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Holiday Inn Johnstown-Downtown
Holiday Inn Johnstown-Downtown
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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Welcome to Holiday Inn Johnstown-Downtown
Hotel in Johnstown, Pennsylvania Near Inclined Plane
Conveniently located off Route 56, the Holiday Inn® Downtown Johnstown Hotel invites you to stay with us. Our hotel is the only full-service hotel product in the surrounding area and places you near a variety of attractions and the Johnstown Amtrak station.
In Johnstown, PA other hotels can't compete with our prime location to local points of interest. We are just minutes away from the historic Inclined Plane, The Johnstown Flood Museum and People's Natural Gas Park, as well as many other historical and entertainment locations.
If you're looking for hotels in Johnstown, PA that appeal to business travelers, look no further. We're a short distance from Concurrent Technologies Corporation, DRS Laurel Technologies, Lockheed Martin and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. Our spacious meeting facilities guarantee your event's success and our state-of-the-art Business Center keeps you productive and well-organized.
Whether business or pleasure brings you to Johnstown, PA, our hotel's amenities can satisfy your needs. Staying connected to colleagues is easy with the free high-speed Internet access. You can keep up your exercise routine at the Fitness Center, and after wards, relax in the heated, indoor pool and whirlpool. Satisfy your hunger at Harrigan's Cafe and Wine Deck, which features a robust menu, great wine, and room service. We look forward to your upcoming visit!
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Kids ages 18 and under stay for free when sharing their parents' room. Up to four kids ages 11 and under eat free any time of the day in any Holiday Inn® on-site restaurant.
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Standard Wireless Internet service is included for all guests.
Shuttle/ Parking
- Car Parking Available
- Self-Parking Fee: 5 USD
- Open air lot and covered parking garage adjacent. Parking fee of $5.00 daily.
Pet Policy
- No pets allowed
- Service Animals Allowed
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- Number of Floors: 6
- Total Number of Rooms: 159
- Number of Suites: 4
- Number of Non-Smoking Rooms: 159
- Number of Accessible Rooms: 9
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- Number of Accessible Meeting Rooms: 5
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BIRIMINGHAM, Ala. -- Melanie Short recorded 15 points and 11 rebounds to pace five Birmingham-Southern (10-10; 5-4 SAA) players in double figures en route to a 77-56 win over Hendrix College (1-19; 1-8 SAA) Friday at Bill Battle Coliseum.
Caroline King also had 15 points along with seven assists and five rebounds followed by Erin Moore with 14 points and Stefanie Kaiser had 11 points.
Trailing 6-2 in the first half, BSC went on a 18-0 run to take a 20-6 lead on a jumper by Syndey Darnall with 13:11 to play.
Hendrix answered with a 10-0 run to trim to lead to 20-16 on a Jamie Tate layup at the 8:18 mark only to see BSC stretch the lead to 13 on Alex Adams' layup with 1:44 remaining in the half.
The Panthers shot better 50 percent in each half, making 15-of-29 shots in the first half to build a 39-30 halftime lead. BSC made 16-of-32 including four 3-point field goals in the second half.
BSC used a 12-3 run in the second half to push the lead to 54-40 on a Kaiser 3-pointer with 12:26 left and later grabbed its biggest lead of the game at 72-51 on an Adams basket with 4:58 left in the contest
Jamie Tate led the Warriors with 17 points and nine rebounds while Estrella Flores added 11 points.
Birmingham –Southern returns to action on Sunday, hosting Rhodes College at 1 p.m. in Bill Battle Coliseum.

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I never use my own picture or keep it blank... use another name
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Do the preparation exercise first. Then read the article and do the other exercises.
Every time you go online you leave a trail. This is just like a real footprint. It reveals where you've been, how long you stayed and what you've been doing there. Every time you register for an online service, send an email, download a video or upload a photo, the information can be accessed and your digital footprint can be revealed. This shouldn't necessarily be worrying but it is advisable to be aware of your digital footprint and to be cautious and sensible when you are online.
All kinds of people are interested in your digital footprint. It's now quite common for colleges, universities and employers to check out the online profiles of possible candidates as part of their application process. There are cases of people having missed out on jobs and places in college because their digital footprint didn't impress the recruiters. So, remember: keep safe, don't put too much personal information online and always think carefully before you post something. Ask yourself, 'Would I be happy for absolutely everyone to see this?'
How do you take care of your digital footprint?
I never use my own picture or keep it blank... use another name
I have a common password for all my accounts but it is complex. I didn't use to take care about my digital footprint; until I faced a complicated situation. I shared some comments about personal ideas and after two years the website was the first one in Google and unfortunately everybody could read my comments and the worst thing is, my first name and last name was there :(
I never put my real photo, but I put valuable picture in its meaning. I never publish posts, write comments or share my information.
I take care of my digital footprint by using a nickname and I never post anything on my account which is private. I also don't use my real picture and i'm careful with strangers and I don't give personal details.
I use weird names and pictures like Dishwasher and never click on links anyone sends me. All my accounts are private so people I don't know can't see the things I post unless I give them access.
I usually use the internet on my phone and computer , to download games, chat with my friends and usually homework. I always be careful with my password. My password is very complicated.
I use internet from my phone or computer and have strong passwords. upload pictures or videos but I careful
I usually use internet on my phone my social networks always left open I do not talk to strangers some social networks the private I have always upload photos on my networks
I take care of my footprint, using passwords on social networks, not giving information and personal details. Use usarname and passwords. I have careful with people I do not know
I download photos and video on social network. I use internet for talking with family and friends or do homework. I always use usurname and complicated password on my social network, my password have got letters and number. I never share my personal information.
I download music and vídeos. I get news of celebrities. I don't give personal information.
I use a password to protect my identity.
I don't send or read emails, I Am not honest about my age.
I hide my personal information in all my accounts.
I los on i Type un my username or password
I always instant message friends mas share my photos and videos
I usually social networking aire mi me Facebook
I use seach engines like google. I like listening yo Music. I use password un social net. I don't tell my parents about my online friends
I eleminating my social security netwarks.
atally I don´t take care my digital footprint. because I share many photos and personal information on my social network. my password is dificultd and not speak with people stranger, talking with friends and family
Hi AngelG. It's good that you don't talk to strangers and that you have a secure password. I hope these tips give everyone more ideas on how to take care of their digital footprint. It's important :)
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Use the Internet to share photos, talking only with friends, I don`t chat with people stragers, and also download music. use password and username in all my social networks.
I use internet on my phone and sometimes on the computer. I like to use social networks, download music and read blogs. Always use username and password.
I download music, I use username and password. I don't chat with people I don't know. I shere my photos and videos. I don't give personal information, I use social networking sites like Facebook I hide my personal information.
I usually use internet on my phone. My information, photos and videos share only with family and friends.
I sometimes use the internet at the computer and if I use it I always log off. My passwords usually are complicated of numbers and letters, and I never tell anybody my passwords.
I do research for school proyects, I send ord read emails, I share photos and videos and I use social networking sites like facebook.
I don't give information such as my name phone number of my school.
In e an ehatroom always use a nickname, not my real name.
I usually use the internet at the computer and the mobile phone. I´m careful with strangers. My passwords is complicated is a combination of numbers and letters. I think I´m careful.
I often use the internet on my phone and never log out! My passwords usually are complicated. I don't give information at people that I don't know, only at my friends. I always upload photos in my social redes but not show my house or my house rooms'. I can say that I am a bit careful.
I'm not the most carful person in the world, but I take care of what I post on my social networks. I never let my internet friends know if I leave home or if I'm going somewhere. My passwords are a combination of letters and numbers, and if I use a computer I always log off, but I usually use the internet on my phone. The problem is that I never delete the historial.
I really am careful about what I post on Facebook and Twitter, and I barely post on Instagram. But even though I only use internet on my personal mobile phone and laptop, I must admit that I never delete my history. Also, something you should try to do is use different passwords on each website you sign into, in case someone succeeded hacking into one of your account.
I've actually never thought of my digital footprint before. I have been doing everything that's suggested in the text above and I also care about what I post on social media because I'm aware that a lot of people can see my posts: my friends, my relatives, my classmates, former teachers etc. We should carefully choose whether to post something on social media because many people judge based on our profiles and posts.
Alls are so useful!
I use social media to search and learn something.I of course care about but i dont share my life
actually, I never care about my digital footprint before this. I will try to be more care about my digital footprint. but I think it is not easy since I was a careless girl, I often forgot to log off when left a website. but I will do my best. thanks for the suggestions.
After I do crazy things on Internet, I stopped using social networking and now i see it really don't help us much.
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Is Teen Retailer Tilly's a Buy at These Levels?
Times continue to be tough in the teen-retail patch, as fast-fashion leaders like Forever 21 and H&M have latched on to teen customers' desire for more affordable attire, leading to an unprecedented level of product-price compression, according to American Eagle CEO Robert Hanson.The trend has hurt the results of a wide swath of sector players, including West Coast lifestyle retailer Tilly's , a fast-growing purveyor of apparel and accessories that targets an action-sports-loving demographic.
Mr. Market dropped the company for a sharp loss in November after Tilly's announced weak comparable-store sales results and reduced sales expectations for 2014. So, should investors see the drop as a buying opportunity?
What's the value?
Tilly's has leveraged its customers' love for the mythical California lifestyle, no doubt inspired by the Beach Boys' songs, into a national footprint of roughly 190 stores that sell a range of apparel, footwear, and accessories for its teen and young-adult customer base.
Unlike other competitors that focus solely on a proprietary brand, Tilly's reduces inventory obsolescence risk by offering products from a range of merchandise partners, including Billabong, Converse, and Hurley. In addition, the company has cultivated a loyal customer base through its friendly store selling experience, replete with pop music and an open layout, which has allowed it to expand rapidly, nearly doubling its locations over the past five years.
In FY 2013, though, Tilly's has been feeling the effects of an increasingly stingy customer base, which has required it to use heavy promotions in order to drive sales. While the company's top line has continued to rise, thanks to new store openings, its adjusted operating profitability has been negatively affected by the promotions' effect on its merchandise margin. More importantly, Tilly's operating cash flow growth has stagnated, causing it to have to go into its cash reserves to fund capital expenditures.
On the upside, though, Tilly's has built a business that is capable of earning a profit in a low-margin environment. Less-efficient competitors, like Pacific Sunwear , whose business was predicated on a higher gross margin, have not been so lucky. The company has had a particularly difficult adjustment to a lower pricing environment, as a weak financial position caused it to reduce its store network by nearly one-third over the past five years.
Pacific Sunwear is a particularly relevant case for Tilly's, given its similar focus on the California lifestyle and the action sports of surfing and skateboarding. The company enjoyed a generally favorable growth trajectory from inception until 2008, when its comparable-store sales trend turned south, leading to business financing problems. Despite a capital infusion from retail-focused investment firm Golden Gate Capital and a renewed focus on private-label brands, currently 48% of its total sales, Pacific Sunwear is still searching for an operating structure that allows it to turn a net profit.
A better way to go
Obviously, investing in the oft-changing teen sector requires a margin of safety, not to mention an iron stomach in order to withstand the roller-coaster ride. As such, investors looking at the sector might want to consider a turnaround story, like Quiksilver .
Despite a host of well-known, action-sports clothing brands, some of which are not coincidentally sold at both Tilly's and Pacific Sunwear, Quiksilver has suffered from the high administration costs of an overly expansive business empire, which has seemingly eaten up more and more of its merchandise margin each year. Fortunately, management realized that its lenders' patience wasn't infinite and decided to embark on a profit-improvement plan in May 2012 that included headcount reductions and non-core asset sales.
While Quiksilver didn't escape the sector's downdraft in FY 2013, reporting a 6.8% top-line decrease, its slimming efforts will hopefully allow it, over time, to translate its global brand popularity into an improved level of profitability and higher shareholder value.
The bottom line
Tilly's stock price has been plumbing a 52-week low lately, sitting roughly 25% below its initial public offering price from two years ago. While the current level seems enticing, more so given its debt-free profile, the company is fighting poor traffic and sales trends from its core customer base. Until Tilly's is able to improve those metrics, investors would be wise to let this opportunity pass.
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Fleeing Syrians find a hard sanctuary in camps at Turkish border
Tents have run out at newly built camps for Syrians fleeing the government's assault on their towns and villages, and for Yassin Alway that means sleeping in the open.
More than 100,000 people have fled to Syria's border with Turkey since late last year as the Syrian government stepped up an offensive against rebel-held towns and villages, often dropping improvised explosives known as barrel bombs with devastating effect. The conditions caused by the flight are squalid. Donated food is sparse, sanitation is primitive and for those who find themselves in proper camps, electricity is available for only a few hours a day _ if they can pay.
Most noticeably in short supply: tents. Many newcomers find themselves either sleeping under the stars or cramming their way into tents that are already crowded, sometimes with as many as three families.
"I've been here for 12 days," Alway, who's 21, told a visiting reporter. "I met all the camp managers. They have no tents."
Even once at the border, it may not be safe. At Bab al Salama, a major border crossing northeast of here where there are at least five major camps for the displaced, a car bomb May 15 killed more than 40 people. The explosion is presumed to have been the work of the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a group once affiliated with al Qaida that's been battling other rebel groups since January.
The Norwegian Refugee Council estimated this month that 9,500 Syrians are being displaced every day _ one family every minute _ making Syria the biggest and fastest-growing displacement crisis on Earth. The U.N. said earlier this month that 9.2 million Syrians had fled their homes.
When the two aid camps were set up here three months ago, they held 600 displaced people. Today, according to the volunteer directors, who have no budget, there are at least 5,000. The camps would grow even faster if there were tents.
Every newcomer has a story like Alway's.
"I don't have a tent. I just asked the camp manager, but they have none," said Sufug Hsaino, 43, a farmer from the town of Kirkat who'd fled shelling there. He arrived with a family of six and no possessions, and he's sharing a tent with two other families – 20 people in all.
"All I have is my galabia," he said, referring to the black robe he was wearing. "We just fled. We had no time to pack."
Hassan al Hasan purchased a secondhand tent from a family that had moved on to Turkey, but it leaks when it rains. An engineer, Hasan is waiting to bring 30 members of his extended family here.
A visit to the camps for internally displaced people offers a journey into a humanitarian crisis that's out of control. Aid agencies say they can't track the movements of the displaced, and under the United Nations' awkward setup there's no spokesman for the crisis, no accountability and no transparency _ not even a publicly available list of the camps along the border.
Representatives of nongovernmental organizations working in Syria say there are about 100 camps along the border, with 140,000 displaced Syrians. But the director of the Aisha camp, for children who've lost one or both parents, is convinced there are 100 camps in his region alone and that the overall population of the camps could be 300,000.
In the camps, there's a pervasive sense that the international community has abandoned them. The administrators of four camps McClatchy visited said they had no regular contact with international aid agencies, and practically no support.
At the Shahba'a camp, close to the center of Bab al Hawa, which currently holds about 645 people, a Sunni Muslim cleric approached a visiting reporter and said he wanted to send a message to the American people.
"The Syrian people are suffering because they wanted freedom, they wanted dignity, they wanted to live like all other peoples," said Sheikh Abu Anas, who'd fled the town of Qastun in the Al Ghab valley. "But the response from the international community is very slow. Why would you intervene in Chad, in Mali, in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Ukraine and not in Syria?"
Of the four facilities visited, the best equipped was the Aisha camp, which accommodates young children whose fathers were killed fighting the government or were arrested. With 491 children, 433 mothers and 10 elderly men, it was lucky to have found a benefactor, Abdul Mani'a al Ajmi, a Kuwaiti sheikh. At Aisha, everyone is housed in one of 250 containerlike structures, all equipped with kitchen, bath, bedrooms, electricity and running water. There's a school, a playground and the rare sight of children having fun.
A Turkish charity, IHH, which operates a bakery in the nearby Turkish city of Reyhanli, provides bread daily for everyone in the camp, said the camp's director, Amr Harisa, 34, who was an Audi car mechanic in Homs, Syria's third largest city and a major rebel bastion until the evacuation this month of insurgent forces.
In contrast to the $220 per family each month that Harisa has to dispose of, the leaders of the twin camps set up at Bab al Hawa have no money whatsoever to assist 5,000 people, according to the directors, Abdul Muti Hossein, 41, who runs the Alta'awan camp, and Kasar Mansur, 35, who directs the Al Hijaz camp.
The very worst aspect of life in the camps is inadequate toilets, and many women, who don't want to use the same toilets as men, relieve themselves under the trees.
The International Rescue Committee, a U.S.-based relief organization, had promised permanent latrines, according to Mansur, but it hadn't delivered.
"I have to have my sons help me to the toilet, because I cannot walk alone," said Nofa al Khalid, who's 80. Her daughter gave her a cane to help her. But going to the toilet proved to be too much trouble, and now she uses a plastic bag.
True to its reputation as a can-do organization, within days of fielding a reporter's question, the International Rescue Committee sent a team to Alta'awan and Hijaz to check out the situation.
"We had a target of 90 emergency latrines. We were only able to install 40," said Laura Jacoby, the organization's Syria country director, reporting on the team visit. "We're still planning to bring in more permanent latrines." But she couldn't say when they'd arrive.
Residents of the twin camps have to pay a small fee daily, the equivalent of 35 U.S. cents, for trash removal and for trucks to clean the toilets. Electricity costs $12 a month, for five hours of power each night from a simple generator.
Cooking is on primitive small burners, and food is available for purchase in small shops run by camp residents. "I pay 1,000 lira (about $6) for a kilo of tomatoes, a kilo of cucumbers and a kilo of beans," said Khalid. That's all her family can afford. "We see meat only in our dreams," she said.
Some families don't have money for food. In those instances, other families chip in. There's been only one outside food donor, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, which works closely with the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross: a donation in early May of parcels that contained 22 pounds of foodstuffs for each family.
Maintaining their existence under such circumstances is a full-time endeavor for the residents of the two camps, and in a visit that lasted several hours, few brought up politics. But at the Shahba'a camp, everyone within earshot agreed with the Sunni imam, Sheikh Abu Anas, as he pleaded for international support for the rebels.
He said he wasn't asking for "boots on the ground," just for a way to stop the air attacks and barrel bombings of areas the rebels occupied.
"Syrians are not terrorists," he said.
(This article is the latest in a collaboration between McClatchy and PBS's "Frontline" on the war in Syria. The "Frontline" film "Syria: Arming the Rebels" airs Tuesday, May 27, on most PBS stations. Check local listings.)


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I am a 20 yr old engineering student at MIT.
I recently started a company which is developing an all electric motorcycle/unicycle called the Uno. The project started out as a highschool science fair project. The Uno first became public a year ago when the magazine "Popular Science" chose it as the invention of the year for 2008 and placed it on their cover. Since then, the Uno has graced magazines and newspapers around the world including the wallstreet journal, The New Yorker, The Chicago Times. The Uno even got me an invite to a pajama party at the playboy mansion ;)
I have always loved motorcycles having grown up watching Monster Garage and Junkyard Wars. My Opa was an engineer and I spent countless hours playing in machine shops as a kid. I also like extreme sports and have started an extreme sports company which builds this really cool powered snowboard/skateboard called the DTV Shredder ( http://www.bpg-motors.com ) .
School is not necessarily my thing, but i see it as an amazing opportunity. But my real passion is pursuing these kind of projects. I'm planning on branching out into regular electric streetbikes.
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Good Luck everyone!
This is going to be the website I promote and give in interviews. It is essentially going to be my calling card and needs to appeal to a wide range of viewers.
I'm going to be using it for business contacts, media, friends and professors.
It needs to represent my personality. It should be fun, trendy but still professional.
It's going to be a tease. It is people's first introduction to me and should make them want to find out more.
I'm always looking for new projects to be part of and want to encourage viewers to contact me with ideas/suggestions.
I'm looking for a unique website that is really going to stand out. I don't want a boring layout.
I want some sort of flash intro, the intro doesn't need to be programmed for the contest, but i'd like to see some thought about possibilities.
Some kind of cool transition effect for tabs and gallery pictures for when the mouse hovers over a link or picture.
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I bought MyInfoToGo (am still waiting for the registration code!!) and I discovered USB3 Keys. Wonderful to take with you. Of course I would like MITG to run on my USB3. But how to install it? it might not appear in the launch-pad?
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Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals
Oxford University Press, 1996 - Nature - 340 pages
This book is an enlarged and updated successor to Mammal Tracks and Signs: A Field guide for South-Eastern Australia, which won the Whitley Award for the Best Field Guide in 1984. Tracks, Scats and Other Traces covers all Australian States and Territories, contains hundreds of newillustrations and extensive new text, and is organised in a different format for easier identification of the visible traces left by Australian mammals in their passage. It is divided into four sections, each of which has a Key for easy identification: * Tracks. Line drawings of 'perfect' tracks are matched with photographs of the same tracks in sand or mud. * Scats of 128 species of mammals are illustrated in full colour. A selection of scats and a distribution map and habitat information are given for each species. In addition, pellets and scats of birds, reptiles and invertebrates are illustrated. * Shelters, Feeding Signs and Other Traces provides detailed descriptions and over 70 colour photographs of the distinctive traces of mammals. * Bones. 40 full page plates of skulls, lower jaws, humeri and femurs cover 38 of the more commonly found species, plus a detailed guide which covers all mammal groups. Naturalists, both amateur and professional, are becoming increasingly aware of the value of the indirect methods of finding and identifying mammals. This handbook of detection will be an essential companion, to be kept in the pocket, backpack or car for constant ready reference.
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Chrysler Group is recalling more than 370,000 trucks and SUVs to fix a problem with the vehicles' rear axle.
The recall affects 2009 Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen SUVs, 2009-11 Dodge Dakota trucks and 2009-12 Ram 1500 trucks. Of the vehicles recalled, 278,222 are in the U.S.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a pinion nut on the vehicles' rear axle can come loose because of a lack of adhesion. Should the nut come loose, the axle could lock up, possibly causing the driver to lose control and crash.
The defect has resulted in 15 crashes, according to Eric Mayne, a Chrysler spokesman. No injuries have been reported as a result of this issue, Mayne said.
Chrysler said Thursday that it would notify owners of affected vehicles. Dealers will install a new pinion nut free of charge.
The recall was the result of Chrysler's investigating an earlier recall, from September 2012, Mayne said. That issue involved 44,000 Dodge Dakota and Ram 1500 trucks not affected by Thursday's news. In the course of evaluating the earlier recall, Chrysler determined there was a second, more widespread issue.
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The people taken in by Bernie Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme may be seen as greedy, but Robert FitzPatrick, a nationally recognized expert on pyramid and Ponzi schemes as well as other consumer frauds, says that isn't the case with most people taken in by such frauds.
The people taken in by Bernie Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme may be seen as greedy, but Robert FitzPatrick, a nationally recognized expert on pyramid and Ponzi schemes as well as other consumer frauds, says that isn't the case with most people taken in by such frauds.
"I've been to meetings where they promote these things, and I don't see a lot of greed in the room," he said. "I see desperation, need, hope.
"Somebody will say the people taken in by these things are greedy and stupid. If that's the case, we're all stupid and greedy, then."
FitzPatrick said it is easy to recognize a pyramid scheme.
"What's not easy is to understand why it doesn't work," he said. "Another problem is that they're everywhere. What causes people to 'not get it' is the sheer prevalence of them.
"This is fraud that has gone wild. It's no accident at all that Madoff took some of our smartest people for billions of dollars. There is no one dealing with these things."
He said the pyramid schemes are disguised as "matrix selling" and "cash gifting" opportunities that assert their legality and legitimacy by citing lack of government action.
Madoff's scheme began to unravel when investors wanted about $7 billion back, and Madoff couldn't pay them.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox blamed his staff for failing to catch the 70-year-old Madoff's scheme until now. He said the agency failed to act on "credible, specific" allegations about Madoff dating back to 1999.
"Without regulation, it is not reasonable to expect the average person would be able to know enough to avoid such schemes," FitzPatrick said.
"We believe that the markets are legitimate and relatively free of utter fraud, that regulators are watching them, and that they have rules that are relatively transparent. But when you pull out the regulation, you still have a public trained to invest," said FitzPatrick, president of Pyramid Scheme Alert, an international organization formed to expose, study and prevent illegal pyramid schemes.
He said organizers of Ponzi and pyramid schemes will tell people who question their legitimacy that there is such strict regulation in this country, it's virtually impossible to run a scam.
"The exact opposite is the case, and of course they know that," FitzPatrick said.
He said pyramid and Ponzi schemes work for a while — a long while in Madoff's case.
"He was paying consistent double-digit returns when no one else could for 10 years," he said. "In that plan, nobody could get their money back because he was simply recycling the money. There was no money being made other than that introduced by new investors."
Investors in Madoff's hedge fund were largely wealthy individuals or entities who may have lost as much as $50 billion.
But FitzPatrick said the average person is more likely to encounter a Ponzi or pyramid in a "business opportunity" scheme that requires an investment plus recruiting of new investors — who are rarely called "investors" by the organizer.
"You'll go to a meeting that's carefully orchestrated," he said. "They're held in nice hotels. The presenter is dressed nicely, and there will be people just like you and me giving testimonials."
"The question will be asked, 'If it doesn't work, how does it keep working?'" FitzPatrick said.
"The reason is that 60 percent to 70 percent of the people who are recruited quit every year, without making a dime, and are simply replaced," he said. "The top people are making money by churning the people under them every year."
To avoid such schemes, FitzPatrick said, you have to dig deeper and ask lots of questions.
"Do your due diligence like nobody used to have to do," he said. "In a Ponzi scheme, look at how the organizer pays these extraordinary returns. Probe where the money comes from."
FitzPatrick said another warning bell in the Madoff scheme was that the statements he sent to clients "basically were unintelligible."
One investor asked how the fund could be so successful and was told it followed a "split strike conversion" strategy, which involved owning stock and buying and selling options at the same time, he said, an explanation that makes no sense, either.
"You also may get, 'I can't tell you in-depth because then I'd be giving away my secrets,'" he said.
FitzPatrick said Ponzi schemes, unlike pyramid schemes, don't churn investors.
"They just have to keep growing," he said. "He had to get new people in or get people who thought they were earning money to reinvest it. But it was all on paper. They weren't earning anything."
FitzPatrick said there are other factors that slow detection of Ponzi schemes.
"The whole concept of investing is that you have to trust somebody," he said. "And if you're going to trust someone, why not the former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market (Madoff)?"
Chris Dettro can be reached at (217) 788-1510 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The difference between the two schemes
The term "Ponzi scheme" is used primarily in the United States. Other English-speaking countries do not distinguish between this and other forms of pyramid schemes.
In both pyramid and Ponzi schemes, early investors are paid by subsequent ones in an unsustainable model. In a pyramid scheme, the investors recruit new investors, while in a Ponzi scheme, the organizer does the recruiting.
Ponzi scheme origin
The Ponzi scheme is named after Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant who ran a scam in New England in the early 1900s that promised investors in postal reply coupons a 40 percent return on their money in just 90 days. He planned to use the difference in the exchange rate between the dollar and foreign currencies to buy and sell the international mail coupons at a profit.
His company, Securities Exchange Co., and the scheme collapsed around 1920, however, when people started calling for their money amid a growing investigation.
Ponzi had been paying the high return to early investors (and himself) with money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from the profit from any actual business. The system is doomed to collapse because there are little or no underlying earnings from the money the promoter gets.
Ponzi actually bought only about $30 in mail coupons.
A couple schemes dissected
Canada has become a feasting ground for pyramid schemes, says Robert FitzPatrick, founder of Pyramid Scheme Alert and co-author of "False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes."
"The Canadian government is completely compliant of these things," he said. "It becomes an endorser by means of doing nothing."
Case in point is a Ponzi scheme disguised as a pigeon-breeding business called Pigeon King International. The organizer claimed he had a plan to save the family farmer, and lured more than 1,000 such farmers from the United States and Canada into the scheme.
Most lost all their investment.
The company is now bankrupt and closed. Returns were obtained from the investments of later investors. The operator had no external market for the pigeons. He sold breeding pigeons and then contracted to buy the offspring at agreed-upon prices. The selling prices of the breeding pairs and purchasing prices of the offspring were arbitrary but promised very high rates of return.
He lied to investors about markets and future sales of the pigeons and inflated their values.
Federal prosecutors in St. Louis recently have alleged that a securities firm there defrauded customers of more than $4.5 million in what they called a Ponzi scheme.
Rate Search Inc. claimed it was able to find the best return on certificates of deposit by searching nationwide, and made its money by taking a percentage of the interest.
But the company and its owner faked account statements to hide missing money and soothe investors, while in fact it never bought some of the CDs customers thought they owned, federal authorities said.


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Easy Pesaraddu - a light breakfast
I've been reading that Andra's famous Pesaraddu is typically made of Whole green mung dal. This recipe has yellow mung dal (paasi paruppu), so it is very quick to cook and also very light. The whole breakfast (the pesaraddu + chutney) takes 30 minutes or lesser time (that includes the prep time, ofcourse) to make. Here's how I do.
1 cup of yellow mung dal
a handful of uncooked rice grains
a small piece of ginger, say 1/2 inch
a pinch of asafoetida
one red chilli(mine is srilankan red chilli, very spicy-you can add/reduce according to your taste)
Make very thin dosas. Now, keep in mind that this dosa will not redden like the typical dosas made with rice+urad dal batter and it takes very less time, even less than a minute to cook... Pour a ladleful of batter on a hot dosa tava and spread it like a dosa/crepe. Wait for a minute. If you can flip it, then the first side is done. Again wait for another minute and flip it. If you leave it in the tava for longer time, then you will get a rubbery dosa - if that's what you want! :) Serve hot. These pesaraddus are best when they are eaten hot.
Red chutney aka Onion+Tomato chutney: Chop one big onion and a tomato (optional). Heat a tbsp of oil in the cast iron pan (any kadai will do) and roast the onions. Add the chopped tomatoes when the onions are done. Add a red chilli, a teeny tiny piece of ginger (optional) and a tiny piece of tamarind. Stir once and remove from the stove. Let it cool and then grind this chutney with some salt. Add water while grinding, if it's necessary.
This chutney is very versatile... You can increase/decrease the amount of onions, tomatoes, add ginger if you like or leave it, add some coriander leaves, if you like... Use green chillies instead of red. Any variation will take the chutney to new dimensions. The only thing to remember here is to get the onions well roasted, so that the chutney doesn't taste raw. Say, suppose you haven't roasted it enough and the chutney is tasting pungent, no problem! Put it back on the same kadai. Add a tsp of oil and keep stirring till the chutney gets done. Sometimes I grind the whole thing first and then put it on the kadai to roast the chutney. It tastes great either way.


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It's commonly known that following a diet high in plants is beneficial to overall health, and reduces the risk of developing dangerous heart diseases. However, many health-conscious eaters wonder if simply opting for more green is enough.
If a plant- based diet is good, is a plant- only diet even better? Would we and our cardiovascular systems be better served by following a strict vegetarian or even stricter vegan diet?
Not necessarily, said Dr. Syed Naqvi, a cardiologist at HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus and MidHudson Regional Hospital, both members of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. Naqvi said the problem with a vegan diet is that it can be difficult to adhere to. "The vegan diet lacks some important nutrients, such as those found in animal products. Vitamin B12, for example, is necessary to produce red blood cells and prevent anemia, and it is critical for brain health, but most plant-based foods lack this important vitamin."
Other critical nutrients that are less abundant in a strict, plant-only diet include: iron, an important component of red blood cells; zinc, which helps with cell division and the creation of proteins; and omega-3 fatty acids, which have a proven track record of keeping the heart and other organ systems healthy. While all of these may be added through supplements, they are never quite as effective as when they are delivered as natural nutrients from whole foods.
Naqvi is a firm proponent of the Mediterranean-style diet. "It is not a completely vegetarian or vegan diet," he said. "It favors fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains, and some fish, and it limits, but does not eliminate, meat, dairy products and sweets. Unlike some other eating plans, the Mediterranean diet includes more calories from healthy, plant-based fats, like nuts and olive oil. And, it allows for moderate consumption of wine, especially red wine, which helps in increasing good cholesterol [HDLs]."
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8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Dec 2009
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ABS retail sales down 0.7% in December 2009
The latest ABS retail trade figures show that sales in December fell 0.7%, seasonally adjusted, compared with a rise of 1.5% the previous month.
Sales fell, in seasonally adjusted terms, across four retail industry groups: Department Stores (-3.5%), Clothing, Footwear & Other Personal Accessory Retailing (-1.9%), Food Retailing (-1.3%) and Household Goods Retailing (-0.3%). Sales rose in Cafes, Restaurants & Takeaway Food Services (2.5%). Other Retailing (0.0%) remained flat.
South Australia (-3.7%) recorded the largest fall in sales in December, followed by Tasmania (-2.0%) , Victoria (-1.0%), Queensland (-0.6%), the Northern Territory (-0.4%), the Australian Capital Territory (-0.4%) and Western Australia (-0.1%).
New South Wales was the only state to record growth in sales in December (0.1%).
Trend turnover for December 2009 rose by 0.3%.
In seasonally adjusted volume terms, retail turnover rose 1.1% in the December quarter 2009. This compares with a fall of 0.7% in the September quarter 2009.
In trend volume terms, retail turnover rose 1.3% for the December quarter 2009. This is the 5th consecutive quarter of positive trend volume growth.
Further information is available in Retail Trade, Australia (cat no. 8501.0) on the ABS website at www.abs.gov.au
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Saint Ambrosii of Belaya Krinitsa
Ambrosii or Amvrosii (Russian) was the first Old Believers' Mitropolitan of the Ancient Orthodox Church. He was born in 1791 in Maistra, at that time part of the Ottoman Empire as Andreas Popovic. He was of Greek origin. He became a bishop in 1835. He converted to the Old Believers in 1846, thus establishing a full Church Hierarchy of the Old Believers. This hierarchy became known as the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy. He died in 1863.
The Old Believers (Starovery in Russian) or Old Ritualists (Staroobrjadtsy in Russian) or, as they are also called, Ancient Orthodox (Drevlepravoslavnye in Russian), are those Christians who remained faithful to the ancient rites, dogmas and ecclesiastical structures of Russian Orthodoxy as it was before the reforms in the seventeenth century introduced by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow.
Many of the Old Believers migrated to Siberia and neighboring countries, especially Romania. Most of them have never lost or refused priesthood, even though some have denied it, and are therefore called "priestless" (Bespopovtsy in Russian): their view on priesthood is not motivated by the innovations of Nikon, but by their vision of the imminent kingdom of the Antichrist.
Over time, the Old Believers founded a center at the Rogozhky cemetery in Moscow, and later the monastery of Belaya Krinitsa ("White Fountain") in Bukovina, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Ukraine. Although there had been a few Old Believer bishops ordained by Non-Russian Orthodox prelates, none of them had left successors, because under the reign of Tsar Nicholas I several laws restricted the reception of converts from the Official Church.
In Austria-Hungary, Old Believers founded the monastery of Belaya Krinitsa, as a place of freedom for the Old Believers (which carried the name of Lipoveni), thanks to laws enacted in 1783 by the Emperor Joseph II. In Vienna, the Minister of Interior, Conte Kolovrat, and Archduke Ludwig prepared the way for the permission to be given by Ferdinand in 1844, to invite a foreign bishop to establish his headquarters in Belaya Krinitsa to serve the needs of the Old Believers in the domains of the Empire.
There existed for generations communities of Old Believers in Turkey who were European refugees from the persecutions in Russia, and it was natural that the search for a bishop in order to establish an independent full Church Hierarchy was one of their first steps. According to reports from the Russian government after the middle of the 17th century about 4,000 Old Believers lived in Austria, mostly in Bukovina, on the border with Russia at the Prut river, and about 36,000 lived the Ottoman Empire. Of the latter, the majority lived in Dobruja, north at the Danube delta. Osip Semenovich Goncharov, Ataman of the Nekrasov Cossacks, established contact between bishop Ambrosii and two Russian monks, Pavel and Alimpii, who were searching for an orthodox bishop willing to join the Old Believers.
Biography of Saint Ambrosii
In 1811, the future Metropolitan Ambrosii, then still Andreas, was married, and shortly after he was ordained as a priest by Metropolitan Matthew. In 1814 he lost his wife, who had given him a son, named George, after his grandfather. In 1817 he was elected Igumen of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on the island of Halki. Patriarch Constantine had him locum tenens of the patriarchal Greek Church in 1827. As is clear from a document dated 9 September 1835, he was ordained as a bishop of Sarajevo in Bosnia by Patriarch Gregory, assisted by four other bishops. He remained in his position for five years before being removed by the Ottoman authorities.
A Serb, Costantino Efimovic acted as an interpreter between bishop Ambrosii and two above-mentioned monks from Russia, Pavel and Alimpii. Pavel and Alimpii examined the orthodox beliefs of Ambrosii. Bishop Ambrosii presented documents from the Patriarch of Constantinople which confirmed Ambrosii's canonical status. Bishop Ambrosii and his son then took time to investigate the status of the Russian Orthodox Old canonry and what he was asked, before giving its consent on 15 April 1846.
Convertion to the Old Faith
After a trip along the Danube, bishop Ambrosii and the monks Pavel and Alimpii arrived in Tulcea, nowadays in Romania, where five hundred Nekrasov Cossacks, together with the monks of the monastery of Slavo-Rus, their Father and Igumen Makarii Arkadii Lavrentiyevskii presented the Metropolitan the traditional tokens of hospitality: bread with salt. The government requested and obtained from the Patriarchate of Constantinople a favorable report on the bishop, before giving him permission to establish his residence in their domains. After a meeting to discuss the procedure for settlement of Ambrosii, on 28 October 1846 he held the office Vigil in honour of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker. The following day, after having read the usual confession of faith in Slavonic bishop Ambrosii was accepted according to Canon 95 of the Sixth Ecumenical Council. The priest monk Ieronim, with the blessing of the first and the new Metropolitan of Belaya Krinitsa and all the Russian Old Believers, began the Divine Liturgy, celebrated by Ambrosii.
The bishop read the prayers in his native language, Greek, but the deacon and the choir used Slavonic. Due to the absence of two other bishops, he used two archpriests, a procedure already used before in the history of the Church in cases of necessity, and described in some lives of saints. In August 1847 there was the ordination of Bishop Arkadii by Salvo-Rus, an ancient seat of an Orthodox monastery at Tulcea, which still exists in Romania.
The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened to retaliate the government of the Roman Catholic, if it had not withdrawn the permission to the Old Believers to establish their own Metropolia in the Habsburg Empire. The Holy Synod, by which the Tsar controlled the State Church since the abolition of the Patriarchate under Peter I, likewise threatened to cut all financial assistance from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, if he had not done everything in its power to induce the Metropolitan Ambrosii to change its position. Metropolitan Ambrosii, however, refused. Certainly the Old Believers convinced him that the system of the Holy Synod, established in 1700 by Peter I to check the status of the church in place of the patriarch, and with whom they have not wanted to do was not a canon. By decree of Tsar Paul I, the Russian rulers had declared "the Church" and all the bishops of the church had been obliged to honour an oath to that effect.
Exile and Death
In response to diplomatic pressure, the Austrian-Hungarian authorities closed the monastery of Belaya Krinitsa on 3th March 1848, and Metropolitan Ambrosii was sent into exile in Tzill in Styria. After the outbreak of revolutions in Vienna, with the assistance of Count Kolovrat, the Minister mentioned, the monastery of Belaya Krinitsa was reopened at the end of 1848, though the Metropolitan had to remain in exile. The successor of the latter was Antonii (Shutov), who became the first Old Believers' archbishop of Moscow.
Metropolitan Ambrosii lived fifteen years in exile and suffered from his isolation. Nonetheless he had helpend the Old Believers in their need to establish a full Church Hierarchy. He saw this as the Will of God. On 28 October 1863 he sent his last official act as primate of the Russian Old Believer Archbishop Antonii and all the bishops under his jurisdiction. The document begins with the words: "For the mercy of God, the humble Archbishop and Metropolitan of all the Old-Rite Orthodox, Ambrosii." In the text he expresses regret that he lived so far away from his flock, and that his health did not allow him to do more, but that he remains open to discuss any issue relating to the church people, under his spiritual care. This document clearly refuted allegations from some enemies of the Old Faith that wanted people to believe that the Holy Metropolitan had eventually rejected his flock.
Metropolitan Ambrosii died in 1863. Metropolitan Kirill held his funeral at Belaya Krinitsa monastery, but the Metropolitan was buried in the Greek-Orthodox cemetery of Trieste.
Investigation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
In 1899 the Patriarch of Constantinople established a commission to investigate the issue of Metropolitan Ambrosii and his acceptance of the primacy of the Russian Old Orthodox Church. The committee issued a decree of recognition of the hierarchy established by Metropolitan Ambrosii. This decree met with disapproval of Pobedonostsev, the Chairman of the Holy Synod of the Russian-Orthodox State Church.
Canonization of Metropolitan Ambrosii
At a joint synod held at the Monastery of Belaya Krinitsa 150 years after its acceptance of the primacy, Metropolitan Ambrosii was canonized on 11th November 1996, in the presence of both his successors, Metropolitan Leontii of Belaya Krinitsa and the Metropolitan Alimpii of Moscow and All Russia. The day of his feast was assigned to October 30 (November 12, according to the new calendar) each year. On 18/31 May 2000 the exhumation took place of the relics and their translation from Trieste to a Braila, Romania. Some years later, the monks Pavel and Alimpii, too, were canonized by the Old Believers.


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DRE, the Louisville medical tech company, has just unleashed the world's smallest ECG system. The compact device consists of the obligatory 12 leads and a small attachment that carries the necessary software for ECG interpretation. The Universal ECG hooks directly up to desktop PCs, laptops or Pocket PCs running Windows XP or 2000.
Unlike old school devices that use a clunky great machine, the Universal ECG can save electrocardiogram data directly to the physician's computer for analysis and sharing, which should save cash on printing out millions of the readouts each day. Though the device probably won't be as accurate as said clunky machine, its portability will surely make it a must for all those hypercondriacs among us. Feeling a little coronary ischemia coming on? (House rules.) [Medgadget]


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President Obama, Let My Citi Sink
By continuing bailing out Citi and other banks the government is rewarding illegal conduct. Let Citi be taken over by foreign banks if necessary. The future of Citi should be its dismemberment into smaller parts. And let Citigroup revert to its old name, First National City Bank.
[Genesis Of The Financial Meltdown]
Enough of bailing out Citigroup.
Ever since the 1990s when Citibank was deemed too big to fail, Citibank, now Citigroup, has followed a business path of "Damn the torpedoes. Full Speed ahead," to borrow from David Farragut, Admiral of the United States Navy, at the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864.
Only Citi, unlike Farragut, hasn't won the battle. It sank the American economy.
Citi's conduct is not a result of "a lack of moral hazard;" it is far worse. Citi knew that no matter how egregious its misconduct, it would remain in business- that the government would never indict Citi under the provisions of RICO. Even when laundering money for Mexican drug kings, Citi knew that it would never face the consequences of its acts.
There is no excuse. I have a friend, who is a former trader. His math score on the SAT was 430 out of a possible 800 (not 800 out of 800 like the geniuses), who developed Citi's trading strategies. For years he and I have discussed the CMO crisis; that is, we knew years ago that the spiraling upward movement of home prices was unstable and would eventually result in a spiraling downward movement of home prices.
The analogy of a tornado in reverse is appropriate. Prices increase rapidly but gravity eventually forces prices to come back to earth.
Prices of homes rose to unreasonable and unsustainable levels. And prices of homes must crash to reasonable and sustainable levels. My friend and I are not geniuses. We knew that the rocket rise in the price of homes and the price of commercial property was like a rocket rising to the stratosphere and that it would come crashing down.
Citi knew this also. But the profits made by Citi on CMOs and CDOs, the repackaging of home mortgages and commercial mortgages, was too great. So Citi kept selling and repackaging mortgages. And do not believe the lies that by securitizing the loans, the loans were made safer. That is nonsense.
It is a basic principle of finance that the loan is only as viable as the underlying product. By slicing a loan into tranches, you are not creating a less risky product; you are only creating larger fees. And anyone, who tells you otherwise is lying.
With interest rates so low, prices of all assets were pushed to unrealistic levels. With money so cheap, companies went private at prices that had not been seen since the Internet bubble. It was if a child was blowing bubbles and after the surface tension of the bubble was unsustainable, the bubble collapsed.
And just wait until the commercial real estate collapses.
By continuing to bail out Citi and other banks the government is rewarding illegal conduct. Let Citi be taken over by foreign banks if necessary. Better yet, let Citi reorganize as a much smaller bank; as a simple commercial bank. The solution is a smaller and less profit driven environment for Citi. When my family utilized its predecessor, First National City Bank, many decades ago, Citi was more responsible.
The future of Citi should be its dismemberment into smaller parts. And let Citigroup revert to its old name, First National City Bank.
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With the chill settling in, heating bills are likely to rise.
With the chill settling in, heating bills are likely to rise.
For some, though, keeping warm during the winter is a financial impossibility. That's where the Department of Social Services steps in.
�It's pretty expensive keeping a home warm, especially if you have a low income,� said Cathy Batchelor, economic services program manager for Onslow County DSS. �We've had some very cold days recently, and I'm sure energy bills are going to skyrocket.�
One program offered through North Carolina DSS is the Low Income Assistance Energy Program (LIAEP), which gets its funding from the federal government. LIAEP assists the elderly, the disabled and those living below, at or up to 150 percent of the poverty level. According to the U.S. DSS, the poverty level is $11,490 per year for an individual and $23,550 per year for a household with four people. That's a maximum yearly income of $17,235 and $35,325, respectively, to qualify for the program.
According to Carteret County DSS Director David Atkinson, the program is a necessity due to high price of keeping warm.
�The cost of energy and heating a home is such a high price of the overall cost of living,� Atkinson said. �The realities are: If you have an older adult who's living in substandard housing and the temperature outside is as cold as it has been, it would be very easy for them to slip into pneumonia or something like that.�
Atkinson said DSS has received more than $300,000 from the state for the LIAEP program, spending $42,400 of that money for 273 applicants as of late Thursday, Jan. 23. Applicants approved for assistance do not receive the money directly. Instead, a check for $200 to $400, depending on the applicant's needs and circumstances, is sent directly to the energy provider. The service runs from December to March, but for some counties, including Carteret, not all eligible applicants receive funding from day one. In Carteret County, funds for the elderly and disabled are distributed beginning on Dec. 1 with funds for other eligible applicants distributed at the start of February.
�Funds are limited and if we opened it up to everyone from day one, then we'd run out of money,� Atkinson said. �Seniors living in assisted living communities or group homes are in need of extra assistance, and we want to make sure there's enough for them.�
Batchelor said Onslow County DSS received from the state $600,000 for the program and $400,000 for the Crisis Intervention Program, a similar program that helps at-risk individuals and families fight the elements throughout the year. According to Batchelor, though, Onslow County DSS is going to need every cent to address the energy needs in the county. Since LIAEP started up for the 2013-2014 year on Dec. 1, Batchelor said Onslow County DSS has served more than 300 people.
�We will run out of money,� Batchelor said. �For LIAEP, we always run out because there's such a high need for it. With the economy the way it is, people losing their jobs and so forth, people cannot pay their bills. They need some help.�
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It seemed like every desirable hotel in the Palm Springs vicinity was booked to the rafters the second weekend in April. Extras weren't easily found, either. Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs said we could take one of their famous couples' mud baths and have dinner on Thursday but asked us to avoid the weekend, which would be "a very different experience from what Two Bunch Palms usually offers: tranquility, serenity and complete relaxation," an e-mail informed.
When we'd booked our long weekend back in January, we hadn't understood. But it didn't take long to figure out the issue was the annual Coachella music festival. Luckily for Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore and Gene Autry, they're all dead — though they might have been haunting the local streets named for them, boggled by the passing parade of beautiful, barely dressed, latter-day flower children, as well as those who just came to party, teetering on silly substances and 5-inch platforms. "I don't know how she got to her room last night," a valet muttered at the posh Parker Palm Springs as one unsteady rich girl lurched by at 11 a.m. in full makeup, Jackie O sunglasses and skimpy hot pants. I wondered what made him think she did.
We'd come for tranquility and relaxation — and found some, fortunately, at Hope Springs, a sublime, not-for-everyone, adults-only, refurbished Mid-Century Modern motel with 10 chic-simple rooms arrayed around three pools fed by geothermal hot springs — one hot, one warm, one tepid and big enough to swim in. It's so off the radar, it's marked only by a sign for Cactus Springs, a previous incarnation. So mostly, we lolled in the waters that gave Desert Hot Springs its name before it gained a different sort of fame as an American capital of crystal meth and the charmers who make and consume it. But we also got Coachella wristbands on the theory that if God hands you rock, roll with it.
Half the other guests at Hope Springs were there for the festival, which expanded to two consecutive April weekends this year. But all seemed intent on chilling, as well, so mornings were spent lolling in desert sun and hot pools, watching the resident hummingbird and discussing which bands were awesome, and which of the ancillary parties might be worth attending.
The all-weekend do at Two Bunch (previewed by Page Six) was hosted by children of the new owners from LA, who plan a slow, rolling renovation, but promise not to alter those mud baths or the equally renowned spring-fed grotto, where signs warn to speak only in whispers. On the 50 weekends a year when the place isn't decorated with blow-up sex dolls and tattooed, beer-swilling club kids, that is.
Alternating between Coachella and its crowd, and places they seemed unlikely to go, we lunched al fresco one day at the poolside Citron at Viceroy (formerly the Estrella Inn, a Hollywood-crowd hang whose name remains on the hotel spa). We also breakfasted outdoors at Norma's and ate a sublime classic French dinner in the dark, clubby Mr. Parker's, both at the art-filled Parker, formerly owned by Autry and then Merv Griffin. Both hotels have luxuriant gardens and impeccably kept grounds.
Another night, we went funky at Rio Azul, a Palm Springs Mexican joint where the margaritas were as big as the check was small. Our waitress, who lives in nearby Indio, home of the festival, was clearly ready for the Coachella crowd to go away. "But it's good for business, I guess," she allowed. Good, too, as a reminder of the allure of tranquility, serenity and complete relaxation.


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The conservative media, and blogosphere, has been awash in claims that the latest employment data has been manipulated to support the election efforts of the current Administration. Normally, I dismiss such claims out of hand, however, during the writing of this past weekend's missive "Employment – The Good, Bad and Ugly" I stated that: "While I am not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination, there are times when the data just does not support the conclusions. This is one of those times that make you go 'hmmmmm.'"
In the report I pointed to recent commentary by economist John Williams who stated: "Despite some happier employment headlines, the U.S. economy is not in recovery. Where it is not illegal for an administration to manipulate its economic reporting, it is illegal for anyone outside of the preparing statistical Bureau (including the White House and the Fed) to have access to market-sensitive numbers before the New York financial markets close on the afternoon prior to the release. Four days before the release of the October labour data, on October 29th, Washington.Examiner.com published a story 'Axelrod: Romney camp won't be saved by a bad jobs report.' As to the Romney campaign being 'buoyed [sic] by a bad jobs report,' Obama campaign senior strategist David Axelrod was quoted as indicating, 'I think they're going to be disappointed.'"
OK, so Mr. Axelrod knew what the employment data was going to be prior to its release. While that does smack of some less than scrupulous issues within the government – it is not the issue that is causing me to take pause with the latest employment data. Here is my problem.
As a reminder the jobs report on Friday came in at a much stronger than expected 171,000 jobs which beat the average consensus estimate of 125,000 by a whopping 3-standard deviations. Furthermore, the previous two months jobs reports were also revised higher with 148,000 jobs in September (originally 114,000) and 192,000 in August (originally 142,000). However, during that same three month period as "reported" jobs were strongly increasing – virtually every other employment metric was decreasing.
The chart below is a composite index of the employment related components from a broad spectrum of economic reports including the Chicago Fed National Activity Report, ISM, regional Fed surveys, Chicago PMI and the NFIB small business survey.
As you will see while the BLS employment reports have surged over the last three months the composite employment index has been on the decline from its peak of 24.45 in February to its lowest levels since March of 2010.
However, as we showed in our weekend missive, it is not just the deterioration in the broad employment composite that is contradicting the BLS recent employment reports but the decline in the online Help-Wanted index. If employment was indeed surging as reported by the BLS – the online help-wanted index should be on the rise. The chart below shows the Help-Wanted index as compared to historical employment.
Furthermore, increases in hiring should be coming with increases to economic activity. However, our STA Economic Composite Index, which is comprised of the same major survey's as the employment composite above, has likewise been showing deterioration in economic activity over the last six months.
This trend of economic deterioration showed up in the most recent report of the ISM Non-Manufacturing survey which showed a deceleration in non-manufacturing based activity in the latest month. I combine this report with the ISM manufacturing report to create an ISM composite activity index as shown below.
Currently the ISM Composite is at the same level as it was just prior to the last economic recession. However, more concerning is the downtrend from the recessionary recovery peak in activity. The peak in activity in 2010 coincides with a continuing deterioration in overall economic activity. While the composite index is not currently below the recessionary warning line the ongoing recession in the Eurozone is applying enough drag in exports to pull the domestic economy lower in the months ahead.
This drag was clearly seen in the most recent ISM report which showed a sharp drop in new export orders to -12.9 from September's -2.9. The decline in new export orders confirms the deterioration we have seen across the board in the majority of economic reports as well as the outlook in many of the 3rd quarter corporate earnings reports. As we have discussed in the past – exports now comprise more than 13% of GDP and make up roughly 40% of corporate profits. There is no escaping the vortex being created by the slowdown in China, and the recession in the Eurozone, when exports make up such a large percentage of GDP.
So, what is the explanation of improving employment over the last several months? John says: "At best, the numbers were heavily flawed in consistency by the use of concurrent-seasonal factor-adjustments. None of the revised estimates to prior month's unemployment, which are recalculated every month, are published. This is particularly misleading where publication of the latest September estimate is needed in order for consistent month-to-month comparisons between the October and September data.
The BLS has the actual numbers, but it will not publish them. The same is true for all but the two-most recent months in the employment series, which allows for the shifting of previously-reported employment activity into the headline month, from earlier periods, without an accounting for same."
What this means, when taking into account the recent slate of economic weakness, is that post-election we are likely to see many of the recent job gains revised away as the data aligns itself with overall economic activity. The STA composite employment index is likewise pointing towards higher jobless claims numbers in the months ahead and falling export orders will continue to impact corporate profitability and their need to increase employment.
So, while I don't believe in conspiracy theories, the underlying data is simply not supportive of the recent improvement in the jobs picture. Therefore, either the BLS has information that the rest of the economic reports are missing or there was an intentional skewing of the data for the election. Either way the data will sort itself out in the months ahead as the revisions to the back data are made. In the meantime I will just continue to ignore the black helicopter that keeps circling by my office.
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