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In certain circles there has always been plenty of discussion of credit reports and scores. But since the Great Recession, interest in the topic has grown to the verge of mainstream consciousness. Ordinary folks now routinely consider the credit score impact of their actions, including such esoteric issues as the undesirability of closing unused credit card accounts. (It increases the ratio of used to available credit, which is bad.)
But through all this it seems as if the underlying point of credit scores has been lost. It is not a game with arbitrary rules meant to keep consumers on their toes. Nor is it a measure of virtue.
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The source of the extra scrutiny is a rule change by Fannie Mae, the government-run mortgage company that buys your loan from your banker. (Read Fannie Mae's .pdf document on its Loan Quality Initiative.) Fannie is trying to make sure it doesn't get stuck with more bad loans.
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I'm always reluctant to cover credit cards here at Get Rich Slowly. There are other sites that do it better. Besides, I'm still not wholly convinced they're a good idea. Plus, my wife -- who is always right -- told me the other day, "I don't like it when you write about credit cards. Credit cards are boring."
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When I started Get Rich Slowly, I was a staunch supporter of the anti-credit card camp. I'd been stupid with credit cards when I was younger, and they were a big reason I found myself with more than $35,000 in consumer debt.
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An Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to encourage the growth of timber on the western prairies,' " approved June 14, 1878, and all laws supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof are repealed: Provided, That this repeal shall not affect any valid rights accrued or accruing under said laws but all bona fide claims lawfully initiated prior to March 3, 1891, may be perfected upon due compliance with law, in the same manner, upon the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same limitations, forfeitures, and contests as if this section had not been passed: Provided further, That the following words of the last clause of section 2 of said Act, namely, "That not less than twenty-seven hundred trees were planted on each acre," are repealed: Provided further, That in computing the period of cultivation the time shall run from the date of the entry, if the necessary acts of cultivation were performed within the proper time: Provided further, That the preparation of the land and the planting of trees shall be construed as acts of cultivation, and the time authorized to be so employed and actually employed shall be computed as a part of the eight years of cultivation required by statute: Provided further, That if trees, seeds, or cuttings were in good faith planted as provided by law and the same and the land upon which so planted were thereafter in good faith cultivated as provided by law for at least eight years by a person qualified to make entry and who has a subsisting entry under the timber-culture laws, final proof may be made without regard to the number of trees that may have been then growing on the land: And provided, That any person who has made entry of any public lands of the United States under the timber-culture laws, and who has for a period of four years in good faith complied with the provisions of said laws and who is an actual bona fide resident of the State or Territory in which said land is located shall be entitled to make final proof thereto, and acquire title to the same, by the payment of $1.25 per acre for such tract, under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and such officers as the Secretary may designate shall be allowed the same fees and compensation for final proofs in timber-culture entries as is now allowed by law in homestead entries: And provided further, That no land acquired under the provisions of this section shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the final certificate therefor.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. June 24, 2010 – A new bipartisan poll conducted by Mark Mellman and Whit Ayres shows that going into the 2010 election cycle, both Democrats and Republicans face a deeply unhappy electorate who are unified in their concern over the loss of American manufacturing jobs and the lack of work being done on the issue by Congress. When asked about prospective economic solutions, pro-manufacturing policies won overwhelming support across demographics, including non-union households, independents, union households and Tea Party supporters. The responses in the poll echo a June 21, 2010, article in Financial Times, which quotes a projection that in 2011 the United States will lose its status as top nation in factory production to China, "thus ending a 110-year run as the number one country."
"This is a blunt message for Washington. A majority of likely voters say the U.S. no longer has the world's strongest economy, and that Washington isn't doing enough to promote manufacturing despite the contributions this sector makes to America's economic security, our independence and our ability to stay ahead of global competition," said AAM Executive Director Scott Paul.
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Coffee for Frank and Gerard?
Not to sound like a girl, but seriously, while trying to impress someone, don't take them out for coffee. You run the risk of getting a foam moustache. Sipping your coffee slowly can either, look attractive or, can make you look like a hamster. I, personally, did not want to be the second. I don't think Frank would be proud to say his boyfriend is a hamster. Boyfriend? Am I his boyfriend?
"What're you thinking?" he asked, a look on his face that would turn any straight guy, gay.
"I was er- thinking, are we, like, boyfriends now?" Frank took a sip of his coffee. Definitely the hamster look. But he pulled it off. I tried not to laugh at my own thoughts as Frank began to talk again.
"Hmmm, yeah. Yes. You, Gerard Way, are my first ever boyfriend." I grinned as did he.
"That's good?"
"I think Bert is jealous." Frank said after a few minutes of silence.
"Jealous you who. Me, because I have you. Or you, because you have me?"
"Both, I reckon. I reckon he really wants a threesome with us." said Frank drinking his coffee again. He turned to look at me and almost snorted the coffee everywhere due to the look of disgust on my face. "I was joking…" he reassured.
"Sure." I grinned.
"Really, you are the only guy for me, my love." he smiled. I giggled, girlishly. "So, you wanna go back to the park?"
"Yeah, why not?" Frank held out his hand to me and I took it. We walked slowly back to the park, when we got there, Bert was sitting actually on Kat. I'm surprised Zacky hasn't punched him yet.
"Gerard's back with lover boy!" Bert shouted, springing up and running over. "So, are you two still together?" we both looked down at our hands, fingers linked. "Oh." Bert directed his attention to Frank. "You'll get bored of him soon. Seriously, he's too clingy." I snorted with laughter.
"I like clingy ones. At least you know they aren't going to go off with someone else." replied Frank.
"Yeah, unlike some people." I added, Bert in mind.
"Yeah, really. Clingy. Nice. Yeah."
"Good point well made, Bert!" I laughed, clapping as he walked away.
"What's the time?" I asked, suddenly remembering I was meant to be home by five.
"Four forty five."
"Shit! Frank, I have to go!"
"Why? Do you turn back into a ragged maid at five, kinda like Cinderella?"
"Haha. No, I'm meant to be back at five!"
"Bed time?"
"No, that's at six. I have to have time for bath time." I laughed.
"Well, I guess I'll see you here tomorrow?"
"Yeah, definitely."
"I'll give you my number?"
"That'll be great," I smiled, getting out my phone. I typed in the number as Frank read it out and then I gave him mine.
"Bye babes." he grinned.
"Bye- gorgeous." I added. Frank kissed me quickly and lightly on the lips before I waved and walked away,
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My answers were all over the place, so I'm using the namebanks from A, C, and D. And I rolled twice, so I have 9 kids!
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If you answered mostly Ds, choose your names from Name Bank D:
girls: Shiloh, Asia, Brooke, Brooklyn, Kayla, Sawyer, Kendall, Kinley, Paige, Peyton, Harper, Piper, Isla, Presley, Ava, Jolie, Madison, Vivian, Krystal, Francesca, Hayley, Everly, Linley, Lilah, Bella, Regan, Trista, Cassidy, Hope, Faith, Gracelyn, Camryn, Emerson
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"In pop culture, girls who crush hopelessly on guys they can't have are painted as just that – hopeless. Over and over again, we're taught that girls who openly express sexual or romantic interest in guys who don't want them are pitiable, stalkerish, desperate, crazy bitches. More often than not, they're also portrayed as ugly – whether physically, emotionally or both – in order to further establish their undesirability as an objective fact. Both narratively and, as a consequence, in real life, men are given free reign to snub, abuse, mislead and talk down to such women: we're raised to believe that female desire is unseemly, so that any consequent shaming is therefore deserved. There is no female-equivalent Friend Zone terminology because, in the language of our culture, a man's romantic choices are considered sacrosanct and inviolable. If a girl has been told no, then she has only herself to blame for anything that happens next – but if a woman says no, then she must not really mean it. Or, if she does, she shouldn't: the rejected man is a universally sympathetic figure, and everyone from moviegoers to platonic onlookers will scream at her to justgive him a chance, as though her rejection must always be unfounded rather than based on the fact that he had a chance, and blew it. And even then, give him another one! The pathos of Single Nice Guys can only be eased by pity-sex with unwilling women that blossoms into romance!"
Lamenting the Friendzone, or: The Nice Guy Approach to Perpetuating Sexist Bullshit (via nyquilontherocks)
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Opportunity knocked on Diante Garrett's door, and now it's only a matter of whether it was a pseudo-investment by the Phoenix Suns in terms of their own future, that is. Garrett joined Luke Zeller as the two final pieces to the 2012-13 roster as Phoenix went with an inexpensive, developmentally-based mindset, but how the new front office reloads or doesn't reload that developmental staff could help or hurt Garrett's chances in sticking with the team.
If the Suns or any other NBA squad listened to interim coach Lindsey Hunter or the those with Bakersfield Jam, there's little doubt the 12th-man did himself some good to build himself into an NBA-caliber player in his rookie season.
Like P.J. Tucker, Garrett was never a serious thought to be anything but a Summer League roster fill-in. By summertime, he might've carved out a spot in the NBA by his performances this season, and the averages of 2.1 points and 1.6 assists per game with the Suns are far from important to understanding Garrett's potential.
Stuck behind Goran Dragic and fellow rookie Kendall Marshall, Garrett acted as a hybrid guard who projects as a potential NBA backup once he develops his body strength. The Suns envisioned his length as helping him to become an elite defender at point guard and capable enough to slide to the 2-guard slot. The numbers back that thought in his 19 NBA contests played and 149 minutes of time on the court.
Though it was mostly in garbage minutes, Garrett averaged 2.4 steals per 36 minutes, or 13th in the league considering players regardless of minutes, according to HoopData.com.
It's raw around the edges, but there are things to like.
At 6-foot-4, 190 pounds there are physical boundaries keeping Garrett from earning himself a career in the league. His lack of strength saw him get pushed around by larger guards. In terms of offense, his ability to take hits around the rim and finish through contact appealed to be a struggle despite his craftiness in getting into the teeth of defenses and getting floaters over NBA big men.
Overall, the former Iowa State Cyclone showed that he had a very natural feel for the game. Garrett's handle is above average, but his ability to use that along with his body and footwork are unique. Like Marshall, Garrett has no trouble keeping his dribble alive, but his restricted gait and light strikes of his feet on the ground enhances a shiftiness about him. His poking and prodding of defenses especially off pick-and-rolls are something to build upon, and his creativeness in earning open shots and getting them off in traffic are underrated to boot.
Turnovers turned out to be the negative result of his abilities. Garrett plays as if he's on the playground, but against NBA-level defenses or even those in the D-League he was penalized for trying to do too much. Garrett averaged 2.9 turnovers per game in 32.6 minutes per game during eight regular season D-League contests. With the Suns he turned it over 3.9 times per 36 minutes.
On the positive side of things, Garrett was a playmaker for his teammates when he didn't lose the ball. He was especially dangerous in the open court. Again that's where his creativeness and ability to use herky-jerky ballhandling came in handy. Garrett averaged 7.3 assists per game in his eight Bakersfield assignments during the regular season and seven during two postseason losses. And with the Suns, his 7.5 assists per 36 minutes was above Marshall's 7.3 per 36 and only behind Dragic's 7.9.
His assist to turnover ratio of 1.94 leaves little to be desired.
Garrett's jump-shooting is also a work in progress. As poor as it was in the NBA game (32.7 percent overall and 20 percent from three-point range), he found his perimeter accuracy to be a much less concerning part of his game in the D-League. Garrett shot 49.1 percent overall, 61.9 percent from three-point range and 81 percent from the foul stripe with the Jam. He averaged 17.3 points per game with Bakersfield in the regular season.
Sticking in the NBA comes down to Phoenix's outlook and their roster situation once it becomes a little more obvious in direction this offseason. At this point, it's hard to see the Suns moving either Dragic or Marshall, and even though they could be willing to join the trend of NBA teams that play with a duel-point-guard look, Garrett may not have a future in Phoenix.
The Suns will look to add a go-to perimeter scorer in either or both of the draft or free agency, making the point guard spot a logjam should Garrett return. But you never know. The Jam, as they showed by bringing him on for two disappointing postseason games, would likely be happy to bring Garrett back. And that's if better opportunities don't arise elsewhere.


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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Oil reached a two-year high and energy shares led gains in U.S. stocks, while emerging-market currencies weakened, amid growing speculation there will be an American-led military strike against Syria. European shares declined while Treasuries snapped a four-day advance.
West Texas Intermediate oil climbed 1 percent to $110.11 a barrel as of 10:42 a.m. in New York after rising as much as 3 percent to $112.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index 0.3 percent after the gauge sank 1.6 percent yesterday. The Turkish lira and Indian rupee slumped to records. The dollar strengthened against 11 of its 16 major peers while the pound rebounded from three- week low against the euro. The U.S. 10-year note yield increased six basis points to 2.77 percent.
The U.S. and its allies are moving closer to a military strike against Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus last week. President Barack Obama plans to release an intelligence assessment this week and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain will put forward a draft resolution at the United Nations today authorizing action to protect civilians. Global funds have withdrawn about $44 billion from emerging-market stock and bond funds since the end of May through last week, according to EPFR Global, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based data provider.
"Syria's taking attention away from what's been generally better news out of the U.S. in terms of stronger growth," Sean Fenton, a Sydney-based fund manager who helps oversee about $1 billion at Tribeca Investment Partners, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. "It's probably even more concerning what's happening within Asia in terms of capital flight."
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Stocks declined and crude rallied yesterday amid speculation that any strike against Syria may spread to other parts of the Middle East and threaten exports from a region that produces 35 percent of the world's oil. Saudi Arabia, the largest supplier in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has backed rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad's allies include Iran, the group's sixth-biggest producer.
"The fear here is that a strike on Syria will lead to a broader regional conflict vis-à-vis al-Assad's puppet-master," Stephen Schork, president of the Schork Group Inc., an energy advisory company in Villanova, Pennsylvania, said in a report today.
The S&P 500 dropped the most in two months yesterday, extending its two-day decline to 2 percent and closing at the lowest level since July 3. Among stocks moving today, energy shares led gains among the 10 main S&P 500 industry groups, with Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. increasing at least 1.8 percent. TiVo Inc. climbed 5 percent after the maker of digital- video recorders posted a profit. Joy Global Inc. lost 5.7 percent as the mining equipment maker said orders for new equipment are declining.
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Who was Trayvon Martin?
When Sanford neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman confronted the 17-year-old from Miami Gardens he had no way of knowing if the person in front of him was an honor roll student or a truant.
No way of knowing if he smoked cigarettes or marijuana, if he spelled his tweets correctly or used street slang.
All Zimmerman knew about Trayvon that fateful evening of Feb. 26, 2012, was what he saw: a tall, black young man walking through a townhouse complex in the drizzling rain.
He wore jeans, a gray hoodie up, and red and white Air Jordans.
Through his own words to a police dispatcher, we know that Zimmerman started to follow him because he thought Trayvon looked "suspicious," like he didn't belong.
There had been some robberies in the gated community, Zimmerman told police, and the suspects were black.
One can only forever wonder, had the robbery suspects been white, would Zimmerman have found any white youth similarly walking on a rainy evening suspicious? Had the robbery suspects been Hispanic like he is (his mother is Peruvian), would he have found any Hispanic young man similarly walking on a rainy evening suspicious?
But that's another issue.
The pressing new questions of the high-profile murder case — after Zimmerman's defense attorneys released to the media reams of text messages and social media posts they claim show Zimmerman confronted an angry young man — focus on Trayvon's character.
Who was Trayvon Martin?
The answer to that question is irrelevant to whether Zimmerman, who is facing a second-degree murder charge, had a right to use deadly force when he shot the unarmed youth.
The judge presiding over Zimmerman's trial, scheduled to start June 10, sensibly ruled Tuesday that Zimmerman's defense team can't use — at least initially — Trayvon's school suspension, marijuana use and fights, nor past text messages and social media posts in which he portrayed himself as a tough guy.
Because when Zimmerman decided — against the advice of a police dispatcher that he wait for officers to arrive —to get out of his car and confronted Trayvon, he didn't know anything about him.
The two didn't know each other. Simple as that.
No matter his history, Trayvon wasn't doing anything wrong.
He was walking back from the 7-Eleven to his father's girlfriend's house, a bag of Skittles and Arizona iced tea in his pockets.
So what if in the weeks and days before he died, he texted with bravado, wanting to come off as a rule-breaker? So what if he posted pictures of a semi-automatic pistol he said he wanted to buy, and of himself exhaling smoke and shooting a bird into the camera?
So what if he wasn't a good student?
If anything, those texts and Twitter postings add another layer of tragedy.
After Trayvon was suspended from school, his mother did what any loving and worried mother would do — she tried to get her son help. She sent him away from the all-too-familiar streets where he was headed for major trouble to be with his father in Sanford.
She thought she was saving him, straightening him out, and instead, she sent him to his death — only because of Zimmerman's decisions and actions.
That is one heck of a burden for any mother to bear, and our sympathy should be with her.
By releasing his bad-boy wanna-be past before the judge's ruling, the defense attorney was simply trying to make the victim look bad to create sympathy for Zimmerman.
The strategy is similar to rape case defenses in which lawyers attack the victim's reputation. But even prostitutes do not deserve to be raped, and unarmed teenagers, no matter their attitude, don't deserve to be shot dead in a public space where they do belong.
Zimmerman had options.
But Zimmerman was cop, prosecutor, judge and jury that night and he made deadly decisions — the last one a bullet to the chest.
Who was Trayvon Martin? Who might he have grown up to become?
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Detectives believe Forrest Heaton lived inside the trailer for months. They said he was illegally running power to it.
The victim in this bizarre theft said her sense of security rocked after crooks just towed away her brand new trailer from her home back in September.
She said she had given up hope that she would ever see the trailer again.
Detectives with Spokane's Regional Auto Theft Task Force got a tip. An informant told detectives to look in some rural woods in Pend Oreille County for the trailer.
Court records show Heaton was making himself at home inside the trailer.
The trailer was hauled away for evidence. Investigators are seeing if any part of it is salvageable.
"I'm thankful they found it but I'm also thankful for my insurance replacing it so I don't have to have it back," said the victim.
Detectives said they found Heaton hiding out at his mom's when they went to question him.
They also said trailer thefts are becoming more and more common in Spokane. Authorities said wheel locks can prevent this type of theft.


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An improving economy could force the Fed to shift into rate hiking gear sooner than it would like, some Fed watchers say.
An improving economy could force the Fed to shift into rate hiking gear sooner than it would like, some Fed watchers say.
Some of the most common, generic financial advice is also some of the least helpful. Let's dig into three cliched tips, and find some more nuanced answers.
Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates were stable to slightly higher this week, remaining near their lows for the year.
Are you tired of paying fees for basic banking services to a mega-bank? A credit union, smaller bank or online bank could let you keep more of your money.
Mortgage rates didn't move at all last week, but more borrowers made applications to refinance their home loans.
Existing home sales rose in June to their fastest pace in eight months, a signal that the housing market was pulling out of a slump.
Having a problem with a bank, and no luck getting through the customer service maze? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your ally.
Average U.S. mortgage rates declined slightly this week with rates remaining near historic lows.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen will have some good news to tell Congress about the health of the labor market. But lawmakers will likely want to hear more.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages edged up slightly this week, remaining near historically low levels.
I went from being upside-down on an outrageous seven-year new car loan to saving almost $2,000 by refinancing through a credit union. You can do it, too.
The Federal Reserve has begun detailing how it plans to ease the U.S. economy out of an era of loose monetary policy.
Janet Yellen says she doesn't see need for the Federal Reserve to start raising interest rates to defuse risks that could destabilize the financial system.
U.S. home prices rose in May compared with a year earlier, but the gains have slowed, a report by data provider CoreLogic shows.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages declined this week, hovering near historically low levels, according to a survey by mortgage-buyer Freddie Mac.
Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week as both purchase and refinancing applications slipped, the Mortgage Bankers Association says.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen wants to see wages climb at a faster clip, but she'll have to fend off policymakers who fear that could cause inflation to surge.
Sales of previously owned homes in May posted the best monthly gain in nearly three years, providing hope that housing is beginning to regain momentum.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen signaled that rational exuberance is fine ... That's how some of America's largest money managers interpreted her comments this week.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages eased slightly this week, remaining near historic lows.
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The Federal Reserve slashed its forecast for U.S. economic growth this year, but expressed confidence the recovery was largely on track.
Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell sharply last week as interest rates increased, an industry group said Wednesday
The Fed will likely approve a fifth cut in its monthly bond purchases on Wednesday, because the job market has steadily strengthened.
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Everyone needs a place to keep some liquid cash, and an online-only savings account could be a better deal.
When interest rates rise dramatically again (and they will), expect to see the out-of-vogue practice of mortgage assumption make a comeback.
Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell says he wants to see signs that the U.S. economy is tightening up before interest rates could be raised.
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The following is a synopsis of Red Cross services in South Central Pennsylvania:
Mass Feeding: Eight Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) are distributing two hot meals a day up and down the streets of the hardest hit areas. To date, more than 8,700 hot meals and nearly 20,000 snacks have been served to those affected by the floods.
Information and referrals: residents who need information about recovering from the effects of the storm may call their local Red Cross chapter. Contact the call center at 717-234-3001.
Emergency Aid Stations: There are two Emergency Aid Stations set up where residents can pick up a clean-up kit, containing a bucket, mop, work gloves and other cleaning supplies. Look for the Red Cross Truck.
Dauphin County: CLOSING AT 6 :00 p.m. tonight. K-Mart Plaza, 1170 Mae Street, Hummelstown, PA (by the K-Mart by the garden center)
Lancaster County: CLOSING AT 6:00 p.m. tonight. Worley & Obetz, 35 Doe Run Road, Manheim, PA, ("Old Hamilton Building" just west of the Manheim Shopping Center, in the same parking lot as Fastenal, Inc.)
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Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 234 South Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 (Dauphin County Animal Rescue team (CART) will be available to shelter pets.) For more information about the shelter, please call (717) 234-3101
First Church of God, 245 West High Street, Middletown, PA 17057 Dauphin County Animal Rescue team (CART) will be available to shelter pets.) For more information about the shelter, please call (717) 234-3101
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Word that a local veteran was involved in a murder-suicide on the evening of July 29 hit the Northampton Community College community hard.
The tragedy happened at the home of Robert Kislow III, a graduate of NCC's automotive technology program. News reports indicated that Kislow shot and killed his fiancee's mother and then committed suicide.
Kislow served in the military in Afghanistan where he suffered serious injuries in an attack near Kabul. He enrolled at NCC after multiple surgeries that included the amputation of part of his right leg.
He was open about struggling with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but as this article indicates, he was determined to put his troubles behind him and to lead a full and active life that involved starting his own automotive business and helping other veterans.
Faculty and staff who knew Kislow describe him as "a bright, energetic warrior," and someone who "was all about helping others."
He leaves behind a fiancée, two children, parents, grandparents, brothers and a sister, an aunt, cousins, friends, broken dreams, and a lot of broken hearts.
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Résumé : We present a visual system for a humanoid robot that supports an efficient online learning and recognition of various elements of the environment. Taking inspiration from child's perception and following the principles of developmental robotics, our algorithm does not require image databases, predefined objects nor face/skin detectors. The robot explores the visual space from interactions with people and its own experiments. The object detection is based on the hypothesis of coherent motion and appearance during manipulations. A hierarchical object representation is constructed from SURF points and color of superpixels that are grouped in local geometric structures and form the basis of a multiple-view object model. The learning algorithm accumulates the statistics of feature occurrences and identifies objects using a maximum likelihood approach and temporal coherency. The proposed visual system is implemented on the iCub robot and shows 85% average recognition rate for 10 objects after 30 minutes of interaction.
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I recently came across an article proclaiming the defining feature of the "Millennial Generation" to be entrepreneurship. In The New York Times, William Deresiewicz asserts that the ideal social form of this "Generation Sell" is the small business and that Steve Jobs is our new deity.
A Millennial myself, I've certainly observed a small, but visible, subset of my peers foregoing the 9 to 5 route to attempt tech start-ups and caused-based clothing companies. Deresiewicz explains that "the Millennial affect is the affect of a salesman," suggesting that this has resulted in the entrepreneurial trend. Although a bit of a stretch, I agree to a certain extent that young professionals my age have been taught to market and sell ourselves to a greater degree than past generations. From navigating increasingly competitive college admission processes to attempting to land a first job in a dismal economy, we've learned to package ourselves in compelling ways on paper and tell the right stories when interviewing or networking. Call us what you will - Millennials, digital natives, Generation Sell or Generation ME - we know a thing or two about the importance of branding, particularly the brand of self.
Today's marketers, therefore, face the challenge of defining their brands among a growing sea of newly minted start-ups - to consumers who are more brand-savvy than generations before them. Today's marketers must also consider the intersecting social trends that produced and resulted from the entrepreneurial spirit of our generation.
I believe my generation suffers from conflicting psychological needs of acceptance and individuality to a greater extent than past generations. We have an innate need to feel accepted, but our desire to be unique and different is even greater than before as Silicon Valley eclipses Wall Street as our generation's definition of success. Stanley Hainsworth, a former creative director at Nike and Starbucks, explains this paradox: "It's part of our nature to want to be accepted. Yet, at the same time, we have this desire to feel like we're different from everyone else -- which is the complete opposite of that yearning for acceptance, but is nonetheless relevant…No matter how hard we try to look different, we almost always still look like someone."
The ease of content creation, among other benefits, provides the environmental backdrop for entrepreneurship. Opportunities abound for self-expression through music, blogs, YouTube videos etc. But what happens when everyone can be an artist or inventor? There has always been an inherent conflict when a unique look becomes trendy, but, today, being inventive, unique and having a better story is the ultimate goal. As more individuals strive for uniqueness, competition inevitably increases, diminishing one's chances of achieving true individuality. Adding pressure to this cycle is the transparency of our generation's lives. We have the opportunity to express ourselves through our online profiles and show the world who we are through a collection of images, blogs and online resumes but, in turn, we open ourselves up to scrutiny and comparison to millions of others. The world has gotten bigger and online self-expression has become self-brand management.
Today's generation will struggle to balance the need to belong and the desire to be unique and I believe brands that learn to walk the line between these conflicting unconscious pulls will reap the benefits. Nike does an exemplary job of this through their NIKEiD offering, where fans can customize a range of Nike shoes and apparel on their website. Nike customers can bolster self-esteem and fulfill the need to belong by wearing and participating in the creation of a product by an esteemed brand. At the same time, customization allows them to exercise their creativity and demonstrate their individuality, reassuring themselves and signaling to others that they're trendy and cool, yet different from everyone else. That is, until customization becomes cliché.
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With bipartisan debt-limit talks deadlocked, House Republicans and Senate Democrats readied rival emergency fallback plans Sunday in hopes of reassuring world financial markets the U.S. government will avoid an unprecedented default.
In a conference call, Speaker John Boehner summoned his conservative rank and file to swing behind a "new measure" that could clear both houses of Congress.
"It won't be 'Cut, Cap and Balance' as we passed it," he said, referring to a measure — killed in the Senate on Friday — that would have required spending cuts of an estimated $6 trillion as well as congressional approval of a constitutional balanced budget amendment for ratification by the states.
The new approach is "going to require some of you to make some sacrifices," he added, according to a person familiar with his remarks.
Separately, President Barack Obama invited the two top congressional Democrats to a highly unusual White House meeting Sunday evening.
One of them, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, was at work on a Democratic fallback measure, too.
Without congressional action by Aug. 2, the Treasury will be unable to pay all its bills, risking a default that could have severe consequences for the U.S. economy and the world's, too.
Details of the rival plans were sketchy.
Republican officials said Boehner envisioned an increase in the nation's debt limit by $1 trillion and slightly more than that in federal spending cuts, with the promise of additional progress on both sides of the ledger if Congress could agree.
Democratic officials said Reid was at work on legislation to raise the government's debt limit by $2.4 trillion — enough to assure no recurrence of the current crisis until 2013 — and reduce spending by slightly more.
They said that plan envisioned no higher taxes.
Administration officials have stopped just short of promising to veto the approach Boehner outlined. Obama has also said for months any bill must include higher revenue.
The White House was largely consigned to a spectator's role on a weekend that began with Boehner's decision to call off talks with Obama.
But the president arranged an early evening meeting with Reid and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.
Asked earlier what the administration's plan was to avoid default, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said, "Our plan is to get Congress to raise the debt ceiling on time."
The state of play veered between bipartisanship and brinkmanship on an issue of immense economic consequences.
Despite hours of compromise talks in the Capitol, lawmakers' aides had so far been unable to agree on a two-step plan that would satisfy Obama's demand for a large enough increase in the debt limit to tide the Treasury over until after the 2012 elections.
Interviewed on Fox, Boehner said, "I would prefer to have a bipartisan approach to solve this problem. If that is not possible, I and my Republican colleagues in the House are prepared to move on our own."
He arranged to brief the Republican rank and file on a conference call late in the day.
It was unclear when Reid would disclose details of his own plan.
The officials who described the rival fallback plans spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the issue.
Boehner's plan, still under negotiation on Capitol Hill, is intended to get the nation beyond this crisis and snag enough votes from House Republicans who won't raise the debt limit without spending cuts, too.
Deeper and more complex reductions in the nation's deficits would be part of the deal, but under later timelines.
White House chief of staff William Daley said Obama was insisting that any package must expand the debt ceiling beyond the next presidential and congressional elections and into 2013 to provide economic certainty. Daley said anything short of that would be a gimmick and prompt the world to say: "These people just can't get their act together."
White House and congressional leaders talked past each other on the Sunday TV shows as negotiations unfolded in secrecy.
"There will be a two-stage process. It's just not physically possible to do all of this in one step," Boehner said. "I know the president is worried about his next election. But, my God, shouldn't he be worried about the country?"
Republican leaders called their rank and file back to Washington earlier than expected for the new work week and set a mid-afternoon Monday meeting to go over the debt-limit legislation.
With an eye on the financial markets, Geithner insisted anew the United States would not default.
"It's just unthinkable," Geithner said. "We never do that. It's not going to happen."
The debt deal-making has consumed Washington for weeks and has put on display a government that at times risks utter dysfunction.
Even after talks about between Obama and Boehner broke down in spectacular fashion Friday, Geithner said the two men were still negotiating.
He also suggested the ambitious framework the two leaders had discussed, targeting a deficit reduction of $4 trillion, remained under consideration.
"I don't know. It may be pretty hard to put Humpty Dumpty back together again," Boehner said of that grand plan. "But my last offer is still out there. I have never taken my last offer off of the table and they never agreed to my last offer."
That last offer included $800 billion in new tax revenues as part of a broad overhaul that would lower tax rates. Obama wanted $400 billion more in tax revenue for deficit reduction to help balance out the spending cuts. Or, if not that, a reduction in some of the proposed cuts being discussed to entitlement programs such as Medicare.
The talks halted primarily over that issue and over how to ensure that both parties kept their reform promises in the months ahead.
Any plan must get through the Democratic-run Senate, where Majority Leader Reid has called a short-term debt limit expansion unacceptable.
Obama's role looms, too.
Asked if Obama would veto a plan that did not extend the government's borrowing authority into 2013, Daley said, "Yes."
One key Republican lawmaker scoffed.
"I think that's a ridiculous position because that's what he's going to get presented with," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Under any scenario, Washington's leaders have run themselves almost out of time.
It will take days to move legislation through Congress. A default could cause catastrophic damage to the standing and the economy of the United States.
Daley said, in fact, the consequences are already taking hold.
"I don't think there's any question there's been enormous damage done to our creditworthiness around the world," Daley said.
Boehner appeared on "Fox News Sunday." Geithner was on Fox, ABC's "This Week" and CNN's "State of the Union." Daley and Coburn spoke on NBC's "Meet the Press," and Daley also appeared on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Associated Press writers David Espo, Alan Fram and Nedra Pickler contributed to this report.
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BREAKING: President Obama Addresses the Nation Tonight at 9
Tonight at 9 p.m. EDT President Obama will address the nation on the stalemate in Washington over avoiding default and the best approach to cutting deficits.
You can watch the speech live at WhiteHouse.gov/live starting at 9 p.m. EDT tonight.
No thanks.
I always watch to see what people are being told to believe.
I find it amusing that the politicians and their media mouthpieces continue to call this a debt crisis and the only solution is to increase our debt.
Hello!? Is there any body out there?
You would think that the problem of having too much debt would best be solved by decreasing the debt, not increasing it.
But of course, this is America, circa 2011.
Bring home the troops. From Germany (methinks Hitler might be dead now), Japan (ditto Hirohito), Korea (the US presence is actually a hindrance to Korean unification and diplomatic efforts) and the other 130 or so countries that "require" our divine presence.
Oops, did I forget the Middle East? Yeah, from there too.
End all foreign aid.
For starters…
Hear hear on your summary recommendations my friend in thought…!
"Griff for President"… : |
Carl Nemo **==
H. I'm allergic to bullets in my brain.
Just the same we'll suit you up in battle rifle proof kevlar based jump suit and helmet with a bullet proof lexan viewing port for the duration. You'll kinda look like "Gort" the robot that accompanied Klatu on his mission to "save the earth" in the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" … : ))
Your summary ideas for remediation fo the Republic warrants your election and protection. : D
Carl Nemo **==
My exploratory committee has come back with an emphatic NO!
Did Obama think about our 'debt' problems when he pitched out a billion dollars to Egypt to help with their unemployment problem post Mubarak's fall from power or the money he pitched out to South American strongmen as he galavanted around South America a few months back or the 2.5 billion 'military aid' money promised Pakistan via SOS Clinton. He and his coterie of free-spending 'advisers' and cabinet secretaries have had a 2.5 year spending spree with nothing to show American tax debtors who are now saddled with this astronomical, mind-numbing, nation-destroying debt.
This guy is an incredibly gifted speaker, but an empty suit to boot. What a dangerous dichotomy for a nation that's now being tested relative to its financial longevity among nations. His actions to date indicates to me he hates America. Everything he's been involved or conveniently not involved with has diminished this nation.
I cannot bear to hear this man speak after the realization sunk into my consciousness even prior to his inauguration that we were snookered by a 'slick-talking' scamster and the shadowy puppeteers that present and control these types of candidates.
I'll supply a link to my "Rain on the Parade" blogpost to CHB on January 20, 2009. The important "Red Ice Creations" link can be copied and fetched. The material is still available for viewing and has surely come true relative to the vermin this president has surrounded himself as advisers, czars or whatever other 'groovy' tag that might be given to them, "leftists all"…! : |
Carl Nemo **==
I don't hear anyone talking about the plan to force the Fed to destroy it's $1.6 trillion in Treasury bonds. Why is it we all have to sacrifice to save the banks but the banks won't sacrifice to save us?
If the Fed won't work to stabilize the situation, then their charter should be revoked as that is a supposedly a primary function of their whole existence. Of course they are one of the reasons we are in this mess in the first place. Go figure.
Obama's speech wasn't too terrible, but it did seem to me more of a "it's not my fault" type of speech. He clearly laid blame for the lack of progress on the issue on the House Republicans while deflecting his own unwillingness to compromise.
I noticed the lead line concerning his televised 'sermon' from a Yahoo in the News article: I quote "The crisis could damage the economy". One thing for sure; his presence in the White House for the past 2.5 years along with his coterie of lame cabinet secretaries, czars and other hangers on from prevous administrations have surely damaged the economy.
It's tragic that we have to put up with these Presidential failures for a minimum of four years at a pop with no chance of dumping them shy of impeachment. Too bad there's not a vote of confidence tasked to the public at the two year mark and if the 'elected ones' can't make the cut, then it's time to have another election and replace them. They also can't run for reelection if they lose the vote of confidence. Why any of them get reelected to serve eight years is beyond my comprehension. None of them from Congressional District Rep, U.S. Senators to the Presidency should serve more than two years…period! : |
Carl Nemo **==
They get re-elected because the game is fixed. And I'm not even talking about electronic voting "irregularities." They gerrymander the districts and make it near impossible to remove incumbents.
Looks to me like it's left up to who thinks they're bullet proof before any answer forthcoming emits enough intentional class to jeopardize standardized static cling.
Where are those confounded dryer sheets ?
Can we tumble dry truth or shall the lines of wash never end ?
Addendum, please.
For our Women and Men in armed service of my / our raspberry patch, we are a grateful nation. Yrrebeulb.
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The top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks were ousted from the NCAA Tournament Saturday, and mostly likely the dreams of many who had them winning it all in the office pool.
Northern Iowa's miraculous win was far from being the only upset of the day – St. Mary's toppled Villanova – but likely had the largest implications.
Of the more than 5 million participants in ESPN's bracket contest, only 0.57 percent had the Panthers moving to the Sweet Sixteen. Dare we say a much larger audience had Kansas going all the way, including one Commander in Chief.
Closer to home, AJC's own Mark Bradley's Final Four Fiaso … well, it's just that. As he put it: he's been burned by Kansas.
But not all hope is lost. Some AJC readers weren't swayed by public opinion and are still alive in the contest.
How's your bracket? Will you keep watching the tournament now? And if so, what's your rooting interest?
Georgia Tech is playing Sunday. Wonder if anyone has them going all the way?
March 20th, 2010
10:11 pm
March 20th, 2010
10:19 pm
My Bracket was busted Thursday.
March 20th, 2010
10:24 pm
My bracket is now being used for target practice. I do have Tech going all the way on one of my brackets that I'm just playing around with.
March 20th, 2010
10:27 pm
My final four is Baylor, West Virgina, Pittsburgh….and Kansas….Well 3 of 4 still alive
March 20th, 2010
10:31 pm
Lets get a win tomorrow Tech! my bracket is still alive and well !!
March 20th, 2010
10:48 pm
Kansas is weak-minded. I had them losing to G'town, so the Hoyas screw-up doesn't hurt so much now
March 20th, 2010
10:50 pm
Kansas losing really helped everyone without KU winning it all, like me! That's what people get for picking the favorite…
March 20th, 2010
11:15 pm
duke all the way!
March 21st, 2010
1:05 am
My bracket has been beaten out the frame!
March 21st, 2010
1:54 am
Anybody have a lighter?
March 21st, 2010
9:16 am
you were crazy if you didn't pick kansas. despite the loss, they were still the heavy favorite and rightfully so. they are the best team in college hoops, but for those 40 mins, they were not better than one team. anyone who did not pick kansas and says they know college basketball is lying.
March 21st, 2010
9:27 am
Even though im a syracuse fan, i pick kansas to win it all on my bracket because kansas has experience
March 21st, 2010
9:40 am
After going 2-6 yesterday I am close to done, but if Tech stays in we will see. I am 26-14 but I had Kansas. I will pull for Kentucky just so I can see Mrs. Judd some more.
March 21st, 2010
9:49 am
I do a lot of underdog rooting (Cornell, ODU). What is is most disturbing is that I trail Bradley going into Sunday's games … on the flip-side and am status quo for most years past with 2 of 4 standing for the finals. Been some great hoops. My women's bracket looks better.
March 21st, 2010
10:15 am
glad to see you changed the topic A month is too long
March 21st, 2010
10:42 am
Not too badly. Today's AJC still has them alive playing the winner of Maryland-Michigan State on Friday.
March 21st, 2010
11:10 am
I have a Syracuse / West Virginia final, so I'm still alive at 11:09am Sunday morning. But I don't have much confidence now. Kentucky looks way too strong to lose a game.
March 21st, 2010
12:04 pm
I have Kansas and WVU in the final … Kansas winning. Oh, well. At least I can take comfort in the fact that most everyone else in my pool is faced with the same dilemma. If I did well in my other picks, I still have a chance. We'll see what happens. I expect that KU won't be the last upset of the weekend …
March 21st, 2010
2:41 pm
I had Kansas in the final… I went 26-6 first round and am 6-3 second round… the only hope is Northern Iowa can go far so no one can benefit from Kansas losing
March 21st, 2010
3:21 pm
Kansas used to burn me annually. Stanford, too. No matter how well they've done since then, I just can't trust them. Looks like I was right this year.
I still have all four in my Bradley bracket: Ohio State, Syracuse, Kentucky, & Duke.
March 23rd, 2010
10:09 am
I picked Kansas to win it all…but then again I got burned by Self years ago…shoulda known…weep weep weep
March 26th, 2010
2:51 am
March 27th, 2010
8:15 am
what ever happened to the COLLEGE HOOPS U PICK EM — Since I signed up to play you can't find a link to it most days on the sports page or anywhere near Mark Bradley's column,,
Yet the are several links to the 5th incarnation of the NFL Mock draft..
March 28th, 2010
11:19 am
Not much. I got West Virginia, Butler, and Duke as final fours, along with Kansas. I am in first in three different pools. Picking the Home team and Huggie/WVU has done me well.
You will NEVER find the U Pickem now that Bradley the Homer WIldcat's team has choked.
March 31st, 2010
12:08 pm
Not as bad as GT keeping Paul A@@ Hewitt around. Fire Paul Hewitt !
May 10th, 2010
10:43 am
So bad I had to run the Pittsburgh Marathon is a Nebraska jersey – pool winner got to choose clothing for the loser.


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