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Louisville wins 2nd Big East championship
NEW YORK (AP) Rick Pitino has coached 10 teams to conference tournament championships in his 27 seasons in college basketball.
No. 10 seemed to be especially sweet.
Playing tenacious defense throughout and mustering just enough offense to hold off a closing run, Louisville gave Pitino his latest title with a 50-44 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday night in the Big East championship game.
''I think you can see how excited our guys are and how much the tournament means to us,'' Pitino said. ''It's special because I love coaching these guys. We have a very unusual group. It's a throw back.''
So was the final score.
It was the fewest points scored in a Big East tournament championship game, 16 less than the previous mark set by Syracuse and Georgetown in 1992.
''We did a lot of really good things defensively,'' Pitino said. ''We knew it was going to take defense to win this game.''
It took beating an old foe, too.
The teams had played each other over 90 times through multiple conference movements. Pitino was again facing a former assistant. Familiarity didn't breed contempt, just good defense.
''They know us as well as we know ourselves. We know them as well as they know themselves,'' Pitino said. ''(Cincinnati coach) Mick (Cronin) and I worked together, and we know the way each other think. It's very difficult to play two teams that know each other so well an hour and 20 minutes down the road. It was going to be a defensive battle.''
Chris Smith, with his brother who plays for the New York Knicks in the stands, scored 15 points and Kyle Kuric added 13 for seventh-seeded Louisville (26-9), which was in the championship game for the third time. The Cardinals won the title in 2009 and lost to Connecticut in last year's championship game. Now they will be playing in the NCAA tournament for the sixth straight year.
The game was far from an offensive classic, but it had the sellout crowd of 20,057 at Madison Square Garden on their feet in the final minutes.
''Obviously, it wasn't our best night. Give all the credit to Louisville,'' said Cronin, who worked for Pitino at Louisville from 2001-03. ''Very happy for Coach Pitino, love him like a brother. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. So I'm very, very happy for him. Very disappointed for my players because we didn't give our best effort tonight. I take nothing away from Louisville. We have a tendency to get overconfident at times. I thought that was an issue for us.''
Cashmere Wright had 16 points for the fourth-seeded Bearcats (24-10), who were in the title game for the first time.
This was the first time in the 34 years the tournament has been held that at least one of the original seven members of the conference wasn't in the championship game.
Now with more membership movement on the horizon, there's a chance a matchup like this can happen more often.
''I'm a traditionalist, and I'm very disappointed that teams are leaving, certainly,'' Pitino said when asked about the changing of the guard for the Big East. ''But this world today, like I told the guys, even in our town, our players felt it.''
Louisville looked to be in control when Smith - whose brother J.R. joined the Knicks during the season - hit a 3-pointer that gave the Cardinals a 44-28 lead with 8:27 to play. But Wright had nine points in a 16-4 run that brought the Bearcats within 48-44 with 2:35 to play.
Russ Smith's two free throws were the only points either team scored the rest of the way. Cincinnati had three possessions trailing by four points but came up empty on each.
''We started playing with our heart, and we came out thinking we were going to win,'' Wright said of the difference from the first half to the second. ''We weren't playing with our heart, and we were just playing off last game. Then in the second half we realized they weren't going to give us the game so we had to go take it, but after we started pushing, it was too late.''
Tournament MVP Peyton Siva had 10 points, four rebounds and five assists for Louisville, which will be making its sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. Siva averaged 15 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals in the first three games of the tournament.
''Nobody really expected us to even get this far,'' Siva said. ''It just feels good because a lot of people wrote us off. Coach P had a lot of faith in me. I'm very thankful for that. Everybody really showed a lot of heart today.''
He was humble about being selected MVP.
''My teammates are really the people who deserve this trophy,'' he said on the court as the nets were being cut down.
Even though the matchup was new for a Big East championship game, it was one between old adversaries. Louisville leads the all-time series 54-41 and this was the third different conference tournament in which they've met.
Louisville won all three meetings in the Metro Conference tournament, while Cincinnati won all three matchups in Conference USA. They are now 1-1 in the Big East tournament.
Cincinnati won the only regular season meeting, 60-56. In that game the Bearcats went 11 for 27 from 3-point range in that game and Louisville made only one of its 14 attempts from beyond the arc.
This game was quite different.
Louisville finished 5 for 14 on 3s while the Bearcats were 3 of 14 and that included them missing their first nine.
''We played great defense at their place, held them to 32 percent shooting, but they made 11 3s, and against Syracuse they made eight 3s in the first half,'' Pitino said. ''Our strategy was very simple, we were going to show zone, play man but we were going to guard the NBA line. We were going to limit their attempts and if they did get an attempt, it was not going to be a good look. ...
''So we knew we had to win this game with defense. We played a heck of a game against them at their place and lost. We showed the guys why we lost, but we wanted to stop the 3-point line tonight. We've been winning off our defense. We knew, although both teams were trying to push the pace, we know each other too well, and you don't have time to innovate your offenses with one day prep.''
The Cardinals led 24-14 at half and even though Cincinnati picked the scoring pace considerably, they were able to take the 16-point lead.
Wright, who had 22 points in the first meeting, took over when Cincinnati made the run. He hit a jumper, made a 3 and scored on two drives as what looked to be an easy win for Louisville became a close game.
JaQuon Parker was credited with a basket on an offensive goaltending call to get the Bearcats within 48-44 with 2:35 left.
Louisville came up empty on its next three possessions - a turnover and two missed shots - but the Bearcats couldn't take advantage as Wright turned the ball over, Parker missed a jumper and then two free throws.
Pitino improved to 26-9 against his former assistants. He is 5-4 over Cronin, who was the second former assistant Pitino beat in this tournament as the Cardinals beat Seton Hall and coach Kevin Willard in the second round.


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For the first time this summer the crowd had a chance to watch the successful returning British & Irish Lions training alongside the province's current squad, which includes recent graduates from the Academy as well as new recruits Jimmy Gopperth and Mike McCarthy.
The Leinster panel also features former Cill Dara underage player Fergus McFadden who presented the club with a jersey from last season's victorious Treble-winning campaign.
After the session the squad posed for photographs and signed autographs for the expectant crowd and were delighted to pay tribute to the wonderful support received in Cill Dara RFC.
This was the latest in a series of recent pre-season provincial visits which has seen the Leinster squad train and meet supporters in Boyne, Clondalkin, Co. Carlow, Edenderry, Greystones, Kilkenny, Malahide, Mullingar, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Tallaght, Tullamore, Wexford Wanderers and Wicklow Rugby Clubs.
The Leinster squad will travel to the north of the province on Thursday, August 22 to Dundalk RFC as the province's pre-season preparations build towards the friendly game against Ulster the following day as well as the Bank of Ireland Series friendly against Northampton Saints at Donnybrook on Friday, August 30.


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Chicago city workers herded into 'Wellness Program' (Or else!) by Emanuel
You have to wonder about people who decide to elect a man like Rahm Emanuel to serve as their mayor. Emanuel is notorious for ruthless political strategies and gutter talk, something even those who admire him acknowledge.
Now Emanuel has issued a ruling to the city employees who help keep Democrats in office. You either enroll in the city's 'Wellness Program' or you cough up an extra $50 a month. Oh, well, at least the mayor just set a monetary penalty. He didn't slam a steak knife into the table and declare anyone DOA.


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2005 Volleyball
Manchester 3, Bluffton 0
By Bill Hanefeld Jr., interim sports information director
October 13, 2005
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University volleyball team (11-11, 0-3) was defeated by the Spartans of Manchester in three games on Wednesday, October 12, 2005. Game scores were 30-24, 30-15 and 30-20.
Bluffton traveled to Manchester on Wednesday night and dropped their third consecutive Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference match. The fired up Spartans improved to 7-14, 1-2 HCAC as they kept the Beavers off balance the entire night. Senior Keri Kuhlman (Shelby/Shelby) was the only Beaver with double digit kills as she recorded ten in the loss. Sophomore Rachel Alvarez (Convoy/Crestview) picked up 11 digs to lead Bluffton defensively. Junior Brittany Shultz (Hudson, Ind./Prairie Heights) led the Beavers with 16 assists.
Bluffton will be back in action this Saturday, October 14 when they travel to face HCAC rival Transylvania. The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m.


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Regulatory Program
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|2012-06-04, 13:30
|Link #81
Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
I really think it all comes down to ego. She's probably an egotistical person by nature (just a guess based on her recent behavior) and when the industry began to kowtow shamelessly to her every whim, the ego spun out of control to the point where now, first and foremost, everything she writes is about her. The integrity of the material is sloppy seconds to that.
|2012-06-05, 03:01
|Link #82
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
Because if so, in light of the parallels people have drama between HSI and J and K drama in the past, I think genre convention is a much more satisfying explanation for Okada's choices here than having man issues. Particularly since there's some evidence that her taste in anime men runs towards characters like Shrade from Aquarion Evol. And I'm pretty sure I've run into buffoonish characters in at least a couple J dramas I've seen.
I don't tend to dispute it when people call Okada a troll writer, but that's because she of the fact many of her shows are somewhat tongue in cheek and she has a tendency to yank shipper's chains... I'm not thinking of any true dickery on her part, Kadokawa style or otherwise.
Nor do I think Nagai is the only person who can rein her in. If anything, he had the most to lose by losing her since "by the creators of Toradora" was an important part of AnoHana's appeal.
Hanasaku Iroha? Most of the crazy episodes there weren't that far out and it generally felt like the staff misjudged whether they could make it all fit nicely.
Fractale? Yamakan says that some of the more otaku elements were her ideas, but frankly, whenever Yamakan tried to act repentant about having been a "moetard", my bullshit gauge starts spinning. I have trouble seeing him putting up much resistance.
Otome Youkai Zakuro? Having read some bits of Hoshino Lily's manga I feel comfortable saying Okada's version has less "lulz" than the original. It even cuts an early chapter where Zakuro makes Kei dress as a girl.
|2012-06-05, 03:54
|Link #83
Monarch of Rughzenhaide
Spoiler for Black Rock Shooter:
Putting BRS aside, since that made me lose my vocal chords due to the level of "wtf/retardness" and many brain cells being lost and whether in both BRS and HSI it was intentional or not in the way episode 3 panned out like it did, it doesn't repute the fact that it caused a drastic change in tone for HSI.
Prior to the episode 3 debacle, it seemed like a perfectly good legitimate coming of age story with a irresponsible mother sending her daughter away to a rather old-school strict "evil" grandmother (not an uncommon plot device for J/K dramas either). However, instead of pursuing that route, episode 3 gave us a lolwut episode, which was completely different to the first two. The episodes after 3, were largely "fluff" (but enjoyable and better than average fluff), until episode 7 whereby we got another lolwut episode (The episode that made 0utf0xzer0 a Tomoe fanboy ). It wasn't until episode 9 it started to be revert back to to its episode 1 and 2 style.
For romantic comedies, there is indeed a lot of "buffooning" around, but it tends to be split between both genders. Both males and females are portrayed to be idiots indiscriminately . But since the K-drama audience are overwhelmingly female, they males to be "dorky", "fabulous" and/or often times "dickheads" whilst the female tends to be either "weak-willed" or "tsundere" - pretty much borrows a lot from shojo manga romcom tropes.
For melodramas... well, imagine Ano Hana, replace high school characters with characters in their late 10s or early 20s (sometimes even 30s), remove Menma since she is more or less an "otaku-bait" character and double the amount of scenes where someone is crying on screen and introduce a hospital premise, someone getting hit by a car, and/or someone being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Evil stepmothers are a bonus trope too. But in general, no "buffooning" here. Instead maximize the melodrama cheese. Example here!
Yes, I'm generalizing here, so don't take me 100% seriously .
I wouldn't be surprised at the fact that Okada gets a lot of her drama writing inspiration comes from Asian TV drama, because they sometimes seem very similar in approach. It's frustrating yeh, but I guess it's just personal preference for me in that I rather see TV tropes be used cross-medium than common tropes in the current anime medium be used again. Lesser of the two evils I'd say.
Here's a fun fact. Both True Tears and Anohana (written by Okada) very shortly after their respective Bluray/DVD releases in Japan, was licensed in Korea WITH Korean dubs on them, whilst it took years before the English version of a sub-only version of True Tears to come out on Sentai whilst Ano Hana is still yet to be licensed in English. Coincedence? I'd say no, considering Koreans and their love for drama and anime is a pretty popular "underground" entertainment medium over there, whilst manga (and manwha) is pretty much mainstream.
Anyways, one thing is for sure for Okada as of late. Her crazy, lulsy, wtf series appear to be the norm these days, when it wasn't the case even about a year or so ago. That's why I personally think she's on "troll/egoflated" mode as of late. Her last "legit good" series that was intended to be "legit good" was Ano Hana, which I already had a few problems with. Hanasaku Iroha came out pretty solid, but I have a feeling Okada intended that to be more "crazy" if it wasn't for some editing by Ando.
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|2012-06-05, 08:39
|Link #84
Haters Gonna Hate
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|2012-06-05, 08:45
|Link #85
Monarch of Rughzenhaide
As for Japan, I have a feeling it might be the same. Writers in general don't get hardly any attention. I mean I don't see Yoshino hate anywhere near as much on other English forums as much as I do here, though there is some on MAL. The only two writers I think that get talked about a lot if I had to pick will be NishioIsin (since Monogatari is massive over there) and Gen Orobuchi (for Madoka and Fate Zero). And also from my memory, Japanese fans care a heck a lot more about VAs than we English fans do based off experience.
|2012-06-05, 10:45
|Link #86
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
And I'm going to reiterate my point on her recent works as well. Look at the show concepts. How many of them were you honestly expecting to be legit good rather than "lulz"? The problem here is at the concept level, not the script level.
|2012-06-05, 21:39
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
|2012-06-05, 22:09
|Link #88
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
What makes one form of goodness any more "legitimate" than another? If a series is meant to be a comedy and succeeds as a comedy, that has just as any right to be called good as a similar series in genre or sci-fi or whatever else. For making so many successful comedies, I respect Seiji Kishi even more. One of my all time favorite directors is Keiichiro Kawaguchi, and that man loves his comedy something fierce.
But that's sort of a tangent from this topic. On the subject of Okada. I haven't seen all of her series. My viewing of AKB0048 is almost completely divorced from the fact that she's writing it, and I like the weird elements. That's the kind of stuff I got into anime for. The kind of stuff that shows the medium at its most fantastical, the potential of what animation can portray.
I distinctly remember being one of the people who praised episode 3 of HanaIro. The moment the series showed it wasn't going to be completely serious, I gained more respect for it, and don't see a problem with her style of comedy. The comedy parts were the parts I paid more attention to. For me, it was a feature, not a bug.
If I'm coming off as somewhat biased towards comedy... yes. Comedy is harder to pull off than drama, I'd argue, and has just as good, if not better, results when it's pulled off. My problem is less with her and more with some of the responses I'm seeing. I don't know how many male writers have been called to attention, but some of the metaphors I'm seeing (such as comparing her writing to torture) are a little unnerving. I don't know if they'd be as intense if Okada was male, so I'm wondering how much of that might be influencing things. Even if people do say they're joking, there seems to be some vitriol beneath some of the comments.
That post went off in several directions, but the baseline of it is, I'm not sure where the problems are coming from, and I'd be willing to argue some of the more controversial parts, because those are the parts that keep me hooked to her series in the first place. Oddly, for me, the less serious something is, the more invested I am and the more I have to say on it.
|2012-06-05, 23:05
|Link #89
Monarch of Rughzenhaide
Okada's emasculation of men or her crazy ideas of fanservice or asspull plot twists that are literally "trolls" aren't frankly clever comedy or good writing. Sure, they might be funny (heck I do too for some of them like the latest AKB0048 ep where it was an episode about haters), but it's been a constantly repeated pattern of hers as of late and people are starting to get sick of it.
|2012-06-05, 23:08
|Link #90
On the other hand, she's been able to make lemonade out of lemons. Does anyone know what the True Tears VN is about? Neither do I.
|2012-06-05, 23:15
|Link #91
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
While I have a vague idea of what "trolling" might be, I'm not very fond of the word, and even several years later, have no idea how to recognize it (not that I have a desire to look for it in the first place). A bit of misdirection is part of what being a writer is about.
I fancy myself as a fairly smart person, but I can also say I enjoy some dumb stuff. But just because it's dumb on the exterior doesn't mean there can't be some flashes of brilliance beneath it. I end up watching more of the "otaku"-focused series than some of the more mainstream successes, so my profile hasn't brought me into contact with Okada that often, but from where I stand, I don't really see these complaints as complaints. A writer with a strong voice that can produce good comedy and drama - and I've overall enjoyed what I've seen.
|2012-06-06, 00:11
|Link #92
Senior Member
Anime-style comedy is rather common in anime, as one would expect. If that's what a viewer goes for, there's no shortage of it, really. When people accuse something of being "a dime a dozen", they're not necessarily saying that it's bad, period. They're saying that it's so common-place that the worth of each individual instance of it is reduced significantly. Honestly, that's how I feel about anime-style comedy.
But serious drama, especially one involving complex plots, can be hard to find in anime. The fact that True Tears is still considered by some of us as the pinnacle of anime romance drama says a lot, in my opinion. It means that no anime romance drama since then has appealed to us as much as True Tears has, or we'd reference the more recent work instead when we point to what we consider good anime romance drama. True Tears isn't all that recent any more.
So it should come as no surprise that some of us, like Demi Soda and myself, would like to see Okada do more works like True Tears. They're harder to find, in my experience, than the more Comedic-based properties that Okada has recently worked on.
But I think that a comedy show (as in a show with "Comedy" as its primary genre, a show all about the comedy) is easier to write than a Drama show (as in a show with "Drama" as its primary genre, a show all about the drama). A big part of the reason why I write that is I find with comedy shows, as long as half the gags/jokes work, the audience is satisfied. I include myself in this - If an anime Comedy show gets to me to laugh at a half, or even sometimes just a quarter, of its gags/jokes, then I tend to be satisfied. Put another way, half or more of the gags/jokes can fall flat, and the Comedy show can still get away with it as long as the rest is funny.
But if half or more of the drama doesn't come off well in a Drama show that can ruin the show completely. Viewers tend to be pickier with Drama, in my experience. I mean, I've seen Code Geass and various Gundam shows picked apart in ways I've never seen a Nichijou or a Ben-To picked apart.
|2012-06-06, 00:34
|Link #93
Monarch of Rughzenhaide
For every Usagi Drop (In before someone mentions the ending), we get 100 incest-themed series about a sister wanting to bone her brother (bonus if it's non-blood related) or a parent who is trying to overcome his desire to bone his/her own children. Now from a anime/manga point of view, I'm come to terms with tolerating it even though I despise it.
Isn't exactly the case for the rest of the world however...
Now I know some incest themed stories are legit good like Kare Kano and heck even True Tears briefly touched on it, but this isn't the case for the vast majority of stories.
|2012-06-06, 01:00
|Link #94
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
I would argue that slapstick comedy is just as easy as to pull off as melodrama. But comedy that uses a brain using deadpan, satire, black, parody etc. is as hard as to pull off subtle genuine drama. Unfortunately in anime, slapstick comedy and melodrama are the most common forms and they are both equally kinda stale to me. There's been some excellent subtle, genuine dramas in anime (e.g. Cross Game, Usagi Drop), and likewise for comedy (Tatami Galaxy comes into mind). However, the satiric and parodic comedies I've seen in anime tend to be in-house otaku references which tend to get very old.
Anyway, I would bet that you can't make it as far as into the demo as I did but I couldn't summon the willpower to take a good crack at it.
|2012-06-06, 01:11
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This is technically the only anime that involves a four girl band (Ohana, Minko, Nako, ??Yuina??, and Tomoe) that I've actually finished. So that says something in my books. Well, actually there might be more, but since I can't remember, my point still stands.
|2012-06-06, 01:20
|Link #96
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
|2012-06-06, 01:25
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
IIRC the draft concept art of Hiromi and Noe were quite... different from what we actually got. Noe actually had long hair and Hiromi had short hair. SO GLAD Hiromi's draft character design wasn't the final product.
EDIT: Here was the thread.
EDIT2: Noe's image link is broken. This is what prototype Noe looked like. I'm going to say this... prototype Noe looks helluva lot better than the final product.
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However, I do understand why Noe looks so much different. While Proto-Noe looks very beautiful, it doesn't suit the personality that we know as Noe Isurugi. Noe isn't supposed to be pretty in the conventional sense; no it doesn't mean she looks bad by any means. Her appearance is supposed to reflect her eccentricity. So while having long hair and looking feminine surely is visually appealing, the shorter hair gives her kind of a more tomboyish, playful, and younger look. So, while the old design makes her look far hawter, the design we all know and love (at least half you guys) makes her character stand out as more unique. She's supposed to give up the impression that she's crazy and unpredictable while still being cute and such. And that's also why everyone that's watched the show remember her personality and mannerism. It all goes together.
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Proto-Noe looks great... probably too great. An anime character looking like that would have guys flocking around her, no matter how eccentric she is (and if Noe was super-popular with the guys that really would throw a wrench into True Tear's plot, for reasons that should be obvious to anybody who's watched all of it). Proto-Noe also violently reminds me of another anime character, although I can't place the name for that character.
I also saw short-hair Hiromi... Proto-Noe and short-haired Hiromi would have really changed the feel of True Tears, imo.
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House breaks veterans bill log jam
Military families who lived at Camp Lejeune from 1957 to 1987 may soon receive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care for cancers and other illnesses linked to poisonous substances in the Marine Corps training base's drinking water.
The Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (H.R. 1627) passed the U.S. House of Representatives by unanimous vote on July 31. Besides aiding Camp Lejeune families, the measure includes several other measures backed by The American Legion.
If enacted, H.R. 1627 would:
Streamline VA's disabilities claims process by waiving the review of new evidence presented to the Board of Veterans' Appeals, allowing signatories for veterans to sign and file claims, and requiring claims processors to make at least two attempts to assist veterans in obtaining relevant records, including private medical records.
• Improve VA health care for rural veterans by waiving co-payments for those who use telehealth care, and establishing VA rural health resource centers to better-accommodate the health-care needs of rural veterans. In its 2012 report on rural health care, The American Legion recommended that VA should "invest in more telehealth capabilities, dependent on the influx of veterans from (Iraq and Afghanistan)."
• Create new measures to prevent sexual assaults at VA facilities from going unreported and unpunished. In 2011, the Government Accountability Office determined that VA had inadequate tracking and reporting procedures in place for such assaults.
• Require VA to review and revise its skills and competency thresholds for Veterans Benefits Administration employees, ensuring that claims for compensation and pensions are not affected by incompetent workers, and that appropriate personnel actions are enforced.
• Require the Department of Labor to publish the records of government contractors in hiring veterans. In addition, VA would establish a "VetStar" program recognizing companies that have made significant contributions to veterans employment.
• Prohibit banks from foreclosing on the homes of military families for one full year after military service is completed (current time period is nine months).
• Provide funding for new construction of transitional housing for homeless veterans, and an increase in funding from $100 million to $300 million for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program – the only federal, veteran-specific program that offers rapid re-housing and prevention resources to community providers.
• Reauthorize the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program ($50 million in funding) and the Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program ($250 million in funding), and expand the VA's Special Needs Grant Program to include male homeless veterans with minor dependents.
• Improve health-care access for veterans through more tele-consultation capabilities, and allowing service dogs into VA facilities, which had previously been banned. Traumatic brain injury patients would benefit from expanded rehabilitation and reintegration services to increase their independence and quality of life. VA also would provides treatment and rehabilitation services to homeless veterans who do not suffer from serious mental illness.
• Limit grave site reservations at Arlington National Cemetery to one, because the cemetery is running out of space. Protesters at military funerals will be punished by criminal or civil action if they violate restrictions placed on their activities.
The measure now moves to the White House for signing by President Obama.


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Rural Road Safety Week's message: Be alert, slow down
PUNXSUTAWNEY — That shortcut on a rural road to save time could cost you more than minutes if you don't keep an eye out for horses, buggies and slow-moving farm equipment.
In an effort to reduce farm-related vehicle crashes and to bring awareness to farm safety, PennDOT, the state Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau joined together to promote Rural Road Safety Week at Fezell's County Market Tuesday.
Shawn Houck, PennDOT press safety officer, said slow-moving vehicles fall under one category, which means they are generally traveling under the speed limit.
The idea is to recognize that those vehicles are out there, whether it's a PennDOT truck sweeping the road, a U.S. Mail truck, a horse and buggy, or a farmer out trying to sow his field. That's why it's important that motorists identify slow-moving vehicles, which may be represented by an orange and red triangle or flashing lights, Houck said.
"Put down that cell phone and avoid the distractions until you get around that vehicle and drive safely down the highway," he said. "Distractions are the No. 1 thing that cause drivers to crash into slow-moving vehicles."
Houck said all horse and buggies are required to have only an orange triangle. Battery-operated flashing lights are an additional accessory for use at night.
Last year in Pennsylvania, there were 78 crashes involving slow-moving vehicles and five fatalities, Houck said. One fatality involved a horse and buggy. Also, 78 people lost a loved one or a piece of farm equipment in a crash.
Agriculture is still the No. 1 industry in Pennsylvania, Houck said, and farmers have a lot on their shoulders now, because there are fewer people to do the work that requires large equipment.
Rick Wise, Jefferson County Farm Bureau event coordinator, said when a motorist sees the orange triangle ahead, he or she should brake immediately.
Wise said rural roads are the emphasis, but slow-moving vehicles — which could also be wide, leaving little or no room to pass — could be on state highways as well.
Wise said drivers need to be patient and wait for an opportunity to pass, although most operators who have a triangle on their vehicles will pull over to allow other vehicles to pass.
"Rural roads are not wide enough for two vehicles; there's always so many hills and curves," Richard Reed, vice-president of the Farm Bureau, said. "It is hard to see any distance, and much of this equipment takes extra time to pull it onto the road or highway."
Cpl. Shawn P. Fischer, of Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police, said dealing with slow-moving vehicles is one of the most dangerous things motorists encounter.
In today's society, everyone is always in a hurry, he said, and they may also be distracted by using cell phones or text messaging while driving.
Fischer said the community should be aware that at this time of year, farmers will be on rural roads especially, and drivers need to pay attention while traveling these roads.
"Drivers need to have patience," he said. "It's bad enough when we have an injury or death in a rural accident. A farmer's livelihood may be damaged due to the loss of their equipment from a crash."
Houck said if you're driving 55 mph and come upon a tractor moving 15 mph, it takes only five seconds to close a gap the length of a football field between you and the tractor.
For more information about rural road safety, contact the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau at 717-761-2740 or visit www.pfb.com.


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Erasing Flash Cl4, Problem with serial install
Erasing Flash Cl4, Problem with serial install
Dec 18 2005, 09:25 AM
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Hi I tried following the instructions for a serial install with a CL4
In the monitor program I don't see the option for erasing the flash.
serload seems to no longer be able to respond to the download request from the CL4.
Would someone be able to exaplin the mistake I am making ?
The terminal on a windows machine show the following:
Siemens Switzerland Bootloader V2.5.1 24.03.2003
Running @206Mhz Processor ID 0x6901b118
Press ESC for monitor
Occupied Memory: [0x00004000-0x00008000],[0x01f00014-0x01f6cf8c]
Flash Id 0x00000018 at virt adr 0x04000000 Size 0x01000000
No 32Bit Flash detected 0x30003000
FlashImage Checksum 0x04040014-0x04059e95=0x17e84baf Bootloader Image OK
Fabdata Flash @0x04059e9c Ram @0x01f19e9c FABDATA: C420-CXFZB
MQ200 - Revision ID=2 ...
Initialise PCMCIA Interface... done.
Codec UCB1200 ID:0x1005 Ver.5 Dev.0 Suppl.1 IO 0x00000001
Entering monitor
No PCMCIA Card Attached
NO PCMCIA CARD! -- Use serial IO
Sysinit done
No serial download request
Calling Monitor
Boot from Flash 'f'
Boot from Net 'n'
Power Off 'o'
Erase PSM+Registry'p'
Exit 'q'
Erase Registry 'r'
Soft Reset 's'
Print Fab-String 'w'
Dec 18 2005, 12:35 PM
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I'm not sure, but after I read [1] I think you need a newer bootloader.
1. run a Flash Erase
* connect the pad via serial with a terminal-program
* reset the pad, and press esc. in the terminal, to get to the BL menue
* erase flash (if there is no option for that, you have an old BL. first load the loader_bl file)
1 http://opensimpad.org/wiki/index.php/Docs/SerialInstallNew
I hope it will help!
Dec 19 2005, 01:36 AM
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I agree. I need a new bootloader. The problem I have is that serload used to work and since I uploaded the 2.5.1 bootloader for a 16MB CL4 onto my 32MB CL4 the serload utility no longer works.
I was able to install the 2.5.1 bootloader via serload so I don't think the problem is on the PC side.
I would like to get back to the original bootloader. The only way I can imagine doing that is by JTAG (I don't have the material) or finding a way to use Windows CE to install the orignal bootloader.
Does anyone know if there is a Windows CE application which can replace the bootloader ?
Dec 28 2005, 04:42 AM
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QUOTE(mark134 @ Dec 19 2005, 11:36 AM)
I agree. I need a new bootloader. The problem I have is that serload used to work and since I uploaded the 2.5.1 bootloader for a 16MB CL4 onto my 32MB CL4 the serload utility no longer works.
Strange, I have been able to do that with my Swisscom CL4 (16MB flash, 32MB ram) without probs. I can't entirely reconstruct al the down- and upgrades I made though.
from my notes:
- bloader 2.5.1 CL4 to blupdater (HH.org), via 'load bootldr' works
- blupdater to simpadCL.rom works, via 'load flash 0'
- simpadCL.rom to bloader 2.5.2 works, via 'serload'
- bloader 2.5.2 to blupdater.img works, via serload
- simpadCL.rom to tsp_hpc2000eng (original CL image as downloaded at some polish site) works
- tsp_hpc2000eng to blupdater.img (HH.org again) works
the first step doesn't make sense to me anymore but I could be mixing up bootloader versions, I've plenty laying around here.. :/
It seems the CL pads have more problems than appearant at first sight, maybe it's worth putting up a list of these at the wiki.
- No PCMCIA (ok, that's the easy part but I overlooked it this at first since there seem to be CL4's with PCMCIA)
- No USB host, so direct USB connections to other hosts only.
- BlueCore chips with UART -or anything else that can be connected to the spare GPIO lines- are hard to find
- no Smartcard support for linux yet
- bootloader issues still to be resolved
In short: the CL4 --given that the bootldr issues can be resolved-- seems to be best suited as:
- generic PIM pad, synced via USB or serial (?)
- portable document reader/sketchpad
- digital photoframe
- IR remote control (I know this is done with some tricks in WinCE but not sure what it'd takes for a linux RC)
more suggestions?
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Let's talk sources! First off, my #1 rule when gaming is that everyone have fun. Rules exist as a framework for that, but at the end of the day if they are getting in the way, something is wrong.
As far as what I want to see, I'm super flexible - my main rule is nothing too goofy. That's a subjective thing, obviously, but I would rather say that than give a specific list of books that you can't use. If you have your heart set on a particular concept, as long as it's not OP and you can justify it and make it fun, it's all good!
Post any specific questions here.
P.S. No psionics
I am interested
okay, so beyond book sources-- should I choose a background/theme, or do you want to not use those?
beyond that, I was planning on rolling a sorcerer, but can go with something else if needed.
I'm happy to play any role once we've got a better sense of the shape of the party and what other people are looking to do.


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I've just developed a widget for the jsTree, a CTreeView enhancement.
Download the jstree component from their website (http://www.jstree.com) and extract it under protected/extensions/jsTree.
Then download attached CjsTree.php under the folder, just like install.jpg.
And read the documentation page.
Attached File(s)
install.JPG (35.09K)
Number of downloads: 19
CjsTree.php (8.47K)
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FAO Director-General meets in Dakar with UN organizations involved in food security and nutrition
2 November 2013, Dakar, Senegal – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva had a work session with the following Representatives of the United Nations System.
- Ms Fatou Bintou DJIBO, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative
- Ms Ingeborg Maria BREUER, WFP Representative and Country Director
- Ms Giovanna BARBERIS, UNICEF Representative
- Mr. Vincent Martin, FAO Representative
The Country Team worksto help the country face its priority challenges, primarily how to fund operations and better coordinate food security and nutrition interventions. For this purpose, nutrition should be raised higher on the national agenda through a multisectoral approach.
WFP and UNICEF submitted the results of the Food Security and Nutrition Survey (ENSAN), conducted in June by the Executive Secretariat of the National Council for Food Security with the help of FAO, WFP, WHO and UNICEF to map out the current situation.
Brazil was mentioned for its expertise in family allowance schemesunder its Zero Hunger programme. As a result, the Director-General was invited to share his experience of the programme. He declared that every country acknowledges that priority should be given to fighting food and nutritional insecurity, the only difference being in how to approach the problem..
Family allowance schemes are a key component of Zero Hunger. However, the major driver was the inclusive approach involving all local actors (including smallscale producers) in income generating activities. Results were visible not only in the short term but also over the long term, and were remarkably coordinated. At the financing level, in view of the ongoing crisis, budget formulation remains a major exercise.
Good approach mechanisms are needed to effectively address food and nutritional insecurity, difficult to eradicate whether harvests are good or not. It has many different causes and efficient responses require an inclusive consultation process with all stakeholders, including with the private sector. Efforts should be focused on the grassroots level. For this purpose, Brazil offered to second an expert in family allowances to Senegal for a few weeks in order to provide appropriate advice and guidance.
The Director-General highly recommended enhancing ENSAN data analyses and thoroughly processing the results, with a view to submit them to the highest national authorities.


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Its very hard to run an online business on dial up.
Ah but what businesses, and jobs, will be created? TFA says 2.4 million jobs will be created but it does not name 1 job. All it is really about is money saved and not jobs created. Then again the study itself does not say what jobs wll be created.Falcon
Ah but what businesses, and jobs, will be created? TFA says 2.4 million jobs will be created but it does not name 1 job. All it is really about is money saved and not jobs created. Then again the study itself does not say what jobs wll be created.
I doubt anyone can really tell you what kind of jobs will be created, in much the same way that few could have predicted the ways that the post-war building of the interstate system would affect things. But we have an expanded tourism industry, next-day courie
The math is more than dubious - its impossible:
decreased the average amount of time residents spent driving by 100 hours per month
Do you really believe that people drove 25 hours less every week - 5 hours less every day, Monday to Friday?
From the stupid article:
Using broadband for health-care services has saved an average of more than $200 per person per year in Kentucky, and residents there drove more than 100 fewer hours per month because of transactions done online, according to the study.
If we
From the report:
In the 2007 ConnectKentucky residential survey, 66% of broadband users report driving an average of 102 fewer miles per month because of their online activity.
The error is in the Computerworld article which misstates:
[R]esidents there drove more than 100 fewer hours per month because of transactions done online.
There's lies, damned lies, and statistics.
This tells us nothing. if the other 34% drove 200 more miles per month ( 50 miles/week - for example, to look at stuff they found on cragislist, or to meet people they chatted with online) then there are zero savings in driving distances. The fact that they didn't give an overall figure shows they cherry-picked, and the real savings is more like 25 miles/month overall.66% of broadband users report driving an average of 102 fewer miles per month
Another bogus claim:
WTF is that supposed to mean? That people will suddenly be saving $9.50$35 billion in value from 3.8 billion hours saved per year from accessing broadband at home
The "study" is bogus. Its an attempt from the telcos to get more "incentives" from the government.
[66% of broadband users report driving an average of 102 fewer miles per month] tells us nothing.
If there's anything this world really needs in terms of education, it would be mandatory education on how to separate legitimate statistics from bullshit. Anytime someone presents a "statistic" in the form of "A% of Bs are C more/less likely to D", in the absence of any fuller explanation about the 100 - A%, it is almost certainly bullshit.
The worst part of the age-old "lies, damned lies, and statistics" me
These studies are such a crock and use very dodgy extrapolations. Of course I didn't RTFA, but they're generally along the lines of: Give a company 56k dialup and they become 20% more profitable. Therefore is we give them 2Mbits they will become 20% * 2M/56k = 700%. Or: a survey shows a correlation between company size and bandwidth. Larger companies tend to have more bandwidth than smaller companies. Therefore we will give all the
Look at the problems with muni-wifi, the failures of WiMAX, and the sheer dominance of the telcos. Community networking is in a sad state, and this study, sadly, doesn't help.
(emphasis mine)
The sheer dominance of telcos is what is causing the problem with increased broadband deployment, when you include cable operators in that group. Very little is being done among that group to GROW their business. I know that Verizon is doing FTTH and that is good, and T-Mobile is doing the WiFi hand off phones which is good. The trouble is that this is a day late and a dollar short.
FTTH is not helping improve overall broadband deployment - it is there to compete with incumbent cable players
2.4 million jobs.
And what jobs are those? TFA doesn't say. Sure some temporary jobs would be created to build the infrastructure and a few more permanent jobs will be created to maintain it but what other jobs will be created?
Increased US Broadband Adoption Could Create 2.4 Million Jobs
...in tech support.
Yea, neither TFA or the study itself say what jobs will be created. Actually they both more about saving money, job creation has nothing to do with it.Falcon
It seems obvious to me that if you some rural location with a low cost of living was wired it could allow those areas to be more competitive with outsourcing overseas or south of the border.
Most of those jobs don't pay much though, and they don't create new jobs. At most they bring back jobs that were outsourced to begin with. Like what Dell did. At first Dell sent support to India but ended up relocating support to Carolina, I don't recall whether North or South. Outsourcing to India didn't really w
If the 75-90% concentration of "Drivers Wanted" ads in any paper in the state are an indication, yes.Huh? The average resident now drives 3 hours less per day? Is everyone in KY a truck driver or something?
Are you saying it really was a typo?
By the way, I drank my first bottle of Mezcal in Louisville. Good times.
The challenge is not to create jobs, but to create wealth. If the govt.just wants to create jobs, they can hire a million goons to destroy stuff and hire another million people to rebuild stuff - boom, 2 million jobs created.
What do you think war is for?
I have pretty libertarian views and prefer smaller government, but I can see the allure and benefits to projects like this and increased spending on infrastructure (roads, rail, etc.). I wish we'd get the hell out of the Middle East and use the trillion or so we'd save (and countless lives) and do two things with that savings: reduce taxes and increase physical and technological infrastructure.
Just saying "the economic impact of real broadband would be immense" isn't enough. What would be the economic impact? You vaguely mention "people becoming content providers", but isn't Youtube a better model than running your own server off broadband for this? Why is Youtube popular in Japan? And why haven't amazing new business models been developed in nations that do have near-universal broadband?
Anyway, generally speaking, broadband is easily and widely available in the US as long as you live in an urban or semi-populated area. Any business model would revolve around them, not people in the countryside or people who just haven't bothered upgrading from AOL, because it's good enough for e-mail.
Having a political party come into office that is dedicated to taking an engineer's eye to fixing the legal code of the entire state. The last figure I saw for the cost to businesses to comply with federal income tax requirements was $289B. Just going to a flat tax would be an automatic release of $289B worth of labor!
Although it's not like $289B would materialize out of nowhere. It would be $289B less for the accountants of the world.
Granted, it would improve efficiency and productivity for the economy as a whole. But you could see how certain people would be against it. It would be akin to the government allowing an unlimited number of visas for overseas developers. A net positive for our economy (and the world), but your average developer who now has more competition is likely going to frown on such legislature.
"We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company."


text: I have been pumping at work, but the other day I forgot a pump part so I bought a new Medela Harmony manual pump at the store (I have quite a long commute so going home was not an option). Since I was at work, I didn't have a way to boil the parts for 10 minutes before using them. I pumped twice: the first time into a new bottle that came with the kit, and the second time into a sanitized/washed bottle I had with me. I'd rather not throw away the EBM if I don't need to. So the question is, is there something that could harm the baby in the EBM if I didn't sanitize the parts out of the box, or is that more of a precaution? I know it's a long shot, but I was hoping someone could help that might have had a similar experience!


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Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society (LLCGS) web site has had a makeover this month!
Under the direction of webmaster Al Harlow, the new site was revealed in early January.
My favorite feature for searching my Lancaster county ancestors and other family members remains the outstanding database of marriages and cemetery information. Soon to be added will be the Naturalization database.
LLCGS also has a page on Facebook. Up-to-the-minute information about upcoming meetings and events is posted on the Society's Facebook page as well as on the web site.
This is a very active genealogy society and I'm very pleased that "we" are expanding our social media presence on the internet. As publicity chair for 2012, I'm looking forward to getting our information disseminated to the public and genealogists not only by traditional media, and now by Facebook, and soon, Google Plus and our society blog. It looks to be an exciting year.
Disclaimer: I serve as the publicity chair for LLCGS for 2012.


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Free income tax assistance
Annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program at Leeward CCLeeward Community College
Roy Kamida, (808) 455-0294
Accounting Program Coordinator, Business Division
Kathleen R. Cabral, (808) 455-0524
Marketing Officer, Chancellor's Office
Accounting Program Coordinator, Business Division
Kathleen R. Cabral, (808) 455-0524
Marketing Officer, Chancellor's Office
Posted: Feb 7, 2011
Student volunteers from Leeward Community College, UH West Oahu, Waipahu High School classes and other community members are providing free tax help for low to moderate-income (approximately $49,000) taxpayers who need assistance with preparing their 2010 federal and Hawaii tax returns.
Volunteers are trained and certified to prepare basic tax returns. This does not include returns with business and rental income or complex investments. Tax returns can be electronically filed and refunds direct-deposited for faster service.
Volunteers will be available to assist taxpayers every:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays from February 8 through March 17, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Saturdays from February 5 to March 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (doors close at noon)
No appointments taken. Walk-in and sign the waiting list in room BE-229 of the Business Education (BE) Building on the Pearl City campus.
Items you need to bring:
- Photo Identification for you and your spouse
- Social Security Cards for you, your spouse and dependents
- Birth Dates for you, spouse and dependents
- Wage and earning statement(s) Forms W-2, W-2G, 1099-R, from all employers
- Interest and dividend statements from banks (Forms 1099)
- A copy of last year's federal and Hawaii returns (2009) if available
- Bank Routing Numbers and Account Numbers for direct deposit of refunds, optional
- Other relevant information about your expenses:
- Real Estate Taxes paid for your personal residence
- College Tuition, textbooks and required supplies costs and scholarship information
- Total Paid for Day Care; provider's address and identifying numbers
- Information for itemized deductions
To file taxes electronically on a married filing joint tax return, both spouses must be present to sign the required forms.
For more information: Roy Kamida, 808.455.0294, email@example.com
For more information, visit: http://www.leeward.hawaii.edu/VITA


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Thought this would lighten the mood a little bit on the board after last night.
Espn posted a perfect player starting line-up where you can pick different attributes from 6 different players at their position to make the perfect player.
Our very own Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. both contributed to their respective positions.
Trey Burke's poise: The Michigan sophomore averages 18.2 points, 7.0 assists and only 1.9 turnovers -- phenomenal numbers considering he plays in one of the most competitive conferences in recent memory. Burke never seems to lose his cool, never tries to do too much, and never gets too high or too low. His on-court temperament has been infectious to a Wolverines squad that was ranked No. 1 earlier this season.
Tim Hardaway Jr.'s fearlessness: Taking the big shot in a close game is one thing. Wanting to take the big shot is something different, and make no mistake, Hardaway wants the ball in his hands with everything on the line. He went 10-of-17 from 3-point range against Indiana, Ohio State and Wisconsin. Nine of those 3s came in the second half or overtime.
I thought this was pretty cool that two of our starters have an attribute that Jason King feels would contribute to the perfect player at that position.
Mitch McGary also got a shoutout at the top freshmen on the rise.
I thougth this would get some positive thoughts in peoples head towards our team after the meltdown last night. We should fee lucky to have these guys are our team, and get to watch them all season.


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I no longer just say information is power. It's only powerful if it's the right and most up-to-date information. As we start the new year, I thought I would round up some personal finance information to keep your eye on. I also want to point out personal finance highlights from 2012.
■ Credit reports. This month, the Federal Trade Commission is expected to release a study on the accuracy of credit reports. Errors can cause consumers to be denied credit or other benefits. The credit reporting industry has maintained that only a small percentage of reports contain errors serious enough to cause harm. This report will provide an independent look.
■ Social Security. Look for a number of changes. For some, the news is good. For others, not so much.
There's good news for nearly 62 million Americans receiving monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits. They will see an increase of 1.7 percent this year, the Social Security Administration says. It's a modest increase compared to the 3.6 percent cost-of-living increase received last year. There was no cost-of-living adjustment the previous two years.
High earners won't be rejoicing. The maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax will increase to $113,700, from $110,100. Of the estimated 163 million workers who will pay Social Security taxes in 2013, nearly 10 million will pay higher taxes as a result of the increase in the taxable maximum.
One final thing: By March, everyone getting Social Security benefit payments by paper check will need to sign up for electronic payments. If you don't choose an electronic payment option before the deadline, you'll receive your money on a debit card.
■ Medical and dental expenses. You can deduct expenses for unreimbursed medical and dental care for yourself, spouse, and dependents. But you can only deduct expenses for the year that exceed a certain percentage of your adjusted gross income. For tax year 2012, it was 7.5 percent. For tax years beginning after 2012, the percentage benchmark jumps to 10 percent.
■ Mortgage Debt Relief Act. If you borrow money and the lender then cancels or forgives the debt, you generally have to include the canceled amount as income for tax purposes. During the housing crisis, Congress passed a law designed to provide tax relief to folks who had lost their homes. The act allowed people to exclude from income the discharge of debt on their principal place of residence. Debt reduced through mortgage restructuring, as well as mortgage debt forgiven in connection with a foreclosure, qualified for the relief. But the law only allowed debt forgiven in calendar years 2007 through 2012 to be excluded. Unless Congress acts, the tax break will no longer be allowed.
■ Transparency. People in workplace retirement plans are going to receive better information about the fees they pay under rules implemented by the Labor Department. If you have a 401(k) or similar plan, you should have begun receiving detailed information. Don't ignore it. Fees typically run 0.5 to 2 percent a year. To assess your company's plan, go to brightscope.com.
Personal finance can be complicated. So resolve in 2013 to stay informed.


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Benelli's Vinci 12-Gauge Shotgun of the Year
Benelli's revolutionary new Vinci 12-gauge has been named Shotgun of the Year by the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence. This marks the 19th year that outstanding achievements have been formally recognized by industry leaders who, together, form the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence.
Each year, the Academy presents awards for those innovations that set new standards of excellence through product design and service to the industry. Winners in this and other categories are determined by a vote of the 500-member Academy, drawn from the ranks of firearms industry executives, manufacturers, distributors and dealers.
Benelli's Vinci is the most reliable-fastest shooting-softest kicking-lightweight shotgun in the world. Weighing less than seven pounds, the revolutionary Vinci is truly an all-around hunter's dream gun, by providing unsurpassed Practical Speed Performance™ (PSP)-the practical "speed" shooters seek is a matter of how fast you can shoulder the gun…acquire the target…shoot…and recover from recoil to prepare for the next shot. The real timeline of performance speed is where the Vinci has no equal.
The innovative new In-Line Inertia Driven® operating system combined with the QuadraFit™ buttstock, incorporating the ComforTech Plus™ recoil reduction system, makes the Vinci the world's softest kicking shotgun. This is accomplished without adding any weight to the gun. It's unique modular design makes the Vinci the easiest shotgun in the world to assemble and disassemble for cleaning, maintenance, storage and transportation.
"We are delighted that the Vinci has been chosen by the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence as this year's Shotgun of the Year," said Stephen McKelvain, Benelli USA's VP of Marketing & Communications. "Coming from our peers in the firearms trade, this prestigious award validates Benelli's commitment to innovation, reliability and most especially to quality."
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From the cult classic movie "Night of the Living Dead" to the highly rated cable TV series "The Walking Dead," zombies seem to be everywhere -- especially with Halloween approaching -- and group of Penn State alumni have taken a closer look at the high-profile status of the undead in a book that combines their research on the topic.
A trio of graduates from the doctoral program in the College of Communications have each written a chapter in "Thinking Dead: What the Zombie Apocalypse Means," a 239-page anthology that was edited by a another popular culture researcher who also earned his doctorate at Penn State.
The book seeks to explain the sweeping fascination with zombies.
"We are consuming zombies as much as they are said to be consuming us in mediated apocalyptic scenarios on popular television shows, video game franchises and movies," said editor Murali Balaji, who earned his doctoral degree in 2009 and holds a position as an assistant professor at Temple University.
Ryan Lizardi, an assistant professor at the SUNY Institute of Technology, attributes the popularity of the zombie genre to the fact that "zombies are able to stand in for so many different things. They're an allegory for whatever we're fearful of at any given time."
Lizardi, who also earned his master's and bachelor's degrees at Penn State, used his chapter of the book to explore the progression of the zombie motif from its Caribbean voodoo origins to its current Hollywood form. He wrote his chapter while still at Penn State, and worked with another chapter author, Cate Buckley.
Buckley, who earned her doctorate in 2013, wrote her chapter about the prevalence of plotlines centered on supernatural romance themes, exemplified in recent works such as "Warm Bodies," "Twilight" and "The Walking Dead." Much of the recent trend is perpetuated by teens, an aspect that Buckley finds interesting. Still, the book asserts that society as a whole can relate to the fractured and universally applicable nature that a zombie represents.
Jennifer Proffitt, an associate professor at Florida State who earned her doctorate from Penn State in 2005, combined two of her interests -- zombies and politics -- for her chapter, producing a commentary about a zombie world that lacks a formal governing body. She said she enjoyed the research related to the project and collaborating with Balaji.
Lizardi and Buckley crafted their chapters in part by adapting work from their master's theses on related topics.
"I enjoyed the idea of taking something I had done a couple of years prior and updating it," Lizardi said. "I re-fell in love with the project."
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Mediacom Communications Selects Synchronoss to Activate Mobile Customer Care Application
By: Business Wire
Nov. 27, 2012 08:32 AM
Mediacom Communications and Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), today announced the deployment of a mobile customer care application that gives Mediacom customers instant and simple access to Mediacom customer service using a smartphone or tablet.
Branded as MediacomConnect, the new mobile care application gives customers an easy way to troubleshoot and resolve service inquiries, schedule appointments and view or pay bills. MediacomConnect is designed specifically to extend key customer care services and functions, such as resetting high speed Internet routers or set top boxes, among other technical issues. MediacomConnect allows customers to use a voice-activated or on-screen search to quickly connect to information they are seeking. Click-through troubleshooting steps provide a speedy way to rectify the most common issues affecting video and Internet service. The new application is available as a free download for use on iPhone, tablet or Android devices.
"Consumers increasingly rely on smartphones for anywhere, anytime access to information, and that trend is driving the need for self-service capabilities that further enhance the customer experience," said Tapan Dandnaik, Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Financial Operations at Mediacom. "By expanding customer interaction options to include mobile devices, our subscribers gain direct access to their account and the ability to communicate with us in a manner that meets their preferences and fits their busy schedules."
MediacomConnect is powered by SmartCare a cloud based product of the Synchronoss Mobile Content Management Platform.
"Service providers are quickly realizing the value of adding a mobile self-service application as a way to improve customer relationships," said Biju Nair, Executive Vice President, Product Management & Chief Strategy Officer at Synchronoss. "SmartCare is truly designed to improve customer satisfaction with advanced features, such as call back, that lets customers schedule a specific time to receive a call back from the customer care agent. With the adoption of SmartCare, Mediacom will enhance the customer experience by providing its subscribers with an application that utilizes the rich capabilities of the smartphone and gain access to the answers they need, when and how they want them."
"More than 2,000 Mediacom subscribers have tested this mobile care customer service application and have given it high marks for easy-to-use features," Dandnaik said. "By deploying innovative solutions like MediacomConnect, we hope to further simplify the customer service experience for all our customers."
About Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ: SNCR) is the mobile innovation company that provides software-based activation and mobile content management solutions for connected devices across the globe. The company's proven and scalable technology solutions allow customers to connect, synchronize and activate connected devices and services that empower enterprises and consumers to live in a connected world. For more information visit us at:
Web: www.synchronoss.com
Blog: http://blog.synchronoss.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/synchronoss
About Mediacom
Mediacom Communications is the nation's eighth largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities in the United States, with a significant concentration in the Midwestern and Southeastern regions. Mediacom Communications offers a wide array of broadband products and services, including digital television, video-on-demand, digital video recorders, high-definition television, as well as high-speed Internet access and phone service. Mediacom Communications also offers affordable broadband communications solutions that can be tailored to any size business through Mediacom Business. For more information about Mediacom Communications, please visit www.mediacomcc.com.
The Synchronoss logo and Synchronoss are trademarks of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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BCMRC accepts $1,000 donation from Tenaska
The Big Country Medical Reserve Corps, a group of medically trained volunteers who provide medical and public health assistance to the community, has received a $1,000 donation from Tenaska, BCMRC Director Don Ware announced today. "On behalf of the BCMRC and our sponsor, the Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department, I want to thank Tenaska for this generous contribution in support of our work to preserve and enhance the health and safety of our area citizens," he said.The BCMRC is part of a nationwide network of local community volunteers with medical training and support personnel who work with such entities as police and fire departments, city and county governments, health departments, hospitals and medical schools to improve public health and ensure preparedness for and respond to medical emergencies.Ware said the BCMRC now includes more than 40 physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, pharmacists, dentists, mental health professionals and veterinarians as well as many essential non-medical volunteers. Tenaska's donation will be used to train and prepare responders and to purchase equipment.Tenaska, based in Omaha, Neb., with a regional office and natural gas and electric power marketing affiliates located in the Dallas, Texas, is one of the nation's largest independent energy companies. It is developing the proposed Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center, a state-of-the-art carbon capturing coal-fueled power plant, near Sweetwater.Tenaska Development Director Helen Manroe said the company's support of BCMRC is consistent with its commitment to health and safety at the 17 power generation plants it operates or oversees in the United States, including three in Texas."Our employees are consistently recognized for their 'safety first' culture with awards from the National Safety Council, and in turn we are pleased to help support the valuable work of the Big Country Medical Reserve Corps in helping protect the health and safety of Nolan County area residents," she said.The Trailblazer Energy Center will be a 600-megawatt generating plant with technologically advanced controls designed to capture 85 to 90 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The CO2 will be shipped via pipeline to Permian Basin oil fields to be used for enhanced oil recovery. The project is estimated to bring 1,500 jobs at peak construction and create more than 100 permanent jobs during operation.


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PHOENIXVILLE — The Phoenixville Fire Department bought a replacement pumper truck for much less than the borough council budgeted.
For $75,000, the department is getting a 1996 Spartan Quality Pumping Engine from the Needmore Volunteer Fire Company. That's $100,000 under the budget council set.
"It gives us a third engine," said Phoenixville Fire Chief John Buckwalter. "We have the equipment to outfit it."
Buckwalter said the truck is a rescue unit and will go into their normal rotation of apparatus.
Although the truck is nearly 20 years old, the fire department is confident that it's what they're looking for, especially given the care that the previous owners gave it.
"It has very low milage. It's just a township fire company so it's just driving in the township," Buckwalter said. "It's been well-maintained."
The pumper truck will help bridge the gap for the fire company until their vehicle replacement program takes effect in several years, according to Buckwalter.
This will be the only Spartan fire truck in the Phoenixville fleet.
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This event runs from 10:00am on the 23rd April 2016, to 4:00pm on the 24th April 2016 and will take place at The Chipping Hall, The Chipping, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7AD. It is being organised by Under the Edge Quilters, Penny Kells 01453 844423 .
It is nearly 3 years since Under the Edge quilters have had an exhibition and this is expected to meet the high standards and creativity of previous shows.
Open from 10:00 to 16:00 on both the Saturday and the Sunday, there will be traders a raffle, refreshments and sales
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Believe it or not, phone books do still exist. Not to mention, there are ways of calling for numbers.You don't have to memorize phone numbers.
Phone books only work for people who have listed, landlines
QuotePhone books only work for people who have listed, landlinesThe restaurant most likely had a listed telephone number. Again, you keep referring to the preferences of you, your DH, and your own personal communication circle. As I said, others often operate differently.
My questions: Sara is over it, but is frustrated that Vicky didn't just come over to peek in the restaurant, especially since it was so close to her house. Vicky is sorry that Sara had to wait alone for so long, but thinks it was all just a misunderstanding. What do you guys think? How would you have behaved differently if you were either Sara or Vicky?
I have to say, I would be surprised to learn somebody had any of their friends phone numbers memorized. Apart from my home phone number (the same for the 23 years I've been alive) and my mobile number (the same for about 7 years), I don't know anyones. I've definitely heard of this as a generational thing.
If either of them is more interested in holding onto a snitthan holding onto a friend, perhaps they should find other people to study with. I know if someone agreed to put a misunderstanding behind us, and then continued to act aggravated with me because of said misunderstanding, we would not remain friends for long.
But again, regardless of any phone issues, the women were a 5 minute walk (so presumably and even shorter drive and apparently they each were driving) away from each other! And both knew of both locations, and neither checked.
If Sara is over it, why is she frustrated?
I have to say, I would be surprised to learn somebody had any of their friends phone numbers memorized.
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Blazing new trails
The Crooked Road offers a model for promoting a scenic region
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Ever since Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road 235 years ago from Fort Chiswell in Wythe County through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, Southwest Virginians have associated better transportation with a better economy.
Over the years they have relied on railroads and interstate highways to stimulate business in a sprawling, mountainous region that is closer to the capitals of five other states (Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio) than it is to Richmond.
The latest big road project, the Coalfields Expressway, has been on the drawing board for more than a decade. It would stretch 51 miles across the tops of strip-mined ridges through Wise, Dickenson and Buchanan counties. But at a price tag of $2 billion, it's unclear when and from where the road funding will come. "There's a lot of 'ifs' right now," says Coalfields Expressway project manager Jeff Powell. His staff has been cut from eight people to three. "We're just trying to live, like everybody else."
For now, the region is betting on a different kind of road to draw tourists to the region. Many organizations are promoting hiking trails and auto routes that explore the scenic region's parks, forests and Appalachian culture.
In some ways, this isn't such a new idea. The Blue Ridge Parkway is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and backpackers have been hiking the Appalachian Trail through Southwest Virginia for decades. In the mid-1980s, part of the route of the old Virginia Carolina Railroad became the Virginia Creeper Trail turning Damascus into "Trail City, USA."
But something dramatic happened a few years back when the General Assembly designated a series of roadways as The Crooked Road: Virginia's Music Heritage Trail. The auto route, which has been extended over the years, now runs from Rocky Mount in Franklin County to Breaks Interstate Park on the Virginia-Kentucky state line. The 300-mile route highlights traditional music and musicians, from amateurs who play every week at the Stringbean Coffee Shop in Galax to Bluegrass Hall of Fame legend Ralph Stanley, a Dickenson County resident.
No road, crooked or otherwise, actually was built. The project involved putting up highway markers, designating some music spots as Crooked Road venues and investing in marketing. Stories about the trail began to appear on television and in major newspapers. The result was 264,000 visitors and an annual economic impact of $23 million, according to a December 2008 report.
The success of The Crooked Road has prompted plans for similar promotional projects in the region. "We're trying to do for craft and agri-tourism what the Crooked Road did for bluegrass and old-time music," says Diana Blackburn, executive director of 'Round the Mountain, a regional artisan network. Inspired by cultural trails begun in North Carolina more than a decade ago, 'Round the Mountain aims to have 15 driving trails organized by this fall.
Likewise, the Spearhead Trails Initiative proposes creating a network of multi-use trails across seven counties and the city of Norton by 2012. At least three of those counties already have seen results from the Crooked Road.
With the variety of trails promoting crafts, music and sightseeing, tourists might get confused about exactly what kind of place they're visiting. The Southwest Virginia Heritage Commission plans to alleviate any confusion by acting as an umbrella organization for all the trails and stimulating discussions on coordination and branding.
The commission also will operate Heartwood, a 29,000-square-foot collection of galleries and performance spaces scheduled to open in Abingdon next summer. "Heartwood really works to push people into the region, to give a sampling of what the region has to offer," Blackburn says.
Still, Southwest Virginia isn't putting all its economic eggs in one backpack. In Wise County, deep in the coalfields, the unemployment rate in May was 7.5 percent, nearly two percentage points lower than the national rate. "The big story in Wise County now continues to be the construction of the Dominion [Resources'] hybrid energy plant in the eastern end of the county, over near St. Paul," says Carl Snodgrass, the county's economic development director.
The 585-megawatt, coal-fired plant is scheduled to begin operations in 2012. Right now it's employing roughly 1,800 construction workers, about a third of them local, Snodgrass says. When the plant is up and running, it will employ 75 people and create another 350 jobs for people mining and transporting the coal it will burn.
"Coal is pretty much in demand these days," Snodgrass says. One coal producer recently told him that all his reserves are committed through 2010. "They have fairly lucrative contracts extending on out to 2011 and 2012."
Higher-education also is playing an important role in the region's economy. Wise County is home to the University of Virginia's College at Wise (once known as Clinch Valley College) and Mountain Empire Community College. In nearby Russell County, U.Va.-Wise runs the Southwest Virginia Technology Development Center. Along with Southwest Virginia Community College, U.Va.-Wise offers what Shannon Blevins, the university's director of economic development, calls "a nice balance between soft-skill program development as well as hard-core technical skills."
Before the center set up any programs, Blevins asked employers what they needed. Using that information, the center began offering training for workers and managers, including leadership certificate programs taught by professors from U.Va.'s Darden School of Business. "It is my personal goal to have as many of those certificates hanging on the walls of our professionals in Southwest Virginia as I can get," Blevins says.
Another higher-education institution, Bristol, Tenn.-based King College, is pursuing plans to create a medical school in Southwest Virginia. Virginia's Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission pledged $25 million for the project, provided King matches the grant and builds north of the state line. The college says the medical school, which hopes to accept its first class in 2012, could create 536 jobs and have an economic impact of $74.4 million by 2016.
Bristol, Va., meanwhile soon will be the home of Alpha Natural Resources, the nation's third largest coal company, which is moving its headquarters from Abingdon. "That's going to add about 250 to 300 people," says Jerry Brown, executive director of the city's economic development committee. "Pretty well-paid people."
But Brown says that hunting for new companies isn't his highest priority. "We think it's very important to keep what we got," he says. "That's what we try to do first of all. Then we do an outreach marketing program that complements those things we've already got."
One of the things that the Bristol area already has its legacy as "The Birthplace of Country Music." Recording sessions in 1927 introduced the world to the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. Festivals and concert series tied to that heritage bring thousands of visitors to the city.
Brown also promotes a variety of nearby amenities that contribute to "the general quality of life" in the region. The list includes the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, the state theater of Virginia. The theater, which began staging plays 77 years ago during the Great Depression, takes its name from the fact that early patrons bartered food goods for tickets. Actors who started their careers at the theater include Gregory Peck, Ernest Borgnine, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty and Kevin Spacey.
Brown says no one thing determines the character of a city or a region. "It's not manufacturing. It's not retail. It's not tourism. It's not cultural. It's all the above. And if you don't have all of those ingredients, you're not going to grow," he says.


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NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTC:ORMPD) (http://www.oramed.com), a developer of oral drug delivery systems, announced today that Nadav Kidron , Chief Executive Officer & Director, will present at RetailInvestorConferences.com.
DATE: February 7, 2013
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This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time - both in the presentation hall as well as the company's "virtual trade booth." If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an on-demand archive will be available for 90 days.
It is recommended that investors pre-register to save time and receive event updates.
About Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Oramed Pharmaceuticals is a technology pioneer in the field of oral delivery solutions for drugs and vaccines currently delivered via injection. Established in 2006, Oramed's technology is based on over 30 years of research by top research scientists at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center. Oramed is seeking to revolutionize the treatment of diabetes through its proprietary flagship product, an orally ingestible insulin capsule (ORMD-0801) currently approaching FDA-approved Phase 2 clinical trials, and with its oral exenatide capsule (ORMD-0901; a GLP-1 analog), currently approaching Phase 1b/2a trials. The company's corporate and R&D headquarters are based in Jerusalem.
About RetailInvestorConferences.com
Since 2010, RetailInvestorConferences.com, created by BetterInvesting (NAIC) PR Newswire and MUNCmedia, has been the only monthly virtual investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for presenting companies to meet directly with retail investors using a graphically-enhanced online platform.
Designed to replicate the look and feel of location-based investor conferences, Retail Investor Conferences unites PR Newswire's leading-edge online conferencing and investor communications capabilities with BetterInvesting's extensive retail investor audience network and MUNCmedia's sophisticated retail investor targeting.
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The Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band is a group of talented and committed musicians and vocalists who primarily have their roots in gospel music, but have a great love and appreciation for the old school stylings and musicianship of Earth, Wind & Fire. EWF was one of the premier groups of the '70s, '80s, and '90s and has continually made great music, performing for an enthusiastic fan base and packed venues both nationally and internationally.
This tribute band brings to life the magical R&B, funk, and jazz sound of EWF - arguably the greatest band of its era, and one of the greatest influences on today's performers. From the tight lyrics, instrumentation, and music to a sound that is like no other, EWF has been around over four decades and is still going strong. The EWF Tribute Band wants to keep this music alive so that everyone will know the elements (Earth, Wind & Fire) will live forever!
Alvin "Brew" Kellibrew ~ Bassist (Musical Director, background vocals)
Jonathan "Johnny" Myrick ~ Guitarist
Larry Adams ~ Percussionist
Stephon Sandidge ~ Drummer
Michael Coleman ~ Vocals
Michael Turner ~ Vocals
Charles Deas ~ Percussion
Marcus Burke ~ Keyboards
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