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The City provides below-market financing for the purchase of newly constructed homes in redevelopment areas and in city-assisted subdivisions. The two principal programs, both of which are used in conjunction with private conventional, FHA, or VA mortgage loans, are described as follows:
The Second Mortgage program combines two low-interest loans to make the purchase of a newly constructed home affordable for moderate-income households. The applicant borrows 70% of the cost of the home from a local mortgage lender at a fixed, conventional interest rate for a fifteen - (15) year term. The remaining 30% is borrowed from the City of Winston-Salem at a 5% rate for a five - (5) year term. Payments on the second mortgage do not begin until the first is paid in full.
An applicant's borrowing capacity is based only on the amount of the first mortgage loan, thereby allowing lower income households to qualify to purchase a home. Also, the mortgage payment is based only on the amount of the first mortgage, resulting in a lower monthly payment.
The program requires that the applicant make a 3% downpayment plus pay the first $1,000 of closing costs. The remaining closing costs can be financed in the first and second mortgage loans.
An alternative program is the HOME Downpayment and 2nd Mortgage program that is used with FHA, VA, & conventional loans of up to 30 years. The loan eligibility amount of up to $8,600 is based on income and family size. The 2nd mortgage is deferred and not due until the home is sold or transferred.
For more information on new construction sites and financing:
Deidre Pender at 336-734-1508
Program Eligible Areas
Purchase-Rehab Tandem:
The city also offers a Purchase-Rehab Tandem program for the purchase of existing homes needing repair and is described in a separate brochure. For more information on the Purchase-Rehab Program:
Contact Donna Perry at 336-734-1289
More information about financing.
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text: On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 02:48, Shanwu Wang wrote: > We are going to purchase 150xsingle-P4 desktop, cause it is cheaper than > 75xdual-P4 servers. Comments are also highly appreciated, :). > You also have to consider the indirect costs of your approach, which are sometimes not so terribly obvious. The big one for me has always been space. I believe that "damn! we just have too much space" has never been uttered by a cluster geek. Even if you have enough room, I am enough of an optimistic/forward thinker to hope we get many more machines later. I go by the "plan for double" method because you will quite often wish you had. Think back to when you wondered if you would EVER use up the whole 20MB harddrive. ;-) Buying 150 singles over 75 duals will take up nearly twice the space. A more indirect and real money issue, is switch ports. You will have to buy twice as many and especially at that level the price difference can be quite dramatic. Be sure to add the price per seat for the networking to each of the 75 extra machines to find out its true cost. Even using cheap gigabit NICs and switches, that adds like $150 each. There are a myriad of other items that add to the cost of having double the amount of machines, be sure to figure them in, as best you can. Of course, you mileage WILL vary. -Dean

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I've seen it around before on some forums that there is a 20 word minimum in posts. Has C-C ever considered this? In my warped mind it makes sense to me for some posters that often write incoherent sentences because they've used as few words as possible. If there were a word minimum enforced/applied perhaps these people won't feel they have to be as economical with their words?
"I have to use 20 words in this post anyway so I might as well use all the words I can to make this post make sense."


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Sunday night's 3-0 shutout loss to the Montreal Canadiens was, again, another prime exhibit of the problem that plagues the Winnipeg Jets this season: scoring goals.
It's been obvious for a while that the Jets have troubles finding the back of the net.
This same team last year did only have two 20 goal scorers in Dustin Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd (and only Ladd may get back to that 20 goal mark) and didn't really have any impressive showings of offensive production in years to come.
Last season, as the Thrashers, the team scored 223 goals while allowing 269, a difference of -46, which ranked fourth worst in goals for/goals against ratios behind Edmonton, Colorado, and Ottawa.
This season, the ratio is much improved, but still lacking.
The Jets are -21 when it comes to their goals for/goals against ratio with 129 goals for and 150 against. They rank sixth worst in their ratio and rank 23rd in the league for goals for.
While they have scored more goals than playoff teams such as St. Louis (126) and Los Angeles (115), the Jets find themselves still needing a perennial 30+ goal scorer to make them a real contender and push the ratio into the positive numbers.
At season's start, Evander Kane was looked upon as that man. But now on the shelf, the Jets have to rely on a semi-consistent Andrew Ladd (16 goals), Bryan Little (12 goals) who went on a 14 game goalless drought until Friday night in Florida, team leader in points Blake Wheeler (10 goals), and an inconsistent Kyle Wellwood (10 goals).
Compared to teams in their division, the Jets do not stack up well.
Washington has eight 10+ goal scorers as of February 4 – including Alex Ovechkin at 20, Troy Brouwer at 15, and Jason Chimera at 14.
Tampa Bay has five 10+ goal scorers, one of whom is Steven Stamkos with 33 along with Vincent Lecavalier at 20, while Martin St. Louis has 16 and Teddy Purcell has 13.
A newly re-worked and resurgent Florida team has four 10+ goal scorers, with Kris Versteeg leading the way with 20, Tomas Fleischmann has 17, while Stephen Weiss and Jason Garrison has 13.
Even Carolina has six 10+ goal scorers in Tuomo Rutuu (16), Jeff Skinner (15), Eric Staal (12), and Brandon Sutter (12) to name a few.
The fact that the Jets had only three players with more than 10 goals before their win in Tampa Bay last Thursday speaks to the dire and immediate need for offense.
Ondrej Pavelec and Chris Mason have been the reasons the Jets are still over .500 and hunting for a playoff spot.
For the trade deadline, of course, all Jets fans want the team to make a move for a goal scorer, but at what cost?
Patience is a necessity for the young Jets and though the wishlist is short, it may take an even longer time before Winnipeg gets another Teemu Selanne, who can put the puck in the net night in and night out.


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When Gmail first came out in 2004, one of its big selling points was that it offered two gigabytes of storage space, eclipsing its nearest competitor by a considerable amount.
In his new book, The Plex, Steven Levy recounts a time shortly after Gmail's launch when he spoke to Bill Gates about the service, and Gates was perplexed as to why they offered so much storage space for free:
"How could you need more than a gig?" the Microsoft co-founder asked, according to Levy. "What've you got in there? Movies? Power-Point presentations?"
Gates proceeded to pepper Levy with questions. "How many messages are there?" he asked, Levy recalls. "Seriously, I'm trying to understand whether it's the number of messages or the size of messages." Levy writes, "After doing the math in his head, he came to the conclusion that Google was doing something wrong."
The idea of never deleting email, or not using a desktop client was a foreign concept to Gates, apparently. These days, Gmail offers over seven gigs of free space for each account (1.5 of which I'm currently using), and everyone else is left following their lead. [Huffington Post]


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On it like a gin and...which tonic? The gin and tonic is excellently paired with a croquet match on a summer's afternoon, served as a pre-prandial aperitif at a dinner party, ordered at a busy bar, taken medicinally in the heart of the Amazonian rainforest or sipped in your PJs at midday whilst streaming Netflix.
The ultimate guide to music and mixology Listening to your favourite artist is great. Drinking a cocktail is also great. If only the two things could be brought together...
How to make BlackTail's signature cocktail: The Nacional "The Nacional cocktail has been a staple of our program at BlackTail since day one," says bartender Jesse Vida.
5 best boozy afternoon teas in London Dainty china cups and cucumber sandwiches - could you get a more British past-time than Afternoon tea?! It seems so, with a booming popularity for cocktails, many hotels are supercharging their teatime treats with some bonus liquor on the side. Here are five of our favourite boozy afternoon teas in London.


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Producers can monitor irrigation and soil moisture from anywhere in the world with Automata's new Mini-Sat field station. Mini-Sat has an unlimited networking capability due to its direct satellite transmission that produces communication between the remote field station and the Internet. It can be centrally located in the field, at a pump station or at a water-level-monitoring site. The user can be notified of any change through e-mail or via pager, or can view changes on the Internet.
Another use for Mini-Sat is soil pest management. By monitoring relative humidity, a farmer can be notified when conditions are favorable to certain diseases, giving him a good idea of when to spray.
The starting price of a Mini-Sat field station is $875, and the satellite feed starts at $20/month. Contact Automata Inc., Dept. FIN, 104 New Mohawk Rd., Suite A, Nevada City, CA 95959, 800/994-0380, www.automata-inc.com.


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Sherry Hanrahan
Sherry Hanrahan, 60, of Borger died Friday January 6, 2012 at Borger. Memorial Mass will be Saturday, January 14, 2012, at St. John's Catholic Church with Msgr. Michael Colwell officiating. Rosary will be Friday January 13, 2012. Cremation is under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.Sherry was born August 30, 1951, at Borger to Matt and Juanita Armstrong. She was a clerk for Fina Gas Station. She married Brian Hanrahan August 4, 1998, at Borger. She loved to play bingo and read books.Sherry is survived by her husband of Borger, sister Helen Sibley of Borger and a nephew Damon Sibley of Spearman, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers Larry and Bill.To send condolences, sign the online guestbook at www.mintonchatwell.com.


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Hee-Hee! 'Billie Jean' Blasted Over High School PA System for 8 Hours [VIDEO]
Florida residents recently got a rude awakening when 'Billie Jean,' Michael Jackson's classic ode to baby daddy drama, played for hours over a school's malfunctioning public address system in the middle of the night. Well, that explains the reports of spontaneous "moonwalking."
Residents living near East Lee County High School's football stadium were treated to eight consecutive hours of the song beginning at 1AM. One bleary-eyed resident said the song played almost 40 times in a row.
We love MJ as much as the next guy, but that would definitely make us want to "beat it." And by "it," we mean whoever was responsible for this snafu. Watch a report on this inadvertent Michael Jackson marathon below.
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|273 Main Street
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Camden Real Estate Company
(207) 236-6171
Here's what you need to know: Bennett Bricker is continually among the top sellers at Camden Real Estate. He's hard working, upbeat, positive and has a great laugh. He's absolutely dogged when tracking down what his clients want, and deep down inside, he's never forgotten the high standards he learned in 14 plus years as a real estate appraiser.
He knows value, he knows the area, he knows construction, he knows to check town offices for property information and deed restrictions. But best of all, if you ask him what he thinks of the roof on that house you're thinking about, he'll tell you.
"I think it's very important to be honest with clients, I mean truly honest in what your opinion is," that, he says, is giving real service.
"To me it's the process: that [my client] got what they were looking for, that they're happy with their new property, that they're happy with me and the whole experience... I'd much rather have clients decide not to purchase at all than buy something they're not happy with." The fun part is when I have clients, and I know what they're looking for, and I'm searching and can't find it, and then I do. And I get them on the phone and say, 'I've found the one. Let's go!'"
"When listing property, his 14 plus years of appraisal experience are extremely beneficial in determining the market value with the Seller. "A good broker should have the knowledge and experience to know the factors that meld together in determining the value of a property and therefore its asking price when a property is priced correctly the market will typically recognize that fact and it will sell sooner than competing properties.
"Once the asking price is set and a realistic expectation of a selling price is determined the interesting part and the part that separates brokers is the ability to market and promote a property in a way that emphasizes the positive points and exhibits them to prospective buyers".
Bennett has a BA in Advertising from the University of Maine which comes in handy when marketing and promoting property. "It is helpful to have my background in advertising when I am at a property and trying to promote its sale."
After growing up in Camden, and then sailing around the world (north to south), Bennett says this is the place to be. Maine people are pleasant and the way of life here is less hectic. "In this particular area of Maine, there's a more cosmopolitan feel," he says, "and a lot more cultural activity than just north or south of here. I love sailing, lakes and ocean, and swimming. Plus, it's a great place to raise children or to come to retire."
Bennett Bricker may be contacted at email@example.com
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Firefox's Linuxy Hardware Acceleration Problem
Jan 24, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Linux and Firefox have long been a winning combination, but recently a snag came up that threw their future into question.
The problem arose with the release of the ninth beta version of Firefox 4, whose hardware acceleration features have been widely anticipated. Those capabilities were evident in the ninth beta, sure enough -- but not on Linux.
"We tried enabling OpenGL on Linux, and discovered that most Linux drivers are so disastrously buggy (think 'crash the X server at the drop of a hat, and paint incorrectly the rest of the time' buggy) that we had to disable it for now," wrote Mozilla developer Boris Zbarsky recently in a comment on the Mozilla Hacks blog. "Heck, we're even disabling WebGL for most Linux drivers, last I checked."
According to a subsequent update on OSnews, OpenGL has in fact been implemented on Linux, but only the proprietary Nvidia driver has been white-listed so far.
Bottom line? Some Linux campers aren't very happy with Firefox right about now.
'Bloat Called Firefox'
"I went for chrome long ago and will never return back to bloat called firefox," wrote a blogger named "somebody" in the OSnews comments, for example.
Then again: "You complain that a new browser didn't immediately provide a well-functioning browser for Linux?" countered avgalen. "Ooooh, the irony. Developing Multi-Platform is very difficult especially if you cannot rely on the underlying platform or have cutting edge technology requirements or other platform dependent bits."
Alternatively: "Until graphics card manufacturers take Linux seriously, these problems are always going to occur," wrote Burnhard on Slashdot, where a parallel conversation soon arose. "That's why it's stupid to use the argument that OpenGL is better than D3D because it's cross-platform. It's only cross-platform insofar as there is actually an implementation on Linux. After that, I'm wondering if it's better to use D3D and Wine instead of native GL!"
'I Will Stick with Chrome'
Then again: "I used to love ATI cards until I started using Linux," chimed in Ash Vince. "Then I found the Nvidia driver was far more stable than the ATI drivers by bitter experience. I have never had a single issue with the Nvidia closed source driver in the past 7 years.
"Open source or closed does not matter to me if only one works correctly," Ash Vince added.
Linux Girl happened to be down at the blogosphere's Damaged Driver Saloon when news of the Firefox problem broke. She fired up her Quick Quotes Quill and began to gather some opinions.
"I tried the beta and it worked well for me on Debian GNU/Linux," blogger Robert Pogson told Linux Girl over a fresh round of Peppermint Penguins. "It was quick enough, but the separate address and search boxes annoyed me. I will stick with Google Chrome for the time being."
'It's Like Taco Bell Syndrome'
Regarding the lack of hardware acceleration, "I think it is only fair to give that other OS a head start," Pogson added. "After all, it has so many other problems slowing it down: re-re-reboots, malware, bloat, DRM, and phoning home, to name a few."
There's "no hardware acceleration for Linux users with broken OpenGL implementations because the X server explodes if you turn it on under Intel or ATI graphics," Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza asserted. Hardware acceleration is implemented for Nvidia users, however, "who have working and possibly even compliant OpenGL," he pointed out.
Intel's graphics solutions "have always been something of a joke on any OS, and ATI has been kicking out buggy drivers since forever," Espinoza added. "I had apparently driver-related problems with Mach64 video and I've had problems with every ATI card I've messed with since.
"For me it's been like the Taco Bell syndrome, where I go back for disappointment every few years... except I no longer eat at Taco Bell or buy ATI video cards," he said.
'Try Submitting Some Bug Reports'
Montreal consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack, on the other hand, said he is "not sure who to blame" for the problem.
"I've been running a lot of games that use Open GL with no problem, but I tried enabling it on firefox and the Xserver didn't crash -- Firefox did," he added. "Perhaps instead of publicly whining they could try submitting some bug reports."
Similarly, "I have seen a lot more instability on X with OpenGL," noted Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project. "For example, OpenGL-using games crash or even crash the X server, or they lock up. I do think that X.org has some serious issues here which need to be addressed."
In fact, "I have seen more driver-caused crashes on Linux (both kernel-mode and user-mode) over the last year than I had in the previous 10," Travers added. "In these areas, a lot more work needs to be done."
Still, "it seems to me that WebGL is still in its infancy," Travers suggested. "If it starts to take off, these problems will no doubt be addressed. I am somewhat optimistic."
'Linux Is a Mess'
As far as graphics goes, "Linux is frankly a mess," Slashdot blogger hairyfeet told Linux Girl. "X-Server simply wasn't built for advanced GPU features and honestly shouldn't even be in a desktop in the first place.
"I mean, how many home users are gonna be remoting into their box using X-Server? There are plenty of better tools for that job, like RDP in Windows and VNC cross platform," hairyfeet added.
OpenGL, meanwhile -- "despite what many FOSS guys think -- is more about CAD than hardware accelerated video," he asserted.
"That is why I'm hoping Shuttleworth will just fork the whole mess away from the direction it has been going and finally give us a 'Linux for the masses,' which with his maneuvers of late is what I think he is gonna do," hairyfeet concluded. "Mobile and hardware acceleration are not just the future but the present, and unless Linux can offer that there is simply no chance of it gaining any real traction."
'It's Still the Network'
Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site, wasn't so sure the issue would be a big one for most users.
"Anyone who's bought a computer in the last few years probably has enough horsepower 'under the hood' to render both the desktop environment and video full-screen in most resolutions without hardware acceleration .. at least until Firefox decides to do some housekeeping and grab 100% of cpu," Hudson explained.
"Add in those of us who have a supported nvidia chipset, and it looks like the only ones left out in the cold are people who have older, under-powered single-core non-supported machines," she pointed out.
"Then again, for many, it's the applications, and 'HD video' on the Internet still leaves a lot to be desired," Hudson noted. "Whether your desktop is rendered via OpenGL is not the problem -- it's still the network, especially the final mile."
In short, "for pretty much everything including low-resolution video, you don't need OpenGL support in the browser, and for HD video, you won't be using a browser unless you're a masochist," she concluded. "But if you're a masochist, you're probably running Windows anyway."


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I figured if I was going to be on the news on Labor Day, I might as well make the segment fun and useful to those at home on the couch, possibly nursing the almighty hangover from the previous nights festivities!
That is why I decided to make "At Home Hangover Remedies" with my friends at San Diego 6 News! First up was the Tropical Hangover Juice, then came this delicious Healthy "Hangover" Cobb Salad!


text: As the title suggests, I'm having a hard time loading textures with OpenGL, specificly in Windows (XP). I'm basicly just using thecplusplusguy (youtube.com/thecplusplusguy)'s code for loading textures, found here. It compiles runs fine in Ubuntu Linux, as well as Linux Mint, but when I tried to compile it in Windows, I got this error: "GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8 was not declared in this scope", so I put "#define GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8 0x8035" at the top of my file. That compiled fine, but when I ran my program, where my texture should be on my plane (GL_QUADS) was just completely white. So I tried to #include <GL/glext.h>, but that had the exact same effect, just a white plane. I tried just taking away the .jpg image (I also tried the .bmp image format) from the folder where my program was in, and as expected, the program crashed, which I guess is a good thing. I also tried the texture loading function here, and again, just a white plane. I'm sorry if I'm using bad terminology or anything, as I am a C++ and openGL noob. Any help would be awesome, as I am completely stuck, and I'm on a bit of a deadline (this is a project for school). Thanks in advance,


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Actually, I firstly want to warn any wrestlers who are reading this column to PLEASE get your wage in advance if you are going to work in Scotland. I just had a booking lined up there, helped the promoter find talent, didn't freak out on him when he screwed up my travel arrangements several times and then at 11:00 p.m. the night before the show, he canceled me off and screwed me out of my wage.
I'll eventually get it when I make my way to Scotland as it's not too hard to find a crook who screws over a LOT of people, but it's the headaches I dealt with during my dealings with him that make me feel obligated to warn everyone.
If you come and see me in person at an event I'm wrestling at, just ask me and I'll tell you all about it. Got no patience for a crook.
Just be careful and get your cash in advance, that's all I'm saying.
Now, where was I? Oh yeah... my first WWF show.
Speaking of which, the company was called WWF when this happened so that is how I will refer to it until we get to a point chronologically in my storytelling when the company was forced to change it's name.
In the weeks leading up to the the big WWF show, wrestling was HOT in Toronto. Actually it was hot everywhere as "Hulkamania" was truly running wild and it was almost impossible to get a ticket. Back then if you wanted a ticket for something like that, you had to go to the box office on the morning after an event and get tickets in person. Nothing over the phone and no internet booking (hell... no internet) so if you didn't show up to buy, you didn't get to go.
Fortunately, dad's pal had a friend or relative living on his couch or something and had no job to worry about getting to in the morning, so he went and stood in a LONG line to get us tickets... and they weren't exactly the best seats in the house!!
Still, we were happy to have them in our possession and I wasn't shy about bringing it up to anyone who didn't. This was a BIG DEAL in Toronto and only a select group of about 16,000 would get to attend Maple Leaf Gardens.
You know, it's really nice to get in to these small, exclusive, elite little clubs.
I guess this was all foreshadowing my eventual predilection for being a "heel."
I watched weekly as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (possibly the best manager EVER) told everyone how Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff was going to drop Hulk Hogan on his big, bald head and win the WWF title right in Maple Leaf Gardens with his vicious piledriver. I studied the face of the Hulk as he would yell into the monitor, imploring all of the Hulkamaniacs to come to MLG to support him and his cause of the training, the prayers and the vitamins (the three commandments of Hulkamania) and it gave me the impression that MAYBE this Hulk guy was a little bit worried that Orndorff might beat him.
Seeing that Mr. Wonderful was such a close personal friend of Roddy Piper (the man could do no wrong in my eyes), was so confident he could beat the Hulk, had The Brain to formulate a game plane AND Hulk seemed so worried, I was SOLD on having Orndorff as the new champ!!
Now before we go on, I want to confess something.
I was never a Hulkamaniac.
I have always been a fan of more technical wrestling than brawling and Hulk was a brawler. I wasn't a real fan of his promos as he seemed to just yell and yell and flex and flex. But most importantly, he always seemed to have something behind his eyes that said "I might lose without your help," and quite frankly, I wanted more confidence than that in a champion if I was to support his cause.
Little did I know, Hulk was playing me (and everyone else) like one of those guitars in the cheap music videos WWF produced to shill their albums (The Wrestling Album and Piledriver) and he was doing it brilliantly.
You see, it's difficult having a babyface champ who is such a monstrous man because he's difficult to bully and have people believe it, offer their sympathy and thus, their support of one man fighting insurmountable odds. If you look at Hulk versus Ted DiBiase Sr. on paper, it really looks a joke. Hulk is about five inches taller and 40-50 pounds north of DiBiase, not to mention that he's bigger in all the strongest places. (Hey now...keep it clean, folks!)
Then as now, I was and am a huge "Million Dollar Man" fan. I've worked for the man on a few occasions for his Christian wrestling promotion and I've toured Japan with his son, Ted DiBiase Jr., who is currently in WWE (see how I changed it from WWF to WWE to accommodate the time frame! I wouldn't lie to ya!) and found that the timing and skill are traits that can be reinforced but can't really be taught. Both generations of DiBiase's have it in spades.
Genetically gifted for this particular industry, no two ways about it.
So as a promoter, how do I get people to buy tickets for what looks like a no-brainer Hulk victory? People want to support Hulk and want to feel their presence was needed in the moment of confrontation, but they also want to be there when history takes place so they can mouth off at family gatherings for years to come about how "they were there when..."
If you're Hulk, you talk a good game but always have that tiny look of worry behind it to show how good your opponent might be. This gets the people who support you to cheer louder and support stronger because they believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself. If you're Mr Wonderful, you look so confident, speak so confidently, kill TV squash guys in quick, decisive, deadly fashion and have your manager tell everyone how confident he was that you will win the title that people believe he might have your number.
Worked on EVERYONE.
Worked on me.
But not how you'd expect.
I actually wanted Hulk to lose. I liked how funny The Brain was and thought Orndorff would be a strong, tough champ. As I mentioned, he had the body, the skill, the attitude, the confidence and the aura of a champ.
And I loved winding people up telling them all of these reasons why Orndorff would win -- loudly and repeatedly!!
Now, despite what most people will tell you as to why they watch wrestling (the moves are cool, this or that guy is good on the mic, the chicks are hot, etc.) the strongest reason is EMOTION.
People get emotional when watching it as they gravitate to the stars performing and live vicariously through their successes. In turn, the wrestlers listen and read the reactions from the audience to lead them on an "emotional roller coaster" (so to speak) as they tell their physical story. No other sport or entertainment product I can think of runs so interactively. At least, none that command the audience numbers that wrestling does.
And the best way to have people act and react is to make them care about the something or someone. Say, a character.
And if they care about a character, there is an emotional attachment.
If you have an emotional attachment to a babyface, then you're going to be particularly angry when a heel screws them over, and you're gonna want to be there when your favorite gets his/her revenge.
That's reason why wrestling uses the time honored tradition of "good guy versus bad guy" and it's because people invest emotionally in characters of, well... character. At that time, people wanted to BE the Hulk because Hulk represented everything right and good in the world. The age of the "anti-hero" hadn't dawned yet and when the Iranian hostage crisis hit America, the American public turned to a patriotic hero with HUGE muscles and a code of ethics (this is BEFORE Hogan Knows Best) to defend Lady Liberty, fly the Stars and Stripes and WIN LIKE ONLY AN AMERICAN CAN, DAMMIT!!
"Oh say can you seeeeee...."!
Sorry, I guess I got caught up in Obama's "wave of change."
But wait a minute... he... uh... ahhh, never mind.
So anyways, by this point I was pretty confident that we were going to see a new World Champ and I was ready to cheer like a mad man for it. This wasn't Scarborough Arena, so no one there would ever have to know that I didn't always cheer the good guys.
Except I ran in to about 50 people from those events at Maple Leaf Gardens.
But I didn't care. I had read the magazines. I had watched the shows. I knew more about the greater business than these fly-by-night "Hulkamaniacs" and it was time for me to stand out from the crowd and show them all! They could cheer the Hulk all they wanted, but when the dust had settled and a new champ was crowned they would have to admit I was right all along when Orndorff held the title up high!
Yes... I was a SMARK!! (look it up)
I bought a program (WAY too expensive, but I bought every other wrestling magazine so I gotta keep the streak alive, right?) and we found our seats.
I may have had a better view of the planets aligning considering how far back we were, but history was going to be made tonight, and I was a part of it!
The lights dimmed and Billy Red "Don't ya dare miss it" Lyons (God rest his soul) came out to the ring and asked us all to rise for the National Anthem.
This was PERFECT!!! Hogan was all about the stars and bars, but we were in Canada!! No home field advantage for him!
Now, most people have this impression that wrestling fans are a bunch of obnoxious animals with little to no respect for anything. Well I'm here to tell you that in every wrestling show I have done worldwide, one common factor is that people are respectful enough of their fellow countrymen to either stand quietly or sing along to their national anthem.
Mr. Lyons followed it up by announcing that some old-time wrestler had passed away recently (I wish I could remember who so I could write a proper tribute to him) and would we please remain standing as they rang the bell 10 times in his memory.
Not a sound from the crowd.
So I want to offer a big "thank you" to all of those wrestling fans around the world for showing the class that the rest of the general public seems to think we lack and proving them wrong about us!
However, that was the last time it was quiet in MLG that night! It was now time for the superstars of the WWF to take charge!
As I mentioned in an earlier column, I get hit in the head for a living so some details may escape me. But I do remember it being SO LOUD during that show. It made the Scarborough Arena shows sound like a library by comparison as there were simply THOUSANDS more people to make the noise.
One specific I do remember is Nikolai Volkoff. At the beginning of his matches he always sang the Russian National Anthem (terribly, on purpose to get an EMOTIONAL response from the audience) and we were asked to rise for this. Of course, most people stayed seated and booed like crazy as:
b) He sounded like someone beating a baby to death. With a cat. On a tin roof. (You get the idea.)
So, being the good "heel" I believed myself to be that evening, I (of course) stood up and saluted for the duration of it. Like a good "heel" should. "Roddy would be so proud," I thought.
People were throwing stuff at me and yelling at me to sit down but I stood steadfast in my resolve to honor this goodwill ambassador from a foreign nation.
And to be a nuisance.
My dad was begging me to sit down, but he didn't understand what this felt like. This is what Roddy does every week. He swims upstream (so to speak), marches to his own beat, puts up his dukes, fights the whole world (figuratively) and WINS!!
Kinda heroic, don't ya think?
Not to mention the fact that I could be this much of a jerk in a crowd and not have to worry about a fight since I was just a kid and security was pretty close anyway to protect a dumb-ass intentionally getting strangers mad at him!
The other thing I remember before the main event was King Kong Bundy killing Hillbilly Jim!!
Hulk was going down tonight and I wanted this rube going with him... AND HE DID!!!
The match didn't last long but I ran a LOUD, heel color commentary during the whole thing that actually got enough heat from the crowd that a little girl started hitting me (once again... I'm a stranger!) and her father actually ENCOURAGED her!!
This pretty much cemented me as a die-hard heel fan for life and most importantly, in career goals as I felt a full on success in my first "heel" endeavor! I loved getting booed but at the same time being right. I guess it's the standard "rebellious" thing that all teenagers go though and this was my outlet.
Some people turn to drugs and get tattoos, I made excuses as to why heels weren't ACTUALLY cheating.
In hindsight, ANY of that stuff is pretty weak!
Either way, the main event was about to start and I was ready.
In truth, I think I may have been the only person within 200 yards cheering the heels, but I did it loud and proud. I booed when I saw the Hulk, but no one knew as it was positively DEAFENING! I have been to MANY events, concerts and other large crowded gatherings, but NONE have surpassed the sheer volume of the audience that night when Hulk came through the curtain. Some have compared, but none louder.
Hulk started by tearing off the t-shirt and chasing out Heenan, but Orndorff jumped him and beat him down.
"Holy crap," I thought. "This will be quick."
I started cheering Orndorff on when Hulk exploded with some clotheslines which sent Orndorff all over the shop. He looked TOTALLY unstoppable and I looked a fool for backing the wrong horse.
But when Heenan got on the ring apron to distract the Hulk, Orndorff seized the opportunity and beat nine bells out of him. It was MAGNIFICENT and I told everyone who would listen so.
Eventually, Orndorff set up for the Piledriver (his big move that ALWAYS won the match) and I was jumping up and down like a lunatic.
This was it!!
New champ!
I was right!
No, I wasn't!
Orndorff peppered him with punches but Hulk didn't feel them. He knocked Orndorff around with a few of his own then a clothesline, a bodyslam and a legdrop. He then went for the pin, the audience counting along with the referee.
"One." After the beating Hulk just took, Paul HAS to kick out. He's "fresher."
"Two." Why won't these people shut up? What did I ever do to them?
"Three." Well... crap!
Hulk won. And EVERYONE were kind enough to let me know I was wrong about Orndorff all along.
I was less than happy, to say the least. Orndorff was so close. Why didn't he hit the piledriver earlier when he had the chance? Why did he wait so long?
I'll answer that question as myself now to myself.
Me now: "Because that was the program, dumb ass, and it was the right thing to do for business and it worked perfectly... you heard the crowd."
Me then: "Oh."
I left MLG drenched in sweat but fired up for more. I rationalized to everyone that this loss didn't matter as Ric Flair was NWA champ and that was the belt that mattered.
Yup, I fibbed!
This is the equivalent of getting turned down when asking a girl to dance and then saying "Well she was ugly anyway." It's a cheap "out," but I took it to try and save some dignity. Didn't really work.
But this fueled my desire to return to MLG and see the WWF superstars again. To be there on the night Hulk FINALLY lost just so I could rub it in the faces of all of the "Hulkamaniacs" who laughed in my direction when I was wrong. (notice how the WWF belt all of a sudden MATTERED when someone I like wins it? I told ya, weak!!)
Not to mention, there was a new star on the horizon who I believed would finally bring us all out of this "Hulkamaniac Hell.
His name was Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and he would be my second inspiration to actually make this my vocation.
But I'll talk more about him next time.
All the best and God bless.
Joe E Legend


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The members of the Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation met in Honiara from 28 June to the 2 July 2009 to discuss the state of the Pacific Islands environment and review commitments to the Pacific Islands Action Strategy for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas. "Banking on Biodiversity" is the product of those discussions and a call to action in response to the growing threats to the Pacific Islands Region.
For most Pacific Island communities and nations, biodiversity in the form of our marine, freshwater, forest and agricultural plants and animals is the main source of income, revenue and foreign exchange. In rural communities especially, our biodiversity is also the primary source of food, medicine and shelter.
Thus, our island biodiversity is our most significant capital fund. It represents a living bank account, which, if managed well, will continue to grow and pay dividends in products and services that are critical for the survival of our island lifestyle, communities and nations. If this bank account is managed unwisely, our islands will be committing themselves to bio-bankruptcy and our people will suffer dire consequences to their health and livelihoods and our way of life. This issue has become increasingly clear in light of the current world economic crisis where nations, companies and communities mismanaged and squandered their capital.
Amid the global economic turmoil, our living island bank account is also increasingly under threat from natural disasters, climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, overharvesting and invasive species. Because small islands are particularly vulnerable to species loss and extinctions, the time is critical to find creative solutions through innovative programs, funding and stronger partnerships. In this effort, the Roundtable members call for programs that promote and support local and national ownership and leadership of sustainable development and conservation initiatives, and programs that apply the best modern and traditional science to address these alarming trends.
The Roundtable hereby commits to the following principles to protect our rich island lifestyles by investing in and banking on our biodiversity:
- Recognize that the foundation of national planning and growth strategies is based upon ensuring continued availability of natural resources and environmental services;
- Protect healthy ecosystems and restore degraded ones in order to maintain ecosystem services on which our people depend for sustainable development and livelihoods;
- Maintain populations of plant and animal species that are critical drivers of ecosystem functions in order to increase resilience to climate change, which threatens important services such as clean water, food security and storm protection;
- Urge Pacific countries to support a responsible Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) regime in a post-Kyoto dialogue as a strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation;
- Support major regional initiatives to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable development, such as the Coral Triangle Initiative, Micronesia Challenge, Regional Invasive Species Program, and the Pacific Ocean 2020;
- Encourage partners to the regional initiatives, including donors, to align with national priorities, including National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), and to ensure engagement of local communities;
- Emphasize that most natural resources in the Pacific are owned and used by indigenous and local communities and the Pacific approach to conservation is based on sustainable resource use, community property rights and decision-making practices, and local aspirations for development and well-being.
- Build capacity for leadership, direction and ownership within Pacific governments to enable long-term sustainable management and conservation of biodiversity and bio-capital;
- Encourage donors to consider well-managed endowments in environmental trust funds at a national or regional level to ensure strengthening and staffing of Pacific government departments, national organizations and institutions, and community-based organizations; and
- Encourage donors and actors in the region to adopt the nine principles of the Action Strategy for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in the Pacific Island Region 2008-2012.
As part of this effort, the Roundtable members commit to fully support, participate and promote the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.
Lastly, the Roundtable wishes to acknowledge the excellent progress made by the Solomon Islands through their engagement on environmental issues. The Roundtable expresses sincere appreciation to the Hon. Gordon Darcy Lilo, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology, Mr. Rence Sore, the Permanent Secretary of the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology, the Solomon Islands government, The Nature Conservancy and Solomon Islands Development Trust for hosting the event.


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Recipes for a Longer, Healthier Life
Ingredients in these 5 dishes can improve memory, lower blood pressure, boost the immune system and more
En español | These recipes are colorful and flavorful, but they also include superfoods that can improve memory, lower blood pressure and boost your immune system.
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As warmer weather peeks over the horizon, we're ready to pack up the casserole dishes and slow cookers and get ready for lighter fare. But it's not too late to enjoy one last helping of a classic comfort food — with some healthy ingredients and a few new twists. Forget the ketchup-spiked, drab meat loaf of yore. Many of these eight recipes include international flavors, whole grains and lots of vegetables.
Pomegranate Glaze
Makes 1 cup
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- Sea salt
- 1/2 cup pomegranate molasses, homemade or store-bought
- 1/4 cup organic vegetable or chicken broth, homemade or store-bought
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed blood orange juice (can substitute Valencia orange juice)
1. Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, shallot and a pinch of salt and sauté until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
2. Stir in the pomegranate molasses, broth, maple syrup, tomato paste and cinnamon stick. Decrease the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, remove the cinnamon stick and stir in the orange juice. Do a taste test; you may want to add a pinch more salt and more lemon juice to taste.
3. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Nutrients per serving (2 tablespoons): 45 calories, 11g carbohydrates, 0g protein, 0g fiber, 0g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 5mg sodium
Kale, Orange, Grape Tomato and Carrot Salad With Rebecca Katz's Greener Than Green Goddess Dressing
Serves 4
- 1 (12-ounce) bunch kale (preferably Tuscan or black kale), stems removed, leaves cut into thin strips
- Greener Than Green Goddess Dressing (recipe follows)
- 2 organic carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
- 10 grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 very small orange or clementine, peeled and separated into sections and diced
1. Place the kale in a large bowl. Pour 1/2 cup of the dressing over it. Using your hands, gently massage the dressing into the kale for 2 to 3 minutes. Let rest for 30 minutes. (This will marinate the kale and help remove some of its bitterness.)
2. Just before serving, add the carrots, tomatoes and orange sections. Drizzle with a quarter to half a cup of the remaining dressing, toss to combine and serve immediately.
Nutrients per serving: 57 calories, 3g protein, 13g carbohydrates, 3g fiber, 1g fat (0g saturated fat), 0mg cholesterol, 43mg sodium
Greener Than Green Goddess Dressing
Makes about 2 cups
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup organic plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 avocado, halved, skin and pit removed and flesh scooped out
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 scallions, white and green parts, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1. Put all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and process until smooth and creamy. Do a taste test; you may want to add a pinch more salt and more lemon juice to taste.
2. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrients per serving (1/2 cup): 80 calories, 1g protein, 4g carbohydrates, 2g fiber, 7g fat (1g saturated fat), 1mg cholesterol, 158mg sodium
Roasted Garlic Asparagus With Rebecca Katz's Basil-Pistachio Pesto
Serves 4
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 pounds thick asparagus, ends trimmed
- Coarse sea salt
- Basil-Pistachio Pesto (recipe follows)
1. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
2. In a small skillet or saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds, until the garlic just changes color and is aromatic.
3. Put the asparagus in a baking dish in a single layer. Drizzle with the garlic oil and season lightly with salt. Roast the asparagus for 8 to 9 minutes, until tender.
4. To serve: Transfer the asparagus to a serving platter. Drizzle with 1/2 cup of the pesto, reserving the other half for another use.
Nutrients per serving: 122 calories, 5g protein, 9g carbohydrates, 5g fiber, 7g fat (1g saturated fat), 0mg cholesterol, 868mg sodium
Basil-Pistachio Pesto
Makes about 1 cup
- 1 cup tightly packed fresh basil leaves
- 1/2 cup shelled raw pistachios
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon water (optional)
1. Combine the basil, pistachios, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until well blended. For a thinner pesto, add the water and briefly process again. (For this recipe, make sure your pesto is thin, as it will be drizzled over the asparagus.) Do a taste test; you may want to add a squeeze more lemon juice or a pinch more salt.
2. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Nutrients per serving ( 2 tablespoons): 144 calories, 2g protein, 3g carbohydrates, 1g fiber, 15g fat (2g saturated fat), 0mg cholesterol, 82mg sodium
Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Honey, Thyme and Ginger
Serves 4
- 3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon freshly minced ginger
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves, plus 4 thyme sprigs for garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
2. In a large bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, olive oil, ginger, honey and thyme leaves. Toss or turn with a large spoon until the cubes are well coated.
3. Spread the cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet or in a large baking dish. Roast about 40 minutes, stirring a couple of times to keep the cubes from sticking, until they are tender and slightly browned.
4. Serve garnished with the thyme sprigs.
Nutrients per serving: 245 calories, 2g protein, 38g carbohydrates, 3g fiber, 10g fat (1g saturated fat), 0mg cholesterol, 35mg sodium
Blueberry-Strawberry Yogurt Parfaits
Serves 4
- 1 cup hulled and halved strawberries
- 1 cup Greek-style yogurt
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate shavings
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
- Coffee
1. Divide the strawberries among four glass tumblers. In each tumbler, add 2 tablespoons yogurt, 1/4 cup blueberries, the remaining yogurt, and 2 tablespoons each of the chocolate and walnuts.
2. Serve with coffee.
Nutrients per serving: 214 calories, 7g protein, 20g carbohydrates, 5g fiber, 13g fat (3g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 48mg sodium
This piece is adapted with permission from The Longevity Kitchen by Rebecca Katz with Mat Edelson (Ten Speed Press, 2013). Additional reporting by Monica Bhide.
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Arabic Translation of the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises, and Early Reconstruction (INEE, UNICEF, Save the Children)
Author/Publisher: INEE, UNICEF, Save the Children
Language: Arabic
Download: The brochures are available for download in PDF format:
INEE brochure [PDF]
INEE Minimum Standards brochure [PDF]
Arabic translation of the INEE Minimum Standards handbook [PDF]
Arabic versions of the INEE and the INEE Minimum Standards brochures are now available from the INEE website. They have also been produced in hardcopy by UNICEF and Save
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The INEE Minimum Standards handbook was translated into Arabic and produced in hardcopy with the support of UNESCO Amman and UNESCO Beirut. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the Arabic handbook, please send your request with the complete postal address to:
Ms. Jumana Jaafar Lakkis
UNESCO Regional Office - Beirut
It is also possible to download the INEE Minimum Standards training materials, which were re-translated based on feedback given to INEE at the Arabic Training of Trainers workshop in 2006. Please visit: http://www.ineesite.org/page.asp?pid=1409


text: Killing centers (also referred to as "extermination camps" or "death camps") were designed to carry out genocide. Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazis established six killing centers in former Polish territory—Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau (part of the Auschwitz complex), and Majdanek. Chelmno and Auschwitz were established in areas annexed to Germany in 1939. The other camps (Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, and Majdanek) were established in the Generalgouvernement (General Government) of Poland. Both Auschwitz and Majdanek functioned as concentration and forced-labor camps as well as killing centers. The overwhelming majority of the victims of the killing centers were Jews. An estimated 3.5 million Jews were killed in these six killing centers as part of the Final Solution. Other victims included Roma (Gypsies) and Soviet prisoners of war.


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With the win, ETSU improves to 9-3 with its fourth-straight win, and remains perfect in A-Sun action at 5-0.
The Lady Bucs were once again aided by a sensational 21-for-24 performance from the free-throw line. Individually, Banjo nailed 9-for-10 at the line, while Turman sunk 7-of-8.
ETSU didn't gain its first lead of the game until the 16:10 mark of the second half, when a short jumper by Turman made the score 49-48. The Lady Bucs rolled from there, as Banjo caught fire, tallying 21 points in the half.
ETSU would extend the lead to as many as 20, when Banjo hit a pair of free throws with 1:45 to go, making the score 84-64.
The Dolphins surged to a double-digit lead with to go in the first half, as JU went up 19-9 on a basket by Precious Robinson. Robison had eight points in the game's first seven minutes. Nichelle Akers kept the Lady Bucs in it early, with six of ETSU's first nine points.
Akers would explode for 14 first-half points to the lead the Lady Bucs, only out-distanced by a stellar 18-point effort by JU's Sheena Carpenter. Carpenter would end up with a team-high 24 points, followed by Robinson with 17.
The Lady Bucs took advantage of the Dolphins early foul trouble, which put ETSU in the bonus before the period's halfway mark. ETSU made good on nine of its first 10 tries at the free throw line, including two perfect trips by sophomore Turman.
The Lady Bucs fought back to tie the score at 34, on a bucket by Turman at the mark. The Dolphins would answer with six quick points, bringing the score to 40-34, but the Lady Bucs would make a run of their own, as a Turman three tied the game at 40. Turman had 11 in the frame.
The Dolphin offense was hot in the first half, tallying 58.1 percent from the field and 75 percent from long distance. ETSU wasn't too far behind, shooting 44.1 percent, and 42.9 from three.
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text: Stop the museum thief before he steals precious artifacts. The Advent Calendar Police with cool additional surprises contains twenty-four surprise items for each day of Advent. Once all the pieces are revealed, put on the police badge and set up the alarm system to warn when a thief is present! Includes backdrop, two figures, police quad car, bicycle, mummy, pharaohs bust, treasure chest, snake, and other accessories to create a daring police raid.


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There were two great speeches at the 2004 Democratic Convention — and, in a way, they complemented each other. The first, by a young state senator from Illinois, rejected the notion that America is hopelessly divided politically into blue states and red states: "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America," declared Barack Obama, "there is the United States of America."
The second, by the party's vice-presidential nominee, lamented the fact that America is, however, badly divided in a different way: "The truth is," John Edwards told delegates, "we still live in a country where there are two different Americas: one, for all of those people who have lived the American dream and don't have to worry; and another for most Americans, everybody else who struggle to make ends meet every single day."
We could argue whether Barack Obama's dream of a politically united country still rings true. But there's no doubt that John Edwards' warning about "two Americas" was right on the money. And, as this week's report from the Census Bureau confirms, it's only gotten worse.
You could be forgiven for thinking things were getting better. After all, the stock market this week soared to record highs. Unemployment's at its lowest rate since December 2008. In August, permits for future housing construction hit a five-year high. The economy's definitely improving. Americans across the board are getting a lift. Right? No. Wrong!
The Census Bureau reports that, despite an improving economy, 15 percent of Americans are still living in poverty. In fact, the number of Americans living in poverty increased last year, from 46.2 million in 2011 to 46.5 million in 2012 — including 3.9 million seniors and 16.1 million children. Think about that: In 2013, in the richest country on the planet, 16 million children live in poverty and go to bed hungry every night. Shame!
Putting that in context, the poverty rate is defined today as $23,492 per year — for a family of four. Try living on that. We're talking less than $2,000 a month for everything: shelter, food, clothing, medicine and transportation. For four people? That's worse than poverty. That's utter destitution.
As bad as they are for the poor, things are not much better for the middle class. The Census Bureau also reports that the average American family today is actually making less than that same family did 25 years ago. In 1989, adjusted for inflation, the median American household income was $51,681; today, it's $51,107.
So there you have it: 46.5 million Americans living in poverty, and what's the response of Republicans in Congress? They want to make lives of the poor even more miserable. House Republicans propose cutting $40 billion out of food stamps, or SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) — which, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, would eliminate 2 million people from the program, most of them children and older people, while adding 4 million people to the poverty rolls. Their answer to helping the poor, in other words, is to create even more of them.
Republican opposition to food stamps is so mean-spirited, it's difficult to comprehend. In many ways, the program works the way government benefits should. When the economy goes south, the number of people on food stamps increases; when the economy improves, the number goes down. And we're not talking a lot of money. On average, a person on food stamps received $133.41 per month in 2012. Assuming three meals a day, that's less than $1.50 per meal, per person, not exactly living high on the hog.
It's also hard to understand how Republicans can oppose food stamps and yet still call themselves Christians. Take Tennessee Congressman Stephen Fincher. In debate on the floor, he quoted Matthew 26 to justify his opposition to food stamps: "The poor you will always have with you." Maybe Fincher should also read Matthew 25: "I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink." Or maybe he thinks Jesus was just kidding.
At the same time, by the way, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Fincher and his family have received $8.9 million in government subsidies for cotton over the last decade. The average monthly food stamp benefit is $287. Quick: Which one is the biggest freeloader?


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George David's Legacy
Hartford Courant
October 28, 2009
George David rose from elevator executive to the pinnacle of Connecticut's largest private employer, United Technologies Corp., which he has presided over since the early 1990s. It's been a great ride for him and UTC's investors, though a bumpier one for the workforce and the state.
The brainy, driven titan of industry will retire as chairman of the board of UTC by Jan. 1. (He stepped down as CEO in 2008.) He's vastly expanded the corporation's global footprint. He's delighted shareholders with phenomenal profits of 860 percent in his 14 years as CEO. He's been rewarded in turn with hundreds of millions in compensation.
But Mr. David never made Connecticut feel quite secure in their relationship.
UTC's Pratt & Whitney had been the state's No.1 employer for a half-century when Mr. David and colleagues suggested the unthinkable in 1993 moving thousands of Pratt jobs out of Connecticut unless the company's costs were lowered. That move was quickly averted with state tax credits and union concessions.
Nevertheless, UTC has whittled its Connecticut workforce from 47,000 in early 1992 (25 percent of its global employees) to 26,000 today (12 percent of its worldwide workforce).
The Hartford Financial Services Group, in contrast, has 40 percent of its global workforce based in Connecticut. Another 1,000 UTC jobs will move from Connecticut to the South and to Asia next year unless the machinists union prevails in its lawsuit to block the move. Connecticut's high costs continue to be a sore point with the corporation.
Pared-Down Workforce
Though Mr. David leaves behind a leaner local operation than he inherited, it's also far more efficient. Early in his career, his passion for the details of production led him to hire a Japanese management guru to come up with a simple quality-control method that is now ingrained in UTC culture.
The son of one of the first Rhodes scholars, he placed a premium on education, letting employees pursue degrees on company time and at company expense even if they'd been laid off. The Employee Scholar Program has had 26,533 graduates since 1996; 15,197 employees are now enrolled, according to the UTC website. It's a huge, unusual and enlightened investment for a company, and one of Mr. David's greatest legacies.
Another legacy is a very profitable company. While shedding jobs in Connecticut, Mr. David expanded UTC worldwide, growing the company from 168,600 employees in 1993 to 223,100 now. He routinely delivered double-digit earnings growth. In 2004, BusinessWeek said he "outperformed even the mythic General Electric Co. in returns to investors."
He was outdone by GE, however, on a bid to acquire Honeywell that would have doubled UTC's aerospace business. Ultimately, the European Commission blocked the deal.
UTC's Next Steps
A more personal merger ended badly this year with Mr. David's very public divorce from a Swedish countess. A few other things have not gone his way, including Sikorsky's loss of the contract for Marine 1 helicopters in 2005 after almost a half-century of ferrying the president around.
But the unflappable Mr. David takes the long view. UTC was an early investor in fuel cells, pioneering them for the Apollo space program.
Now the manufacturer has helped make Connecticut the world center for this new technology. The company is installing a fuel cell at the Connecticut Science Center the first museum or science center to get most of its power from this alternative energy source.
Mr. David is leaving Connecticut a stronger, though skinnier, UTC in the hands of his capable successor, Louis Chenevert. May it thrive here and grow for many more decades and continue to push the state to get its own costs under control.
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I am always finding ways to expand the gardens at my home. With each year the area of open ground is getting smaller. What is left and a little neglected are the massive expanses of stone terraces and wood decking. There is no better way to add more gardening excitement than potted plants.
One special area on the property is a lightly shaded stone terrace. It was here long before the thought of a garden was considered. In this area there isn't much to plant in the ground and with large stately trees taking in most of the nutrients, I figure why not garden in pots. I have yet to over-winter perennials for this area, but for now I am experimenting with anything that will thrive, making this secluded place more special.
When considering what to write about and fulfill the mission for what this blog is about, I think that creating a beautiful and restful garden space to be necessary. Once the stone terrace garden is planted and well looked after, a relaxing moment here would be perfect.
Of all the hard work that will go into this potted garden, I wanted to take the time to discuss the importance of proper planting of such a garden. Potting plants are a quick fix for any trouble areas a garden may have and moving them around to accommodate a garden cocktail party will be a breeze.
1-plants | 2- pots | 3- potting mix | 4- granular fertilizer
5- slow-release fertilizer | 6- pea gravel | 7- screen material
The photo above illustrates all of the supplies used to pot plants, with the exception of landscaping fabric.
Items are listed clockwise from top-left.
Potting Plants:
1: Thoroughly clean pots of any dirt and root bits. Soak for one hour before filling if using terra-cotta.
2: Place a piece of screen material over the drainage hole.
3: Add a two inch layer of pea gravel.
4: Place a circle piece of landscaping fabric over the gravel.
Cut a piece larger than what would cover the gravel so the fabric can form a bowl that catches the potting mix. I think a few inches of rise will be enough.
4: Fill 2/3 full of prepared potting soil mix. [Potting Mix Recipe Below]
5: Nestle in plants and fill in with extra potting mix.
6: Water well and make sure water streams out the bottom of each pot.
7: [Optional] Cover the surface of the soil with pea gravel. This helps prevent soil from splashing onto the plants during heavy rains and gives a neater appearance.
The photo above is a cross-section of what a medium to large prepared pot should look like. The pea gravel in the base of the pot will facilitate better drainage. Also, the pea gravel will weigh down a pot that may become top heavy as plants mature. If your pots require a lighter treatment, try using packing peanuts in place of the pea gravel. This is great for surfaces that do not need any more weight pushing down on them, such as a rooftop garden.
I use a basic quality type potting mix with no fertilizers in it. Choosing to add nutrients are a personal preference, one that I love to experiment with and its nice knowing how your plants are to be fed. For the potting mix formula I add two tablespoons slow-release fertilizer and two tablespoons organic granular fertilizer for every gallon of potting mix. If you have any homemade compost on hand, add a cup full for a good dose of microbial activity.
In a few weeks the night time temperatures will stay well above the freezing point and planting can begin.


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Jason Aldean Talks About the Importance of Music Videos in Country Today
Last month, Jason Aldean walked away a winner at the 2012 CMT Music Awards, snagging his first buckle award ever for the Performance of the Year. Aldean's name was highlighted in two other categories during the awards, including Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year, both for 'Dirt Road Anthem.'
Understandably, the singer was thrilled at the opportunity to have his first buckle, and can't express enough how much he appreciates the CMT Music Awards for honing in on the hard work that's put into music videos, a medium that some genres of music — and perhaps even other country awards shows — may see as dying out.
"I think this award show is a lot of fun," Aldean told Taste of Country following his win. "Some of the other shows are real stiff. This one's a lot more laid back. It's videos. To us, videos are still so important to our career. It seems like now it's so much harder because they don't get played as much on TV, so people are having to go online to see them now. They are still so important, especially as new artist, to kind of keep your face and name and all that stuff out there."
"There's no other award show like this that we have," the singer explains, still boasting the CMT Music Awards. "Usually on some of the other awards shows, the Video of the Year award is always the one that gets cut out of the show. It's cool to have an awards show specifically for that."


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April 14, 2006
The Chicago and Indianapolis regional associations come together in Chicago on Thursday, April 13 for Cubs game. Alumni, family, and friends from Indianapolis boarded a charter bus and travel north to Wrigleyville to gather with the Wabash community from the Chicagoland area. The crowd enjoyed fine food and drink at John Barleycorn one half block south of Wrigley Field on Clark Street from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and then walked to the game in time for the first pitch at 1:20 p.m.
Wrigley field in April could have meant winter coats, hats, and gloves, but we were blessed with a beautiful spring day around 80 degrees and plenty of sunshine. Special thanks to organizers Eric Schoettle '93 and Lee Clark '73 from the Wabash Club of Chicago and the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men respectively for creating a great day for the Wabash family.
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The Lincoln Zephyr is Lincoln's first entry-level midsize luxury sedan. Introduced in 2006, the Zephyr lasted just one year before being replaced by the Lincoln MKZ.
The Zephyr was inspired by the original 1930s model, which was a popular two- and four-door sedan at the time.
The modern Zephyr shares a build with the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan. However, Lincoln updated the Zephyr with high-end details, such as the company's signature chrome grille, an upscale center stack, and standard leather upholstery. The Zephyr also offers options not available on the Fusion or Milan, such as a DVD-based navigation system and ventilated seating.
The Lincoln Zephyr is available in one well-equipped trim level, with a variety of optional upgrades. Many of the Zephyr's notable features were carried over to the 2007 Lincoln MKZ.
Aimed at younger buyers, the Lincoln Zephyr became known for its combination of upscale features and sporty handling.
With such amenities as standard leather seats, a premium audio system, and a high-tech navigation system option; the Zephyr provides a more luxurious alternative to the similar Ford Fusion. While smaller than the full-size luxury sedans for which Lincoln is best known, the Zephyr is roomy enough to seat five people comfortably. A 15.8-cubic-foot trunk provides average cargo storage space.
While certainly not a sports car, the Zephyr offers more responsive handling and maneuvering than larger Lincolns, thanks to its reduced size and more modern platform. Its smaller body allows for a zero-to-60-mph-acceleration time of 6.8 seconds and a turning radius of 18.6 feet.
The front-wheel-drive Lincoln Zephyr is powered by a three-liter, 221-horsepower, V-6 engine paired to a six-speed automatic transmission. With its midsize platform, the Zephyr boasts better handling than many of Lincoln's larger full-size luxury sedans.
The Lincoln Zephyr was only produced for the 2006 model year. The single-trim 2006 Lincoln Zephyr came equipped with a three-liter, V-8 engine producing 221 horsepower and 205 lb-ft of torque, and a six-speed automatic transmission was standard.
Standard equipment on the Lincoln Zephyr includes 17-inch alloy wheels, LED taillights, premium leather upholstery, leather and wood dash trim, leather and wood door trim, a leather and wood steering wheel, a leather and alloy shift knob, a tilt-and-telescopic steering wheel with audio and cruise controls, 10-way power-adjustable front seats, heated front seats, a split-folding rear seat, power-adjustable heated exterior mirrors, seat and mirror memory settings for two drivers, cruise control, a remote trunk release, digital keypad locks, dual-zone automatic climate control, and a six-speaker sound system with six-disc CD player and MP3 playback. Instrumentation includes an analog clock, tachometer, trip computer, external temperature display, compass, and low fuel level warning system.
Standard safety features include anti-lock brakes, traction control, front seat-mounted side airbags, side-curtain airbags, child seat anchors, dusk-sensing headlamps, a rear center three-point seat belt, and a reinforced roof and B-pillars. In National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash tests, the Lincoln Zephyr received four out of five stars for frontal impact, four stars for rear, side impact, and five stars for front, side impact.
No options packages were made available for the Zephyr. However, buyers could add individual options, such as a power sunroof, ventilated seats, HID headlamps, a DVD-based navigation system, and a premium 14-speaker 600-watt THX-II surround sound audio system.
With EPA ratings of 17/26 mpg city/highway, the Lincoln Zephyr's fuel economy is on par with similar V-6-powered midsize sedans. The vehicle's gas tank holds 18 gallons of fuel.
The 3,400-pound Lincoln Zephyr measures 190.5 inches in length, 55.9 inches in height, and 72.2 inches in width. Its wheelbase is 107.4 inches. For a midsize vehicle, the Zephyr features a generous amount of cabin space, offering 115.8 cubic feet of passenger volume and 15.8 cubic inches of trunk space. Front passengers receive 38.7 inches of headroom, 42.3 inches of legroom, and 54.1 inches of hip room, while rear passengers receive 37.8 inches of headroom, 37 inches of legroom, and 53.6 inches of hip room.
The Zephyr is available in nine exterior colors and three interior colors. Exterior shades include Black, Oxford White, Charcoal Beige Metallic, Dark Blue Pearl Metallic, Dune Pearl Metallic, Light Sage Metallic, Merlot Metallic, Silver Frost Metallic, and Tungsten Grey Metallic. Premium leather interior colors include Dark Charcoal, Light Stone, and Sand.
Lincoln released its original Lincoln Zephyr in 1936. It was named after the Burlington Zephyr diesel express train. One of Lincoln's most popular vehicles, the Zephyr once accounted for 80 percent of the company's sales and helped build Lincoln's reputation as a luxury brand before the introduction of the famed Lincoln Continental.
The original Lincoln Zephyr was equipped with a V-12 engine and three-speed manual transmission. A convertible option was added in 1938. Though production of the Zephyr ceased in 1940, a number of future Lincolns were built using the Zephyr platform.
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text: Business students win Free Enterprise Olympics against UVM, Clarkson, and 5 SUNY institutions News Home 03.15.13 By: Buff Lindau Alexandra N. Brenock '15, Thomas W. Fergus '13, Michelle M. McGuinness '13, Patrick S. McFetridge '13 Muller's Carts CEO Martin Drolet, and Business Department Chair Robert Letovsky. Business students from Saint Michael's went head to head with teams from seven other institutions in the first annual Free Enterprise Olympics, held at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, on Friday, March 1. The competing schools, whose teams were all challenged to present a new product for Smart Cart, were Saint Michael's, the University of Vermont, Clarkson, and State University of New York institutions at Plattsburgh, Canton, New Paltz, Albany, and Adirondack. Saint Michael's winning team of business majors included Alexandra N. Brednock '15 of Medway, MA, Michelle M. McGuinness '13 of Groton, MA, Thomas W. Fergus '13 of Norwalk, CT, and Patrick S. McFetridge '13 of Medfield, MA. They earned first place from a panel of expert judges following a day-long working session and five-minute presentations by each team, followed by dinner, a talk, judging, and the announcement. Competition challenge: design a new product for Smart Cart The team, coached by Business Professors Robert Letovsky of Jericho and Karen Popovich of Essex Junction, got the contest challenge from a representative of a local manufacturer, Smart Cart Enterprises: Develop new designs of Smart Carts' product that would enable it to enter new markets and grow the business. The teams were then "locked up" for three hours to prepare five- minute presentations for the company's owner. The Saint Michael's team focused its presentation on a new version of the company's basic cart that would allow gardeners, farmers and athletic field operators to spread seeds, fertilizer, or sand across a wide area. The presentation offered a design for the new model, as well as a pricing and distribution strategy, and a brief comparison with current competing products, Professor Letovsky reported. Winners Following the eight team presentations, the judges deliberated and announced the winners following dinner with a speech from Smart Carts owner Martin Drolet, about the challenges and rewards of being an entrepreneur. The Saint Michael's team presentation won the competition and the $1,000 cash prize, the team from SUNY Albany was 2nd, and Clarkson University 3rd. All eight teams had held preliminary events selecting one student to compete in a "Free Enterprise Speak Off." These eight students gave three-to-five minute speeches on "Free Enterprise + Entrepreneurship: The formula for a stronger economy." Saint Michael's home-team winner was Alexandra N. Brenock '15, who earned a prize of $150. Saint Michael's student Parker LeClerc '13 of Bedford, NH won the 2nd place prize of $75. At the March 1 competition, the speech winners from each of the eight participating institutions gave their speeches to a panel of judges. Saint Michael's Alexandra Brednock '15 won the 3rd place prize of $250 at the Plattsburgh competition.


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La Liga: Athletic Bilbao 1 Atletico Madrid 2
Atletico Madrid passed a stern test of their Liga title aspirations by coming from behind to defeat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on Saturday.
With Barcelona beating Espanyol earlier on Saturday, Diego Simeone's men needed to win at San Mames to return to the summit, and goals from the in-form Diego Costa and Koke duly provided the maximum haul.
Ernesto Valverde's side threatened to end Atleti's run of four straight league victories in just the sixth minute as Iker Muniain punished slack Atleti defending with a neat lob.
However, Costa restored parity with a cool finish for his sixth goal in five games across all competitions as the teams reached half-time at 1-1.
Costa had claims for a penalty turned away early in the second half when he was tripped by Aymeric Laporte, who was later sent off, but it failed to derail the visitors who moved ahead 10 minutes after the break through Koke's close-range header.
The result means Atleti hold a one-point advantage over Barcelona, with seven games left to play, though Real Madrid also remain in the hunt, while Bilbao remain in the last UEFA Champions League spot.
The hosts made an electric start with the opening goal in just the sixth minute.
Mikel San Jose's long ball caught the Atleti defence off guard and Muniain reacted quickest before delicately lofting over Thibaut Courtois from the edge of the box.
Atleti went in search of the leveller and Costa almost provided when he sprung the offside trap to collect Koke's intricate throughball, but was foiled by a smart save from Gorka Iraizoz.
Costa was proving difficult for the home defence to handle and he levelled the scores after 22 minutes.
Ander Iturraspe's poor pass was picked off by the Spain striker who easily outpaced San Jose before applying a cool left-foot finish across Iraizoz.
Raul Garcia then wasted a great chance to put Atleti ahead when he shot wide at the back post following good work from Filipe Luis.
Bilbao proved equally wasteful at the other end. Markel Susaeta ghosted between the Atleti defence to meet Artiz Aduriz's flick but headed past the onrushing Courtois and agonisingly wide of the post.
Atleti continued to create the better openings in the second half and Costa dragged an effort wide from the edge of the box shortly after the restart.
The visitors then had claims for a penalty in the 50th minute when Laporte tripped Costa in the area, but referee Jose Teixeira was unmoved.
That decision almost proved more controversial as at the other end Oscar de Marcos robbed Diego Godin of possession on the edge of the box but he fired his effort wide.
Atleti punished that miss in the 55th minute, however, Koke played in Filipe before he continued his run into the box to head home the deflected cross.
The visitors threatened late on, Gaizka Toquero seeing penalty appeals waved away before Courtois produced a stunning save to deny Aduriz.
There was still time for controversy as Laporte was sent off for a second bookable offence after tripping Costa, though the visitors were unhappy as Cristian Rodriguez was through on goal and could have added a third.
However, it did not cost Atleti, who remain on course for a first title since 1996.


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As if this year wasn't crazy enough with elections, what with the two others that we had to vote in this year because apparently they couldn't just schedule them all on the same day in September, which this year was Thursday instead of the customary Tuesday because of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which we're sure only helped to encourage voter apathy.
But in case you missed the results, in south Queens James Sanders defeated incumbent Shirley Huntley in the race for her State Senate seat. Sanders was no doubt helped out by the fact that shortly before the election Huntely was paraded out of a courthouse in handcuffs over charges that she misused state money.
That's never a good look for someone seeking re-election.
And in northeast Queens, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky held off challenger John Messer, while Ron Kim was victorious in the crowded race to replace Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who will be challenging Republican Dan Halloran for Congress come this November.
In Brooklyn, Walter Mosley cruised to victory in the race for the Assembly seat being vacated by Hakeem Jeffries, who is headed off to Congress.
And in what was probably the most watched District Leader race in the history of the position of District Leader, in North Brooklyn Lincoln Restler may have narrowly lost his position to Community Board 1 chairman Chris Olechowski, although there are still absentee ballots to count and other challenges that could still wipe out Olechowski's 123-vote lead.
Almost 11,000 people voted in this race for the usually obscure position – one of the highest turnouts in the city. The race became a referendum on the head of the Kings County Democratic Party, embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who it was recently discovered was at the center of a hush-hush taxpayer payout to former staffers who say he sexually harassed them.
Restler has been a thorn in Lopez's side since he won the post two years ago. In fact, he won by pushing a reform-minded agenda focused on grassroots organizing that bucked party machine politics.
He may have lost, but the scandal has already forced Lopez to resign as head of the Kings County Democratic Party and with a number of his colleagues calling for him to give up elected office altogether, Restler may have lost in the short term but proven to be victorious in the long term.
And in south Queens, Councilman Eric Ulrich easily won his primary against fellow Republican Juan Reyes for the chance to challenge State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. come this November, but not before things got a little interesting.
Just days before voters headed to the polls, the Reyes campaign sent out a particularly ill-conceived mailer bashing Ulrich for being friends with openly gay councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, as well as hiring openly gay people to work in his office. The mailer went on to brand Ulrich as a "cosmopolitan Republican who mocked religious Americans."
Not unsurprisingly, the mailer backfired – big time. During the campaign, Reyes played up that he once worked in the Rudy Giuliani administration as part of his qualifications for holding public office.
And those connections might have helped, in so far as that - at the very least - the former mayor might have stayed out of the race. But the mailer might have forced Giuliani's hand, and possibly in an effort to distance himself from Reyes he actually endorsed Ulrich the day before the primary on the steps of City Hall.
It seems kind of odd that somebody with Giuliani's credentials would get involved in a local State Senate race – and a primary at that - a primary that by all insider accounts Ulrich was well on his way to winning, whether Reyes sends out the anti-gay mailer or not.
To his credit, after he lost the election, Reyes apologized for the campaign literature saying that it was rushed and not properly scrutinized, but the damage was already clearly done.
So that's that. Another 2012 election has come and gone. But don't worry if you missed out on all of the fun, there's still another one in November!


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A new jailbreak tweak called Octopus Keyboard can bring BlackBerry 10's new predictive keyboard to your iPhone right now. Once installed your keyboard will present you with frequently used words based on what you're currently typing.
The idea behind RIM's new predictive text solution is that, after starting to type a sentence or phrase, you can swipe on the keyboard to auto-complete words. As you type, the keyboard should, in theory, get smarter and learn common phrases and words you type often. You'll notice that words on the keyboard will change as you type them. For example, if you're typing the word "frequently" it may pick it up after a keystroke or two. Just swipe up where it appears above the key and it will accept it. If it doesn't guess the word just keep typing and no auto-suggestions will be used.
This type of keyboard solution may be a great compromise between Swype keyboard technology and basic auto-correction which is what already exists in iOS devices. You don't end up accepting incorrect words by accident and don't have an extra row of data to deal with the way you typically do with Swype devices. BlackBerry's solution doesn't add anything additional to the keyboard but uses space where your fingers already are which minimizes the amount of taps and swipes you have to use.
You can hit the link below to see a demo of BlackBerry 10's new keyboard in action. While BlackBerry users will have to wait until BlackBerry 10, iOS users can check it out now for $4.99. You'll need to install the following repository within Cydia first and then you should be able to search for Octopus Keyboard.
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CARSON CITY – More than one million voters cast ballots in the 2012 general election, an all-time record high turnout for Nevada, the Secretary of State's office reported.
Of the 1,257,621 active registered voters, a total of 1,013,195 voters, or 80.56 percent, turned out during early voting and on Election Day. Both the number and percentage of voters exceed the 2008 general when 970,019 voters, or 80.27 percent of active registered voters, cast ballots.
"I believe an election like this, with record turnout and minimal problems, creates great momentum for future civic participation," said Secretary of State Ross Miller. "It's been clear for some time that we were headed for a potentially record-breaking turnout. We've been preparing for this for quite a while, and I'm proud to see fellow Nevadans participating like this. It's healthy for the process."
On Election Day, several commonplace issues arose at the polls, but all were immediately addressed by poll workers and members of the multi-jurisdictional Election Integrity Task Force.
Final race results and a breakdown of voter turnout are posted on the Secretary of State's Election Night Reporting website at www.silverstateelection.com.
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Belly Fat: 12 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight
Getting rid of your belly bulge is important for more than just vanity's sake. Excess abdominal fat-particularly visceral fat, the kind that surrounds your organs and puffs your stomach into a "beer gut"-is a predictor of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and some cancers. If diet and exercise haven't done much to reduce your pooch, then your hormones, your age and other genetic factors may be the reason why. Read on for 11 possible reasons why your belly fat won't budge.