorship programs.


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JOHANNESBURG. 17 January 2014. South African Airways (SAA), the leading airline on the African continent, has been awarded the 4-Star Airline ranking for 2014 by Skytrax, the independent, global airline rating organisation, for the 12th year in a row.
SAA also remains the only carrier on the African continent to achieve this high level 4-Star Airline rating.
Providing Excellent Customer Service is one of five strategic objectives of SAA's Long-Term Turnaround Strategy, named Gaining Altitude.
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