| Big Brother 8- Party Task
This week's party task seemed like fun at first but of course there was a twist. Big Brother asked the housemates to choose five lucky people to attend an exclusive BB birthday bash but this didn't mean it was going to be a quiet night for those who didn't get picked. Gerry, Ziggy, Nicky, Amanda and Sam were chosen before another set of instructions were dished out. .
Clearfield businessman running for Congress
A Clearfield County business owner has announced his candidacy for the 5th District seat in the U.S. House. Derek Walker is seeking the Republican nomination for the position in Congress being vacated by John Peterson. I believe that I have the background and a unique perspective as a result of having been born and raised in Bigler, a small mining village in Clearfield County, and having operated a successful business as well as serving on the boards of a number of community and economic development organizations, Walker said. I understand the challenges facing the people of this region and with hard work I believe that I can improve our future economic prosperity, the candidate added. Walker graduated from Clearfield High School with high honors and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in economics from Bucknell University and a Masters in Business Administration from Penn State.
Mich. couple killed in accident leave $1.6 million to surprised ...
And it didn't matter to them if you had one dollar or 10, they'd be your friend." Judging by the amount of money they doled out, the couple had many friends, including fellow parishioners at Alto United Methodist Church, where many of the beneficiaries are members. "We, the whole church, are obviously grateful to them, and grateful to God that he gave them to us," said the Rev. Dean Bailey. Added Bailey's wife, Jan: "They left a lot to the people they'd loved, and I think everybody was surprised." That included the Baileys, who were notified that the Hatches had left the church about $50,000 toward a fund trying to raise $800,000 for a new building. Their gift, said the pastor, represents "about a year's worth of our fundraising capability." .
Fort Lauderdale man faces uphill battle with a mountain of debt
Big student loans and a heap of credit-card debt, but a low-paying job. It's a mismatch so many people face when they're trying to live on starting salaries. For Jamell Vanterpool, the mismatch is hurting him and limiting his future prospects.
"I can't keep up with the bills," he wrote, seeking a South Florida Sun-Sentinel Money Makeover.
There are two big questions he faces: Can he live on his salary? The answer to that one is no. And what can he do about it? That answer depends on what Vanterpool does next.
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While at Oxford, he wrote and performed his own songs, which brought him to the attention of manager Larry Parnes (who handled Tommy Steele and other British pop stars). Signing with Parnes, he made recordings for Top Rank Records produced by Tony Hatch (apparently never released) and performed under the name Kris Carson, but he was not successful. After earning a master's degree in English literature from Oxford in 1960, Kristofferson intended to continue his studies there. But during a Christmas break back home in California, he resumed his relationship with an old girlfriend, Fran Beir, and they married. Instead of returning to Oxford, he joined the Army. Like his father, he became a pilot, learning to fly helicopters. He was assigned to West Germany and went there with his wife and their daughter.
FDA approves HIV drug etravirine
Sold under the trade name Intelence, etravirine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, or NNRTI, that helps to block an enzyme that the human immunodeficiency virus needs to multiply, the FDA said. It was approved for use in combination with other anti-HIV medications. Etravirine can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and increase white blood cells that help fight off other infections, the FDA said. It also may reduce the risk of death or infections that can occur with a weakened immune system. The government gave etravirine a priority review, a status granted to medications aimed at treating serious or life-threatening conditions. Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, said last July that it had requested etravirine be placed on a fast track for review.
A Flip-Flopper’s Confession
Yes. I'm a flip-flopper. Of the first degree. Item #225 on the very long list of reasons I could never run for public office. The latest example: The proposed (and languishing, but not yet dead) expansion of the S-CHIP program. First, I was generally in favor of it. Then, I was soundly against it. And then … the factors that prompted me to change my position were challenged by certain astute TMV readers in the back-and-forth comments attached to the October 12 "Center of Attention" feature. So I decided to stop the lazy approach to forming an opinion on this subject (i.e., reading and borrowing the opinions of others) and do a little original homework of my own. Specifically, I decided to seek the input of Republicans who originally supported the expansion and still do, despite the President's veto.
January 2008
Paul's online supporters helped him raise almost $20 million last quarter, most of it online. But it looks like there might be a new champ in town. Or maybe he's just reclaiming his title. TechPresident reports that in the past two weeks, the Barack Obama campaign (which has had a great track record online since Obama announced his candidacy last February) says it has raised money from more than 100,000 donors via the Internet. The report is based on an e-mail sent out by the Obama campaign Wednesday afternoon. "After the New Hampshire primary last week, we set a goal of 100,000 online donors in 2008 - a goal we hoped to reach before the Nevada caucuses on Saturday. Last night we got there five days early. Think about that: 100,000 donors in 15 days." As TechPresident notes, that is a huge number of supporters.
Cheaper electricity touted
Now, in hopes of prompting legislators to move on the measure, the Lexington Electric Utility Ad-hoc Committee is touting its review of electricity costs at 12 area high schools from July 2006 through June 2007, which found that schools served by a municipal electric company, or muni, paid about half of the average 18 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity that those served by NStar were charged. NStar is an investor-owned utility. "The study clearly shows that it's not just residential users who would save money with munis," said Patrick Mehr, a longtime advocate for municipal electric companies and member of the ad hoc committee. "Cities, towns, and the state would also save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year - money they could be put to much better use." The study included a review of electricity costs at public high schools in the Acton-Boxborough, Belmont, Brookline, Concord-Carlisle, Lexington, Lincoln-Sudbury, Newton (Newton North and Newton South), Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, and Winchester districts.
Failed Company Pension Plans Hurt Baby Boomers and Elderly Say Recent ...
The company pension plan is dead and the retirement plans that were to replace them, namely IRAs and 401(k) plans, are ailing. Paul Mauro CLU, ChFc says Federal pension reform and Government insurance do little to protect older workers. Babyboomers face uncertainty and must take charge to secure their own income income, urges Mauro. Boston, MA (PRWEB) November 24, 2005 -- The company pension plan that gave our parents and grandparents steady income during their sunset years is nearly dead. That's according to recent press attention by The New York Times Sunday Magazine (10/30 and TIME (10/24). Journalists reporting in these media blame weak public policy, bankruptcies by major corporations and accounting tricks that allow employers to underfund retiree obligations.
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