Saturday Spotlight: Jon Niese’s nosejob in baseball

February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Jon Niese before surgery courtesy of CBS partner

News Content of this ARTICLE is courtesy of Yahoo Sports: Jonathon Niese has a new nose, thanks to former teammate Carlos Beltran By 'Duk | Big League Stew – Mon, Feb 20, 2012 3:54 PM EST http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php? Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese has a new nose. (AP/Adam Rubin) It looks like Mets reporters have already sniffed out the spring's oddest story. It's true. New York Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese arrived at the team's camp on Monday and said that he had received a nose job over the offseason. Better yet, the bill for the surgery is supposed to be picked up by former teammate Carlos Beltran, who promised to handle the tab before he was traded to the San Francisco Giants last July. "[Beltran] wanted me to have a new nose," Niese [told reporters on Monday]. "So he offered to pay for it. I was just like, 'All right.' Then it turned into seeing doctors and to getting it fixed." Beltran reportedly has not paid up … [Read more...]

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Profiteering at the expense of the unemployed

February 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
America's unemployed access to opportunity photo courtesy of economy.ocregister.com

In the new American norm, the unemployed worker is being subjected to many forms of acceptable discrimination in the new economy. However, the widespread impact of many workers losing employment due to consequences beyond the realm of personal responsibility did not illicit empathy in American society.  The unemployed masses are facing insurmountable obstacles to return to as part of the mainstream American workforce. One of these obstacles is other entities profiteering on unemployment benefits as the unemployed attempt to obtain the necessary benefit or food stamp support to sustain a household until new employment is obtained As a safety net, unemployment benefits are the lifeline in a transition period for many workers in lieu of employment being terminated. The benefits are substantially less than earnings, and the recipient is dependent on this benefit to provide food, shelter, stability, etc. to self and household. The reality is that profiteering whether by illegal or … [Read more...]

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FDIC shuts banks in Georgia and Minnesota, DC Troubled Banks, and One in Three Unbanked

February 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
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The number of DC banks on the unofficial FDIC Troubled Bank List remains steady at eight. The unofficial version of the FDIC Troubled Bank list can be found at the calculatedriskblog.com. The FDIC did shutdown two banks in Georgia and Minnesota. The two bank failures this Friday did bring the number of failures for 2012 to 11 in comparison to 23 at the same time in 2011. The closing of the bank in Georgia is after four Georgia banks came under FDIC scrutiny in February. The FDIC did find a buyer for the Georgia bank, but no buyer was found for the bank in Minnesota. The FDIC will cut checks to these customers for the amount of the insured funds. In the world of the unbanked, 30 million consumers are unable to obtain mainstream checking or account services due to bank sharing information like Chex Systems and Credit Bureau Reporting for delinquent checking accounts. Meredith Whitney is analyst of banking institutions, and her recent remarks show the number of unbanked customers in … [Read more...]

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