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MIDDLEBURY — Justin Spurley, Marietou Paye and Conetrise Holt were the top students of their graduating classes at Atlanta public high schools. When choosing colleges, they could have gone where their friends were going — the University of Florida or Georgia, or even accepted generous scholarships to Emory University in Atlanta.
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What to make of Pope Francis I?
If you find the new bishop of Rome and his unconventional new pontificate, by turns, challenging, confounding, exhilarating and confusing, you've got a lot of company — Catholic and non-Catholic alike.
Much of the secular press and its readers and viewers were stunned when Jesuit magazines and papers around the world published a 12,000-word interview in which Francis said, among many other things, that too many in the official church too often "insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive messages … . The teaching of the church … is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time … The church's pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently." Francis went on to point out that "thinking with the church" did not necessarily mean "thinking with the hierarchy" and that he regards those who speak with absolute moral certainty as "false prophets."
Coupled with his refusal to live in the papal apartments, his driving around in a second-hand compact car given him by a retired Italian priest and his habit of making spontaneous cellphone calls and mixing with people outside the Vatican on a personal level, it's pretty clear that Francis I represents something new under the sun. But does he differ from those occupants of the Petrine See who have gone before him in just style — or in substance, as well? In fact, there's good reason to believe that he is different in both.
If you take three things into account, it's possible to glimpse something of what Francis I is about:
1) He's a Latin American, the first non-European to be elected pope in the 1,272 years since Gregory III, a Syrian. His outlook on society and justice was formed as Jose Mario Bergolia, S.J., later cardinal of Buenos Aires. He knows first-hand — as both pastor and prelate — the issues of social and economic justice and the class divisions that tear at his native country and continent, as they do in so much of the world.
2) Perhaps most important, he's a Jesuit — the first of his order elected as pontiff — and his approach to life and his office appears fundamentally shaped by that group's distinctive spirituality and notions of how to engage the world.
3) He is a reformer and was elected because his brother cardinals believed he would be the agent of necessary change. The thing about serious reform is that, once it gets going, it's hard to predict where it may take you.
Here, for what they're worth, are a few predictions based on those facts: For the Roman Catholic Church, the culture wars are over, particularly here in the United States. The hard line prelates, like Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput or Cardinal Raymond Burke, the American who heads the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura — the Vatican's Supreme Court — are going to have to give up their campaign to exclude Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden and Andrew Cuomo from communion and to make it impossible for U.S. Catholics to vote Democratic. Don't look for Francis to change church doctrine on issues like abortion; do look for him to change the style and tone of the church's message on such issues.
Do look for him to begin to lay the foundation for change on issues of discipline rather than doctrine — like contraception, communion for divorced and remarried Catholics and, even, priestly celibacy. For Catholics, the meetings the pope will begin next week with the eight cardinals from around the world he's selected to advise him on reform of the Roman Curia — the church's mechanism of governance — is a matter of great import. The curia doesn't work anymore and has become prey to moral and fiscal corruption. If there's one thing Jesuits, as the church's largest order, fully understand, it's how to run a truly global organization. There will be change and, probably, a reversal of the historically unprecedented concentration of power in Rome that occurred during the past two pontificates. Look for more power to devolve to reinvigorated national bishops' councils and to synods of the world's bishops meeting as a whole. Look for more diversity, particularly from the undeveloped and Third Worlds in a reformed Curia.
One thing that's already abundantly clear about Francis is that he fully grasps that modern influence and leadership — whether religious or secular — is exercised by example and not by the assertion of authority. He has no taste for nostalgia elevated to ideology, which much of Catholic traditionalism has become. In the interview, he offered an implicit rebuke to the "restorationism" that characterized the pontificates of his immediate predecessors, John Paul and Benedict: "If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing." Francis said. "Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God. Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists — they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies."
Many of the most revealing parts of Francis' interview concern the continuing force of Jesuit spirituality in his life. "The Society of Jesus," he said, "can be described only in narrative form. Only in narrative form do you discern, not in a philosophical or theological explanation, which allows you rather to discuss … . The mystical dimension of discernment never defines its edges and does not complete the thought … . The Jesuit always thinks, again and again, looking at the horizon toward which he must go … . This is his real strength. And that pushes the Society to be searching, creative and generous."
Jesuits are formed, most fundamentally, by the Spiritual Exercises of their founder, Ignatius Loyola. The exercises are a lengthy series of prayers, meditations and periods of contemplation and place a special emphasis on the divine presence in every manifestation of human activity and on reaching decisions through "discernment." By that, Loyola meant by fully evaluating and weighing all the complex human motives, emotions and the circumstances that surround a decision.
As Pope Francis put it, "great principles must be embodied in the circumstances of place, time and people … [M]any think that changes and reforms can take place in a short time. I believe that we always need time to lay the foundations for real, effective change. And this is the time of discernment … . I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time. The wisdom of discernment redeems the necessary ambiguity of life … .If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good. For me, this is an important key. If one has the answers to all the questions — that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself."
The world and, indeed, the Catholic Church will have to accustom themselves to an entirely new kind of pope — one who says, as Francis did last week, "You cannot know Jesus without having problems. And I dare say, 'But if you want to have a problem, go to the street to know Jesus — you'll end up having not one, but many!' But that is the way to get to know Jesus! You cannot know Jesus in first class!"
Tim Rutten is a columnist for the Los Angeles News Group. email@example.com.

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Google has started to roll out its latest version of Android, version 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, to the Google Nexus 4 and Samsung Nexus 10 devices. But before you get too excited, you should know that the update mostly consists of relatively minor fixes related to performance and stability. The update should also correct a bug the phones have with streaming music over Bluetooth: with the last update, the music stopped running smoothly and started to skip, as though it was an old scratched CD.
If you own either of the devices, but haven't yet received the update, there's no need to worry. The company is doing a slow rollout of the updates, so it could take a little while. But Google hasn't given an exact time frame as to just how long the rollout period will last.
The update is a relatively small one at just 47.6 MB, and users should be able to install it over the air, without having to connect to WiFi.
We're not surprised that this update is relatively minor. The next major update isn't expected to come until Android 5 is released, with a new yet-to-be-known food-related name starting with a "K." Key Lime Pie, maybe?


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Dear Tax Talk,
I had to back out of an investment property venture where I was going to purchase a condo for investment and rental. I lost my $19,000 deposit but had to settle with the builder's attorney, who I paid another $6,500 in legal fees. My attorney cost me another $4,500. I want to deduct the $6,500 and $4,500 under the miscellaneous deduction subject to the 2 percent limit on Schedule A. Can I do that? I believe the $19,000 can go on Schedule D.
Thank you,
— David
Dear David,
My advice on the investment property venture differs slightly from your position. It is clear that if you entered into the preconstruction contract for investment purposes, the loss of the $19,000 deposit is deductible. Since it is not an asset used in a trade or business or subject to the deprecation allowance or inventory, the deposit would be considered a capital asset and the loss should be reported on Schedule D.
Generally, investment expenses are treated as miscellaneous itemized deductions on Schedule A (Form 1040). To be deductible, investment expenses must be ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred to 1) produce or collect income or 2) to manage property held for producing income.
The expenses must be directly related to the income or income-producing property, and the income must be taxable to you. Since the attorney fees were necessary to protect your interest in the property, which would have produced taxable rental income, they would be considered ordinary and necessary expenses.
The deduction for most income-producing expenses is subject to a 2 percent limit that also applies to certain other miscellaneous itemized deductions. However, in some cases, attorney or accounting fees are part of the basis of property.
If you incur attorney fees in connection with defending your right to an investment asset, then the fees paid are added to the basis of the asset and deducted accordingly. Hence, the attorney fees would be added to your deposit and written off when you deduct the loss on Schedule D.
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by Hugh Gilmore
What would it be like to live a year without contradicting what the people around you are saying? I've decided to give it a try during 2012 and find out.
The idea is very simple, so simple in fact that it might sound silly. But I've been thinking for a few weeks about making this my New Year's resolution, and it's really quite complex. In fact, I've tried sitting through several practice conversations this week and have found non-contradiction to be quite a difficult behavior to achieve. By the way, this is not a humor column if you think I'm setting you up for a string of jokes. Seriously.
I'm actually a bit worried about the danger of getting too cute with this idea, but some genuinely interesting linguistic and cognitive ideas lie behind it. Indeed, this behavior – contradiction – has serious and far-ranging psychological and social consequences.
Whew, I think I'd better ease up on the vocabulary. Writing tip for the aspiring: Go easy on words that end in "ion." Also avoid words that can be broken down into their Latin roots. All abstract. Bad writing. Let's get real. Examples will help.
Let's say, George and Martha and Nick and Honey all go to the Ambler theater to see a movie called, let's say "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and then go back to George and Martha's house, located, let's say, in Chestnut Hill. Drinks and num-nums follow.
Nick says, "What did you two think of the movie?"
Martha says, "That movie, oh my, I remember when it first came out in 1968. That was the first year we stayed on the Cape in July."
George: "1966."
"It couldn't have been 1966, George. I remember wearing that light blue sweater we bought at Givenchy's. There was a chill the whole time we were there. We had to light a fire every night."
George: "It was 1966 the movie came out. And we first started coming to the Cape in 1965, right after you had your appendix out."
"That was in 1967, George."
I think that's enough for now. Nick is still leaning forward, wanting to discuss the movie. He's never seen it before, but George and Martha have, and he wonders if they think it's stood the test of time. He's going to have to become pushy, play the role of moderator, if he wants to get George and Martha back on track. That's not fun. He reaches for the Martini pitcher instead.
What the heck difference does it make to a couple's table partners whether the movie came out in 1968 or 1966? Why kill the conversation just to get a detail correct? Stories and opinions need rhythm to be told well. Why ruin the rhythm? Why break up good talk by challenging facts that don't affect the story?
Contradiction at its extreme:
"Oh the most awful thing happened this week. Right after lunch on Tuesday I was standing on the corner at Germantown and Hartwell when I saw a dog get run over by the C bus."
George: "The 23 bus."
Other points of possible insertion for George might have been: Highland vs. Hartwell, breed of dog, "run over" vs. "clipped," bus or trolley, lunch or late afternoon, Tuesday or Wednesday, etc.
Yes, yes. George is right. We're all usually right when we contradict. (Hmmm, that's probably not true.) I know I am. I wouldn't add a correction if I weren't sure. (That's another thing that's wrong with you, Hugh.) And what's the obvious solution?
You're maybe thinking: shut up. Just shut up when you hear a mis-fact (a word I've made up because I can't think of a better one) and let it ride. But that's not the end of the problem. In fact, it's where this new series of columns begins.
First question: Shut up at what cost? Cost considers the effects of this suggested silence on both partners. Will I explode if I keep holding back what I am tempted to say? Will I feel mean if I deliberately allow "the other" to go through life as a deluded person? Will the other person be harmed if he or she carries misinformation through life and tries to enter the gates of heaven carrying a noggin filled with faulty data?
Second question: What will happen if I tell folks at a dinner table that I am practicing non-contradictarianism and they can say any silly, stupid, ignorant things they want today because I'm guaranteeing that when they do I will listen and note, but keep silent?
I'm as curious about the effect my non-contradictions will have on them as they will have on myself.
I certainly have always hated coming away from a dinner party where I played the role of guest villain, but now I'm wondering if I'll be jumping out of the crock-pot and into the fire. I'll keep you posted.
(First person to write back with the correct date of the "Whose Afraid" movie will get a personalized "thank you" email from me and a possible mention in a future column if it doesn't spoil the column to mention you. Based on my memory skills, too.)


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In celebration of its first on-air appearance 30 years ago to date, weather.com launches a newly redesigned site that follows the queues of the popular mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android.
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Once the World's Fastest Man, Charlie Greene Gets a Kidney Transplant
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The powerful legs that carried Charlie Greene to six individual NCAA championships at Nebraska, four world sprint records, plus Olympic gold and bronze medals at Mexico City, can barely make it out of his car now, let alone shuffle across the street to NU's Athletic Training Table.
But every week, he's still there as a Life Skills volunteer, entertaining and inspiring Husker football and volleyball players, as well as track and field athletes - and anyone else who cares to join him - for a friendly lunch and a philosophical discussion for dessert.
Diabetes and kidney failure may have cost Greene the bounce in his step, but his mind and ability to communicate appear in peak form. Ask Husker student-athletes who know Greene, and they will tell you how much they appreciate his wit and wisdom, his energy and enthusiasm, and perhaps most of all, his courage and competitiveness.
Greene, you see, is a 65-year-old poster "child" for the power of positive thinking, even though 17 months ago, he was physically drained, emotionally exhausted and fighting for his life. He went into the hospital to fix a disc in his neck and came out of surgery with complications that forced him onto a ventilator for a month.
Word spread fast in the Nebraska Athletic Department. Once the world's fastest man, Charlie Greene was now in the Madonna Rehabilitation Center, battling not only kidney problems that require four hours of dialysis three days a week, but also some post-surgery depression, which could be even more dangerous than the need for a kidney transplant.
First Tendency Was to Retreat, Not Share
Even though Greene is a man of faith, a year-and-a-half ago put him at a crossroads. Just the thought of preparing to move around every day in a wheelchair was a big blow to a strong ego. Deep in his mind, he knew he would work his way back, but he just isn't the type to put a struggling comeback on public display.
In tough times, pride is privately and purposely protected. Isolation, though, especially for someone as talkative as Charlie, can move the daily progress meter in the wrong direction.
Reports of Charlie's personal trials were circulating, and friends and longtime followers could not believe that one of Nebraska's most famous athletes in any sport - a former Army major and one-time Special Olympics executive in Washington, D.C. - was down and out in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The same confident, world-class sprinter who joked that he wore sunglasses during competition so he could protect his eyes when he came back into the atmosphere, never imagined dark days like the ones he was facing in a rehabilitation center.
Keith Zimmer, Nebraska's Associate Athletic Director for Life Skills, knew Charlie could use some encouragement, so he set the stage for what he hoped would be an emotional rescue.
Shortly before Thanksgiving 2008, Zimmer asked Nebraska's red-hot volleyball team if it wanted to stop by and say hi to Charlie at Madonna.
"I don't know any volleyball players," Greene told Zimmer when he called to see if it was okay.
"But they know who you are," Zimmer said.
Student-Athletes Helped Greene's Comeback
The Husker women, led by inspirational leader Amanda Gates, came to Madonna, saw a proud man in desperate need and began to help him conquer classic symptoms that were eating a big chunk of a proven champion's trademark cheer.
Shortly thereafter, several key members of the football team, led by inspirational leader Roy Helu, also visited Charlie, fell in love with his stories and kept coming back to hear more.
Suddenly, Charlie Greene was relevant again. He became an integral part of both teams' amazing finishes down the stretch. When the volleyball team came back from a 2-0 deficit to qualify for the National Semifinals, Greene was ready to throw away his wheelchair and part the Red Sea.
"They came close to beating Penn State and winning the national championship, but as far as I'm concerned, those women were national champions," Greene said. "The gumption and the strength of personality it took to come that far back and beat Washington in my hometown (Seattle) were just too much to get back less than a week later. You can't find that kind of emotional edge back-to-back. It's like trying to capture lightning in a bottle - very difficult."
Watching Nebraska use a 57-yard field goal to hijack Colorado and the Huskers press supposedly the greatest volleyball team of all time in the NCAA semifinals - and personally knowing many of the players in both instances - gave Greene a new lease on life and more reasons to get back on track.
"Charlie Greene has been a source of inspiration to our student-athletes," Zimmer said. "There's chemistry there. Our student-athletes admire what he's achieved and what he's gone through. I think both of those teams would say Charlie played a role in their success. He enjoyed the opportunity he had to influence them and the way they look at life and competition."
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Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne saw enough in Greene to ask him if he would help Zimmer as a weekly consultant in Life Skills. Greene also is serving as a liaison between the Athletic Department and the Special Olympics when Lincoln hosts the 2010 USA National Games in July.
Green has evolved from wheel chair to cane to walking, and his feet are now planted firmly back on ground. His mind is sharp, his faith is strong and his energy is high (just ask him how he sat through every second of Nebraska's football win at Missouri in a downpour, "using my fingers as windshield wipers to watch my favorite team win with guts and leave town with class - just like it was when Tom Osborne was coach.")
Charlie Greene has been the featured speaker over the last several months for the "Your Degree First" group, headed by Husker football player Anthony Blue. He also gave his own version of "The Last Lecture" for the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
His message is fundamentally strong and delivered with extraordinary conviction: Being on a Nebraska athletic scholarship is a privilege, not a right, and your short time at Nebraska will be the best time of your life. So take full advantage of your support system. Make your degree your No. 1 goal. Go to class every day and study every night. Do what your coaches ask you to do and expect you to do. Never break a promise. Always keep a commitment. Do all of that, and you will achieve the Nebraska version of the triple crown - success in athletics, success in academics and success in life.
Saturday afternoon, the Relay Club, Nebraska's track and field booster club, honored Charlie with its annual Spirit Award at the Frank Sevigne Invitational. The award is based on consistent financial and personal support of Nebraska track and field. Greene also was honored Saturday night at the largest banquet in club history - 350 at the Cornhusker Hotel. Even though Greene was the award recipient, he doled out recognition himself, presenting a book on leadership to Betsy Miller, a former NU captain in both track and field and cross country.
Miller, who once presided over NU's Mortar Board and the NU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at the same time, is another Husker who helped rejuvenate Greene. With encouragement from her and many others, Charlie Greene's batteries have been recharged, and much of his turnaround can be traced to an Athletic Department that has reached out to one its most loyal supporters and welcomed him into its inner circle.
It's Role Reversal for Greene and the Public
Now, it's time to elevate what is very much at the heart of Charlie Greene's life - the need for a new kidney. He's been on an official waiting list for a year.
Meeting and getting involved with Nebraska student-athletes "has been good therapy for Charlie, but he has diabetes, and he needs a kidney transplant," Osborne said. "Dialysis has been quite a burden for Charlie, and long term, he needs that kidney. We hope a match is found, sooner rather than later."
"It's a reverse role right now," Helu said. "Charlie has given so much to the public, and now he's reaching out to a public that can help him. He's a prideful man. It takes a lot of courage on his part to be in need."
"Charlie is awesome," said Eric Hagg, a Nebraska Blackshirt. "If I could donate a kidney, I would. In fact, I'm going to check into it."
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, a former Husker who won the 2008 Olympic bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles, said she can't think of anyone more deserving to receive a new kidney. "Charlie is a great role model for all of us," she said, "and he gives so much back to the community."
Greene appreciates the universal support. He said it encourages him every day as he waits for the right match. He is now fully confident that reaching out to Nebraska fans - those he said are closest to his heart and his psyche - is the only way he would run the biggest race of his life.
This time, though, there is much more at stake when he tries to beat the clock.
"Everybody dies," he said. "I'm just not ready to die now."
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Voices from Husker Nation
My name is Mel Pender. I have just read the heart-breaking news about my 1968 teammate, Charlie Greene, and his heath problems. Charlie is the nicest man that I have known. We have known each other over 30 years. If I was physically able, I would be glad to give my longlife friend one of my kidneys. I want to commend you for what NU has done for Charlie. You have brought life back into him. He has given back to the youth and serving our country, and now it is time for us to give back to him. May God bless him, and I will keep him in my prayers. Dr. Mel Pender, 1968 Olympian, Gold Medalist, Atlanta, Georgia
The first time I saw Charlie Greene was in 1966. I was a high school senior, and he was a Nebraska University freshman running in New York City against Bob Hayes at Madison Square Garden. Before the big race, Charlie predicted that Bob "The Bullet" Hayes would have to break the world's record in order to beat Charlie. Charlie almost beat "The World's Fastest Human", forcing Hayes to break the world's indoor record for the 60-yard dash just as Charlie Greene had predicted. From 1966 to 1969, I was a half-miler on the Nebraska track team with Charlie. Charlie has been my hero as a world-class athlete, and he has been my role-model as a successful student and post-graduate. When your hero and role model not only models for you, but actually cheers you on, that is true inspiration that you can succeed with. Thank you and all the best to you Charlie "Peeps" Greene. You're still the best. God bless you as you overcome new challenges as true a champion. Much love, appreciation, and gratitude, from "Big Mike" Randall, Class of 1970 (NU Alumni Achievement Award 2000), New York City, New York.
What a man, What a man, What a man, What a mighty good man!!!!!! Beckie Tuttle, Lincoln, Nebraska
As an official in track and field over the past three-plus decades, I have had the opportunity to know, watch and officiate for a number of my boyhood heroes - Jim Ryan at the KU relays, Billy Mills at KU periodically and often Charlie Greene at Nebraska for a number of years. What a privilege to see young men and women under Charlie's teaching and mentoring. I've posted this article and video on my Facebook Page to share around the net with my fellow track officials. It's a great article about an important cause - transplants. Now one of our own is open to a hand from those he has rubbed shoulders with over decades of his Husker life. Thanks to all who participated in making this important information available to the Husker Nation. Mike Williams, North Bend, Nebraska
Outstanding article on Charlie Greene. You captured the true essence of the moment in this article. Thank you and everyone else who have helped Charlie Greene during his tribulation. Will Cummings, Des Moines, Iowa
Growing up in Nebraska's Panhandle in the 1960s, we all loved it when Bob Devaney moved from Wyoming and put Nebraska on the national football map, but we were just as excited following the storied career of Charlie Greene, who put Nebraska on the world map. We were absolutely fascinated by his ability to beat the best sprinters in the world on a consistent basis. Part of his appeal, of course, was a Cornhusker putting on sunglasses and leaving everyone in his rear-view mirror. I chuckled reading about why Charlie wore those sunglasses. He was a true champion then, and all of these decades later, he remains one the University of Nebraska's greatest athletic legends, regardless of sport. I still remember what a thrill it was just to watch Charlie work out in Mushroom Gardens. He was such a hero in the eyes of so many of us, and I'm ready to be part of that search to find a kidney match. I watched the video, and I am his blood type. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to help one of my favorite Nebraska athletes of all time. Ri Edwards, Yuba City, California
I was a student at the UNL College of Journalism, taking former Nebraska SID Don Bryant's Sports Media Relations class, when one of our guest speakers was Charlie Greene. As a graduate of the class of '09, I am much too young to have remembered his days as the world's fastest man. However, the stories he told, and the passion he displayed truly showcased what type of person he was. I was impressed with how much he cared for the university that gave him a start, and how committed he was to giving back to his community. I saw him out and about and around Lincoln many times since the class, and I've always said hello, and he has always been so kind as to start up a conversation. I wish him nothing but the best, and hope that he is able to continue his life with the same vigor and enthusiasm as I will always remember him for. Garrett Wright, Bristol, Connecticut
What a trip down memory lane as I read of the plight of one of Nebraska's greatest athletes of all time, Charlie Greene. My late father, Jerry Mapes, who started his career as a "Lincoln Journal-Star" sports writer, instilled in me the love of competitive sports, specifically Nebraska sports. My mom and dad were the host family to two of Nebraska's all-time great track athletes, Lennox Burgher and Clifton Forbes, who competed in the late '60s after coming to Nebraska from their native Jamaica. It was through this association that I had the honor of meeting Charlie Greene. What a thrill for a 9-year-old boy with stars in his eyes. I still remember him bringing his Olympic gold medal from the 4x100 relay and the bronze medal he won in the 100-meter dash in Mexico City to our Lincoln home in early 1969. Having watched him compete in the old Mushroom Gardens, it was certainly a thrill to have the chance to meet him in person and to share a part of his success. He was larger than life with a big personality, and I knew even as a child that this was something I would remember for a lifetime! After more than 40 years, Charlie Greene is still one of the great Nebraska sports icons of all time, and I hope and pray that the proper kidney match can restore him to improved health! Bruce Mapes, Phoenix, Arizona
As an ex-Husker track coach with Frank Sevigne, I have bonded closely with Charlie Greene over the years. We have visited each other's homes, attended Husker sports events, and he was influential in my daughter attending NU. Life has thrown him some tough curves physically and mentally without a doubt, but he has rallied and endured. His mantra has always been "to give back". While campus ombudsman and beyond his message to student-athletes, he always stressed in a positive way how important it was to attend class, listen to your coaches, train hard and respect the law. Many with his laurels would be all about themselves, totally self-absorbed, but Charlie always asks how you're getting along and how he might help make your day better. This is what makes Charlie a great representative for Nebraska and the USA, and an even better friend - one I admire greatly. John Korky, NU Class of 1977, Long Valley, New Jersey
While I was a student at the Pharmacy College in the mid '60s, we had an intramural "flag football" game with a team from the ROTC College. They had one play only - to hike it to this kid who would take off running, and no one on our team was able to come close to catching him. After a very close loss (something like 63-0) I remember somebody asking someone on their team: "Hey, who was that kid that could run like hell?" The response was: "That's Charlie Green...I think he's on the track team." Later, when Charlie won the Gold Medal at the 1968 Olympics, it made me feel proud knowing that I had my butt kicked by one of the greatest athletes ever. Ron Anderson, R.Ph., North Bend, Nebraska


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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Ludwig Brunner has been appointed executive director of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University.
Brunner has served as the center's interim executive director since the departure of Joseph LoSchiavo in December of 2011. LoSchiavo, who held the executive director's post for nine years, left to accept the role of president and CEO of Soli Deo Gloria in Chicago.
"We are delighted to announce Ludwig's appointment and the continuation of his dedicated service to the Quick Center," said Brenda L. McGee, senior vice president for finance and administration at the university. "We are grateful for his competent leadership through this interim period and we are confident he will provide the same sort of direction that helped generate national and international recognition of our museum, the university's impressive collection, and the institution's capacity to present major exhibitions and performance arts offerings."
Brunner's tenure at the Quick Center began in 2003 when he was named programming consultant. Shortly thereafter he became director of programming, and was named assistant director in 2007.
He said he is excited about this new opportunity.
"It is a great privilege and a challenge to lead the arts center, and building upon the outstanding leadership of my esteemed predecessor," said Brunner. "I particularly look forward to establishing new relationships with the faculty of the various schools of the university and to working with students for them to recognize the Regina A. Quick Center as their cultural and creative center."
Prior to his arrival at St. Bonaventure, Brunner was artistic administrator at The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York City.
Beginning in 1981, Brunner pursued a distinguished career as an agent and manager of major international opera stars, classical music soloists, and Broadway and musical theater performers. He secured many master class engagements and placed major singers as artists-in-residence at universities and music conservatories nationwide.
Internationally, he served as assistant artistic and organizational director for the production of "Porgy and Bess" at Berlin's Theater des Westens and on the famous "floating" stage at the prestigious Bregenz Festival in Austria. The work earned him a 1988 Berlin Theatergemeinde award (the German equivalent of the Tony award) in the "Production of the Year" category.
He continues to serve annually as an adjudicator for the Belvedere International Singing Competition's preliminary rounds in New York City and its semi-final and final rounds in Vienna, and as an adjudicator for the Liederkranz International Vocal Competition in New York.
He is the right person to assume leadership at the Quick Center, said Marianne Laine of Olean, chair of the Guild for the Quick Center.
"We all know that Joe LoSchiavo took the Quick Center to a position of prominence, even on an international level, and that Ludwig is more than capable of continuing down that path. He is talented, full of energy and eager to make the Quick Center even more well-known in the arts world," said Laine.
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Some of the proposed savings would come from changing eligibility requirements, to make food stamps available only for the poorest families and restricting their use for people juggling low-wage jobs and high basic living expenses.
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"We know a lot of people are without health insurance, facing a lot of out-of-pocket expenses," he explains. "This allows us to serve those families earning income, but still not able to keep up with the high cost of living in Oregon."
The Oregon Department of Human Services estimates almost 91,000 Oregonians would no longer be eligible for SNAP benefits, about one-third of them children, if the House version of the Farm Bill passes. Kleen added that SNAP already is being trimmed this fall, as stimulus funding that was allocated during the recession expires at the end of October.
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President Obama has appointed Commerce Secretary John Bryson and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling to co-chair a new White House Office of Manufacturing Policy. The new Office of Manufacturing Policy will have cabinet-level status, reflecting the importance of the manufacturing sector to our economy. It will coordinate the efforts of different government agencies, such as the Small Business Administration, the Department of Commerce and the Transportation Department.
The idea of a coordinated government manufacturing/industrial/economic policy has been in disfavor for some time, with conservatives deriding the concept as "picking winners and losers." The right-wing blog RedState, for example, calls this new effort "central planning" and calls the new appointees "czars." Other countries, however, do have coordinated industrial policies. So the result of our own abandonment of government coordination while countries like China and Germany charge ahead has been that we send our companies out on their own to compete against national systems. Even our largest companies have a very hard time up against this kind of supercharged opposition. We lost as many as 50,000 factories and millions of manufacturing jobs during the conservative-dominated Bush years, and have carried a massive trade deficit since Reagan's presidency.
The White House issed a press release, President Obama Names Commerce Secretary John Bryson, NEC Chair Gene Sperling as Co-Chairs of White House Office of Manufacturing Policy. From the release,
President Obama today announced that Secretary John Bryson would join National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling as co-chair of the White House Office of Manufacturing Policy. The Office of Manufacturing Policy is part of the National Economic Council in the White House and works across federal government agencies to coordinate the execution of manufacturing programs and the development of manufacturing policy.
"At this make or break time for the middle class and our economy, we need a strong manufacturing sector that will put Americans back to work making products stamped with three proud words: Made in America," said President Obama. "I am grateful that Secretary Bryson and Gene Sperling will head up this office to continue our efforts to revitalize this great American industry and fight for American workers and jobs."
… The President has also called on Congress to help revitalize American manufacturing, including continuing to push for an expanded, simplified, and permanent research and development tax credit which would provide the certainty and predictability manufacturers need to invest in innovation. In addition, the President's American Jobs Act would extend the 100 percent capital purchase expensing provision signed into law in December 2010 and make an immediate $50 billion investment for highway, highway safety, transit, passenger rail, and aviation activities.
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Ofcom has published the final timetable for the UK 4G spectrum auction, with commercial services not expected until next June - even though EE already offers its own version of the mobile broadband.
Ofcom said 4G would "almost double the amount of airwaves currently available to smartphones and tablets that use 3G networks".
Ofcom has also confirmed reserve prices for the different lots of spectrum on offer, which total £1.3bn - much less than the total amount eventually paid by the mobile operators in the 3G auctions.
Ed Richards, Ofcom chief executive, said, "Today marks an important shift from preparation to the delivery of the auction, which will see widespread 4G mobile services from a range of providers.
"The entire industry is now focused on the auction itself, with a shared goal of delivering new and improved mobile services for consumers."
11 December has been set as the provisional date for the submission of applications by prospective bidders. Ofcom will confirm the date in two weeks time, once the regulations have come into force.
The application day will see bidders pay a deposit to Ofcom. In January the actual bidding will begin and could take a number of weeks. Bids will be placed online over secure internet connections, using software that has been developed specifically for the auction.
In February and March bidders will be informed about what they have won and its cost. Licence fees will then be paid and licences granted.
May or June will then see new 4G services launched, although it's not clear at this stage as to what extent 4G coverage will be offered to consumers around the UK - many 4G customers may still have to initially rely on 3G connectivity in many areas.
"4G services should make it much quicker to surf the web on mobiles - speeds will be nearer to what is currently experienced with home broadband.
"Because of this, 4G is ideally suited for high-bandwidth data services such as streaming high-quality video, watching live TV and downloading large files," promised Ofcom.
However, many existing 3G subscribers can see their connection speeds crash in some areas, because of coverage issues or because networks are crammed with other users. 3G users can then see their devices connected to GPRS or EDGE networks instead, meaning that websites are difficult to access and navigate and services like Twitter and Facebook barely work.
Ofcom says that for the "typical user", download speeds of "initial 4G networks" could be around 5-7 times those for existing 3G networks.
"This means a music album taking 20 minutes to download on a 3G phone and just over three minutes on 4G. This is based on existing 3G speeds being 1mbps on average and 4G speed being 6mbps (on average between 5 and 7 times faster)," Ofcom said.
EE, the company that owns the T-Mobile and Orange brands in the UK, is already heavily marketing its initial 4G service in the UK, after it was given permission by Ofcom to use spectrum it won in the 3G auction to enable faster access speeds. EE is still expected to bid in the separate 4G auction.


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free Wi-Fi Internet access to consumers at public places such as
hotels or retail stores using their Facebook log-in.
A visitor could check in at a hotel without having to
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A while back, I decided that I'll never make another pair of exact copies again. From now on, my socks will be different from each other.
This project taught me a valuable lesson - if you want your "differerent" socks to LOOK different, then pick a yarn in a solid colorway.
You have to look really closely at these socks to see that they are different. Can you even see it?
The sock on the Right Leg is mostly a k2 p2 rib, and it has this exceedingly creative and excruciatingly mathematically correct method of adding ribs to as to make room for the calf......and you can't even see the stinkin' ribs! The sock on the left leg is mostly stockinette, with a band of ribs up the front and the back. I tell you, the play between the stockinette and the band of ribbing is fetching. Too bad that you can't see it.
You can see a bit of difference if you look, really closely, at the tops of the feet. (These are Grace's feet - thanks Grace!) The sock on the left foot (on the right of the photo) is mostly stockinette, with the rib band peeling out of a sort of a vee - too bad that you can't see it. The ribs on the right foot begin near the toe, too bad that you can't see it, and they don't just all start at once, oh no, the beginning of the ribs forms a vee shape, too. Awfully too bad that you can't see it... sigh.
I knitted these from the toe up, with a beginning which was a little bit of a challenge, and I'm not sure it was worth it. I doubt that I'll repeat it, but here's what I did. I cast on 5 or 6 stitches and knit back and forth, making a rectangle, for approx 15 rows, ending with the completion of a knit side. Then, I picked up across the 15 rows, picked up the provisional cast on, picked up across the sole (15 rows), and then proceeded to knit in the round, slowly adding in more stitches, to widen the toe. It made a nice shape - rather blunt, which is how I like them. There are absolutely no "ears" - something that I hate and despise - those little corner thingies - urgh - I hate those little ears. This cast on method cured the ear problem, but it was so tetchy. (I'll soon show you a different pair of socks with a different cast on and THAT one is perfect.)
Knitting from the toe up makes so much sense to me. One of the best parts is that I can try on the socks as I go along. This was my first project on double points. I used a set of 5 to knit the sock, but I'd knit off onto 8 or 9 needles so as to be able to try them on. It worked great.
I used a sort of a modified Fleegle Heel (2 links)- but here's the trick - if you add short rows, here and there, you'll add area and curves to your sock and then it will fit... perfectly.
When you knit short rows on a tubular item, you stop knitting in the round,knit for some number of stitches, turn, work in the other direction, turn, and return to knitting in the round. If you only add one short row, where you knit to a designated point, turn and knit back to the opposite point on the sock, turn, and then commence knitting in the round once again, you've added a little wedge to the tube.
If you make your short row go a little past the middle-side-line, on each side of the sock, then you've added a nice, long wedge.
I put, I think, 3 wedges in the area from the arch to the actual heel , and then 3 above the heel. These short row bits were very spaced apart - they were not one on top of the other. Also, the turn of each short row was at a different point, so that the whole thing sort of blended in.
The short row areas were spaced apart from each other - I threw in a short row, then knitted, say, 10 rows, then another short row, then knitted another 10 or so rows - get it?
I was able to figure out where to put them by constantly trying on the sock. I wanted the heel turn to occur where the front of the sock was at the actual bend of my ankle, and the short row heel to be on the actual point of my heel. If you just knit round and round, then when it's time for the heel turn, the front of the sock is past the bend of the ankle. So, by adding a few short rows, I was able to add length to the back/underside of the sock without adding length to the front of the sock. I have really large heels, so this is necessary for a proper fit.
These socks practically POP when they slide onto my feet. Oh My Gosh, there's nothing at all like tailor-made socks!!! The sock's heels are where my heels are! Oh, glorious day!
Then, later on, when I got to the part of the leg where the calf swells - same problem. The calf is getting bigger around, but the vertical gain is greater in the back than in the front, since there's a curve there, right? Add a few short rows here and there, and this problem will be solved! The socks get wider and longer in the back. The best part is - - no more falling down knee socks!!! Try it! I guarantee that you'll like it.
I knitted and knitted until I felt like I needed to cast off before I ran out of yarn. I used my Best Stretchy Cast Off, and not a moment too soon. I had a tail of approximately 12 inches long on each sock. Whew! That cast off is a pain to rip out, so I was sweating it there for a few minutes!
All in all, a wonderful project. I enjoyed every minute, and can't wait for cooler weather so that I can actually wear them!
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I felt a little 80's in this get up and also felt a little sweaty in excitement for Fall. I really love Olive green..this is a new color for me. I am also STILL doing my "New Day, New Shoes Challenge" HERE and let me tell YOU...I have 10 boxes of shoes I am donating, and this pair will be donated as well...It feels really good to get rid of all these shoes I don't wear...so...hopefully you guys are having the same luck, or just re-falling in love with what you have.
Thank you so much for all of your support on our Thrifters Anonymous Halloween Edition Video!!! IF you haven't seen it you can see it HERE.


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Faith Gets Grant for Community Storm Shelter
FAITH - The City of Faith is using an $800,000 grant to build a community safe room that can serve as a public shelter against severe storms.
The funding comes through the Hazard Mitigation Grant program.
The city's application for the safe room notes that Faith typically experiences at least two extreme wind events a year. In the past 30 years, storms have caused 40 reported injuries and more than $8 million in property and crop damage.
Citizens in the past took shelter at the school, but that structure was condemned in 2004 and torn town. The new shelter with be able to hold 875 people.
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He's still standing, as the song says, and he's headed to Amway Center in Orlando,
Venerable pop star Elton John will perform March 7 at Amway Center in Orlando. Ticket prices for the 8 p.m. show have yet to be announced, but tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at the arena box office, Ticketmaster.com and charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.Read more
It's 5 o'clock somewhere, as the song goes, and it'll be happy hour for Jimmy Buffett fans soon at Amway Center in Orlando:
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band are slated to return to Orlando for an April 16 show at Amway Center, part of the "Margaritaville" man's 2015 "This One's For You" tour. Tickets -- at $34, $84 and $133.50 (before fees) -- go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m.Read more
Forget the year in review.
Venerable singer, songwriter and – yes – piano man Billy Joel looked back on decades of memorable music for more than two hours in a stylishly executed New Year's Eve show Wednesday at a packed Amway Center.Read more
Although singer-songwriter-pianist Beth McKee is known for her New Orleans roots, she also has embraced the music scene here in Orlando.
Since it launched in March, McKee's First Thursday Songwriter Series at The Smiling Bison has become one of Orlando's most pleasing monthly musical fixtures.Read more
Two guitar-toting singers are on the January lineup at the Garden Theatre (160 W. Plant St.) in the historic district of downtown Winter Garden.
John Charles, a listening-room veteran at Walt Disney World now known for his work on the Disney Cruise Line, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 at the theater.Read more
Most arena rock shows unfold with all the spontaneity of a touring Broadway musical.
No matter how much the singer shouts that "anything might happen," it's unlikely that anyone on stage will do anything that might screw up a lighting cue.
So it was refreshing to watch the bluster of the Black Keys on Wednesday at Amway Center in Orlando.Read more


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The Inside Perspective: Antec's Jessie Lawrence, New Cases and Future of Antec
Welcome to The Inside Perspective
Welcome! The Inside Perspective is a new series on PC Perspective that will take you further behind the scenes of the industry than we typically go, with interviews of industry personnel. I hope you find these discussions to be both informative as well as eye opening into the world behind the reviews, behind the press releases and the marketing speak that everyone sees on a daily basis. http://pcper.com/tip
The Inside Perspective 001 - Antec's Jessie Lawrence
Antec was at one time the leader in enthusiast and gamer case design and much of what the company built years ago, like the P180 series, has endured years of modifications to remain relevant and these chassis remain some of the favorites of our staff. However, in the past several years, the case world has seen new entrants, new designs and new feature sets that Antec has been slow to adopt and as such they have fallen out of the leaders position in the mind-set of enthusiasts, even if they haven't in sales in revenue.
With the release of the new P280 and Eleven Hundred cases though (the former of which we have already reviewed) Antec is hoping to make a resurgence into the enthusiast market. And while I definitely was impressed with the P280 there is still some work to do and, luckily, Antec knows it and is moving forward in the right direction.
Recently, Antec's Communications Manager Jessie Lawrence stopped by the office and we sat down for a small interview to ask him about the new case designs, what he likes about working in this cut throat industry and how Antec plans to stem the tides against the competition.
While we are getting The Inside Perspective started, we are including it in our PC Perspective Podcast RSS feed. Also, the video version which we would encourage you to check out can be seen below, embedded via YouTube. You can be sure to find all of our episodes of The Inside Perspective at http://pcper.com/tip
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Host: Ryan Shrout
Guest: Jessie Lawrence, Antec
Program Length: 13:49
Program Schedule:
- 01:08 Introduction
- 02:15 Questions about new P280 and Eleven Hundred Cases
- 04:40 Target audience for each new case
- 05:50 Background with Jessie Lawrence
- 09:20 Memorable moments in the industry
- 11:20 How can Antec return to enthusiast roots?
- 13:45 Conclusion
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If i remember the Geforce lan correctly, Antec had a new non OEM sealed water cooler which looks like the old ECO cooler. (tall and bulbous) The guy said it was a totally new prototype. Any word on that thing?
That was Cooler Master's booth.
Not sure who's stuff you were looking at. We didn't have a booth, we just had some of our staff attending and had a contest (cardboard guns).
Can't wait to see more!
But Ryan, when you read a script you're really monotone. It'd be great if you were narrating an Animal Planet special about lions on the Serengeti, but you're just talking to us. You're great when you're off script.
We'll work on it!
Ryan, thanks for the opportunity to sit down and talk to you. We should do this more often.
Assuming I don't have to come all the way out to Kentucky to do it!
Hey man, Kentucky is awesome, a hot bed center of tech journalism, obviously!
But yes, I think we are going to work it out so Skype calls can be the form of communication, otherwise the reliability of new episodes will be in jeopardy.
Ryan, thanks for the opportunity to sit down and talk to you. We should do this more often.
Assuming I don't have to come all the way out to Kentucky to do it!
Very nicely done. I liked the personal side of the interview, not just all technical. I look forward to more of these.
This is exactly what I emailed ya about, more industry guests. Good job!
We are always looking to improve and try new things!
Nice video, guys. Jessie - your glare is intense, bro.
Very good Ryan, can't wait for more. But, you have to get Rajiv from MSI on there. He's a freakin rockstar!
Unfortunately, Rajiv is no longer at MSI... :(


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- ανορθογραφω was found via Google and seems semantically correct, but appears to be on loan from modern Greek. Anyone have an alternate suggestion for "misspelling"?
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|NYU Psychology
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Cognition & Perception
My research deals with the role of linguistic factors in reading, memory, and problem solving. There is a strong focus on the time course of perceiving and encoding syntactic and semantic information and on how those time patterns are influenced by the cognitive demands of the performance task. Our recent research has concerned the differences between children and adults and between bilinguals and monolinguals. New projects concern interactions between semantic comprehension and mathematical analyses when processing mathematical word problems. We are concerned with the ways in which cognitive strategies develop and are modified and with the role of individual differences in those strategies. In particular, we are comparing "average" readers with people who have been classified as dyslexic and/or dyscalculic. We are also taking a case-study approach with selected individuals who have diagnosed brain damage in areas associated with linguistic functions. Experiments are conducted using computer driven displays of visual information, and theoretical hypotheses are tested in the form of mathematical and computer models. Understanding these types of cognitive processes is important for understanding the ways in which they break down in people with neurological disorders.
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1965 (psychology)
- Cognitive Science Society, 1991-present
- Who's Who in Women in Science
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Alice Springs buses have a new addition: free wifi. But to many regular passengers, 'wifi' sounds more like a word from another language than a free internet connection. ABC Alice Springs took to the buses to find out what passengers think. Click play to listen.
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Wifi on Alice Springs buses will allow passengers to connect to a free internet network from their smartphones or laptops during their bus rides.
Chief Minister Adam Giles, who lead the rollout in his former role as Transport Minister, last week launched the service, saying it would make public transport in Alice Springs "tech-savvy".
"This initiative is about providing Alice Springs with a modern, convenient public bus system that complemented the growing use of smart phones, iPads and Android tablets," Mr Giles said.
"Wi-fi on buses means commuters can keep in contact with family and friends through social media sites and email."
Bus user Mick Tate said he did not know what wifi was, but that he had no interest in connecting to the internet on buses.
He said he would prefer for money to used to subsidise bus fares instead.
Another commuter, "Strathy", said he was happy with the bus service as it was.
"Wifi doesn't interest me at all - I think investment to the infrastructure of the buses would have been better."
Father of a teenage daughter, Andre, said he would not be interested in wifi on buses but his daughter would.
"I know my daughter would think that's awesome - they always want to go where there's free wifi."
Cyclist Anne-Marie said she does not use the buses at all because her bike gets her from A to B in Alice Springs.
"There's wifi everywheren so what does it matter that it's on the buses? If you want wifi you can go to a restaurant or a cafe - whether it's on the buses or not I don't think is an attraction," she said.
ABC Alice Springs Facebook followers expressed strong responses on the topic as well, with one commenter saying "for that amount of money they should have made air conditioned bus stops".
Read more of the responses on our Facebook page here.
The service came at a cost of $50,000 to the Government for the first 12 months, with ongoing costs of $2500 per year for passengers to have wifi access for 90 minutes or 100 megabytes per day.
Mr Giles said the Alice Springs bus network would also be upgraded to include fifteen new bus shelters and other structural improvements at a cost of $590,000.
What do you think about the addition of wifi on Alice Springs buses? Comment below.


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Killer Instinct Trailer: Sadira Weaves Her Web of Combos
Behold the first new addition to the Killer Instinct roster! She's fast, she's fierce and she seems to be rocking some kind of spider motif. Let's all check out Sadira in action in her new trailer.
Double Helix Games has been hard at work on the game and now we get a peek at one of their newest creations. Sadira seems to be part of a group of women who wear Persian-inspired garb. She attacks with blades on her fists and forearms, turning her into a whirling dervish of slices.
She's the first new female addition to the Killer Instinct roster in a long time, but it wouldn't be a Killer Instinct game without Orchid. Luckily, if you watch the video all the way through to the end, you get a little glimpse of our favorite lady in green.
Watch the trailer above and look out for Killer Instinct when it launches with the Xbox One on Nov. 22.


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What Do Justice for People With HIV, the Working Poor, People of Color and Women Have to Do With Christine Quinn? Absolutely Nothing
Brandon Lacy Campos is a 32-year-old queer, poz, African-American, Afro-Puerto Rican, Ojibwe and Euro (smorgasbord) poet, playwright, blogger, journalist and novelist (that last one is slowly coming along). In 2009, MyLatinoVoice.com named him the #2 queer, Latino blogger to watch. In 2006, the Star Tribune named him a young policy wonk for his political shenanigans. His writing and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies including, most recently, Mariposas, edited by Emanuel Xavier and published by Floricanto Press. This fall, his work will appear in the academic text Queer Twin Cities, published by the University of Minnesota Press. And, one of these days, Summerfolk Press will be publishing his first solo book of poetry: It Ain't Truth If It Doesn't Hurt. Brandon is hard at work on his first novel, Eden Lost, and he lives in New York City with his partner, artist David Berube, and his boss, Mimzy Lacy Berube de Campos (their dog).
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Brandon passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. He was 35 years old. Read memorials by Brandon's friends and colleagues.
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