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The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has dropped to a whisper, but U.S. Marines who have paid a heavy price battling the Taliban in Afghanistan's deadliest spot expect the insurgents to hit back hard.
Violence in Helmand province's Sangin district dropped sharply about a month ago, a development the Marines believe was driven by both the normal winter lull and significant casualties suffered by the Taliban. But the insurgents have been seeding the ground with bombs, pouring in new fighters and stepping up intimidation in preparation for a spring offensive.
The Marines say they hope their months of aggressive operations will help them counter the next onslaught.
The battle for control of Sangin looms large in the minds of U.S. commanders because the district is a narcotics hub that helps fund the Taliban and a crossroads for funneling weapons and fighters into Kandahar, the Taliban's spiritual heartland.
Sangin was the deadliest district for the coalition in Afghanistan last year, according to NATO. The British lost over 100 troops here in four years of fighting _ nearly one-third of their deaths in the war _ and when they handed Sangin over to the Marines in September, the Taliban effectively controlled almost all the district.
The Marine battalion currently in Sangin arrived in October and together with smaller units attached to it has waged over 500 firefights and sustained over 30 deaths, with another 175 wounded, many from homemade bombs hidden in fields and mud-walled compounds.
In November, when this reporter was last in the district, insurgents were repeatedly attacking the main base next to the district center, and even in the bazaar, considered the safest place in Sangin, Marines had to throw smoke grenades to thwart snipers.
The coalition responded by boosting Marine and Afghan force numbers by about 50 percent. The Marines in Sangin have also waged a fierce campaign of airstrikes, dropping at least 50 500-pound bombs, firing 30 Hellfire missiles and unleashing over 100 helicopter rocket and gun attacks.
"It has taken us killing hundreds of Taliban and suffering a lot of hard hits, but we literally go anywhere we want in the battle space now," said Lt. Col. Jason Morris, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment currently in Sangin.
Also, the Afghan government has struck a deal with tribal elders in northern Sangin not to attack coalition troops, though there's no guarantee it will hold.
The Marines see signs that the Taliban are feeling the pressure. "Taliban leaders in Pakistan have called commanders back and chewed them out, saying 'Go back up there and be a man and get your jihad on,'" said Morris.
The test will come in the spring, when the weather warms and foliage returns to give the Taliban cover. Insurgent leaders are known to have told fighters in Sangin in late January to switch from gunbattles to seeding the ground with IEDs, or improvised explosive devices, and platoon leader Lt. Joe Patterson sees the results. He estimates the number of IEDs hidden in the alleyways and fields in his area have roughly doubled.
"We have traded the constant gun battles of the past with now finding multiple IEDs on every route we take," said Patterson, 31, from Owasso, Oklahoma.
The Marines have received reports of new insurgents coming into Sangin, and several new white Taliban flags have gone up in the district. The level of small-arms fire has also picked up.
"They are right now in their reconnaissance phase and are waiting for an opportunity to kick off their attacks," said Morris, 40, the battalion commander from Oceanside, California.
The British military, whose strategy in Sangin has been widely criticized, are likely to be watching closely. The arrival of the Marines raised concerns among some about the perception of the U.S. finishing a job the British couldn't handle.
The British strategy was to build a string of small patrol bases, but so many soldiers were needed to defend them that they left the insurgents with wide freedom of movement. The Marines immediately closed about half the 22 bases to free up troops for more aggressive patrolling. But they have since expanded outward again and now have about the same number of bases as the British had, though many of them are deeper in Taliban territory.
"It's a tough balance because if you just occupy bases, you can't do enough patrols," said company commander Capt. Matthew Peterson, 34, of Las Cruces, New Mexico. "But if you just patrol, you don't have constant overwatch."
The Marines said aggressive patrolling loosened the Taliban's grip and a battalion-size operation cleared the main road of IEDs, giving the force much more elbow room. Until then, said Morris, "if you owned a patrol base, you could perhaps influence positively and move around freely within 50 or 100 meters of where you were."
Soon it will be the Marines' turn to test whether their tactics have worked. "There is always some trepidation over whether we have pushed too far out, but we won't really know until we have experienced it and know what the enemy is capable of bringing to the fight," said Morris.
The Marines now have a couple hundred more troops than the outgoing 1,200-strong British force. The number of regular Afghan police has tripled to 350, and 200 elite police who had previously fought in the Taliban sanctuary of Marjah have been sent to Sangin.
The Marines have also spent nearly $3 million on development projects and have been rewarded with an increase in tips from the public about the location of IEDs and Taliban weapons caches.
But that support could weaken as more Taliban fighters move in. Afghans in one area who previously would chat with patrolling Marines now won't even look at them.
"The biggest challenge is that the Taliban won't quit," said Capt. Chris Esrey, a 33-year-old company commander from Havelock, North Carolina. "Right now I think they are on their heels, but we know they are resting and refitting and we are not done fighting."
Abbot spent 10 days embedded with U.S. forces in Sangin in November. He returned for another 10 days in February and March. Associated Press writer Mirwais Khan contributed to this report from Kandahar, Afghanistan.


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EDMONTON - Remember that first game of the season? The one the Edmonton Oilers won 4-0 over the Calgary Flames?
Well, for the longest time there, 74 games later, they looked like they were playing it again.
Then reality set in.
Up 3-0 and 4-1, the Oilers with only 10 players remaining who were on the ice that opening night lost 5-4 in a shootout to a desperate Calgary Flames team playing for their playoff lives.
Remember that first game when the Edmonton fans went nuts over just about every part of what happened in the stunner to open the season?
Eerily familiar
Well, for the longest time there the first 52 minutes and nine seconds to be exact they felt the same way about this one.
It would have been a bit more satisfying for the fans if the hometown team, had not waited until seven games remained in the season to see something like it again.
But still that wasnt a bad way to end a season either, if you can ignore the seven games remaining. It was one whale of a hockey game.
We knew they were a team pushing for the playoffs and that were going to sell the farm to try to do it, said Ryan Jones, who scored his 17th of the season this night while Magnus Paajarvi potted his 12th.
It would have been great, he said of the prospect of the northern team knocking their rivals out of the playoffs.
If you look at the game in its entirety, for the first 50 minutes we showed signs that we were going to be a great hockey team, said Jones.
It was a game in which coach Tom Renney asked his team to play this one game like it was an actual playoff game.
And they did.
They gave it everything they had, said Renney of his patchwork lineup of players who started the season and most of them the month in Oklahoma City.
They were all over the Flames, created chance after chance and goaltender Devan Dubnyk made probably his best save of the season in this one.
Teemu Hartikainen became the ninth member of the team to score his first NHL goal, following Jordan Eberle, Paajarvi, Taylor Hall, Linus Omark, Jeff. Petry, Taylor Chorney, Ryan OMarra and Theo Peckham to collect their prized puck.
It was a night where all the prized kids still skating Eberle, Paajarvi, Omark and Petry showed their stuff until the Oilers ran out of experience more than anything.
We didnt have the requisite intelligence that goes with it, said Renney of the effort.
On a night when the Worlds Longest Hockey Game guys were honoured and announced theyd reached their goal of $1 million raised for cancer, there were questions about what the big C on the Flames sweaters represented this night. It certainly didnt look like it stood for character until Edmonton-area product Jarome Iglinla scored two and ex-Oilers Steve Staiois and Curtis Glencross added the others to bring the Flames back.
We knew we didnt have anything left to save it for. We knew going out for the third period that our season was on the line, said Staios.
That was pretty wild. It felt as good as any weve won all year, said Iginla.
They played hard, aggressive hockey. Like they had nothing to lose. We played like we were trying not to lose for the first two periods.
It was our playoff loves on the line (Saturday) night. In the third period, once we were down, we just played. Thats how wed been playing for the last three months. Hopefully, thats a reminder that thats the way weve got to play now.
It was also a night, with two more dumb penalties including one which produced a power-play goal, Iginlas 35th of the season, which may be remembered as Steve Smackintyres expiry date: March 26, 2011.
We dont need him in the penalty box, especially by himself, said Renney.
In the end it goes down as the Oilers ninth consecutive loss mopping up a miserable season.
Then, finally and mercifully, the fifth straight out-of-the-playoff-season and the second-straight 30th-place finish will be over.
We count the days. But for 52 minutes last night, there were reason to count the months until the Edmonton Oilers turn into a hockey team again.


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The victim was a hot, 24-year-old fitness model. She was also an aspiring boxer who went by the name Brasilia.
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The couple has 2 kids. Law enforcement sources say there were no witnesses to the murder so it appears the children were not in the apartment when their mom was killed.
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GENOA, Italy -- Formula One driver Robert Kubica's condition showed signs of improvement one day after he sustained serious injuries during a high-speed crash in a rally car event in Italy.
Kubica was placed in an induced coma on Sunday night, following a seven-hour surgical procedure to reconstruct his right forearm at Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure, Italy.
According to a statement from Kubica's F1 team, Lotus Renault GP, his condition was "much better" on Monday.
After spending the night under constant observation, Kubica was briefly awakened by his doctors in the morning. The 26-year-old Polish driver was then able to talk to relatives, as well as move the fingers in his injured right hand.
Kubica's surgeon, Dr. Mario Igor Rossello, reported that he did not notice any swelling or infection on his right forearm. However, it will be several days before it is known if the operation has been completely successful.
Lotus Renault also noted in its statement, "In order to avoid any physical stress, [Kubica] will be put under gentle medication in order to sleep for the next 24 hours at least. Meanwhile, the doctors will decide how they will treat his elbow and shoulder fractures. [Kubica] may have to undergo surgery once again for this, but not for a few days."
During the opening stage of Sunday's Ronde di Andora Rally event in Genoa, Kubica lost control of his Skoda Fabia and slammed hard into the wall. His car then made contact with another barrier. Kubica's co-driver, Jakub Gerber, did not suffer any injuries during the incident. Kubica was conscious while being airlifted to the nearby Pietra Ligure hospital.
Kubica will not participate in this week's second round of F1 pre-season testing in Jerez, Spain. He most likely will miss the March 13 F1 season- opening Bahrain Grand Prix. There are thoughts that Kubica could sit out most of the 2011 season, perhaps the entire campaign.
Lotus Renault has yet to determine a course of action for a temporary driver replacement for Kubica. Either Bruno Senna or Romain Grosjean, both test and reserve drivers for Lotus Renault, could serve as Kubica's replacement for the short term.


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The U.S. Census Bureau is considering removing the term Negro from its form by 2020.
The Census Bureau has been considering within the last few years changing some minor aspects of the census in regards to racial classification, as more advocacy groups pushed for more updated racial categories to reflect current cultural trends. The term 'Negro' is listed as one of the racial categories on the questionnaire alongside black and African-American.
As first reported by theGrio, many in the African-American community were shocked to learn that the term was going to be included in the 2010 Census form. The Census Bureau said the reason for keeping 'Negro' on the form for so long was due to a 2000 study which indicated a large portion of people chose to write 'Negro' as their race, which prompted the Bureau to keep the category.
Census Bureau director Robert Groves actually publicly apologized on C-Span for the use of the category, after a viewer complained that the Negro category form was "racist."
"I am black. I did not appreciate the black, the Afro-American and Negro. That is back when I used to live in Nashville, Tennessee, when people were called Negro," the viewer said in a phone interview. "I do not like that, that is out of character, and it really hurt my feelings … that to me is racist."
Groves, an African-American himself, responded on-air and apologized to the viewer, "First of all, let me apologize to you on behalf of all my colleagues. The intent of every word on the race and ethnicity questions is to be as inclusive as possible so that all of us could see a word here that rings a bell for us … it was not to be offensive and again I apologize on that. My speculation is that in 2020 that word will disappear and there are gonna be other words that are gonna change."
The term "Negro" to categorize people of African descent was a common term until the 1960s Civil Rights movement. However, the Civil Rights movement encouraged people to use the terms "black" or "Afro-American." In the late 1980s, Jesse Jackson encouraged the black community to identify as African-Americans.
But the word Negro has made a slight resurgence within the past couple of years.
In 2007, Rush Limbaugh played a song titled "Barack the Magic Negro" on his radio show, referring to Barack Obama's first presidential race.
Additionally, Senate majority leader Harry Reid called the then-presidential candidate a "light-skinned" African-American "with no negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one," according to Rush Limbaugh's book Game Change.
David Love, in a previous theGrio op-ed, details the pros and cons of the term Negro in society. He says that while for many the word brings back the painful history of segregation and inequality, the word is also used by many black elders referring to a time of "black self-sufficiency and pride."
But despite the debates surrounding the 'political-correctness' of the word Negro, the Census Bureau is primarily concerned that Americans can accurately identify themselves racially in future Census counts. The 2010 Census revealed that many Americans did not identify with the current categories used by the Census Bureau to classify race.
This is not the first time the Census had to change its racial categories to be up to date with cultural shifts in racial categorization. The term mulatto, for example, referring to a person of mixed black and white background, was removed the Census in 1920.
Other major changes that may be made to the 2020 Census is categorizing Hispanic as a race. Currently, Hispanic is only considered an ethnic background and is not included in the race section.
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Marc Fleurbaey: fairness, responsibility, and welfare
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Toshiba is setting the pace in the 2.5-inch hard drive arena with news that the company has managed to push storage levels up to 640GB. That's nowhere near the 2TB offered in the 3.5-inch category drives, but does mean laptops and portable storage solutions now have an additional 140GB over what was previously possible.
To celebrate the new levels of storage Toshiba is not only making the drives available for use in laptops, but is updating its own line of external, portable drives to include a new 640GB model. Apparently that allows you to store 182,000 images, 168,000 songs, or 520 movies to watch or listen to while on the go. The external drive is both Mac and PC compatible and is shipped with a backup solution (NTI Shadow 4 for Mac and BackupNow EZ for PC). It comes in Liquid Blue, Vivid White, Rocket Red, or Komodo Green and will cost $179.99.
The drive itself spins at 5400rpm so isn't for those after optimal speed in their laptops, but as a USB 2.0 external drive it is more than adequate. There is also the option of a free-fall sensor for use in a laptop, but it doesn't seem to be included in the external drives which only have a shock sensor. That may just be what they are calling it, however.
Read more at the Toshiba press release and Hot Hardware
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I know 140GB increase is a lot of extra space, but when hundreds of gigabytes is now the norm it just doesn't seem like that much of an increase. I think I'll be really impressed when storage companies manage to push 2.5-inch drives past the 1TB barrier and 3.5-inch drives touch 5TB.
With USB sticks ramping up their storage capacities significantly I still think portable 2.5-inch drives are going to be a tough sell in the future. If I can have 256GB in a stick form would I choose the much larger and heavier 2.5-inch drive to triple that storage? Unless you have a massive media collection I think the answer will mostly be "no". I'd rather have the smaller, yet still huge, amount of storage hooked to my keys in a poacket than a whole pocket or bag required to carry the larger drive.
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Tuesday, October 19, 1999 Published at 15:45 GMT 16:45 UK
Museum skeleton comes out of the cupboard
The travelling tradesman was crushed by a stone at Avebury
One of Britain's best known archaeological finds, thought destroyed in the Second World War, has been rediscovered tucked away in a museum storeroom.
The barber-surgeon skeleton dates from more than 500 years ago and was found during an excavation of the giant stone circle at Avebury, Wiltshire, in 1938.
He was killed by a falling stone, as the circle was being demolished.
The rediscovery was made in a storeroom in London's Natural History Museum by Michael Pitts, the former curator of the Alexander Keiller Museum at Avebury.
He told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: "It is very exciting, it is a most extraordinary thing.
"I was actually looking for something different, a skeleton from Stonehenge. But when I found it, I discovered it was stored with 100 other skeletons, one of which was the barber-surgeon."
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The skeleton was sent for analysis to the Royal College of Surgeons, shortly after it was found.
But the college sustained three direct hits during a wartime bombing raid in 1941 and archaeologists feared the skeleton had been destroyed.
But research by Mr Pitts revealed that the college actually transferred some of its materials to a safe underground store in the Natural History Museum, and he was able to locate it, still undamaged.
He added: "During the 1938 excavations it was discovered that some of the stones had been buried in the Middle Ages, and some of the stones broken up."
Archaeologists believe this may have been to clear land for farming, but a more favoured theory is that the stones were broken up because the church disapproved of their Pagan associations.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Gokak Karadantu
Karadantu (Kannada: ಕರದಂಟು) is a sweet delicacy unique to the state of Karnataka, India. Karadantu means fried-edible gum in the local language, Kannada. It is made of edible gum and has a chewy texture. The other ingredients used in its preparation are fried bengal gram flour, jaggery and seeds of marking-nut (Semecarpus Anacardium) tree. Gokak town in Belgaum district of Karnataka is famous for the karadantu produced in its sweet shops.
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One of the most fondly remembered slogans in advertising history returns to TV tonight as Guinness revives its strapline "Good things come to those who wait".
The slogan, most memorably used in the 1999 surfer advert where waiting for the perfect wave was compared to waiting for a pint of Guinness to settle took TV advertising to a new artistic level with its images of crashing waves and giant horses, was abandoned in 2001 and many say the stout's famous advertising has not been the same since.
Last year's advertising epic, directed by Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella, about prisoners taming wild mustangs was regarded as pretty, but pretty boring. But that all looks set to end tonight at 9.20pm on ITV1 when Guinness airs a radically different £1m blockbuster directed by Danny Kleinman, the award-winning advertising director and creator of the last four James Bond title sequences.
Using an old slogan, however popular, is not undertaken lightly, for revivals are often seen by an advertising industry that tires of ideas much more swiftly than the general public it purports to serve as a sign of creative weakness.
The advert starts with three blokes in a pub enjoying a pint. To a jaunty rendition of the song Rhythm of Life from the musical Sweet Charity, the trio back out of the pub and regress at light speed through billions of years of evolution - all in just 50 seconds.
Like a turbocharged episode of Life on Earth, the three quickly turn into cavemen, then dolphins, fish, birds and dinosaurs.
"I wanted to give the sense of an amazing explosion of history and time and expanse of nature - continental plates shifting and volcanoes erupting and lakes becoming mountains and give a sense of that and tell a story of these three characters," Mr Kleinman says. Ultimately, the three morph into hapless mud-skippers, who lead a miserable life in a pond.
"You know what this creature drinks, this disgusting muck, and you are really pleased that you can get a Guinness, you are left feeling relieved that you are not a primordial creature in the mud," he said.
Apart from the £1m spent on production, Guinness spent an eye-watering £15m buying space on TV and in cinemas. In comparison, Kraft Foods spends £20m on all its brands in a year. The brand will be hoping its splashy advert will help correct a sales slide. Internationally, sales of the beer are down 3%, although Guinness's UK market share is at its highest at 6.1%, but in an overall declining market.
"We have got to reach 10 million customers of Guinness, and TV is obviously a very important part of our mix and important in getting our message out enough times," said Georgina Meddows-Smith, the marketing manager for Guinness. Guinness is a "badge product" for its drinkers, she said.
"Guinness advertising is original and creative and what they love is that it says the same thing about them too. They have made their choice and it's a positive choice."
Guinness's advertising budget is a huge investment in an era when TV advertising is on the wane because personal video recorders such as Sky+ enable viewers to skip increasing numbers of TV adverts.
But Mr Kleinman has thought of this. He has deliberately designed the advert to be as visually arresting as possible, to ensure PVR viewers slow down to watch, and made the advert as complex as possible, to ensure it can withstand many repeated viewings.
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With only a week left for voting on the Second Annual Reader's Choice Awards for one of my favorite fan fic groups I've really been pressed with time.
This is the second year that I've organized and run these awards. This has been a major undertaking, and not something that is as easy as one might think. I've learned a great deal in the past two years, and not all of it has been pleasant.
I was rather shocked by the responses I got from some. These awards were designed to showcase the skill and talent of the authors for a specific group, yet a lot of people figured it should be for anyone who had a story.
Now, I have no objections to highlighting talent. Heck if we didn't do that we wouldn't have the Oscar's, what I do object to is when people refuse to participate because they don't archive their work in one place - which just happens to be the place that's hosting the awards.
Which isn't to say that I don't think all the excellent author's shouldn't be shown our appreciation. I do believe that if you're brave enough to write it and post it then you should be recognized.
I hope to carry what I've learned with organizing these awards forward, and make next years even bigger and better than this one.
Until next time, I'll bench my rant and move on. Have a great day. If you'd like some good reading, click on Shadowlady's (mine) link to your left, it'll take you to the WRbeta archive and some really good fan fiction featuring none other than the X-Men!


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Crest has been coming up with a great line of whitening strips ranging from basic white to obsessedly bright. I tried them exactly by the book for awhile and enjoyed the results until i began getting unwanted results. I know these now, but I've noticed a lot of my friends aren't entirely aware:
Regular usage breaks down tooth enamel making teeth extremely sensitive and almost see-through.
Stop after near desired effect to not look like a cartoon character.
Take your time. The best way to use these products are every other day to a couple times a week to avoid negative reactions.
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The new, improved Senate climate bill
A U.S. Senate compromise bill aimed at battling global warming would cut emissions of greenhouse gases 17 percent by 2020, according to a summary given to senators and obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.
The legislation, being offered by Democratic Senator John Kerry and Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman, faces a tough battle for passage in the Senate this year -- especially without a Republican sponsor.
Besides cutting carbon pollution, it contains incentives to expand U.S. nuclear power generation and offshore oil drilling. But in the wake of the huge, April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the proposal includes protections for coastal states that do not want oil drilling off their shores.
The climate bill would be Kerry's counteroffer to the U.S. House of Representatives, which passed a somewhat different version of climate control legislation nearly a year ago.
It aims to back commitments President Barack Obama made to world leaders in December that the United States for the first time would get serious about cutting greenhouse gas emissions, which many experts say will wreak havoc on the planet if left unchecked.
About 6.4 billion metric tons of the gases are sent into the atmosphere each year by coal- and oil-burning electric utilities, factories, refineries and vehicles in the United States, a level of pollution that is second only to China.
The proposed bill, which also was written by independent Senator Joseph Lieberman, builds on legislation approved in November by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Like the House-passed bill, it also would try to cut carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050.
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A Military Spouse's Guide to Getting a Job
As a military spouse, beginning a job hunt may be your next big move after settling into your new home following a permanent change of station (PCS). Find out what employment assistance programs the new base or post offers for spouses who want to work. Many installations have partnerships with employers in the local community and try to help place spouses. Some even offer training programs to help spouses update their work skills. For information and links to career and job-search tools for military spouses, visit SaveAndInvest.org.
Another option is to apply to the FINRA Investor Education Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship Program, which gives military spouses the opportunity to earn a career-enhancing credential—the Accredited Financial Counselor® (AFC) certificate—while providing volunteer financial counseling to the military community. The fellowship covers the costs associated with completing the AFC® training and testing.
Working spouses may qualify for unemployment benefits in certain states after a move. Other options include registering with a national temporary agency, operating a home-based business and considering further education. Look into local colleges, online universities, community colleges and vocational programs. Your installation's education center has information for both military personnel and spouses.
During your job search, be aware of work-at-home scams, which promise big money for easy work. The Federal Trade Commission's publication Work at Home Schemes can help you recognize and avoid work-at-home scams that sound too good to be true. Additionally, check out work-at-home offers with your local Chamber of Commerce or Better Business Bureau and your installation's family services office, especially for work-at-home offers targeted at military spouses.
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Well, I couldn't find any Wii's in any stores. So, my parents have a friend who lives in Japan, and they wired the money to them to buy two Wii's: one for me, and one for a friend. But, they (more of my mom) didn't know that the Japanese Wii console couldn't play American games. And we can't read Japanese!!
So, will a Mod Chip make the Japanese Wii console allowed to play American games?
a mod chip will allow you to play most us games just use wiibrickblocker to remove any updates and only update your wii via your hardware (not via game dvd)
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Tis the Season for BOMs, Quilt Alongs and Challenges
The beginning of the new year is always very exciting in quilting blog land with new block of the months, quilt alongs and challenges getting under way. I am tempted by so many of these, but will limit myself to just a few. Some have started already or will be in the next week or two.
Please, if you are hosting a BOM or other similar project on your blog, use a consistent tag or label for your posts so that those arriving later to your site can follow along too. I guarantee this will increase participation in your project while reducing the number of email requests you get to find older pieces.
This list is massive, but I'm sure I've missed some. Please include links to other free projects in the comments section below.
Erin's My Tweets BOM. I'm planning to do this one!
A sneak peak at the patterns for My Tweets .. oh my they are gorgeous!
Fiesta BOM from Fat Cat Patterns. Available in queen or full size.
Shannon's Pieceful Kwilter's 2011 BOM
Dawn's Out of the Box BOM – look at the top left sidebar for the links.
Jennifer's Harry Potter Paper Piecing – Project of Doom
Kim's Season 2 of Project QUILTING began on Sunday, January 9th, 2011. Every other week, for 12 weeks, a new challenge will be posted and participants will have a week to complete them. Prizes for the public vote winner, the judges choice winner, and random drawings include credit to different online fabric shops, postcards, quilting books, hand-dyed fabric, and more!
Denise's Granny's Hankie BOM
Thread Head Quilt Along – This one is calling my name, I'm trying not to listen!
Reeze's Jewels in the Crown BOM
Sulky's Redwood Kitchen
Konda's Layer Cake Quilt Along
Jenny's Give Thanks BOM
Little Miss Shabby's Birdie Stitches BOM
Beth's 52 Weeks of Quilt Block Patterns
Fabrics N Quilts' Scrap Quilt Challenge – I'm trying to meet the deadline (February 28th) for this challenge with my queen-sized scrappy quilt. There's a Facebook group too to help keep us all motivated.
Henrietta Whiskers from Bunny Hill Designs
Two challenges from 3 Creative Studios:
Sandi's 2011 Mini BOM
Black & White Delight from Florida Cabin Fever Quilter's Guild
Rachel's postage stamp quilt along
Angie's Home Sweet Home BOM
Fans of Barbara Brackman will be excited by her new blog, Civil War Quilts. Each week there will be a new 8″ block to make and a true story. I'm not sure I can fit this project into my plans this year, but I'll definitely be reading the stories and checking out the blocks being made. Even though I'm not an American, I've always been fascinated by quilts from the Civil War era and the stories that go with them.
Inspired by Barbara's new site, Terrie Sandelin author of Miniatures in Minutes created a four-part tutorial of the Civil War Crossing block in miniature format.
Bloggers' Block-a-palooza – A quilt-along that will jump from blog to blog, featuring two original blocks per week. Starts Jan. 24th.
Jovita's Got Dots Quilt-Along.
Sheryl's Garden Party BOM.
SewHappy's Mystery Quilt Along – starts February 1st.
Are you tempted by any? Has your heart rate quickened just a little by all the possibilities? I'd love to hear what you'll be working on.
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Rascal Flatts, 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' Acapella [VIDEO]
As the big day draws near, I can't help but think of all those that won't be home for Christmas. To me, although presents are part of the tradition, they can't compare to just being with family and friends as we celebrate the birth of Holy one, and we begin to say our goodbyes to 2012.
And please pray for our military men and women as many of them haven't seen and won't see their families for days and months to come.
I've always loved this Acapella rendition of 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' by Rascal Flatts. It always amazes me how great singing voices can sound like a room full of instruments.
Merry Christmas!


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The prosecution called one witness. The defense did not object and presented no arguments of its own.
At the end of it, Jackson County Chief Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wilson issued a peculiar verdict in a the bizarre case: Guilty, but not guilty.
"There's more than sufficient evidence for the court to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Kwaske did commit felony murder," Wilson said at the conclusion of the trial. He murdered Ms. Shirley Meeks."
Police found Meeks dead on Oct. 15 in her Reed Manor apartment. Her head was found in Kwaske's bathroom.
Wilson went on to read from Kwaske's psychiatric evaluations. The 47-year-old Kwaske claims he was compelled by spiritual forces to kill Meeks in order to prevent Armageddon.
"Although Mr. Kwaske is clearly guilty for these heinous crimes ... I have to find him not guilty by reason of insanity," Wilson said, referencing the reports.
Wilson sent Kwaske to the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ypsilanti where he will receive more treatment. Kwaske has been at the center since not long after his arrest.
He will stay there or an another secure mental health facility for a lengthy time if not his entire life. All further matters in the case will be addressed in Jackson County Probate Court.
Stiles handled the investigation into the Oct. 15 killing. Meeks lived on the second floor of a Reed Manor apartment building. When Stiles arrived at the scene, he saw blood splattered in the hallway outside the apartment and inside it. Meeks' body was on the floor. Her head was missing, Stiles testified.
The lock and door handle of Meeks' door were punched out and inside the apartment. Stiles said Meeks had defended herself with a kitchen knife.
Outside Meeks' door, a blood trail led up the stairs to the third floor.
Later that afternoon, Jackson Police officer Bill Mills notified Stiles a possible suspect was in custody. Kwaske was seated and cuffed in Mills patrol car. After obtaining a search warrant for Kwaske's backpack, officers found a hammer covered in blood.Stiles went to Kwaske's third floor apartment, directly above Meeks, where he found a series of wires leading from the door to jars of liquid and a box. He obtained a search warrant for Kwaske's apartment, went inside and found Meeks head in a trash bag in the bathroom.
The bathroom was covered in blood and there was about 6 inches of bloody water in the tub. The head appeared brutally separated from the body, but it was washed, Stiles said.
"They were not clean cuts. It was more rip and tear," Stiles testified.
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Jackson County Assistant Prosecutor Jared Hopkins showed Stiles photos of the crime scene, the hammer and Meeks' head. His questions to Stiles were simple and direct. Kwaske's attorney, Jerry Engle, did not object.
After Stiles testified, Hopkins rested the prosecution's case.
"The people went above and beyond to make sure this is the route we wanted to take," Hopkins told Wilson of the prosecution's position on the bench trial and likely insanity verdict.
After a state-employed psychiatrist found Kwaske to be insane at the time of the killing, the prosecution ordered a second opinion. That psychiatrist agreed with the first finding.
Engle entered into evidence two reports by psychiatrists and rested his case. Engle asked Wilson to find his client not guilty by reason of insanity.
Kwaske was charged with with murder, home invasion and mutilation of a dead body. Wilson said Kwaske was guilty of all three crimes. However, Kwaske, once an engineer but with a long history of mental illness, suffered from schizophrenia and paranoia. To doctors, Kwaske described the killing of Meeks as a "spiritual slaying." She called Meeks the "greatest evil." Meeks was surrounding him with evil energy that Kwaske could see it. He had to take her head because she would re-grow or re-generate it.
"I was convinced she was out to end my life," Kwaske told doctors, based on information read by Wilson. "She was dark voodoo, negative energy.
"I needed to stop her or she would cause Armageddon."
After the hearing, family and friends of Meeks wept and hugged each other. They did not want to comment on the proceedings.
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Spring is an ideal time to lighten and brighten the look of your fireplace mantel display. Some years, I completely remake the look of my mantel at the start of each new season. And others, I keep the same basic display in place the whole year through, then add just a few seasonal touches here and … [Read more...]
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Flights of Fancy: Celebrating Birds in Your Decor
One of my favorite things to do in spring is to spy on the birds that live in the canopy of the trees in my backyard. I enjoy watching them hop about the garden, gathering twigs or bits of grass to build their nests. But most of all, I love to watch them torment our cats. The kitties see themselves … [Read more...]
Shower the People You Love with Love
I love a good shower. Not the soap and hot water kind. The kind where you gather with friends to celebrate an exciting new beginning in a loved one's life, whether it's the arrival of a baby or an upcoming wedding. Do you have any friends or family celebrating a milestone event this year? If so, … [Read more...]
Market Report: Great Finds and Hot Trends
I got an icy welcome when I arrived at the huge Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market in January. You probably remember the news -- Atlanta was covered in a sheet of ice that grounded flights, held up shipments of merchandise and left restaurants and hotels near the convention … [Read more...]


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I have decided to sell my lifetime collection of Lionel and American Flyer Trains. I started this hobby about 15 years ago and have been collecting trains the whole time. I am not a typical collector. I would travel around to every flea-market, yard sale, auctions or by word of mouth to buy some trains. I took them home and put them in an air conditioned upstairs bedroom and never touched them. I have never ran any of the train sets, pieces or scenry pieces that I have. The trains that I have are from a vast age range, from pre-war to current stock. I have only collected Lionel O gauge, some standard gauge and American Flyer trains. I never got into buying the HO or N scale trains. I have never ran any of these trains and have no idea of their condition, wheather they run or need work or missing parts. I just enjoyed searching for them and buying them for an investment.I do know what I have paid for them. I have made this a hobby for the last 15 years searching for these trains and I am not going to give them away. The reserve is set fair for what I have invested in them. If the reserve is not met, I may consider selling to the highest bidder, so bid if you want them! I am probably never going to set up a display as planned and have decided to let someone else enjoy them. I do not have a total list of every train ... read more


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Get in the water and enjoy the best part of Hawaiian living! Pretend you own a catamaran for a day and see the islands up-close and from afar with Makani's Turtle Canyon Snorkel/Sail Combo. This excursion takes place on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only (from 9:00 am-12:00 noon) so do plan ahead!
Your excursion will start with a light breakfast of pastries, fruit and coffee aboard Makani. (You'll also be served one beverage of your choice to enjoy throughout the trip.) Once you've satisfied your appetite, you'll begin your morning of basking in the Hawaiian sunshine and swimming in your little piece of the pristine blue waters that are the destination of so many travelers each year.
Makani is one of the area's most renowned catamaran services, and you'll quickly realize why when you step aboard and notice the luxury and attention-to-detail that characterize this fast craft. The Makani crew will issue you with a full set of snorkel gear and lifejacket for use during the trip, and will be available for help should you need it.
The waters you'll navigate are teeming with wildlife. When you stop for your snorkeling session, use your flippers and try to catch up with a sea turtle! There is absolutely nothing like the feeling of hovering weightlessly in tranquil, clear water and watching an entire ecosystem of marine life go about its beautiful and colorful business. On your excursion, you will likely see dolphins, brightly-colored exotic fish, and perhaps even whales if you're lucky. The Makani crew has taken care of the details, leaving you to enjoy the best of Hawaiian waters and wildlife. Enjoy this fascinating and serene excursion into the underwater world, and enjoy the luxuries that are found aboard the Makani. The Makani Catamaran is a relatively new vessel, and was constructed in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This yacht features top-of-the-line construction, and exists thanks to the ingenuity of a skilled investment group including Captain Jon Jepson and architect Dave Wallworth, with the help of Gold Coast Yachts. This impressive yacht is worth $1.8 million; the carbon fiber mast alone coming in at $400,000. After the ship was completed in 2005, the crew set sail for Honolulu, sailing over 8,000 miles and passing through the Panama Canal, skirting the coast of Central America and heading northwest via Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She now calls Kewalo Basin home in lovely Honolulu, and is just waiting for you to take a spin on her beautiful decks with the crew of the Makani!
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Halloween is slowly creeping up on us and this year's horror games will end up on our screens soon enough to prepare for the holiday. But, after Halloween has come and gone what is there left to play? Well, not long after there will be a slew of games coming out to scare the hell out of us long after the holiday is over.
Tentatively scheduled to come out later this year, Until Dawn is meant to give you the experience of those oh, so foolish teenagers in nearly every slasher film you have ever seen. You and your friends go to a cabin in the middle of the woods on the anniversary of your friend's mysterious death. Of course, just as you're about to make the moves on your crush things start going wrong. Using the first person view point, you'll use guns and melee weapons to survive the night and save your friends. You'll also be able to integrate the Playstation Move motion controls for more interactive scares as well. Hopefully, cliché teenage decision making is also available as well.
Dying Light (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
I never would have expected another new zombie franchise would come on strong and seem refreshing, but Dying Light is proving me wrong. Dealing with hordes of zombies in an open world isn't really anything new, but changing up the challenge when night time comes around adds a whole new level of tension. Facing off with faster and vicious infected at night creates higher tension other than mowing down or traversing your way through the undead. After watching the gameplay trailer of the main character running for his life Dying Light may offer some decent frights instead of mere tension.
Out of every game on this list Routine is the one that looks the most promising and original. Routine takes place on a recently abandoned Moon base. You find it destroyed and abandoned, with your only company being a crazed humanoid robot looking to remove you. The game is still in its earliest stages, but even its recent alpha gameplay the game's setting is tense and terror inducing. And having a meticulous killer robot hunting you down won't make you feel any more comfortable, especially since it can also end in perma death. Lunar Software has no clear release date, yet for Routine, but we can expect some good techno scares and bring some sci-fi to horror games.
The Evil Within (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
Ever since its been announced, The Evil Within, has been proving that the horror games godfather, Shinji Mikami, still knows how to scare the crap out of us. In an infusion of gameplay mechanics from nearly every horror game, The Evil Within, may give the action horror some decent scares. Dealing with masses of zombie like creatures, being chased down by a crazed butcher and facing off with one creepy blood born monster all come together in several fear-inducing settings ranging from a blood covered slaughter room to a creepy cabin in the woods. Hopefully, Mikami and The Evil Within can make a comeback in 2014 when it hits this and next generation's consoles.
While many of the horror games on this list have been focusing on a bit action and atmosphere to scare, Daylight offers some psychological frights. Coming to Windows and Playstation 4 next year, players will be taking the control of a woman who has recently woken up in an abandoned and haunted hospital. There is no access to weapons or items other than a cell phone. As your only light source you most find out what horrendous things have happened in this hospital in order to escape. Each setting is randomly generated offering a different fright every time. While more of the game has yet to be seen aside from a short trailer and a few screenshots we can expect more moments of pure survival horror from Daylight, other than just jump out moments and gore.


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United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 07 March 2006
Adverse Decisions in Interference In the designated interferences involving the following patents, final decisions have been rendered that the respective patentees are not entitled to patents containing the claims listed. Patent No. 6,437,064, John P. Eckstein, Johnny Q. Zheng, Mark E. Nordness, Keith D. Lind, George H. Walburn, Mary E. Shepard, Gregory K. Jones, Gregory J. Seeke, STRUCTURES OF POLYMERS MADE FROM SINGLE SITE CATALYSTS, Interference No. 105,092, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, September 16, 2005 as to claims 1-3, 6-19, 22-39. Patent No. 5,763,385, Richard R. Bott, Andrew Shaw, MODIFIED ALPHA-AMYLASES HAVING ALTERED CALCIUM BINDING PROPERTIES, Interference No. 105,206, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, November 10, 2005, as to claims 1-28. WANDA M. TIGNER Supervisory Legal Instruments Examiner Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences


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Former SF man John Kelly dies
Founder member of the Provisional IRA and former Sinn Féin assemblyman John Kelly has died at the age of 71 following a long illness.
Mr Kelly was no longer active in politics after being de-selected for his assembly seat at the last election.
The Belfast-born activist was one of the radical republicans who formed the Provisional IRA and was jailed three times for IRA activities.
He was involved in the republican movement for many years and appeared in the dock during the Arms Trial in the 1970s.
Kelly had recently criticised Sinn Fein's decision to endorse the PSNI.
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At one point in the classic movie Battleground, a lieutenant inquires about the location of a strategic bridge. When a sentry stammers uncertainly, the officer snaps, "You ought to be sure of things, soldier," before leading his squad into the darkness.
The lieutenant and his squad are Germans, by the way, cunningly dressed in GI uniforms.
We mention this for three reasons: First, it's on our minds. The Burning Question crew spent a recent Saturday night immersed in the movie, repeating Ricardo Montalban's death scene over and over for our own amusement. Few cinematic moments bring such pleasure. It also reinforces the notion that Germans still work as sinister masterminds of evil, although we're not sure why. They're a decent and orderly people, on the whole, and their interest in acquiring and stowing away great works of art deserves our admiration. The periodic invasions of France hardly seem worth noting. Finally, and more to the point, it reminds us of our willingness as humans to deceive others.
You see, when the Western world abandoned the rigid class structure so entrenched for centuries, social standing became a thing of conjecture rather than birth. As a result, anyone can strive for status or, barring wealth, at least act the part. In other words, we hope that a Rolex, a Mont Blanc, a set of Pings or a BMW will disguise our social shortcomings. And it works, often all the way to the top. Research conducted by the American Management Association reveals that 70 percent of decisions made by corporate executives turn out to be bad ones.
Much of this effort at pretense is intended merely to impress strangers. Men, for example, never ask for directions. We don't mind winding up in Mexia when dinner plans were for Chez Gerard on McKinney Avenue, as long as gas station attendants, skateboarding teen-agers and convenience store clerks never learn of our failure.
Not that we speak from experience.
This same dynamic works in restaurants. Confronted by unfamiliar foods, diners commit any number of faux pas rather than admit ignorance.
Waitstaff and bartenders around the Dallas area tell of patrons who boast loudly of expertise in food, wines or liquors. "It's theater, and your audience is everybody in the room," explains Matthew, the surnameless Samba Room bartender. "Nobody knows how much you know about anything unless you articulate it."
Unfortunately, as Chris Michael of Bali Bar points out, "the thing that people in the industry find humorous is the patron who pretends to know but doesn't." In other words, each time we fumble a bit of sushi with our chopsticks, some waiter silently assails our failure to commit ritual suicide.
Thus this week's Burning Question--What's the difference between snobbery and appreciation?--misses the point. What we really want to know is how to effectively feign comfort in all culinary situations, how to navigate wine presentation and caviar and the cheese course without actually spending time in an English boarding school, how to act the part of a scion. So the more pertinent question is this: How do we go about impressing the waitstaff with our expertise when we're all really just products of grade inflation?
"Not everybody knows the same level of etiquette," says Robert Smith, wine director at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse.
Wine presentation trips up more would-be snobs than any other element of the fine dining experience. When sommeliers first show the wine, restaurant patrons merely glance at the bottle. Yet Todd Lincicome, wine director at Al Biernat's, reminds us that wine presentation serves a purpose. "You need to look at it to see if it's correct," he says, pointing out that many vintages bear similar labels. Sometimes, he adds, restaurant staff members pull the wrong bottle--information that prompted the Burning Question crew to order dozens of $50 wines in the hopes that servers would bring us a Patrus or Chateau Y'Quem by mistake. Alas, our unerring servers left us with only a vicious red wine hangover and a whopping bill that may require another one of those chats with our editor.
But the most common mistake occurs when sommeliers hand over the cork.
An estimated 20 percent of all fine dining patrons will sniff the cork after servers place it on the table. "That's how you can tell someone's pretending to be a wine snob," Smith says with a laugh. Patrons in the know will briefly examine the cork and squeeze the damp end. "Look at the cork, squeeze the damp end, set it down, and that's the end of it," he adds. "The sommelier will know that you know what you're doing."
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There's a point to all this squeezing, of course. "If the cork's brittle, the wine might be aerated," Lincicome says.
It's not just wine that exposes our pretentiousness. Crawfish, crab legs, sushi, edamame or anything eaten with chopsticks also confounds snob wannabes. "The truth is, there's just too much to know," Michael points out, and it must be so; we soiled a Thomas Pink tie while stabbing at a plate of kung pao with our chopsticks, and MSG just eats right through silk. Shellie McCasland, bartender at Ciudad, walked us through the tequila lexicon--anejos, reposados, golds, silvers and such--while ruminating on the ignorance that causes people to shoot the sipping tequilas. "People will order a pint of Guinness," says Ian Green, bartender at The Londoner, of the legendary stout often poured in two stages. "You pour the first part, they're waiting maybe 15 seconds, and they'll say, 'Where's my beer?' You know they don't drink Guinness."
"People don't want to be embarrassed," McCasland notes, "but they don't ask questions."
We thought about that as we drove back from Mexia. Knowledgeable waitstaff and bartenders are a resource, a means to overcome ignorance. "No one is offended by someone asking them a question," Lincicome agrees. "Use the expertise of the people in the industry and don't be afraid of how you look to your date. I'd much rather have people learn to do it correctly than pretend."


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Just because temperatures are on the rise doesn't mean you have to abandon a bowl of comforting soup. Using seasonal ingredients can help you craft a bold soup recipe featuring flavors not typically found in the soups we adore in the winter. Instead of a piping hot bowl of your favorite recipe, we've found some recipes for chilled summer soups to conquer your craving without competing with the summer sun. Try one of these recipes, or use it as inspiration for creating your own chilled soup!
1. Chilled Avocado Soup with Mint & Nettle Pesto: Avocado, mint, and pesto?! This combination of fresh seasonal flavors is perfect for a hot, sunny day. The avocado gives this soup a creamy texture that we simply can't resist. Give this recipe a try for your next weekend lunch with you and your sweetheart!
2. Watermelon, Tomato & Almond Gazpacho: A traditional chilled soup, gazpacho is a staple in regions of Spain and Portugal during the warm months. This recipe features the addition of summery watermelon for a refreshing touch! This recipe would be perfect for an alfresco meal on your balcony or patio.
3. Green Garbanzo & Leek Soup: This flavorful soup is as lovely as it is delicious. Basil is a summertime staple, and once you have a flourishing plant in your garden, this recipe is an essential! Filled with a variety of herbs, this colorful dish would be a hit as an appetizer at brunch with friends.
These chilled soups featuring the zesty flavors of gazpacho, refreshing touches of herbs like mint and basil, and summery fruits are a must-try for the summer months! Do you have a favorite or a recipe of your own? Share it with us in the comments below!
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This state has grown Soooo much, that when the 2010 Census maps were drawn up, and analyzed, it showed that 21 Communities in NC was scheduled to lose the opportunity to get mortgage loans approved using the USDA Home Loan Program. When are the USDA Home Loan Map Changes In NC going into effect? … starting September 30, 2013.
Congress passed the Senate USDA Appropriations bill, S.2375 which included a grandfathering provision. The provision is for places that have gained population and would otherwise become ineligible for USDA Home Loans. This bill would keep them eligible through the end of June 1, 2013 – and while the Senate passed their "part" of the legislation, the House has NOT.
Because there's been no "complete" decision by Congress, USDA Rural Development Single Family Housing Announced that it will put the new maps in place on September 30, 2013. Many areas in NC will loose eligibility for USDA Home Loan financing, when the updated Census Data is put into place. The current proposed List includes:
- Belmont
- Clayton
- Eden
- Fuquay-Varina
- Hendersonville
- Holly Springs
- Hope Mills
- Knightdale
- Leland
- Lenoir
- Mebane
- Morganton
- Mount Holly
- Murraysville
- Newton
- Piney Green
- Reidsville
- Smithfield
- Summerfield
- Tarboro
- Wake Forest
The folks in these areas need to be aware of this coming change – because it will likely make it more difficult for some people to purchase homes there!
USDA offers 100%, no money down home loans designed for folks who have pretty good credit, good jobs, and want to live in more "rural" areas of NC. I think it's a great place – but frankly, I've never thought of Tarboro, or Belmont (for instance) as huge Metropolitan areas – so I was surprised!
View the State of North Carolina USDA Eligibility Map Changes – we put together a TON of information and maps from across the state you can view.
There are two things to remember when looking for information about this Map Change. The Communities listed above would lose USDA "eligibility" because of the growth in their town, or area. For many areas, this is THE mortgage program of choice, and it's why certain subdivisions in Holly Springs and Wake Forest (for instance) have been so popular! In other words these areas, if not grandfathered back, have 2010 Census numbers that kick them out of having USDA Loans.
The SECOND "tier" of communities that would lose USDA Home Loan eligibility are the towns and subdivisions that could be part of the new definition of Rural. Under that "broader" definition change (that Congress has to tackle) almost one third of NC Loses eligibility for USDA Home loans!
We recently did a comparison of all of the No Money Down Home Loans in NC, and we still think USDA Home Loans are the best program available – for the folks who want to live in a Rural part of our state, and who qualify!
If you are looking for a USDA Home Loan in North Carolina, or if you have questions about USDA Home Loan Map Changes – call Steve and Eleanor Thorne! 919 649 5058 – we know the USDA Home Loan program requirements, and we can help you get pre-qualified to buy your dream home in NC!


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Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Small Business Committee, today announced his introduction of legislation that would allow non-profit child care businesses to receive loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA). The Child Care Lending Pilot Act will help improve child care options for working families by providing loans to improve and expand non-profit child care facilities.
"Families are struggling to find quality child care for their children," said Sen. Kerry. "Expanded financing options will help non-profit child care businesses grow and give working parents additional options that are educational, safe, and affordable."
Senator Kerry's Child Care Lending Pilot Act will:
- establish a three-year pilot program enabling small, non-profit child care businesses to be eligible for the SBA's 504 loans;
- revise current rules which prevent non-profit childcare centers from receiving necessary funding; and
- allow non-profit childcare centers to update their services and facilities by offering low, predictable monthly financing payments.
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President Muhammadu Buhari issued a statement at the Aso villa, Abuja Wednesday, July 6, telling the Niger Delta militants that One Nigeria is definitely 'none negotiable.'
The President gave the warning while hosting Muslim Nigerians who payed him sallah homage at the presidential villa.
Following the incessant sabotage of oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta area by the militants who had continue to wreck havoc to Nigeria's economy and cause unrest among the people, Buhari advice the avengers to stick to what is important, which is 'One Nigeria.'
He recalled the famous quotes of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon "that the task of keeping Nigeria as one indivisible entity was a task that must be done."
"We have to concentrate on the militants to try to know how many of them in terms of groupings, try to get in touch with their leadership, to try to persuade them to please give Nigeria a chance.
"I assure them that when we were very junior officers, we were told by our leaders, by the Head of State which was Gen. Gowon that to keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done…we never thought of oil.
"What we were after is one Nigeria. Please, pass the message to the militants that one Nigeria is not negotiable. And I pray they better accept it. The constitution is very clear…I assure them there would justice."
Buhari also warned that corrupt officials who have stolen Nigeria's money directly or indirectly can only have peace once they negotiate and return what does not belong to them. He said:
"And please persuade those who have plenty of money that does not belong to them to try and negotiate, return it in peace so that both them and us will be in peace otherwise we will continue to request."


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An American RadioWorks documentary. More people are attending college than ever before, but a lot of them aren't finishing. Only 9 percent of low-income students graduate by age 24. Why are so many students quitting, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through?
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After seeing Shadow Dancers Strip Twist . . I just HAD to make one! I have so much scaps thrown everywhere. Just sorting thru the scraps was a GOOD thing, now I have a better handle on them. Large (less than a FQ), string quilt pieces, small scraps and last of the line . . 1/2 strips for fabric baskets.
I told my DH that it was a "free quilt" . . . that's like a free puppy. lol
Here is my version that still needs the top and bottom inner boarder and the blue along side will be the outer board. I started sorted Friday and got this far by Sunday evening...goes fast.


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Clients report more than $23 million in benefits from PennTAP help
University Park, Pa. — Executives at Castle Co-Packers, a company in Westmoreland County that brews teas and other prepared drinks, sought an objective, external assessment with regard to energy efficiency and pollution prevention. They contacted Penn State Outreach's PennTAP, a technical assistance program, for help.
PennTAP conducted a site assessment for Castle Co-Packers and made recommendations to repair and improve such high-use items as the boiler, air and steam systems, and install more energy-efficient lighting, among other suggestions. The company made the improvements and not only reduced electric power consumption by 90,000 kilowatt hours per year but also lowered water consumption by almost 72 million gallons per year. The company's savings reached about $80,000.
This is just one example of how PennTAP helps Pennsylvania companies daily. According to its annual report, PennTAP provided 541 cases of technical assistance to 480 clients in 64 counties across Pennsylvania in 2008. Clients reported more than $23 million in economic benefits, and more than 600 jobs created or retained.
PennTAP increased its focus on energy in 2008, with a team providing energy efficiency audits, assistance with grant applications, and informational training sessions and workshops. "We helped an increasing number of businesses find sustainable alternative-energy solutions — a key way for businesses to save money and become more competitive," said Wayne Figurelle, director of PennTAP.
Other PennTAP assistance ranges from Web site assessments to environmental health and safety reviews. For example, it helped Bless Precision Tool in Bucks County ensure its compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) noise regulations and hearing protection by conducting a series of noise measurements throughout the facility and by providing planning and training materials. "The safety of our employees is of utmost importance," said Howard Bless, president of Bless Precision Tool. With PennTAP's help "we may have avoided fines from OSHA and employee issues related to future hearing problems," he added.
Business interested in PennTAP can call (814) 865-0427 or go to http://www.penntap.psu.edu online.
The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) engages, guides and empowers businesses and organizations throughout the Commonwealth and beyond by providing objective and experience-based technical and workforce solutions that enable clients to succeed and thrive — stimulating economic growth for Pennsylvania. For more information, visit http://www.penntap.psu.edu online. PennTAP is part of Penn State Outreach, the largest unified outreach organization in American higher education. Penn State Outreach serves more than 5 million people each year, delivering more than 2,000 programs to people in all 67 Pennsylvania counties, all 50 states and 80 countries worldwide.


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Mushkin's Reactor 1TB SSD, great performance and price
Subject: Storage | May 13, 2016 - 03:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Mushkin, Reactor, 1TB, jmicron, JMF612, mlc
While not quite within Ryan's Law, the Mushkin Reactor 1TB model usually sells for around $240. As the price implies this drive uses MLC flash but the three year warranty should be enough to see you to your next upgrade. The Tech Report decided to test out the drive to ensure users were getting performance as well as a great value. The results speak for themselves, with better performance than expected.
"Mushkin's Reactor 1TB SSD is a frequent star of our weekly deals posts. We put it to the test to see whether it offers high performance along with its low price tag."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- DATA SP550 240GB SATA SSD Review: $0.25-per-GB Reality @ Modders-Inc
- Toshiba XG3 M.2 NVMe @ The SSD Review
- Western Digital RED WD40EFRX 4TB SATA III HDD Review @ NikKTech
A new J-Micron controller for ADATA's Premier SP600 128GB SSD
Subject: Storage | June 15, 2015 - 05:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: adata, Premier SP600, JMF670H, jmicron
ADATA's Premier SP600 SSD family is aimed at the budget conscious consumer, it is not often you see 32 and 64GB drives released along side the more common 128, 256 and 512GB models. The previous Premier Pro 128GB is selling for $50 so you can expect a similar or lower price for models with the new controller. Mad Shrimps benchmarked the drive and saw great results while the drive was fresh and empty of data but the performance dipped after the drive began to fill up. On the other hand at such a price and with a three year warranty you should not discount the drive altogether but there are certainly other choices at a similar price point.
"The new revision of the ADATA Premier SP600 SSD is incorporating one of the newer Jmicron JMF670H controller, which is accompanied by one Nanya NT5CB64M16FP-DH as buffer and also eight ADATA-branded MLC NAND Flash memory chips. Premier SP600 is meant for the entry to mainstream market and while the product succeeds to deliver good read speeds, it fails to impress in the writes department."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- 240 GB HyperX Savage @ Tech ARP
- Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB @ eTeknix
- OCZ Vector 180 480GB SSD Review @HiTech Legion
- Intel SSD 750 PCIe 1.2TB NVMe @ eTeknix
- Lexar JumpDrive M20 Mobile USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- QNAP TVS-863+ vNAS @ Benchmark Reviews
- Netgear ReadyNAS RN202 @ Legion Hardware
- Synology DS1515+ & DX513 Expansion Unit @ techPowerUp
Tiny storage that will grow in 2014; meet M.2
Subject: Storage | January 3, 2014 - 03:07 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: M.2, ssd, kingspec, jmicron
If you aren't familiar with just how cute the M.2 form factor is, the picture below shows it attached just below a SATA power and data connector which, when you include the plugs, is significantly larger than the 128GB M.2 SSD. This allows you to slip this style of SSD into just about any sized device you could want as long as you have an M.2 connector. The KingSpec models that The SSD Review just benchmarked use a JMicron so aren't the fastest on the block but that has nothing to do with the size as these top out at SATA 6Gbps just like any other drive. Check their full reivew here.
"The KingSpec CHA-M2B7 M.2 NGFF ultrabook SSD is available in capacities of 32, 64 an 128GB and is a 42mm(L) X 22mm(W)X3.2mm(H) SATA M.2 SSD. To say it is small is an understatement as we can fit four of these on a typical business card with plenty of room to spare. "
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit @ NikKTech
- VisionTek Go Drive SSD @ The SSD Review
- Seagate 600 Pro 200GB Enterprise SSD @ Custom PC Review
- Western Digital Black2 Dual Drive @ The SSD Review
- Western Digital My Cloud 2TB NAS Review @ Legit Reviews
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging
If you're into the laptop storage upgrade scene, you hear the same sort of arguments all the time. "Do I go with a HDD for a large capacity and low cost/GB, but suffer performance"? "I want an SSD, but can't afford the capacity I need"! The ideal for this scenario is to combine both - go with a small capacity SSD for your operating system and apps, while going with a larger HDD for bulk storage at a lower cost/GB. The catch here is that most mobile platforms only come with a single 2.5" 9.5mm storage bay, and you just can't physically fit a full SSD and a full HDD into that space, can you? Well today Western Digital has answered that challenge with the Black2 Dual Drive:
Yup, we're not kidding. This is a 120GB SSD *and* a 1TB HDD in a single package. Not a hybrid. Two drives, and it's nothing short of a work of art.
Continue reading our review of the Western Digital Black2 Dual Drive!!
Kingspec Reveals 1TB PCI-E SSD Using Eight RAIDed mSATA SSDs
Subject: Storage | September 4, 2013 - 02:37 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: ssd, PCIe SSD, msata, LSI, kingspec, jmicron
KingSpec recently started shipping a new PCI-E based SSD that achieves more than 2.5GB/s sequential read performance from multiple mSATA SSDs behind a 6Gbps LSI RAID controller. The KingSpec MC2J677M1T is a full height expansion card with a PCI-E 2.0 x8 interface.
The new KingSpec solid state drive is bootable and uses a 6Gbps LSI RAID controller that connects to eight 6Gbps mSATA slots. The drive comes in 1TB and 2TB total capacities and the eight 6Gbps mSATA slots are occupied by eight 128GB or 256GB mSATA SSDs. Each mSATA SSD is powered by a Jmircon SSD controller, NANYA-manufactured DRAM cache, and Intel MLC NAND flash. Further, the LSI RAID controller is actively cooled by a small fan.
As far as performance goes, the 1TB model is rated at 84,000 IOPS and approximately 2GB/s sequential read and write transfer speeds. The SSD Review received a sample of the new drive and provided some preliminary benchmark results in the form of an ATTO benchmark run. At a queue depth of 4, the KingSpec MC2J677M1T achieved 4K reads of 2567 MB/s and 4K writes of 1613 MB/s.
The 1TB KingSpec PCI-E SSD will be available later this year for between $2,000 and $3,000 USD.
When asked for his thoughts, PC Perspective storage editor Allyn Malventano noted that the eight JMicron-driven mSATA SSDs in RAID is just asking for trouble, and the 4K random IO offered by the drive is actually less than some single drive SATA SSDs on the market. Unfortunately, the LSI RAID controller is "a major bottleneck for SSD-level random access."
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