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1. Inspirational Author Offers 5 Tips on Getting Past Your Fears and Embracing Success in 2014
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonnie Milletto of Portland, Ore., respected globetrotting motivational speaker and author of Dedicated to the Cup: Nine Ways to Reinvent a Life! has released her top five suggestions to position yourself for success in 2014.
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"Hold on, lemme take a skelfie." A skeleton waiting to scare people in the park decides to upload a new skelfie to favorite social media.
Lori Escobar's animated short is part of a bigger project in planning featuring this skeleton on this setting of a park at night. Lori built the characters in rubber clay and constructed an elaborate set. iStopmotion is used to film the scenes with an iPhone 5 as the camera, a setup which Lori finds "really easy". Adobe Premiere is used for post production and the effects are created in After Effects. Lori also wrote the music in Garage Band.
Each year, the Apple Design Awards are testimony to this fact: Europe has some of the best and most creative Mac and iOS developers.
Our friends at Creaceed pay tribute to this with their semi-annual 12★apps promotion, rallying top European developers around a common theme. This time it's "Creative Summer". All these apps are now available at a significant discount:
- Pictello (AssistiveWare): Create, read and share visual, talking stories in a breeze
- Wrise (AssistiveWare): Reading and writing accessible and fun for everyone
- GIF'ted (Bitfield AB): Turn your movies into animated GIF's
- iSubtitle (Bitfield AB): Soft subtitled movies for your Apple gear
- QuickScale (CodingMammoth): Resize many pictures in seconds
- Hydra iOS (Creaceed): Amazing Photography
- Hydra Mac (Creaceed): Pro HDR Editing
- Carbo (Creaceed): Handwriting in the Digital Age
- VideoGrade (Flainez Apps): Color Editor for HD Video and Photos
- TiltShift (Flainez Apps): Miniature Effect for Movies and Photos
- SKRWT (Mjagielski): Lens & Perspective Correction App
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Boinx is participating with FotoMagico 5 Pro (which will be just US$74.99* until July 16th, 2017) and iStopMotion for iPad (which will be just US$4.99 on the App Store until July 16th, 2017)
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Stephen Coad created "A high speed police chase in a tiny world" with 1/76 scale cars and black sandpaper for a road.
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The division of Sudan in 2011 placed three quarters of the country's oil in an independent South Sudan, while the infrastructure required to export the oil remains in the north. South Sudan is the most oil-dependent country in the world. Before a disagreement with the north led to an oil shutdown in January 2012, South Sudan produced half a million barrels a day, accounting for 98 percent of government revenues and about 80 percent of gross domestic product. Oil is its only significant export. The National Legislative Assembly passed a Petroleum Law in April 2012 and now is considering a Petroleum Revenue Management bill. Oil production began again in April 2013.
South Sudan's Performance on the Resource Governance Index
South Sudan received a "failing" score of 31, ranking 50th out of 58 countries. While its performance on the Institutional & Legal Setting component was strong, it received failing scores on all other components.
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South Sudan received a "satisfactory" score of 80, by far its highest on any component, the product of an ambitious legal framework designed to promote transparent governance of the oil sector.
The National Petroleum and Gas Commission approves exploitation licenses and sets policy; the Petroleum and Mining Ministry negotiates contracts and regulates the sector. The Finance Ministry collects oil revenues and transfers them to the treasury.
While the Petroleum Law calls for open and competitive licensing practices, no licensing rounds have been conducted since South Sudan became independent. It remains unclear whether provisions of the law, such as requirements that companies conduct environmental and social impact assessments, will be followed in practice.
South Sudan has expressed interest in becoming an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative candidate. A confidentiality provision in the Petroleum Law, allowing information to be withheld if it might damage industry competitiveness, could undermine attempts to promote transparency.
Reporting Practices (Rank: 53rd/58, Score: 17/100) learn more
The government releases almost no data on the oil industry, resulting in a "failing" score of 17.
Despite its commitment to an open licensing process, South Sudan has published little information about the renegotiation of contracts originally made between oil companies and the pre-division Khartoum government.
Prior to independence, a joint committee on oil revenue sharing released limited information on production volumes, prices, and value of exports, but these reports stopped in May 2011. The only oil data the government of South Sudan has published is a December 2011 press release from the Petroleum and Mining Ministry on export earnings.
Safeguards & Quality Controls (Rank: 48th/58, Score: 35/100) learn more
South Sudan's "failing" score of 35 reflects a lack of established monitoring and audit mechanisms.
National law sets out a limited oversight role for the National Legislative Assembly, but it is unclear how effective it will be. No parliamentary committee is specifically responsible for reviewing oil revenues.
The National Audit Chamber examines payments received from resource companies and will soon produce reports covering 2005 to 2009. Passage of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act would strengthen the authority of national auditors. South Sudan requires that government officials involved in the oil sector disclose potential conflicts of interest.
Enabling Environment (Rank: 53rd/58, Score: 8/100) learn more
South Sudan's "failing" score of 8 is due to very low global rankings on all measurements of the government's ability to effectively govern natural resource revenues.
State-Owned Companies (Rank: 33rd/45, Score: 32/100) learn more
Nilepet, an entirely state-owned company controlled by the Petroleum and Mining Ministry, participates in existing oil contracts. It has yet to release any information on its activities, even though the Petroleum Law states that comprehensive, audited reports on the company's finances must be publicly available.
Natural Resource Funds learn more
The Transitional Constitution calls for the establishment of an Oil Revenue Stabilization Account and a Future Generations Fund managed by the Finance Ministry. The Petroleum Revenue Management Bill includes rules to govern such funds.
Subnational Transfers (Rank: 21st/30, Score: 50/100) learn more
Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with Khartoum, Sudan's oil-producing states received 2 percent of oil revenues from production that took place within their borders. After independence, South Sudan appears to be continuing this practice. The Petroleum Revenue Management Bill states that counties in oil-producing states are to receive 3 percent of net petroleum revenues.
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Quarterback Alex Smith and head coach Mike Nolan were criticized for allowing their miscommunication about Smith's health to become public. But a day after the controversy, they deserve credit for resolving the matter, at least publicly. Smith said he could be more explicit in his communication with Nolan, and the coach squashed suggestions that Smith was hiding behind his separated shoulder and sore forearm.
"Alex has good toughness and is a warrior on the field," Nolan said after practice. "He took all those snaps last year. I've never questioned that about him. In the long term, Alex is part of the solution, certainly not part of the problem. He was accurate yesterday in saying there needed to be better communication than there was, and hopefully in the future that is what we will have. … I made a poor decision as far as recognizing what was going on."
From listening to Nolan and Smith, they seem to have a future with each other. In the past, Nolan has gotten rid of players who have challenged him or who have not played with injury. Remember cornerback Ahmed Plummer, running back Kevan Barlow and linebacker Jamie Winborn?
-Wide receiver Ashley Lelie, who pulled a thigh muscle in practice, is out for Sunday.
-Third quarterback Shaun Hill cut his finger on a helmet, and wide receiver Arnaz Battle took some snaps in Hill's stead. Hill will be evaluated further on Friday.
-Safety Mark Roman's sore knee prevented him from practicing fully.
-Running back Frank Gore was also limited with his lingering sprained ankle.
-Safety Michael Lewis's wife was having a baby Thursday. He missed practice.
-Quarterback Trent Dilfer and rookie cornerback Tarell Brown scuffled until tight end Vernon Davis broke it up.
-The 49ers practiced in full pads, which is unusual for this late in the season.
-Nolan told his team this week that tough times don't last but tough people do. That seems to be the theme of the week.
-A touching segment on Mike Nolan and his father, Dick, was featured on HBO's "Inside the NFL." Nolan will travel Saturday to Grapevine, TX to attend his father's funeral but will return for Sunday's game. In the segment, Mike Nolan displays some rare emotion talking about hugging his own son before a game. Four of Dick Nolan's former 49ers including cornerback Jimmy Johnson and tackle Len Rohde visited Dick Nolan two months ago to tell them how much he meant to them.
-The 50th anniversary of the 49ers' million dollar backfield will be the centerpiece of Alumni Weekend this Sunday at Candlestick. Quarterback Y.A. Tittle, and running backs Joe "The Jet" Perry, Hugh "The King" McElhenny and John Henry Johnson will be honored on the field at halftime.
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Published 1:00 am, Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Abbott Tech
COACH : Jon Nadeau (5th season)
KEY LOSSES : F Kyle Beers.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMER S: Jr. F Romano Dickey, Jr. G Randy Checo, Jr. G Barry Hart, Sr. F Malvyn Paulino, Jr. G Ryan Hill , Sr. G Vandresse Whitaker, Sr. G Ryan Greenfield , So. C Eren Ceylan .
OUTLOOK : After struggling through two seasons with an exceedingly young team, the time has come for the Wolverines to shine in the CVTC. What they can accomplish outside the conference remains to be seen, but Tech would be a disappointment to itself if it didn't easily qualify for the CVTC playoffs. Nadeau returns four starters and 10 of his top 11 players from a year ago, including Hart (13.3 ppg, 41 3-pointers), Checo (11.2 ppg) and Dickey (7.7 rpg). "We expect to do well this season, with the majority of our team being upperclassmen, something we haven't had for the past two seasons," said Nadeau. "We're looking to get back to the league tournament as well as the state tournament."
COACH : Tom Pardalis (9th season)
2003-04 RECORD: 15-7 (FCIAC and state Division I playoffs).
KEY LOSSES : F Sandel White (Keene State), F Gary Corbett (Endicott), F Simon Obas , G Kevin Mohr , G Sean Moran , G/F Travon Little (Community College of Rhode Island).
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS : Sr. G Brad Pippa, Sr. C Bob DiNardo, Sr. F Paul DeCarvalho, Sr. G Greg Snopkowski, Jr. G Greg Damalas, Sr. G Jim Tatarzycki .
OUTLOOK : The Hatters must replace four starters this season - three of whom are playing college basketball - so there is plenty of work to do on Clapboard Ridge. But Pippa (10.7 ppg, 47 3-pointers) is one of the FCIAC's top perimeter threats and DeCarvalho and Snopkowski all contributed regularly in 2003-04. DiNardo, one of Danbury's tallest players at 6-foot-3, missed the early and middle portion of last season with injuries, but played regularly at the end. If nothing else, this should be a gritty defensive bunch. The Hatters don't have any big scorers to rely on as of yet, so sharing the basketball will be essential, as it was last season. With the FCIAC's new schedule in place - the return of a second Fairfield school has pushed the conference master slate up a week - Danbury has no time to ease into the season, opening on Wednesday against perennial conference and state contender Bridgeport Central , then facing Brien McMahon on Friday.
COACH: Ray Bielizna (1st season)
2003-04 RECORD : 10-12 (second round state Division II tournament)
KEY LOSSES : F Jack Lernihan, G Kyle Duffy , F Chad Hawk , F Seth Werbitt, G Matt Leonard , F Dan Welsch .
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS : Sr. F Brett Duffy, Sr. F Ian Kukulka, Jr. F Matt Harris, Jr. G Noel Fahey, Jr. F Joe Swartout, Jr. F Joe Wolff, Jr. F Dan Schafer, Jr. F Max Cyr .
OUTLOOK : A new era in Ridgefield basketball begins this week as former New Fairfield High coach and former Ridgefield assistant Ray Bielizna takes over for Joe Kegler . The Tigers have lost nearly 30 points per game from Lernihan and Hawk alone, not to mention the importance of their dynamic outside-inside presence. But Duffy, Harris, Fahey, Swartout, Schafer and Cyr all logged varsity time a year ago, with Duffy netting a season-high 14 points in the Tigers' first-round Division II upset of Torrington. Wolff, at 6-foot-4, will provide Ridgefield with some added size up front. Kukulka, a soccer standout at Ridgefield, has had his interest in basketball rekindled by Bielizna after taking last season off. With just two seniors on the roster, a host of sophomores and freshmen are expected to tested at various times.
COACH: Ray Turek (3rd season)
2003-04 RECORD: 11-11 (2nd round state Division IV tournament)
KEY LOSSES: G Mike Zowine (18 ppg, 5 apg, 4 spg), G Eric Reilly (8 ppg), F Devin Sullivan (6 rpg).
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS : Sr. F Clint Kuban (14 ppg, 7 rpg), Sr. F Mike Oskandy (6 rpg), Sr. F Chris Kaptein (6 ppg, 7 rpg), Sr. G Bryan Calzone, Jr. G Andrew Whitlock, Jr. G Will Ferguson.
OUTLOOK: Bethel hopes to follow up a successful 2003-2004 campaign with a return visit to the state tournament. The Wildcats graduated their starting backcourt - and, with it, 26 points per game and the strong leadership of Zowine. This season, Bethel will rely heavily on the experienced frontcourt of Kuban, Kaptein and Oskandy to help pick up scoring. In the backcourt, the Wildcats will give the ball to Whitlock, who gained valuable varsity experience at the point last year. Whitlock, along with Ferguson and Calzone, should be able to provide stability and strong perimeter defense for Bethel. "Although we lost a few very good players, I am very excited about the possibilities that this team provides," said Turek. "We have the capability to go big with our frontcourt or go small and pressure due to an overall increase in athleticism."
COACH : Jason DiStasio (2nd season)
KEY LOSSES : G/F Brian Skelly, F Steve Yusko, G Josh Susco , G John Mackiewicz , C Andrew Wildman , C Billy Schueschner.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS : Sr. G Ryan Deakin, Sr. G Lee Fredericks, Jr. G Mike McManus, Jr. F Arya Mehryari, Sr. F Andy O'Leary, Jr. G Billy Thompson, Jr. G Jeff Chen , So. F Chase Treibt, Fr. F Mike Shaker, Jr. C Greg Leshik, Jr. F Matt Frederick , So. G Wes Yusko 5-10.
OUTLOOK : Due to the length of the football season this fall at Brookfield, DiStasio needed extra time to try to piece his basketball team together during the preseason. However, the second-year coach was still able to conduct some meaningful and productive practices, and looks to be improved this winter. Deakin had some big games a year ago for the Bobcats, netting 25 points in one contest and 17 in another during the second half of 2003-04. Thompson could become one of the better outside shooters in the area this season and O'Leary has ample varsity experience. "We look to compete and be a tough out and play as hard as we can," said DiStasio.
COACH: Bob Nelson (10th season)
KEY LOSSES : F Ed Gerrity , F Josh Deutscher , G Kerry Palmer , G/F Zach Long, F Kyle Anderson.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. G Kendall White , Sr. G Jon Nelson, Sr. F Bob Plumb, Sr. F David Simone, Jr. F Mark Cordery, Jr. F Steve Mulvey, Jr. G Drew Doyon , So. F Jared Green, So. G Dan DiBuono , So. G Chris Cerminara.
OUTLOOK: The strength of the Mustangs' lineup will flip back to the guard position this season as White and Jon Nelson return as the club's only two veteran starters. White topped the 20-point mark on three occasions last season and hit 24 treys overall while Nelson is the consummate team and floor leader. If junior forwards McEwan and Cordery continue their improvement up front, Immaculate will be where it always is in March, in the thick of the SWC playoff scramble. Simone is an accomplished baseball standout who could add some valuable intangibles. Plumb will be competing athletically for the first time since suffering a concussion during the baseball season last spring."We're just looking to improve each week," said Bob Nelson, "and hope to make the league and state tournaments." What the Mustangs accomplish in the state tournament could well depend whether they end up in Division II or Division III, the former of which was won by SWC champ Kolbe last season.
Joel Barlow
COACH: Joel Pardalis (2nd season)
KEY LOSSES: G Derek Swilley .
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. F Luke Trauth, Sr. G/F Chris Stevens, Sr. F Evan Kaufman, Sr. G Ricky Muir, Sr. F Evan Hanczor, Sr. G Billy Kastanaras, Jr. G Roger Lehman, So. F Ryan Brown , So. G Matt Lisi , So. G Mike Demato.
OUTLOOK: Don't underestimate the Falcons. They have seven players back who played regularly last season and who improved markedly as the season progressed. The more they adapted to Pardalis' system and style of coaching and demands, the better they became. Barlow's only loss in its last four games of 2003-04 was a double-overtime setback to Stratford. Trauth averaged 13.7 ppg last season and hit 43 3-pointers. "This is a hard-working group of kids that now has a year of varsity experience under their belts as well as a year of experience in the system," said Pardalis. "They work well as a unit on the court and really get along well as a team off the court. They have really bought into the system."
New Fairfield
COACH : Bob Greer (1st season)
KEY LOSSES : G Peter Davey , F Brian Simonitsch, C Matt Gray .
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS : Sr. G Justin Nabozna, Sr. F Chris Kozlowski, Sr. G Steve Cuff, Sr. C Max Cassidy, Sr. F/C Tom Surge, Sr. G Mike Chamoures, Sr. G Tyler Schappach, Jr. F Jesse Schwaber, Jr. F Jimmy Wynimko, Fr. G James Nabozna , Fr. F Pat Cassidy .
OUTLOOK : The Rebels return six lettermen from last year's team; Justin Nabozna (11.7 ppg, 34 3-pointers), Max Cassidy and Cuff were starters at the end of the season. New Fairfield started out well a year ago, going 4-4 over its first eight games and winning the Brookfield Holiday Tournament before dropping 10 of its last 12. The team showed progress during its scrimmage schedule, working well together as a unit, according to Greer. "The boys have worked hard during the preseason, learning a new offensive and defensive system, to get ready for the season," the first-year coach said. Greer, who teaches at New Fairfield, was an assistant the last two seasons at Weston. In addition to his six veterans, Greer will be carrying two freshmen.
New Milford
COACH: Jim Luchsinger (2nd season)
KEY LOSSES : F Alex Olson , F Ray Elmendorf, G Elliot Minnick , G Billy Levay , F Edison Hunter-Chu, F Dan McCauley , G Cary Chamberlin .
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. F Todd Ward , Sr. F Thomas Calhoun, Sr. G Rick Casagrande, Sr. G Michael Paradiso, Sr. F Greg Grant, Jr. C Andrew Schlemmer, Jr. G Bobby Baird.
OUTLOOK : With Ward, Calhoun, Paradiso and Casagrande all returning to the starting lineup, New Milford should be able to make a run at a Top 4 spot in the SWC, though Casagrande will be sidelined for four to six weeks with a broken wrist. The Green Wave will have a little bit of everything to throw at opponents, too: Ward (19.9 ppg) should be the top interior guy in the conference and has improved markedly on the wing. Calhoun can penetrate and rebound. Casagrande (59 3-pointers) is a deadly perimeter shooter and Paradiso runs the point with veteran aplomb. In addition, the 6-foot-8 junior center Schlemmer should make an impact and is fairly athletic for a big guy. If depth and defense come around, New Milford could go beyond the second round of the state tournament, which is where its 2003-04 season ended.
COACH : John Quinn (7th season)
KEY LOSSES : G/F Andrew Fiscella , F Dave Anderson, G Ronnie Shimko, G Devon Manfredonia, G Brian Smith, F John Oliver.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. G Marcus Tracy, Sr. F Kyle Lyddy, Sr. F Josh Rouse, Sr. G Kevin Quinn, Sr. G Anthony Santella, Sr. F Adam Drummond, Sr. C Brennan Coakley (transfer from St. Joseph), Jr. G Dave McLaughlin , So. G Joey Devellis , So. F Ryan McGrath, Fr. F Kevin Troy.
OUTLOOK : While many of the names in the Newtown lineup will be familiar this winter, the Nighthawks' style of play may be markedly different. With over 38 points per game having been lost between Fiscella and Anderson, Newtown will rely more readily on its speed and defense, starting out front with the relentless ball-hawking of Tracy. Though Tracy and Rouse are the only returning starters, Coakley was a regular at St Joe's last season and Kevin Quinn, Santella and Lyddy were important elements off the bench in 2003-04 for Newtown. This won't be a particularly big team, but it will be physical and tenacious. The sophomore Devellis should be stepping in immediately at the point. "We will be very good defensively," said John Quinn, "and very fast at all positions one through five."
COACH: Tim Lynch (2nd season)
KEY LOSSES : Luke Genovese, Matt Cino.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. F Rick Rancourt, Jr. F Jeff Langrock, Jr. G John Sharkey, Jr. G Brian McDonald, Jr. C Steve Piorkowski , So. G Dave Piccolo, So. G Kenney Pun, So. F Kyle Flisher.
OUTLOOK : Langrock (11 ppg, 80-percent free throw shooter) and Sharkey (9 ppg) were the Panthers' top producers on last season's winless team. Only five times in 20 games did Pomperaug score 50 points or more in a game, so the improvement has to come on offense, as well as defense, in 2004-05. This will still be a young team, but many players gained experienced last season and Lynch likes the increase in dedication, both on and off the court. All five starters return. "In the off-season, there was a commitment to improvement and the talent level is much better this year," the second-year coach said. Pomperaug's last win came on Feb. 14, 2003 - a 54-45 triumph over Brookfield - a span of 24 games. The Panthers will try to snap that skid on Thursday in their opener against Faith Prep.
Berkshire League
COACH: Matt Perachi (8th season)
2003-04 RECORD : 20-5 (BL semifinals, state Division III quarterfinals)
KEY LOSSES: F Will May, F Pierce Clair.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. F Jon Taylor, Sr. F Luke Bingham, Sr. F Jim Lowe, Sr. G Sean Brennan, Sr. F Paul Mainolfi, Sr. G Mike Horrigan, Sr. G Chris Millan, Sr. G Rory Larson, Sr. F Phil Mainolfi, Jr. C Max Cousins, Jr. F Jon Demers, So. G Chris Ayer, So. G Gene McAward, So. F Mike Hill.
OUTLOOK: The days of Shepaug being a cellar-dweller in the Berkshire League are over. Not only did Spartans enjoy a breakout season in 2003-04 with their 20-win effort, most of that same team is back, including Taylor (14.5 ppg), Lowe (13.9) and Bingham (11.4). If Shepaug hopes to win the Berkshire this winter and advance deeper into the state tournament, Perachi feels his team must stay healthy, learn and accept their roles, continue to improve, and work hard in every practice and every game. "The team was happy with last year's accomplishments, but not satisfied," Perachi said. "They worked hard all summer and fall and are very optimistic about their ability to compete for the top spot in the Berkshire League this season." Shepaug jumped to its 20-5 mark a year ago after going a combined 17-65 in the previous four seasons.
New York State
COACH: John Martino (23rd season)
KEY LOSSES: Edwin Santos, John Castellano, Steven Cohen.
KEY RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS: Sr. G Felix Nicodemo, Sr. F Rich Fitzsimmons, Sr. F Max Dubois, Jr. G John Cirocco, Jr. F Matt DeWitt, Jr. G Paul Rabito, Jr. G John McEntee , Chris Santos, Rick Varnelle
OUTLOOK: Behind the 27-point effort of Nicodemo, the Bears got off to a fast start this season, beating Gorton 62-54 on Dec. 8. McEntee added 10 points in that game. Against Kennedy last Friday, Nicodemo had 23 in a 72-54 loss.
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Help Link unravel the mystery of Koholint Island in this Game Boy™ Color masterpiece!A high-seas voyage takes a dangerous turn when Link's ship is destroyed by a furious storm, and he washes ashore on the mysterious island of Koholint. Link learns that the only hope he has of returning home depends on awakening the mythical Wind Fish, who slumbers within a giant egg atop the island's highest peak. But who is the Wind Fish? How do you wake it? And what will happen when it awakes?
Lead Link on an incredible adventure as you explore uncharted lands, meet amazing new friends and foes, and unravel the mystery of the Wind Fish. The first handheld-system release in this beloved franchise, presented as it appeared in the 1998 Game Boy Color re-release, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX is a must-play for fans of this beloved series.
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Recover Eight Instruments of the Sirens to Wake the Wind Fish and Bring Peace to Koholint Island.During a sailing voyage, Link becomes hopelessly sidetracked and finds himself shipwrecked on Koholint Island. While on the island, Link helps its many inhabitants by recovering the eight Instruments of the Sirens and waking the Wind Fish.
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Link's Awakening DX is a souped-up, colour version of the original Link's Awakening which first entertained gamers in 1993. Link, Nintendo's famous Hyrulian hero, finds himself on a mysterious island after a shipwreck leaves him stranded.
You must help Link escape from Koholint Island by finding the eight instruments of the Sirens and awakening the omnipotent Wind Fish who rules the island. This is no easy task, because you'll be challenged with brain-bursting puzzles, barbaric bosses, and dark dungeons along the way.
When Link's Awakening was first released in 1993, it proved to the world that portable games could be just as deep and engrossing as games designed for home consoles. With the introduction of Game Boy Color the improved graphics provide a visual experience to match the addictive game play.
Link's Awakening DX offers Zelda fans more than just turbo-charged graphics. Hidden somewhere on the mystical island is a brand new dungeon that has never been seen before in any Zelda game. The dungeon takes advantage of Game Boy Color's capabilities to deliver complex puzzles based on colour. This dungeon is hidden well, so even the most experienced explorers may have a hard time discovering its location.
Another addition to Link's Awakening DX is a photo album feature. As you progress throughout the game, you can collect interesting photos of the Koholint landscape. You can then view your pictures in a new camera shop, and then turn them into stickers using Game Boy Printer.
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A portable epic! Link, the hero of the N64 classic, the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, has been stranded on the mysterious island of Koholint, far away from his homeland of Hyrule. Join him in his incredible adventure as he investigates ancient mysteries and explores dark and dangerous dungeons. This new version of the Game Boy classic has been enhanced for use on Game Boy Color, and owners of Game Boy Color will experience richer, colourful graphics and will have the added challenge of a brand new dungeon to explore!
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Journey to Koholint Island in beautiful color!
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Link's latest challenge is set on the mysterious Koholint Island, a place where dreams and reality collide. As a castaway, Link must find a way to escape from the island and return to his beloved homeland of Hyrule. This will not be an easy task.
The island's inhabitants have no knowledge of the outside world. One creature, a talking owl, may know the solution to Link's dilemma. Link must first tackle eight dungeons full of treacherous monsters and tricky traps. His goal: find the eight Instruments of the Sirens and awaken the omnipotent Wind Fish which rules the island.


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Arent, son of Harmen Albertse, married Sara, daughter of Symon Groot, and had eleven children, all of whom save one were living and had families 10 Aug., 1746, when he made his will.
His village lot on the west side of Washington street, extended from the lot of Charles Thompson to that of Mrs. Peck, about 100 feet Amsterdam measure. This lot is now owned and occupied by D. Cady Smith.
By his will which was proved March 1, 1755, he devised to his youngest son Albert, "my house and lot in Schenectady where I now dwell, bounded south by the lot of Myndert Veeder, north by the house and lot of Hendrick Brouwer, east by the street [Washington], and west by my son Harmanus Vedder." (201-1)
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By his will he gave to his eldest son Harmen 3 pounds; — to son Symon "the east part of my land on the south side of the Mohawk river in the Woestyne [opposite Hoffman's ferry], where I now live, with house, barn and hofstede, beginning at the division between me and Jan Wemple and running up the river to Kromme kil, and a morgen on the hight over or on the west side of the Kromme kil between the ditch (sloot) and the river and then with a right line where the uppermost or most western line of that morgen comes over the kromme kil from the river or to the Kings highway, with bosland behind my house; — to my son Harmen my westerly part of my bouwland on the south side of the Mohawk in the Woestyne where he has built a house and barn, beginning on the west side of the Kromme kil, &c., — to youngest son Albert Vedder, my house and lot in Schenectady where he now dwells, &c. — Also three morgens of lowland at Schenectady [part of farm No. 8] bounded north by the King's highway, east by the land of Harmanus Vedder, south by land of Corset Vedder, west by land of Abraham Mebie, — and my hay pasture (Weytje) 1/4 of a morgen lying in the lowland on the south of Schenectady bounded south, west and north by the pasture of heirs of Lourens V. D. Volgen and east by the road." (201-3)
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Three tackles. Two solo stops. One quarterback hit. No sacks.
This simple stat line doesn't begin to indicate just how big an impact Chris Clemons had in the Seahawks' regular-season finale on Sunday. In a hard-fought 20-13 victory over the St. Louis Rams at CenturyLink Field, no one fought any harder than the Seahawks' Leo end.
But what else is new? Clemons is one of the metronomes who provide the beat for a fast, aggressive, big-play defense that finished No. 4 in the NFL – the highest a Seahawks unit has ever ranked – and, more importantly, allowed the fewest points (245) in the league and team history.
On the Rams' game-opening possession, Clemons stopped Steven Jackson for a 2-yard gain on a first-and-10 play, and then snuffed the series by hitting quarterback Sam Bradford as he was throwing to force an incompletion on third-and-6. On the Rams' next series, a three-and-out, Clemons stopped Jackson for no gain on second down.
Later, Clemons had what appeared to be a fumble-forcing hit on Bradford in the fourth quarter. Linebacker Malcolm Smith scooped the loose ball and returned it for a would-be touchdown. The play was reviewed, and reversed, but it appeared the reason Bradford's arm was coming forward was a result of Clemons hitting him. The play was erased, but not the effort that went into it on a day when the Rams either used an extra blocker to chip Clemons, or the tight end to help the tackle try to control him.
"They blocked pretty well today," Clemons said after the game. "They had a few chip blocks to try to slow us down on the outside. We have to figure out ways to defeat a chip block. That was their plan coming into this game. I knew they would bring a chip block to my side and I needed to slide away from it."
As defensive line coach Todd Wash put it, "They had a plan that they were going to try to take him out of the game."
Of all the moves coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider have made since arriving in January of 2010, the trade to acquire Clemons from the Philadelphia Eagles that March to fill the hybrid Leo spot in Carroll's defense was an under-the-radar acquisition that just keeps producing positive results.
Clemons had 11 sacks in each of his first two seasons with the Seahawks, and added a career-high 11.5 this season. The only other players in franchise history to post double-digits sacks in three-consecutive seasons were Jacob Green, who had 16, 13, 13.5 and 12 from 1983-86; and Michael Sinclair, who had 13, 12 and 16.5 from 1996-98. Not surprisingly, Green (116) and Sinclair (73.5) rank 1-2 in club history in sacks and were voted to the franchise's 35th Anniversary team.
What is it that has allowed Clemons to rush his way into such productive company?
"A lot of it is that Clem just has a way to get on the edge of offensive linemen," Wash said. "He sets them up really nice and he's just got a real good knack to rush.
"But a lot of it is just his study. He goes into a game with a plan and he does a great job of executing the plan. With the effort that he gives on each and every play, he's always going to affect the quarterback at some point."
With that said, here's a look at three other things that worked against the Rams and three things that need work this week as the Seahawks prepare for Sunday's wild-card playoff game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField:
The rookie QB – Again. Still. It seems like every week we ask, "What else can Russell Wilson do for this team?" And every week, Wilson seems to come up with a different answer.
Against the Rams, he ran for the game-winning touchdown and also threw his 26th touchdown pass to tie the NFL rookie record set by Peyton Manning in 1998. Wilson also finished with a passer rating of 100.0, which ranks second all-time among rookie QBs to the Redskins' Robert Griffin III (102.4).
"Did Peyton go to the playoffs his first year? No," fullback Michael Robinson said. "OK, then you know who I think is better."
Steady as he throws, and runs, and scrambles. That's Wilson.
"It's just his demeanor, it's always the same," Robinson said when asked about Wilson directing a 10-play, 90-yard drive to his game-winning TD. "By his demeanor, you wouldn't know that we just won our 11th game. You wouldn't know whether we won or lost. He's the same guy every day. And that's a pro. That's what this game is all about; you can't be too high when you're winning or too low when you're losing.
"He does a great job of being even. And that's the type of guy you want leading the offense."
The "oldest" Seahawk – Marcus Trufant returned after missing four games with a hamstring injury, and the longest tenured member of the team made a couple of huge plays from his nickel back spot.
On the Rams' second-to-last play, just before cornerback Richard Sherman made a goal-line interception, Trufant broke up Bradford's third-down pass to Danny Amendola. Earlier in the fourth quarter, with the Rams at the Seahawks' 4-yard line, Trufant tipped away Bradford's pass to Amendola in the end zone and the Rams settled for a field goal.
"It was good to be on the field with the guys," Trufant said. "It was looking like so much fun from the sideline, so just to get back on the field was a great feeling."
Trufant, of course, has looked at life as a Seahawk from both sides. He arrived in 2003 as a first-round draft choice out of Washington State University, just in time to be a big piece of the most successful five-season run in franchise history. He also was around for the four-win season in 2008 and the five-win season in 2009. Now, he's going back to the playoffs for second time in three seasons.
"That's just the life of a pro, you've got to take the bad with the good," Trufant said. "You've just got to try to stay level and be a pro about it and just come to work every day and just keep working.
"I've been blessed to be in the league for 10 years and now to be around a group of guys like this in my 10th year it's a big plus for me. I'm really enjoying it."
The lead-blocking fullback – That would be Robinson, of course. It was Robinson – No. 26 – who caught Wilson's record-tying 26th TD pass. It was Robinson who had a 19-yard gain with a short reception earlier in the final quarter. It is Robinson who appreciates those "cookies," as former coach Mike Holmgren used to call the plays that went to fullback Mack Strong as a reward for all the blocking he did.
"He was smart enough to throw it to his hometown guy," cracked Robinson, who also is from Richmond, Va., just like Wilson. "I was his hero growing up."
The pass protection – Wilson was sacked a season-high six time by the Rams, who blitzed on every passing down and from every conceivable location and angle. But the Seahawks improved in the second half after allowing Wilson to be taken down five times in the first half.
"They really weren't doing anything different," right tackle Breno Giacomini said. "It was us on the O-line. Basically, we need to communicate a little better. It's a tough defense. Their record doesn't show that, but they are a tough defense and their blitz is high percentage. So it's on us.
"But the communication will get better. We'll get there (Monday), go back to work and we'll figure this out and just grow from it heading into the playoffs."
The run defense – Not that it wasn't good enough against the Rams, as the Seahawks held Jackson to 52 yards on 11 carries – with 15 of that coming on one carry, so the battering-Ram back averaged 3.7 yards on his other 10 carries. But Redskins rookie Alfred Morris is having a special season, with 1,613 rushing yards to finish second in the league and also scoring 13 touchdowns.
Not bad for a sixth-round draft choice. Heck, that would be good for the first pick overall in the draft.
Taking this show on the road – Yes, this is a repeat from last week. But it's worth repeating because the last time the Seahawks won a playoff game on the road was the only time they've done it. That was after the 1983 season, when the new-to-the-playoff Seahawks, in their first season under coach Chuck Knox, went to Miami and knocked off the Don Shula-led, Dan Marino-quarterbacked Dolphins to earn a trip to the AFC Championship game.
Since then, however, the Seahawks have gone oh-for-L.A. (1983), oh-for-Miami (1984), oh-for-Houston (1987), oh-for-Cincinnati (1988), oh-for-Green Bay (2003 and 2007), oh-for-Detroit (2005) and oh-for-Chicago (2006 and 2010). Read
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For some outdoorsmen and women, March can be a time of idleness and longing for the next deer season. Shed hunting is one way to get a deer hunting fix while you prepare for the next season – and it may be able to give you an edge over other hunters.
Well-known deer manager and writer, Bob Zaiglin of Houston, Texas, a certified wildlife biologist, has overseen numerous Texas ranches through the years. According to Zaiglin, hunting sheds helps you learn where deer are concentrated on any particular piece of property. The area where you find the most sheds will be the regions where you will discover the most deer. Also sportsmen can pinpoint the corridors deer are using to enter agricultural fields to feed, water and bed and the places where the deer are hiding from hunting pressure.
By hunting sheds, a sportsman may find a rack that will score very high on Boone and Crockett, and that buck never even may have been seen during hunting season. Once the hunter locates that trophy shed and decides to hunt that deer the next season, he must realize he will have to let numbers of small bucks walk past him – if he's going to try and take that trophy buck. But by knowing a trophy buck is in an area, a hunter can concentrate his hunting time the next season in the general region where he's found the trophy's shed antler.
In the West, I find many sheds around watering holes and along fence lines. Often when deer are jumping fences, they'll knock their antlers off. Then a hunter can try to find travel trails between feeding and bedding areas along fences where he locates drops. Although each of these places are easy spots to discover sheds, if you really want to locate the shed antlers of trophy bucks, you must go into the thicker spots to look for them. One of the problems with locating big sheds in heavy cover is that rodents are more abundant in thick areas and will consume those antlers at a rapid rate after the deer have shed them.
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Although the dream of most shed hunters is to find a matched pair of trophy antlers, very rarely do deer shed both antlers at the same time and in the same place. But one year I actually located five sets of matched antlers. I'm not sure why finding both antlers off the same deer is uncommon, but my best guess is that antler shedding and the casting of antlers is definitely related to nutrition. A deer on a good nutrition level holds his antlers longer than a deer that is nutritionally deprived of good food. Last year our ranch provided good nutrition. But after hunting season, the lands I managed went into a drought. Since the deer were somewhat deprived nutritionally, the deer shed their antlers more quickly. At least this guess was the best I had as to why I found more sets of antlers together then.
If you enjoyed this article on shed hunting, you may also like to read part two of this series on shed hunting with Bob Zaiglin.


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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, the American people are angry because they are living through the worst recession since the Great Depression. Unemployment is not 8.2 percent; real unemployment is closer to 15 percent. Young people who are graduating from high school and college are going out into the world, and they want to become independent and create jobs. There are no jobs. There are workers out there--and I am sure you know them--who are 50, 55 years old who intended to work out the remainder of their work lives, and suddenly they got pink slips and their self-esteem was destroyed. They will never have another job again, and they are worried about retirement security.
What the American people are angry about is that they understand they did not cause this recession. Teachers did not cause this recession. Firefighters and police officers, who are being attacked daily by Governors all over this country, did not cause this recession. Construction workers did not cause this recession. This recession was caused by the greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior of the people on Wall Street.
What these people on Wall Street did was spend billions of dollars trying to deregulate Wall Street, and they got their way. Five billion dollars in 10 years is what they spent. And then they were able to merge investment banks with commercial banks with insurance companies, and they got everything they wanted. They said: Get the government off the backs of Wall Street. They got it. The end result was that they plunged this country into the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Four years after the financial crisis caused by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and the other huge financial institutions, one might have thought that perhaps they learned something, that maybe the lesson of the great financial crisis was that you cannot continue to maintain the largest gambling casino in the history of the world. But apparently they have not learned that lesson. They are back at it again. We have recently seen the $2 billion or $3 billion gambling losses at JPMorgan Chase.
What we need from Wall Street if we are going to put people back to work is investment in the productive economy. Small and medium-sized businesses all over this country need affordable loans, and that is what financial institutions should be doing. They should be helping us create jobs, expand businesses, not continuing to engage in their wild and exotic gambling schemes.
When we talk about why the American people are angry, they are angry because they understand that Wall Street received the largest taxpayer bailout in the history of the world. But it was not just the $700 billion that Congress approved through TARP. As a result of an independent audit that some of us helped to bring about in the Dodd-Frank bill, we learned that the Federal Reserve provided a jaw-dropping $16 trillion in virtually zero-interest loans to every major financial institution in this country, the central banks all over the world, to large corporations in America and, in fact, even wealthy individuals. What the American people are saying is that if
the Fed can provide $16 trillion to large financial institutions, why can't they begin to move to protect homeowners, unemployed workers, and the middle class of this country?
The American people are looking around them. They are angry not just because unemployment is high, they are angry not just because millions of people have lost their homes and life savings, they are angry because they understand that the middle class of this country is collapsing, poverty is increasing, while at the same time the people on top are doing phenomenally well. The taxpayers bailed out Wall Street, and Wall Street recovers, Wall Street does well, but now we have kids in this country graduating college deeply in debt, can't find a job, and we have older workers losing their jobs, and people are saying: What is going on in America?
I believe the American people ultimately are angry because they are looking at this great country--a country for which many of our veterans fought and died--and what they are seeing is this Nation is losing its middle class, losing its democratic values, and, in fact, is moving toward an oligarchic form of government, where a handful of billionaires control the economic and political life of this Nation.
In the United States today, we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income since the 1920s. You are not going to see what I am talking about now on Fox or NBC or CBS, but it is important that we discuss this issue because it is one of the most important issues facing America.
Today, the wealthiest 400 individuals in America own more wealth than the bottom half of America, 150 million people--400 to 150 million. Today--and this is really quite amazing--the six heirs to the Walmart fortune--the Walmart company started by Sam Walton, his children--one family now owns more wealth than do the bottom 30 percent of the American people. One family owns more wealth than the bottom 30 percent or 90 million Americans. Today, the top 1 percent owns 40 percent of all of the wealth in America. The top 1 percent owns 40 percent of all the wealth in America.
What do we think the bottom 60 percent of the American people own? I ask this question a lot around Vermont. I have a lot of meetings. I say that the top 1 percent owns 40 percent, and people say: That is not good, but we understand that.
Then I ask: What about the bottom 60 percent?
Maybe they own 15 or 20 percent, they say.
The answer is that they own less than 2 percent--less than 2 percent. So you have the bottom 60 percent of the American people owning less than 2 percent of the wealth, and the top 1 percent owns 40 percent of the wealth.
Here is another astounding fact. We don't see it much in the media and many colleagues don't talk about it too often, but, incredibly, the bottom 40 percent of the American people own three-tenths of 1 percent of the wealth in this country.
I know we have some of my colleagues coming up and saying: Look, not everybody in America is paying taxes. You have millions of people not paying any taxes.
No kidding. Well, they don't have any money. All of the money is on the top.
According to a new study from the Federal Reserve, the medium net worth for middle-class families dropped by nearly 40 percent from 2007 to 2010, primarily because of the plummeting value of homes. That is the equivalent of wiping out 18 years of savings for the average middle-class family.
I have talked about distribution of wealth. That is what you accumulate in your lifetime. Let me say a word about income, which is what we earn in a year. The last study that was done on income distribution was done recently. This is what it told us, and this is literally quite hard to believe. The last study on income distribution showed us that between the years 2009 and 2010, 93 percent of all new income created in the previous year went to the top 1 percent.
Ninety-three percent of all the new income created between 2009, 2010--the last information we had--went to the top 1 percent, while the bottom 99 percent had the privilege of enjoying the remaining 7 percent. In other words, the wealthiest people in this country are becoming phenomenally wealthier, the middle class is disappearing, and poverty is increasing.
When we talk about an oligarchic form of government, what we are talking about is not just a handful of families owning entire nations, we are also talking about the politics of the nation. As a result of this disastrous Citizens United decision, which is now 2 years of age--one of the worst decisions ever brought about by the Supreme Court of this country and a decision they just reaffirmed a few days ago with regard to Montana--what the Supreme Court has done is to say to the wealthiest people in this country: OK. You own almost all the wealth of this Nation. That is great. Now we are going to give you an opportunity to own the political life of this Nation, and if you are getting bored by just owning coal companies and casinos and manufacturing plants, you now have the opportunity to own the U.S. Government.
So we have people such as the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson--the Koch brothers are worth $50 billion. That is what they are worth. They are worth $50 billion and they have said they are prepared to put $400 million into this campaign to defeat Obama, to defeat candidates who are representing working families. Sheldon Adelson, who is only worth $20 billion--he is kind of a pauper--is willing to spend what it takes to buy the government. If we look at it, that ain't a bad deal. If someone is worth $50 billion and they spend $1 billion or $2 billion, they can buy the U.S. Government. That is a pretty good investment, and that is what they are about to do.
On the one hand, we have a grossly unequal distribution of wealth in income. These guys control the economy. We have the six largest financial institutions in this country that have assets equivalent to two-thirds of the GDP of America--over $9 trillion--and these six financial institutions write half the mortgages and two-thirds of the credit cards in America. That is a huge impact on the economy. But that is not enough for these guys. The top 1 percent own 40 percent of the wealth--not enough for these guys. Now they have the opportunity to buy the U.S. Government.
So that is where we are. In my view, working families all over this country are saying enough is enough. They want this Congress to start standing for them and not just the millionaires and the billionaires who are spending unbelievable sums of money in this campaign. It seems to me what we have to do is start listening to the needs of working families--the vast majority of our people--and not just the people who make campaign contributions.
I know that is a very radical idea. I do know that. But it might be a good idea to try a little bit to reaffirm the faith of the American people in their Democratic form of government. We could let them know just a little bit that maybe we are hearing their pain--their unemployment, their debt, the fact they are losing their houses, the fact they do not have any health care, the fact they can't afford to send their kids to college. Maybe, just maybe, we ought to listen to them before we go out running to another fundraising event with millionaires and billionaires.
I do know, however, that is a radical idea. So let's talk about what we can actually do for the American people. In the midst of this terrible recession, where real unemployment is closer to 15 percent if you include those folks who have given up looking for work and those people working part-time when they want to work full time, we know the fastest way to create decent-paying jobs is to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.
I see the Senator from Minnesota has taken the chair and is now presiding, and I don't know about Minnesota, but I do know in Vermont many of our bridges are in desperate need of repair, our roads are in need of repair, and our rail system is falling further and further behind Europe and China. We have water systems that desperately need repair, wastewater plants, and we have schools that need repair. We can put millions of people back to work making our country more competitive and more efficient by addressing our infrastructure crisis. Let's do it.
It is beyond my comprehension why we can't even get a modest transportation bill. I know Chairwoman Boxer and Senator Inhofe are working on a modest transportation bill, but we can't even get that through the House. In fact, we have to do a lot more than that, but at least they are making the effort.
At a time when we spend some $300 billion a year importing oil from Saudi Arabia and other foreign countries, at a time when this planet is struggling with global warming and all the extreme weather disturbances we see, and the billions of dollars we are spending in response to these extreme weather disturbances, we need to move toward energy independence. We need to reverse greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel into energy efficiency and into sustainable energies, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. When we do that, we also create a substantial number of decent-paying jobs.
By the way, in the midst of a very competitive global economy, what we should not be doing is laying off teachers and childcare workers. We should be investing in education, not laying off those people who are educating our kids.
I know there is a lot of discussion on the floor with regard to the national debt--almost $16 trillion--and the deficit--over $1 trillion. That is a serious issue and we have to deal with it. But my view is a little different than many of my colleagues in terms of how we deal with it.
I think most Americans understand the causation of the deficit crisis; that is, President Bush went to war in Iraq and he went to war in Afghanistan, and he just forgot something. We all have memory lapses, don't we? We go shopping and we forget to buy the milk or the bread. He had a memory lapse. He forgot to pay for those wars--a couple trillion dollars' worth. He forgot to pay for them. To all of our deficit hawks out here, all those folks who say we have to cut food stamps, we have to cut education, we have to cut health care--oh, two wars, $2 trillion, $3 trillion, $4 trillion? Hey, no problem, no problem at all.
For the first time, as I understand it, in the history
of this country, we went to war--which is an expensive proposition--and at the same time not only did we not raise the money to pay for the war, we went the other way and decided to give huge tax breaks, including to the wealthiest people in this country. We spent trillions going to war and we gave tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country. That begins to add up. That is called creating a deficit.
Then, on top of that, because of the greed and the recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, which drove us into this recession--and when you are in a recession and people are unemployed and small businesses go under, less revenue is coming into the Federal Treasury. If we are spending a whole lot, less revenue is coming in, so you have a deficit crisis.
Some of my Republican friends say--and some Democrats say--maybe we should have paid for the war. Yes, you are right. Maybe we shouldn't have given those tax breaks to the rich. Maybe you are right. But be that as it may, we are where we are and we need deficit reduction and we know how to do it. We are going to cut Social Security.
My friends back home, when you hear folks talking about Social Security reform, hold on to your wallets because they are talking about cuts in Social Security--nothing more, nothing less. I don't know about Minnesota, Mr. President, but in Vermont no one has heard of the concept of chained CPI. I have asked them, and they do not know what chained CPI is, which is what they are trying to pass here. It is this belief--and senior citizens back home will start laughing when I say this--that COLAs for Social Security are too high. Seniors back home are scratching their heads, saying: Wait. We just went through 2 years when my prescription drug costs went up, my health care costs went up and I got zero in COLA and there are people in Washington--Republicans, some Democrats--who think I got too much in COLA? What world are these people living in? That is the reality.
So some of the folks here want to pass something called a chained CPI, which, if it were imposed--and I will do everything I can to see it does not get imposed--would mean seniors between the ages of 65 and 75 would lose about $550 a year. Then, when they are 85 and they are trying to get by on $13,000 or $14,000 a year, it will cost them about 1,000 bucks a year. That is what some of our colleagues want to do--virtually all the Republicans want to do it and some Democrats want to do it as well. I am going to, as chairman of the Defend Social Security Caucus, do everything I can to prevent that.
They also want to cut Medicare and Medicaid. We have 50 million people without any health insurance at all, we have people paying huge deductibles, Medicaid covering nursing home care, and they want to cut Medicare and Medicaid. They have the brilliant idea, some of them, that maybe we should raise the retirement age for Medicare from 65 to 67. Tell me about somebody in Minnesota who is 66 and is diagnosed with cancer, and if we do what the Republicans want us to do in the House, which is to create a voucher plan for Medicare, we would give that person a check for, I don't know, $7,000, I think, or $8,000, and we would say: Go out to the private insurance market, anyone you want, here is your $7,000 or $8,000--remember, they are suffering with cancer--and go get your insurance. I guess that would last them maybe 1 or 2 days in the hospital is what it would do. But that is the Republican plan.
I agree that deficit reduction is a real issue, and I think we have to deal with it. But we are not, if I have anything to say about it, going to deal with it on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick, the poor, and the hungry. The way we deal with deficit reduction in a responsible way, in a fair way, is to look to the billionaires in this country who are doing phenomenally well and make the point that Warren Buffett made, that there is something a little absurd about millionaires and billionaires today, in the midst of the deficit crisis, paying the lowest tax rates they have paid in decades. Yes, we are going to have to ask the wealthiest people in this country to start paying their fair share of taxes.
I saw a piece in the paper the other day which was quite incredible. Rich people, apparently, are giving up their citizenship. They are leaving America and going abroad. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country, when we ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes, start running abroad. We have 19-year-old kids who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan who went abroad not to escape taxes; they are working-class kids who died in wars. Now the billionaires want to run abroad in order to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. What patriotism; what love of country.
We have to deal with deficit reduction, but we don't have to cut Social Security, we don't have to cut Medicare, we don't have to cut Medicaid, and we don't have to cut education. We can ask the wealthiest people, the millionaires and billionaires, to start paying their fair share of taxes. We can end these outrageous corporate loopholes Senator Conrad talked about. He showed a picture of a building in the Cayman Islands where there are 18,000 corporations using the same postal address in order to avoid paying their taxes. We are losing about $100 billion a year. We have large corporations making billions, and paying, in some cases, nothing in taxes. That is the way to get to deficit reduction, not on the backs of people who are already hurting.
We are at a very difficult moment in American history. We are in the process of losing the great middle class. We are seeing more of our people being poor. We are seeing savage attacks being waged against the elderly in terms of cuts in Social Security and Medicare, attacks against those who get sick in terms of going after Medicaid and Medicare.
I think what the American people are saying is enough is enough. This great country belongs to all of us. It cannot continue to be controlled by a handful of billionaires who apparently want it all.
I cannot understand why people who have billions of dollars are compulsively driven for more and more. When is enough enough? How many children in this country have got to go hungry? How many people have got to die because they don't go to a doctor because you want to avoid paying your taxes? That is not what America is about. That is not what people fought and died to create.
We have a fight on our hands. The job of the Senate is to represent the middle-class working families of this country, all of the people, and not just the superrich. I hope we can begin to do that.
Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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