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How much do you need to live off your money for 30 years?
Q: How much money would an investor need, and how much yield would they require, to live off their money for 30 years?
A: Questions about "how much money do I need" aren't just a mathematical exercise. Much of the answer depends on you, the investor.
Many investors assume there's some magic number of how much they need to have to be set for life financially. And I suppose there is a number that's big enough that it would cover the financial needs of most people.
But the amount of money we must have to get us by in life depends on how much we spend or need each year. And there's just no way to give a pat answer that will be appropriate for all investors.
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For instance, some investors may be entitled to receive benefits from a pension or other defined benefit plan. This changes the scenario. Some people are living in a large house they can sell for a profit and downsize to a cheaper one. Others may have low living expenses or are willing to make changes in their lifestyle to lower their overhead. And for all these reasons, and many more, there's simply no single "number" for all people. Some cities cost much less to live in than others.
With that said, this question comes up enough that it's worth stepping through an example. For instance, an investor might decide it's possible to live off of $50,000 a year. The investor might also expect inflation to be about 3.5% a year and their returns to be about 5% a year. Using these numbers as a guide shows that this investor must put away $1.2 million dollars at the beginning of the 30 year period.
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Where can you get a 5% return? That's a key to the puzzle. With U.S. Treasury rates so low, you'll need to take some risk to achieve 5% yields in the current environment.
One example portfolio that might get you there could be a mix like IFA.com Portfolio 10, which is the safest one the investment firm offers. This portfolio holds 8% in U.S. large company stocks, 4% in small company stocks, 2% in real estate, 4% in international, 2% in emerging markets and 80% in bonds. Historically, which isn't a predictor of future success, over time this portfolio generated a long-term average return of 5.6% on average a year.
But with the added risk, including the exposure to stocks, investors need to be aware that a few bad years in the market could curtail your gains.
Again, the above scenario may not be right for you or for most people. However, the exercise of backing into how much money an investor needs to reach a goal, and understanding what risk must be taken to get that return, is a valuable exercise for all.
Matt Krantz is a financial markets reporter at USA TODAY and author of Investing Online for Dummies and Fundamental Analysis for Dummies. He answers a different reader question every weekday in his Ask Matt column at money.usatoday.com. To submit a question, e-mail Matt at email@example.com. Follow Matt on Twitter at: twitter.com/mattkrantz
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U.S. tax dollars may be paying for "ghost workers" on the Afghan National Police payroll, which receives a significant amount of its funding from the U.S., according to a letter from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction to military commanders in Afghanistan.
"I am writing to express my concern that the U.S. may be unwittingly helping to pay the salaries of non-existent members of the Afghan National Police," Inspector General John F. Sopko wrote in the Feb. 19 letter.
ANP salaries are funded by the Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan, or LOTFA. Of the $3.2 billion international donors have paid into LOFTA since 2002, the U.S. has paid 38 percent, or $1.2 billion.
"There is a very significant amount of U.S. taxpayer money at stake in this program," Sopko wrote.
The possibility of ghost workers came up repeatedly during a November trip to Afghanistan, Sopko said.
During that visit, Sopko discussed the issue with Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan officials, who said they aren't aware of intentional false payments but that CSTC-A is working with the Afghan Ministries of Interior and Defense to improve accountability for both money and personnel records.
"While we have made significant progress working with the [Ministry of Interior] over the last several years, our recent efforts uncovered discrepancies in the reconciliation of personnel and payroll records," U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Wendel, commander of CSTC-A, wrote in his response to Sopko's letter.
CSTC-A helped reconcile 54,000 erroneous identification numbers in the database used to manage ANP payroll, which could have allowed to ghost payments. Commanders also implemented a financial agreement with the Afghan ministries to improve their accounting transparency, performed a financial audit and threatened to withhold some LOTFA funding until the ministries made recommended changes.
"While CSTC-A's own recent actions are positive steps, I remain concerned that we lack an adequate understanding and oversight of how U.S. funds flow from LOTFA through the Afghan banking system to their destination in the hands of legitimate ANSF personnel," Sopko said.
His office is currently auditing ANSF and ANP personnel data and salaries.
The European Commission is also withholding some of its LOTFA funding over concerns about financial mismanagement, including ghost workers, Sopko said. The commission will release the money when Afghan ministries have stronger controls to make sure LOFTA funds are spent properly.
SIGAR's concerns over ghost payments go back to a 2011 audit, which found neither the United Nations Development Program or the Afghan Ministry of Interior could verify LOTFA payroll data.

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Polk teacher faces additional charges
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (970 WFLA) – Polk County Sheriff's Office authorities said Wednesday that the Special Victims Unit detectives filed 20 additional counts against Polk County inmate Jennifer Fichter of Unlawful Sexual Activity With Minor for a sexual relationship PCSO says Fichter had with one of her students in 2011 when the student was 17 years old.
Sheriff's office authorities said the new information came to light during the ongoing investigation by PCSO and Lakeland Police detectives. Polk deputies said the victim in this case is a new victim who was identified after Fichter's arrest.
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Obispado de San Luis Potosí Records
Historical Note
In 1776 the municipal government of San Luis Potosí began petitioning the King of Spain for establishment of a bishopric in their municipality. In 1792 a formal letter to the king elaborated on the need for the bishopric and for financial assistance in its organization. On May 20, 1800, a cedula was issued by the King of Spain ordering consideration of the establishment of said bishopric; the minister of the royal treasury in Mexico sought the opinions of various bishops. On March 15, 1805, the viceroy approved a recommendation for creation of the bishopric. The bishopric was formally established in 1855.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, decrees, and a map relating to the establishment a bishopric in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Manuscript number G254, dated 1792, consists of an unsigned formal petition to the King of Spain setting forth need for the establishment of a bishopric in San Luis Potosí and requesting financial assistance for the same. Manuscript number G292, dated 1800-1805, contains letters which convey a cedula from the King of Spain ordering consideration of the establishment of the bishopric; letters and reports responding to the order; and a map of the proposed boundaries of the bishopric.
Related Material
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Obispado de San Luis Potosí : Documents Pertaining to its Establishment, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Acquisitions Information
The collection forms part of the Genaro García Collection, which was purchased by the University of Texas in 1921 from the heirs of Genaro García.
Processing Information
The papers were described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in October 1994.
Finding aid initially prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, January 10, 1995.
Alternate Form Available
The collection is also available on microfilm.
Other Finding Aids
The following guide is available in the Benson Latin American Collection Rare Books Reference: Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958.Guide to the Latin American Manuscripts in the University of Texas Library.
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DENR, DepEd, MMDA launch National Eco-savers Program
Metro Manila's public school students will now be able to exchange their recyclables for school supplies or even cash, with the launching today (Nov. 8) of the National Ecosavers Program (NEP) by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Education, and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
On hand to launch the program were DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje, DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, and MMDA Chair Francisco Tolentino. Senator Loren Legarda, Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim also graced the occasion, which was also attended by teachers and students from the National Capital Region.
Paje said the goal of the program was to have every school establish an ecological solid waste recovery system, thereby reducing solid waste being collected from schools and households.
"By establishing some form of incentive for managing their solid waste, we are encouraging students to sort their waste and minimize the generation of garbage in their homes. Participating students will get something useful, possibly even cash, in exchange for the recyclables they turn in to their schools," he explained.
According to him, an incentive mechanism is being formulated under the program, where students will be issued an "Ecosavers Club Passbook" to record the credit points they earn from their recyclable materials.
The recyclables will then be pooled for final collection by accredited junk shops or recyclers.
The initial phase of the NEP would be implemented in 763 public elementary and high schools in the National Capital Region (NCR), involving some 1.9 million students.
He also said that part of the program would also enjoin schools to make their own compost from biodegradable wastes. The compost could then be used as fertilizer for seedlings produced and nurtured under the National Greening Program (NGP).
Paje also extended his gratitude to Secretary Luistro for steering the Education Department into becoming an active ally in the implementation of Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Act. He stressed that mobilizing public schools would guarantee the effective implementation of the program, as demonstrated in Marikina, Pasig, Makati and Quezon cities.
The launching program also featured an environmental exhibit, tree planting and tour of the Arroceros mini-forest; story-telling session by Ms. Earth candidates; agricultural demonstration sessions on hydrophonics, vermiculture and mushroom culture; and an eco-savers bag contest.
The partnership for the NEP implementation had been formalized earlier in June, when a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed among the DENR, DepEd, MMDA, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the non-government Galing Pook Foundation (GPF).
Based on the MOA, the DENR will take the lead in the provision of technical, monitoring and funding support, with the DepEd handling the training of principals and teachers on the implementation of the program while the DILG and MMDA would take the lead in the collection of processed garbage materials in coordination with accredited recycling firms and junk shops.
For its part, GPF committed to replicate best SWM practices it has documented nationwide through its 20 years of giving recognition to top performing local governments.
The MOA defined the NEP as having six components: education by integrating SWM concepts in school curricula; capability building of students, educators and the community; monitoring and evaluation of the program's impact; advocacy and networking with other stakeholders and service providers, such as recyclers; convergence and complementation with the NGP; and sustainability.
Paje has committed a P50 million funding for the initial implementation of the project in Metro Manila, where garbage generation stands at 8,000 tons per day. Of this total, half comprises of food and other organics, a fourth composed of plastic materials, while 12 percent is paper. The remaining balance consisted of metals (5%), glass (3%), special and hazardous waste (1%) and residuals (4%).
To ensure sustainability, the NEP would facilitate pooling of resources among the partner agencies, as well as all 17 local government units (LGUs) of NCR and recyclers from the private sector.
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Here's a look at some of the construction work for the new precipitator at Northern Pulp taken Thursday.
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An engineer's interpretation of what the new recovery boiler precipitator for Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation will resemble once constructed by spring 2015. The approximately $25 million project will replace the pulp mills aging precipitator, which was constructed when the mill was built in 1967. Foundations for the project should begin by the end of the week. SUBMITTED
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Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corp. Governmental Affairs and Communications Manager David MacKenzie, left, and Senior Project Manager Hugh MacDougall assess ongoing construction on the pulp mill's new electrostatic precipitator on Thursday. A ministerial directive from Environment Minister Randy Delorey has codified the precipitator's completion date of May 30, 2015. JOHN BRANNEN – THE NEWS
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This course on behavioral science has two purposes: to introduce you to psychosocial aspects of medical practice and to offer you an overview of clinical psychiatry.
Psychiatry has as its allied disciplines sociology and psychology. Behavioral science includes behavioral biology, including biochemical, physiological and pharmacological correlates of behavior; individual behavior including emotions, life cycle, motivation, personality and its psychopathology; and interpersonal and social behavior.
Most lecturers are clinicians. It is, therefore, to be expected that the material covered in this course will be clinically relevant.
CBL: Case-Based Learning, Clinical Reasoning & Pathophysiology
Course #: MPPH202
Course Credit: 8
Director: Paul F. Shanley, MD
Associate Director/Coordinator: Karen C. Kelly, MS
The goal of the course is to make the student conversant in the language of medicine and to provide a conceptual and experiential framework for the students education and future training. The emphasis is on pathophysiology which is understood as mechanisms of disease at the organ system level. Pathophysiology provides the transition from basic to clinical science since organ dysfunction is still the level at which most clinical assessment and intervention occurs. Additional expected benefits of the approach include facilitation of integration of the basic science curriculum, smoother transition from basic science to clinical clerkships, and promoting active, self-structured learning.
The essence of the course is the reading of a series of cases and articles from the medical literature. The cases are to be read with the overall objective to understand and be able to explain what happens and what is discussed. Other readings will be assigned to highlight or deepen understanding of aspects of basic science suggested by the case or to further highlight the differential diagnosis process.
Human Disease: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Course #: MPTH201
Course Credit: 8
Director: Paul F. Shanley, MD
Associate Director/Coordinator: Karen C. Kelly, MS
Systemic Pathology is the second half of a two-year sequence in the basic science curriculum whose essence is the study of the pathologic basis of disease. General Pathology is part of the MS1 curriculum and comprises the first part of the Rubin's Pathology and Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease nationally recognized texts. Expanding upon the anatomical pathology encountered throughout the organ systems will be a series of case discussions explicitly highlighting the laboratory diagnosis of disease (clinical pathology).
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Microbiology / Immunology 201 is the study of the bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that cause human diseases. Attention is paid to the microbial etiology of sexually-transmitted diseases, infections of the blood, respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, the central nervous system, the urinary tract and the heart and lungs. The course prepares students to take the Step 1 examination of the USMLE.
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This course emphasizes the basic principles of drug action as related to modern therapeutics. The course is organized in six units based upon organ systems and aligned with similar subject matter taught in other second year courses in the medical student curriculum. Each unit includes relevant lectures, an online problem solving session, and a clinical case presentation. The role of the faculty is to support students in learning pharmacology and in gaining a foundation upon which to build a rational approach to the use of drugs in clinical practice.
Practice of Medicine II
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Course Credit: 8
Directors: Joni Mitchell, MD & Alison McCrone, MD
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By Michael Marot, AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS When Indianapolis took Anthony Gonzalez in the first round of April's NFL draft, Roy Hall never imagined he'd be playing alongside his Ohio State teammate again.
Now Hall, the man with prototype body and impressive workout numbers, hopes to find a home in the Colts' vaunted offense.
"I took a trip here, but I wasn't able to meet with coach (Tony) Dungy or anybody on the staff, so I wasn't sure how it went," Hall said Tuesday after Indy wrapped up its latest minicamp workout. "And when they drafted Gonzo, I thought, 'OK, they got their receiver.' "
Instead, the Colts used the first of their two fifth-round picks on Hall, who started only seven games in four years at Ohio State. Hall never caught more than 17 passes in a single season and was constantly overshadowed by the likes of Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr., and Gonzalez - all eventual first-round picks. Hall was so far back in line he wasn't even invited to February's NFL combine.
Indy saw intriguing possibilities in the talented 23-year-old.
At 6-foot-3, 240 pounds, Hall was already bigger than any wide receiver on the Colts. He's built like a bodybuilder and impressed scouts by running the 40-yard dash in a blazing 4.35 seconds during his campus workout at Columbus.
The rare combination of size, speed and strength convinced Indy officials to take a chance on Hall even though they have two Pro Bowl receivers - Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne - under contract and had already selected Gonzalez in the first round.
So where will Hall fit with the Colts?
Some believe he is big enough and strong enough to play tight end, where the Colts already have three established veterans in Dallas Clark, Ben Utecht and Bryan Fletcher. But first, the Colts will try Hall as a pure wideout.
"Right now we're zeroed in on getting him to play receiver," Dungy said. "If he plays the slot, he could be a lot like Dallas Clark."
In this offense, there's really not much difference between what Clark does and what Hall could. The Colts' usual game plan calls for either two tight ends or three receivers, and with Brandon Stokley missing most of last season with injuries, Clark filled in as the swingman.
Hall relishes the possibility. During the three weeks of summer school, the Colts' version of voluntary minicamps, Hall said he's gotten more work than he did at Ohio State and that he's still learning the intricacies of playing with Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
"It's been a lot of fun," Hall said. "You see his (Manning's) personality on all those commercials and when you get around him, he's the same way. It took me a week or so to get over that I'm around him and realize that he's a football player just like me."
All Hall really wants, though, is a chance to prove he can play in the NFL. And it doesn't matter much to him, which spot the Colts prefer: receiver, tight end or special teams. Hall believes he can add some versatility to Indy's offense in whatever spot they choose.
"At this point, I'm strictly a receiver," Hall said. "I don't know what plans the coaches might have for me as I come along. Maybe I'll do a little more. If you have some mismatch problems, you never know what could happen."
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Shakira Expecting Baby Number 2!
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Wash. Times fails to disclose op-ed author's ties to defense industry
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The Washington Times published an op-ed by John R. Guardiano criticizing Robert Gates' decision to cancel the Future Combat Systems' vehicle program but did not disclose Guardiano's ties to a contractor for the FCS vehicle program.
On May 22, The Washington Times published an op-ed by John R. Guardiano criticizing Defense Secretary Robert Gates' decision to cancel the Future Combat Systems' (FCS) vehicle program but did not disclose Guardiano's ties to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), a contractor for the FCS vehicle program. Rather, the Times identified Guardiano only as "a writer in Arlington."
An October 2005 Boeing press release listed Guardiano as an FCS communications contact for SAIC and referred to SAIC as "the Lead Systems Integrator team for the U.S. Army's FCS program." Moreover, a December 15, 2005, Military.com article about FCS contractors' advocacy and public relations efforts referred to Guardiano as "an FCS program spokesman for Science Applications International Corp., the co-lead systems integrator for FCS."
In the Washington Times op-ed, Guardiano criticized Gates for not heeding the advice of "farsighted military leaders" and praised the FCS program for "mak[ing] much greater use of modern-day information technologies -- intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, and an advanced electronic network -- to identify enemy combatants and explosive devices before they can threaten U.S. forces." In an April 6 press conference on the proposed 2009 defense budget, Gates recommended that "we cancel the vehicle component of the current FCS program" because FCS vehicles "do not adequately reflect the lessons of counterinsurgency and close quarters combat in Iraq and Afghanistan" and because of "its very unattractive fee structure that gives the government little leverage to promote cost efficiency."
Guardiano also authored a March 30 Washington Examiner op-ed criticizing Gates' budget proposals in which he was identified, in part, as an employee of "a defense contractor." In an April 3 article, Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman noted that the Examiner "didn't see fit to name the contractor" and asserted that "defense contractors and their Capitol Hill allies are alarmed at how Gates has shut them out of the the (sic) decision-making process about the Pentagon budget as he has publicly warned, in vague terms, about making 'hard choices' that will place defense systems and weapons programs beloved by the armed services and their contractors on the chopping block."
As Media Matters for America documented, a May 11 Washington Times article quoted Fox News military analyst and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney criticizing the Obama administration's decision to procure only four more F-22 fighters without disclosing that McInerney has reportedly served as a consultant for a major subcontractor on the F-22.
From Guardiano's May 22 Washington Times op-ed:
Is Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates forcing the military to build the modern-day equivalent of the Maginot Line when farsighted military leaders recommend instead more mobile and dynamic defense systems? This, unfortunately, seems to be the case now that Mr. Gates has canceled development of Future Combat Systems (FCS) vehicles.
Moreover, MRAP is a purely armored solution to threats that cannot be defeated by armor alone. That's why the FCS vehicles include an "active protection system" that destroys RPGs and other projectiles before they can hit our vehicles.
FCS also makes much greater use of modern-day information technologies -- intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, and an advanced electronic network -- to identify enemy combatants and explosive devices before they can threaten U.S. forces.
Why should Mr. Gates, who is not a military professional, substitute his judgment for the judgment of battle-tested Army and Marine Corps leaders?
Of course, as defense secretary, Mr. Gates has the legal authority to overrule the military. But is doing so wise in this instance? Does it make sense for Mr. Gates to overrule the military's ground-combat leaders on a matter fundamental to how we should fight and win land wars in the 21st century?
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British rocker Jon Lord, founding member of Deep Purple, died today. He was 71.
A statement on his official website reads:
It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16th July at the London Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family.
Best known for his Orchestral work Concerto for Group & Orchestra first performed at Royal Albert Hall with Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969 and conducted by the renowned Malcolm Arnold, a feat repeated in 1999 when it was again performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the London Symphony Orchestra and Deep Purple.
Jon's solo work was universally acclaimed when he eventually retired from Deep Purple in 2002.
Jon passes from Darkness to Light.
Lord also played with other bands, including Whitesnake.
Tributes have started on Twitter. Among the bands and celebrities remembering the musician:
Iron Maiden: "Very sad to hear that Jon Lord has passed away"
The Kinks: "RIP Jon Lord. A fantastic pianist and composer. With The Kinks, he played keyboards on You Really Got Me. Legend."
Tom Morello (formerly of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave): RIP the great Jon Lord, Deep Purple's cornerstone/keyboardist. So many great great songs and that incredible SOUND of his! Thankyou."
Chris Jericho: "RIP Jon Lord, one of the greatest keyboard players of all time! Burn, Highway Star, Perfect Strangers, Slow & Easy etc- pure genius!"
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Frankly, The Hot Dog Guys of New Kensington are proud of their product
Call most people "hot dogs" and they probably won't take it kindly.
Refer to New Kensington brothers Paul and Jim Barton as "The Hot Dog Guys," and they'll happily take your order.
Their business philosophy of "Keep it Simple" brings them to their 10th anniversary this year as a colorful and most-welcome sight for hungry travelers who want to grab a quick bite to eat just off the Allegheny Valley Expressway's exit 14 in Tarentum.
Their lunch-cart trailer, with propane cooker attached to a van emblazoned with their logo, is set up in a tiny gravel pull-off area most Tuesdays through Fridays in good weather. "We watch the weather reports closely, especially when lightning is involved," Paul Barton says.
Temporary signs on Route 366 announce they are "just ahead."
Paul Barton still likes to say, "We're like some kind of monument here," and he is on the mark with his observation. Customers express their disappointment on days the brothers aren't around because of a command appearance at a company parking lot or another event.
"Truckers have said we are their last chance for a meal before heading to Pittsburgh and Kittanning," Jim Barton says.
Their clientele includes families, bicyclists, motorcyclists and, basically, "anyone who loves hot dogs — even some who claim they don't," Paul Barton says.
The brothers credit the truckers with helping grow their condiment list from seven to the current (and counting) 25. A staple on their menu is the All the Way dog, the suggestion of a trucker from South Carolina, containing chili, mustard, onions and coleslaw.
The Bartons rejected peanut butter as a possible condiment, but then relented for two days in 2012 — once on the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, then on Dec. 21 to celebrate the fact the world did not end that day, as some were predicting.
However, they are adamant in their insistence that ranch dressing, which one customer suggested, will never rest atop one of their dogs. "We don't hate ranch dressing, it just doesn't taste very good as a hot-dog topping," Jim Barton says.
As for that menu: "We keep it simple due to lack of storage space and to keep our overhead low," Jim says.
They offer two lunches:
• "The Deal": one hot dog, beverage and chips for $3.75
• "The Big Deal": two hot dogs, beverage and chips, $6
Dogs without beverage or chips are $2.75 each; nachos with melted cheddar cheese, $3; a 12-ounce pop, ice tea or a 16.9-ounce bottle of water, $1 each.
"Our dogs are deli in size. It only takes six of them to make a pound," Jim Barton says. "They are made with choice cuts of meat. You can really taste the difference.
"Forgive me if this sounds a little corny or cliché, but I believe that success comes from caring about quality, and making it important, no matter what. We want to provide a quality product with quality service without 'nickeling and diming' the customer."
Customers seem to appreciate that they are not charged an extra fee for toppings, says Paul Barton, who is a full-time minister at Allegheny Valley Church of Christ in New Kensington, and former general manager and morning-show host for Christian radio station WAVL-AM. Jim has been sports director and an announcer for the station.
They both previously worked in the restaurant business.
As an experiment to see whether their limited menu would be viable indoors, the Bartons opened a shop in 2010 on Leechburg Road in Lower Burrell. In February of this year, the brothers decided it wasn't for them. A new owner (no relation) opened Sloppy Dogzz in the same space in May.
The Bartons are community-oriented, raising money and awareness for local causes such as helping senior citizens with heating bills or sponsoring a girls fast-pitch softball team who don "Hot Dog Guys" uniforms.
They also collect and display patches from police, firemen, EMTS and military to honor them.
"Not only have the people embraced our product, they seem to enjoy the novelty of what we do, as well," Jim Barton says. "Many have stopped by just to have a picture taken with us."
The Hot Dog Guys are open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. most Tuesdays through Fridays, off Exit 14, Route 28, Tarentum. Details: 724-309-2166. Phone orders also are accepted.
Rex Rutkoski is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He ca n be reached at 724-226-4 664 or email@example.com.


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Jermaine Dupri Kicks Off 14/14 Tour
Jermaine Dupri is heading back on the road.
The Atlanta rapper/producer/entrepreneur will be kicking off his brand new 14/14 tour today (October 31) where, over the course of the next 14 days he will hit 14 cities. [See below for a complete list of tour dates]
JD partnered with Crown Royal Black for the trek which will he plans to use as a vehicle to promote his new website, global14.com.
The 14/14 tour will make its way through the Midwest, East Coast and South, and in each location, the ATLien will team up with this county's best DJs.
To give the latest updates on the shows, Dupri will tweet from The Crown Life's Twitter account (@TheCrownLife) every other day between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. EST. —Amber McKynzie
10/31 Chicago – DJ MoonDawg
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This may sound harsh, but here we go: The developers don't deserve such a low score, but the publisher does, and very much so. In fact, this could be a way to teach them a lesson: Don't do that again, in the end such a behaviour will put you out of business.
I am convinced the game was released that way just to save the Q3 earnings for JoWooD.


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The movie opens at a top secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. Two men are playing cards, when suddenly, their coins are lifted into the air by a magnetic force. All the metal items around them are suddenly lifted high into the sky, and it is revealed that a giant aircraft shaped as a magnet is pulling everything. It lifts the entire laboratory off the ground and flies away with it. From elsewhere, a man watches the scene and tells a woman next to him to find whoever is responsible.
We catch up with Gru (Steve Carell), who is assembling what looks to be a pretty cool gun...until he uses it to inflate a unicorn balloon. He's throwing a birthday party for Agnes (Elsie Fisher), which has a fairies and unicorn theme. Edith (Dana Gaier) is hopping around dressed as a ninja while Margo (Miranda Cosgrove) and the minions are dressed as knights. Gru gets a call to learn that a woman he hired to play a fairy princess for the party is cancelling, so he has the minions stall. They put on a magic show that Margo stops when a minion holds a chainsaw close to Edith. Gru then comes down dressed as a fairy princess to enchant the kids. Agnes tells Gru she knows it's him but plays along for the kids and is still happy nonetheless. When she leaves, a guest named Jillian (Nasim Pedrad) pesters Gru about trying to set him up with one of her gawky friends. He responds by spraying her with a garden hose.
After the party, Gru takes his mutant dog Kyle to go pee. Unbeknownst to them, they're being watched. After Gru has Kyle pee on the neighbor's flowers (and rotting them with his toxic pee), a woman steps out and introduces herself as Agent Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig) of the Anti-Villain League. She orders Gru to go with her, and he responds by pulling out his FREEZE RAY! She deflects it with a flamethrowing hair dryer and zaps him with her LIPSTICK TASERRRRRRRR! She stuffs him in the trunk of her car and drives away as two minions (Dave and Carl) run after her to get Gru back. They end up falling into Lucy's car (and get zapped as well) before she drives off a pier and into the ocean as the car transforms into an underwater vehicle. She takes them all the way to a large submarine to meet with the Anti-Villain League and it's director Silas Ramsbottom (Steve Coogan). They keep a close eye on villainous activity going on over the world, so they were first alerted of the laboratory theft. Turns out that within the laboratory was a project for a serum known as PX41, and, as seen in a lab video, it is used for mutations. It is tested on a bunny that turns into a ferocious purple beast that kills a doctor. The League believes that traces of the serum lies within the Paradise Mall. Knowing Gru's past work as a villain, Silas and Lucy ask for his help but he rejects them in favor of his new life with the girls and an apparent business venture in jams and jellies. Before he leaves, Lucy admits that she found his past work to be awesome, so she gives him her card, and he is forced to row back home with Dave and Carl.
Gru goes home to tuck the girls in. He notices Margo is texting someone named Avery, and he hopes it's not a boy. Edith asks Gru if he will take Jillian's offer on going on a date with one of her friends and asks him if he's scared. This prompts a flashback in which Gru, as a child, nervously tries to talk to a girl, only for everybody to mock him as he taps her arm, saying he has "Gruties."
He goes to his lab where Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) and the minions are working on a large batch of jelly. Dr. Nefario has managed to make a jelly with every berry in the world, and it apparently tastes terrible. He then admits to Gru that he misses doing villainous work and tells him that he's found work elsewhere. Dr. Nefario packs his things and leaves after Gru and the minions give him a "21 fart gun salute."
A minion dressed as a maid is passing the vacuum in the living room when he hears the doorbell ring. He answers it and screams as he is taken away.
The girls try to make a profile for Gru on a dating website. They can't find a good picture of him, and he stops them before they continue. He informs them that he has decided to help the League in their mission to finding the mystery villain. He goes to the Paradise Mall with Dave and Carl and they undercover at a cupcake store and finds that Lucy has been assigned as his partner. She appears very excited and eager, and they scope out suspects around the mall. Gru dismisses all of them until a pudgy little Mexican man named Eduardo Perez (Benjamin Bratt) strolls in. He says he works in a Mexican restaurant in the mall and that he is having a Cinco de Mayo party and orders hundreds of cupcakes with the Mexican flag. Before he leaves, Gru gets a good look at his face and recognizes him as an old villain known as El Macho. According to Gru, El Macho was, as the name suggests, incredibly tough, pulling off heists with his enormous strength. He apparently died in the most over-the-top way possible - namely, falling out of a plane while riding a shark that is strapped to a rocket and loaded with dynamite and is hurtling into a powerful volcano. Despite that, Gru adamantly believes the man they just saw was El Macho.
That night, before he tucks the girls in, Agnes asks Gru to help her practice a poem for Mother's Day. He does help her but she is totally robotic in her delivery. Gru tells her to pretend she has a mom, which she happily admits that she always pretends. The reality hits Gru that the girls need a mom.
The minions have an ice cream party in the lab as Gru goes to fetch Dave and another minion named Stuart. Upstairs, two minions are playing golf when they hear a commotion outside. It's just a cat, but then both minions are sucked up into the sky by a beam of light..
Gru and Lucy sneak into the mall to infiltrate Eduardo's restaurant. Lucy sprays something in the air to look for any alarms, but Gru doesn't believe there would be any in a restaurant until he trips a wire, alerting a guard chicken. He appears harmless until he starts pecking Gru in the face. Lucy then neutralizes the chicken so they can continue the mission. She gives Gru x-ray goggles to scope the place out. He sees a container locked in a safe behind a portrait, but when he opens it, it turns out to be a jar of salsa. They hear Eduardo coming in and he threatens to kill any intruders coming in. Gru calls for the minions to come get them, and they drive Lucy's car into the mall and help Gru and Lucy escape.
The next morning, the minions chase after an ice cream truck. While they try to place an order, the large ice cream cone on the top opens up and sucks all of them in.
Gru and Lucy go back to the mall hiding in garbage bins. She tells him that they have a suspect named Floyd Eagle-san (Ken Jeong) who works in a wig store. Gru tries to go in but tumbles down the escalator when someone tries to throw away hot coffee on him. He falls before the girls, who have come to hang out at the mall. They meet Lucy, and Agnes immediately assumes that Gru likes her and will marry her. Gru gives the girls money so they can go away while he continues the mission. The girls go to a fountain to throw coins (Edith actually steals them), and Margo spots a suave-looking boy named Antonio (Moises Arias). She is instantly smitten by him, and he goes up to her and invites her to get a cookie.
Gru goes into the wig shop to find the serum. Lucy informs him that the alarm on his belt will go off if it detects the serum. Floyd offers him a wig as Gru goes around the store, and the alarm goes off near one section of the store. He is interrupted with Edith and Agnes run in to tell Gru that Margo has a boyfriend. He quickly runs out and finds Margo and Antonio in Eduardo's restaurant sharing a plate of cookies. He tries to break them up as Eduardo comes in, doing a wild dance to entertain the guests. He introduces Antonio as his son and invites Gru and the girls to the Cinco de Mayo party, to which the girls are excited for, but Gru remains suspicious.
Gru and Lucy meet with Silas at the Anti-Villain League headquarters, where they still think Floyd is holding the serum, but Gru still firmly believes that Eduardo is El Macho, even though Silas does not think so.
One of the abducted minions wakes up on an island to find all the other minions playing and enjoying themselves on a beach. The minion takes off his pants and goes skinny-dipping. It is revealed they are being watched from a monitor by someone else.
Jillian goes back to Gru's home with her friend Shannon (Kristen Schaal). Gru tries to get Agnes to send her out, but he relents and uses a wig from Floyd's shop to go on the date. They go to a restaurant and it proves to be a mess since Shannon is totally unappealing and shallow. Lucy comes in to get take-out and she sees Gru on his date. When Shannon tries to remove his wig, Lucy shoots her in the butt with a moose tranquilizer. They take her home together and Gru feels a connection forming with Lucy. She kisses him on the cheek and leaves.
Gru wakes up the next morning, totally in love and feeling bright as ever, making heart-shaped pancakes for the girls and going around town interacting pleasantly with everybody. He goes to the mall to find that the wig shop is being investigated by the Anti-Villain League. They take Floyd into custody as Silas tells them Gru proved useless to them, since they found a container with traces of PX41 in the shop on their own, and they are also relocating Lucy to Australia. She bids him farewell and gives him her lipstick taser. He goes home depressed and miserable. He tells Agnes that he really does like Lucy, and then later tries to call her and ask her on a date, but he gets so nervous that he pulls out a flamethrower and incinerates his telephone. Cue the minions bursting in with an axe, fire extinguisher, and a hose.
The golfing minion (Kevin) is lounging on the beach, when he is sucked into a whirlpool. He reunites with the maid minion (Tom), but they are both injected by the PX41, which turns them into aggressive purple mutants.
Gru takes the girls to a bigger restaurant that Eduardo has outside the mall. He tries to get Margo and Antonio away from each other, but they dance anyway. He sits by himself with a large sombrero that is really a big nacho filled with guacamole. Eduardo comes in and knows Gru feels lovesick and tells him to enjoy the party as he strolls away suspiciously. Gru follows him and sees him enter a lair with a code that involves dancing to "La Cucaracha". Gru tries it but keeps messing up and nearly getting killed by the booby traps. He manages to make it in.
Meanwhile, Lucy is on a plane to Australia, but she can't get Gru out of her mind. The stewardess comes in, but all she can see is Gru, even with the other passengers. When the stewardess says she needs Lucy to make a decision, she declares "I choose Gru!" She proceeds to jump out the emergency exit and paraglides down back to Gru.
Gru enters the lair to discover that Eduardo really is El Macho, preparing to make the ultimate comeback. Additionally, Dr. Nefario is working with him, and he has helped Eduardo turn the minions into indestructible killing machines. He demonstrates by having Kevin come in and eat everything from a police car to a bomb. To top it off, he has an entire army of them. He asks Gru to join him in this villainous venture, but Gru refuses and leaves. Eduardo lets Kevin loose.
Gru goes to get the girls and finds Margo looking bummed out. She points out that Antonio is dancing with another girl. Gru takes her out, but not before freezing Antonio for breaking Margo's heart. After they leave, Lucy glides into the restaurant to find that the guard chicken is trying to attack her. Eduardo comes in and picks him up and realizes that Lucy and Gru had broken into the restaurant the other night. He takes Lucy with him as Dr. Nefario watches.
Upon returning home, Gru receives a video message from Dr. Nefario, who tells him that Eduardo has taken Lucy. Gru instantly springs into action, taking two minions with him on a motorcycle to rescue Lucy.
Evil Kevin makes his way to Gru's neighborhood and breaks into his home, trying to attack Margo and Agnes. When he tries to destroy Agnes's unicorn doll, she lets out an ear-piercing scream that distracts him long enough for the girls to make their way to Gru's lab. Evil Kevin makes his way down there quickly, but is then stuck with an antidote by Dr. Nefario, effectively turning him back into a normal minion. Dr. Nefario has the girls help him stick the antidote in all the jelly so they can head out and save the other minions.
Gru has his minions paint themselves purple and pretend to capture him to take him to Eduardo's restaurant lair. One minions gets into a raspberry-blowing match with a mutant minion, which causes the paint to wear off. Gru and the minions run and are chased to the top of the lair by the evil minions, but Dr. Nefario and the girls arrive in time to shoot the minions with the jelly antidote, turning all of them back to normal. Gru goes off to find Lucy, but discovers that Eduardo, dressed as El Macho, has strapped Lucy to a rocket and plans to kill her the same way he faked his death. Without his mutant minions, he drinks the last of the PX41 and transforms into a massive and hairy purple beast that tries to attack Gru. He is out of the jelly antidote and tries to shoot his freeze ray at him but he is too powerful. Gru then takes out Lucy's lipstick taser and zaps Eduardo, bringing him down. Dr. Nefario finally knocks him out with a fart gun, and they presumably change him back with their own jelly antidote.
Gru goes to save Lucy, but Eduardo's chicken presses the button to launch the rocket into the volcano. Gru cuts Lucy free, but before he can get them away from the volcano, he asks her if she would have ever agreed to going on a date with him. She enthusiastically replies that she definitely would have, and he jumps with her into the ocean before the rocket hits the volcano and explodes.
147 dates later, Gru and Lucy get married. Agnes recites her poem with confidence and calls Lucy her new mom. She jumps into her arms, and the minions begin to perform their own rendition of "YMCA". They take pictures with everybody, including Silas and Gru's mom. The film closes as one forgotten evil minion jumps into a picture.
During the credits, the minions hold auditions for their upcoming spin-off film, but are continuously cut off by the credits.
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The basic idea for this build is to use talents for instant Corruption with the Felguard. It is advantageous to specify full improvement of Fel Intellect as well as Fel Stamina in combination with Demonic Knowledge.
As from patch version 2.0.10, Demonic Tactics will increase crit chance by 5% instead of spell damage with 5%. In effect, it will decrease the damage output for this build by 5% because DoTs don't benefit from critical hits, and shadow bolt is rarely used in this spec. The only things benefiting from Demonic Tactics are Felguard's melee crits and Seed of Corruption detonations. In both cases, crits only increase damage by 50%.
Use in PvPEdit
A good PvP build based on the Felguard. Two instant DoTs are available (Curse of Agony and Corruption. The strategy is quite easy with this build: Let the Felguard attack and DoT anything visible. Instead of Shadow Bolt, use Drain Life. Crit chance will be low, but isn't needed.
Use in solo PvEEdit
Instant Corruption isn't as important in PvE as in PvP, but this build can grind effectively. Again, Drain Life may be better than Shadow Bolt.
Felguard/affliction is probably the best build for soloing 5-man instances. Felguard is good at holding aggro and surviving while your DOTs do damage. Health Funnel allows you to heal your pet very efficiently, prolonging the fight. For optimal results, put 2 points in Improved Health Funnel and 2 points in Improved Curse of Weakness. Moderately geared level 70 felguard-spec warlock can solo a lot of surprising things -- from Felguard Elites in Tainted Scar to all of Scholomance to the 1st boss in Underbog.
Use in raid PvEEdit
Felguard is highly resilient in Molten Core, BWL, ZG and AQ20, including the ability to DPS most bosses and nearly all trash. Somewhat fragile in AQ40/Naxx.
DoTs + Drain Life will do very high DPS so long as there are a reasonable number of other warlocks present to assist in obtaining a reasonable number of Affliction effects (10+).
With the same gear, overall DPS can match heavy Affliction and surpass level 60 Destruction based builds, while remaining entirely self-sufficient due to substitution of Drain Life for Shadow Bolt.


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I have an iOS and Android app with a backend already but the old dev could not complete. All video and chat models are being worked on but attached is what is left that needs to be done. This needs to be completed in 3-4 days.
I will provide source code for both and backend as well as psd's and flow document for how it should be.
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Examining Space–Time Interaction in City-Level Homicide Data: Crack Markets and the Diffusion of Guns Among Youth
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This paper examines the linkage between crack market activity and gunhomicide suggested by Blumstein (1995), who argues that the arrival ofcrack stimulated an increased availability of guns among juveniles. Thisgreater availability of guns, the argument continues, is responsible for thesharp upswing in juvenile homicide experienced in the United States in themid-1980s. Using city-level data on crack arrests and gun-related juvenilehomicide, we fit a change-point version of the Bass (1969) model ofinnovation diffusion. We find that, in most large American cities, thediffusion process for crack cocaine experienced an onset of dramatic growththat was followed by a similar, slightly slower growth in gun homicidescommitted by juveniles. We further use cluster analysis to find that thespatial patterning of the two processes is similar, starting on the East andWest Coasts and working their way toward other regions of the nation. Gunuse in homicide among slightly older offenders (ages 18–24) alsoexperienced a change at roughly the same time as the juveniles, but the rateof diffusion was considerably milder than for the younger group; offendersages 25 or older generally show no growth in gun-related homicide whatsoever. In addition, there is no detectable surge in juvenile nongun homicide activity. Based on these findings, we conclude that the crack cocaine markets–gun availability linkage is highly plausible, and we suggest directions for future research in clarifying the dynamics of the late-1980s surge in juvenile homicide.
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Target: Dr. Glen Daigger, President of the International Water Association; Dr. Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros Director of the UNESCO Division of Water Sciences; Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
Goal: Clean the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro before the 2016 Olympics
At Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, thousands of fish have died thanks to rampant pollution, which has caused water oxygen levels to drop so low that the lagoon can no longer sustain life. This lagoon will be the site of the 2016 Olympic Rowing competition.
Despite the World Bank's Water Quality Pollution and Control Project, which took place in Brazil over the course of 10 years between 1992 and 2002, Brazil's water pollution is still out of control. Last year, Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, the Director of the Division of Water Sciences at UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) announced plans for the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 in Brazil. In its press release about the initiative, UNESCO acknowledges that water pollution in Brazil is exacerbated by agriculture, industry, urbanization, and pollution.
Facing serious water pollution issues, Brazil will host the 17th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, organized by the International Water Association (IWA). It will take place this September on Florianopolis Island in Santa Catarina, Brazil. One of the main themes for the event, attended by environmental scientists from around the world, is water pollution and disease.
According to UNESCO, March, 22 2013 is World Water Day, a day on which the organization hopes international communities will focus on water cooperation. Help celebrate Water Day by asking leaders of Brazil, UNESCO, and the IWA to clean the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon so that it can once again support life before the 2016 Olympics.
Dear Leaders,
As you discuss plans to clean up Brazil's waterways throughout the year 2013, please create an initiative to reverse rampant pollution in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, which has resulted in the death of thousands of fish. Pollution has reduced oxygen levels in the lagoon to such a state that it can no longer support life. This is unacceptable, since this body of water will host the 2016 Olympic Rowing competition.
Cleaning this lagoon is essential not only for the health of Olympians and aquatic life, but also as a symbol of Brazil's progress in cleaning its waterways. In honor of UNESCO's International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 and World Water Day on March 22, I ask you to consider the state of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and make plans for its recovery. I also ask you to include discussion of the Lagoon in the International Water Association conference to be held on Florianopolis Island in Santa Catarina this September.
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Rucklo ft.Kerstin - OpenFields
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
I remember this trk, I still have it on my iTunes, still sounds good:)
Hope you're good and well, here's to a great 2008.
Ah, cool. Then you probably have a higher bitrate version than this (thisone's 192kbps).
To a great 08!!!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Man, pretty awesome.
Amazing sound...for mono. haha. She does have an amazing voice, and I've always admired your work. Great mix.
Your clarity is among the best I've heard. Awesome shit, man. I wish my review was a bit more helpful, but I thought I'd drop some support.
Hey, the support is more than enough! Thanx alot for dropping by, man! :)
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Could become something really good!
Even at this state it's really good, a remastering could make it super :)
Thanx! Yeah, it'd be fun to remix it, though it's timeconsuming... I'd probably end up making a whole new version :)
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Experimental sound
Actually, the mono gives it flavor that you don't hear anymore in music. It also shows skill when you can master a track with no stereo seperation and still hear the majority of the instruments. Good one, IMO.
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Its matt black body is a slick, modern take on Sony Ericsson's standard slider phones, with the bonus of a touch-screen (albeit one that is only active in the media function, oddly enough).
Many shortcuts in the menu systems make the phone even easier to use – for example, you can press and hold to turn predictive text on and off.
The eight-meg Cyber-shot lens is as good as ever, and the GPS is speedy and quick, and along with Google Maps, you also get Navigator, a turn-by-turn sat nav software and NearMe, a location based service that tells you landmarks, restaurants and shops nearby.
Sony Ericsson recently launched MediaGo for its entertainment phones, and it's a good, intuitive iTunes-like software for your PC that lets you manage and sync media and contacts between phone and PC.
Using Wi-Fi, watching small amounts of video and listening to a hour or so of music, we only needed to charge the phone at the end of the day.
Review by Sunetra Chakravati,12/12/2011 3:56:23 PM
Look and feel
Ease of use
Battery life
Good audio and visual quality, plus bundled Bluetooth headset
Jerky video streaming, and PlayNow Arena movies service still in foundation stage
There's still a glass ceiling as far as media phones are concerned, and it's down to the media services they can access. The Aino is a fine phone – you can easily call, text and email on it; you can take great pictures; you can watch TV and movies that look pretty good; and web browsing is glitch-free. But Sony Ericsson's movie service at its download centre PlayNow Arena is still in its infancy, and that takes away from the Aino's multimedia cred. General user interface
The user interface (UI) is as easy as we expected from a Sony Ericsson phone. The candybar slider (odd alert: with a touch-screen that is only active sometimes) has a grid menu with updated, modernised icons. A media hotkey on the left button underlines its status as a media phone, and there's also a 'multitasking' button – press it and you can not only see and access what apps are running in the background, but also recent events, shortcuts and weblinks. Sony Ericsson recently launched MediaGo for its entertainment phones, and it's an intuitive iTunes-like software for your PC that lets you manage and sync media and contacts between phone and PC. Many shortcuts in the menu systems make the phone even easier to use – for example, you can press and hold to turn predictive text on and off, which is useful in settings menus – and the 'Conversations' option in messages lets you view SMSes in threaded form. You can now sync your Facebook contacts with your phone contacts, and Sony Ericsson has even scored its very own Facebook app, with messages that show up in your inbox. It's probably Sony E's most integrated phone yet and we found no fault with any of the Aino's communications features.
The Aino is possibly the first Sony Ericsson multimedia phone where we're not going to complain about the lack of a 3.5mm audio jack. No, it hasn't got one, but it is bundled with the in-ear Bluetooth stereo headset MH100, to which you can also plug in your own set of cans. The headset comes already paired with the phone, so just turn it on and any media you play is automatically streamed via the headset. Audio quality is above average though not as full as with wired headphones, but we found the wireless 'phones particularly useful when using the Aino on the bundled media stand as we could walk around and still listen to music or keep track of a film. As expected from Sony Ericsson, the music interface is intuitive and pretty, with album covers showing with each played track. There's also the option to send a track that you're playing via email or Bluetooth, a nice integrating feature.
The movie interface is as intuitive, with categories for YouTube, podcasts, video feeds and full videos. It works in the background too, so if you pause a film to take a phone call, you can resume the video at any time. We particularly like the stand which also allows you to charge the phone while watching media. Onboard speakers aren't bad for movies but impossible for music – too tinny and a crackly bass.You can download movies from Sony Ericsson's PlayNow Arena, and in fact, the Aino comes bundled with 60 free. Well, technically you sideload them – you have to download to a desktop first then move it onto the phone 40 minutes, and then another 15 to move it on the phone. We found the process a little longwinded, and not optimised for phone use, as you can't view the movie on the PC at all, only on the handset.The screen is no high-def honey like the recently released Satio – the Aino is in a much more affordable price bracket – but movies look decent, with crisp edges and good colours. Sadly, in our review model, streamed video was pretty unwatchable, when we were using a Wi-Fi connection rather than 3G. In both YouTube and BBC iPlayer (both preloaded, so bonus points for that at least), videos were jerky, blurring and pixelated, and sound streaming was jagged and rough. We brought this up with Sony Ericsson, and they responded that the YouTube app is designed to be used over a 3G connection, so we'll do a little further testing.
One of the most touted features of the Aino was the PS3 syncing. Well, hold on to your PSPs, this isn't quite a PlayStation phone yet – you have limited 'RemotePlay' capability, which means once you register the Aino with your PS3, you can view content on both devices on either device. You won't be able to play any PlayStation games on the phone, but you can shop the PlayStation Store, browse the net, and watch TV on the PlayTV service. You can also use the phone to turn the console on and off which though not hugely useful, we found kind of cool.
The eight-meg Cyber-shot lens is on par with that of Sony E's flagship eight-meg phone, the C905+, with auto settings for portrait, daylight, low light, low light with flash, action, and macro. On auto settings, portrait, daylight and low light shots came out well, but like its predecessors, the shutter release isn't quick enough to frame the exact action shot we wanted, though the shot itself came out clear. You can adjust settings on the touch-screen as well as delete, send and share snapped photos. A dedicated snapping button rounds its camera credentials, and geo-tagging is a cool extra. The GPS is quick to get a fix, and along with Google Maps, you also get Navigator, a turn-by-turn sat nav software and NearMe, a location based service that tells you landmarks, restaurants and shops nearby.
The camera and music features are expectedly high quality, but we were really disappointed by the video streaming. Movies already on the phone look great, but we would like to see direct to phone downloads at the PlayNow Arena. This isn't the ultimate media phone yet, but a tweak to Sony Ericsson's movie service could rectify that.


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USA TODAY's Thomas O'Toole and Steve Wieberg address some of the issues surrounding the eligibility of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who will continue to play despite a finding that his father broke an NCAA rule.
Q. Does this mean the NCAA investigation is over?
A. No. We're talking about two different processes and departments within the NCAA. The reinstatement staff looked specifically at whether the father's actions with Mississippi State were enough to raise eligibility problems for Newton.
It determined that his father, Cecil Newton, indeed committed an infraction, leading Auburn to declare the quarterback ineligible and immediately ask the NCAA to reinstate him. There was no evidence Cam was aware of his father's actions or that money changed hands, and so the NCAA reinstated him "without conditions."
The father has had his "access" to the Auburn program limited, but that was a school decision and what it means is not clear. Spokesman Kirk Sampson said the school would not comment beyond the athletics director's statement.
All that is based, as NCAA vice president Kevin Lennon said, "on the information available to the reinstatement staff at this time." The NCAA's enforcement staff also has been investigating, and Lennon noted its actions are "independent." Should more evidence come to light involving Auburn, there could be later repercussions, as with the Reggie Bush case, which led to Southern California vacating several victories and Bush returning the Heisman Trophy.
NEWTON ELIGIBLE: NCAA rules Auburn quarterback can play
HEISMAN WATCH: Newton leads way ahead of Moore, James
Q. Why did the school rule him ineligible and not the NCAA?
A. By NCAA rules, member schools must take the step of ruling an athlete ineligible if they are made aware of a possible rules violation. Neither the NCAA nor a conference can do that. Once the decision is made, the school can apply for the athlete's reinstatement.
Q. What if the school declined to rule him ineligible and just let him play?
A. In the short term, nothing would have happened because the overall investigation is still playing out. However, according to new NCAA vice president of enforcement Julie Roe Lach, if a school continues to play an athlete after the NCAA has notified it that there could be a problem, the school is subject to even harsher sanctions at the end of the process, should the violations be proved. "That's why most institutions will pause," Lach said.
Q. How did Newton's eligibility get resolved so quickly?
A. According to Lach, "Reinstatement typically by its nature … is generally limited to one violation." A major infractions case "is much more complex."
Also, this investigation has been going on at least since the summer, when the Southeastern Conference says Auburn was informed of a possible problem with Newton. So when the NCAA concluded after investigating that an infraction had been committed, it contacted the school Monday. So the school declared him ineligible sometime Tuesday. (He did practice Tuesday, but even his ineligibility would not have kept him off the practice field.) The reinstatement committee, which had all the information from the investigators, was able to make a quick decision. This is not unprecedented. When the competitive calendar is involved, reinstatement decisions can be made quickly, Lach said. Last month, Southern California running back Dillon Baxter was found by the school to have taken an improper ride on a golf cart with an agent. He was declared ineligible on a Friday and reinstated Wednesday after making restitution of $5 to a charity.
Q. So if this isn't over, how long could it take?
A. Lach said in telephone interview with USA TODAY this week that from the time the NCAA initially receives information into possible violations until the school is presented with a formal notification of charges, the average time has been around 11 months. "Some are less than that," she said. "Some are longer. Quite frankly, I'm looking at this in my role as vice president — can we trim that down even more."
But after a school or individual has been notified of violations, they have 90 days to respond. During that time, "they are granted access to all the evidence the enforcement staff relied on," Lach said. "The point is there are no surprises."
After the reply, it's typically about six weeks until a hearing in front of the infractions committee (composed of individuals from member schools and two people from the public sector) and an additional eight to 10 weeks for the infractions committee to announce a resolution and sanction, if any.
The Bush/Southern California case took four years from when the allegations first came out.
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February 29, 2004
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - Top-ranked Williams College became the first No. 1 seed in the history of the NESCAC Tournament to win the conference championship with its 79-67 victory over the visiting fourth-ranked Amherst College men's basketball team on Sunday. Williams senior Ben Coffin (Westford, MA) led the Ephs with a game-high 26 points and 16 rebounds as they won their second-consecutive conference championship, improved to 26-1 and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Amherst falls to 24-3 with their second-straight NESCAC Championship loss to Williams and awaits word of an at large bid. NCAA pairings will be announced Sunday night at 10:30 p.m.
Both squads came out firing as Williams junior Jaris Cole (East Point, GA) nailed three early shots and Amherst junior Andrew Schiel (Wayne, PA) drained a pair of three pointers en route to an 8-8 deadlock five minutes into regulation. However, the Jeffs capitalized on a pair of Eph turnovers and senior forward Tim Jones (Richmond, VA) used an incredible ball fake to lose his defender and give the Jeffs an early 12-8 lead. Amherst held its narrow edge over the next four minutes, but Williams used a three pointer from senior point guard Michael Crotty (Belmont, MA) and a pair of three's from senior Chuck Abba (Delmar, NY) to build a seven-point advantage, 30-23, with 5:31 left in the half. The Jeffs cut into the lead before the break, outscoring the hosts 10-6 over the final five minutes, but still went into the locker room trailing, 36-33.
Amherst continued to chip away in the second half and used a pair of jumpers from Schiel to take a slight edge, 43-42, five minutes into the second frame. This, however, would be short-lived as Abba nailed a three on the break, followed by a pair of free throws from Coffin to put the Ephs back up by four. The Jeffs answered with back-to-back three pointers from senior guard Adam Harper (Washington, DC) and first-year Dan Wheeler (Bloomington, MN) to take a two-point advantage, but this would be Amherst's last lead of the game. Williams responded with a 15-6 run, highlighted by a thundering dunk from Coffin at the 5:44-mark, giving the Ephs control for good. Amherst tried to mount a late rally as Jones scored six of his team-high 16 points down the stretch, but the Jeffs could get no closer than seven and Williams held on for the win.
Abba nailed 4-of-8 from behind the arc en route to a 13-point performance, while junior Michael Graham (Sidney, NY) added 11 points, Crotty chipped in 10 points and eight assists and Cole tallied 10 points as well. Schiel posted a double-double for the Jeffs, with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Harper added 12 points and seven boards
The loss was only Amherst's second-ever in four seasons of NESCAC Tournament play.
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Google has updated its popular web browser Chrome to version 11. The latest stable release, which sports a new "flattened" version of the program icon, has one major headline feature: support for text-to-speech in supported web pages.
This new feature – designed for those who have difficulty using keyboards – is based on HTML5 technology, and works on web pages where a microphone icon has been embedded into a text or form field. It currently only supports English as a language.
The feature works by the user clicking the microphone icon before speaking into their mic. Chrome then converts this into text and pastes it into the field. Supported websites are currently thin on the ground, but it can be tested at HTML Rocks or by selecting English as the "From" language at Google Translate.
Other changes in Google Chrome 11 include hardware acceleration for 3D CSS, bug fixes for the cloud print function and a security update for the integrated Adobe Flash plug-in. There are also 25 new security fixes introduced between the jump from beta to stable.
Google Chrome 11 Stable is a free download for Windows, Mac and Linux.
This article originally appeared at softwarecrew.co.uk
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