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Antec jumps into the audio biz with their soundscience rockus3D 2.1 Speakers
Subject: General Tech | February 11, 2011 - 05:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Antec's new soundscience rockus 3D 2.1 Speaker set is comprised of a control pod, a subwoofer sporting passive radiator technology and a pair of interesting looking anodized aluminium satellites, combined with some proprietary DSP algorithms. [H]ard|OCP contrasted their performance against Klipsch's Promedia 2.1 system as well as Corsair's recently released SP2500 2.1 system (
The IE9 Release Candidate is here
Subject: General Tech | February 11, 2011 - 04:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Microsoft has been advertising the release of the IE9 RC to the world via many channels this morning. Most will lead you to a site called Beauty of the Web where you can grab the RC in either a 32bit flavour or a 64bit flavour. Download and install, wait through the inevitable reboot and you will be surfing the web with their newest browser. It will not coexist peacefully with IE8 nor with WinXP and you can expect a few glitches, but happily it is uninstallable.
FUD News: Hacking with superphones edition
Subject: General Tech | February 10, 2011 - 04:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Register looks at the downside of the miniUSB plug on the side of your superphone, which they define as the current generation of phone that is in all essences a shrunken but fully functional PC and not just something that can sort of browse the web. That handy plug that lets you recharge your phone and copy files back and forth from a secure network to your very vulnerable phone. Even better, with the power of a Tegra chip, one of the new ARM processors and their like, you ca
Not counting expansions or Bad Company, Battlefield is beyond 3
Subject: General Tech | February 9, 2011 - 04:58 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Don't even count The Road to Rome and skip the game before it was officially Battlefield Something or other, even skip the online only version and you still end up with far more than 3 games bearing the Battlefield moniker than 3. Regardless, that is the name of the new game and HEXUS has a trailer.
Coolermaster continues to expand their lineup of mice with the Inferno
Subject: General Tech | February 8, 2011 - 08:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Not to be confused with their Spawn, the Inferno looks a little plainer without the bright red trim which is a good feature for those not wanting a flashy mouse. It doesn't lack for controls, you can program five different DPI settings between 500 and 4000DPI and all five settings allow you to map the sensitivity of the X and Y axis separately along with support for both scripts and macros to be programmed to the 11 buttons.
An ARM roadmap from TI
Subject: General Tech | February 8, 2011 - 05:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Drop by AnandTech if you want a complex diagram of the new OMAP 5, a SoC which will be using a pair of 28nm Cortex A15s. According to TI you can expect a 50% increase in processing power at the same clock speed compared to the previous generation A9. The new OMAP 5 will also sport a pair of ARM Cortex M4 which should help speed video encoding and decoding. If you are into these tiny stand alone systems then head over for a look under the hood.
Bluetooth powered speakers
Subject: General Tech | February 7, 2011 - 09:37 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
With a Bluetooth enabled laptop you can use that earpiece that normally talks to your phone to listen to audio, but it mostly remains underutilized. A company by the name of iui Design has another idea for you, their BeLive Bluetooth portable speaker will let you share your audio and not have to use the built in speakers that are often not the best way to listen to a movie or song. Techware Labs had a chance to check them out and were quite impressed with the quality, specificall
SandyBridge continues to improve over Linux
Subject: General Tech | February 7, 2011 - 09:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Fans of Linux have some good news today from Phoronix involving Advanced Vector Extensions the successor to the SSE4 instruction set. We are still waiting on AMD's first part to arrive on the market while not only has Intel released a part that can handle the new technology, Linux is now able to take advantage of that with the new GCC 4.6. You can see how well the support has been implemented by reading through the variety of benchmarks in the full article.
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Subject: General Tech | February 4, 2011 - 11:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Tech Talk Forum abounds with mysteries this week, from an ECS motherboard with some issues and far too many BIOSes to choose from to an attempt to recover some unpartitioned space on a HDD. The Motherboard Forum is more concerned about how a single transistor can ruin an entire motherboard family. The Graphics Forum is also pretty busy, though in a
2011, the year of socket madness
Subject: General Tech | February 4, 2011 - 04:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
In case you were feeling on top of things and feel that you can tell the difference between a Core i7 on LGA1366 versus LGA1156 accurately and aren't overly concerned about discerning an LGA1155 or yet to arrive LGA2011 SandyBridge part, Intel has made things more confusing. The server room has avoided most of the socket ecosystem flourishing but that is not going to last according to SemiAccurate.
ARM's low latency is key to it's market share in the mobile world
Subject: General Tech | February 3, 2011 - 04:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Josh recently touched on the state of the current mobile processor generation, contrasting the efforts of NVIDIA and ARM to improve the performance of the upcoming generation of smart phones. The Inquirer has done something similar, sitting down with Richard York, director of product marketing at ARM
to hear what he had to say. The resulting article focuses more on the connectivity side of the required processing power from the silicon within smartphones and the very low latency displayed by ARM's new baseband
How do you deal with a broken SandyBridge?
Subject: General Tech | February 2, 2011 - 11:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you are Gigabyte, you promise refunds or replacements. Obviously you will likely get the refund quicker, but as you are probably going to spend the money on a new motherboard, so you could always wait for the details of the replacement program to solidify.
CoolerMaster spawns a new mouse
Subject: General Tech | February 2, 2011 - 08:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Cooler Master Storm Spawn has 7 customizable buttons, a sleek red and black color scheme and an adjustable 3500 DPI sensor. The software it comes with will be familiar to anyone who has used a gaming mouse, with perhaps a bit more depth as the mouse is capable of macros with a maximum of 10 key presses and releases. Overall it received a positive review from Neoseeker, though the reviewer would have liked it to be a bit larger so those with big hands be warned.
No BulletStorm demo, but how about a tongue in cheek Call of Duty
Subject: General Tech | February 2, 2011 - 05:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Drop by Rock, Paper, Shotgun for a free look at The Duty Calls, which is what Epic Games is offering up instead of a BulletStorm demo. While you can't kill with style yet, you can see a nice movie setting you up for a free download of The Duty Calls. It is 765MB, so Canadians should grab it now before UBB kicks in and it counts against your limits.
More fun with the B&N Nook; this time it's honeycomb
Subject: General Tech | February 2, 2011 - 04:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Rooting your Nook colour is nothing new, various projects have been underway for a while to allow more control and functionality on the device. The newest project involves the new Android Honeycomb platform and you can get the details on how this was done at Hack a Day. This is a successful project in its early stages so while they have enabled a lot of the features not all are quite up to snuff. Try it out for yourse
The cause of the SandyBridge kerfuffle
Subject: General Tech | February 1, 2011 - 06:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Via AnandTech we received some information on what caused the issue with SandyBridge's SATA 3Gb/s controller, in fact a legacy hardware issue. While it is possible that the single transistor mentioned could be the root cause, Charlie from SemiAccurate does not believe that to be the case, he sites several problems with Intel's explanation of how the root cause was discovered.
Anyone remember F-DIV? Intel made another booboo
Subject: General Tech | January 31, 2011 - 05:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The big news today is Intel's reporting of a flaw in their new SandyBridge 6-series motherboards. It seems that the SATA 3.0 Gp/s ports have rather short life time and some users will have drives drop off as too many bit errors result in the connection to the drive being cut. That does not mean the board you bought is unusable, simply that the failure rate of the older SATA controller is unreasonably high, and those using only the SATA 6 Gb/s ports won't even notice. Intel has an interesting
Remember the Challenger
Subject: General Tech | January 28, 2011 - 10:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
There is a wide variety of threads on out Forums that range from questions about new system builds to obscure tech references to accusations of government corruption. Of course, your first encounter with them is the title of the thread and sometimes the title migh
Big booming speaker from Corsair
Subject: General Tech | January 28, 2011 - 08:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Corsair SP2500 2.1 232W Audio Speaker Kitdoes not seem like an expected product from Corsair, but that is exactly what Legit Reviews just finished testing. At 232W there is a lot of power to drive the two satellites and subwoofer and you control that power via an included the 1.8" colour TFT display, which you use to adjust levels and other fine variables. Legit Reviews love
The AMD Fusion APU gets an SDK
Subject: General Tech | January 28, 2011 - 03:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The hardware portion of AMD's new Fusion lineup has arrived but what we really want to see is the software portion of it. That has finally arrived with the new update to the ATI Stream SDK so programmers can start to take a look at how to best take advantage of the parallel processing that the new chips are capable of. It will take a while to implement the new features in code form, something which should be moved ahead by the planned Developer Summit that will take place later this year.
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Fernando and Greg's Gossip Closet! (11.02.16)Zedd and Daya were caught exchanging numbers recently. Whoopi Goldberg is selling ugly Christmas sweaters! E! eyes daytime show as 'Kardashians' ratings drop.
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FYI Network Cancels Khloé Kardashian's Talk ShowThe network announced the last show will air on April 20th with Khloé's guests sister Kim Kardashian West, bro-in-law Kanye West, close friend Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend...
Fernando and Greg's Gossip Closet! (01.21.16)Kendall Jenner prank called Kim Kardashian on Khloe's show telling her she's pregnant. Dr. Phil is in the middle of a messy lawsuit. The next Star Wars movie has a release date already!
Get Ready! Caitlyn Jenner Is Going On Tour!Now that her reality show is over Caitlyn Jenner is getting ready to go on tour and she may be coming to a city near you!
Scott Disick Enters Rehab for Drug and Alcohol AddictionJust a day after Lamar Odom is hospitalized another Kardashian ex Scott Disick enters rehab. This is a good thing.
Lamar Odom Continues To Fight For His Life!NBA Star Lamar Odom is allegedly in a coma after being found unconscious in a Nevada brothel.
Nick Jonas Is NOT Dating Kendall Jenner!Well, ladies and gents your dream has come to. According to reports Nick Jonas is not dating Kendall Jenner but Fernando and Greg has an idea about what he has been up to.
Watch Caitlyn Jenner's Moving Speech After Accepting The Arthur Ashe Courage Award At The ESPYs"Trans people deserve something vital: they deserve your respect."
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Kim Kardashian-West Opens Up About Her Sexuality, Family Life, And Caitlyn Jenner"Even if I'm objectifying myself, I'm ok with that."

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If John Wesley Showed Up at the United Methodist General Conference, Would They Ban Him Too?
Take action now: Contact United Methodist officials and urge them to overturn their ban on Discovery Institute.
We have spent some time reporting and analyzing on the move by the United Methodist Church to block Discovery Institute as an exhibitor at the upcoming General Conference, down the road in Portland, Oregon. Today, John West notes the irony that, when it comes to hearing fresh perspectives on evidence for design in nature, polling data shows that even atheists are more tolerant than some UMC officials.
Now over at Uncommon Descent, philosopher Vincent Torley asks a piquant question: If John Wesley, co-founder of Methodism, sought permission to set up an information table at the UMC General Conference to discuss issues of faith and science, would he be acceptable to the hierarchy of the church that traces back to him?
The answer is almost certainly no, as Torley demonstrates in a massively researched post. Look, Wesley lived centuries ago (1703-1791) so it's not surprising that some of his specific ideas on science, education, tolerance, and the like would not be acceptable to the UMC or to us either. But from Torley's essay, you get a clear sense of the overall spirit of the man, that leaves no doubt that if he were alive today, he would be on our side not that of the United Methodist Church.
Go read the whole thing, but in brief: Wesley closely followed scientific debates of his day and criticized proto-evolutionist views, notably those of the Comte de Buffon, both as science and as a stalking horse for atheism. He wrote a five-volume work on evidence of design in nature, A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation; Or, a Compendium of Natural Philosophy. He believed that the more science revealed, the more clearly the work of a designer could be inferred (of course he identified the designer with God, which modern ID does not). He saw that evidence up and down the scale of creation, from the lowliest arthropod (he was impressed by the mite) to the great oceans to the stars in the heavens.
None of that is shocking, and obviously I don't expect modern Methodism to adhere literally to every word written by this founder of their spiritual tradition. I've said much the same, as a Jew, about Maimonides -- a still earlier thinker who explored science, philosophy, and theology, reaching a conclusion consonant with intelligent design. (See my essays in God and Evolution.)
Looking at it from outside, I do see in Wesley's thought a rebuke to the censors at the UMC. He formulated his ideas based on a searching scrutiny of contemporary science. He wrestled with it, and spoke out where he saw scientific notions as being in error. He wasn't intimidated by the prestige of those ideas. As with Maimonides, it's the spirit rather than the specifics that count.
This is all in contrast to the obsequiousness, and the ignorance, of many religious leaders today, who are too eager to make peace with anything that goes by the name of science, and rush unthinkingly to do so. In banning intelligent design, the UMC acted, it's clear, from ignorance of what ID is or what Discovery Institute actually advocates. See all our coverage of the ban here. In falsely associating ID with creationism, do they understand what the current debate about design in biology and cosmology is even about? It sure seems not. At the very least, John Wesley would have taken the trouble to find out and render an independent judgment.
As John West also notes, some may ask why we have devoted so much attention to the UMC if, as we say, intelligent design is a scientific theory not a religious one. The answer is that in speaking to the public about an ultimate question like this, a highly controversial one, we naturally look for appropriate allies where we can find them. The case for intelligent design doesn't need nor does it make any reference to or otherwise draw upon religion. But any informed theism should expect confirmation from nature that life reflects a designer's purpose. That thoughtful religious people should give a hearing to the argument for ID is, therefore, to be hoped and expected.
For that reason it's a disappointment that the UMC hierarchy chose to shut us out. Vincent Torley points out that, following this approach, they would likely shut out their founder too if he were alive. What that says about the quality of United Methodist leaders is a question that serious men and women in the pews of that church should consider.
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3037 Churchview Ave
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Move-in-Ready Upgraded Colonial!
Selling our beautiful and upgraded Colonial in move-in condition. Located conveniently by Glass Run Rd and Becks Run Rd, which provide quick and easy access to all of your popular downtown attractions!
You can spend your time in the warm weather on the new composite material deck in a rather wooded back yard, and your cold weather time in the finished basement with the gas fireplace burning to keep you warm. The basement is built for media, as it is setup with behind-the-wall wiring for 5.1 surround sound and a wall-mounted TV over the fireplace!
The interior features 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths (one of which recently upgraded), a living room, a dining room, an upgraded kitchen, a finished basement, and an unfinished room (size of a 1 car garage) that we have set up for TONS of out-of-sight storage.
The exterior features 2 off-street parking spots, a 1 car garage, a newer spacious deck (composite composite for low maintenance), and ample room in the back yard for kids to play.
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2007 - Remodeled Kitchen
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2008 - New Roof and Attic Fan
2008 - New Cork Flooring in Basement
2009 - Removed All Carpet to Expose Original Hardwood Floors
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- Property type: Single Family Home
- Year built: 1947
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- County: Allegheny
- School district: Baldwin Whitehall
- Cooling: Central AC
- Heating: Forced Air
- Parking: 2.00Garage
- Lot Size: 8250 sqft
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Property Type: Single Family Home | 3 bedrooms | Bathrooms: 2 full | Square Feet: 1100 | Lot Size: 8250 sqft | Status: sold | Listing ID: 2223420
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Pique (Puerto Rican Style Hot Sauce)
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I'm told every household in Puerto Rico has a bottle of pique on the table. And every family has their own version. You can use any hot peppers you like, according to your heat tolerance. All measurements are adjustable to your taste. You will need 1 clean, empty glass bottle of about 12-ounce capacity with a tight fitting lid(In Puerto Rico they traditionally use rum bottles). If there is a removable plastic shaker top, that is even better! Remove the shaker top prior to filling and set aside. An empty rice wine vinegar bottle works very well.
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- 236.59 ml cider vinegar (I like Braggâ s Raw Apple Cider Vinegar-you can try other vinegars too)
- 12 long hot peppers (You can use any combination of jalapeno, arbol, scotch bonnet, habanero, cayenne, etcâ )
- 4-6 garlic cloves, peeled and cut in half lengthwise
- 12 black peppercorns
- 1.23 ml kosher salt (or other non-iodized)
- 1 a bay leaf
Other optional tasty additions
- 3 stems fresh cilantro (or fresh oregano)
- 1-2 squeezes lime juice
- toasted cumin seed
- Drop the garlic cloves, peppercorns, salt and bay leaf (and any of your optional additions) down into the bottle.
- Remove the stems from the hot peppers. Leave the seeds and membranes intact if you want your Pique spicy! If necessary, slice the peppers lengthwise until they are a size that fits easily into the mouth of the bottle. Insert peppers (or peppers strips) into the bottle.
- Use a funnel to pour vinegar into the bottle to cover the peppers and spices. If your bottle has a shaker top, snap it back into place, add the lid and set out on the counter for two days. After two days, store your Pique in the refrigerator.
- You can top off with vinegar when it starts getting low with more vinegar. When the peppers start losing their punch, use a chopstick to remove the peppers and start over!
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This easy and quick recipe was just what I was looking for to use the abundance of habaneros from my garden. Better yet the apple cider vinegar complements the flavor of the pepper while calming the intense heat. I love the flavor of the habanero , but one must be cautious with the heat! I used the basic recipe and stuffed as many peppers that would fit into the container and have aged it for a month, and it is perfect!
My neighbor gave me a small bunch of mixed hot peppers from her garden and this was such an easy way to use them! When we vacationed in Puerto Rico, we had this served with every breakfast and loved it; this bring us back there. I'm going to make some good rice and beans to enjoy with it!
Great combination of flavors and really fun to make. I used the peppers listed plus yellow peppers and serranos. Made for ZWT9 for Hot Stuff.


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"Ladies and gentlemen, we've got the Queen of England in here tonight..." Ian Brown told the eager audience: "Jessica Ennis!" The crowd cheered. "We've also got the King of England... Bradley Wiggins." Cue more roars.
The Stone Roses secret gig in east London this week was always going to be a popular affair. Through the door came a stream of the very famous, including Jimmy Page and Paul Weller. But it was those clutching medals from the nearby 2012 games, who were attracting the most attention.
"Team GB" even had their own VIP area at the show, as famous faces queued up to talk and have photos with them (the not so famous did that too – as you can see from the picture below).
But this phenomenon wasn't just at the concert. Every night this week, London clubs Chinawhite, Mahiki and the temporary Omega House have all seen teams of athletes racing past their velvet ropes, where they are welcomed with open bars. Indeed, an Olympic medal has become the ultimate VIP pass in London, opening any door, however exclusive.
Many would prefer that these were the people our media focused their camera lenses and column inches on, rather than the ever-increasing number of interchangeable gossip-column fodder.
And why not? By doing nothing more than existing, one medallist will achieve more of value in their lifetimes than the entire vacuous cast of The Only Way is Essex.
Theirs is a celebrity which is tangible, credible and honourable. They have reached the top. The rivalries that help shape their characters are real. Fame is not their primary aim.
But there's a flaw in that plan. Modern celebrity demands imperfection. We don't want our Olympians getting drunk and fighting with photographers. And with their cellulite-free thighs, what will celebrity magazines say when printing pictures of them on the beach?
Let's not subject them to ritual humiliation. Just let these ambassadors come around every few years, to remind us who we should really look up to.
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Why is Nancy O'Dell appearing in yet another "Scream" movie? Does she enjoy torturing herself? The gorgeous entertainment journalist confessed to me that she is absolutely terrified by horror movies and can only watch them with her eyes covered. So what gives?
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one of those people who sits in scary movies with her hands over her
eyes," she admits to The Dish Rag. "But the best thing about the "Scream" movies is they add humor, which
means I can actually watch the scenes I'm in."
"Scream 4" opens in March 2011. We can't wait to see how much of it she'll be able to watch.
In the meantime, Nancy is preparing to co-host OWN's (Oprah Winfrey's Network) series called "Your Own Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star."
]]>reality series debuts in January. Carson Kressley will be her on-air partner in the series produced by Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice").
winner of the competition gets his (or her) own talk show to air on
OWN. Expect a talk show boot camp, interviewing classes and screen
tests, maybe even some fashion tips from experts.
Who doesn't want their own talk show?
also caught up with Nancy at a recent Beverly Hills Hotel luncheon for
the terrific organization called "A Place Called Home," a non-profit
youth center located in South Central Los Angeles.
Nancy was there to introduce her good friend from her Access Hollywood days, Shaun Robinson,
who was being honored. Peter Liguori, who is the COO of OWN and his
wife Hannah, are big supporters of the center, which gives at-risk
youths a more positive future.
A more positive future is
something Nancy also wishes for families who have a loved one diagnosed
with ALS, a horrific disease that took her mother. She founded Bettysbattle.org, an ALS aid organization in honor of her mother.
"My hope is that no other family has to go through what mine did."
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The School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS) at the UK-based Loughborough University, is offering scholarships to students for its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The Loughborough University Undergraduate International Scholarships is worth 25% of the programme tuition fee and this will be credited to the student's tuition fee account. The scholarships are available to new self-financing full-time students eligible to pay international fees on all the full-time and part-time courses in 2014-15.
The undergraduate scholarships will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic achievement and potential. Additionally, the school is also giving away Loughborough University Graduate School International Scholarships worth 25% of the programme tuition fee on all its postgraduate taught programmes. Along with this, departmental scholarships of up to 25% of the programme tuition fee will also be offered. These scholarships will be awarded on the basis of the student's outstanding academic achievements. Students applying for any of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes under this school would be automatically considered for the scholarships. For undergraduate courses, the scholarship will be for the first year of study only. The application for the undergraduate courses can be done online through the Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS) at http://www.ucas.com/). For further information on the scholarships, visit http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/finance/international/uginternationalscholarships


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Mix garlic and oil in a saucepan; warm on low heat to combine flavors.
Heat broiler or light grill fire.
Broil or grill bread until golden brown on both sides.
Place toast slices on large platter, then brush with flavored oil.
Mix tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper to taste in medium bowl.
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Calories 1110 Calories from Fat 442
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Total Fat 48 g73.1%
Saturated Fat 4.2 g21.1%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 1365.9 mg56.9%
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There was further evidence yesterday that Manchester City Ladies intend to make as much of an impact on the FA Women's Super League as City have on the men's game since the Abu Dhabi takeover.
Fresh from luring England midfielder Jill Scott from Everton, the newly promoted club have signed Karen Bardsley, England's US-born goalkeeper.
Bardsley leaves Lincoln Ladies, who have been renamed Nottingham Ladies and moved location, as part of the same WSL re-organisation that controversially awarded City a place in the top flight at the expense of Doncaster Rovers Belles. At the time City's financial resources were seen as the key factor, and they do seem to be flexing them.
With Liverpool Ladies, following heavy investment, dethroning perennial champions Arsenal, and the latter losing Kim Little to Seattle Reign last week, a new era is dawning in the top echelons of the womens' game. The Football Association hope this is the case at the grassroots too and have unveiled a £2.4m coaching scheme aimed at players aged 14-25 in conjunction with Sport England and the Premier and Football Leagues.
The news added to the bonhomie at yesterday's FA Womens Football Awards at which Alex Scott and Gill Coultard both received special gold caps to mark a century of England appearances. At the event the FA general secretary, Alex Horne, said a new England manager would be named "within weeks". Caretaker Brent Hills and Bristol Academy's Mark Sampson, a Welshman, are prime contenders.
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This fascinating account draws upon the exhaustive research contained in Dr Saad Al-Rashid's doctorate on the subject, and will make a significant contribution to the wider understanding of the Hajj pilgrimage. The Darb Zubaida is a large format photographic book drawing on the major historical photographic archives (such as the Royal Geographical Society in London) and from private photographic collections, both recent and contemporary.
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Had a pair of these for 7 years and they were great...warm, comfortable. Was in an accident (rear-ended) while wearing them and they ended up scuffed and scraped, but my hands were uninjured. Thought I'd get the latest and greatest to replace the damaged gloves. Tried a couple other "new" styles of heated gloves but couldn't find a pair I liked as well as these. Bought these "old" style again and am very glad I did. Nice leather, good fit and adjustability, and warm.
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Memorial services for Roman Dale Heinrichs will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2012, at First Congregational Church in Spencer.
Inurnment will take place at a later date.
Roman Dale Heinrichs, the son of Roman and Erma "Jean" (Jarnigan) Heinrichs, was born July 2, 1957, in Spencer. He spent his childhood years in Spencer, graduating from Spencer High School in 1975.
Roman resided in Spencer, where he worked at SuperValu for 28 years. After the store's closing, Roman worked at The Daily Reporter. Roman enjoyed spending time with friends and family, golfing, drumming, listening to music, watching NFL football; always choosing a new "team," and playing board games; scrabble was his favorite. He had a great sense of humor and always a big smile to go with it.
On Friday, April 20, 2012, Roman passed away at the age of 54, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Left to cherish Roman's memory are his daughter, Sarah Heinrichs, of Spirit Lake; his mother, Jean Heinrichs, of Spencer; sister, Cinda Heinrichs (Lynn Galbraith), of Dickens; two brothers: Dan (Susan) Heinrichs, of Denver, Colo., and Terry (Jaqueline) Heinrichs, of Spencer; niece, Molly; three nephews: Karl, Jeremiah and Zac; a special friend, Lori Erickson; a special care-giving friend, Don Conlon; as well as many other loved friends, doctors and nurses who helped him along his journey,
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I don't know about anybody else right now, but my journey at least, has been one of epic proportions for quite some time now. Talk about digging deep. I should be at the center of the earth by now! My situation has been one of looking for my core issue to heal, but even more, it has been a battle of learning acceptance that has been so dramatic for me! There are things about myself I have looked away from for a very long time. Contemplating these parts of me and learning to accept these sides of me I have kept at bay, at the outskirts of my boundaries, has been heart wrenching and brutal at times. I feel like I am being stripped naked and there is no longer anything to hide behind. Like that age old saying " You can run but you can't hide". There is no avoiding this process, each and every one of us needs to go through reconnecting with who we really are. We have allowed outside, worldly influences to become far more important in our lives than connecting with ourselves. Oh I know, we think we know who we are, but do we really? Some probably, but not the majority. We have been trained to stay away from the dark corners within. For a very long time we have been offered all kinds of materialistic goodies and distractions that supposedly make life easier and more enjoyable, yet we still felt empty. The further we fell into the trap of distraction, the further we became separated from ourselves.
I am learning all kinds of things that never entered my mind before and they have caused me to pause and contemplate and try to make sense of what I am unearthing. Only recently did I discover I had a huge issue with accepting all the many parts of who I am. Some of the parts I truly was shamed by, or disappointed by, they were sadly unacceptable therefore I ignored them. These are not easy ideas to take in and chew on for a while. A good portion of my life has passed by already and only now do I see just half of me went through my life. The unaccepted parts hung on behind but were never embraced by me. Such a shame really, but I am glad I figured this out now and not let it continue on any longer. Now I have something concrete to work with. Learning how to love all of me, opening all the doors and windows in my heart to let in the once unacceptable parts of me and become one at long last.
There is so much petty distraction going on in the world right now, in order to do my inner searching I had to retreat. The haze of insanity continues to float heavily in the air around the world, very little makes sense any more and a great deal that does make sense is infuriating, so why stay connected to it all? I needed to reconnect with myself for now, not the world. In going along through my life, what became of those parts of me I discarded because they were not acceptable? Did those parts experience my life along with me and if not, what are those parts, what did they experience? Have you ever stopped to dig deep and ask yourself major questions such as these? Try it. Once you start asking and uncovering you begin to see you really didn't know yourself as well as you thought. We are a highly distracted society and we need to come back down to earth and settle in.
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When parents hand over a credit card to their kids, they can only hope it's used as intended—say, paying for gas as opposed to booze. But OnDot, a startup emerging out of stealth mode Thursday, aims to give cardholders greater control over their payments, allowing them to activate and deactivate cards as well as set rules for location, transaction types, merchant categories, and spending limits with an app called CardControl.
"What we've done is create a solution that allows consumers to essentially use their phones as a remote control to manage their payment cards," cofounder and CEO Vaduvur Bharghavan told Fast Company. "With one tap of the app, you can turn the card on and off. You can specify when, where, and how this card can be used."
OnDot has been quiet for three years, building out an app for banks and credit card processors to let consumers manage their debit and credit cards. Along with the launch of CardControl, which financial institutions can brand and integrate into their existing apps, the San Jose-based company announced it raised $18 million in funding from private investors to drive adoption and build out its marketing and sales teams. OnDot already has partnerships with four of the seven major card processors and about 10,000 banks and credit unions in the U.S.
As an early partner, McAllen, Texas-based Lone Star National Bank, which manages $2 billion in assets, has seen a 60% reduction in fraud costs—from $450,000 to $180,000—within a year of implementing CardControl. During this same period, the bank reported a 48% increase in spending and 54% rise in transaction volume. The reason, Bharghavan noted, is because shoppers feel more confident about the security of the bank's payment cards. "What cardholders are doing is they're moving their spending from another card to this [CardControl-enabled] card," he said.
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While Colin Montgomerie was extolling the well-timed charge of Padraig Harrington in New Jersey, Edoardo Molinari was just a few feet away here doing the utmost to get himself noticed in the great wild-card war.
The "FedEx Four" can do what they want 3,000 miles away, but the Italian knows he is just two good rounds from making it almost impossible for the Scot not to select him as one of his three on Sunday.
A second round of 68 put Molinari on six-under, three off the pace set by England's Gary Boyd and France's Julien Guerrier. It was just the latest evidence of a truth which everyone on the range already knew – Edoardo is quality. Indeed, a straw poll was conducted by Sky Sports among the pros in this Johnnie Walker Championship about who most deserves a wild card and Molinari came out as the overwhelming winner.
Alas, the 29-year-old recognises tomorrow's selection will not go to a vote. He needs to impress one man. "I think the way I've played this year I'd already be in Colin's mind," said Molinari who cannot qualify by right. "So if I win this week I think the pressure on him to pick [me] will be huge."
The reasons for his inclusion barely require repeating. "I've won, had a lot of top 10s and come second in America, too. So if I don't make it I can count myself unlucky," he said. Then there is the relationship he has with a player whose berth is already confirmed. Edoardo just happened to win last year's World Cup alongside his brother Francesco.
It is a compelling case only weakened by the identities of the stay-away quartet competing in the first event of the play-off series in America. Yesterday, Harrington reeled off a 68 to put himself right into contention for more than just The Barclays. Monty wasn't surprised.
"When his back's to the wall he's done awfully well in the past," he crooned. "So all credit to him for showing some form when he has to. I was very interested in the way Padraig reacted to taking six at the last at the USPGA to miss the cut by one. Within five minutes of signing his card he was on the range. That says a lot."
Paul Casey also performed commendably, lying one behind Harrington after a 69, while Justin Rose shot the same number to stand on one-under. With Luke Donald due out later in the day, it was turning into a mad scramble for Monty's affections.
"In a perfect world, I would have liked another week of that FedEx competition," he said. "Corey [Pavin, the US captain] has the advantage of looking at the first two weeks of the FedEx competition to see who is on form. Any captain would like as much time as possible."
Monty has two days, although at least the top nine automatics are beginning to look set. Peter Hanson and Miguel Angel Jimenez, the two who can be caught here at Gleneagles, are on six-under and apparently trailing Simon Dyson's every step. The Yorkshireman is also on six-under but needs the win and his rivals to finish down the field.
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Rasa Island, Mexico. Photo © Julia Whitty
I'm finally back from Mexico's remote Isla Rasa, a tiny outpost in the Gulf of California and one of the most important seabird breeding islands in the world. The island covers a bare 138 acres/56 hectares. Yet it's home to half a million birds—many more if it's a good enough year for the birds to produce eggs, incubate them, and hatch their chicks.
Heermann's gulls and a cardón cactus, both endemic to the Gulf of California and the Baja Peninsula. Photo © Julia Whitty.
Some 95 percent of all Heermann's gulls (Larus heermanni) nest on Isla Rasa. These are small, pretty, polite gulls—compared to their much larger Larid relatives.
Heermann's gull:
length 19 inches/48 centimeters
wingspan 51 inches/129 centimeters
Great black-backed gull:
length 30 inches/76 centimeters
wingspan: 65 inches/165 centimeters
Grand Central Station Valley, Isla Rasa, Mexico. Photo © Julia Whitty.
In the photo above, you can see the nesting territories of the gulls dotting the island's valleys. Gulls also nest throughout the rocky hillsides and ridgelines.
Heermann's gull. Photo © Julia Whitty.
In fact Heermann's gulls nest on every square inch of this sunbaked, windswept island—except where thickets of cholla cactus have taken hold... and where colonies of terns have usurped them.
Elegant tern colony in the midst of Heermann's gulls, Isa Rasa, Mexico. Photo © Julia Whitty.
In the photo above you can see how elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) have successfully muscled into the territories of gulls in one of the island's eleven valleys.
Elegant terns, Isla Rasa, Mexico. Photo © Julia Whitty.
The terns nest closer together than the gulls. This, and the fact that they move into gull territories en masse and often under cover of night, means they generally get what ground they want—even though they're smaller birds.
Elegant tern:
length 17 inches/43 centimeters
wingspan 34 inches/86 centimeters
Heermann's gulls and elegant terns, Isla Rasa, Mexico. Photo © Julia Whitty.
Here's what the two species look like nesting side-by-side.
You can probably already tell from the numbers of birds in the photos that's it's been a very good year so far on the island.
Heermann's gull chick and eggs. Photo © Julia Whitty.
By the time I left, chicks were hatching everywhere and the whole island was transformed from the calm (in comparison) business of incubating to the furious business of feeding tiny insatiable stomachs.
In a forthcoming Mother Jones article I'll be writing more about why this year may be the best for the Gulf's seabirds since the mid-19th century.
Kate SheppardMay 9, 2011 8:45 AM
Several homes sit in a neighborhood flooded by rivers that lead off of the Mississippi river in north Memphis. The river is expected to reach record levels tonight in the Memphis area as over one thousand across the area have left their homes due to fear of flooding.
The Midwest and the South are once again in the middle of record floods. The mighty Mississippi River is now six times its normal size and police have evacuated parts of Memphis as the river crested overnight just shy of 48 feet.
It neared, but didn't reach, the record of 48.7 feet set there in 1937. The water levels are expected to break records in other parts of the region set in two major floods of the past century, in 1927 and 1937. While Memphis is experiencing the brunt of it right now, the flood crest is expected to "move slowly downstream towards New Orleans during the next three weeks," according to the National Weather Service, and will likely also impact southern tributaries like the White River, the Arkansas River, and Big Black River, among others.
Here are answers to a few common questions about the flood:
What caused the flooding?
The 2,320-mile-long Mississippi drains approximately 41 percent of the continental US. A lot of snow in the upper Midwest this winter and an extremely wet April—where up to four times the normal amount of rain fell in some parts of the region—compounded to overflow the banks of the river.
How many people are affected?
Bloomberg reports that 3,075 buildings, 949 homes and 12 apartment complexes are affected in just Shelby County, Tenn., home to Memphis. As Jeff Master's writes over on WunderBlog, these are the highest water levels on record for the 70-mile stretch between Missouri and Tennessee. As the crest moves south, many more towns may be affected, including New Orleans. Here's what the Mississippi looks like now, as it has expanded to up to 3 miles wide at some points:
Images of the Mississippi River, before and after the flooding: NASA Earth Observatory
What are they doing to protect towns and cities?
The Army Corps already breached levees to protect Cairo, Ill. They have also opened floodgates on the Bonnet Carre spillway near New Orleans to try to divert some of the water and may open others. The Army Corps released a map on Monday showing the estimated inundation areas for Louisiana.
Does climate change have anything to do with this?
Most scientists will urge caution in saying that any particular weather event is directly "caused" by climate change. However, increases in both snow and rain are tied to climate change. The melting snow from the winter and torrential downpours this spring have overwhelmed the river. Scientists say that we can expect more floods in the US and around the world as the planet gets warmer. The US Global Change Research Program has warned of more extreme events like heavy downpours in Midwest in the future as the climate changes. Treehugger has more on this subject.
Is this as bad as the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927?
The 1927 flood is often referred to as the worst in US history. It impacted seven states in an area of 27,000 square miles and destroyed 130,000 homes, as a local paper recently recalled. It also killed 246 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more. The damage would have totaled $1.5 billion at today's prices, according to the Corps. Infrastructure and transportation have improved substantially since then, as have the early-warning systems that allow people to evacuate, which makes helps limit the damage for this latest flood. Reuters has more historic floods in the region.
What is a "100-year flood," anyway?
This term is used colloquially to refer to major floods, but most people don't really know what it means. The US Geological Survey explains:
The term "100-year flood" is misleading because it leads people to believe that it happens only once every 100 years. The truth is that an uncommonly big flood can happen any year. The term "100-year flood" is really a statistical designation, and there is a 1-in-100 chance that a flood this size will happen during any year. Perhaps a better term would be the "1-in-100 chance flood."
So that means these floods can happen more than once in a 100-year period—or more than once in a single year, really.
Jen QuraishiMay 6, 2011 6:05 PM
The Journal of Pediatrics published a study yesterday that finds that toddlers (24 months) who drink from bottles regularly are more likely to become obese later in childhood. The study, which included 6,750 children, reported that toddlers who were using bottles at 2 years were more likely to be obese at age 5 (24%) than those who did not use bottles (16%). This was even after factors such as socioeconomic status, breastfeeding, and race had been controlled for. Toddlers who only used bottles at bedtime, or who only used bottles at other times, were not as likely to become obese as children who drank from bottles during the day and at night.
"Prolonged bottle use may lead to the child consuming excess calories, particularly when parents are using the bottle to comfort the child rather than address the child's hunger or nutritional needs," the study's authors wrote. They point out that an 8 oz. bottle of whole milk contains 150 calories, about 12% of the daily calories for a 2-year-old.
The study did not look at whether bottles were usually filled with breast milk, cow milk, juice, or other beverages, which is something that would have been interesting to know. Water or diluted juice certainly has fewer calories than, say, chocolate milk or soda. The study also did not measure children's physical activity. However, the researchers suggested pediatricians advise parents to limit or eliminate bottle use after the first year, noting that the measure is "unlikely to cause harm and may prevent obesity along with other health problems."
Jen QuraishiMay 6, 2011 4:24 PM
News from our other blogs on the environment, health, and health care.
So Sorry: Tim Pawlenty is sorry he ever cared (or pretended to) about the environment.
Audit to Come: Bill allowing IRS to ask women questions about rape passes House.
Defining Rape: Tricky wording in Republican bill seeks to reduce abortion funding for rape victims.
Non-Negotiable: Why we will never have an energy sector free from oil.
Hindsight: Why did Republicans pursue Medicare privatization in the first place?
Going National: Kevin Drum suggests federalizing Medicaid.
Outraged: Republicans are outraged by moral outrage at cutting Medicaid.
Kate SheppardMay 6, 2011 2:24 PM
Offshore drilling won't do much to ease the pain at the pump that a lot of Americans are experiencing today, despite what the debate in Washington might lead you to believe. But what could make it easier is giving people alternatives to driving that are economically appealing—like financial incentives for carpooling, public transit, and biking.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), the resident bike guru of the House, introduced legislation this week that would level the playing field on transit benefits. The "Commuter Relief Act" would set a uniform cap of $200 per month for transportation fringe benefits, which can be used however the commuter prefers, rather than offering a bigger tax break for drivers than for bus riders. I also makes the transportation benefits more flexible in other ways, letting people pick how they want to get to work without forfeiting the cash savings. It's the only real way, says Blumenauer, of liberating Americans from high gas prices.
"Petroleum is going to become increasingly expensive. It's going to be increasingly scarce," he tells Mother Jones. "What we really need to do is give American consumers choices so they are not tethered to the gas pump quite as tightly."
For years, federal policies have created incentives to drive to work alone. We subsidize driving by letting commuters use up to $230 of their pre-tax earnings for parking; only in the past two years, since the passage of the Recovery Act, have policies equalized the federal tax credits for mass transit and parking. Right now, the cap on transportation benefits is $230 for both cars and transit, but when the tax deal expires at the end of 2011, the public transit subsidy drops back down to $130. That extra $100 a month is certainly a perverse incentive to drive to work. Blumenauer's bill would at least ensure that they remain equal.
Blumenauer's bill would also require employers who provide free parking for employees to let anyone who doesn't drive get the cash equivalent instead. That means employers would essentially end up paying you not to drive to work. His bill would also allow commuters to combine benefits, using some of that $200 to cover costs associated with biking (like maintence) and some for mass transit, as needed. This would be ideal for people who bike to a transit stop, or who bike most days and take public transit in inclement weather. The bill also creates a credit for people who use van-pools, and allows people who are self-employed to use the transportation benefit program, too.
"You ought to be able to pick and choose what makes sense for you," says the lawmaker, now in his eighth term representing Portland. He's biked to work every day on the Hill since coming to Washington, and is often found sporting a bright plastic bicycle button. "In 15 years in Congress, I've never been stuck in traffic. I've never been unable to find a parking space," he says. "And I've burned hundreds of thousands of calories instead of gallons of fossil fuels."
When Congress resumes fighting over offshore drilling again next week, it would be nice to hear more about programs that really could help Americans deal with soaring gas prices.
Kate SheppardMay 5, 2011 2:52 PM
If you drive, you don't need me to tell you that gas prices are going up. And with that recurrent phenomenon, the congressional debate about what to do is revived. In 2008, the Democratically-controlled Congress let the moratorium on drilling in the outer-continental shelf expire amid hysteria about $4 gasoline. This year, the drilling debate is back in action as House Republican leadership calls votes this week on a set of bills that would expand offshore drilling while at the same time lowering environmental standards.
The House passed the first of the bills, H.R. 1230, or the "Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act," on Thursday afternoon. This measure reopens lease sales for the areas of the outer-continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Virginia that were canceled after the BP spill last summer. It does so without requiring any further environmental analysis, despite the fact that the Gulf disaster last year raised some pretty real questions about impacts of a potential spill. The other two bills, which are also expected to pass, would open new areas for drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans; speed up the process of approving drilling permits; and offer economic incentives for oil companies to use seismic technology to survey for oil reserves.
I guess it's worth repeating that drilling in every orifice of the United States isn't going to do a damn thing to lower gas prices anytime soon, even if you wouldn't know that from listening to spin on these bills.
The question is whether these bills will go anywhere. Given the Senate's inability to pass much of anything, I would guess no. The White House also issued a statement of administrative policy on Thursday opposing two of the bills and saying that the proposed changes would "undercut" reforms made since last year's spill.
But as E2Wire points out, the White House didn't actually say the president would veto the bills, and the administration maintains that it does want "safe and responsible" offshore drilling expansion. So yes, just a year after the Gulf disaster, we are again debating offshore drilling as if it were not only safe but also a miracle cure for high gas prices.
Adelle HavardMay 5, 2011 1:37 PM
This post courtesy BBC Earth. For more wildlife news, find BBC Earth on Facebook and Posterous.
A human's need to communicate can be observed from the first moments of life. A newborn's instinct to cry lays the stepping-stone for a process which will enable every human to successfully communicate their experience of being alive.
It has been said that words are man's greatest achievement. The first utterances of symbolic language emerged 2.5 million years ago, setting solid foundations for modern articulation. Yet many would argue that speech and language was developed not out of want, but out of need. Therefore in what ways do humans communicate without using words?
Music has long been a way of communicating for necessity as well as pleasure. For example, using a lullaby to sooth, a folk song to warn, and a chant to call to arms. But in what ways do we use rhythm and melody to communicate with nature itself? In the case of the people of the Banks islands in the South Pacific, they can only communicate their message of thanks to the sea by literally playing the water. Waist deep in water, women and young girls alike will stand side by side and begin to play a complex set of rhythmic patterns, each one as unique as the female player herself.
In the video below from the BBC Series "South Pacific," this syncopated drumming can be seen in excellent HD quality.
The history of humans on these volcanic islands indicates precisely why these rituals still take place. Archeologists have found evidence that this region of the Pacific has been inhabited since at least 2000BC, yet with only 1% land to 99% water, and in a climate of volatile cyclone-prone seas, life in the South Pacific is far from idyllic. But Vanuatu's listing as the happiest nation on the planet by the Happy Planet Index couldn't have hurt!
Jen QuraishiMay 4, 2011 7:44 PM
As of May 1, new applicants for Social Security benefits will not be able to receive paper checks. The move is part of Social Security's gradual transition from paper checks to electronic banking, which will save the government about $1 billion over 10 years. The transition, which will be completed by March 2013, will also save 12 million pounds of paper in the first five years. But some people, like the commenters at Consumerist, have raised questions about whether the switch to direct deposit (or Visa-branded debit cards) will actually cost users.
It seems these concerns have some merit to them. Just a quick look at the Social Security site reveals that SS debit card users can be charged fees for things like ATM cash withdrawals. Users only get one free ATM withdrawal each month. After that, each withdrawal is $.90, and that's assuming the user has easy access to one of SS's in-network ATMs. Users can, however, get cash-back-with-purchase for free, as well as cash from a bank. Theoretically, the card should debit funds so quickly that users cannot overdraw their funds, but it's unclear whether this would hold true in practice.
For those SS users that opt for direct deposit instead of a debit card, there's the possible cost of opening a checking account: Consumer Reports says only about 64% of financial institutions offer free checking accounts (down from 76% in 2009). Big banks in particular are creating more hurdles, and potentially more fees, for low-balance customers. According to a Social Security spokesman's statement, there are about 4 million current users of Social Security who do not have bank accounts, and it's uncertain how many users will fall into that category by the March 2013 deadline. For those who do have bank accounts with big banks like Chase or Bank of America, there are the usual fees and restrictions: minimum balances, overdraft fees, money transfer fees, bill pay fees, and various other penalties. Credit unions usually offer somewhat reduced versions of these fees, or may eliminate them altogether.
And of course, a direct deposit or debit card are both virtual monies unless you convert them into cash. There have been many studies showing that paying with cash makes people behave more fiscally conservatively than paying with credit cards, debit cards, or even gift vouchers. Our brains, it seems, just don't grasp what exactly an item will cost us unless we're handling physical money.
In discussing all of this, it's important to note that about 80% of people currently receiving Social Security benefits already get funds electronically. For the remaining 20% (around 550,000 people), there might be some growing pains coming on. But it's hard to argue too much with a move that saves taxpayers $130 million a year, and almost all of the savings in the Social Security Trust Fund.
Kate SheppardMay 4, 2011 4:34 PM
Over at E2Wire, Andrew Restuccia reports that House Republicans have formed a new coalition—the House Energy Action Team, or "HEAT."
The coalition will "promote Republican energy policies that will address rising energy prices, create thousands of good jobs and enhance our national security by promoting energy independence for America." In GOP-speak, that generally translates to "more oil and gas drilling."
Given their platform of enhancing fossil-fuel production and the party's almost uniform denial of climate change, the moniker is maybe just a little ironic. Something tells me they probably didn't think about that too hard though.
(h/t to Steve Kretzmann at Oil Change International for flagging this.)
Kate SheppardMay 4, 2011 2:42 PM
Might the death of Osama bin Laden give President Obama a chance to revive a climate and energy bill? That's what former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson thinks. Via Politico:
"My hope is that from this success in the foreign policy arena two days ago, that he will be emboldened to take once again to the Congress legislation — not just to increase a renewable energy standard — but climate change legislation that this country and the world need," Richardson said Tuesday at a Climate Leadership Gala hosted by the Earth Day Network in Washington.
It certainly is the case that the bin Laden's death has put some wind in Obama's sails. But I don't think it's enough wind to change the minds of a House majority that doesn't even think that the climate is changing, let alone get them to support a bill to deal with it. Unfortunately, passing climate legislation isn't an issue that American politicians are as unified on as they are about hunting down a terrorist mastermind.
But hey, at least Richardson's realistic about the perils of waiting to do something until after 2012:
"We can sit back and say, 'Well we'll wait until the next election, wait until the political climate is better.' You know if we do that, we're doomed — if we don't take action right away," he said.
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New code guides judges' business behavior
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania approved its updated Code of Judicial Conduct last week, which bans any state judge from serving on a commercial company's board, though judges can continue to serve on the boards of nonprofit organizations.
The code also adds specific language about hiring policies and club memberships.
"For courts in western democracies to effectively render independent and impartial decisions, the public's confidence in the integrity of the judicial system and its judges is essential," Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille said. "The Code of Judicial Conduct is designed to foster that confidence by assisting judges in their adherence to the highest judicial and personal conduct standards. It also establishes a basis for disciplinary agencies to regulate judges' conduct."
The policies went into effect Jan. 1, according to the court. Any judge sitting on the board of directors for a commercial company must resign by July 1, 2015, according to the code.
Art Heinz, spokesman for the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, said there is no full list of judges in Pennsylvania who sit on boards of commercial companies. Pennsylvania Bar Association Communications Manager Jeff Gingerich said his organization also did not have a list. Heinz said the rule came out of "anecdotal" conversations about judges in other parts of the state thought to hold such positions, but not in the midstate.
He added the new code does not cover district magisterial judges, who have their own code of conduct.
The updated code also includes a new rule on hiring decisions based on nepotism, stating that appointments and hiring decisions should be based on merit, not nepotism or favoritism.
One other update bans judges from being members of clubs that practice "invidious," or hateful, discrimination. Heinz said there is no definitive list of such clubs.


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8 Google Analytics Tricks For Marketers
The Realtime Report
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The Best Social Media Analytics Tools for Publishers
Adam Sherk
What are the best tools for publishers looking to track social media activity at the content level? There are a lot of options for social monitoring, tracking and analytics, with prices ranging from free to very expensive. The primary focus here is on social media analytics and share count tracking, along with identifying content and topics with the potential to go viral.
50 Top Tools for Social Media Monitoring, Analytics, and Management 2013
There are countless tools out there, offering many ways to analyze, measure, display, and create reports about your engagement efforts. These 50 tools distill data in ways that are relevant to your social media marketing plan, enabling you to figure out how to succeed with your audience. Determining which tools are right for you requires a clear definition of your objectives.
9 of the Best Free Social Media Analytics Tools
ocial media analytics tools can help you make sense of how well your social media marketing efforts are paying off and identify areas that need improvement. These 9 free social media analytics tools are some of the best out there. You can dig into your Twitter analytics to learn who your followers are, where they're located, and when they tweet.
The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics
Adam Sherk
What are the best free tools for analyzing a Twitter profile? During a social media audit I like to run a company's Twitter profiles through some basic analysis tools to set benchmarks and compare them to competitors. I got good response to my post on Facebook analytics tools so I thought I'd do something similar for Twitter. Twitter Web Analytics. TweetStats.
2 Cool (And Free!) Instagram Analytics Tools
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5 Free Social Media Analytics Tools – With Recommendations from Experts
Talkwalker SM
Being on social media is second nature for many brands today, but if you really want to make the most out of it, you need tools to help you understand what's being said and by whom. Social media analytics tools come in many shapes and sizes – from free and niche to enterprise level and comprehensive. " Pinterest Analytics – Know Your Audience. " .
The 29 Best Social Media Monitoring Tools
Webbiquity SMM
Standard web analytics tools provide only a very narrow view of social media activity: clicks through to your brand website. The analytics tools built into social networks provide a bit more detail, though only within their own platforms. These tools can help you find out. 1) Socialbakers. " — RazorSocial (Analytics). RazorSocial (Analytics).
22 PR Tools From the #PRstack Community
Spin Sucks
In the past 12 months, the #PRstack community has created an app that has characterized more than 250 third-party tools. The community has developed a list of its favorite 22 PR tools for Spin Sucks. The 22 PR Tools From the #PRstack Community. Anewstip is a simple tool to quickly find relevant journalists to pitch your stories to on Twitter. Tool Google Analytics.
Analytics: the Sideways Approach to Measuring PR
Spin Sucks
And analytics are at the heart of this approach. Sideways Analytics. Registrations were the ultimate goal, and they were using campaign tracking in Google Analytics very well. You've heard this ad nauseam by now: Get familiar with Google Analytics , blah, blah, blah. The post Analytics: the Sideways Approach to Measuring PR appeared first on Spin Sucks.
The 11 PR Tools You Absolutely Must Use
Spin Sucks
On the eleventh day of Christmas, Spin Sucks gave to you the 11 PR tools you absolutely must use every, single day. The post The 11 PR Tools You Absolutely Must Use appeared first on Spin Sucks. Related Stories Four Online Courses Every Communicator Should Take Three Productivity Tools that Will Change Your Life in 2017 The PR Industry is Full of Spin Doctors and Liars.
The Best, and Worst, Social Media Analytics Platforms
Ignite Social Media
The analytics tools behind some of the most popular social media platforms can be surprisingly limited. With an increasing number of businesses using social media for marketing, many platform analytics leave something to be desired. While some platforms excel in certain aspects of analytics reporting, others fall short. Overall, Pinterest analytics aren't too special.
The 12 Best Competitive Intelligence and Benchmarking Tools
Webbiquity SMM
There are a wide range of monitoring, listening, and analytics tools available to answer the first type of question. To answer the second, here are the 12 best tools for comparing your brand's performance to your top competitors in terms of web traffic, social media brand mentions, target keywords, online advertising, organic search visibility, and other factors. Mention.
Twitter's enhanced analytics dashboard
Janet Fouts
Twitter has been slowly improving their analytics features for profiles and ads and it's been very interesting to see. It used to be we had to dig through other reporting tools to really see what is working and what isn't and gather reporting data for clients. The new analytics dashboard shares top tweets, mentions, Twitter cards and followers on a month by month basis.
nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool
Sherrilynne Starkie
While I did not get all my questions answered (fees and costs), I was sufficiently impressed with the social analytics package that I decided not only to write a blog post about it, but I agreed to have some of my comments summarized in the launch news release. Related posts: Analytics: what matters to content marketers? Analytics: what are your really learning?
Google Analytics for Beginners
Google has made all this possible with its quintessential service called Google Analytics that specifically caters to online marketers. So what exactly is Google Analytics? Google Analytics is a flagship service from the Google stables that furnish accurate visitor data for an online enterprise. Advantages of using Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free service.
A Gigantic List of Tools for Communicators
Spin Sucks
There are a ton of free and paid tools that makes the job of the communicator much, much easier. The post A Gigantic List of Tools for Communicators appeared first on Spin Sucks. Gini Dietrich shares a gigantic list of our favorites. Comments I need an Excel support group. It's the one piece of software I. by Samantha McCain Excel! Oh, how do I love thee! I'm still relatively new to.
Instagram Analytics: Tools, Tips and Tactics
Razor Social
As with any other platform, it's important to take a peek every so often into your analytics to see what is working / not working. Use Instagram tools to track your: Follower growth – I know it's not all about followers but it's still a useful metric to track. If your followers are not growing then you're doing something wrong. Hashtag analytics.
Online Tools that Help with PR
Spin Sucks
All of this can be managed—and your day-to-day life won't seem so hectic—with a few online tools. DIY PR with These Eight Tools Canva. This is a fairly new tool that allows you to design your online properties as if you are a pro. Google Analytics. I'm always shocked when I ask someone if he or she reviews their analytics, and I get a blank stare.
The Six Best Google+ Marketing Tools
Webbiquity SMM
As with Facebook , Twitter, and other popular networks, Google+ has also inspired its own ecosystem of tools. Again, as for all posts in this series, tools are shown with the number of results returned by Google on a search for reviews of that tool (not necessarily the actual number of reviews) and example showcase reviews. Google Review Count: 70,400. Pricing: $47 per year.
4 Tools to Help Build a Social Media Analytics Report
Convince & Convert
" If this sounds like your place of business or if you are just looking for a better way to demonstrate value from your social media channels, take a look at the four analytics tools to follow. Actionable Analytics. Google Analytics Advanced Segments. Zuum primarily provides competitive analytics for Facebook pages. Cost: Free. Zuum Social. Total fan count.
10 Tools for More Productive Online Marketing
The right tools are crucial, so you can automate as much of the process as possible, and cut down on the time spent doing the rest. 1. It is an all-in-one business platform that works by giving you all the power over the tool. You create customized widgets on your dashboard that can run literally anything: sales, CRM, support, social media, marketing, analytics, and a dozen others.
Monitoring vs Analytics [Infographic]
Buzz Marketing for Technology
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22 Expert Guides and Reviews of 200+ Social Media Tools
Webbiquity SMM
As social media marketing has become ubiquitous ( 88% of marketers say social media is important for their businesses), hundreds of new tools have developed just in the past few years: tools for social media management, monitoring, measurement, automation, identifying influencers, creating graphical content, and more. No one has time to put every one of those tools through its paces.
Only 17% Of Businesses Measure Social Media ROI; 12% Have A Realtime Analytics Solution
The Realtime Report
" But the majority (53%) say they don't know when they will be investing in solutions that support big data analytics. What's new is that most companies also don't understand the concept of realtime analytics and have a strategy for investing in the tools to support it. Social Media ROI And Realtime Big Data Analytics.
Social Analytics: A Valuable Tool Evolving to Meet Expectations
The Realtime Report
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Making Sense of Social Media Analytics
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How to Use Predictive Content Analytics
Convince & Convert
We're believers in predictive content analytics. We Experimented With Predictive Content Analytics. Here's how it looks inside the tool, using actual data for the topic " Content Marketing Strategy " which I used for a post + slides on that topic. Predictive Content Analytics Resulted in Better Content Marketing. That was a real eye-opener for me.
How to Use the New Twitter Analytics Dashboard
Convince & Convert
What if Twitter launched the most awesome analytics dashboard and no one really noticed? Well, that's pretty much what happened over a month ago. I've been waiting for the posts that detail how much you can get from the tool and the different types of analysis you can perform. So here are some insights into Twitter's new analytics platform: Twitter Analytics Dashboard.
Eight Tools for Social Media Listening
Spin Sucks
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Facebook Real-Time Analytics
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Native Instagram Analytics Are Here…Sort Of
Ignite Social Media
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Small Business Mavericks
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Four Content Discovery Tools to Engage
Spin Sucks
Content discovery tools address this challenge by finding the most-shared, trending content and providing relevant content suggestions for your weekly editorial calendar. Here's a look at four content discovery tools that can add meaningful value to your audience engagement efforts. To get started, you need to connect to the tool with your Facebook, or Twitter accounts.
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Sprout Social
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Spin Sucks
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This is a guest post from Marshall Sponder , author of the newly released Social Media Analytics. Recently, I was asked if Social Analytics sheds light on the nature of online events like the Netflix Outrage , which happened a few weeks ago as customers voiced extreme disappointment at Netflix for imposing a $6 a month increase for customers who still wanted DVD delivery.


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