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Even as Mr. Picard gathers up assets, fights are brewing over how much will be paid out. Mr. Picard has said he intends to pay claims on a "net equity" basis, or the difference between what customers put in and what they took out.

Many former Madoff customers want more. Some said their claims should be based on what was shown on their November 2008 account statements, which reflected balances of nearly $65 billion, before the fraud collapsed. Several investors have sued Mr. Picard over the matter. The suits are pending.

If you are planning on being in the Ocean City, MD area this summer be sure to check out Jumbo's Seafood Restaurant. This is the first season its open and they are serving up fresh seafood and original appetizers (view the menu), I suggest drinking a Rum Runner (one of those will keep you planted in your seat) and ordering the Crab meat-stuffed jalapeño poppers...

 1. Congratulations to Jeremy and Lauren for having beautiful baby Benjamin. A new addition to the Isett clan!

 2. The gazelle, Allison, ran to pass the others to come in 8th place. What a great run, esp. for your 1st race! You have made us PROUD!

You can make an immediate change to lower your carbon footprint by having Ladybugs Lawn Service tend to your lawn.

The amount of CO2 emissions released from a small gas powered engine, like a lawn mower, is significantly greater than the amount of CO2 released from a power plant to generate the same amount of power.

By using electic powered mowers & trimmers Ladybugs Lawnservice is able to provide a green alternative to other carbon belching lawn cutting companies.

Breakdown of AIG losses, alot of stuff that does make much sense.

One example is $4.4 billion as a result of a credit valuation adjustment: Meaning that since AIG has lost its triple A rating it must pay the insurance (CDS) holders money because the insurance policy (CDS) takes into account the failure to perform of both counterparties.

And FTW is this ... $21 billion in lost tax benefits. How can you have no income and lose more money because you lost tax benefit? And what type of tax benefits was AIG getting that was worth 20 Billion dollars?

Found this service recently, it seems pretty good so far.

 http://www.mint.com

 The site tracks your accounts, 401k info, loans, and sends you alerts.  Better than what your bank provides, and one interface as opposed to multiples if you have accounts with others.  Supports PenFed, Bb and t, most banks.  You can have it send alerts for most anything, and have budget reminders too.  They have an app for iphone and iPod touch too.  Worth checking out if you want to see where your money is going.

Check it out

http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonOttey/Colorado2009?feat=directlink

Check out this link.  Its my 15 minutes of fame!  Except my name is "CBP Employee!" 

I'm a Google Map addict. I'll stare at Google Maps for hours trying to understand the layout & topography of an area I'm familiar with.

Well I've found a resource that totally blows a plain old Google map away: Wikimapia.

It's similar to Wikipedia but every entry gets geocodes and the interface is totally through a Google Map. The information for the places are sometimes nothing more than a name, but that's enough to get you searching.