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Mitt Romney has a chance at beating President Barack Obama in the November election. Much depends on whether America will swallow Obama's Green platform.
Obama's renewable energy plans are as much a flight of fancy as GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's idea to build moon bases. The difference is that Gingrich got caught up in a daydream. Obama's plans are for nothing less than control over America's future.
Last month, Obama went on a two-day, four-State energy tour, proclaiming the benefits of clean energy and the evils of petroleum. He said that the Republican candidates in the GOP primary are either misguided or simply ignorant Luddites.
Obama joked: "Lately we've heard a lot of politicians, a lot of folks who are running for a certain office — they shall go unnamed — they dismiss wind power. They dismiss solar power."
While the President argues that investments in green energy will ease the pain at the pump and even rebuild America, there just isn't any evidence to support his view.
Consider this from Robert Bryce's 2010 book Power Hungry: The Myths Of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels Of the Future:
Oil is not a perfect fuel. There is no such thing. But oil is — in nearly every case — greener than any of the alternative energy forms that might replace it. No matter whether the replacement is ethanol from corn, biomass — such as wood, straw, or dung — or biofuels made from palm oil or other feedstocks, the conclusion is apparent: Oil (and if you can get it, natural gas) simply has no peers. Oil provides consumers with both high energy density and high power density. It burns cleanly. It's easily handled at atmospheric temperature and pressure, and the number of uses for it are [sic] essentially limitless.
The crude truth from experts doesn't deter Obama. On March 22, at the end of his energy tour, Obama said:
The point is, there will always be cynics and naysayers who just want to keep on doing the same things the same way that we've always done them. We've got a choice. … We can keep developing new energy and new technology that uses less oil, or we can listen to these folks who actually believe that the only thing we can do is drill our way out of this problem.
Obama's latest directive seems more about getting power for himself than it does about generating power for the Nation.
Recently, syndicated columnist and noted economist Lawrence Kudlow
As Ronald Reagan famously said, "There you go again."
Of course, Reagan was blaming Jimmy Carter for launching false attacks during a debate. And that line was so effective, it not only helped Reagan win the debate, but a presidential election that would change American history.
But "there you go again" can apply equally to President Obama. Once again this week, the president was out on the campaign trail bashing and oil and gas companies. And he continued to spread major falsehoods about this industry, which I guess is the polite way to put it.
Obama is obsessed with oil and gas. He is a prisoner of the left-wing environmental groups. And really, he's extending his leftist class-warfare attack from rich people to successful oil and gas producers.
What seems to have Obama especially steamed is the fact that the conventional-energy companies are profitable… So he wants to tax them. He then wants to redistribute their income to his favorite green-energy firms.
Obama's Con Game
I trust that most Americans know the difference between a pipeline and a pipe dream. We tend to recognize con artists, regardless of the magic in the elixir they are selling. Well, most — but not all — of us do.
That's good news for Obama, who seems more like Bernie Madoff than like Reagan.
Remember Madoff? He ran a giant Ponzi scheme that cost his investors $18 billion. His fraud was perpetrated on thousands of people, including his closest friends. They all believed the money mogul could deliver double-digit returns regardless of recessions and bear markets.
Why did such intelligent people trust Madoff? Because they desperately wanted to believe it to be true.
Madoff's Ponzi scheme tanked only after he couldn't get enough new investors to throw their money in to finance his hustle.
Madoff was a greedy crook who used his friends and associates. That's prima facie. What was shocking is that so many ignored the adage: "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
Four years after Madoff's sentencing, a much bigger con is being perpetrated. It garners more support each passing month, and it comes from the man most Americans are taught to trust: their President.
Unlike Madoff, Obama is not interested in scamming a few thousand Americans out of a few billion dollars. He has far bigger ambitions. He wants another four years in office to change America into what he has always envisioned: a liberal society that will march lockstep to the orders dictated by Washington.
Obama has a few problems to overcome before he can begin his second term, most notably high unemployment and high energy prices.
Yet Obama has come up with a way for one stone to kill three birds. He promises that investing in clean, renewable energy will create millions of jobs and make America energy independent. The icing on the cake is that it will even save the planet.
Even for men like Obama, miracles don't come cheaply; so expect the price tag on clean, yet un-proven, energy to reach hundreds of billions of dollars.
There's just one problem: Affordable green energy is at least a couple of decades into our future. Perhaps our President thinks this is a small price to keep him in the Oval Office.
What loyal Democrats don't understand is that the Greens are making fake promises that could impose a dark future on a Nation that is rich in fossil fuels.
America has real problems, but energy isn't near the top of the list. Or at least it wouldn't be if America's leaders would agree to set wildcatters free off our coastal shores and in Alaska and let them tap into the bonanza of petroleum that can be discovered, pumped and transported throughout the United States.
Yet for some reason — personal, religious or political — Obama is doing everything he can to arrest a renaissance in petroleum. If anything, his plans will make America more dependent on Islamic oil.
Already, European nations are scaling back spending on renewable energy projects. But not Obama.
In a March 26 post on news.gather.com, Renee Nal wrote:
The Obama administration has already spent billions on "green energy" companies, with most of them resulting in bankruptcy and massive layoffs. His Green Agenda is not working and he wants even more. For Obama's 2013 budget proposal, "Programs for advanced research along with energy efficiency and renewable energy account for the biggest percentage increase in spending."
Don't Shoot The Messenger
I write at the request of Bob Livingston. Sometimes, commenters claim I am a mouthpiece for Big Oil. My education and background is in petroleum and journalism. Yet I have never received so much as a dime from any oil company, big or small. At the moment, I don't even own petroleum stocks. I started off as a cub reporter more than three decades ago, and I have had the good fortune to have publishers like Livingston who let me write the truth as I see it.
Yours in good times and bad,
–John Myers
Editor, Myers' Energy & Gold Report
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CHAMBERSBURG — A 41-year-old Chambersburg woman faces charges by Pennsylvania State Police after she purchased a false birth certificate and Social Security card in Indiana to obtain a Pennsylvania identification card. Police said the woman applied for and was granted a Pennsylvania identification card Dec. 18, 2009, at the driver's center at 190 Mill Road.
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VAIL - Twenty-four Vail Mountain School seniors celebrated the end of their childhood education Friday evening, speaking words of wisdom well beyond their years both to each other and to their soon-to-be former schoolmates in the grades below.
As these graduates look forward to what's next in life, they recognized Vail Mountain School for arming them with an education that will send them into college with confidence and pride. They also recognized the challenges they have overcome and also those that lay ahead.
Emily Bandoni dedicated the ceremony to courage, something she said the Vail Mountain School community had shown during the 2011-12 school year.
The students suffered a loss this past year when school librarian Lorraine Haslee passed away from illness and classmate Taft Conlin died in an avalanche on Vail
"It took a different kind of courage for our school to remain unified during a time of mourning after losing two different, and yet two very important, vibrant members of our community," Bandoni said. "We, being the senior class, the oldest students in the school, felt a new responsibility."
It was this tight-knit class of 24 students that pressed on and provided leadership for the younger students. That leadership is what makes this class and the message they delivered Friday so special.
Maddie Peck started at Vail Mountain School as a kindergartner in 1999. Since then, she has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience that she hoped would rub off on the fifth-graders whom she honored Friday with their certificates of promotion into middle school.
"From kindergarten to fifth grade, you mastered more of the basics and built more of the foundation for your education than you will during the rest of your time in school," Peck told the fifth-graders. "That is an incredible feat, and you should be proud of yourselves, but as you look back to the good times and the success, I want you to also look
Peck's words helped set the tone for an evening that was all about looking forward, scattered with some moments of looking back, too.
For the seniors, they were looking back on childhood, youth and their days as students at the intimate Vail Mountain School. As they watched the fifth-grade students graduate into middle school and the eighth-grade students graduate into upper school, they could relate because they had been there before.
But as the ceremony focused back on their graduation - a graduation that will send each of them to colleges all around the country and to Mexico - they could only guess what would be in store for them in the years to come.
The college preparatory curriculum they can now put behind them has done more than prepare them for their academic futures, it has also prepared them for uncertainties in life.
Senior address speaker Sean McKeever told his fellow graduates that 13 years of education "will not keep us afloat for the rest of our lives."
"Even tacking another four years of college onto our education will not stop this entropy of knowledge," McKeever said. "But, after much deliberation, I have found a cure - we must seek to learn and to grow every day for the rest of our lives."
McKeever, who stands at 6 feet 5 inches, told his classmates that growing, something that is common to everyone in the world, isn't as easy as it looks.
"That's why each one of us must do uncommon things," McKeever said. "... Along the way, we will achieve successes, we will face failures, we will unearth happiness and we will encounter sadness. But, we are the grand architects of our own exploration - not a single one of the other 7 billion people on Earth will do what we have done and what we will do."
McKeever's words echoed Bandoni's earlier dedication of courage.
Courage, individualism, intelligence and greatness - these are the things the 2012 Vail Mountain School class wants to be remembered by, and by the sounds of the words of wisdom spoken Friday, they're on the right track.
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While the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission usually holds its monthly meeting in Jefferson City, this month the board is taking their meeting on the road to Rolla.
The state commission will meet Tuesday, July 9, in the council chambers at Rolla City Hall, 901 North Elm St. The public is invited to attend the open meetings.
"We are pleased to pay a visit to Rolla and the Meramec region," said Commission Chairman Joe Carmichael. "We are interested in learning more about the area's transportation needs and issues, and we invite anyone who is interested to attend this meeting."
The commission will open their meeting at 8 a.m. with a workshop on the medical and life insurance plan for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP).
A closed meeting is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. to discuss competitive bidding specs, sealed bids or negotiated contracts, as well as personnel and legal issues.
The meeting is set to reopen at 1 p.m. with a variety of reports to be presented and a consent agenda.
Beginning at around 1:30 p.m. Rolla Mayor William S. Jenks III, Phelps County Presiding Commissioner Randy Verkamp and Meramec Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) Executive Director Bonnie Prigge are scheduled to give presentations.
Among the action items on the the commission's agenda is approval of the 2014-18 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which lists transportation projects planned by state and regional planning agencies for fiscal years 2014 through 2018 (July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2018).
The draft version of the STIP, unveiled May 1, "features projects that focus on maintaining the transportation system we have. Asphalt overlays, preventative maintenance and rehabilitation projects make up the majority of our $700 million program," according to MoDOT Director Dave Nichols.
The draft STIP projects listed in Phelps County on the highway and bridge construction schedule are as follows:
n Pavement and drainage improvements along 0.17 miles of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 in Rolla, total estimated cost of $265,000, contract expected to be awarded in the fall of 2013;
n Safety improvements along 1.39 miles of the eastbound lanes of I-44 near State Routes J and V, total estimated cost of $313,000, contract expected to be awarded in the winter of 2014;
n Pavement improvements along 8.34 miles of the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-44 from one mile east of Route D to 1.2 miles east of Route F in Crawford County, total estimated cost of $11,903,000, contract expected to be awarded in 2016;
n Pavement improvements along U.S. Route 63 from 0.7 miles south of Route CC in Phelps County to Route CC in Texas County, total estimated cost of $6,543,000, contract expected to be awarded in 2016;
n ADA improvements along Route 63 in Rolla for 0.63 miles as well as related work in Camdenton and Fayette, total estimated cost of $796,000, but $585,000 in statewide enhancement funds will go toward this project, contract expected to be awarded in the spring of 2014;
Page 2 of 2 - n Pavement and shoulder improvements along 2.51 miles of State Route 8 from west of State Route 68 to near Crawford County, total estimated cost of $1,111,000, contract expected to be awarded in 2016;
n Pavement improvements along Route 8 for 2.04 miles near St. James from 0.2 miles west of Asher Creek to one mile east of the Meramec River in Crawford County, total estimated cost of $474,000, contract expected to be awarded in 2016;
n Bridge improvements on Route 8 over the Dry Fork Creek for 0.07 miles near St. James, total estimated cost of $1,597,000, contract expected to be awarded in the spring of 2014;
n Grading, paving and curve improvements along Route D for 0.2 miles near the BNSF railroad line, total estimated cost of $1,385,000, contract expected to be awarded in the spring of 2014;
n Bridge improvements over the BNSF railroad line near Jerome for 0.03 miles, total estimated cost of $794,000, contract expected to be awarded the spring of 2014; and
n Preventative maintenance on State Route O for 15.7 miles from Route 72 to Route C in Dent County as well as work on Route C in Dent and Texas counties, Routes BB, KK, P and V in Phelps County and Route 28 in Pulaski County, total estimated cost of $2,152,000, contract expected to be awarded in the fall of 2013.
The state commission plans to fly into the Rolla National Airport in Vichy and the Rolla Regional Economic Commission will host a reception for the highway commission members Monday.
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The poster features a snowy backdrop in which Edward (Robert Pattinson), Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) appear to be leading the vampires and wolves into the epic final battle in the last book of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" trilogy.
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This workshop was the fourth in a series of activities focusing on the topic of how vector factors influence human immune responses to vector-borne pathogens and vice versa. In May 2011 we organized a meeting on the Immunological Consequences of Vector Derived Factors followed by a symposium during the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia, PA on December 2011. In May 2012 we convened a workshop focusing on the Role of Immune-Cell Subsets in the Establishment of Vector-Borne Infections.
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To ensure that the discussions are cross-cutting and stimulating, and that the interactions led to scientific collaborations, we developed a novel format for this meeting. Senior investigators presented talks that provided background information. Senior postdocs or junior faculty presented a hypothetical project that addressed a specific question related to the interaction among the organisms involved in the spread of vector-borne diseases (pathogen and arthropod vector). This hypothetical project not only showcased the young investigator's expertise and creativity, but also clearly laid out what additional expertise would be required to complete such a multi-disciplinary project.
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
June 15, 2011
Drop-In Biofuels Get up to $36 Million in DOE Support
DOE announced on June 10 it will offer up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects that will advance the technology and process integration needed to produce "drop-in" advanced biofuels and other bio-based chemicals. The projects, in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, aim to improve the economics and efficiency of biological and chemical processes that convert non-food biomass feedstocks into replacements for petroleum-based feedstocks.
Selections include a project by HCL CleanTech, Inc., in Oxford, North Carolina, that will develop and demonstrate process improvements for pretreatment, conversion to sugars, and subsequent conversion of those sugars to fuels. Also, an undertaking by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station in College Station, Texas, will focus on developing a novel pretreatment for cellulosic biomass feedstocks using a combination of chemical and mechanical processing. DOE's Biomass Program works with industry, academia, and national laboratory partners on a balanced portfolio of research in biomass feedstocks and conversion technologies. See the DOE press release and the Biomass Program website.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Islanders Basketball Weekly, the coaches show for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's and women's basketball, will be held this evening from 6-7 p.m. and will originate from the Executive Surf Club. The show will also be broadcast live on NewsRadio 1360 AM KKTX.
Islanders Basketball Weekly features interviews with Head Coaches Willis Wilson and Robert Robinson along with player guests from both teams. The show, hosted by the Voice of the Islanders, Steven King, will air on NewsRadio 1360 AM for those who can't make it to the Executive Surf Club for the event.
This week, Robinson will review last week's conference game, at Sam Houston State, while previewing this week's Play 4Kay home game against Texas State and Saturday's road game at Lamar. Wilson and sophomore Ted Wang will discuss last week's home game against Sam Houston State, while previewing Wednesday's game at Texas State and the Sears BracketBusters matchup against Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Saturday, Feb. 18.
In addition to Robinson, Wilson and Wang, King will talk to Islanders head baseball coach Scott Malone about the upcoming baseball season.
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Alleged thief arrested after brief car chase through Houma
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 7:37 a.m.
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A Houma man allegedly stole a freezer from a building under construction near Honduras and Lafayette streets then led a police officer on a brief car chase before being arrested.
An officer patrolling the area spotted Steven Jackson, 44, loading the freezer into the trunk of his car about 1 this morning, Houma Police said. As he rode away, police tried to pull Jackson over, but he took off and led officers on a brief car chase through central Houma.
Jackson stopped and jumped out of his car near his home at 710 Grinage St. and was apprehended nearby after a foot chase, police said. Jackson had various items used to assist him in gaining entry to the building where he allegedly stole the freezer.
Jackson is charged with one count each of simple burglary, aggravated flight from an officer, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, resisting by flight and possession of burglary tools.
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A 37-year-old man died late Friday after he was reportedly shot at a residence on the 3100 block of Lo Hi Way in Placerville.
Just before midnight, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center received a report of a gunshot at the home. Shortly thereafter, dispatchers received a reported that a man armed with a handgun had entered a residence and had been shot with a shotgun and then attempted to leave the residence and was laying on the ground just outside the door of the residence.
Deputies found the man laying face down outside the door of the residence just after midnight. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The Ocean Corporation of Houston, Texas is pleased to announce that Justin Gustafson of Laurie, Mo. graduated May 17, 2013, with an Ultimate Diver certification. Justin is the son of Vicky and Greg Gustafson.
The Ocean Corporation, located in Houston, Texas, is the premier commercial diving training organization in the United States and has been training commercial divers since 1969. Graduates are trained for what most people would consider a very unique career. With job placement assistance provided, graduates will go to work for professional dive companies performing underwater welding and cutting, underwater construction, search and salvage, inspections and repairs and various other tasks below the water's surface.
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Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas join up
with top Scottish and US musicians for 4th CD release...
Capercaillie's Donald Shaw & James MacIntosh of Shooglenifty,
Brittany Haas, Corey DiMario of trend-setting band Crooked Still,
Dominick Leslie of Bluegrass' The Deadly Gentlemen, Hanneke Cassel,
Stefan Amidon - and a Nashville brass section led by Kai Welch!
16 tracks: The Corrie Man * Neil Gow's Wife * Howard Booster's Style * Farley Bridge * Keys To The Cellar * Connie's Birthday * Les Jumeaux * Pier Walk Waltz * Hot Club d'Ecosse * Ouagadougou Boogie * Braigh Lochiall * The Referendum * John Alick Beaton of Teanassie * On the Wings of a Skorrie * Glenfinnan Nights * The Kelburn Brewer.
THE REFERENDUM was composed by Alasdair for the occasion of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond's visit to Alasdair's fiddle course at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on the Isle of Skye, and to celebrate the upcoming referendum.
Alasdair Fraser (fiddles, baritone fiddle, viola, kalimba) and Natalie Haas (cellos, kalimba) with special guest musicians Donald Shaw (piano, accordion), James Macintosh (percussion), Corey DiMario (bass), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Brittany Haas (fiddle), Hanneke Cassel (piano), Stefan Amidon (percussion), Kai Welch (trumpet) and Oscar Utterström (trombone, bass trombone, euphonium).
Award-winning duo Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas once again unleash their dazzling teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms, and shared passion for taking the infectious melodies and grooves of Scottish/Celtic music on an exciting new journey....Three previous releases...
Highlander's Farewell
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"Two of Scotland's most sublime instrumental talents." —The Scotsman
This eagerly awaited recording pairs two of Scotland's most respected artists - renowned fiddler Alasdair Fraser and guitar phenomenon Tony McManus.
Transcribed fully by Natalie Haas, we now make available for sale via digital download the 27 "ARRANGEMENTS" as played on our two CDs "Fire & Grace" and "In the Moment"
Alasdair Fraser (fiddle), Muriel Johnstone (piano), Natalie Haas (cello)
The project was inspired partly by the comprehensive book The Songs of Robert Burns by James C Dick, published in 1903. The author meticulously sets the historical and social context of Burns' work, and re-connects his lyrics to the melodies that Burns had intended. The published collections of Burns' day became the basis for selecting tunes for this recording.
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It was the top of the seventh inning of game five of the 1930 World Series. The New York Yankees were playing the Chicago Cubs for the title. Up to bat for the Yankees was their most famous player, Babe Ruth. The Wrigley Field crowd was heckling him mercilessly when Ruth did something that has since become one of the greatest legends in all of sports history: He made a prediction. Babe Ruth predicted that he would hit a home run. In fact, he was so bold as to predict exactly where he would hit the ball, as he pointed toward the center field wall. And sure enough, the Bambino hit the very next pitch exactly where he had predicted he would.
Two thousand years ago, Jesus made an even bolder prediction. He predicted that he would be crucified, and on the third day, rise again. And he delivered on it. On Good Friday, the day when the Passover was to be celebrated, Jesus was nailed to a cross and died. But on Easter Sunday, his empty tomb bore silent testimony that he had fulfilled his bold prediction. And for the next 40 days, Jesus appeared to hundreds of eyewitnesses, giving them undeniable proof that he was indeed alive and well.
If Babe Ruth had failed to live up to his bold prediction in 1930, I doubt whether that would have had much, if any impact on his legacy. He would still be known as the Sultan of Swat and one of the greatest baseball players of all time. But what if Jesus had failed to live up to his bold prediction? If Jesus had remained dead, his body rotting in a cave outside of Jerusalem, nobody would remember him, let alone put their hope of heaven in him. If Jesus hadn't delivered on his bold Easter prediction, that would mean he was not the Son of God and the Savior of the world, but a failure and fraud. That's not what happened! Christ rose! He is alive! Faith in him is not misplaced; trust in him will not disappoint.
Not only did Jesus made a bold prediction about himself, he also made that same prediction about us. He said, "Because I live, you also will live." He promised, "Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies. And whoever lives and believes in me will never die." Talk about a bold prediction! Many scoff at such a prediction, claiming it's foolishness. We would undoubtedly join the scoffers were it not for one point: Jesus actually lived up to his bold Easter prediction. And so we can make this prediction for ourselves. Like Babe Ruth, who pointed to the center field wall and said, "That's where the ball is going," because of Christ's resurrection, we can point to heaven and say, "There's where I am going!"
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Mobeam Brings Digital Coupons to New Samsung Phone
Coupons just got a little cooler.
Mobeam–a tiny startup with as many employees as it has patents–will have its barcode-scanning technology embedded in sensors on all Samsung Galaxy S IV devices, the company announced Thursday at the Samsung launch event in New York.
Because Mobeam's technology uses a light source to mimic the black-and-white sequencing of a barcode, standard laser scanners already in use now at most retail locations will be able to read digital coupons straight from the Galaxy S IV device.
"The enemy we really have now is paper," said Mobeam Chief Executive Chris Sellers.
Although there are other initiatives to make digital couponing a reality–notable efforts by Safeway and American Express allow customers to pre-load offers on mobile loyalty apps which are then redeemed at checkout–adoption is far from widespread. In fact, NCH Marketing Services puts digital at less than 1% of all coupons distributed in 2012 and that number includes those printed at home and paperless offers downloaded to loyalty cards or mobile devices.
It's not for lack of potential, however.
Along with being cheaper to distribute, digital coupons allow brands to collect valuable data about browsing, buying, redemption rates and other habits with customer permission. Another plus? In addition to alleviating consumer fatigue for organizing scraps of paper (see Mobeam's video below), brands only pay for the digital coupons that are actually redeemed.
Redeeming those digital deals has been the trickiest part so far and the main barrier to widespread use. Reflective, shiny and backlit screens on smartphones have made scanning offers–unless retailers bought new Near Field Communication or 2D imaging hardware–at the point of sale near impossible.
Mobeam, which spun out of parent company Ecrio in 2010, approached the problem differently, with a focus on working with existing laser scanners already in use. Although the San Francisco-based startup initially wanted to embed its technology into the operating system of mobile devices, it shifted gears about a year ago to embed in sensors instead and partnered with manufacturer AMS.
Mr. Sellers confirmed additional deals are underway with other mobile-device manufacturers besides Samsung which may also include the AMS partnership, but declined to share the names or potential launch dates.
So why was Samsung first? Might have something to do with Mobeam's investors.
Samsung Venture Investment, the corporate investing arm of Samsung Electronics, contributed to the firm's $6.4 million in venture funding since 2010. Fairbridge Venture Partners (formerly Yet2Ventures), Mitsui and DFJ Athena, a Korea-focused venture fund affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated.
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Benita Nzeribe has been off the screen for a while now. The Ihiala, Anambra state born actress who came into the limelight with her spectacular performance in the rested Tv drama series Beyound Our Dreams, is back to acting. She is currently on a movie location. Entertainment Express caught up with her and an interview took place. Excerpt.
Talking about love, do you believe in love?
Yes, I do, I really do believe in love but I don't like talking about love because it is a foul cry in this area. Love is something you can't even control, it-s something beyond definition. It's something that accepts you the way you are- both your good and bad aspects.
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That is what I am saying, maybe what they call love is an extreme form of likeness. It really hurts to be heartbroken, at times it would look as if the entire world has forsaken you.
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It has been overblown in the past and I have moved on with my life. It's been overblown that I flushed my engagement ring inside the toilet. I am happy now. I made a mistake and that was in the past.
But did you actually flush your engagement ring inside the toilet?
Yes I did. I was in a relationship and it crumbled. So I did and I don't want to talk about it anymore. I have since then moved on with my life.
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I will marry very soon and I don't want to talk about it. Don't worry, when the time comes, I will give you notice.
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The Summit County housing market is posting its most promising numbers since 2007, with sales up, inventory down and bank sales and foreclosures on the decline according to industry data.
Still solidly what real estate agents call a "buyer's market," prices are largely stagnant, but the other two indicators experts use to monitor the pulse of the industry - the number of sales and the number of properties on the market - are trending in a positive direction.
"We're on the way to rebounding, or stabilization," said Allison Simson of Summit Real Estate in Dillon. "I think there's a little more consumer confidence, and people see there're some great deals to be had up here and that won't last forever."
The number of homes sold in Summit County through brokers is up approximately 15 percent year-to-date for 2012 from the same time frame in 2011. Data from Land Title Guarantee Co., which tracks all completed sales in Summit County, indicate a 10 percent increase in dollar volume this year from last.
After a strong October for property sales - when many summer browsers become buyers - the inventory on the market is also down roughly 15 percent from the same time last year, MLS data indicate.
"In general we started out the year kind of slow and things have in general been picking up," Timberhill Real Estate broker associate Eric Buck said. "We had a monster October in terms of closings."
The upswing in a market that has been weak - those in the industry describe it as "correcting" - for four years could be attributed to the same factors that boost all industries in Summit County.
Experts credit the positive trends to the summer heat across the country, which made Summit County a temperate escape by comparison, as well as recovering consumer confidence.
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"We're seeing a lot of local transactions," Land Title director of sales and marketing Brooke Roberts said. "A lot of locals are taking advantage of interest rates and good pricing around the county."
And the Summit County housing market is on track to finish strong. The multiple listings service shows 178 pending sales. Though not all of them will necessarily go through, or close before the end of the year, the number is high enough to suggest Summit County will finish 2012 well ahead of 2011 in terms of number of sales, real estate agents say.
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One year ago, a group of volunteers and families from the Redwood area, planted, weeded, watered and harvested a garden that resulted in nearly 900 pounds of food. Those who made it happen last season are hoping to improve on that yield this year. What is known as the Apple Gourd Project group met recently to talk about its plan for the coming year and to help families involved in the program learn more about how to improve on their own nutrition. Those families are going to be very involved with the garden again this year.
According to Michelle Wacek, site manager for the Apple Gourd garden, each family who is involved in the project must commit to working two to four hours per week in the garden doing everything from planting and weeding to watering and harvesting. "It's a blast to be out there," said Wacek, admitting she doesn't consider gardening to be work. "I encourage you to bring the kids along. It's OK for them to get involved and get dirty." For those who have younger children who may not understand the gardening concept, there is a natural play space available for them to enjoy, and according to Teri Smith, who helped to develop the Apple Gourd project, that play space is going to be enhanced this year with some water features for the kids. "This is a community project," said Michelle Breidenbach, one of the project coordinators. "We are that community." Breidenbach said there is always a need for more volunteers to help with the project, and families who would like to get involved with Apple Gourd are encouraged to do that. She added people who have an interest can visit the Apple Gourd Face-book page, which can be found at www.facebook. com/pages/The-Apple-Gourd-Project. The plan is to expand the garden this season with the idea of adding some new vegetables. Wacek said in the future the hope is to add strawberries, asparagus and rhubarb to the garden.
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Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Guerrera of Waterbury celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Guerrera were married Nov. 29, 1952, at St. Lucy's Church in Waterbury. They have two children, Joseph Guerrera and Angelo Guerrera of Waterbury, and three grandchildren.
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Four years ago, the San Diego Chargers were three games behind the Denver Broncos with three to play, and they caught the Broncos to win the AFC West.
On Sunday, the Chargers lost 30-23 to the Broncos and dropped to three games behind their rival with six to play. But the Chargers aren't counting on a replay of 2008.
"Of course not," Charges safety Eric Weddle said. "I'm not stupid."
Maybe it's because these Broncos are led by future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, but these Chargers believe Denver is playing solitaire in the AFC West now.
"We can't hang our hat on Denver doing anything from a collapsing standpoint," Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers. "They're not losing four out of six, I can guarantee you that."
The Broncos (7-3) have long made a habit of blowing big division leads in November and December, but none of those teams had the dynamite duo of linebacker Von Miller and Manning.
Miller dumped Rivers three times, forcing two fumbles and taking over the NFL sacks lead with 13, and Manning set a franchise season record with his sixth three-touchdown game.
"They've got a great team," Weddle said. "Defense is playing great, you've got edge rushers, you don't have to blitz much, just play coverage. And you've got one of the best quarterbacks in the game playing at a high level. In fact, they're all playing well."
Eagles: It appears that Andy Reid will have at least one more game as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, even if some players are fearing the worst.
A high-ranking team source told the Philadelphia Daily News that Reid will coach next Monday night against the Carolina Panthers.
But three veteran Eagles believed that the 31-6 loss to the Washington Redskins probably was the final straw.
"I know it. I know it," said one defensive player who requested anonymity. "And the only reason I'm here is because of Andy. Some vets have been talking about how the next (coach) may want his own guy."
Of the many players sampled, all said that they remained loyal to Reid. Several, such as tackle King Dunlap, said that they believed they still had a chance to turn the season around and save Reid's job.
Reid was asked if he expected to be able to finish out the season as coach.
"We need to get ready for the Monday night game," was all he said.
Owner Jeffrey Lurie was not available for comment.
Chiefs: Matt Cassel's time as the Kansas City Chiefs' starting quarterback appears to have ended with the team's seventh consecutive loss, 28-6 to the Cincinnati Bengals.
After guiding the Chiefs to two field goals in the first half, he was benched in favor of Brady Quinn, who was cleared to play because of his recent concussion only on Friday.
"I wanted to start Cassel, so I started Cassel," coach Romeo Crennel said. "When I felt like I needed to make a change, I made the change to Quinn. So Quinn got into the game in the second half and then after this, I will evaluate it and I will let you know what I am going to do next week."
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Sharp Rise in Kids' Injuries in 'Bouncy Castles'
Nov. 26, 2012 -- The number of kids sent to emergency rooms after being hurt on blow-up bouncy castles or houses jumped sharply from 1995 to 2010.
And the annual rate doubled between 2008 and 2010, according to research in Pediatrics.
A child in the U.S. is sent to the ER after being injured in a blow-up bouncy castle or house every 46 minutes.
"If this was an infectious disease that was increasing at this rate, there would be headlines across the country. But because it is an injury, it is often overlooked," says study researcher Gary Smith, MD, DrPH. He is the director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
But there are things that parents can do to help make these bouncers safe, including setting age and other limits.
"We can use bouncers more safely, ask national groups to come up with guidelines, and turn to manufacturers and say, 'What can you do to help us?'" Smith says. "If we all work together, it will be more fruitful than prohibition."
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"Inflatable bouncer" is an umbrella term for many products, including bounce houses and moon walks.
"They are brought home and set up in the backyard for birthday parties or available at bounce centers," Smith says.
Researchers don't know why there is such a steep increase in bouncer injuries but suspect it is due to the increasing popularity of these bouncers. "There is no evidence that the bouncers are getting more dangerous," he says.
Researchers looked at injury rates and patterns among children 17 or younger who were treated in emergency rooms for bouncer-related injuries from 1990 to 2010. The injury rates are likely higher than seen in the study, which just looks at those serious enough to require emergency room visits. "These are the tip of the iceberg," Smith says.
Injuries included sprains, strains, and fractures, mostly in the legs or arms. Boys were more likely to sustain concussions, closed head injuries, or cuts than girls.
So how do these injuries happen? Mostly kids fell. Some fell in or on the bouncer, while others fell out. Some got hurt getting on or off the bouncer.
Just shy of 10% were hurt when colliding or being pushed by another child, and 6.3% were injured when one child fell on another.
In all, 3.4% of children were hospitalized or kept for more than 24 hours after their injury. Broken bones accounted for 81.7% of injuries that required observation or a hospital stay, the study shows.


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For South Koreans, the sight of a former favorite son winning a medal in Sochi on Monday was bittersweet.
Victor An took bronze in the men's 1,500 meter short-track speed skating event for Russia. Only three years ago he was skating for South Korea. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, he won three golds and a bronze for the nation under the name Ahn Hyun-soo.
But in 2010 he fell out with the Korean speed skating federation when a knee injury kept him from qualifying for the Vancouver Olympics. South Korea, fertile ground for competitive speed skating with plenty of up-and-coming candidates, had little room for injured athletes.
So Mr. Ahn chose Russia as his new homeland. Russia welcomed him. He changed his name to Victor An.
"I've decided to work in better environment and keep myself focused on the sport," he told local media in 2011 while announcing his decision to become Russian. "I will practice earnestly in order to show my best performance in the upcoming Olympic Games and not to regret my decision."
While the 28-year-old won a bronze medal on Monday, his former teammates left empty-handed. Lee Han-bin was the highest placed South Korean skater in the final, coming in sixth after colliding with his compatriot Sin Da-woon, who had lost his balance after hitting track-marking pucks. Sin finished in tenth place, while Park Se-yeong was 13th.
The following day, South Korean media and individuals expressed their frustration.
"The day when Ahn Hyun-soo waved the Russian flag, no Korean flag fluttered," Seoul-based newspaper Dong-A Ilbo said.
"An wins bronze, Koreans falter," said a headline in the English-language Korea Times.
Since it first took part in the Winter Olympics in 1948, South Korea has won 19 gold medals in short-track skating, almost three times the tally of its nearest rivals Canada and China.
"Ahn Hyun-soo will continue to get my support, regardless of whether he carries the Russian flag or the Korean flag," Twitter user @qwert19930424 wrote on Tuesday.
"I'm glad for him to win the medal, but a bit sad for him to wave the Russian flag," said another with the username @osugho29.
Some people blamed South Korea for letting such a talented athlete go to Russia. "The [South Korean] nation may have abandoned Ahn Hyun-soo, but the people have not," wrote @Rfmfm.


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The building is at McKinley Avenue and Third Street NW downtown. The hours of operation will be 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Originally published on Fri January 31, 2014 3:30 pm
The New York Times reports that a former Port Authority official says "evidence exists" that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knew about politically motivated lane closings on the George Washington Bridge as they were happening.
The assertion contradicts earlier statements by Christie, who has said that he was "embarrassed and humiliated" when he found out that the lane closures were politically motivated instead of, as he'd been led to believe, part of a traffic study.
He said members of his staff acted without his permission or knowledge in September when they closed the lanes in what appeared to be an attempt to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, N.J. The closures caused massive traffic jams.
A letter from the attorney for David Wildstein, who personally oversaw the lane closings and resigned as the scandal grew, says his client has evidence "tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly."
"Mr. Wildstein contests the accuracy of various statements that the governor made about him and he can prove the inaccuracy of some," the letter added.
The Christie administration released a statement reasserting that the governor had "no prior knowledge of the lane closures before they happened."
Christie had "no indication that this was anything other than a traffic study until he read otherwise the morning of January 8th," the statement said.
NPR's Joel Rose confirms the report and says Wildstein's lawyer "has been seeking immunity for his client in exchange for cooperation with investigators. The lawyer is also asking the Port Authority to reverse its decision not to pay Wildstein's legal bills."
In emails written in September and published earlier this month, Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie's then-chief of staff, wrote to Wildstein discussing the apparently punitive lane closings. In one email, Kelly, who was later fired by Christie, wrote that it was "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
In a two-hour news conference earlier this month, the governor denied any "knowledge or involvement" in the decision to close the bridge lanes, saying he was "stunned" to learn of it. He called Kelly's actions "completely unacceptable" and "an awful, callous, indifferent thing to do."


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(WOMENSENEWS)--Viewed in isolation as the nation's first female candidate with a strong chance of winning the White House, Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign exhibits a complex gender strategy that mixed claims of gender neutrality with sometimes overt appeals to both stereotypically feminine and masculine traits. Viewed in comparison with another high-profile female candidacy, an even greater range of available gender strategies is revealed.
In an analysis of selected speeches, interviews and advertisements from the campaigns of Clinton and Sarah Palin in 2008, we found clear differences in the way Clinton and Palin presented themselves and their candidacies. Clinton talked much more openly and directly about "women's issues" such as health care and education, while Palin largely avoided these disfavored Republican topics. While Clinton talked about women's equality, sometimes (for select audiences) recalling the unequal playing field she had faced as a young law school graduate or invoking the global struggle for women's rights, Palin rarely if ever addressed the latter and emphasized instead her status as a member of the Title IX generation for whom gender discrimination is "irrelevant."
Clinton positioned herself on the equality-based twin platforms of political experience and policy expertise and often deemphasized her own sex, while Palin self-consciously displayed traditional femininity. Often clad in stiletto heels, silk skirts and a trademark beehive hairdo, Palin embraced that most traditionally feminine justification for power-- motherhood--as she showcased her large family, including her infant son, in her campaign appearances. Indeed, in her acceptance speech at the Republican Convention, Palin spent nearly a third of her speaking time introducing her husband and children, implicitly underscoring her values as a conservative woman and symbolically embracing the traditional role of women in the family. She commonly introduced herself to audiences by explaining that she "never really set out to be involved in public affairs," and she described herself as having been an "average hockey mom" who went from the PTA to the governorship. Yet Palin also famously presented herself as an avid, camouflage-draped hunter--a contrast that few Republican voters seemed to have found jarring but that many Democratic voters may have viewed with disdain.
Some Feminine Solidarity
Yet Palin also gestured toward feminine solidarity, at least on one occasion, in terms more stark than Clinton employed. Speaking in California, she invoked the words of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve in that office, to suggest that gender loyalty should cross party lines: "there's a special place in hell reserved for women who don't support other women." Palin also overtly highlighted her feminine "difference," perhaps most famously when she called on Clinton's own language to draw attention to her historic role on the Republican Party's ticket, offering to finish the fight Clinton had begun. "It was rightly noted in Denver this week that Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America," she told the crowd who attended the announcement of her selection, "but it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all." Defending his running mate's credentials, Republican presidential nominee John McCain burnished Palin's gender qualification during the final presidential debate, announcing that she was " . . . a role model to women and reformers all over America."
In other words, both women ran "as women" by some definition of that phrase, but each emphasized different aspects of gender--their own gender, the gender of voters and gendered policy issues--in ways that make sense given their different party allegiances. Of course, some of these differences undoubtedly reflect the personalities and life stories of two very different women. Given her own limited time in public office, for example, Palin could not have hoped to have laid claim to the same mantle of "experience" with which Clinton cast her own bid for office.
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And some contrasts are due to the differences between running for the White House versus occupying second place on a presidential ticket; indeed, significant differences of gender–office congruency would seem to make the vice presidential post, with its "running mate" expectations, somewhat easier for a more traditionally feminine woman to persuasively embody. After all, one does not run independently for the vice presidency but rather is called to service. But the point here is simply that the different expectations of Republican versus Democratic voters opened different avenues of policy emphasis and personal presentation to Palin as a Republican candidate.
In the final analysis, any presidential candidate's gender strategy is likely to be complicated, given the mutual demands today for candidates to display both toughness and some degree of human empathy. As the candidacies of Clinton and Palin demonstrate, those strategies can be quite complex and even somewhat contradictory; Palin's pearls and camouflage contrast was at times matched by the Clinton's campaign's allusions to both machismo and motherhood.
It seems premature to predict what kinds of gender strategies will be most successful for candidates of opposing parties seeking the presidency. Ultimately, while toughness is a leading unstated credential for the presidency and Clinton was obliged to demonstrate it, in her particular case it seems to have backfired to some extent because preexisting narratives about her already framed her as overly ambitious. Though the campaign attempted to create a message conveying both "masculine" strength and "feminine" caring, the balance tipped as the campaign wore on to a much tougher fighter image infused with hypermasculine imagery, leaving us to wonder whether a campaign more grounded in a distinctly feminine voice might have succeeded. Meanwhile, Palin's candidacy raises the question of whether Republican women--particularly of Palin's generation and beyond--will find it possible, as Palin did, to occupy a longer stretch of the gender continuum.
Reprinted with permission from "Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future (3rd edition)," edited by Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox, published by Oxford University Press, Inc. © 2014 Oxford University Press.
Regina Lawrence holds the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Melody Rose is chancellor of the Oregon University System. Rose is also a professor of political science at Portland State University, where she founded and directed the Center for Women, Politics & Policy. Sue Thomas is senior research scientist and director of PIRE-Santa Cruz. Clyde Wilcox is a professor in the government department at Georgetown.
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Golfers lined up with their carts at the McPherson Country Club Oct. 10 to participate in the first YP MAC and McPherson Country Club 9-Hole Golf Tournament and Social. The two organizations came together to raise funds for a new scholarship, the YP MAC Moving Forward Fund.
Twelve teams of four participated in the nine- hole scramble. The winning team consisted of Jeff Warren, Kent Schmidt and Nic Winsky with a score of 33. The second and third place teams also scored 33, so it came down to a playoff. Second place was Jake Strecker, Phil Walters, Vaughn Burch and Mark Bissel and third was Hal Hoxie, Ziya Gunay, Chris Waterstradt and Chuck Singleton.
Each team included both young professionals and Country Club members which allowed for networking during the golf tournament. Once the golfing came to an end, a social began, giving those that do not golf an opportunity to take part in the event and mingle. Keith Swinehart, president of MCC, and Jackie Christiansen, president of YP MAC, both spoke about their respective organizations and how they aim to help their members and the community at-large. The keynote speaker for the night was Central Christian College President Hal Hoxie. Hal spoke about his time in the Air Force and how doing the right thing and always being professional allowed him to be promoted earlier than usual. He agreed that YP MAC is vital in McPherson County because someday the younger generation will be doing his job and he wants to be sure they are ready.
Prizes were given to the top three teams as well as some individual prizes, such as longest drive, closest to the pin, etc. Nineteen hole sponsors helped make the event possible. Christiansen stated, "The support of our attendees and sponsors made the tournament a huge success. Both YP MAC and MCC have agreed to make it an annual event."
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Consumers' increasing appetite for data is forcing debates over how regulators should allocate the country's wireless spectrum and how much consumers should pay for fast data service.
"What this report does is heighten the urgency that we need action," said Grant Seifert, president of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), which represents companies such as Cisco, Ericsson and Nokia. "We need a clear understanding of what's going to happen."
Consumers spent $94.8 billion on data services for their phone and other mobile devices in 2012, up from $71.1 billion in 2011.
That eclipsed the $92.4 billion spent on voice services in 2012, which has been steadily declining since 2008.
Data's domination is expected to leap to $118.6 billion in 2013, while spending on voice services will fall to $86.4 billion.
These expectations are bolstered by consumers' rapid shift to smartphones. Global sales of smartphones will eclipse the sale of standard mobile phones that connect to the Internet but don't have data-gobbling features such as apps, according to the International Data Corporation study released Monday.
The rise in data consumption is also being fueled by the wide adoption of other Internet-connected devices, such as iPads, household appliance and even high-tech cars.
Wireless carriers must improve network efficiency to accommodate the growing demand for data services, said IDC mobile analyst Ramon Llamas. In response to increasing data demands, carriers already have begun upgrading their networks to implement new technologies such as 4G LTE.
But the industry must also keep up with the growing demand for immediate, dependable connections.
Young consumers, said Llamos, have come to expect their mobile phones to do more than simply make phone calls, and manufacturers are recognizing that shift.
"For a lot of the smartphones being released right now, the primary function is to handle data," he said.


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MARIETTA - Southeast Ohio is getting its turn in the presidential campaign spotlight, with Republican Sen. Rand Paul stumping for Mitt Romney in Marietta Friday and President Barack Obama headed for Athens Wednesday.
Romney was slated to appear in Portsmouth today as he, Obama and their surrogates traverse the Buckeye State, one of the key battlegrounds in the race for the White House.
Neither the time, the venue nor many other details had been released Friday about Obama's stop in Athens on Wednesday, a day after the second presidential debate. But there was already excitement brewing among area Democrats.
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Marietta resident Richard Vore, left, speaks with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul following an appearance in Marietta during which Paul spoke in support of Mitt Romney's presidential bid.
"I assume there will be a car or two or three" going to Athens from Washington County for the event, said Molly Varner, chairwoman of the county Democratic Party. "We've been anxious to see the president all through the campaign and to think that he will be in Athens is just wonderful."
Tickets are expected to be available at the local Obama headquarters at 227 Putnam St. in Marietta on Sunday afternoon.
As information was first emerging about the president's impending visit, more than 100 people braved the cold Friday to catch Paul, the U.S. senator from Kentucky and son of GOP presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul, speak in Marietta's Muskingum Park.
"What Gov. Romney and (running mate) Paul Ryan are selling is the American dream," he said.
Paul emphasized that people who are constantly given government "handouts" do not have the opportunity to live out that American dream. They are actually crippled in the long run, he said, both because it reduces their drive to succeed and because it hurts the overall economy.
"What we do when we borrow this money to, say, give out government-subsidized cell phones, is we devalue the dollar," he said.
"The poor are hurt when we drive up prices on necessities like gas and food and make it even harder to get out of this cycle," Paul said after his speech.
The point resonated well with attendees, who were a mix of local voters and public officials.
State Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta, said he thought Paul exemplified the Republican party's message.
"We want a return to constitutional government. You know, we have a great energy sector here, and that is something that can have a great positive economic impact," said.
Paul noted he is also from "coal country" and maintained that the coal industry has been jeopardized by Obama's policies.
"Obama disqualified himself to represent Ohio when he declared war on coal in Ohio in 2007," said Paul.
Paul said he also feels that someone who put restrictions on the coal industry will do the same to the burgeoning oil and gas industry, something that can be avoided by voting for Romney.
"I thought he brought up a lot of excellent points about coal and keeping those as good-paying jobs," said Vincent resident A.J. Nuzum, 34.
Obama supporters, meanwhile, say coal production is up 7 percent and coal jobs have increased 10 percent during the president's time in office. The administration also touts a 31 percent increase in coal exports and greater flexibility in enforcing new environmental standards.
Paul also spoke in Athens Friday and will be appearing in Michigan and Missouri over the next week.
The campaign focus has tightened to less than 10 states believed to still be up for grabs, including Ohio, which no Republican has not carried and still won the White House.
In addition to Portsmouth, Romney was campaigning in Lebanon today before joining up with Ryan in Youngstown. First lady Michelle Obama will be in the central Ohio city of Delaware and in Cleveland on Monday.
Another face familiar to many residents will be in Marietta today, with former Ohio first lady Frances Strickland coming to town for a door-to-door canvassing effort starting from the Obama headquarters on Putnam Street around 5 p.m.
"I'm delighted that Frances is coming to town to highlight the Obama campaign," Varner said.
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Houma Christian graduates 25
Published: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 10:35 p.m.
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Parents and teens came together at Living Word Church in Schriever Friday night to celebrate the 25 students who made up Houma Christian School's 2013 graduating class.
2013 Houma Christian Graduates
Christopher Paul Authement, Ross Joseph Brennan, Nicholas Angelette Callais, Joshua Anthony Cantrelle, Hannah Grace Carlos, Taylor James Champagne, Abigail Rachael Chase, Lindsay Michelle Crowdus, Jacob Joseph Dupuis, Dakota Edward Durkes, Nathaniel Thomas Frye, Shaquan Dante Frye, Timothy Paul Gisclair, Jacob Garrett Guin, Tyler Shane Hall, Deron Anthony Jasper, Dustin Michael LeRay, Jacob Brian Mathieu, Taylor Rae Pierron, Gage Anthony Porche, Cody Micheal Rose, Keamon Kentrell Sims, Taylor Blaine Sons, Sophie Rae Trosclair, Kristine Marie Weaver.
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The night lauded the students' accomplishments, but it also acknowledged the work and sacrifice parents made to help their teens grow into adults ready for careers or college. To recognize that sacrifice, Houma Christian students carried out a school tradition of presenting their parents with a rose in thanks, and praying with their families before they completed their walk across the stage and into adulthood.
Guest speaker Eric Trueil, director of the Chi Alpha campus ministry at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said that graduation is a night when kids and parents are truly united, as parents watch their sons and daughters prepare to enter the world and reflect on their own memories of that right of passage.
"Your parents are looking back on the day that they sat here with the same hopes and dreams," Trueil said.
Trueil reflected on his own education at a Christian school, and he applauded the parents for making the sacrifice to send their children to a private school.
"It doesn't matter where in the ranks you graduate," Trueil said. "It gave you an opportunity. The main thing you learned here at Houma Christian is that with God, all things are possible."
Now, students have the opportunity to take that faith instilled in them and use it in the world, he added.
Taylor Champagne was one of three valedictorians only spent a year at the school. He said that when he first transferred to Houma Christian, he was worried about fitting in. He was moving from a school of more than 100 kids to one with a graduating class of fewer than 30.
He found himself embraced at the school, and said he learned a lesson to carry with him out into the world.
"You don't need to fear what will come. God will provide for you in your time of need," he said.
Recalling her time at Houma Christian, valedictorian Abigail Chase said that one of the things that stood out to her was that her classmates lived their time in high school to the fullest. By that, she didn't mean that the students ran wild and partied. She said the class seized every opportunity to employ their faith to help and strengthen others.
"I hope my classmates continue with the mind set that life doesn't last forever, and it's better to live without regrets about how your time was spent," she said.
Valedictorian Sophie Trosclair, who was wrapping up her 13th year of education at Houma Christian, used a poetic allegory to describe her time at the school.
She described she and classmates as plants rooted in the school, well-tended and able to weather the changing seasons.
"We were planted here for a divine reason — to grow," she said. "Parents and teachers, the flowers we bear are proof of your investments."
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