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NEMA supports energy efficiency "Race to the Top" program.
Press Release Summary:
NEMA's High Performance Building Council applauds President Obama's announcement of an energy efficiency "Race to the Top" program to encourage innovation and competition in state energy efficiency policies. States with best ideas to create jobs and lower energy bills by constructing more efficient buildings will receive federal support to help make it happen. Resulting reforms will drive investments that enhance manufacturing competitiveness, improve grid resiliency, and cut carbon pollution.
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NEMA High Performance Buildings Council Applauds President Obama's Announcement of Energy Efficiency "Race to the Top" for States
ROSSLYN, Va., —The National Electrical Manufacturers Association's (NEMA) High Performance Buildings Council (HPBC) applauds President Obama's announcement of the creation of an energy efficiency "Race to the Top" program to encourage innovation and competition in state energy efficiency policies. As President Obama explained in his State of the Union Address: I'm also issuing a new goal for America: let's cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next twenty years. The states with the best ideas to create jobs and lower energy bills by constructing more efficient buildings will receive federal support to help make it happen.
A White House report released after the State of the Union offered more details on the plan:
Saving people money by doubling American energy productivity by 2030, starting with a new Energy Efficiency Race to the Top for states: The President is laying out a bold but achievable goal to slash energy waste through increased efficiency. Modeled after a successful Administration approach in education reform, which was designed to promote forward-leaning policy adoption at the state-level, the President's Budget will include Race to the Top awards. These awards will support state governments that implement effective policies that increase energy efficiency and help decrease waste. Not only will increased efficiency save consumers money, the resulting reforms will drive investments that enhance manufacturing competitiveness, improve grid resiliency, and cut carbon pollution.
The NEMA High Performance Buildings Council applauds this effort to highlight the opportunity for energy savings in America's buildings, which consume 40% of primary energy and 70% of electricity in the U.S. annually. Achieving the president's goal of doubling American energy productivity by 2030 is easily achievable if states prioritize policies that encourage smart design, construction, and operation of buildings, including the installation of energy-saving equipment such as lighting, sensors, controls, and integrated systems. All states should start by committing to enforce and update their building codes and standards every three years to coincide with the national revision cycle, which can reduce energy consumption by 30% or more.
"Time and again, the states have demonstrated that they can drive policy innovations that benefit not just their economies, but lead the nation to better practices. The strong focus on cutting energy waste and using resources more productively unleashes a powerful multiplier effect. As building owners reduce their operating costs, capital otherwise spent on energy is unlocked to create jobs. A boost to our economy is generated as manufacturers, distributors, contractors and installers work together to deliver energy saving solutions to the homes and businesses. In today's economic reality, no state can afford to not seize the energy efficiency opportunity," said Legrand North America President and CEO and NEMA Chairman John Selldorff.
"Energy efficiency is the cleanest, cheapest, and fastest way to meet the United States' growing energy needs. NEMA welcomes President Obama's announcement of the energy efficiency 'Race to the Top' initiative and look forward to identifying ways that the manufacturing industry can offer solutions to aid states in achieving their energy reduction goals," said NEMA President and CEO Evan Gaddis.
"We have some great ideas that can translate into not only savings for buildings owners and consumers, but can also help the nation achieve improvements in energy intensity. One of those key ideas is the implementation of a strong building energy labeling program that raises the visibility of building energy consumption to the user. Increased energy visibility and comparison to benchmarks from other buildings is one of the best ways to encourage people to take action on improving their energy footprint," said Jim Pauley of Schneider Electric and chairman of the High Performance Buildings Council.
The NEMA High Performance Buildings Council is eager to engage with the White House, Congress, and states to realize the achievable goal of doubling American energy productivity by 2030 or sooner. For more information about the NEMA High Performance Buildings Council, please contact Patrick Hughes, policy director for high performance buildings, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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|Problem Summary
|An agent signs in to the Finesse Agent Desktop and sets status to Ready. After 30 minutes with no calls, the agent is automatically signed out. Finesse sends a forced logout request to Unified CCE with a reason code of 255.
|Error Message
|This session has expired due to inactivity. Please sign in again.
|Possible Cause
|If no activity takes place on the Agent Desktop, Finesse signs the agent out after 30 minutes. This prevents an agent from remaining signed in if the agent forgets to sign out. This value cannot be changed.
|Recommended Action
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|Release 8.5(3), Release 9.0(1)
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When in Doubt, Smear the Dead Kid
In my younger, more innocent days, anyone who asked to follow me on Facebook got a little blue check mark next to "friend." The result, years later, is a large population of numbskulls who keep me abreast of the latest paranoid nonsense. The latest item, which I've seen a couple of times, is a photo composite of two men. The one on the left is George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin, looking more put together.
Who's the man on the right? The implication: It was Trayvon Martin. The online rumor was that this photo was "pulled from Facebook." But on Sunday, the Twitter aggregator (yes, we've come to that point) Twitchy, which tracks viral content, retracted a post about the photo. "The photo on the right is not Trayvon Martin," editors wrote.
Yesterday, I was still seeing blog posts tracking the spread of the photo. This morning, I was still getting Facebook messages about it.
Why is the fake photo so popular? It's part of a new cottage industry of "truth about Trayvon" content, calibrated to convince people that they really shouldn't worry about the implications of this killing. Why, the kid wasn't even a saint! He might have been shot after brawling with the man who creeply followed him around the gated community? The Drudge Report has become a one-stop shop for Trayvon contrarianism. Here's every story about the dead kid on the site right now.
This isn't too surprising; on slow news day, the site gives premium placement to stories about black youths flashmobbing and beating people up. It's sensationalism. The defense of this coverage is that the early stories -- the ones that mysteriously made the un-arrested killer of Martin come off poorly -- are responsible for odious stunts like the New Black Panther Party's "bounty" for Zimmerman and tweets about Zimmerman's address. "It's not the slam-dunk jaw-dropping outrage it has been portrayed as," wrote John Hayward in Human Events yesterday, "and that portrayal has led us to a moment of anger, confusion, and incipient violence." The implication is that more details about the case can correct that. But nothing can change the storyline like misinformation, stuff convinces the people already disinclined to worry about these sorts of crimes that they can move right on.


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GTA Advance
GTA Liberty City Stories
|Full Name
|Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City
|Main Affiliations
Donald Love
Toni Cipriani
Luigi Goterelli
|8-Ball Autos
|Voiced by
|The Guru
8-Ball is a character in the 3D Universe who appears as a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto III, a main character in Grand Theft Auto Advance and a minor character in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. He is an explosives expert and firearms trader, owning explosives garages in Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas. In GTA III and Liberty City Stories, he is voiced by the late Keith "The Guru" Elam.
Character history
Life until 2000
8-Ball was born and raised in Liberty City and by 1984 had started his business across the United States, including in Vice City (initially in Downtown and later in Viceport), in San Andreas (in El Corona, Los Santos) and in Liberty City (in Harwood, Newport and Pike Creek). He established contacts with various people in Liberty City, including businessman Donald Love, who sent Toni Cipriani to 8-Ball at his Pike Creek garage to fill a van full of explosives to be used to destroy the Fort Staunton district of Staunton Island.
2000 to 2001
In 2000 he helps old friend Vinnie by creating fake IDs that Mike collected. Mike returns to 8-Ball following the death of Vinnie and agrees to work for him whilst 8-Ball investigates Vinnie's death, saying he has some ideas of who was responsible. 8-Ball first has Mike dispose of Vinnie's body at the Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard, as "they don't ask questions". Following this, Mike helps to pimp out three women (including Misty) to "high-rolling" clients, deliver a package to an angry customer, and extract revenge on Scorelli for 8-Ball. 8-Ball, with information from one of the prostitutes, sends Mike to meet a bar tender, Jonnie. 8-Ball later meets Mike again in a diner, but the two are ambushed by the Colombian Cartel, who are looking to kill Mike following the death of leader Cisco. 8-Ball burns his hands during the ambush and is unable to escape, telling Mike to do so before the police arrive.
8-Ball is arrested and convicted on eighty-five counts of owning a firearm without a licence, although a Liberty Tree article, it is stated that 8-Ball was arrested at his home/garage in Harwood and that a police officer poured a pan of boiling fat onto his hands. After being convicted a decision is made to transfer him, along with bank robber Claude and a un-named elderly man to the police station in Portland View. The police convoy, however, is attacked by the Colombian Cartel, who successfully kidnap the un-named elderly man. In the confusion, 8-Ball and Claude work together to escape and get far enough away to not be injured when a bomb, planted by the Cartel, destroys the Callahan Bridge. The two then escape to a hideout in the Red Light District.
After changing out of their orange prison uniforms, 8-Ball has Claude drive him to Sex Club Seven and introduces him to Luigi Goterelli, an old friend and member of the Leone Family, who begins to employ him. Salvatore Leone, the Don of the Leone Family, later sends Claude to 8-Ball and the two later destroy a freighter at Portland Harbor, which was being used by the Colombian Cartel to manufacture the drug SPANK. His friendship with Claude, however, is assumed to have come to an end when Salvatore Leone attempts to set Claude up, and he has to flee Portland.
- An authentic production artwork of 8-Ball has the name Mullan, A.K.A. 8-Ball written besides his image, suggesting his name may have been Mullan in development. This name was never used in any GTA game.
- 8-Ball Autos is also used in the missions Mike Lips Last Lunch, Kanbu Bust-out (both in GTA III) and Shogun Showdown (in GTA Liberty City Stories).
Mission appearances
- Introduction
- Give Me Liberty (Boss)
- Luigi's Girls
- Bomb Da Base Act II (Boss)
- GTA Advance
- Fake IDs
- Getaway
- Twisted Metal (Boss)
- Ill Repute (Boss)
- Droppin' Bombs (Boss)
- Scorelli (Boss)
- Love Boat (Boss)
- Love of Money (Boss)
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- No Money, Mo' Problems (Boss)
- Bringing the House Down (Boss)
Image accompanying a Liberty Tree article.
8-Ball and Claude escaping from the police convoy.
8-Ball after detonating a bomb to destroy the SPANK factory on a Portland Harbor docked freighter.
See also
- Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime - Liberty Tree article about 8-Balls conviction


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U.S. Treasurys prices turned flat on Wednesday, as encouraging U.S. data overwhelmed the impact of political uncertainty in Europe and turmoil in the Middle East that sent investors scampering for the safety of government debt.
Ahead of a blitz of U.S. data, bond yields, which trade opposite of prices, fell. Portugal's deepening political woes -- and fears about China's slowing economy -- sent European yields soaring, prompting traders to seek haven in the relative security of U.S. government bonds. Unrest in Egypt threatens to topple the government, which has sent oil prices soaring and also sparked demand for safe-haven assets like gold and the U.S. dollar.
Yet the bond rally was squelched by data showing private companies hired 188,000 new workers in June, considerably better than expectations, indicating the job market continues to heal slowly, according to a report from ADP. That helped stock futures cut their losses, diminishing the allure of Treasurys.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 3/32 in early U.S. trading, to yield 2.468 percent. The 30-year bond rose 2/32 in price to yield 3.475 percent.


text: The latest mobile threat trend reports highlight few new trends on the threat landscape. Android devices pose the greatest risk to the corporate network, and all mobile devices pose the danger of data leakage. But a few interesting mobile security trends can be gleaned from the latest threat report issued by Juniper Networks. Here are five findings gathered from the data that are not often highlighted in media reports about mobile device attacks and smartphone security trends.


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Error: Grace period expired message on admin login
|Problem Summary
|On admin login, an error message is displayed "grace period expired"
|Error Message
|Error: The 30 days license grace period has been expired. The UCCX system is no longer functioning until a proper license is uploaded.
|Possible Cause
|UCCX server license MAC is changed because of a change in any of the system parameters and licenses with changed License MAC were not uploaded to the system within 30 days.
|Recommended Action
|Run "show status" command from Unified CCX 8.0 Admin CLI. Check for License MAC in the output. If this License MAC is different than the one given in License file, contact UCCX product marketing to get new License files with correct License MAC. Upload these through appadmin.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 11th Aug 2012 17:22 UTC
Nobody needs a tablet, but many people still want a tablet. This is still the core differentiator between a 'real' computer and a tablet. At least in The Netherlands, you can't function in society without a desktop or laptop connected to the internet, so people need a computer. A tablet, though? Hence, the most common thing people have told me when they played with my iPad 2 is this: I'd love to have a tablet, but not for hundreds of euros. Enter Google's Nexus 7, the first 'cheap' tablet that doesn't just validate Android as a tablet platform, but also gives the iPad a run for its money.
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"One omission is a rear-facing camera, but in all honesty, I consider that a feature, not a bug. You should not use a tablet to make photographs, period.
what a crap!
You are really start to be worst than Apple fanboys... "
Dude, anyone *STUPID* enough to take a picture with a tablet *DESERVES* to get mugged.


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My favorite part is when the family bakes cakes and pies with their new friend, Jasper. My favorite character is Polly because she has a lot of superb experiences in the book. This book reminds me of my family because we bake together sometimes. Polly reminds me of myself because I have also had some superb experiences. The lesson learned in this book is that sometimes you should listen to your mom.
I recommend this book to people that like to hear about families that have hard and marvelous times. This book would be best for people that understand the old times.


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Next spring, new foliage and the flower spikes will sprout strongly from the rhizome. What's more, next summer, you'll notice the rhizome multiplying for even more flowers as years go by.
|Common Name
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Myself and a slew of anxious gamer's took to there PS3′s to play Ni No Kuni Wrath Of The White Witch at 12 o clock when the game was meant to go live in Europe. To my surprise when I booted up the digital 6.1 gig pre order download i was greeted with this message. " The game data has not been installed correctly. Press PS button to close the game"
I am really ***** of about this, just when i thought Sony EU couldn't get wrose at they job they prove me wrong again.
Where the hell is the 16GB downloadable file for Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Whitch so i can play the game. Been wanting to play this since 12am midnight trying to get this to work only to find its missing a file how can you be so incompetant at your job.
This is behond stupidity if you are going to upload a file on the PSN Store for a game to be ready for lunch day after you pre order it, it should have the full file. You need to sort this out i can do you job better than you can.
How can you pretend that a 6020 MB file is the full file to play the game that just dumb.
They need to sort this crap out SCEE.
I called them at 9 am in the morning and the woman i spoke to said that they've been incontact with technical support and the 16GB file should be avaliable by 9am on the PSN store and that we should keep checking for it to be uploaded.
Also i told her about the forum and they need to compensate as some how. She gave me a ref number just incase more problems occur and that she will get incontact with me on any update about the situration.
They can't even tell us how long it will take for the file to be uploaded on to the PSN store to be available. They take my money and this what i get back.
I have said this before and I will say it again Sony Europe can't do anything right, they never could.
They had one thing to get right. Make the game playable for 12 o'clock. Shame.
Just another reason why physical copies are still relevant.
BTW, love Ni No Kuni! Such a fun, great game.


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According to the a report coming from Kotaku, what was just a month ago among the best kept secrets of the gaming industry—details on the next Call of Duty game—has just become anything but.
Activision has been playing its card close to its vest with the next entry in the annual franchise. Last March, it would have been a no-brainer to declare the 2011 Call of Duty to be Modern Warfare 3. Since 2006, the series has alternated between the original developer Infinity Ward, who are also responsible for the Modern Warfare games, and Treyarch, who finally left the WWII setting behind with last year's Black Ops. It just made sense that Modern Warfare 3 would be the next installment, but then Activision gutted Infinity Ward, and the lawsuits began.
Activision then brought in other developers, including Sledgehammer and Raven, to help create more Call of Duty titles, and it vowed to keep Infinity Ward open. That ensured the future of the franchise in general, but it didn't address the immediate plans for the coming installment.
But still, even with Infinity Ward losing its founders and roughly one-third of its staff, the work they had already begun on the next Call of Duty put their project further ahead of any other studio working on Call of Duty. Treyarch will likely return next year with a new entry, while Sledgehammer and Raven's plans haven't been announced yet.
Yet, no official announcement on Modern Warfare 3 has been given. It made sense that it was coming, and in keeping with tradition it would be released in November, but that is all we knew, and that all came from educated guesses. But now, if the article from Kotaku is correct, not only has Modern Warfare 3 been unofficially confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt, the entire story line of the single player game, and details on the multiplayer have been leaked as well.
First, the multiplayer will feature several maps from around the world, as well as the return of the Spec Ops missions. A new Spec Ops "survival" mode is also listed. The maps and the mission names are listed below:
Multiplayer Maps
- Alpha
- Alps
- Bootleg
- Bravo
- Brooklyn
- Carbon
- Coast
- Dome
- Exchange
- Hardhat
- Interchange
- Lambeth
- Meteora
- Mogadishu
- Paris
- Plaza 2
- Radar
- Seatown
- Underground
- Village
Spec Ops Modes
- Carbon
- Dome
- Radar
- Seatown
- Village
- Civilian Rescue
- Flood the Market
- Invisible Threat
- Little Bro's
- Out of Africa
- No Fly Zone
- Wing Man
The inclusion of 20 multiplayer maps is incredible—so much so that many of them will almost certainly be cut. They may have simply been test maps that never worked, or they may be packaged and sold later. They may even be pre-order bonuses, but regardless, it seems unlikely that Activision would release that many maps when they have seen so much success with the sales of additional map packs.
As for the story, Kotaku has all the details. Literally, all the details, including who will live and die. The link will take you to the full story, which is spoiler intensive. So much so that you may actually want to avoid it, unless you just don't like to be surprised by a game's storyline. You have been warned.
The basics are that the game will pick up immediately after the cliffhanger-ish ending of Modern Warfare 2. As Price and Soap are busy hunting Makarov around the world, a Russian force invades Manhattan. Two new characters, "Frost" and "Sandman" are introduced, and the fight rages around the globe over 15 missions (that could change though), eventually concluding in Dubai.
The game will feature a storyline where the world is on the brink of a total crisis. As such, you will fight through rural, wilderness and urban landscapes, including New York, Paris and London. Destructible environments will be a new addition to the series, and there will be several vehicles that are usable as you try to stop the coming of the next full blown world war.
The game is also set for a November 8 release, which is right in line with the last few games. Again though, this is all still unconfirmed. That doesn't mean that Kotaku is wrong—in fact they have so many details it is almost certain that they are dead on—but it means that the game is still not complete. Levels could be removed, and sections could be totally reworked before the actual release.
For now though, it appears that the speculation can end, and in November we will have the next Modern Warfare title in our hands.


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Commissioner candidate Q&A: Ken Evenson
The candidates for the Jan. 24 recall election recently sat down with the T-R to share some of their views. Incumbent Commissioner Ken Evenson is up against Dewey Magnuson to decide who will fill out the remaining two years of the four-year term ending in 2014.
Commissioner candidate Ken Evenson's interview appears below.
Ken Evenson, current City Commissioner, (middle of third term).
Occupation: Electrical lineman for Cass County Electric, 20+ years, and for City of Valley City, 20+ years.
Family: Wife Dotty, daughter Debbie and son Jeffrey.
Organizatons: Member of the American Legion and VFW, adopted veterans at Sheyenne Care Center, various local volunteer projects.
What are the three biggest issues facing Valley City?
"Everybody talks about the Devils' Lake flood water. That's the biggest issue with the commission, and also trying to get the buyouts so we can go ahead with permanent diking and eliminate some of the sandbagging. Another one is trying to get the streets all fixed up again after the flood, and of course, we're waiting for a payment from FEMA and we really appreciate the citizens working with us to keep driving over these bad streets. It takes time and money to do it. And the third one is to work as hard as we can with the citizens. Some decisions that are made can't make everyone happy, but I hope that we're adult enough to say hey, we can't all be perfect."
How can you make Valley City a better place to live? "
How do you intend to move on from the contentious political climate of 2011? "Well, if I am lucky enough to win, we will need to go back and do what we were elected to do. The (special election) has taken a lot of time to go out and do campaigning; to me, it should have never happened. If I get back in the swing of things, we'll keep continuing on what we've been doing."
Post-election, what kind of tone would you set with your colleagues at City Hall and your fellow citizens? "All the people I work with at City Hall - I have no problems. As far as the citizens, I think they're great. We have maybe a low, low percentage that are a little tough to get along with, but whatever happens, I'm not going to walk around with a grudge
and beat my head up against the wall, I'd just like to be able to win and finish out my term."
Regardless of the election outcome, do you think it will be a clean slate for Valley City? "It's hard to say. What's been going on the past year is really tough. I just can't comment on that for sure."
Accomplishments: "So far, the last two terms, I've been the portfolio holder for public works, which includes the water and electrical. The big project on that is the water plant, which we're going to have one of the nicest ones in the state for the size of this town when it gets completed. I was one of the big pushers with the other commissioners to get that done. With the electrical department, we've worked on the rates, and we now have the lowest rates in the tri-state area for electricity. My main concern is to keep doing that, and hopefully after January I can get back into business for what I was elected to do."
"Our infrastructure is getting pretty nice, what with replacing the water and sewer lines.What we're doing now and what we've got the money to do - we'll just try to get the town fixed up with the streets. The new forced main from the water plant going out to the lagoon is another big project, and that will be finished this summer. And we just keep going on and have all our employees work safely so we don't have any injuries."


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Sad news, everyone: Russian footballer Vadim Evseev is retiring from the game at the grand ol' age of 36. The good news is, he had one hell of a final match for Belarussian club Torpedo Zhodino thanks to a five-year-old boy by the name of Hrisan Dzheus.
Master Dzheus, as it happens, is the son of a director for a Russian children's charity, which might explain why he replaced the three-time Russian Cup championship winner in the second half - before heading for the opposition's goal like a boy possessed.
In other words, the clip we've got for you above is not only adorable, but sport-filled as well, which means that everyone can enjoy it - even manly men who don't find the likes of, say, Simon's Cat, acceptable "Nawww..." material.
For something equally football-focussed, but perhaps not so cute, here are some of our favourite dives in the history of our national sport. And yes, we use the word 'favourite' with a healthy dose of irony. Enjoy!


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Opinions of Sunday, 15 January 2012
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By Moses Asare, AFRICAN LEADER
Bronx, New York City. On a beautiful summer day in June 2009, an African pastor named Dr. Mensah Otabil delivered a prophetic sermon that would define the destiny of US-based African immigrants forever. "African immigrants in the U.S should not see themselves as immigrants. Instead, you should see yourselves as pioneers (first settlers) paving the way for the next generations. Whether you like it or not, your children will never go back to Africa. This is the great migration. You have come here not out of your own desire. You have come here because of difficult circumstances in your home countries. What you see today as a painful legacy will turn out to be a blessing in the future. 100 years from now, your children will be Presidents, Lawyers, Chief Justices, Ambassadors, Teachers, Doctors, Nurses, Judges, Soldiers, CIA Directors and Senators of the United States. Already, one product of this African migration is President Barack Obama". Coming from a well respected, international pastor and a great motivational speaker who started his church in a small classroom and built it into a "conglomerate" of churches in over 20 countries around the world, University, Philanthropic projects, businesses and real estate assets, Dr. Otabil's prophecy must be taken more seriously like a divine instruction.
Fact is, every African wants to go back home, at least in theory. We all thought we would be here in the U.S for a short time, make some good money, turn around quickly and go back to Africa and establish something big. Done. No way. In reality, it's a different game. Many of us have been here for a long, long time but have gone back to Africa only once or twice. Even when we do go, we are in a hurry to come back to the United States. Most of us have become U.S citizens, whether by birth or naturalization. Practically, we are Americans! As Dr. Otabil said, "we must see ourselves as pioneers and American citizens, not immigrants". I remember watching a U.S TV series in which the lead star suddenly discovers that he is Jewish, after all. He burst into tears of joy and declared, "Oh God, I'm Jewish" and he cried like a baby. The first time this realization hit me, I felt very emotional. "Oh God, we are Americans!" Guess what, our destiny is now inextricably intertwined with that of the United States. If the U.S economy goes down or God forbid something terrible happens to America, we all go down. On the other hand, if America becomes paradise, all Africans living here will benefit…..our lives depend on America. Period.
The argument is even more compelling when it comes to children of African immigrants. These African-born U.S citizens, who may be referred to as the third generation, hardly know Africa . Many have never set foot there, many speak little or no African language. I have been blessed with three of such kids. The sad truth is that the next generation of African-born U.S citizens may never go back to Africa. The Irish, the Italian, German, Jewish, Russian, Scandinavian and more recently Korean immigrants never packed bag and baggage and left the U.S for good. So why would Africans, especially when economic and political conditions at home are not relatively good? That does not mean we would abandon Africa. No way. Of course we are Americans but we will always be African in spirit. As the Irish-Americans still love Ireland and the Jews also love Israel, so would we love Africa. Make no mistake about that.
Today, an estimated 3.5 million strong African and African-born population live in the US. Other
estimates put that number at well over 5 million, including undocumented Africa immigrants.
Several geopolitical and demographic factors are creating an entirely different landscape. In the next few decades, baby boomers will retire. The graying of US population and the hollowing out of the workforce will quicken. There will be a huge aging population expected to live on the average up to nearly 100 years. They must be fed and cared for. Pressure on the work force will mount. To be able to balance its labor force and maintain its strategic competitiveness, the U.S policy makers would need to act, as they have always done. They may well turn to African immigrants, among others, to fill the gap in the labor force.
And for good reason. African population is the most youthful according to the United Nations. Two-thirds of the population are youthful and are under age 35. About 600 million youth are projected to be in the labor force by 2035. No other continent or region even comes close, not even India or China. To smoothly absorb these army of youth, African economies must at least triple the 5 or 6 percent current growth rates, qualitatively and quantitatively. In the absence of such growth, even regardless of growth, African youth may be compelled to migrate and flood the U.S and EU labor markets to seek greener pastures whether they exist or not.
Also, African immigration quota is still paltry, possibly under 3 percent compared to India or other countries. There will be the need to increase this quota. The outlook is favorable to Africans. In the U.S, Africans and African-born U.S citizens are largely per
ceived to be peaceful and
hardworking and relatively trustworthy. Such Africans are preferred Managers in stores, pharmacies, gas stations, and even some banks, not to mention hospitals and nursing homes. Even though some explicit and implicit forms of glass ceiling and cultural uneasiness still persist, they will disappear with time, naturally.
It may be hard to tell, but in the coming years, U.S immigration policy may generally favor diversification away from Latin countries and increasing of quotas for non-Latin countries including Africa through such vehicles as the Visa Lottery and other policy instruments.
The result of the above is that the African and African-born population in the U.S will continue to swell exponentially, and along with it the U.S African consumer market.
Another angle is that, US-based African immigrants will significantly benefit from the current significant economic growth in Africa. While some may set up joint venture operations with foreign investors from the U.S, EU, China and also Brazil, many of them will directly benefit from increased Foreign Direct Investment inflows to Africa. As investors flood Africa, more and more African immigrants and African-born U.S citizens may be hired back to work in Africa as "expats" . This
is because they may provide better guidance on a familiar territory; they may be perceived as possess
ing the experience, education and training Westerners especially prefer; also they may culturally connect better with Westerners in particular. This will further increase the clout of U.S based Africans.
According to the recent New American Dimension study, the U.S African consumer market is worth over $50 billion and booming. This is bigger than the GDP of dozens African countries. Some experts believe that within 5-10 years, the U.S African market may move from the periphery and well into the heart of the $10 trillion U.S consumer market.
If current estimates hold, the U.S African market may well double in scale to over $100 billion by the year 2020. Already, some Fortune 500 companies including Procter and Gamble, Colgate Palmolive, BMW, and others are showing increasing significant interest in the U.S African Market and are stepping up direct consumer advertising in what they call multicultural marketing. Already, it is believed that about 50% of some remittance companies' revenue comes from US-based Africans. Remittances from the U.S to Africa are going through the roof. According to the World Bank, in 2010, remittances from the U.S to Nigeria alone was $10 billion.
The result is that the U.S African market will transition into the mainstream consumer market similar to the nearly
$1 trillion African-African market and the nearly $800 billion Asian market, all of which were largely smaller only a few decades ago.
I have been told by my Indian friends that about 60% of 7 Elevens, Dunkin Donuts, Motels, Pharmacies and so forth are owned by Indians. Impressive. For Africans in the U.S, a great wind of change is blowing. Never before have Africans been so optimistic and ambitious. Across major U.S cities, Africans are getting more "established". From convenience stores to restaurants, financial services to beauty supply, car workshops to clinics, legal offices to mega churches, real estate to transport services, Africans are opening new businesses in significant numbers. In New York City, African owned businesses are popping up in many locations. Young men from Senegal who hardly speak English are setting up shops. Today, Africans can be proud that they are contributing to the strength and prosperity of the United States, the most exceptional country in the world (please see article on page 27)
The truth is, the U.S has always been a land of opportunity and a nation of immigrants. Today, with the election of President Obama, all barriers have come down and everyone can achieve their dreams. For African immigrants, a great door of opportunity has opened. It's time for mainstream African immigrants to move from the periphery and into mainstream American social, economic and political lives just as the Indian, Chinese and Korean immigrants have done.
To do this, we will all need some tough love. I believe African immigrants must de-emphasize cultural activities. There is too much drumming and dancing. Instead, we must focus on how to get in the big game. Firstly, we must figure out how the U.S capitalist system works. Secondly, at least for the purpose of marketing or administration, there is the need for U.S based Africans to define and differentiate themselves from other groups. This need has become more urgent than ever, now that marketers are beginning to significantly chase the African immigrant's hard-earned dollar. What do we call ourselves? African Americans? American-Africans? US-African citizens? African immigrants? African-born US citizens? I personally do not like the term "African immigrants" because we are not. We are U.S citizens like everyone else. Thirdly, African community leaders must come together and set achievable, ambitious goals. Lastly, African-born U.S citizens (I like this one better) must begin to make waves. Instead of African leaders coming all the way from Africa to meet the President and Congressional leaders, why shouldn't African community leaders in the U.S do the same and lobby Washington and Wall Street? Better yet, we must begin to gather courage and set our sights on building great businesses, running for Presidents, Governors, Senators, Mayors, District Councils, Borough Presidents and more. Our market is booming. Our clout is growing. And after all, "we are Americans!"
About AFRICAN LEADER,
AFRICAN LEADER is a New York City-based media company serving and reaching the over $50 billion U.S African consumer market through direct subscription, email list, event sponsorships, networking, newsstand sales and online platforms. Analysts generally agree that there are between 3 to 5 million African immigrants, non-resident African immigrants and African-born U.S citizens currently living in the United States. The mission of AFRICAN LEADER is to become the most trusted and respected global media brand of choice for discerning consumers in growing markets, delivered through multiple interactive platforms. AFRICAN LEADER is published and delivered to its growing list of consumers from the heart of New York City, probably the most vibrant and cosmopolitan market in the world. As the trusted and reliable media brand for the U.S African market, AFRICAN LEADER is available in a newspaper format and also online at www.africanleader.net . You may contact AFRICAN LEADER at firstname.lastname@example.com
About Moses Asare
Moses Asare is a director and special writer for the AFRICAN LEADER, a New York City-based media company serving and reaching the over $50 billion U.S African consumer market through direct subscription, email list, event sponsorships, networking, newsstand sales and online platforms. As the trusted and reliable media brand for the U.S African market, AFRICAN LEADER is available in a newspaper format and also online at www.africanleader.net
Moses Asare is a respected expert on the U.S African Market, a booming niche market valued at over $50 billion. Analysts generally agree that there are between 3 to 5 million African immigrants, non-resident African immigrants and African-born U.S citizens currently living in the United States. In various key executive positions, Moses Asare has been actively involved in the U.S African market for about 10 years. Through his consulting work in Africa, Europe and the U.S and also as a strategic advisor to a New York-based communications firm providing marketing and advertising services to Fortune 500 clients, Moses Asare has provided strategic advisory services to leading multinational companies seeking to grow their brands and improve ROI in marketing to international, multicultural and niche consumers in the United States.
Moses Asare is also a director of Convergence International, a non-profit, New York City-based global think tank established to promote free enterprise, entrepreneurship, investments and opportunity particularly in emerging markets and disadvantaged communities in the United States. Moses Asare has written extensively on key global issues and current affairs. He is currently living in New York City with his wife and three lovely children. You may contact Moses Asare at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Man admits killing wife, her mother
A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the 1992 slaying of a National City woman whose body has never been found. He also pleaded guilty to killing his wife and her mother in a staged accident in a ravine off state Route 67 in Lakeside in 2010.
Michael Eugene Richardson, 60, was immediately sentenced to six consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentence for the three murders was doubled because of the three-strike law.
In exchange for his guilty pleas to three first-degree murders counts, Richardson will not face a trial in which the prosecutor hoped to persuade a jury to impose the death penalty.
Jovita Collazo, 38, vanished on April 30, 1992, after saying she was going to a store; her body was never found. Collazo was living with Richardson at the time.
"I lost my mother when I needed her the most," said Collazo's daughter, who is now in her 30s.
"Granted, we don't have the body to give her a proper burial, but I'm just happy that he finally admitted that he did it after 21 years, three months and two weeks," said the woman in a KGTV Channel 10 interview.
In 2010, Richardson's wife, Thao Richardson, 39, and her mother, Phan Lai, 72, both lived with Richardson in Chula Vista.
On Monday, Richardson also admitted to killing his wife and his mother-in-law, who were both found near an overturned Honda in a ravine off state Route 67 near Slaughterhouse Canyon Road.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Three student-athletes from the MIT men's outdoor track and field team were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday afternoon. Seniors Kyle Hannon (Park Ridge, Ill.) and Cyrus Vafadari (Columbus, Ga.) and junior Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.) will represent MIT on the national ballot and will contend for Academic All-America honors to be voted on next month.
Hannon is appearing on the All-District team for the third time in his career, after being tabbed as a third team All-American his sophomore year and first team as a junior. The computer science major is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Elite 89 Award (formerly Elite 88), which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the national championship site. This season, he finished third in the 5,000m in the meet against Bates and Colby (15:19.00) and was first in the 1,500m in the Engineer's Cup (7:54.21). He has held internships with Facebook, the University of Chicago Computation Institute, TripAdvisor, D.E. Shaw and Co. and Argonne National laboratories.
Vafadari is being featured on the national ballot for the first time following a strong senior season that included coming second in the Pole Vault at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships last month with a vault of 15-01.00 and a second place finish at the New England Division III Championships with a 15-03.00. He also came first at the indoor New England Division III Championships with a 15-08.25. The nuclear engineering major has conducted data analysis and physics research for quark-gluon plasma and is the co-founder and CTO of Sookbox, LLC. He was also named NEWMAC Academic All-Conference and NEWMAC All-Conference.
At last weekend's NCAA Championships, Singer-Clark left La Crosse, Wis. as an All-American in both the 4x100 and the 4x400 relay, helping to break the MIT record from 1990 in the former. He also ran the 400m, finishing just one place short of making it back to finals. At the NEWMAC Championships, he came first in the 100m (10.98), 200m (21.95) and 4x100 relay, and, at ECACs earlier this month, he broke the MIT record in the 200m (21.37) that had been the mark to beat since 2005. The computer science and engineering major has held an internship in the digital piano lab and held an IBM co-op. He was named NEWMAC Academic All-Conference and NEWMAC All-Conference after this year's conference championships.
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Russell Crowe was so desperate to land a role in 'Les Miserables', he didn't worry about how tough the audition process did
Russell Crowe's 'Les Miserables' audition was the "most difficult" of his life.
The actor plays Javert in the big screen adaptation of the musical but before landing the role he was subjected to a series of rigorous tryouts.
A source said: "He had to come in and sing live onstage in London in front of a huge panel, including the director, producers and various actors who had played Javert on Broadway. They totally grilled him giving him notes and rigorous critiques. He said it was the mist difficult audition of his life but that he was desperate to win the role."
Russell's fame didn't impress the panel of producers but luckily his singing did.
The insider added: "It was like 10 Simon Cowells. They didn't hold anything back and he was really vulnerable because he's insecure about his singing. He felt like a freshman in high school auditioning for the school play. No one seemed to care that he was the Russell Crowe, Oscar winner."


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Boo (UK - DVD R2)
Scott McKenzie checks out this horror release from Momentum Pictures...
A group of teenagers want to do something different for Halloween. Luckily for them they live in a town that has an old abandoned hospital that might be haunted if the local legends are to be believed. One of them goes on ahead to set up some home-made scares for the rest, who soon follow, but once they start to explore their spooky surroundings they soon realise that the strange goings-on are not part of the festivities. At the same time, a young professional aided by a jaded policeman is searching for his sister who went missing in the same hospital just a few days earlier…
That sounds like a pretty good setup for a horror movie, doesn't it? Unfortunately in the case of Boo, the problems begin from the very first scene. One rule of the horror genre is to give the audience some good scares within the first few minutes. Boo begins with our heroine, Jessie, a young blonde girl at home alone who receives an unsettling phone call and then realises that there is someone in the house that wants to kill her. However, her 'attacker' is her boyfriend playing a trick on her. Later on in the film when we learn that another girl has gone missing in the hospital I was left wondering why writer/director Anthony C Ferrante didn't use her disappearance as the opening scare and instead plumped for a red herring for the first scene in his first feature film.
The characters are all barely-developed fodder for the ghosts that inhabit the hospital, apart from Jessie who has a psychic link via her dead mother with the evil-doings that prompted the haunting. This is understandable for a low budget horror movie but the screenplay makes the characters take unrealistic courses of action and say things that are fist-bitingly cringe-worthy. My personal favourite is the killer line 'You shoot me in the head and I'll kick your ass.'
That particular line is spoken by the policeman who used to be the star of a series of blaxploitation movies. Now he finds himself in the position where he has to be a hero in real life, except he doesn't really get the chance. His role in the movie is inconsequential and he might as well not have been there at all. His unnecessary presence is summed up by an attempt to set the bad guy on fire by lighting a match and kung-fu-kicking it onto a patch of alcohol, just like he used to do in the movies. His attempt doesn't work and everyone else in the gang gets on with what they were doing as if he wasn't there.
Boo does have a couple of plus-points though. The makeup is the highlight of the whole movie, with plenty of blood and guts thrown onto the walls and the actors. Significant effort and a fair slice of the budget has gone into making dissolving bodies look convincing and this is the one thing that moves Boo up one level from Z-grade horror. There are also moments when the lighting works well to set the mood but these moments are few and far between and the rest of the movie suffers from a lack of continuity of the light sources between shots.
You may have noticed that I haven't found a lot to recommend in Boo. Coming from a first-time director who wrote for Fangoria I really wanted to like it but the film just doesn't deliver, mainly due to a corny screenplay that tries to find things to do for enough central characters to fill two horror movies.
Unlike the movie itself, the video quality isn't too bad. For a recently produced movie, it's no surprise to report that the picture is fairly clean. The short digital effects shots are a different story though, with quite obvious pixilation, perhaps a symptom of the low budget, as are the obvious compression artefacts in the large sections of black. These shots take the viewer out of the action and would have been better if more traditional makeup effects had been used.
The feature is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 but directional sound is not fully utilised. A haunted house film is an ideal film to show off sound effects though different channels but with this being the director's debut film for a new studio without significant money to throw around, it would be expecting a bit too much. That said, the sound quality is pretty good, with echo on the voices in appropriate places and moody music pitched at the right level.
This DVD comes with a decent selection of extras. The commentary track with the director, producer and actors is of particular interest, whether you enjoyed the feature or not. Everyone is enthusiastic about the movie and the director is quick to point out the reasons for his decisions and offers good insight into independent filmmaking. There are some interesting points about themes, references and the use of the number three in the movie that get lost in the mix when watching the film without commentary which goes to show that for fans of the movie, repeated viewings may offer that little bit extra.
There are three featurettes available on the disc: The Making of Boo, Inside the Special Effects and Tales of the Linda Vista Hospital. All three could have been edited together into one thirty-minute piece but I think it was a wise decision to leave them as separate short documentaries. As you may expect, there are plenty of talking heads saying how great everything is but you do get a good idea of what it is like to be working on the set of a low budget movie and the 'real' ghost stories about the hospital are a little bit creepier than the movie itself.
The deleted, alternate and extended scenes are presented in the original raw footage with an optional audio commentary from the director. The excised footage was taken out for good reason, either because it was holding up the movie or because the special effects weren't up to scratch. It's interesting to see that the director didn't cling on to moments in his own screenplay and left bits out where he didn't feel like they were working.
The trailer for Boo is included which goes on a bit too long for my liking but I assume this is because it was used in an attempt to sell the movie to the distributors so the filmmakers have tried to cram in as much as possible. Before the disc has loaded, there are trailers for The Dark, 2001 Maniacs and Metal: A Headbanger's Journey but it is possible to skip past them.
Taken as a study piece for amateur horror filmmakers, this release has more to offer than I expected. The extra features stop this disc being a disaster because there's a lot to learn here if you're thinking of making a low budget movie. As Ferrante's feature filmmaking career matures, he may become a B-movie director to look out for and I'd like to see Graveyard Filmworks fulfil their potential as a successful independent horror studio but at this point, anyone looking for a good solid horror movie in time for Halloween should steer clear of Boo.
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I saw this on tv, very poorly executed.
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dude i saw this movie once and i loved it even thought it scared the living c**p out of me.... i just mad cuz i cant find it anywhere!!
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd October 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Filmmakers' Commentary, Deleted, Alternative & Extended Scenes, Making Of Featurette, Inside The Special Effects Featurette, Tales Of The Linda Vista Hospital Featurette, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Anthony C Ferrante
Cast: Trish Coren, Jilon Ghai, Happy Mahaney, Dee Wallace Stone
Genre: Horror
Length: 90 minutes
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Etihad Stadium (also known as Docklands Stadium) is located in the heart of Melbourne's Docklands precinct, just a few minutes away from the city centre. Seating up to 55,000 people, it's one of Australia's leading multi-purpose sports and entertainment venues and among the most technologically advanced sports and entertainment venues in the world.
Etihad Stadium provides a natural turf playing surface with a total area of 19,000m2. Currently the arena is made up of 17,600m2 of natural turf and 1,400m2 of synthetic turf, which runs the entire perimeter of the arena.
Etihad Stadium is known for its unique retractable roof - the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, making it perfect for watching sports in all seasons. The Roman amphitheatre-style seating of the stadium means everyone is close to the action, creating an atmosphere that is legendary among sporting fans.
Etihad Stadium plays host to Australian Rules Football (AFL) or 'Aussie Rules' every weekend during winter from March to September. Melbourne is the home of AFL, and on match days you'll see many locals proudly wearing or waving their team's colours on the way to a game.
Etihad Stadium also hosts Soccer, Rugby League and Rugby Union matches. Record crowds packed into Etihad Stadium for the Australia versus the British and Irish Lions Rugby Union matches held in 2001 and 2013. It was also the venue for the Rugby World Cup in 2003. Rock concerts and performances featuring international acts are staged regularly.
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Etihad Stadium and see where some of Australia's greatest sporting heroes plan their game. Hear insider's secrets and experience the thrill felt by international sports and music stars as they take centre stage in the arena.
Melbourne's Docklands precinct also features many great restaurants, cafes, bars, and shops along its waterfront. Take a guided walking tour and learn how the area was once a source of food for indigenous Aboriginal clans before European settlement. Tailor-made itineraries can also be arranged to suit special interests. You could also hire a bicycle and follow Melbourne's Capital City Trail; or take a leisurely stroll along the banks of the Yarra River. The nearby Southbank precinct offers more top quality restaurants and shopping as well as the Crown Casino complex.
Melbourne's Docklands and Etihad Stadium are conveniently close to the centre of the city. Southern Cross Train Station (formerly Spencer Street Station) is located right on Docklands' doorstep. A short walk over the Bourke Street pedestrian bridge from Southern Cross Station will take you to the front entrance of Etihad Stadium. The free City Circle tram; Melbourne Visitor Shuttle bus; or one of Melbourne's iconic trams will drop you at the door.
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I've spent some time this afternoon updating my robotics website and there is now considerably more there to interest my fellow robot builders, including details of the bump sensor. Please drop by and check it out.


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Extending away from two peninsulas and touching four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan is a diverse and beautiful state that is quintessentially Midwestern. Vast expanses of wilderness, spectacular beaches and welcoming cities make up the fabric of the state, and Michigan's outdoor appeal is complimented by its metropolis, Detroit.
If you're visiting Michigan, some of the things you'll want to check out include:
- Detroit: This town is home to the Henry Ford Museum, a rich artistic and musical culture, three major casinos, and a wealth of excellent restaurants and entertainment venues.
- Mackinac Island: Vehicles are not permitted on this beautiful island, which blooms with fields of wildflowers and berries that grow fresh and ripe in the summertime. Once you get your car back, a drive across the Mackinac Bridge is truly awe-inspiring. This graceful suspension bridge is the largest of its kind in the western hemisphere.
- Isle Royale National Park: One of the most famous National Parks in Michigan, Isle Royale National Park is located on the state's northwestern shores, abutting Lake Superior. It also offers some of the best camping in Michigan.
- Harbor Country: Filled with quaint towns and rural farms, Harbor Country is one of the best venues for Michigan romantic getaways. Summer and fall are the perfect times of year to experience the area's slow-paced, welcoming vibe and historic appeal.
- Muskegon: One of the state's most widely visited cities, Muskegon is home to Michigan's Adventure, one of the best amusement parks in Michigan. It's a perfect place to bring your family for an unforgettable day.
Summer is widely considered the best time to get outdoors and enjoy Michigan's scenic beauty, but winter visits are equally satisfying. The state offers world-class winter sports, and the famous Detroit Auto Show is held annually in January and is a must for automotive enthusiasts.
A cabin rental is the perfect way to enjoy the idyllic beauty of the Michigan countryside, and if you're staying in the city, consider a condo as your vacation rental instead of a hotel. You'll enjoy all the comforts of home, and you'll have more space and privacy.
If you want to explore beyond Michigan, you can head north into southern Ontario, Canada, which is just across the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. The beautiful lakes of Minnesota and the relaxing Midwestern vibe of Wisconsin are also just a short drive away.


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While New Yorkers wait for news on the big ticket items, the school aid figures and the bottom line on taxes in the state budget, they have found plenty to grumble about.
While New Yorkers wait for news on the big ticket items, the school aid figures and the bottom line on taxes in the state budget, they have found plenty to grumble about.
Take the money that will go to Jimmy Fallon and NBC. The news already has come out that when Jay Leno tells his last joke on "The Tonight Show," Fallon will take over that coveted spot.
The state already has a generous tax break intended to lure shows now being taped elsewhere and "The Tonight Show" can take advantage of that when it moves from Los Angeles to New York. This will take that generosity to a new level. The Cuomo administration, which came up with the idea, denies that it has anything to do with the NBC plans, but the timing is hard to explain in any other way.
At the other end of the state, tax dollars are going to help renovate the stadium where the Buffalo Bills play. In this case New York, but not many New Yorkers, will get something in return.
The Bills will chip in $35 million, Erie County will pay $41 million and the state will contribute $54 million in an effort to keep the team from moving away and taking its business elsewhere, presumably some other location that would put up more money.
The distasteful detail in this deal is the luxury suite that will be reserved for the Cuomo administration.
It's not clear how often the governor himself will be going to watch the Bills play, and the defenders of the deal say the seats will be used to help New York promote its business. Some who use it might even be asked to pay for the seats, although the accounting can get complicated.
At the very least, the state should release the list of those who occupy the seats after every game so we can see if they are being used properly. Those people are our guests, after all.
Even though the amounts bringing the complaints are not large in the context of the overall state budget, they illustrate the disturbing tendency of lawmakers to spend our money in ways that defy justification.
Because "The Tonight Show" was coming here anyway and because NBC already was going to save a lot of money, any future calculation of how much this latest giveaway will return to the state treasury is an illusion. A state that is having trouble balancing its budget, adequately funding basic services and making up for decades of deferred maintenance on roads, bridges and other crucial parts of the infrastructure should not be giving away money for no real return.
That's what makes some recent decisions by the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency both refreshing and instructive. It is going to put an end to tax breaks enjoyed for several years by businesses that never hired the number of people they said they would when they asked for these breaks in the first place. It's a standard that the IDAs in other counties and the state government should be following whenever they use our money.


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Despite already muted expectations, the beginning of the third quarter bank reporting season in Europe can be best described as underwhelming, says Filippo Alloatti, Senior Credit Analyst, Hermes Credit.
Market conditions have dampened fee growth across the sector, while lower rates taken a toll on margins. Any 'excess capital' is likely to be accrued for regulatory purposes, not handed back to shareholders. Ultimately, this is positive for credit spreads of the sector.
All this followed on from a rather subdued third quarter for US banks. Most large institutions and brokers either beat or met expectations, but the bricks and mortar lenders largely missed on declining asset yields.
Round-up: A difficult quarter for European banks
Profit warnings and missed expectations were commonplace over the quarter. Deutsche Bank was the highest profile casualty, forecasting a €5.8bn potential loss on various write-downs.
Even the Scandinavian banks, which almost never fail to meet earnings expectations, missed in Q3. DNB was the exception, but its ECB-mandated Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process is likely to result in higher core capital requirements than previously anticipated.
Credit Suisse missed expectations, particularly due to poor performance in fixed income, currencies and commodities trading. It also confounded the market with its new strategic plan.
Lloyds reported an underlying before tax profit of £1.97bn, which was 8% lower than consensus expectations. The miss was attributed to other income and net interest income (NII).
Spanish giant Santander saw net profits in-line with consensus, at €1.68bn. However, there are fears over the quality of these numbers, as earnings were driven by a tough-to-repeat strong trading result, and lower NII. Its capital build was also disappointing.
Barclays' main profit and loss miss was due to costs of £3.84bn, with the company raising cost guidance in 2016 to account for higher structural reform costs related to the implementation of the ring-fence.
BNP Paribas is reporting on Friday, with expectations of weak trading income. Capital could also disappoint, as management seems to be in denial of the tougher regulatory regime. An update on its broader commodity and EM exposure – especially Asia – will be useful, if only to dispel any misconceptions. However, the bank remains proficient in cost efficiency, with a more than 15-year track record of initiatives.
BBVA's funding cost benefits may be coming to an end, increasing pressure on net interest margins. On the positive side, BBVA's international earnings may not be fully appreciated by the market. Mexico is an important outpost for the bank. BBVA was boosted in the first half of the year by capital gains and continues to consolidate acquisitions, such as the CatalunyaCaixa deal, while competitor Santander de-risks in Brazil. Meanwhile, provisions remain high and the elevated costs are taking a toll on group profitability.
For RBS, its key issue is litigation costs. The size – likely significant – and timing of the FHFA redress remains unclear. RBS' income statement has been distorted by litigation and recurring restructuring charges, as well as the impact of deleveraging. However, we are witnessing solid progress in strengthening the balance sheet, with CET1 for the first half of the year coming in at 12.3%. The group's underlying performance continues to be offset by legacy costs, but RBS' capital ratios are strengthening on the back of strong progress in 2014. The sale of Citizens will provide a significant boost, with guidance pointing to a 300bp gain to CET1 on a full deconsolidation of its US bank. RBS, led by its capable CEO, is saying and doing all the right things from a credit perspective – which is consistent with recent history. Assuming a deconsolidation of Citizens, with its £70bn of risk-weighted assets (RWA), RBS is now well ahead of its £300bn RWA target for FY15.
Finally, there has been an unusually high level of turnover at some of the global European banks – including Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse. Historically this points to further restructuring, goodwill impairments and capital raisings.
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2010-11 Borger News Herald Athletes of the Year
Logan HoffSr. - West Texas High SchoolThroughout his time in high school, Hoff has played a key role in the success of the Comanches in football, basketball, baseball and track.In football, Hoff helped lead the Comanches to the bi-district playoff round by collecting 1,023 yards on 96 attempts, rushing with nine touchdowns while throwing for 1,031 yards, on 53 or 106 attempts, with 13 passing and seven interceptions.In basketball, Hoff averaged 12.5 points per game, 3.3 assists and 2.7 steals with Comanche Head Basketball Coach Aron Graves appreciating how Hoff established himself as a leader this year, saying, "Logan on the field is someone that has really asserted himself as a leader this year. He is a competitor that just wants to win. He is a very gifted athlete that has been a great athlete for us for four years." Comanche Head Baseball Coach Steven Couresy echoed those feelings, saying, "Logan shows up every day and does what you ask them to do."Logan has been a four-year starter on the baseball team at West Texas and through the first 20 games his batting average sits at .429 with 15 RBIs. He has five doubles, one triple, and two HR along with 25 stolen bases. On the mound, Hoff had a 5-1 record. with an ERA around 3.25 and over 20 strikeouts.Hoff qualified for regionals in both the 800 relay and 400m sprint relay and tied the school record in the 100m with a 10.7, which is one of the fastest times to date in the region.J'Cee PoolSr. - Borger High SchoolSince her freshman year, Pool has enjoyed plenty of success within the Borger Lady Bulldog athletic program.In track, Pool has qualified for regionals all four years, including being the three-time district champ in the shot put. This spring, Pool earned her first trip to the state meet this year by winning the discus, where she holds the school record, at regionals and placing second in the shot put.At the State Track and Field Meet in Austin, Pool made history by earning the first-ever gold medal in the Borger girls track program by winning the 3A Girls Discus. Pool followed her discus performance by taking second place at state in the 3A Girls Shot Put.Borger Girls Head Track Coach Leslie Young said of Pool, "She's been a major contributor to our program her entire high school career. We've asked her to compete in several different events and she's stepped up and done just that."In basketball, Pool averaged 13.2 points and 7.8 rebounds to earn First Team All-District honors.Borger Head Girls Basketball Coach Travis Nicks commented, "J'Cee has a great attitude and is a great team player with leadership skills and a work ethic that will no doubt lead her to success in her future endeavors."Pool also was a key player at the net for the 2010 Lady Bulldog volleyball team.Of Pool, Lady Bulldog Head Coach Michael Littlejohn commented, " J'Cee is so blessed with a ton of athleticsm in all areas of athletics. J'Cee puts a lot of time into every sport she plays and is blessed with a lot of talent."


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The Accidental Foodie tries bubble tea and a Dumpling Concept at Twisted Soul in Poughkeepsie
Totally yummy empanadas (top) and shrimp and crayfish dumplings (below)
The Daily Beast recently ran a list of the 40 Deadliest Fast Foods, many of them cheeseburgers so big you can probably see them from space. I'm proud to say that not one of the 40 has ever passed my lips, which may explain my annoying vitality. Check the list — then avoid all those chains and go to real eateries where they serve stuff that won't kill you.
If you're anywhere near Poughkeepsie and you're in the mood for something deliciously different, check out Twisted Soul near Vassar, serving an eclectic mix of "Food Concepts." Once (and I do mean once) I ate in a local spot with the tagline: "Food Creations." The "creative" aspect turned out to involve defying the laws of physics by piling ten portions onto a normal-sized plate — quantity triumphing over quality in spades. So I was a bit leery about this "Food Concepts" notion. No worries though. Ira Lee, the chef who owns Twisted Soul with his wife, Brenda Black, does a terrific job of blending the soul food of his childhood in the south with cuisines he has enjoyed in Asia, Mexico and South America.
"I think of it as composing a plate, and then putting the dish inside a dumpling, or an empanada or an arepa," explains Lee, a Culinary Institute grad with a cool look. What you wind up with is tasty, original concoctions like Ethiopian BBQ grilled tofu with fried plantains (an Arepa Concept); or a soup of fried chicken with lo-mein noodles, Malaysian curry coconut sauce, and peanuts (a Noodle Bowl Concept); or lamb dumplings with portobello mushrooms (a Dumpling Concept) — and let's hear it for a chef who can spell portobello!
I tried one of the Dumpling Concepts for lunch. Shrimp and crawfish in about equal parts were minced with some scallions, seasoned with a dash of Madras curry and a speck of ginger, then steamed in a wrapper. $6.95 buys you six fresh dumplings arranged around a little mound of jasmine rice, with hot sauces, if you want them. "Totally yummy" was my not very professional assessment, but then I was expressing my thoughts to Ira's three-year-old son, Jalen, who'd plopped down to join me for lunch. (He's delightful company, as well as a looker). Empanadas that I took home (three for $5) still tasted fresh and totally yummy when I heated them up next day.
Kid Concept: Jalen Lee
There are Drink Concepts, too. Brenda told me bubble teas are all the rage with the Vassar set. They're a Taiwan invention (the teas, not the Vassar set), sometimes called "boba," made with black or green tea, milk, and fruit syrups, and served cool, with pearls of tapioca in the bottom. The black-tea flavor wasn't popular, so now they just sell their jasmine green-tea version. I'm more of a wine and beer girl, myself, but there's no Alcohol Concept here, so I tried my first boba: a plain bubble milk. If this is new to you, here's how it works: You suck this milky, perfumy drink through a fat straw, and soft, chewy, black beads of tapioca occasionally land in your mouth. It's certainly different, and I believe I could become a fan if the world's supply of wine and beer ever dries up.
You may remember Twisted Soul from their two years on Main Street. This is a nicer location. It's a long, narrow space with high, black ceilings and white walls. Order at the counter and take out, or eat perched at one of the high tables. There's another table on the sidewalk, and one big enough for four by the window, where young Jalen may join you, if you're lucky.
Lee says he's planning to add tostados to the lineup. I like the sound of chicken and parsnips... call 845-454-2770 for hours.