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To: Interested Parties
From: Harold Ickes
Mark Penn
Re: The Path to the Presidency
With last nights victories in Ohio and Texas, one thing is clear: the
momentum has swung back to Hillary Clinton. Voters in both
states agreed that Hillary Clinton would be the best Commander-in-Chief
and the strongest steward of our economy. In fact, according
to last nights polls, those who decided who to vote for in the last three
days overwhelmingly favored Hillary [CNN exit polls, 3/4/08]. Its
time for a second look.
1. Ohio is the barometer: Hillary was successful in Ohio, the state that for the last quarter century has picked our president. As everyone knows: As Ohio goes, so goes our country. Historically, its one of the bellwether states and it decided the last election. And the demographics of the upcoming contests in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky closely mirror those in Ohio. Hillary looks strong in all four states.
2. This race is extremely close and more than 5 million Democrats are likely to vote. After 28 million votes have been counted, the popular vote contest in the Democratic primary is within one-tenth of one percent. Applying the same level of turnout to the remaining contests, there are still more than 5 million Democratic voters 17 percent of the total who are likely to participate in this contested primary race. After 41 primaries and caucuses, the delegate count is within roughly 2 percent.
|HRC (% of total)
|Obama (% of total)
|HRC Margin
|Remaining (total %)
|Popular Vote (incl MI and FL)
|13,422,321 (40%)
|13,455,140 (40%)
|-32,818 (-0%)
|5,758,698 (est) (17%)
|Total Delegates
|1,486.5 (37%)
|1,584 (39%)
|-97.5 (-2%)
|950.5 (23%)
3. In the primaries, Hillary has demonstrated that she is the best
positioned candidate to carry the core battleground states essential
to a general election victory -- particularly the large industrial states
of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and the critical swing contests
in Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, and New Jersey.
4. The vetting of Obama has just begun. The press has only begun
to scrutinize Senator Obama and his record. The corruption trial
of Tony Rezko is getting underway this week, yet many questions about Obamas
relationship with him remain unanswered. Hillary, on the other hand,
has withstood fifteen years of substantial media and Republican scrutiny,
including many months of sharper scrutiny as the front-runner. If
the primary contest ends prematurely and Obama is the nominee, Democrats
may have a nominee who will be a lightening rod of controversy.
5. Several of Hillary's base constituencies (women, Hispanic, labor, elderly and under $75,000) are key to a Democratic victory in November. Senator Obama has not brought these voters out in the same numbers.
6. The Red States: The central strategic argument of the Obama campaign is flawed. Senator Obama argues that his success in Democratic primary contests held in long-time Red States means he will carry those states in a general election. In reality, there are no Red States in a Democratic primary there are only Democratic voters who live in Republican states and represent a small percentage of the general election population.
7. Hillary is the only Democrat with the strength, leadership, and experience to defeat John McCain. Senator Clinton is seen as the best prepared to be Commander-in-Chief.
8. John McCain will diminish any perceived advantage Obama has with independents. As has been widely discussed, one of John McCains key constituents is independents. And against McCain, Obama will be framed by the Republicans as too liberal (he was ranked by the National Journal as the most liberal Senator); untested on national security; and vulnerable on issues that would make him unelectable in November. These issues may be surmountable in a Democratic primary but will be an Achilles heel with independents in a general election.
9. The McCain Roadmap: McCain has already foreshadowed his campaigns construct against Obama: His vulnerability is experience and judgment on national security.
10. Steward of the economy. Hillary Clinton leads both John McCain and Barack Obama on the economy and health care. In the latest LA Times/Bloomberg poll (1/22), Hillary leads McCain 52/28 on health care and 43/34 on the economy.
11. Florida. There is an additional reality that must be considered the 1.75 million voters in Florida whose votes will not be represented at the Democratic convention. How we handle this swing state will affect our Partys potential of carrying it in November (Democrats lost Florida in 2004). This is a state where the playing field was level all of the candidates had their names on the ballot and none campaigned in the state.
12. Michigan. Nearly 600,000 Democrats voted in Michigan,
but right now their votes are not being counted. Democrats barely
carried Michigan in 2004 (by only 3% -- 51 to 48). If our party refuses
to let them participate in the convention, we will provide a political
opportunity for the Republicans to win both Florida and Michigan.
Recognizing their importance to Democratic success in November, Hillary
has called for the delegates of both states to be seated at the convention.
13. Hillary has the money to compete. In February, the Clinton
campaign raised approximately $35 million averaging more than a million
dollars a day. This deep level of support gives Hillary the resources
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The Baltimore Ravens pulled off an amazing feat during the divisional round of the NFL playoffs last weekend by taking down the red-hot Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Not only were the Ravens playing a with a never-say-die attitude and swagger that has been seldom seen by this team all season long, but they beat arguably the best all-around team in the league that was playing on their home field while riding a 11-game winning streak.
The playoff matchup against the Ravens was thought to be only a formality for Peyton Manning's Broncos with Denver having beaten Baltimore at M&T Bank Stadium in convincing fashion only a few weeks earlier. Denver appeared to be the favorites to go the distance in the playoffs with the team playing exceptionally well, but in the end it was Ray Lewis and company that were able to advance to the AFC Championship game for the second consecutive following the double overtime thriller in the Mile High City.
Leading up to the showdown with the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game on Sunday, Lewis was asked if he has changed his tune on retiring from the NFL once the season is over for the Ravens. Lewis didn't hesitate to say the following via J. Michael of CSNBaltimore.com:
"I never slowed down to really think about, 'Oh, will you come back?' Nah, I can't come back," Lewis said. "My kids are calling for Daddy. It's a great reward to see the sacrifice my babies have made for me, and it's time that I sacrifice for them."
Apparently, Lewis is more than ready to make the transition to family-mode following the playoffs whether or not the Ravens come out on top as Super Bowl champions.
At 37-years old and with his body starting to breakdown, Lewis deciding to call it a career after 17 seasons in the NFL makes perfect sense. Lewis has complied all the individual accolades with two Defensive Player of the Year awards and won a Super Bowl title earlier in his career that there really is nothing left to prove.
If the Ravens are able to get the best of the Patriots and beat either the San Francisco 49ers or Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl it will be a storybook ending for Lewis, but if not, the veteran linebacker seems content retiring regardless in order to focus on life outside of football.

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Local author Anna Browning will be at Blue Ridge Books at 3 p.m. July 27 to read her new children's book.
The 32-page hardcover book titled "Tanner Turbeyfill and the Moon Rocks" is now available at Blue Ridge Books, City Lights Bookstore in Sylva and online at Amazon.com and BN.com. Anna's illustrator, Josh Crawford, will be on hand to sign books alongside Anna.
"Tanner Turbeyfill and the Moon Rocks" is an exciting story about a young boy who has always wanted his own moon rocks. Tanner's dream was to fly to the moon and dig up his own lunar rocks. Much to his surprise, that trip would come sooner than he could imagine.
Included in the book are actual moon facts direct from Tanner's Moon Journal, an illustration of our Solar System, and a narrative audio CD with music, sound effects, and an original song to learn.
Anna grew up in Haywood County and attended Pisgah High School (class of 2005). She has bachelor's degrees from Western Carolina University and a BA in English from UNC-Charlotte. Anna took many classes in children's literature at UNCC and fell in love with the genre.
Josh Crawford, a Haywood County native and graduate of Tuscola High School (2005) and Western Carolina University (2010), illustrated this book.
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Lippi backs Messi for Ballon d'Or
Italy coach Marcello Lippi says Barcelona's Lionel Messi would be a worthy winner of the Ballon d'Or.
The 21-year-old Argentina playmaker faces stiff competition from the likes of Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Fernando Torres, both stealing the limelight in the Premier League and in Europe.
Lippi said: "For me the candidates for the Ballon D'or are just three: Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Messi. They could have done without the rest.
"As for who is the best in the world, in my opinion it's Leo Messi."
The award will be presented in a ceremony hosted by French magazine France Football in December.
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Pauline Rowson - one of Britain's most exciting crime authors
Pauline Rowson has been hailed as "redefining the genre of the police drama" by setting it against the atmospheric backdrop of the ever changing sea. Her cops are tough yet fallible. Adventure, mystery and heroes have always fascinated and thrilled Pauline, that and her love of the sea has led her to create her thrilling range of crime novels.
The DI Andy Horton series of crime novels has been highly acclaimed in the UK and the USA, translated into several languages and optioned for TV. Multi layered and complex with a rugged and flawed hero, compelling crimes, diverse characters and full of twists and turns played out against the dramatic and powerfully evocative British marine landscape of Portsmouth and the Solent.
Her new marine thriller series introduces former Royal Marine Commando, turned undercover investigator, Art Marvik in Silent Running. His second mission takes him along the Dorset coast in Dangerous Cargo published by Severn House in 2016.
Booklist USA, "Fans of Rowson's DI Andy Horton books will be delighted with her new series featuring former marine commando Art Marvik. A tense, terrifying thrill ride that twists and turns with dizzying speed, combined with a likable, smart, tough, but all too human hero, make this a cracking-good new series—action fans need Marvik on their radar." Booklist
One of her standalone thrillers, In Cold Daylight was voted by the public as their third best read in an online poll for World Book Day 2008. And In for the Kill was described as "A change of direction at every turn. Keep notes on all the players. If you like Jeffery Deaver, you'll love this story. The best mystery I've ever read by a female author."
Born and raised in Portsmouth, Pauline Rowson draws her inspiration for her crime novels from the area in which she lives, which is diverse and never without incident.When she isn't writing (which isn't often) she can be found walking the coastal paths on the Isle of Wight and around Langstone and Chichester Harbours looking for a good place to put a body!
Married to a former fire fighter Pauline is founder of CSI Portsmouth, an annual event part of Portsmouth Bookfest, which brings crime fiction and crime fact together. She is a member of the Crime Writers' Association and the Society of Authors.
Before becoming a full time writer Pauline Rowson was a renowned marketing and training guru, with a collection of 'how to' business books and a successful marketing, media and training career behind her.
Her crime novels have an International readership and have been translated into several languages including Chinese. They are available in hardback, paperback, as ebooks, and some are also available in Large Print and as unabridged audio books. Published in the UK and the USA they can be bought on line and from all good booksellers. They are also available for loan in UK and USA libraries.
Pauline is also a very popular speaker and is very much in demand. She provides a fascinating insight into the world of crime writing and her popular marine mystery crime and thriller novels. She gives talks to many organisations, including U3As, Womens Institutes, Probus Clubs, lunch clubs, charities, retirement associations and others. She is also a regular speaker at libraries around the UK and at crime writing festivals.
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Round Review – Round 8, 2012 There were few surprises in round 8, compared to the unpredictable round of footy that we endured in round 7. With only a couple of "50-50" games in the round, let's look at some of the results in more detail. Friday night saw a 2011 Grand Final re-match between […]
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Keith Hornsby scored 21 points leading UNC Asheville to a 66-55 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne at Kimmel Arena on Wednesday.
Jeremy Atkinson had 12 points for UNC Asheville and D.J. Cunningham chipped in with 10 points. Trent Meyer had 6 assists for them, while Jeremy Atkinson was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 8 boards.
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At 60 years old, David Hasselhoff has no intention of slowing down. So how does the iconic TV star stay relevant?
"I hang out with the kids," he told Kit Hoover and guest co-host Lisa Rinna on Friday's Access Hollywood Live, when asked the secret behind his career longevity.
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His strategy appears to be working, as The Hoff said even The Biebs, 18, knows who he is.
"I met Justin Bieber and he goes, 'Hey! The Hoff!' I go, 'I've got Bieber fever,' he goes, ' You gotta go to the Hoff-pital!'" he said with a laugh. "I mean, it's like, crazy. Justin Bieber knows who The Hoff [is]."
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The former "Baywatch" and "Knight Rider" star recently appeared in an ad campaign for East Coast grocery chain Cumberland Farms -- promoting an iced coffee drink nicknamed (what else?) "Hoffee" -- and the cutouts featuring a smiling Hoff are being snatched up just as soon as they're released, forcing the company to order replacement ads.
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It looks futuristic, I like it. The price tag of it will probably be threw the roof though. haha
This is a discussion on Beretta X4 Storm subcompact within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Anyone seen it? OMG!!! wow, i was going to the the new PPS, but after seeing the new subcompact, i might wait till january to ...
Anyone seen it? OMG!!! wow, i was going to the the new PPS, but after seeing the new subcompact, i might wait till january to buy it. So far, reviewers love it.
Check out this pic of it
It looks futuristic, I like it. The price tag of it will probably be threw the roof though. haha
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For some reason, I like the idea of the "trigger finger memory spot"
Stand up for what's right..... Even if you stand alone.
I don't have a comparison, but i do like the capacity of the storm alot. Just don't like the safety clicking upward, it's un natural feeling for my thumb. My PT140 pro has the safety button going down, so it's very easy and very quick to take off safety. And about the price, it's about $575, but i don't know if that's going to stay.
thanks for bringing pic over, i didn't know how to do that...ha
Model-: PPS
Caliber-: 9mm
Length: 6.3"
Height: 4.4"
Overall Width/Width without slidestop lever and takedown buttons: 1.04"/.91"
Barrel Length: 3.2"
Sight Radius: 5.4"
Weight (without Mag): 19.4 oz.
Standard Magazine Weight: 1.9 oz.
Action: Striker Fire Action, Pre-Cocked
Trigger Pull: 6.1 lbs.
Frame: Black Polymer
And here are the Beretta specs from the linked article on the PX4 subcompact:
MAKER: Beretta USA
ACTION: Semiauto double action
CALIBER: 9mm, .40 S&W
CAPACITY: 13 (9mm); 10 (.40 S&W)
BARREL LENGTH: 3 inches
OVERALL LENGTH: 6.25 inches
WEIGHT: 26.1 ounces
SIGHTS: Fixed, three-dot combat
STOCKS: Plastic
FINISH: Matte Black
The two guns have similar barrel lengths and overall lengths, but there are other large differences shown, such as:
1. Mag. Capacity - Beretta 13 rounds in 9mm, Walther 6,7, or 8 rounds
2. Width of gun - Walther 0.91 overall except for 1.04 at slide stop lever, Beretta doesn't say but looks to be considerably wider due to double stack magazine.
3. Firing system - Beretta has external hammer, Walther has striker.
4. Weight - Beretta 26.1 ounces empty, Walther 21.3 ounces empty.
So the Walther is the more concealable, smaller capacity gun - much like a Kahr P9. The Beretta is a larger, wider, high capacity gun like the Glock 26.
It looks really cool!
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Another sub compact with an accessory rail?? With an additional spot for your cover clothing to catch on?
They are "neat" looking, don't know what other word to use.
I'd try one out if I had the $$, just to be different..
BTW, how many people actually use these accessory slide rails? They are everywhere now..
A good friend has a full sized PX4 and I found that I rather liked it despite it being a plastic gun. It has a nice trigger.


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Guns, like automobiles, folks, refrigerators, washing machines and vacuum cleaners, break down on occassion. I've found it practical to keep a few apare parts on hand, ejector housing screws, transfer bars, side plate screws, etc. How many of you do the same thing? And, if you do, which parts?
Bob Wright
I have a few 1911 parts despite no longer having a 1911. But for my current guns - all polymer 9mms, no, I really don't. I have an extra rear site for my Walther, and the parts the gun comes with (replacable front sites and grip inserts), but that's about it. If something broke, I wouldn't be able to fix it anyway.
I don't keep any spare parts. I work on computers but don't keep spare parts. As fast as delivery service is, I've found it best for me to order what I need instead of trying to stock it. I always have a backup Gun or Computer if one goes down. Works best for me.
I keep all gun & reloading parts, new & used. Never know when the garage floor might eat one that you need.
The spare part I have for my Glock 26 is a Glock 17!
My Glocks are box-stock internally (only changes are night sights and CT lasergrips), so I am not particularly worried about them breaking.
I do keep spare parts for my M4. If I still carried a 1911, or if I shot revolvers, I would be sure to keep some spare parts handy since the older designs with more small parts aren't generally as rugged as the Glocks.
As a bullseye shooter, I have inadvertantly procurred several spare parts. Every 1911 shooter must have spare springs. Not to mention barrels, bushings, and that amazing dissapearing spring plug.
I guess being pretty new or just having some good pistols, I have yet to have anything break. So I haven't found the need to carry spare parts yet.
I carry extra recoil, magazine, trigger, striker and extractor springs for my Glocks along with some extra pins. Glockmeister sells a field emergency kit that I keep in my range bag when I am competing. If something does go wrong with my Glock 34 or 35, there is a fairly decent chance I can fix it in time to complete my shooting. If something more serious goes wrong, I probably need to take the gun to a smith, anyway.
After almost forty years of shooting and tinkering with the 1911 type guns it is only reasonable to say that there might be enough parts to build a gun,minus the frame of coarse..
Tell the wife that I have a pilot's license,pile it here and there because you never know when or what you might need..
I shoot a lot and its worth keeping a few spare parts fro the Kimber and other 1911 around . I keep mostly springs, and mag parts .
The parts I keep on hand depends on the make/model gun and how much it's used. Generally speaking however, for semi's used regularly I'll keep spare springs, at least 4 magazines, extractors, firing pins and a spare barrel. I may also have other parts if the gun has something unique that is easily lost, like the assembly pins on my P-3AT or SKYY CPX-1.
I keep any spare part I come come in contact with. May never need it but I will have it.
Well...if it is something that is hard to find parts for,I'll pick up the spare parts if I run across them.Unless it is so rare that you will never shoot it!
I've got all kinds of parts ..mostly for 1911's. I have a special; tool box just for things like that. I work on computers a little and I always kept parts for stuff like that. Just made sense to do the same with gun parts. I even carry a few tings in my shooter bag in case of a range problem
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Springs (all of them for each gun; they DO wear out), pins/screws or other easily-lost-during-disassembly parts, spare magazines (not just extras in or out of "rotation"; I'm talking about having a few still new-in-wrapper), grips for wood- or thin-plastic-gripped handguns, firing pins/strikers, and other parts subject to high levels of wear-and-tear like extractors/ejectors.


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By Daniel Foster, National Review
Obama's legal memo doesn't match up with Sestak's story
A tip of the cap to White House counsel on preparing a memo that, on its face, would appear to let a bit of air out of charges of wrongdoing. But some of it just isn't scanning.
Let's look back at what Rep. Sestak told local TV host Larry Kane in February.
KANE: "Were you ever offered a federal job to get out of this race?"
SESTAK: "Yes."
KANE: "Was it secretary of the Navy?"
SESTAK: "No comment"
Later Kane asks again, "Was there a job offered to you by the White House?" to which Sestak nods and replies "yes, someone offered it."
Kane asks "It was big right?" Sestak replies, "Let me "no comment" on it."
"Was it high-ranking?" Kane asked. Sestak said yes.
That was February. Since then, Sestak has mostly "no commented." But as recently as last Sunday, he confirmed: "I was offered a job, and I answered that."
Contrast that with the White House memo, which says that Sestak was considered only for non-compensated "advisory positions" and that he had no direct contact with White House officials.
But Sestak confirms to Kane that the White House offered him a job, or at least he fails to disabuse Kane of that notion in his affirmative answer. And note Sestak assents that he was offered a high-ranking federal job. Each word here is important.


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Bearing the Pain of Affirmative Action: The Shame of Clarence Thomas
By John Grant
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied ...
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
- Leonard Cohen
In honor of our Supreme Court I've decided to start this piece with a prayer.
Great Spirit of our imagination, have mercy on us stupid, hypocritical bipeds, especially those exceptional examples in black robes who decide whether an armed police officer can strip-search us in public or whether a one-hundred dollar bill has a conscience. Do all you can, Mighty Great One, to allow at least a little light and compassion into the hidden, dark recesses of their august institution.
Now we can get on with this humble, scribbled note from underground.
Considering his appointment history in conjunction with his opinions and voting record concerning affirmative action, if Clarence Thomas had any sense of human decency ... No wait a minute! ... Given the facts of his life, if Clarence Thomas had any honor, a backbone or a pair of independent-minded balls, he would resign.
It's true: I'm angry. The Supreme Court's recent banning of affirmative action in a case from Michigan recalled for me how really offensive the Thomas case is and how it smells worse as time goes by. Thomas notoriously sits among his eight colleagues and does not ask questions, which suggests he lacks the intellectual confidence to swim with the big fish on the court. On top of that, he's a virtual intellectual drone of Antonin Scalia. According to a recent study, he's the most conservative judge on the bench -- even more so than his master Scalia. I would not have thought that possible. (I realize the use of the word "master" for Justice Scalia may bother some. For example, I can hear Sean Hannity fulminating how I'm a "racist" for using plantation terminology. The fact is I can't speak in dog whistle language and prefer a French horn.)
The reason Thomas should resign is simple: He consistently argues and votes against affirmative action while he is arguably the most controversial case of affirmative action in American history. It's like Macbeth campaigning against murder.
Along with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Thomas graduated from Yale Law School. Both benefited from affirmative action. While Sotomayor, who wrote a 58-page dissent in the Michigan case, is a ferocious defender of affirmative action due to past injustices, Thomas consistently damns it and votes against it...
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Styles that are showing up on the runways and in clothing stores this winter are military-inspired styling and a more androgynous look. "Androgynous" in this case means something like "neither masculine nor feminine in appearance."
However, most women I know do want to appear feminine when they choose clothing, so one way to incorporate some of the new fashion trends into your wardrobe is to choose "boyfriend" pieces. Boyfriend is just a looser style that still shows off your feminine side.
Some examples of boyfriend styles include this cardigan, a warm and soft piece that keeps you comfortable in changing temperatures, this light v-neck tunic that's perfect for layering, and these loose-fitting incredibly comfortable boyfriend jeans.
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My friend @CharlesThomas, a Pennsylvania defense attorney, once opined, when asked how to stay out of jail: Stop stealing sh*t.
Apparently, not everyone follows that advice.
For the past several years, inmates in federal prisons have been cheating taxpayers out of millions of dollars by claiming bogus tax refunds. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) puts the amount of improperly generated refunds at $124 million; the IRS has indicated that the total of fraudulently filed federal income tax returns by prisoners could total as much as $295 million. And despite some half-hearted efforts to put an end to the schemes, the number of fraudulent prison returns has tripled in the last five years.
So who's to blame? Well, clearly the prisoners who, despite being in prison, apparently can't stop breaking the law.
But there's enough blame to go around. For years now, the IRS has not engaged in any kind of significant exchange of information with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Even after a 2008 law gave the IRS the authority to turn over tax data to the Bureau of Prisons, the Bureau was worried about potential lawsuits by the prisoners and wanted to talk it over with the Justice Department (insert giant eye roll here at the notion that someone who is stealing from the government would have the gumption to sue on some kind of loss of privacy theory). That didn't thrill the IRS because they felt it wasn't appropriate to share information with the Bureau if the Bureau was planning on passing it along to any other party – even if the other party was the Justice Department. I know (insert second giant eye roll here).
Now, thanks to a "memorandum of understanding" signed by the two, there's a new era of cooperation – we
hope wish pray think.
One of the biggest supporters of the measure was Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY). Sen. Schumer had been pressing both agencies to come to terms and announced the agreement, saying:
Last month, we made it clear to the IRS and the Bureau of Prisons that the impasse needed to end, and today it's over. This agreement means that prisoners will no longer be able to bilk taxpayers out of millions of dollars. I appreciate the quick response on the part of the IRS and BOP.
I may quibble with the use of the word "quick" but otherwise, I appreciate it, too.Want more taxgirl goodness? Pick your poison: You can receive posts by email, follow me on twitter (@taxgirl) hang out with me on Facebook and check out my YouTube channel.


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Lucky you! Have fun with her!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Lucky you! Have fun with her!
I *think* it's a 127, that's what mine is and it looks darn similar.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-123851-1.htm <- this is mine.
Jennifer: It is the same as yours! Does it sew in reverse?
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Wow, according to the Singer Company, the machine is a model 127 and was manufactured on February 20, 1917!


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(Corrects in headline to $636 mln from $636 bln)
CAIRO, March 4 (Reuters) - Egypt's net foreign
reserves fell by $636 million in February, the central bank said
on its website on Sunday, marking a signicant slowdown from the
sharp decreases of the previous four months.
Reserves declined to $15.72 billion at the end of February
from $16.35 billion at the end of January.
Since October, reserves had been falling by close to $2
billion a month.
Following is a table of Egypt's net foreign reserves in
billions of U.S. dollars, according to the central bank's
website (www.cbe.org.eg):
Feb Jan Feb
2012 2012 2011
15.72 16.35 33.21 (in $bln)
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According to The Telegraph, Psy's 'Gangnam Style' will become the most watched YouTube vide in history, and it will likely happen over the weekend. The video has pulled in 795 million views since it was posted on July 15, 2012. Justin Bieber's 'Baby', which was posted in February of 2010, has the record with 803 million. Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is on pace to break the record as the most-watched YouTube video ever this weekend.


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With 32 pages packed full of information and photos, it includes detailed entries on the best shops for kawaii, fabric, washi, stationery, toys and homewares plus area guides to Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, Akihabara, Ikebukuro, Fabric Town, Odaiba and Ueno and even mini-guides to Osaka and Kyoto. There are also details of fun places to visit like the Ghibli Museum, Design Festa and Parasite Museum and tips on visiting Japan. Get your copy and be introduced to places the mainstream guides won't tell you about.
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King Hall's Externship Program allows students to earn academic credit for field placements in a government or public interest law office, while being jointly supervised by a practicing attorney and a member of the King Hall Faculty. Externships can be part or full-time, and offer students the opportunity to augment their classroom learning with hands-on, real-world lawyering experience. Over the past several years, King Hall externship placements have included District Attorney and Public Defender Offices, Judicial Chambers (both state and federal), the California Legislature, and a wide range of government offices, public interest, and public policy organizations.
Why Extern?
Law schools and legal employers are increasingly recognizing the value and importance of experiential education, which is what externships are all about! Externships are a great way to:
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- Build a pathway towards future employment
Externship Opportunities at King Hall
King Hall Currently runs the following Externship programs:
- Judicial Process (Law 425) (2 to 6 or 12 units)
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All placements must be approved by the Director of Externships and, with the exception of the UCDC program, are limited to the Northern California-Nevada geographical area in order to facilitate faculty on-site visits. All externs will be required to participate in an externship seminar or faculty-guided tutorial as part of their externship experience (see "Enrollment" page for additional details).
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Car Washes not all equal
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Car Washes
The ongoing debate comparing touch-less washing and automatic touch washes is still split. Even in the car wash industry, both sides argue until they get red faced over this controversy. Here are the issues, so you can decide for yourself.
Automatic Touch Car Washes
Over the years, great progress has been made in the materials used that actually touch your car as well as their design. The pro argument will state their case by asking have you ever been able to wash your hands just by running water over them? A good case indeed. We all know that proper hand cleansing comes from friction and soap. The same should be true when washing your car. The soaps used are usually not as aggressive as the touch-less washes (which rely strictly on chemicals to do the work), so there is no fear of strong acids being sprayed on your finish. Another factor to consider is that not all automatic washes are totally inside a heated environment. In areas where the temperature gets below zero, you drive your car in from the cold. The doors that let you in are subjected to the same temperature, allowing some ice to form on the machinery. Even if the smallest piece of ice gets between the brushes and your finish, its leading toward a disaster. We have all heard the horror stories of wheels being scratched, hub caps being lost, antennas breaking off, and so on. When you have all these mechanical components moving around your car, sooner or later something is going to happen.
Touch-less Washes
The best case the pro side of this issue has is that nothing comes in contact with your finish. But how can a touch-less wash clean your car without the friction to break down the dirt? If you remember your PH scale from high school, you will know that water is 7 (neutral) and acids are low ph (1-3) and alkalines are high ph (10-13). Keep in mind that both high and low ph are caustic (extremely harmful). Also, you should note that in order to neutralize any high or low ph, you need to apply the opposite. So if you spray acid on your car, you had better apply an alkaline or else it could damage your finish. This is how chemicals get a car clean in a touch-less wash. First, when you drive in. your car is sprayed with soap and water, then acid, then alkaline, then rinse. I have a problem with who is in charge of filling the chemical tanks. If for some reason the alkaline runs low and only acid is going on your car, I wouldnt want that car to be mine.
Hand Car Washes
Most people that really take pride in their car go to hand car washes. Here are some of the problems I have found with facilities around my area. If they do not pre soak the car first and just start washing, all they are doing is rubbing the existing dirt into the finish. I have also seen places that use the same drying towels over and over again from one car to the next, transferring dirt particles from car to car. The kind of soap they are using also plays a role; too strong of a detergent will strip the wax or sealant from your finish. So you come out with a clean but unprotected car. The soap applicators that I have seen I would not use to clean my toilet, much less my car.
Fresh or Recycled Water
Now that I have given you all these facts to think about, here is another fact for you to consider. Some car washes use fresh water, others use recycled water. From the save the planet group, recycled water is the way to go. The question you have to ask yourself is, do you want all the dirty water that came from all the cars ahead of you used to wash your car? By law a car wash owner must tell you (if you ask) what process they use. Then you can decide for yourself.


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Went on line looking for a personal loan put my information got a call from this person name John Ryan said that he work for Loans of America.I ask for $1000.00 he said that i was appprove and that my month premium would be $187.00.Before they could deposit the money in my checking account he said that i had to show his company that i had the funds available and that i had to get a Green Dot Money Pak and put the $187.00 on it.Then he told me to scracth off the strip on the back of it and give him the number and they would deposit the money in my account. I call him back gave him the number of the Green Dot Money Pak he told me to wait 15 minutes and it would be there in my checking account. I waited for 2 hours then i call him back and ask why the money was not there.He told me that the Better Business Bureau had put a freeze on it. I told him i wanted my money back and that i wanted to cancel it he said no.I kept asking for my money back and then he said that my credit score was to low and that if i wanted $1800.00 that i had to put additional $490.00 on the Green Dot Money Pak i said no i was not going to give him anymore money. I told this John Ryan that i wanted my $187.00 back he kept giving the excuses and got hostile toward me on the phone. I made a scam and fraud report to the Green Dot Money Pak Company.I also a made a police report here in my home with the Forsyth County Sheriffs Office in Cumming,Georgia. I live in Alharetta,Georgia.The Sheriffs Deparment has assigned Investigator Jeff Roe to my case.He has my checking account information so i had to close this one out and get a new account.
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This is the Advance Fee Loan Scam and has been around for a long time.
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You can also file a report with the Federal Trade Commission. Go to FTC(dot)gov and first read up on the Advance Fee Loan scam. It works exactly like you described. The "lender" is fake. the names are fake or borrowed from legitimate companies. There is no loan. It is a well known scam. The entire point is to get you to load money onto a reloadable moneypak type card like Green Dot so they can take the funds off the card. Whatever excuse the scammer uses (low score, proof of funds to pay, and other excuses) is just that: an excuse. Some people catch on the first time, others send more and more money. Next time a stranger asks you to load money on a reloadable card or send money via Western Union, say no because it is always a scam.
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By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 04/19/12
The Henrico Police Athletic League (PAL) will host a Mentor Day Carnival from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Genworth Campus, 6620 W. Broad St. There will be an opportunity to learn more about Henrico PAL and its mentoring program and the chance to register, if individuals want to mentor or need a mentor. In addition to food, games and prizes, there will be an appearance by the Lady Raiders from the Richmond Raiders Professional Indoor Football team and information regarding voter registration. The event is free and open to the public and will be held rain or shine. For details, visit http://www.henricopal.org.
The Shady Grove Coffeehouse, located at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church at 11105 Cauthorne Rd., will continue its 11th season with award-winning Bluegrass band Molasses Creek at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door; teens are admitted at half price and children 12 and under are free. For details, call 323-4288 or visit http://www.shadygrovecoffeehouse.com.
The Modlin Center for the Arts will present comedian and author Paula Poundstone at 7:30 p.m. in Camp Concert Hall at the University of Richmond. Poundstone, known for appearing on stage with a stool, microphone and a can of Diet Pepsi, she is also a panelist on NPR's 'oddly informative' weekly news quiz program "Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me!" Tickets are $40. For details, call 289-8980 or visit http://www.modlin.richmond.edu.
YMCA of Greater Richmond and Goodwill will host an electronics recycling event during business hours at all greater Richmond locations including Chickahominy, John Rolfe, North Richmond, Shady Grove and Tuckahoe branches in Henrico. Organizers hope to collect 15 tons of unwanted electronics including personal computers, keyboards, mice, monitors, printers and scanners. For details, call 521-4913 or visit http://www.ymcarichmond.org/goodwill.
Little Sisters of the Poor will host the 4th annual French Food Festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at St. Joseph's Home, 1503 Michaels Rd. There will be French desserts, chocolates, bread and wine and for the first time, there will be a Parisian Marketplace offering a variety of unique vendors. There will also be live entertainment by local artists and fun-filled games and activities for children. Admission is free but donations are appreciated. All proceeds benefit Little Sisters of the Poor. For details, call 288-6245 or visit http://www.lspfrenchfoodfestival.com.
Henrico's Earth Day Celebration will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Three Lakes Park, 400 Sausiluta Dr. Activities and entertainment will include educational booths and displays, recycling games, the Henrico County Bookmobile, arts and crafts promoting litter pick-up, face painting and more. There is no rain date. Admission is free. For details, call Rachel Moore at 501-5134 or visit http://www.henricorecandparks.com.
Be The Match will host the Be The One® Richmond run/walk at 7 a.m. at North Shore Commons, 4901 Lake Brook Dr. in Innsbrook. The fundraiser gives patients with leukemia, lymphoma and 70 other life-threatening diseases a second chance at life and highlights the need for unrelated marrow donors. The event includes a 5K, 1K Fun Run and Tot Trot. Registration is $10 to $35. For details, visit http://www.betheonerun.org/richmond.
The Modlin Center for the Arts will present Béla Fleck and the Original Flecktones at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Camp Concert Hall at the University of Richmond. The group recently released their first new album in 20 years, Rocket Science. Tickets are $36. For details, call 289-8980 or visit http://www.modlin.richmond.edu.
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wikiHow to Invent a Catchy Sales Gimmick
Three Parts:Creating Your GimmickUnderstanding Your MarketAddressing Your DemographicCommunity Q&A
Coming up with a catchy sales gimmick is one of the most important elements of creating your business. A sales gimmick is a creative way to attract attention to your business, product or service and to create a sense of urgency in the mind of potential customers. You need to find a way to connect with potential customers, establish the value of your product or service, and finally close the deal. Although you may make the sale in person, the process starts well before you ever shake hands with any potential customers.
Part 1
Creating Your Gimmick
1Choose a type of sales gimmick. There are many kinds of sales gimmicks and it's important that you choose one that is appropriate for your product or service. A good sales gimmick grabs a potential customer's attention, but shouldn't actually seem like a gimmick at all.[1]
- You may want to offer free shipping or provide free shipping if a customer's order exceeds a certain dollar value.
- Multiple purchase pricing is the act of offering products for a price if you buy a certain number of them. An example of this could selling ten pens for ten dollars.
- A common sales gimmick for services is the bundle. Bundling services makes it seem like a better deal to purchase more than one service, even if the customer may not have been looking for the other services. An example of this would be cable companies offering television, internet and telephone service for a single price.
- Other gimmicks could be using coupons, having sales events or giving your customers a rewards card that encourages them to return to do business with you again.
2Create a slogan. A good slogan can make or break your sales pitch, and an extremely effective slogan can do some of the work for you. Effective slogans are memorable and may even be shared among prospective customers before you begin trying to make a sale.[2]
- A slogan should be a brief statement that speaks to the use or importance of your product or service.
- Shorter slogans are better, but a notable exception would be Geico's, "fifteen minutes can save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance." What is most important that your slogan is easy to recall.
3Address any possible objections. Identify potential objections a customer may have to your pitch and prepare ways to address them. Customers may feel as though your claims can't be backed up or that your competition may offer a better deal. Prepare statements or methods to address these complaints ahead of time.[3]
- Addressing objections may be as simple as providing a demonstration or providing a price comparison between you and competitors.
- If your prices are higher than the competition, you may be able to address budget concerns by discussing the higher quality of your product or service.
- An example could be, "we offer prices that are ten percent lower than our competition!"
4Create a call to action. The call to action is possibly the most important part of a sales gimmick: it's the portion of your pitch that calls on a potential customer to make the transition into actual customer. A good call to action will engage customers with a sense of urgency.[4] #* Avoid generic information like "act now" and instead couple it with the benefits of why you should "act now."
- A good example could be, "act now to secure this low price" or "act now to take advantage of this week's incentives."
- Creating a sense of urgency can compel customers to act immediately and allow you to close the sale.
5Use events to drive sales. Events that draw attention to your brand, product or service can serve as an excellent sales gimmick. Depending on the nature of your business, you may need to utilize different types of events.
- High energy events with words and phrases like sale, clearance or blowout can attract customers that may not have otherwise stopped in.
- Utilize your slogan heavily during events to increase retention in the minds of customers and potential customers alike.
- Car dealerships often have sales events that give potential customers the impression that they need to purchase a new car immediately to get the best possible price.
6Change tactics as the need arises. You may find that a sales gimmick that was working well may become less effective over time. This is because the sales environment is constantly changing and you must too in order to be successful. Gimmicks are inherently short lived so creating new ones or adjusting old ones should be a continuous process.[5]
- Experiment with new gimmicks or alterations on existing ones to make sure you remain on the cutting edge of what works.
- You may find an unsuccessful sales gimmick can be saved by testing it and making tweaks as you go.
- Take advantage of popular trends and incorporate them into your gimmick to create more reach with people in your chosen demographic.
- Try incorporating recent news or events to grab the public's attention, but do so in a tasteful way by not utilizing insensitive language toward those who may have been negatively affected by the event.
Part 2
Understanding Your Market
1Choose a demographic. In order to establish a strong sales gimmick, you will need to identify the group of people in which you hope to sell to. One effective way to do so is to utilize the funnel approach. The funnel approach is a method in which you look at all people as a single group, then begin to narrow it down by applying imaginary filters.[6]
- Start by narrowing the group into the broadest segment possible. If your product or service is automotive in nature, car owners may be your initial filter.
- Then add additional filters to each group until you have the most specific group of people you can muster. If your automotive part is for a specific make or model of vehicle, that can narrow the group significantly.
2Research the demographic you choose to pursue. Once you have identified the group of people you want to sell your product or service to, begin conducting research on the group and what matters to them. If it is an age group, you may want to look into popular culture for that age, for instance. There are a number of websites and services you can use to gather information on the demographic of your choosing.[7]
- The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics offers demographic information on their website: http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm
- The Economist Intelligence Union is a company that offers international demographic information at EIU.com.
- Most organizations require you to pay for access to their demographic information.
3Tailor your plan for social media. Your sales gimmick should work in multiple mediums of communication (in person, in television or radio advertising, etcetera) and in today's day in age, having a sales gimmick that translates well into social media is imperative to being successful. Remember to tailor your content to your chosen demographic on social media by using language and graphics that are in keeping with the popular culture of that group.
- Make sure your sales pitch is consistent across platforms so customers that dealt with your or your company online are not surprised by differences when dealing with you in person.
- Most social media platforms allow you to target your chosen demographic. When creating an social media ad, look at your demographic options and determine the one that is closest to the group you are targeting.
- Adjust the formality and tone of your written content to be approachable for the demographic you've chosen.
Part 3
Addressing Your Demographic
1Establish a point of mutual agreement. In order to successfully engage a potential buyer, you need to establish common ground with them. Making a connection with a potential customer can make the difference between making a sale and not regardless of the product.[8]
- A good sales gimmick will involve an established mutual point of agreement such as, "phone bills are too high," or, "we all want to save money."
- If your gimmick does not involve establishing a common ground, your sales people will have to do so as a part of their pitch.
2Identify the problem your product or service addresses. Creating an effective sales pitch or gimmick requires identifying a problem that your product or service can address. You are asking customers to provide you with money and in return their life should be improved, simplified or otherwise changed for the positive. Examples of problems that are addressed by products or services are:[9]
- A cleaning company addresses issues with cleaning and maintaining facilities.
- Auto-repair shops help people repair broken vehicles.
- Toy companies address the need for engaging forms of entertainment and education for kids.
3Describe how you can solve the problem. Once you identify a problem in your sales pitch, you must explain to the customers how you can solve it, or reduce its impact on their lives. This is usually the nature of your service or the reason for your product.[10]
- Auto-repair shops may market their services by providing a list of the types of repairs they specialize in.
- Cleaning companies can contrast the issue of dirty facilities by discussing the types of cleaning services offered.
- Toy companies offer toys that can entertain or educate your child.
4Emphasize the value of your product or service. Now that the customer knows what the problem is and how you can solve it, you need to make your offer seem as appealing as possible by discussing the value of choosing you over your competitors.[11]
- You may choose to indicate how much of your product or what level of your service a customer can get for their dollar.
- Comparing your prices to that of your competitors is an excellent way to demonstrate your value.
5Specify any special benefits or features. Make sure your customers are aware of any additional value, benefits or features you provide as a part of your product or service. If you can provide an added value through additional services your competition does not, that may convince a potential customer to choose you.[12]
- Use your knowledge of your target demographic to speak to their specific needs or interests and how you can address them.
- Sales events, coupons or specials are great ways to convey a special benefit a customer may receive if they act now.
Community Q&A
Sources and Citations
- ↑ http://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/10-silly-sales-tactics-you-fall-for-every-day/
- ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-write-a-slogan-2012-11
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2013/nov/11/five-steps-developing-effective-sales-strategy
- ↑ https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241223
- ↑ http://www.inc.com/aj-agrawal/creating-the-right-sales-pitch.html
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckcohn/2015/02/06/steps-to-identify-your-target-market/2/#468483685d42
- ↑ http://guides.library.cornell.edu/cmr/Demographics
- ↑ http://www.inc.com/aj-agrawal/creating-the-right-sales-pitch.html
- ↑ http://www.inc.com/aj-agrawal/creating-the-right-sales-pitch.html
- ↑ http://www.inc.com/aj-agrawal/creating-the-right-sales-pitch.html
- ↑ http://www.inc.com/aj-agrawal/creating-the-right-sales-pitch.html
- ↑ http://www.inc.com/aj-agrawal/creating-the-right-sales-pitch.html
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How to Win Over an Audiance
Apr 8th, 2010 by Matt
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From a standards point of view, the industry is transitioning from second-generation (2G) and variants of 2G (2.5G GPRS, 2.75G EDGE) systems to 3G air interfaces. The RF and baseband hardware and chips to support this transition are currently discrete, causing the phone's printed circuit board to get larger.
The 3G handsets available in the market today make us feel that we have regressed 10 years in cell phone size, form factor, and power consumption, states Alan Varghese, senior director of Semiconductors Research at ABI Research.
From a features and functions point of view, ABI Research notes that digital cameras have been a popular feature in cell phones. And it is projected that 150 million camera phones will be shipped in 2004. Functions such as Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS are currently entering the high-tier models and will soon move down to the lower tiers.
What are the implications of these features and functions in terms of hardware and software? Cameras require a discrete module containing the lenses, image sensor, image processor and a few passives. Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS all require additional hardware either in the form of one-chip or two-chip solutions. Moreover, all these features require additional software and processing power in the baseband and associated code and data memory as the industry moves from 2G and variants of 2G to 3G air interfaces, notes Varghese. Thus, according to Varghese, with the transition of standards, and with the addition of new functions, the handset will grow in size unless aggressive integration happens in the RF and baseband sections of the phone.
RF integration
There are two trends happening as far as integration on the RF side is concerned. Until recently, the PA and its associated circuitry was always kept as a separate component from the rest of RF. The reason was twofold. First, it was designed in a technology such as GaAs, which was different from the other portions of the phone. Second, it dissipates a lot of heat so it is hard to integrate with anything else, without exceeding the thermal limits of chip packaging or causing secondary effects such as temperature drift in surrounding circuitry. But now, vendors that have deep skills in SiGe technology are using that process to design power amplifiers. Considering that the rest of the radio section has already been designed in SiGe, this opens up the intriguing possibility of integrating the PA and the RF transceiver (RFTCVR), asserts Varghese.
The other trend sees the PA and its associated circuits still kept as a discrete part, but the RFTCVR is designed in a RFCMOS process, which allows the possibility of integrating the RFTCVR with the baseband section — already done in CMOS. While the advantage of the first is that the sensitive RF/analog systems are all kept together, as well as the noise-inducing digital sections, the determining factor will be whether PAs in SiGe technology will meet the performance, cost and time-to-market requirements of the cell phone faster than the RFTCVR would in a RFCMOS process, adds Varghese.
Meanwhile, as the RF integration debate continues, software-defined radio (SDR) architectures are in preparation, bringing digitization of the signal closer to the antenna and allowing different communications standards and protocols to be implemented via software rather than through dedicated hardware. What this means is that the digital side will encroach more and more into the RFTCVR section, thus making RFTCVR a smaller and smaller section in the future.
Likewise, on the baseband front, there were two cores specialized in two functions. While the DSP core is specialized in the multiply-accumulate (MAC) number crunching, the microprocessor performs all the call processing software and interfacing to peripherals. Over time, both these cores found their way into the same package and then onto the same silicon die. The latest trend is where these two cores are collapsed into a single modem core that is reasonably optimized for both DSP and uP functions, according to ABI Research.
Plus, as new functions and features are added, the code and data space requirements have gone up by eight to 16 times the sizes common in the early days of cellular. Integration is in the form of System-in-Package (SIP) where the NOR FLASH, SRAM, Pseudo SRAM and maybe even NAND FLASH are stacked on top of each other, minimizing form factor, power consumption and cost. Finally, to do applications such as digital imaging, gaming, MMS, video calling, the high-tier phone models have a separate dedicated uP called the applications processor. But we notice a trend where the applications core is integrated with the baseband either as an SIP or on the same silicon die, or the applications code is absorbed into a slightly more powerful baseband processor. This relentless drive toward integration will continue, as the functions that are more stable go through consolidation, giving room for new features and new functions, concludes Varghese.


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Behind the Scenes with the Bodacious B-Bender
Ever wonder who's the techno-mechanical brains behind those intriguing, tone-stretching B-Benders? Actually, it's multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons, who rose to superstar status as drummer, banjoist, pedal steel guitarist, and harmonica player with the high-flyin' Byrds.
Gene's lifelong fascination with bent notes actually stems from his early childhood. "When I was a little kid, I was really crazy for steam locomotives, and one of the real big attractions (for me) was the steam whistle", he recalls. "A good engineer wouldn't just blow the whistle. He'd bend the notes and make that whistle moan by pulling that lanyard ever so artfully. And the first time I ever heard a musical note bent down and up was in Earl Scrugg's Foggy Mountain Breakdown, and I said, 'My God! What a sound!'"
Anyway, I asked myself "What is it about the bent note that's so beautiful and haunting", Gene continues. "Well, I think I know. If you go from notes A to B, you're making a statement. But if you bend that note -- from an A to a B -- you're making a journey. You're telling a story, and along with that there's intrigue and suspense. It's a whole new world of music."
For Gene, that whole new world of sonic possibility reached its apex in 1968 when he applied his machine shop skills to address fellow-Byrd and best friend Clarence White's need for a third hand to mimic a pedal steel guitar during a recording session. The result was the Parsons/White String Bender (or B-Bender), a string-pulling device activated by the shoulder strap, which enabled Clarence to raise the pitch of his B string a full tone.
In addition to gracing subsequent Byrds releases, incuding Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde, The Ballad of Easy Rider, Untitled, Byrdmaniax and Farther Along, the Parsons/White String Bender was prominently featured on Gene's first-rate solo recordings, Melodies and The Kindling Collection, as well as on Birds of a Feather -- a brilliant amalgam of country, folk, rock, zydeco, and bluegrass recorded with his wife, Meridian Green. Within no time, other artists began hopping on the String Bender bandwagon, and among those who had them installed either through Gene or the Fender Custom Shop in Corona, California, were Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, Rich Robinson, James Hetfield, Richie Sambora, Albert Lee, Bernie Leadon, and Peter Buck.
The idea for the B-Bender actually came about during a recording session featuring drummer Gene Parsons and guitarist extraordinaire Clarence White of the Byrds. "We had just put the basic track down, and Clarence was doing this lick where you chime a string and pull it up over the nut on a Telecaster", Gene recalls. "And he said, 'You know, this is really great, but if I could do it up at the IV chord and the V chord, I'd really have something here. I need a third hand.'"
Having spent a lot of time observing his dad's machine shop operation as a youngster, Gene rose to the occasion. He came up with a finely tooled string-pulling device that's activated by the guitar's shoulder strap. Pressing down on the guitar's neck causes the guitar strap to pull up on a lever attached to the strap button. The lever, which is attached to a series of rods and springs, turns the pull hub that the B string is threaded through, thus raising the pitch of the B string a full tone for a pedal steel effect. The device, which was dubbed the Parsons/White String Bender, is featured in Fenders Clarence White Signature Series Telecaster.
B-Benders and their unique sonic qualities have long been favorites of dozens of well-known guitarists whose styles run the gamut from rock, country and blues to metal, alternative and jazz.
The same device is also featured in Fender's American Standard B-Bender Telecaster. "I basically designed a (one-piece assembly) unit that mounts directly to the back plate of the guitar", Gene adds. "The result is a high-quality instrument that's also a little more wallet-friendly than its Signature Series counterpart."
"For those players who think the B-Bender is only suitable for country music, think again", Gene points out. "Ive heard people do some pretty amazing things with it", he says. "For example, I've heard blues artists play Roy Buchanan-type licks where they'll bend the B string and then pull it up two to two-and-a-half tones. Ive also heard jazz guitarists who'll play these really big 13th or 11th chords and then come up with this fluid note provided by the B-Bender. There's a lot of incredible stuff you can do with it, regardless of what genre of music you're into.
The Stringbender Homepage: www.stringbender.com


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Alas, my time of Greek obsession is over. My summer camp went very well, and now my attention will focus on a new subject. But never just one. I like to explore many topics throughout the year, delving in different depths for each. My focus for the following year will be a long, luxurious process gaining speed as next summer approaches. Along the way, other interests and ideas will ink across my brain, sometimes lasting for one lovely conversation or a month-long read-a-thon. My creativity is fueled by this curiosity. Reading, watching and interacting with the world around me gives me so many sparks that I can't possibly write them all down. What is this force?
I love to learn, and I love finding people like me. I've decided to ask geeks, nerds, and weird-stream people what makes them tick, and why. What set them on their path, and what keeps them going. Why do they get excited over a certain manga, or font type, or leather style? Why do they continually try to find the perfect formula, record the strangest sound, or explore the deepest equation? Geeks get obsessed, and have the intelligence to do something new with the information they find.
Creativity comes in many forms. One of my friends is a physicist who spends a lot of time teaching robotics to children. She is constantly creating new programs, new designs, new ways of presenting this subject. Robotics would not be considered within the realm of the Creative Arts like music, dancing and theater, but the source must be the same. That which makes us reach deep for something that we can't sense in the world- something we have to make exist. Where does it come from? I call it 'The Muse of Nerds.'
So how did I come up with the name, "The Muse of Nerds?" In the Greek world, there were muses for creative people to call upon. Each muse had her own subject. I decided to go with my latest obsession and name this "Muse of…" something or other. But Muse of what?
Muse of History?: On the final day of my Greek camp when we all dressed up, I was Clio, the Muse of History. Technically, everything that has happened is history, and learning about the world could be considered calling on Clio. But history doesn't touch upon the creative aspect that I'm looking for (though one could argue that written history is very, very creative…)
'Muse of Autodidacts' sounds silly, even if correctly used. (Say 'autodidact' three times fast and you sound like you had too much coffee.) Some words may be right, but just not used in everyday life. This is like using the word "thespian" for someone in theater. Yes, it's correct, but when one of the nuns in my Catholic high school approached my group of friends acting out a scene for our play and told us, "What a lovely bunch of thespians!" you can be sure we were quite surprised ('thespian' and 'lesbian' both come from Greek origins, btw.)
'Muse of Geeks' would be the obvious choice, which of course, is why I didn't want it. (Me and my contrary nature are pleased to meet you.) The word 'geek' is so broad. I'm interested in people who become excited about a topic enough to devote huge amount of time and energy, perhaps making it a career. This is not about the person who likes Pocky so much they made a trip to Japan dressed as a giant box of the snack. Wait…I do think that's interesting. (Does anyone know someone who has done this?)
'Muse of Nerds' is the old-school name for geeks. I'm already kickin' it old school with the whole "muse" thing. Nerds imply some kind of learning. Nerds are obessive. Nerds are smart. Nerds make my tongue go numb when I buy a box during a movie. But to be honest, the real reason is because the sound of "Muse of Nerds" somehow reminds me of "Game of Thrones" which I'm currently geeked about. My choices in life generally come down to something like that. (Ask me why I chose my college.)
Look once a month for 'The Muse of Nerds' on explorations and conversations with what makes a geek a Geek- that nameless force that takes us beyond a fan and into the fanatical.
PS. If you know someone (you?) who would like to share their thoughts on their own muse, let me know!


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