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Benefit Security Card .. HALF of the U.S live in households that receive government benefits (26 May 2012) ...item 2.. Brevard man gets 4 years in Social Security fraud case (Jun 1, 2012 ) ...
Image by marsmet481 And the problem is set to get worse as millions of baby boomers retire - putting further strains on the already overburdened revenue stream. The worrying leap in benefits payments will make the scheduled government spending cuts even harder. . ........***** All images are coyrighted by their respective authors ........ Photo credits: Getty Images . .............................................................................................................................................................................................. . .....item 1).... Mail Online ... Daily Mail ... www.dailymail.co.uk/news ... Revealed: HALF of the U.S live in households that receive government benefits By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 15:05 EST, 26 May 2012 | UPDATED: 15:06 EST, 26 May 2012 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150445/Revealed-Half-U-... Almost half of all Americans live in a household where at least one member received government benefits in the first quarter of 2011, according to a new report. Data from the Census Bureau revealed that 49.1 per cent of the population live in a household which gets at least one kind of government benefit with many likely to receive more than one. The figure marks a steep rise in the amount of people claiming benefits, in the early 1980s only 30 per cent of the population were in a household that got government hand-outs, reported the Wall Street Journal. . ............................................. img code photo ... Benefit Security Card Worrying increase: 49.1 per cent of all Americans live in a household where at least one member received a minimum of one type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2011 Getty Images ............................................. . . In the third quarter of 2008 the figure was 44.4 per cent. More... ...Merkel to unveil 'East German-style' rescue plan to solve Greece problem and save the single currency ...Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you (and they include 'pork', 'cloud' and 'Mexico') The increase in households where at least one person claims food stamps, receives unemployment benefits or where someone is enrolled in Medicaid is largely a result of the recession which began in late 2008 and carried on into 2010. The data showed that 15 per cent of people lived in a household that received food stamps, 26 per cent had someone enrolled in Medicaid and 2 per cent had a member receiving unemployment benefits in the first quarter of last year. . .............................................. img code photo ... Percent of US Population living in households with benefits i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/26/article-0-134FCE7B0000... Sharp rise: In the early 1980s only 30 per cent of the population were in a household that got government hand-outs - now the figure has reached 49.1 per cent DAILY MAIL .............................................. . . It was also found that 16 per cent of the population lives in a household where at least one member receives social security benefits. As well as more households depending on government benefits, more families are living together in multi generational households to save money, according to the Wall Street Journal's report. And the problem is set to get worse as millions of baby boomers retire - putting further strains on the already overburdened revenue stream. The worrying leap in benefits payments will make the scheduled government spending cuts even harder. Indeed, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday that the combination of tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for January 2013 will send the country back into recession. . ............................................ img code photo ... Food stamps: Residents from Fort Lauderdale, Florida i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/26/article-0-134FB5C00000... Food stamps: Residents from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wait to apply for food stamps. 15 per cent of Americans live in a household where someone receives food stamps, according to data from the Census Bureau Getty Images ............................................ . . The government reported last month that the trust funds that support Social Security will run dry in 2033, three years earlier than previously projected. More than 56million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children receive Social Security. The average retirement benefit is ,232 a month; the average monthly benefit for disabled workers is ,111. About 50million people are covered by Medicare, the medical insurance programme for older Americans. The food stamp program was used by 43.6 million people in November 2010. Before the recession, the program was serving 26 million. Read more: WSJ.com: Number of the Week: Half of U.S. Lives in Household Getting Benefits . . .............................................................................................................................................................................................. . .....item 2).... Florida Today.com ... www.floridatoday.com ... Brevard man gets 4 years in Social Security fraud case Man also a suspect in mom's death, officials say 7:25 AM, Jun 1, 2012 . ................................................ img code photo ... United States Treasury cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A9&... James T. Parker told deputies that he collected his mother's monthly Social Security checks since her disappearance in 1992 through a joint Wachovia Bank account.(GETTY IMAGES) ................................................ . Written by Andrew Ford FLORIDA TODAY FILED UNDER News Local News Indian River Lagoon www.floridatoday.com/article/20120601/NEWS01/306010032/Br... Bertha Parker was missing for at least 14 years before anyone — other than her son — noticed. Her son, James T. Parker, was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for spending more than 0,000 worth of her Social Security checks. In January 2007, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office got complaints from a local homeowner's association about James Parker, including questions about the whereabouts of his mother. Deputies interviewed Parker and re-opened a cold case about unidentified human remains that were discovered in the Indian River Lagoon near Grant in 1992. The county medical examiner determined that the remains, which appeared to have been cut into pieces, were likely those of an older woman, according to a release from the Department of Justice. It was ruled a homicide, but with no means to identify the remains, the case was closed less than two months later. Once reopened in 2007, Parker volunteered a sample of his DNA, according to Cmdr. Doug Waller of the sheriff's office, and tests showed that the remains were 99.9 percent likely to be Parker's mother. Waller said that Parker revealed in interviews with the sheriff's office that his 87-year-old mother died of natural causes and that he disposed of her body. "There was very little evidence discovered," Waller said, going on to say that Parker is considered a suspect in the homicide, but he has not been charged. "At this point in the investigation, we have to be able to determine how she died and where she died," Waller said. "And that investigation is still ongoing." Parker told deputies that he collected his mother's monthly Social Security checks since her disappearance in 1992 through a joint Wachovia Bank account. The sheriff's office turned over evidence to the Social Security Administration, which investigated Parker for Social Security fraud. Parker pleaded guilty to the indictment on March 7 this year and was ordered to pay 8,992.80 in restitution. Fernando Dominicis, who has worked as a fraud agent for the sheriff's office for 24 years, said he feels it's gotten easier for people to commit acts of fraud. "Most agencies don't have the manpower to attack that particularly," he said. He couldn't give an exact dollar figure, but said Social Security fraud in Brevard is a serious concern. "If your mother passes away, and you don't notify anybody, the checks keep coming," Dominicis said. Contact Ford at aford3@floridatoday.com or 321-242-3601. . . ............................................................................................................................................................................................ . .

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Space exhibit panorama (hang glider, Space Shuttle Enterprise)
Image by Chris Devers See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article. Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Space Shuttle Enterprise: Manufacturer: Rockwell International Corporation Country of Origin: United States of America Dimensions: Overall: 57 ft. tall x 122 ft. long x 78 ft. wing span, 150,000 lb. (1737.36 x 3718.57 x 2377.44cm, 68039.6kg) Materials: Aluminum airframe and body with some fiberglass features; payload bay doors are graphite epoxy composite; thermal tiles are simulated (polyurethane foam) except for test samples of actual tiles and thermal blankets. The first Space Shuttle orbiter, "Enterprise," is a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground; it is not equipped for spaceflight. Although the airframe and flight control elements are like those of the Shuttles flown in space, this vehicle has no propulsion system and only simulated thermal tiles because these features were not needed for atmospheric and ground tests. "Enterprise" was rolled out at Rockwell International's assembly facility in Palmdale, California, in 1976. In 1977, it entered service for a nine-month-long approach-and-landing test flight program. Thereafter it was used for vibration tests and fit checks at NASA centers, and it also appeared in the 1983 Paris Air Show and the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. In 1985, NASA transferred "Enterprise" to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration • • • Quoting from Wikipedia | Space Shuttle Enterprise: The Space Shuttle Enterprise (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first Space Shuttle orbiter. It was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform test flights in the atmosphere. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of spaceflight. Originally, Enterprise had been intended to be refitted for orbital flight, which would have made it the second space shuttle to fly after Columbia. However, during the construction of Columbia, details of the final design changed, particularly with regard to the weight of the fuselage and wings. Refitting Enterprise for spaceflight would have involved dismantling the orbiter and returning the sections to subcontractors across the country. As this was an expensive proposition, it was determined to be less costly to build Challenger around a body frame (STA-099) that had been created as a test article. Similarly, Enterprise was considered for refit to replace Challenger after the latter was destroyed, but Endeavour was built from structural spares instead. Service Construction began on the first orbiter on June 4, 1974. Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution and unveiled on Constitution Day, September 17, 1976. A write-in campaign by Trekkies to President Gerald Ford asked that the orbiter be named after the Starship Enterprise, featured on the television show Star Trek. Although Ford did not mention the campaign, the president—who during World War II had served on the aircraft carrier USS Monterey (CVL-26) that served with USS Enterprise (CV-6)—said that he was "partial to the name" and overrode NASA officials. The design of OV-101 was not the same as that planned for OV-102, the first flight model; the tail was constructed differently, and it did not have the interfaces to mount OMS pods. A large number of subsystems—ranging from main engines to radar equipment—were not installed on this vehicle, but the capacity to add them in the future was retained. Instead of a thermal protection system, its surface was primarily fiberglass. In mid-1976, the orbiter was used for ground vibration tests, allowing engineers to compare data from an actual flight vehicle with theoretical models. On September 17, 1976, Enterprise was rolled out of Rockwell's plant at Palmdale, California. In recognition of its fictional namesake, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and most of the principal cast of the original series of Star Trek were on hand at the dedication ceremony. Approach and landing tests (ALT) Main article: Approach and Landing Tests On January 31, 1977, it was taken by road to Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, to begin operational testing. While at NASA Dryden, Enterprise was used by NASA for a variety of ground and flight tests intended to validate aspects of the shuttle program. The initial nine-month testing period was referred to by the acronym ALT, for "Approach and Landing Test". These tests included a maiden "flight" on February 18, 1977 atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to measure structural loads and ground handling and braking characteristics of the mated system. Ground tests of all orbiter subsystems were carried out to verify functionality prior to atmospheric flight. The mated Enterprise/SCA combination was then subjected to five test flights with Enterprise unmanned and unactivated. The purpose of these test flights was to measure the flight characteristics of the mated combination. These tests were followed with three test flights with Enterprise manned to test the shuttle flight control systems. Enterprise underwent five free flights where the craft separated from the SCA and was landed under astronaut control. These tests verified the flight characteristics of the orbiter design and were carried out under several aerodynamic and weight configurations. On the fifth and final glider flight, pilot-induced oscillation problems were revealed, which had to be addressed before the first orbital launch occurred. On August 12, 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise flew on its own for the first time. Preparation for STS-1 Following the ALT program, Enterprise was ferried among several NASA facilities to configure the craft for vibration testing. In June 1979, it was mated with an external tank and solid rocket boosters (known as a boilerplate configuration) and tested in a launch configuration at Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A. Retirement With the completion of critical testing, Enterprise was partially disassembled to allow certain components to be reused in other shuttles, then underwent an international tour visiting France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the U.S. states of California, Alabama, and Louisiana (during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition). It was also used to fit-check the never-used shuttle launch pad at Vandenberg AFB, California. Finally, on November 18, 1985, Enterprise was ferried to Washington, D.C., where it became property of the Smithsonian Institution. Post-Challenger After the Challenger disaster, NASA considered using Enterprise as a replacement. However refitting the shuttle with all of the necessary equipment needed for it to be used in space was considered, but instead it was decided to use spares constructed at the same time as Discovery and Atlantis to build Endeavour. Post-Columbia In 2003, after the breakup of Columbia during re-entry, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board conducted tests at Southwest Research Institute, which used an air gun to shoot foam blocks of similar size, mass and speed to that which struck Columbia at a test structure which mechanically replicated the orbiter wing leading edge. They removed a fiberglass panel from Enterprise's wing to perform analysis of the material and attached it to the test structure, then shot a foam block at it. While the panel was not broken as a result of the test, the impact was enough to permanently deform a seal. As the reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panel on Columbia was 2.5 times weaker, this suggested that the RCC leading edge would have been shattered. Additional tests on the fiberglass were canceled in order not to risk damaging the test apparatus, and a panel from Discovery was tested to determine the effects of the foam on a similarly-aged RCC leading edge. On July 7, 2003, a foam impact test created a hole 41 cm by 42.5 cm (16.1 inches by 16.7 inches) in the protective RCC panel. The tests clearly demonstrated that a foam impact of the type Columbia sustained could seriously breach the protective RCC panels on the wing leading edge. The board determined that the probable cause of the accident was that the foam impact caused a breach of a reinforced carbon-carbon panel along the leading edge of Columbia's left wing, allowing hot gases generated during re-entry to enter the wing and cause structural collapse. This caused Columbia to spin out of control, breaking up with the loss of the entire crew. Museum exhibit Enterprise was stored at the Smithsonian's hangar at Washington Dulles International Airport before it was restored and moved to the newly built Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport, where it has been the centerpiece of the space collection. On April 12, 2011, NASA announced that Space Shuttle Discovery, the most traveled orbiter in the fleet, will be added to the collection once the Shuttle fleet is retired. When that happens, Enterprise will be moved to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City, to a newly constructed hangar adjacent to the museum. In preparation for the anticipated relocation, engineers evaluated the vehicle in early 2010 and determined that it was safe to fly on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft once again.

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