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Britney Spears
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With her baby doll sexuality and infectious dance tracks, Britney Spears became the definitive pop princess of the late 1990s, ushering in a new era of bubble gum music for an entire generation of young fans. Pretty, talented and incubated on performance hothouses like "Star Search" (CBS, 1983-2004) and "The Mickey Mouse Club" (The Disney Channel, 1989-1994), Spears was groomed for fame from her earliest years. In 1998, she exploded on the pop music scene with her smash hit single ". Baby One More Time," which preceded a series of hit singles, sold-out concerts, TV specials and even a feature film, "Crossroads" (2002), all of which made her an ubiquitous pop culture presence. By 2004, however, Spears was becoming overshadowed by her increasingly bizarre personal travails covered relentlessly in the tabloids. She had married and divorced former back-up dancer Kevin Federline, given birth to two children, entered rehab, lost custody of her children and been twice admitted to a psychiatric ward for involuntary observation. Then, defying the odds, a more mature Spears gradually began making her comeback with two more multi-platinum albums - Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011). To most observers, her 2011 engagement to boyfriend Jason Trawick and signing on to judge "The X Factor" (Fox, 2011-14) alongside Simon Cowell signaled calmer waters ahead. Regardless of her struggles to stay relevant and grounded during her time at the top, there was no denying Spears' stature as one of contemporary music's more popular and beloved entertainers.
Born Dec. 2, 1981 in McComb, MS, to parents Jamie and Lynne Spears, and raised in the rural Louisiana town of Kentwood, the young girl started training for her future superstar status as a small child. A skilled dancer and gymnast, as well as a capable singer, Spears had the determination and stamina to get to the top, starting her career in the entertainment industry early - too early, in fact - for producers of the revamped "The Mickey Mouse Club" (The Disney Channel, 1989-1994). Producers of the star-making kiddie show turned down the talented youngster because of her age when she first auditioned in 1990. Mindful of her potential, Spears was hooked up with an agent and temporarily moved with her mother and baby sister to New York City the following year. Here, she starred in the off-Broadway production, "Ruthless," a stage comedy loosely based on "The Bad Seed." Playing the evil but seemingly angelic child was an enjoyable role for the 10-year-old Spears, who next wowed judges with her debut performance on the televised talent competition, "Star Search" (CBS, 1983-2004) in 1992. A year later, she was finally welcomed into the cast of the "Mickey Mouse Club," becoming a part of an elite cast that included future TV star Keri Russell as well as fellow teen pop luminaries Justin Timberlake and J.C. Chasez of *NSYNC and Christina Aguilera. As part of the ensemble, she could do all the dancing, acting and singing her heart desired, but unfortunately, the show ended its run in the midst of only her second season.
When "MMC" called it a day in 1994, the young star-in-the-making returned to Louisiana and attended a private junior/senior high school in nearby McComb, MS, but missed the excitement of the entertainment world. In 1997, she signed with Jive Records, beginning a partnership that would make Spears a household name. In 1998, she toured the malls of America a la teen pop star Tiffany did a decade earlier, getting her bouncy, blonde image into the minds of the people while, at the same time, getting her promo tape into their stereos. Her debut single "...Baby One More Time" was a smash hit in the last days of 1998, thanks, in part, to the provocative schoolgirl uniform-sporting music video that accompanied the catchy and oddly edgy tune. While the fresh-faced teen sensation improbably crooned "My loneliness is killing me," audiences of all ages were transfixed - from middle-aged men creepily fixating on the singer's short plaid kilt and midriff-baring blouse, to seven-year-old girls hopping around the playground, strangely pleading "Hit me baby, one more time." Spears' debut album went multi-platinum while her single stayed at the top of the charts in the first months of 1999. Upping her visibility, Spears' controversial Rolling Stone cover (clad only in a bra and hot pants, surrounded by stuffed animals while talking on the phone) had parent groups up in arms when the overtly sexy image hit stands in April, nearly eight months before the star's 18th birthday. Meanwhile, Spears and her inner circle began a long-standing policy of sending mixed messages, proclaiming the star's commitment to Southern, church-going values and remaining a virgin until she married.
Appearances on a myriad of specials and awards shows and a guest stint on the ABC sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (ABC/The WB, 1996-2003) helped keep her in the minds and hearts of the public in between record releases. When her follow-up effort, Oops!... I Did It Again dropped in 2000, her audience welcomed it with open wallets. Another round of multi-platinum sales were made, and the video for the lead-off title track won the performer more kudos, proving her dance talents with an eye-catching routine in a fetching red vinyl catsuit. When Spears appeared at that year's "MTV Video Music Awards," tearing off a man's tuxedo to reveal a flesh colored body suit, her sexy image was solidified. Indeed, it became central to her routinely controversial image, with fans and media debating over lurid topics such as whether or not the young star had received breast implants. Spears' sex appeal was tempered for her more family value-minded fans by her sweet and seemingly chaste relationship with longtime boyfriend (and former Mouseketeer) Justin Timberlake, now the lead singer of the hugely popular boy band *NSYNC, which shared the same musical management as Spears. Expressing herself, showing her versatility and growing up in the public eye while losing very few of her original preteen fans, the singer seemed poised to stand the test of time.
Though potential roles on the TV series "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003) and the feature "Scary Movie" (2000) came to naught - reportedly due to her busy schedule - new projects with Spears' name attached sprung up frequently. Rumors of her co-starring with hot Latin singer Ricky Martin in a sequel to the 1987 hit musical, "Dirty Dancing," were not realized, but the singer/dancer made another major impression on TV viewers. Following a second erotically charged performance on the 2001 "MTV Music Video Awards," during which she undulated in a barely-there harem outfit to her new song "I'm a Slave for U" while an albino python wrapped around her neck, viewers of both sexes were blown away yet again by her brazen "barely legal" performance. Britney-mania continued with her saucy performance in the HBO live concert, "Britney Spears: Live in Las Vegas" (2001), a production that demonstrated her adult sex appeal as much as it did her propensity to lip-synch. Not satisfied with just conquering the music market, Spears tried her hand at publishing, co-authoring with her mother the autobiographical tome Britney Spears' Heart to Heart (2000) and the novel A Mother's Gift (2001), the latter of which was turned into the ABC Family Channel telepic, "Brave New Girl" (2004), which Spears and her mother co-executive produced.
After much build-up, at last the young diva made her big-screen acting debut in "Crossroads" (2002). Directed by Tamra Davis, the critically panned flick focused on three childhood friends on a road trip of self-discovery. Neither the mawkish film nor Spears' candy-coated, "aw-shucks" performance were exactly Oscar material, but it did appeal to a certain audience of die-hard Spears fans - namely the preteen and teen female and occasional smitten male. A blight on an otherwise world-conquering 2002 - including opening her own New York restaurant NYLA (which became a spectacular failure) and continuing to tour around the globe - was Spears' very public breakup with Timberlake, amid sordid rumors of infidelity on her part. On the defensive, Timberlake rather ungentlemanly confirmed to much feigned shock that he and Spears had, indeed, put an end to her much-discussed virginity (as well as later outing her as the cheater in his future solo hit single and video, "Cry Me a River"). Amidst all the professional solo triumphs and personal set-backs, she found time for a brief cameo in the comedy hit "Austin Powers: Goldmember" and to record songs for a variety of film soundtracks.
By 2003-04, the media saturation of Spears and her fellow teenybopper idols (including Aguilera, Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC) resulted in the beginnings of the inevitable backlash, with the singer making news more for her personal escapades than professional activities. In a move many saw as desperate for all parties involved, Spears made headlines when, during an appearance on the 2003 "MTV Music Video Awards," she opened the show in a musical sequence opposite her idol Madonna and her reported rival Aguilera, in which she shared a lip-lock with the Material Girl. That was followed by the release of her fourth album, In the Zone, in which the singer further pushed provocative boundaries in an obvious attempt to establish herself as a grown-up artist and to capitalize on her always buzzed-about sexpot charms. The album received a critical drubbing in most quarters and did not entirely live up to commercial expectations. The disc still provided hit singles, including the ubiquitous dance floor favorite "Toxic" and its controversial, overtly sexy music video, which was briefly relegated to late-night-only airings on MTV. Oddly, during the promotional period for the album, Spears appeared in many increasingly provocative, skin-baring photographs, including a recreation of a 1960s-era Angie Dickinson shot with her bare bottom peaking out of a strategically stretched sweater for the cover of Esquire, yet she claimed in interviews she did not approve the shots, still trying to project - albeit, unconvincingly at this point - an innocent, girl-next-door persona.
The wild child beneath the surface was bubbling over into her public persona, with the mainstream and tabloid press endlessly chronicling every juicy aspect of her behavior, which allegedly included late night partying and hook-ups with celebrity lotharios Fred Durst and Colin Farrell. The dam seemingly broke loose in January of 2004, when the singer shocked fans with a surprise marriage to her childhood friend Jason Alexander in an apparently booze-fueled New Year's Eve wedding in Las Vegas - something she called "a joke that had gone too far." The marriage was annulled within 55 hours (with a lucrative pay-off to Alexander), but that did not stop Spears' shocking second rush to the altar later that same year; this time to seemingly back-up dancer, Kevin Federline. This union was not without its controversy either, as at the start of their romance, Federline was an expectant father involved in a relationship with actress Shar Jackson, who had already bore him one child not long before. Their engagement was announced in June, with plans for a fall 2004 wedding. Somewhere between romances, Spears continued to self-promote with faux-revelatory documentary specials on MTV, ABC and E! networks, and she performed a surprisingly uninspired live version of her universally panned Onyx Hotel tour for the HBO special "Britney Spears: Live in Miami" (2004). The blonde idol pulled out of the final leg of her poorly received tour after injuring her knee in June of that year, requiring surgery and four months of recuperation (she also admitted that her head "really wasn't into" the tour).
As a newly married woman in September of 2004, Spears increasingly found herself the subject of snarky bloggers and tabloid magazines. Much of it she brought on herself, as she was constantly photographed leaving gas station bathrooms barefoot and chowing down on Cheetos while cruising around town in a number of luxury vehicles. Worse yet, she often looking disheveled and messy coming in and out of seemingly every fast food restaurant in the greater Los Angeles area. And interestingly enough to the public, she seemed not to care what people thought of her or her new husband. This was most apparent when Spears and Federline sold home movies taken during their courtship to UPN, resulting in the May, 2005 premiere of their reality show, "Britney & Kevin: Chaotic" - complete with the questionable catchphrase: "Can you handle our truth?" By this time, it seemed the answer was no. Critics were less than kind, to say the least. In fact, the show made the couple an even bigger laughing stock than before, what with the constant stream of nonsensical baby-talk, mugging close-ups and uncomfortable pawing of one another. But Spears seemed happy, especially after giving birth to her first child, Sean Preston in September 2005.
Not long after her son's birth, however, Spears found that the media had zeroed in on something more sensitive than her fashion sense or choice in men: her mothering skills. In a quick succession of scandalous incidents, starting in early 2006, Spears was photographed driving with her infant son on her lap; with her infant son in the wrong car seat, facing the wrong way in a convertible; and tripping on a NYC street, almost dropping the baby. The public lambasting of Spears as bad mom was at an all time high that spring - enough that by the third incident in New York, some celebrity first-time mothers and organizations stuck up for her, especially after video footage shot through a restaurant window hit the Internet, clearly showing Spears clinging to her baby and crying after the tripping incident. By the fall, the public scorn seemed to shift and redirect toward Federline, especially after he was spotted in L.A. and Las Vegas, partying with cronies, while his wife, now pregnant with their second son, was home. When a bedraggled Spears was forced to do damage control by sobbing to Matt Lauer on a notorious "Dateline NBC" interview in June, fans began counting down the days until Spears come to her senses and left the man they considered the ruin of the old Britney. The week the wannabe rapper released his first album, Playing with Fire, to a unanimous and expected critical beatdown, the public got its wish. On November 7th 2006, Spears filed for divorce from Federline, citing "irreconcilable differences" and asking for physical and legal custody of one-year-old Sean and two-month-old Jayden. Spears gave the date of separation as the day before; the same day she flaunted her revamped post-pregnancy physique during a surprise appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 1993-2015).
Following her divorce announcement, Spears made news of a different kind. Free from her troubled marriage, the singer began a seemingly non-stop series of nights-on-the-town. When Spears was shot on three different occasions getting out of cars sans underwear, she became the toast of celebrity blogs and late night comics the world over, many of whom seemingly relished Spears' new out-of-control lifestyle. Her parenting again was called into question, as everyone - including her estranged husband, who was now, looking more and more the stable parent - wondered who was at home, minding the boys while Spears hit the club scene. During the months of nighttime cavorting, Spears changed her hair color repeatedly; after a one-day stint in rehab for undisclosed reasons, she shaved it off altogether, leaving fans in shock at her radical appearance. The weekend after photos of a bald Spears hit the media, the troubled star checked herself into rehab for another one-day stint, only to take off with no explanation. Only days later, after an alleged confrontation with Federline, who reportedly threatened to take the boys away if she did not reenter rehab, Spears once again entered Promises Malibu. Things went from bad to worse once Spears was released on March 20. Allegedly feeling her family and manager had turned against her by forcing her to seek help that she did not believe she needed, she began cutting people out, including even her mother, whom Spears reportedly believed was siding with her soon-to-be ex-husband in his quest for custody. Things went from bad to worse once Spears was released from Promises.
In a summer of seemingly one train wreck after another, Spears started appearing in the press wearing a variety of hats with wig attached, attacking a photographer with an umbrella, spontaneously frolicking in the ocean in her underwear, making out with a college-age extra while skinny-dipping in a hotel pool, and hitting clubs left and right - all while Federline began lining up witnesses for his custody fight, including issuing subpoenas covertly to many in his ex's inner circle, including assistants, nannies and her long-time manager, Larry Rudolph. After a disastrous photo shoot with OK magazine in August - during which Spears reportedly seemed "out of it," went to the bathroom with the door open, wiped her greasy fingers on expensive frocks and then took off with some of the pricey wardrobe provided without even finishing the interview or shoot - things seemed to be reaching a boiling point for the girl who had cut out everyone in her life who cared for her. When the singer was announced as the opening act of the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, public interest ran high; could she pull it off? Performing her first single off her first studio album in some time, "Gimme More," Spears bombed so spectacularly that even she appeared to realize it, giving up mid-song. Her lip-synching was off, her dance moves lethargic and she even stumbled a bit just walking through her routine. It did not help matters that she was poured into a sequined bikini that was not flattering to her figure. Critics wasted no time slamming the singer, who reportedly left the stage in tears, for not only phoning it in, but for partying in Vegas non-stop in the days leading up to the anticipated performance.
If Britney-watchers thought that things could not get worse for the former pop princess, they were wrong. Only weeks after the VMA disaster, a judge ordered Spears to surrender custody of her two children to her ex-husband, ruling that Federline would take custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James only two days after said ruling "until further order of the court." The order stemmed from an unspecified oral motion made by Federline's attorneys and was handled in a closed-door hearing. The judge's order did not state the reason for the change in custody and all transcripts of the proceedings were ordered sealed. However, that did not prevent many in even the mainstream "respectable" media from taking a stab at what moved the process from court-ordered parenting classes and drug/alcohol testing to losing physical custody only days after the previous rulings that still allowed for 50/50 custody. Some suggested it was because she had recently been photographed driving with the children in the backseat, sans a valid California driver's license; others guessed it might be a failed drug/alcohol test. Whatever the reasons, the ruling surprised many with its abruptness. Spears responded by chirping happily to paps who followed her to her tanning salon, but not long after, her long-estranged mother and her little sister arrived from Kentwood. After missing her first scheduled visit, it was announced that the judge was suspending her visitation rights only two weeks after the original ruling. The reason given: Spears had failed to comply with the judges orders; the specificity of which, was not given, leading to further speculation.
Spears remained relatively quiet throughout the rest of 2007, following the court's Oct. 1 custody ruling. But she was back in the news in a big way on Jan. 3, 2008, when, following a scheduled visit, she refused to turn over Sean Preston and Jayden James to Federline's bodyguard. The bodyguard arrived at her Beverly Hills home at 7 p.m. to pick up the children, but Spears failed to relinquish them; a violation of her visitation rights. Police arrived on the scene around 8:30 after receiving a call about a "custodial dispute," followed shortly by Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan. Soon, news helicopters, paparazzi and an ambulance were also on the scene; Spears allegedly locked herself in a bathroom with Jayden and refused to come out. Eventually, the fire department and a mental evaluator arrived, and her two children were finally whisked away and delivered to Federline. Spears was detained by police, who said she was allegedly "under the influence of an unknown substance," before being sent by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she remained for 72 hours under a 5150 hold - an involuntary confinement administered when a person has been deemed a danger to themselves or others as the result of a mental disorder.
After making news in mid-January for failing to report to a child custody hearing, Spears was seen again leaving her home in an ambulance on Jan. 31, 2008. Apparently, the singer had not slept for several days, prompting her psychologist, who felt her condition had deteriorated, to have her brought to UCLA Medical Center on a "mental evaluation hold." She was again placed on a 5150, with the possibility of an additional 14-day hold looming over her. In the meantime, her parents petitioned the court to take over her health and finances in conservatorship, as well as start the restraining order process to keep Spears' "manager" Sam Lufti away from their daughter. In little more than a day and a half, Jamie Spears and a lawyer were granted conservatorship and Lufti was indeed looked at by the courts as a threat to Spears. A restraining order was issued after Lynne Spears' terrifying declaration was leaked to the press, including allegations of Lufti drugging her daughter, cutting her phone lines, allowing paparazzi in her house and hiding her dog to upset her. No sooner had Spears 14-day hold been announced, then the singer was released quietly from the hospital for outpatient care, reportedly for a bipolar disorder. Surprisingly, Spears remained largely out of the public eye for the next several months, only to occasionally appear on magazine covers at the beach or about town appearing healthy and happy. Then on July 18, 2008, Federline's attorney announced that the sparring couple finally reached a deal that gave her ex-husband sole custody of both sons, though Spears did retain visitation rights.
In September 2008, Spears appeared in a pre-taped comedy bit with actor Jonah Hill to open the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony. Later that evening, she went on to win awards for Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year for the single "Piece of Me." The following month, the network aired "For the Record" (MTV, 2008), a Britney Spears documentary special that set ratings records for MTV in its timeslot. Spears continued to bounce back with her sixth studio album Circus and its hit single "Womanizer." One of the fastest-selling albums of the year, Circus had the distinction of making Spears the youngest female artist ever to have five albums debut in the No. 1 spot. After successfully obtaining a restraining order against Sam Lufti in January of 2009, the singer embarked on a hugely successful world tour in support of the album, dubbed "The Circus: Starring Britney Spears." In the fall of 2010, an appearance on a Spears-centric episode of "Glee" (Fox, 2009-15) garnered the show some of its highest ratings ever.
In March 2011, Spears released Femme Fatale, another smash hit album that not only won praise from most critics, but had the distinction of giving her three No. 1 singles from the same album; a first for the entertainer. Following a well-received tour in support of Femme Fatale, Spears confirmed her engagement to longtime beau and former manager Jason Trawick in December of 2011. Having seemingly turned a monumental corner in both her professional and personal life, the singer let it be known that her plans for much of 2012 involved some much deserved time off. But those plans did not last long, as rumors began to swirl that Spears was going to become a judge on Simon Cowell's "The X-Factor" (Fox, 2011-14), his much-hyped post-"American Idol" singing competition that struggled for ratings during its inaugural season. Cowell released both Paula Abdul and Nicole Sherzinger from their contracts in January 2012, leading to rumors of Spears being a possible replacement. Initially, she was offered $10 million, but declined while citing Christina Aguilera's higher payday on "The Voice." Eventually the sides agreed to $15 million, making Spears the highest-paid judge on television. Her deal was completed in April 2012 and announced officially the following month. After only a few months on the job, Spears announced she would not return for the next season of the talent show, choosing instead to concentrate on her music.
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Life Events
Auditioned for the Disney Channel series "The Mickey Mouse Club"; at eight was considered too young by producers
Released multiplatinum debut album ...Baby One More Time
Guest starred on an episode of the sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (ABC)
Lent her vocal talents to an episode of "The Simpsons" (Fox), playing herself
Hosted the American Music Awards telecast on ABC
Made feature film acting debut in "Crossroads," directed by Tamra Davis
Started production company called Britney Spears Productions
Opened restaurant called NyLa in New York City; terminated her relationship with the restaurant, citing mismanagement and management's failure to keep her fully updated
Released fourth album In the Zone, which featured Madonna on first single "Me Against the Music"
Signed a five year deal with Elizabeth Arden to develop fragrance, cosmetics and skin care products
Received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for the song "Toxic"
Released Greatest Hits: My Prerogative featuring three new songs, including "My Prerogative" and "Do Somethin'"
Guest starred on an episode of "Will & Grace," (NBC) as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show
Appeared on Dateline NBC to discuss tabloid rumors about an impending divorce from her husband, future career plans, her emotional state and motherhood
Released her fifth studio album Blackout with singles "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me"
Opened the MTV Video Music Awards with a much talked about performance of "Gimme More"
Guest starred on the CBS show "How I Met Your Mother," playing a receptionist; reprised her role a few months later
Released the dance-oriented album Femme Fatale
Appeared as judge and mentor on second season of "The X Factor" (Fox) alongside creator Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid, and Demi Lovato; announced she was not returning for third season


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State Statistics, December 2005
Northern Mariana Islands
Program Data
Social Security
The Social Security program—Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of the worker's retirement insurance (old-age) or disability benefit is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program. Monthly benefits are payable to retired workers at age 62 (with reduced benefits) or to disabled workers at any age. The benefit amount for an auxiliary or survivor beneficiary is based on a percentage of the worker's benefit. Auxiliary and survivor beneficiaries must generally meet an age, disability, or child care requirement.
A total of 48,445,900 persons received benefits for December 2005. This number included 30,474,930 retired workers, 4,746,780 widows and widowers, 6,510,420 disabled workers, 2,681,460 wives and husbands, and 4,032,310 children. Social Security beneficiaries represented 15.9 percent of the total population and 90.3 percent of the population aged 65 or older.
Retired workers received an average monthly benefit of $1,002; widows and widowers, $941 (nondisabled widows and widowers, $967); disabled workers, $938; and wives and husbands of retired and disabled workers, $484. Average benefits for children of retired, deceased, and disabled workers were $493, $656, and $278, respectively.
Monthly benefits for December 2005 totaled $44.4 billion. Of this amount, $32.0 billion was paid to retired workers and their spouses and children, $5.7 billion to survivors, and $6.6 billion to disabled workers and their spouses and children. Average and total monthly benefits include the 4.1 percent cost-of-living increase effective December 2005.
In the Northern Mariana Islands, benefits were paid to 2,350 persons. This number included 1,090 retired workers, 260 widows and widowers, 140 disabled workers, 120 wives and husbands, and 740 children.
Retired workers in the Northern Mariana Islands received an average of $563 per month; widows and widowers, $412; disabled workers, $443; and wives and husbands of retired and disabled workers, $200. Average benefits for children were $200 for children of retired workers, $442 for children of deceased workers, and $200 for children of disabled workers.
Monthly benefits for December 2005 totaled $1.1 million. Of this amount, $700 thousand was paid to retired workers and their spouses and children, $300 thousand to survivors, and $100 thousand to disabled workers and their spouses and children.
Supplemental Security Income
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, and disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The program is based on nationally uniform eligibility standards and payment levels. The federal SSI payment is determined by the recipient's countable income, living arrangement, and marital status. As of January 2006, the maximum monthly federal SSI payment for an individual living in his or her own household and with no other countable income is $603, and for a couple, $904.
A state may supplement the payment levels of all or selected categories of recipients. These supplemental payments may be administered by the state or the Social Security Administration.
In December 2005, 7,113,879 persons received federally administered SSI payments: 1,214,296 were aged and 5,899,583 were disabled or blind. A total of 1,994,511 recipients were aged 65 or older, 4,082,870 were aged 18 to 64, and 1,036,498 were under the age of 18.
The total number of persons receiving a Social Security payment, a federally administered SSI payment, or both was 53,059,074. Federally administered payments totaled $3.4 billion in December 2005: $3 billion in federal SSI payments and $366 million in state supplements. The average federally administered payment was $439. Aged persons averaged $360, and disabled and blind persons, $455.
In addition, 551,814 persons in 31 states received state-administered payments in December 2005 that totaled $69.8 million.
In the Northern Mariana Islands, 749 persons—125 aged and 624 disabled and blind—received federally administered SSI payments in December 2005. A total of 165 recipients were aged 65 or older, 381 were aged 18 to 64, and 203 were under the age of 18.
Federal SSI payments totaled $0.4 million. The average federal payment was $468 overall: $355 for aged recipients and $490 for disabled and blind recipients.
In December 2005, the total number of persons in the Northern Mariana Islands receiving a Social Security benefit, a federally administered SSI payment, or both was 2,906.
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For 2004, earnings and employment data for the Northern Mariana Islands are not available.
Nationally, in 2004, the latest year for which state data are available, an estimated 160.7 million persons worked in employment that was covered under the Medicare (Hospital Insurance, or HI) program. They earned $5.6 trillion in Medicare taxable earnings. Employees, employers, and the self-employed paid a total of $161 billion in Medicare taxes to the HI trust fund.
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ABBADIE DE SAINT-CASTIN, JOSEPH D', Baron de SAINT-CASTIN, French officer and Abenaki chief; son of Jean-Vincent Abbadie* de Saint-Castin and Pidianske (Marie-Mathilde), an Abenaki woman; fl. 1720–46 in Acadia.
After the death of his brother Bernard-Anselme* in 1720, Joseph d'Abbadie inherited the title of Baron de Saint-Castin – he was the fifth of that name – but it appears that he did not attach much importance to it for he never went to France to assert his claims to his inheritance. He stayed among the Abenakis of Acadia with one of his brothers whose name we do not know. Having always lived in the tribe, Joseph was much more "Abenaki" than Bernard-Anselme, and the Indians conferred upon him the rank of great chief.
The Abenakis felt themselves in no way bound by the treaty of Utrecht, which France had signed in 1713 and which handed Acadia over to England. The governor of New France, Philippe de Rigaud* de Vaudreuil, secretly backed up the Abenakis. On 10 Nov. 1720 he asked the council of Marine to transfer the lieutenant's pay of the deceased Bernard-Anselme to the two Saint-Castin brothers, "who keep the Indians of this tribe faithful to French interests." Guerilla warfare was immediately intensified, and the English seized the baron by trickery. The captain of an English vessel invited Saint-Castin aboard to take some refreshment, then suddenly got under way and headed for Boston, Massachusetts. Saint-Castin was kept in prison in Boston from November 1721 till May 1722 and was released only in the hope of appeasing the Indians.
In 1726 Saint-Castin was in effect recognized as a French officer. During the next 20 years he and his brother continued to serve the king of France by keeping the Abenakis on the French side and by carrying on vigorous guerilla warfare against their New England neighbours, but during lulls in the fighting they and the Abenakis renewed their profitable trade with their erstwhile enemies.
On 25 Aug. 1746 Joseph's brother died of wounds received in a brawl. From that year on we lose track of Joseph too. Baron Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin's inheritance, which Joseph had not claimed, fell to Marie-Anselme, Bernard-Anselme's eldest daughter, and her descendants. Official correspondence mentions a nephew of Joseph whose services were acquired by the court of France and who waged war with the Abenakis. The name Saint-Castin or its English distortion Castine still survives in America.
AN, Col., B, 44, 45, 50, 54, 55, 57, 59, 63, 72, 74, 76, 78, 85; C11A, 42, 43, 85, 124; C11D, 8, f.72. JR (Thwaites), LXVII.
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Like the DS before it, the 3DS is becoming one of my favorite platforms. Now that we are several years into its life, it has a pretty great selection of first and third-party games. There are enough now that I have fallen behind on getting them. Fortunately, this week's deal at Best Buy is there for me. Until this Friday ("while supplies last"), select 3DS games will be available in a buy one, get one free deal.
Though "select games," might make one think otherwise, the list of applicable games is pretty great. The deal includes Bravely Default, Disney Magical World, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Mario Golf: World Tour, Mario Party: Island Tour, Pokémon X and Y, Tomodachi Life, and Yoshi's New Island.
I highly recommend Bravely Defaultfor those who have even slight interest in JRPGs, but although I love Tomodachi Life, I think it works better as a download than in cartridge form. Personally, I have my eye on a Kirby/Zelda combo. This deal is available through BestBuy.com as well as in physical stores. Some of the titles were out of stock online, but have been restocked for now. Currently, A Link Between Worlds is only available in-store.


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on the banks of River Pampa in Kerala, India. He was the prophet of his
time, who set moral tone for his people. Powerful like Prophet Elijah and
glittering like John the Baptist, he remains the beacon and a great Saint
of the Malankara Orthodox Church.
was on June 15, 1848, that Kochu Ipeora (Geevarghese) was born in
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and Mariam, who had three sons and two daughters. After the birth of fifth
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Parumala Seminary he led a austere life. He woke up at 4am in the morning
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The most innovative and important consumer electronics company isn't a company at all. It's the Pentagon.
If that surprises you, consider that U.S. military research built the ocean that Silicon Valley swims in. The Pentagon's research organization, DARPA, funded or helped develop the Internet, GPS, the graphical user interface, the Google StreetView concept, Siri and much more.
Now, the military wants to put smartphones in the hands of all deployed troops. I think their phones are going to be better than regular smartphones. And that's why I want one.
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Smartphones are already super thin and super light. Some have big screens but are still pocketable. They have powerful processors.
How can the industry maintain the rate of improvement and innovation of the last five years?
Of course, phones will get faster and lighter. Screen resolution will continue to improve.
The industry has other goodies in store, such as flexible screens and flexible phones. Flexibility will make phones more durable because they'll bend rather than break. Some phones will even be able to fold in half, so you'll be able to open a phone up like a book and double the screen size.
The industry is also working on ubiquitous wireless charging, edge-to-edge screens and many other innovations.
It's all cool stuff. But what I really want is the military superphone the Pentagon is working on.
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Historically, the military's technology initiatives have been prescient and practical and devoid of those annoying compromises in consumer electronics between what users want and what the industry wants.
Military phones are designed ultimately with the interests of the "users" in mind -- not the interests of the cellphone makers or the service providers.
In some ways, the military's goals for phones are bigger versions of our own goals, but they run counter to the goals of the industry that makes consumer handsets and provides wireless service.
For example, the military wants soldiers to be able to open a Google Maps mashup that shows the location and movements of their allies' forces. They want to make this as easy as possible, while at the same time making it difficult for enemy hackers to see the same information -- even if they get their hands on one of the devices.
That's what we consumers want, too, right? We want to take advantage of powerful location services without putting our privacy at risk.
The industry, however, wants to convince us that in order to enjoy location services, we've got to sacrifice privacy.
The military wants authorized personnel to be able to talk, text and message without the enemy intercepting those messages. So do we consumers.
But the industry wants us to use unsecure text messaging -- it costs them almost nothing, and they can charge us a lot for it. Vendors also want us to use unsecure social networks, unsecure email tools and other unsecure means of communication, all over unsecure Wi-Fi and mobile broadband connections.
The military wants phones with batteries that last a long, long time and can be charged by solar power or by hand-cranked generators, or whatever. So do we.
Alternative-energy solutions built into phones are viewed by the industry as unnecessary and contrary to their obsession with out-slimming the competition.
The military wants indestructible, dustproof, shockproof and waterproof handsets that can be upgraded, augmented and enhanced with standard modular plug-in hardware.
The industry, in contrast, benefits financially from selling fragile phones, because when we drop them on the pavement or in the water, we have to buy new ones.
It would be unfair to accuse the major handset makers of deliberately making easy-to-break or easy-to-scratch phones on purpose. But they certainly don't seem to worry much about it.
First Apple shipped a phone with breakable glass on the back, just because it was pretty. Then, in its desire to make the iPhone as thin as possible, Apple replaced the easy-to-break glass with easy-to-scratch aluminum. Clearly, long-lasting durability is not a priority.
Apple's competitors aren't trying hard, either. Many of them have cheap plastic housings that scratch easily and don't provide much protection.
Finally, the military wants phones that are always connected to the Internet. That could mean satellite connectivity. But more interestingly, the Pentagon is looking at wireless-mesh mobile phone capabilities.
The ideal wireless mesh network for phones would enable mobile phones to connect with each other in a chain all the way to the best connection. Phones, of course, would auto-choose the fastest connection for the device, and also auto-route the connectivity from phone to phone.
I want the wireless mesh option, too.
But the wireless carriers don't even want to think about that. They want each phone user connecting directly to their cell towers, enabling them to nickel-and-dime each and every customer.
In short, the military wants location-capable, highly secure phones that never run out of power and never lose a connection to the network.
That's what I want, too.
In fact, I'd much rather have those capabilities than flexible screens and all the other stuff the industry is planning for consumers.
How to build or buy your own military-grade phone
Unfortunately, military quality phones are unlikely to become available from your wireless carrier or electronics superstore. You'll have to buy one from alternative sources or build your own.
One option is to dump your wimpy, unsecure smartphone and buy a Saife Defender X1, a militarized Android phone. The phone is the product of a partnership between Cummings Engineering and Ascent Rugged Mobile.
All Saife Defender X1 communication is tunneled through something called the "Tactical IP Relay Network (TIPRNET)," which cryptographically signs and encrypts all the data.
The physical hardware is also ruggedized. The company claims the device will survive at altitudes of up to 15,000 feet (compare that to the iPhone's 10,000-foot maximum). It's also shockproof, dustproof and waterproof.
If you want to add secure communication to your iPhone, you might try a solution created by two Navy SEALs.
Called Silent Circle, the app gives you military-grade encryption for email, texts, phone calls and more. Silent Circle is available for the iPhone only, and costs $20 per month.
You can ruggedize your iPhone, and make it waterproof, too, with the right case. There are plenty available from the likes of Griffin, LifeProof, Case-Mate and others.
A company called Aqua Tek is raising money via Kickstarter to develop an iPhone case that's rugged and waterproof and has solar panel on the back.
Other consumer products will get you closer to the military phone of the future. Secure communication, ruggedization and alternative power are the easy part. Location services with real privacy are more difficult. And wireless mesh networking just isn't going to happen.
Still, I look forward to the Pentagon's upcoming superphone. And I hope it influences the consumer market. Because I definitely want one.
Mike Elgan writes about technology and tech culture. You can contact Mike and learn more about him on Google+. You can also see more articles by Mike Elgan on Computerworld.com.
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Stomach aches in children can be treated with talking, says study
Kids with stomach pains can sometimes get relief if they go to a therapist
Talk therapy may help some children with frequent and unexplained stomach pain, a new study suggests.
More than half of kids and teenagers who met weekly with a therapist had their stomach aches lessen or go away within a year. A similar proportion improved after regular appointments with a pediatrician, researchers found.
Between eight and 25 per cent of all youth have chronic stomach pain, studies suggest. When there's no clear medical cause for the pain — such as inflammatory bowel disease or celiac disease — it's known as functional abdominal pain.
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The Dutch trial included 104 children age seven to 18 who'd had chronic stomach aches for about three years, on average.
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Marc Benninga from Emma Children's Hospital Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and his colleagues randomly assigned half of them to attend six weekly CBT sessions.
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I think it's really worthwhile to try a treatment of CBT, because it has no adverse effects.- Mark Benninga, researcher
Pain and related symptoms improved among children in both groups, but there was no difference between treatments, the researchers found.
One year after treatment ended, 60 per cent of kids in the CBT group had fewer or no stomach aches, compared to 56 per cent of those who had seen a doctor.
That success rate for CBT is a bit lower than what other studies have found, Benninga noted.
Because the study didn't include any kids who were not treated, it's not clear how many would have gotten better on their own, without seeing a doctor or therapist regularly.
The researchers had expected talk therapy to be more effective than standard doctor visits.
Therapy less expensive than doctor visit
Robins said it's possible some of the benefit for both groups stemmed from children's relationship with a healthcare provider, regardless of the specific treatment. Or, he said, pediatricians may have been using some CBT elements themselves to help children cope with pain.
Therapy has the advantage of being more feasible and less expensive than regular meetings with a pediatrician or specialist, the researchers wrote Monday in Pediatrics.
The therapists in this study were either students who were getting their Master's degree in psychology or were psychologists with a Master's degree.
Robins and Benninga agreed talk therapy is worth looking into for parents of children with chronic stomach pain, especially because it is widely available.
"I think it's really worthwhile to try a treatment of CBT, because it has no adverse effects and I think can only benefit the parents and the children to get more insight into what abdominal pain is and how they can handle the complaints," Benninga told Reuters Health.


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The 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference will be held in …
But first, we would like to wrap up Day 3 of the conference. Many participants woke up early to have a more intimate conversation with last night's keynote speaker, Lettie Teague. Lettie talked about wine writing and Tom Wark joined her at the podium to answer questions more related to blogging. It was nice having a keynote speaker with a busy schedule take the time to connect on a more personal level in a smaller group with those folks committed enough to attend the 8:00 session!
We then moved right into two sets of two Breakout sessions: Increasing the Conversion Rate on Your Blog with Craig Sutton of Ikon Marketing Group; More Effective Writing in Your Blog with Meg Houston Maker of Palate Press, Andy Perdue of Wine Press NW and Hardy Wallace of Dirty South Wine; Top Gun Blogging with Andrew Lazorchak of Vineyard Vlog, Ben Simons of Vinotology and Joe Herrig of Suburban Wino; and Bloggers, Wineries, & PR Firms with Beth Cotenoff of Cornerstone Communications and her blog Flavorful Feasts, Grace Doyle of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Michael Wangbickler of Balzac and Caveman Wines.
The final conference session came courtesy of Winebow, an importer and distributor of over 3000 different wines. Winebow brought its executive chef, Jeffrey Saad, The Next Food Network Star runner up and 25-year food industry veteran, to give a talk on wine and food pairing. Jeffrey was amazing – an absolutely enthralling speaker. He then invited us to taste 10 Winebow wines paired with 10 tasty bites prepared by the Chef Bear from the Marcus Whitman, which we heard referred to as "the best meal of the weekend".
And on to the announcement. When we select a WBC location, we look at a number of factors: geographic diversity, strong wine community, eager local partners willing to help us, transportation logistics, and an excellent host hotel. We have a good-sized list of potential locations and would like to visit most of them in future years. So if you were pulling for a certain location, don't give up hope!
The 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference will be in Charlottesville, Virginia from July 22-24. The Virginia wine industry has 15 separate regions and six identified AVAs. The state has 150 wineries and produces a large number of varietals. Equally importantly, Charlottesville is a very cool city with a major university and a fantastic downtown walking mall. We also have a super hotel, the Omni, right downtown. And very important for us, which means for our conference participants too, is that the Virginia Wine Board, Virginia Tourism, and the Charlottesville community are fully supporting the conference.
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Event: Oberg Trophy @ MIT Date: 24-25 October 2009
Skipper/Crew: Course: Harry Anderson/WLW
A Division Nicolas Russo-Larson/Jory Hanseman
B Division Massimo Soriano/ Adam Weisman
C Division Nate Rosenberg/Madeline Luce
Conditions: Saturday: no races due to lack of wind. Sunday: 5-12 from the Northwest (Oscillations between West and North).
- Good starts allowed us to play the middle which was imperative for a good first beat.
- Getting flushed out to the right was almost always a deal breaker.
- Even though they used the i-flag all day, everyone could have pushed the line harder. In B, for example, there was only one boat recalled after the start.Upwind:
- Inconsistent holding of shifts.
- While some boats made huge gainson substantial left or right shears, playing the middle would result in a respectable windward mark rounding every time.
- Had to sail into the header a little bit in order to not sail out of it once one had tacked.
Boathandling / Speed:
Done well: Downwind:
• Kept a positive attitude after bad races • Find the puffs but don't chase them
which allowed us to step up our game
as a team.
too aggressively; they fill towards the
• Figured out, planned and executed a middle.
strategy early on.
• Harry Anderson: mark roundings are
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