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How banks can back our nation's military heroes
(Left) John Dalton is the President of the Housing Policy Council. (Right) Tim Pawlenty is the CEO of The Financial Services Roundtable.
Homeownership, and the stability that comes with it, is a key goal for many members of the United States military service. Seventy-five percent of military members and their families say that owning a home is one of the most important things to accomplish after returning from service, and 88 percent of veterans say that owning a home makes them feel safer, according to a 2013 Century 21 Real Estate survey of 437 military members and spouses.
Financial institutions can do more to help military families achieve and maintain the dream of homeownership. For example, many active-duty service members are unaware of the housing-related protections to which they are entitled under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Under the SCRA, certain financial obligations can be relieved, postponed or suspended when military members are called upon to serve their nation. These protections can help people who might otherwise fall behind on their mortgages. But some military families do not know they are eligible for these benefits, while others are uncertain about the steps required to apply for them.
To address this issue, some of the nation's major financial services companies and the White House are announcing a voluntary industry effort to help service members and their families stay in their homes. Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citi, Ocwen Financial Corp. and Quicken Loans have pledged to bolster the protections outlined in the SCRA and improve communication about the process that eligible service members must take to avail themselves of the benefits.
Going forward, these companies will regularly match their lists of mortgage holders with the Department of Defense's human resources information source to determine the active duty status of military customers. They will proactively reach out to eligible service members to inform them of their protections and the steps they can take to activate those protections. They will also standardize procedures for allowing eligible service members to take advantage of their benefits.
This is just one of the steps that financial institutions can take to help military members. Over the past two years, banks including Wells Fargo, Bank of America and others, have partnered with nonprofits to donate an estimated 5,500 homes to veterans and military families, as outlined in "Project Patriotism: Homes for Heroes 2.0," a report by the Financial Services Roundtable's Housing Policy Council and the HOPE NOW Alliance.
We urge more financial services institutions to join the effort to support the home donation program by following the framework outlined in the report. The total number of donated homes, which include distressed and real estate owned properties, could double to nearly 11,000 over the next year if more banks were to continue and join these efforts.
Helping military families achieve long-term housing stability provides a financial foundation that empowers our nation's heroes to revitalize the communities in which they live. We encourage more banks, mortgage lenders, financial services institutions and the government to join these efforts.
Tim Pawlenty is CEO and President of the Financial Services Roundtable and served two terms as Governor of Minnesota. John Dalton is the President of FSR's Housing Policy Council and was the 70th Secretary of the Navy.
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REGARDING the commercials on DVDs: There is no such thing as a free lunch. I would imagine the revenue stream produced by those commercials helps keep the cost of movies down.
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BELIEVE IT or not, I think local drivers will appreciate the new intersections at Route K and Farrar Drive in Cape Girardeau. There are a few concerns though. Westbound traffic on Vantage Drive cannot make a left turn onto Farrar to access Route K. During low traffic conditions, eastbound traffic on Route K has to stop at practically every light because westbound traffic has green lights for traveling straight and turning left. Are the signals really connected from Siemers Drive to Silver Springs Road? All of this is a result of poor planning. I hope the city changes the light patterns to the predictable norm: allow Route K traffic to travel on through in both directions. Force drivers to wait to execute left turns, because predictable patterns are easier for everyone.
Bottleneck design
THE ROAD improvements on Route K at Mount Auburn Road and Farrar Drive are good. But the person who designed the bottleneck at Kingshighway and Lexington Avenue should be fired. It is like a drag strip through the lights to see who can get ahead or get over in the turn lane onto Route W.
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TO THE individual who thinks it's trivial to complain about cleaning streets and loud music in vehicles: We should help with keeping our city clean. But when the dirt from construction of a new street is so deep in the gutters that grass grows six inches tall, then I think my tax dollars need to be put to good use. If I had remembered to buy a backhoe last Christmas, I would have cleaned it myself. By the way, it took a backhoe to clean up Minnesota Street last week. A big thanks to our city employees for taking care of the problem. As for preferring your kids play loud music than doing drugs, I would prefer they do neither, considering both are very hazardous to your health and well-being.
Time to take control
IT'S TIME for us old-timers to take back our city and school system. These young folks don't seem to be getting the job done. Our city is not growing in numbers. It's growing in service-related jobs. These are fine but pay poorly. We need to attract more industries so that good-paying jobs and full-time employment are again available to Cape Girardeau workers. I am tired of these out-of-line salaries being offered to school superintendents and watching certain city employees get $4,000 and $5,000 raises in January while others get much less. All this does is add to the class separation in our society that keeps getting worse year by year. City leaders should not expect us to pay higher taxes. Let's remember all of this come next election. We need people with vision, not self-interest.
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I AM a mother of a physically handicapped 5-year-old boy. I took my son along with his 7-year-old brother to view the Parade of Lights. I arrived early so I could get a good view for my son in his wheelchair. When the parade started, a group of teenagers stood directly in front of my son. I repeatedly asked them to move so my son could see the parade. Finally, a man who saw my problem gave up his spot for my son. I then faced the problem of the children beside me. Repeatedly the children were told to stay on the sidewalk by the police, but as soon as the police moved on, the kids were back in the street blocking the view. Why didn't the parents do something? I suggest that next year the police run tape along the road so children like my son will not have to spend the entire parade looking at other children instead of the beautiful lights. Parents, please be responsible for your children. We are not all as lucky as you to have children who can walk and jump to see the lights.


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Cholesterol 858.3 mg286.1%
Sodium 302.2 mg12.6%
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The average tax levy for school districts will increase about 4.6% in the 2008-'09 school year for the five-county Milwaukee metropolitan area, according to state reports.
Changes in individual district levies ranged from a 5.5% drop in the Merton School District in Waukesha County, which retired a debt obligation this year, to a 22.9% increase in the Norway School District in Racine County.
In explaining the reasons for his district's levy increase, Norway Superintendent Jeff Gorn described many of the same factors causing a projected 14.2% increase in the levy for Milwaukee Public Schools. That figure includes 14.6% for most school spending and a lesser increase for debt payments.
Lower spending last year to keep taxes down meant not as much aid for this year, Gorn said. In addition, a drastic enrollment drop increased the per-pupil value of property in the district, a factor that disadvantages a district under the state's school aid distribution formula.
"Our budget didn't go up - we just get less in state aid than we get in tax dollars," said Gorn, whose district serves 101 students in 4-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade. "So it falls directly on the taxpayers."
Other districts with higher-than-average levy increases likewise blamed the changes on decreases in state aid.
Although state aid overall rose 1.6% for the school year, individual circumstances decided whether districts wound up winners or losers under the state aid formula.
The Brown Deer School District lost aid because of an increase in spending tied to the closing of Algonquin Elementary School last year, said Edward Towle, the district's director of business services. Because the district is considered high spending, the state penalized it. Likewise, in the Northern Ozaukee School District, business manager Walter Clarke said an increase in property values for district residents - most notably for Lake Michigan-fronting property in the Town of Belgium - ended up hurting a district with enrollment declines.
"That makes us a richer district per student, per resident student," Clark said. "And state aids are based on how wealthy your district is."
The Hamilton School District had the largest percentage increase in its tax levy in Waukesha County for 2008-'09. Business Services Director Bryan Ruud said the main reason is that the district's levy was actually lower than it should have been during the previous two years.
State legislation allowed school systems to pay their liabilities to the Wisconsin Retirement System without penalizing high spenders for the extra expenditures by decreasing their aid. The two-year window for that program just expired and aid dropped, Ruud said.
"The taxpayers really got an advantage the last couple of years that isn't going to be this year," he said.
Fluctuations in school levies have become common under Wisconsin's school funding system, which combines a heavy commitment of state funds with caps imposed on the overall revenue local districts can receive.
A district that sees a double-digit percentage increase in its levy one year may raise taxes by just over 1% the next. Business managers in school districts with large increases this year said they expected things might settle down next year.
That's the expectation for the Racine Unified School District, said Chief Financial Officer David Hazen.
Racine's levy rose 9.8% this school year, largely fueled by an extra $3.3 million that voters approved in a referendum raising the district's revenue caps for five years. Because it takes a year for state aid to catch up to school spending, that entire amount will come from local property taxpayers this school year, Hazen said.
Next school year, however, the expectation is that the state will cover $2 million of the amount.
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- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 medium tart apple, peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- In a large skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the tomatoes, apple, raisins and seasonings; mix well. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Picadillo in Taste of Home Ground Beef Cookbook 1999, p302
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In the second in a series of video segments from our annual Patriots Draft Special, ESPN's Mike Reiss, Tedy Bruschi and Trevor Matich discuss the impact Adrian Wilson will have on the Patriots' defense and what Aqib Talib has added to the defensive backfield (embedded above):
* Reiss on Wilson's impact: "One word: toughness. I don't even know if he'll be a starting safety in the base defense, but when you consider the spread passing game is so prevalent, the Patriots were in a sub defense with 5 or 6 defensive backs 57 percent of the time last season. If he's your top sub defensive back he's a 57 percent playtime player. He brings you toughness. In my opinion, that is a big ingredient that has held this team back in some of those big time playoff games. He brings attitude ... Not the same ability as Rodney Harrison from where Harrison came here in 2003, but I think that's an ingredient the coaching staff did want to add this offseason."
* Bruschi on the trickle-down effect of adding Wilson and re-signing Talib: "If Wilson does man that strong safety spot at times and with the signing of Talib, Devin McCourty gets to stay at safety. You've got to leave him one place. Do you know how hard it is to play safety one down and be asked to play cornerback the next down? That's hard to do.


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Taylor Swift has joined the lineup of performers at the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 10. The awards will air on ABC a couple of weeks after her new album goes on sale. [CMA Awards]
Jimmy Vivino, the long-time guitarist, arranger and assistant music director for Conan O'Brien's band, will step up to become the bandleader for O'Brien's TBS show. Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band make their debut on "Conan" Nov. 8. [TBS]
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Steve Buscemi, currently starring on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," will make a guest appearance on "Portlandia," a sketch comedy series set in Portland, OR and starring comedian Fred Armisen
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Freddy Kruger is dropping by "Supernatural." Robert Englund will play Dr. Robert, an "unlicensed doc who makes his living stitching folks up on the down low." The episode will air Dec. 10, but if you can't wait, Englund will be on the Monday, Oct. 25 episode of "Chuck." [EW]
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Hysham, Montana Check Station Report
The Hysham check station was open Saturday, Sunday and Monday the opening weekend of antelope and pheasant seasons. According to station personnel Saturday was very slow; Sunday was steady and close to average for an opening weekend. Monday was steady to start with but dropped off dramatically by mid-late afternoon.
Similar to 2010, FWP personnel saw an older age-class of antelope, mostly in the 3-4 years and older range. The vast majority of antelope that came through the check station were bucks; only 10-12 does all weekend and one to two fawns. According to Erin O'Connor, "Something interesting that I personally noticed was a fair amount of first-time antelope hunters (kids) who had done very well and taken some nice goats! One had a beautiful 16-incher that would have been a trophy for anyone! "
The vast majority of the bird hunters coming through were hunting in FWP Region 6, particularly the Froid, Plentywood and Medicine Lake area. From both Region 6 and 7, folks were reporting that they thought the populations seemed down. Had a couple individuals report that they had seen Huns, apparently more than usual. Most parties reported seeing a lot of young, hard to distinguish roosters. Overall hunters seemed generally satisfied with their hunting experience and FWP's reduction in antelope licenses.
The encouraging piece
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The encouraging piece within this report is the number of youths reported and their success. Great job dads and moms of Montana in getting your son or daughter out hunting!
I'm not a huge fan of the
Submitted by numbnutz on Sat, 2011-10-22 17:57.
I'm not a huge fan of the road side check points that hunters are required to check their game. I'm sure they serve their purpose but I'm just not a fan. I like how we have it set up. The road side stations are volentary and actually I haven't eben seen one in a few years now. However we do have a mandatory online or call in report system that has worked very well. Since it'd only been 3 years since it has become mandatory they haven't implemented penilties yet but they say they will. With that being said it sounds like officials have checked some pretty nice animals in so far. I always like to hear about bigger older animals being harvested. thats a good sign that hunters are letting the babies walk away to grow.The other possiblity is there are just more older class animals out there for some reason.


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In this exciting thriller from Mary Higgins Clark, the number-one New York Times best-selling "Queen of Suspense", a news reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial for the six p.m. news. She should be thrilled, yet her growing desire to locate her birth mother consumes her thoughts. When Delaney's friends - Alvirah Meehan and her husband, Willy - offer to look into the mystery surrounding her birth, they uncover a shocking secret they do not want to reveal.
On trial for murder is Betsy Grant, widow of a wealthy doctor who has been an Alzheimer's victim for eight years. When her once-upon-a-time celebrity lawyer urges her to accept a plea bargain, Betsy refuses: She will go to trial to prove her innocence.
Betsy's stepson, Alan Grant, bides his time nervously as the trial begins. His substantial inheritance hangs in the balance - his only means of making good on payments he owes his ex-wife, his children, and increasingly angry creditors.
As the trial unfolds and the damning evidence against Betsy piles up, Delaney is convinced that Betsy is not guilty and frantically tries to prove her innocence.
A true classic from Mary Higgins Clark, As Time Goes By is a thrilling story by a master of the genre.
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"pretty good book k8nda dragged it out"
good story but dragged a bit so the story got kind of boring
tried to have 3 back stories, should have stuck to two
"Good, not great"
Yes, it is entertaining listening
Reads book while I do other things.
Not as good as some of her others with respect to mystery, still enjoyable story.
"Excellent story"
As all of Mary Higgins Clark books, As Time Goes By has an Excellent story. With the audible version allows me to listen to the story without having the book in my hands. Thank you Ms. Clark.
"Beautiful story"
The two stories were brought together extremely well. I enjoyed it so much.
I loved it and just couldn't stop listening to it. I know I'll have bags under me eyes from staying up so late. But I don't think I've read(when I used to read books) any Mary Higgins Clark's books I didn't like.
"A lot of recycled plot points..."
This was the least original of any of MHC's works--in fact, it was weirdly similar to one she wrote a few years ago--spouse with early onset dementia murdered, caregiver spouse blamed (it was the reverse in her prior book) and a thief in the house that night that has new information. So it was predictable, been written before (but clearly by someone else as this had a distinctly different/more modern voice). Jan Maxwell was fine as the narrator and it was entertaining enough, but overall, It felt like something I'd heard before.
"Absolutely love Mary Higgins Clark & Jan Maxwell"
Completely loved the story.
Narrator has an amazing, soothing voice. Highly recommended anything from either.
"Nice, relaxing story"
I will look for more stories by MHC as this story was entertaining and comfortable. I need a break from reality programs on TV. This was a good story. Nicely written without gratuitous violence and sex, no cursing. I was not embarrassed to have this playing in my car when mother or young nephew was riding with me. Toward the middle of the story, the ending of one of the story lines was predicable. The other ending was a surprise. Characters were a bit of fantasy based, but this is fiction. Narraration was excellent. Differentiation of voices appropriate. Looking for more stories read by Jan Maxwell.
"Loved the whole book!!"
I haven't found a book I didn't fall in love with that Mary wrote but this one had from beginning to end!! Beautiful story with suspense and turns that made you never want to stop listening/reading!!
"Story line different than I expected."
I'll start by saying that I am not a fan of the Alvirah and Willy characters so much so that those are the only books by MHC that I haven't read. Not paying close attention I purchased this one. Aside from their characters this was an enjoyable read but very predictable. Delaney is a stable character looking for her birth parents and the search gets all tied up in a murder trial and the main suspect turns out to be her birth mother. This is by no means a page turner but none the less enjoyable. You can count on MHC to deliver a clean book.
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Wales' Nigel Owens has been appointed to referee the Heineken Cup final between Leinster and Ulster at Twickenham.
Wales' Nigel Owens has been appointed to referee the Heineken Cup final between Leinster and Ulster at Twickenham on Saturday, May 19.
This will be the third time that Owens takes charge of European club rugby's showpiece match after he refereed the 2008 and 2009 finals and the all-Irish clash will be his 70th game in European club tournaments.
Owens has been on duty on seven of the eight European weekends so far this season and refereed last month's Heineken Cup quarter-final between Edinburgh and Toulouse at Murrayfield.
Meanwhile, England's Wayne Barnes will take charge of his first Amlin Challenge Cup final. The match between French rivals Biarritz and Toulon takes place at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday, May 19.
Barnes has also officiated in seven of the eight European weekends to date, most recently when he refereed the Heineken Cup semi-final between Clermont and Leinster in Bordeaux. He was also the man in the middle during the 2010 Heineken Cup final when Toulouse defeated Biarritz at the Stade de France.
Friday, 18 May
Amlin Challenge Cup final, at Twickenham Stoop
Biarritz v Toulon
Referee: Wayne Barnes (Eng)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (Eng), JP Doyle (Eng)
Saturday, 19 May
Heineken Cup final, at Twickenham Stadium
Leinster v Ulster
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (Fra), Jerome Garces (Fra)


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Always rains in Acapulco after a quakeWILL HARVIE
Acapulco, Mexico was hit with a magnitude 7.4 earthquake yesterday. My first earthquake was in Acapulco, about 15 years ago when I travelled there with my then-girlfriend now-wife for an el cheapo holiday.
We were napping in an old-town Acapulco backpackers when the little shaker (maybe 4.0) rattled the resort town. We initially thought the noise was a truck back-firing but soon figured out it was almost certainly an earthquake. But never having felt a quake before, we rushed to reception seeking confirmation from the proprietress.
She was fat, 60-ish woman who wore gaudy outfits, about a kilo of fake jewels and earned extra money loudly giving French lessons to Spanish-speaking locals in the common room.
"Was that an earthquake?" we asked breathlessly.
"Yes," she said in accented English, "and now it's going to rain."
What? Rain?
I asked: "Because it always rains after an earthquake?"
"No," she said, "because it's been a very dry summer."
And with that declaration, she spun on her heel and waddled off somewhere.
Still makes me laugh.
Mind you, after the last 18 months, a Cantabrian could fairly say these after a major earthquake:
"And now helicopters will buzz the city".
"And now the rest of New Zealand will roll their eyes."
"And now there'll be an almighty quarrel involving (pick several): EQC, CERA, CCC, ACC, AMI, MMP, ANZBC, TAANZ, MMORPG and for all we know RNZN." Add kerosene, find shelter.
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Enjoyed the read thanks. THIS Cantabrian is saying: we had two quakes at exactly the same time today, one on the Greendale Fault (@ Prebbleton) and one on the Pegasus (wee way from shore) but fortunately both were small (but are on Geo Net). We will be 'raining' tears here for sure if that ever happens again with magnitude 5 or 6 or 7 instead of 3.
Acapulco has had quakes before. That whole Pacific Rim, part of which is ours, is dangerous. If we mine, frack or drill for oil we are going to pay for it. Nature will strike back. When my wife was teaching in Peru (this was before she met me) there was a quake that scared the beegesus out of her. At least we have a Cera etc., arguing with the incompetents at the CCC or not. They should be more experienced given the number of quakes they too have, but parts of Peru are not geared for disaster at all apparently. So, we are both lucky and unlucky to live in New Zealand, but in the end nature will win, not we to-clever-for-our-own-good apes that are trying to ruin her. We will loose in the end.
Next trip to Acapulco, we'll carry your bags if you like???!!!! (too poor these days to get there again). Still recovering from that nine years Labour were in power causing the future ruin of the country.
Oh Will - thanks for the laugh - I can see that lady in my mind, and her waddling off. It's good to laugh. Thanks!
Please don't ever think that the rest of NZ roll their eyes when you have more shakes. Everytime we see a report of another quake my heart breaks for you a little more. I can't imagine what living with that kind of stress must be like, but I know it's bloody awful and you have my sympathy.
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Re: ÔÇťWho will pay for beard control?,ÔÇŁ July 7 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Darin Garrett has declared it to be a ÔÇťWar on MenÔÇŁ if his employer doesnÔÇÖt pay for his razor and shaving cream.
After reading his letter, I think he has a point. When that beard involves monthly and then weekly trips to the barber and embarrassing physical exams by the barber, not to mention a lifelong commitment to raise and educate that beard, maybe employers should pay, but only when each whisker has to be removed using tweezers. Oh, of course you wonÔÇÖt be allowed to decide if you want to shave; your employer will make that decision.
IÔÇÖm not sure why birth control is considered only a womenÔÇÖs issue; I thought it took two to make a baby.
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