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Identity Theft - The Basics - Fraudwatchers

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WHERE IT BEGINS Identity theft has one basic component that has to be satisfied before the crime can take place - procurement of the potential victim's personal data. How can that data be obtained? Easily: Dumpster Diving - someone sifts through the trash you threw out in search of bank account statements, credit card receipts, personal correspondence, checks, pre-screened credit card offers, etc. Criminal Theft - your purse, containing credit cards, Social Security Card, a check book and other items carrying personal data is stolen. Third Party Security Breach - a government laptop goes missing; a bill payer system gets hacked; a scorned employee releases personal data of customers, etc. Computer Security Breach - a trojan horse is installed (either locally or remotely) on your personal or work computer; you click on a link that leads you to a website that only appears to be the one of the bank you do business at, where you input your username and password as well as other data. Social Engineering - you provide your personal data over the phone to a person who claims to be calling from your bank's fraud department; you are offered a vacation prize or a chance to purchase a cheap time share in exchange for your personal data; you receive a call advising you that your loved one is in a hospital and their data is needed to proceed with treatment. Business Fraud - a waiter copies information from your credit card while you're waiting for the receipt; a store employee takes down information from the personal check you just paid with. Advance Fee Fraud - you provide personal information and copies of identifying documents to someone who is pretending to have engaged in a business relationship with you, someone who told you that you are a beneficiary of a will, someone who claims to be representing a lottery, or maybe someone whom you're dating online. Online Presence - you post your personal information such as full name, address and\or phone number on your blog, social networking profile or website. HOW IT PROGRESSES Once the thief is in possession of your personal information, the game is on. Here's a few things an identity thief can do with your personal data: Take over your existing credit cards and other financial accounts. Open new credit card accounts. Open instant store credit accounts. Use your government issued ID to identify themselves. Have a forged (your data, their picture) ID made and use that for identification. Sell your data to someone else. Redirect your mail to an address of their choice. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES Let's examine the consequences of having had your identity assumed by someone else: Financial losses - The thief making away with your money and credit is just the beginning of financial losses. The costs of registered mail letters, stamps and long distance phone calls quickly start adding up. Some victims find themselves in need of securing legal counsel - fees for that can quickly go into thousands of dollars. Many victims, busy with clearing their name, are forced to take unpaid leave from work to deal with the situation. Emotional distress - ID Theft is an emotionally impactive crime. Many victims report that they feel as if their whole existence has been taken away from them. Criminal Law issues - Criminal ID Theft occurrs when the person who assumed your identity uses it when dealing with Law Enforcement. If the thief is arrested on an unrelated charge and provides your identity instead of theirs, the charge will in effect end up on your record. It is difficult (and sometimes impossible) to get the record of criminal charges straightened out - as a result, some victims of ID Theft live in a constant fear of being arrested for a crime they did not commit, but which is still present on their record. Time investment - Clearing your name is extraordinarily time consuming. It requires tight recordkeeping, as well as large amounts of letters to document your case and identify fraudulent records. Many victims of ID Theft report that trying to clear their name has become a full time job to them. Civil Law issues - You may find yourself a respondent in a debt collection lawsuit for a debt that the thief incurred but which is still linked to your name. Debt collection issues - You may face debt collections calls and letters. Some unscrupulous debt collectors will contact you even though they are fully aware that you are a victim of ID Theft. Identity Theft is a crime de jour. Make sure you are aware of how it can start, how it goes on and where it ends.

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Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend.

The New York-based publisher said Tuesday that Canadian character Jean-Paul Beaubier will marry his beau, Kyle Jinadu, in the pages of "Astonishing X-Men" No. 51. That's due out June 20.

Northstar revealed he was gay in the pages of "Alpha Flight" No. 106 in 1992, one of Marvel Entertainment's first characters to do so.

Ten years later, in 2002, gay characters Apollo and the Midnighter were married in the pages of "The Authority" published by DC's Wildstorm imprint.

Since then, numerous comic book heroes and villains have been written as gay, lesbian or transgender ? from DC Comics' Kate Kane, aka Batwoman, to Hulkling and Wiccan in the pages of "Young Avengers."

Comics, as a medium, have embraced gay, lesbian and transgender characters, including the introduction of Kevin Keller by Archie Comics. Comic strips have done likewise.

This month, cartoonist Tom Batiuk is writing about a gay couple trying to attend their high school prom in "Funky Winkerbean," a move that has divided the fictional community.

"As I sit in on the classes at my old high school, I see how the younger generation's attitude toward gays is more open and accepting than that of their predecessors," Batiuk said.

For Marvel, the upcoming wedding is a way to further embed same-sex issues in its contemporary universe.

"The Marvel Universe has always reflected the world outside your window, so we strive to make sure our characters, relationships and stories are grounded in that reality," said Axel Alonso, Marvel's editor-in-chief.

Author Marjorie Liu, who is writing "Astonishing X-Men," said the decision to have the pair marry was appropriate.

"As a writer ? and a romance novelist, no less ? I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic books remain in relationship limbo for years at a time," she said.

"Certainly, that happens in real life ? some relationships just never grow ? but the wonderful thing about stories is that they tend to move readers and characters forward," Liu said, adding that Northstar pops the question in issue No. 50, which is due out on Wednesday.

"And, in this case, it was time to do the same to Northstar and Kyle, who have one of those rare comic book romances that actually works."

As for the event itself, Liu said the wedding will take place in New York City, where gay marriage is legal, but given that Northstar is on the X-Men, it remains to be seen if the event will be trouble-free.

"As for the ceremony ... well, what wedding ever goes off without a hitch?"

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Why Does Everyone Climb Everest in May?

The AP reported this morning that three climbers who attempted to scale Mount Everest this weekend died and that two more were still missing. But about 150 climbers managed to summit the world's highest peak on either day?including a 73-year-old who became the oldest woman to reach the zenith.?

Why is everyone ascending Everest in May? To find out, and to get other answers to our questions about Everest, we talked to John All, a geographer at Western Kentucky University. All climbed Everest in 2010 via the Northeast ridge and has spent a year collecting data on climate change at Nepal's base camp.

Why You Should Go In May

It comes down to snow, temperature, and wind. "Mount Everest protrudes into the stratosphere, and most of the year the summit is buffeted by winds of over 100 miles per hour that will kill a climber in minutes or even hurtle them into the void," All told Popular Mechanics. "It is only during the onset or cession of the Asian Monsoon that these winds die down and allow climbers short seven- to 10-day windows to climb the mountain."

The highest recorded wind speed at the summit was a 175 mph in February 2004. For reference, a Category 5 hurricane has sustained wind speeds of at least 157 mph. Throughout the winter, hurricane-force winds pummel the summit for three days out of four.

The two windows in which those wild winds die down happen in May and September. But snow falls during the September calm, so fresh snow drifts offset the break from the wind. That's why so many people try the ascent in May, All says.

The monsoon season also provides survivable temperatures. The Everest summit temperature ranges from an average of minus 4 F to minus 31 F, but the temperature is generally warmer as the winds blow more gently from the end of May until the third week of October, according to weather reports.?

How Much Gear Is Up There?

"Not much anymore," All says. Climbers and sherpas get paid for every empty oxygen bottle that they bring down, and expeditions these days are cleaner than they used to be.?

And How Many Bodies Are There?

According to a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2008, from 1921 to 2006, there may have been 192 deaths above the 26,247-foot mark. That gives the summit a 1.3 percent mortality rate, the study found.

All says he saw bodies starting at about 27,890 feet. "I didn't see any until I hit the Northeast ridge, then there are probably five or six within 5 meters of the route and 10 within 10 meters of the route," he says.?

"The sherpas don't want to touch them. It's a religious issue. And you can't carry them down because you're close to dying yourself. It would take tens of thousands of dollars to bring them down. You'd have to have an entire expedition to get a body down. It would take five strong climbers at a?minimum."?

Do We Really Know How Tall Everest Is?

There's no question that Everest is the tallest point on the planet. "It has been measured dozens of times by every conceivable technology: Ultra-accurate GPS, laser, radar, and simple surveying," All says. "Now the only question remaining is what is its official elevation. Is it where the surface (snow) is located, or is it actually the rock itself, which is several meters lower? Either way, it is substantially higher than anything else on Earth."

In 1856, nearly 150 years before anyone measured the peak with GPS, Everest's original surveyors calculated the peak's height with remarkable accuracy. The Great Trigonometric Survey, which included the mountain namesake George Everest, put the summit at 29,002 ft.

Yet, as All says, the elevation is still not a settled issue. Mount Everest is 29,035 feet, according to measurements that National Geographic's team took on its Millennium Expedition in 1999. But ask China and Nepal and they might say that Everest is 29,028 feet. Earlier surveys established that height, and it falls within the National Geographic expedition's margin of error.?

Why can't surveyors do better? One big confounding factor is that scientists measure elevation about sea level, and sea level is not constant. It varies slightly around the world and it changes with tides, so the best practice is to agree on an average and measure from there. Another issue is plate tectonics. Everest rides the edge of a plate that is thrusting upward. Its height may be changing constantly.?

Another National Geographic expedition is on Everest now and they might settle the question of the peak's rock height. The team of North Face climbers and geologists from Montana State University plan to drill through the ice to the rock and take GPS measurements.

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Childhood Obesity Ads Now on Clear Channel | Balance Pilates

Clear channel and the Advertising Council have joined forces. Childhood obesity ads started running on Clear Channel last Wednesday. The campaign promotes healthy lifestyle choices for kids.

There are 5 ads that will be running on the stations and on their streaming websites, 2 of the ads are also in Spanish. The value of the advertising tips the scale at $30 million dollars.

According the the Center for Disease Control childhood obesity has risen by 30% in the last 30 years. The need to raise awareness and give actionable ideas through short ads that will be broadcast over 850 stations seems like another worthwhile approach to the Ad Council.

The ads use humor and catching lines to promote healthy eating and activity. Here is an example, one lists the ?hundreds of fun and simple things you and your family can do to live a healthier lifestyle,? including ?walk to work, walk the dog, have the dog walk you. Take a hike, take a bike, skate, dance, hop, jump, do the humpty hump. Drop the fat, drop the sugar, drop down and give me ten. Ditch the video games, ditch the remote, dig a ditch. Skip seconds, skip dessert, skip, skip, skip to my lou. Don?t skip breakfast.?

Health professionals and professors differ in their options of the ads. Dr. Marlene Schwartz, deputy director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University said ?almost gives people too many choices. Research has shown that people get overwhelmed when they are given too many options and sometimes choose to not act at all.?

While Geeta Menon, a professor of marketing and dean of the undergraduate college at the Stern School of Business at New York University, said she liked the ads? suggestion of ?tactical things people can do to be healthier. What I like about the approach is they?re not focusing on the overall less tangible goal, which they assume people know. They?re giving people hooks on how to implement it.?

Source: New York Times, Health and Fitness

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