Asset Protection - Better Keep Up http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news Keep Up Or Get Knocked Down Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:34:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Poet and Poem 2009 Series U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan and 30 other noted poets will be featured in the 2009 season of “The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress.” The radio series is available to all public radio stations via the Public Radio Satellite System’s ContentDepot. Read More... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/20/poet-and-poem-2009-series/ Highway Trust Fund Revenue Falls $3 Billion in Single Year as Americans Drove Almost 11 Billion Fewer Miles This September FHWA 24-08  Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008  Contact: Doug Hecox Tel.: (202) 366-0660 Highway Trust Fund Revenue Falls $3 Billion in Single Year as Americans Drove Almost 11 Billion Fewer Miles This September Eleven-Month Decline in U.S. Driving Shows Need for New Way to Finance America’s Road, Bridge ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/19/highway-trust-fund-revenue-falls-3-billion-in-single-year-as-americans-drove-almost-11-billion-fewer-miles-this-september/ Library of Congress, National Library of China Sign World Digital Library Agreement The Library of Congress and the National Library of China have concluded an agreement to cooperate in developing the World Digital Library. Read More... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/18/library-of-congress-national-library-of-china-sign-world-digital-library-agreement/ PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR HOLIDAY AVIATION ANNOUNCEMENTS REMARKS FOR THE HONORABLE MARY PETERS SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR HOLIDAY AVIATION ANNOUNCEMENTS INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, DC NOVEMBER 18, 2008 9:55 AM Good morning, Mr. President. It is an honor and a privilege for us to have you ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/18/presidential-visit-to-us-department-of-transportation-for-holiday-aviation-announcements/ Why Wasn’t Elliot Spitzer Prosecuted for Money Laundering? About a year ago, former New York governor Elliot Spitzer made a series of cash withdrawals from his own bank account.  The total amount he withdrew came to more than US$15,000.  Spitzer used the cash to pay a company called Emperors Club VIP to procure high-priced prostitutes.  After Spitzer’s bank ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/18/why-wasn%e2%80%99t-elliot-spitzer-prosecuted-for-money-laundering/ Cartography Buffs, Take Note Our very own John Hessler was featured in today’s Washington Post talking about some of the mysteries behind one of the grand-daddies of all maps, the 1507 Martin Waldseeüller World Map, the document that named “America” and one of the Library’s toppest of the top treasures.  (OK, we don’t categorize ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/17/cartography-buffs-take-note/ Household Food Security in the United States, 2007 Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2007, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (11.1 percent) were food insecure at least some time during the year. About ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/17/household-food-security-in-the-united-states-2007/ Library Merges Acquisition, Cataloging Functions As result of the latest reorganization at the Library of Congress, a book acquired as a copyright deposit, purchase, gift or an exchange will go to one division instead of several for centralized processing—the ordering, cataloging, shelflisting, barcoding and other activities that enable users to find one particular book among ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/15/library-merges-acquisition-cataloging-functions/ National Park Service Proposes New Limits on Snowmobile Entry into Yellowstone National Park On November 13, 2008, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) filed comments with the National Park Service regarding its proposed rule on winter visitation and recreational snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park. Read More... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/15/national-park-service-proposes-new-limits-on-snowmobile-entry-into-yellowstone-national-park/ Congress Wants Your Retirement Plan to Bail Out Uncle Sam Bailing out Wall Street, not to mention paying for promised benefits to Social Security and Medicare recipients isn’t cheap.  Neither is fighting two wars on the other side of the globe.  Nor is national health insurance, one of the cornerstones of President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign. How can the government pay ... http://assetprotectionmagazine.com/news/2008/11/13/congress-wants-your-retirement-plan-to-bail-out-uncle-sam/