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Yard artist defends his right to self-expression
January 27th, 2012
Yard artist defends his right to self-expression
… 13 and 12 — he gets food stamps, hits the food shelves, and has medical coverage through Hennepin County. Coasting on no cash income, he is looking for a lawyer to fight the City of Minneapolis and have his renter's license and livelihood restored.
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8 Essential Tips To Help Accidental Landlords Keep Their Finances Intact
"A lot of times, tenants won't carry renters' insurance because they think the landlord is responsible for their belongings and that just isn't true," Charlebois says. If they know what's good for them, they'll get it on their own, but you can always …
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SEC: Life settlement scheme padded pockets of alleged scam artist
September 7th, 2011
John Egan
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to put a stop to an alleged $ 4.5 million investment scheme that involves brokering so-called life settlements.
The SEC alleges Daniel C.S. Powell and his Los Angeles company, Christian Stanley Inc., have spent the past seven years “creating the illusion” that this was a legitimate business involved in the life settlement industry. However, the SEC claims, Christian Stanley actually never purchased life insurance policies or generated any revenue as a broker of life settlements.
The SEC has obtained an emergency court order to halt Powell’s alleged scheme.
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| Federal authorities claim Daniel C.S. Powell spent almost $ 90,000 on stays at luxury hotels as part of a life settlement scheme. |
Rosalind Tyson, director of the SEC’s Los Angeles office, says in a news release: “Most of the money raised from investors has been used to finance Powell’s extravagant lifestyle and for other purposes that have not been disclosed to investors.”
Among other things, Powell allegedly did this with investors’ money:
• Paid more than $ 212,000 for cars, including a Porsche, a Ferrari and a BMW.
• Spent almost $ 90,000 for stays at luxury hotels.
• Spent more than $ 49,000 at nightclubs.
• Put $ 21,000 toward his school loans.
• Paid more than $ 17,000 for restaurant tabs.
• Spent $ 8,700 on jewelry.
• Spent more than $ 5,000 on cowboy boots.
• Took nearly $ 5,000 to register for a dating service.
• Spent more than $ 4,800 for limousines.
• Spent more than $ 1,300 on designer sunglasses.
According to the SEC’s complaint, Powell raised more than $ 4.5 million from at least 50 investors nationwide in a fraudulent, unregistered offering of debentures — unsecured-debt notes — that promised returns ranging from 5 percent to 15.5 percent annually for five-year terms. Powell claimed the notes were backed by assets such a mine in Kentucky that he said held coal deposits valued at $ 11.8 billion and a gold mine in Nevada, the complaint says.
Yet none of the investors’ money went toward life settlements or mining operations, the SEC alleges.
A life settlement involves selling an existing life insurance policy to a third party — a person or an entity other than the company that issued the policy — for more than the policy’s “cash surrender” value, but less than the death benefit. The buyer then assumes payment of the premiums.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the largest independent regulator of securities firms doing business in the United States, says life settlements carry considerable risk.
“Life settlements can be a valuable source of liquidity for people who would otherwise surrender their policies or allow them to lapse — or for people whose life insurance needs have changed. But they are not for everyone,” FINRA says. “Life settlements can have high transaction costs and unintended consequences. And even if you decide a life settlement is generally right for you, it can be hard to tell whether you are getting a fair price.”
The SEC recommends checking whether professionals involved in a life settlement are registered or licensed before signing on the dotted line. For more information, visit the websites of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or FINRA.
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Mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz takes on new opponent: Texting while driving
July 29th, 2011
John Egan
Just like he pounds his opponents, mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz is pounding home this message: Don’t text and drive.
“I was taking a day off from training and driving in my Rolls-Royce Phantom, my pride and joy, and I looked down at my phone for literally one second because I had a text — and I crashed my Phantom,” Ortiz writes in a blog post for ESPN.com. “Seriously, kids, don’t text and drive.”
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| Tito Ortiz says auto insurance won’t cover $ 45,000 worth of damage to his Rolls-Royce. |
The wreck occurred in California, which prohibits texting while driving. However, the Automobile Club of Southern California says that since the texting ban took effect in 2009, the number of drivers who’ve been seen texting actually has risen.
Ortiz, a UFC fighter known as “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” says the crash was an expensive lesson. The Rolls-Royce is worth $ 300,000; the wreck caused about $ 45,000 worth of damage.
The damage isn’t being covered by auto insurance, but it’s not clear why. In a Twitter message, Ortiz says money for repairs “will come out of my pocket.”
“I let my attention slip for one second … I just couldn’t believe what I’d done. The grill was totaled. The headlights were done. The hood was mangled up. It was a really, really expensive mistake,” Ortiz writes on ESPN.com.
Ortiz says he cried over the three-car crash, which happened in late July in Costa Mesa, Calif.
“There will be some guys reading this going ‘Really? Tito cried over a fender bender?’ but I know other guys will understand a man’s love for his vehicle,” he writes. “That’s my pride and joy. I love that car. I worked so hard to get that car. That’s a unique vehicle and I was so dumb to look at my phone.”
Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia prohibit texting while driving, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Yet a poll conducted in October 2010 for InsuranceQuotes.com found that 39 percent of licensed U.S. drivers age 18 and above had sent or received a text message while driving.
Distracted driving — including texting while driving — was reported in one-fifth of U.S. injury accidents in 2009, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Artist, title – “I’m just an average man with an average life I work from nine to five, hey hell I pay the pri?
December 6th, 2010
Question by “Johns”: Artist, title – “I’m just an average man with an average life I work from nine to five, hey hell I pay the pri?
ce…” Tell me the name, artist, and how he’s related to a “big” music mogul. Thanks!!! Answer carefully and c’ya on da otha side if/when you be da “chosen” one. Until then, as you were… Peace out!!! Btw, “15 minutes could save you 15% or more on your car insurance.”
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Answer by Courtnay
Somebody’s Watching Me, by Mysto and Pizzi.
the song was on a geico commercial?
What do you think? Answer below!
