| Dartmouth subpoenaed in loan investigation
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) _ New Hampshire's Dartmouth College has been subpoenaed as part of New York state's investigation of the student loan industry.
The subpoena, dated February 14 and recently made public, was brought by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The subpoena addresses the college's arrangement with Bank of America that allows the bank to offer "affinity" credit cards to Dartmouth students and alumni. These cards allow individuals to give back to their alma mater or to another charitable cause as they spend.
Dartmouth is among over 80 colleges and universities that offer affinity cards to their students in conjunction with Bank of America, according to the bank's web site.
Cuomo has alleged that these card programs may represent a conflict of interest if they encourage colleges to promote the banks' lending programs.
The Weedpatch Gazette
Al bears the scars of many wounds suffered as a romantic dreamer in his search for truth and meaning in life, his attempts to make some sense out of the prevailing lunacy throughout the world. So it is no wonder much of the criticism directed at him is justified; that is the fate of all those who try to stand up for beauty and romance. But it is this romanticism of Al that draws some of the best and brightest to him as well as making him hated by some others. Hollywood certainly recognized this about Al, and despite the fact Hollywood has done so much damage to America and few have condemned this more than me there is that long history of romance associated with it as the Dream Factory. One of the problems romantics like Al face in a "modern" America was evidenced by his embarrassing attempt to appear less wooden during the campaign; we all cringed at that kiss onstage, it was embarrassingly overdone almost like an attack on his wife rather than a display of genuine affection.
Monroe man arrested for using mother’s credit card without ...
A Monroe man was arrested today on felony charges for stealing his mothers Visa credit card number and charging more than $2,442 to the account without her permission.
Jacob Harper, 19, 158 Springhill Road, Monroe, was charged with felony theft by Ouachita Parish sheriffs deputies.
According to the arrest report, Harper took the credit card number from his mom in December. He and his girlfriend Tabatha Mercer used it between December and January on 53 occasions.
Mercer was arrested Thursday. She was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center and her bond is set at $10,000.
Harper also was booked into OCC where he awaits a bond hearing. .
Friday night lights - Glasgow redux
Don't know about you, but a Friday without the Dillon Panthers is like the D-G without Wally. Or some better simile. Give me your best. It's an open line. I notice, for one thing, that the case of missing CDI executive John Glasgow has cycled off this page, even as the conversation about the mystery continues. (Here's the long earlier thread.) So add this to the mix: Glasgow, though an immensely succesful and competent chief financial officer of a top-billing Arkansas construction company, had plenty of anxiety in his life, as we all do. I learned today details of the hard-nosed dickering going on between members of the Dillard's Department Stores family and top execs of CDI over the structure and management of CDI after the death last year of founder William Clark.
Destruction Of Sumatran Forests Driving Global Climate Change And ...
This groundbreaking report gives U.S. businesses a roadmap for getting the biggest bang for their buck," said Adam Tomasek, managing director of the Borneo and Sumatra program at WWF-US. "An investment in Riau Province would both protect some of the world's largest carbon stores and safeguard endangered tigers, elephants and local communities." Carbon emissions are likely to increase, the study predicted, as most future forest clearance is planned for areas with deep peat soils. "The loss of Sumatra's carbon-rich forest ecosystems is not just Indonesia's problem - this affects the environmental health of the entire planet," added Tomasek. The report by WWF, Remote Sensing Solution GmbH and Hokkaido University breaks new ground by analyzing for the first time the connection between deforestation and forest degradation, global climate change, and population declines of tigers and elephants.
A typical data center is as secure as a water balloon
Suppose we compare your data center to a water balloon. Both have a relatively secure perimeter. Both have content that should remain inside. Both face significant threats from pointed attacks. And in both cases, Bad Things happen when the perimeter is breached.
Why the comparison? Consider the following: How much do you spend to protect your data center applications from outside attacks? How about from attacks launched inside your network security perimeter? How secure is your valuable data against the misuse of privileged access accounts? When was the last time you changed all of your database passwords or all of your server passwords? Often, the answers to these questions reveal that a typical data center is about as secure as a water balloon.
Here we describe some common yet risky misperceptions about data center security.
Adrian Gives Homeless Guy a Shiner
Adrian Grenier made sure our camera was rolling last night as he tossed a street performer a generous donation: a shiny, silver coin worth 25 American cents. Grenier couldn't spot a struggling man a dollar -- but, after fearing our camera picked up some incriminating bits of his conversation, he did offer our photog a thousand bucks for the footage.How generous. .
Get on board and we’ll move forward
But if it meant the difference between WFC surviving as a business or not you bet your bottom dollar I would have done it. So any worries of that occurring now are not required? Well it doesn't need that does it? And that is why we have tried to unlock the value in a different way. You can't guarantee anything in life but there are certainly no intentions to do that at this stage. Again, we are in a very precarious position. This club is losing £7,000 a week, which is a lot of money, and we have to make difficult decisions and we are making them everywhere, both on the pitch and off it. People are not going to like me and I know that and accept that. And at the end of that process other people are going to come in and reap the benefits but you need a strong person at the helm who is bloodied minded and is just going to do it and that is what I am doing.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Troy Aikman says it's a sure thing: Brett Favre will have second thoughts about hanging up his helmet. The Hall of Fame quarterback knows how hard it is to walk away from the NFL and never look back. Even after a series of concussions led Aikman to retire from the Dallas Cowboys after the 2000 season, he was tempted to come back two years later. "I was ready to go and had talked with my wife and everything about it," Aikman said told The Associated Press by phone. Aikman figures Favre will feel the same pull the closer the 2008 season gets. And he wouldn't be surprised if Favre changes his mind and sends heir apparent Aaron Rodgers back to the bench. "You want to walk out on top," said Aikman, now an analyst for Fox Sports.
Flames Roar Through 16 Buildings in Massachusetts; 1 Injured
LAWRENCE, Mass. A massive seven-alarm blaze that started in an empty downtown nightclub quickly spread through 16 buildings Monday, destroying homes and businesses and forcing residents to flee in their pajamas into bitter cold. One person suffered minor injuries in the blaze at Market and South Union streets that engulfed apartment buildings and a home for the mentally disabled. The fire was first spotted by an ambulance crew on an unrelated call about 2:30 a.m., state Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said. Coan said the fire started in the nightclub, which was being renovated. The club had no walls, and that "gave the fire an opportunity to take hold very quickly," he said. Click here for a video report from MyFoxBoston.com.
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