Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/01/31/tactical-yet-practical-the-kato-tablet-netbook-mini-messenger/
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Tactical yet practical ? the Kato tablet + netbook mini-messenger
Are you always on the lookout for the the perfect iPad carrying bag, like me? Something that is not so small that I can’t put my accessories in but not so big that I feel like I am toting a suitcase around. The Kato tablet + netbook mini-messenger from Hazard 4 may just fit that [...]
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Food Of The Japanese - FOOD AND DRINK
Japanese recipes almost always contain rice because rice is the staple food of Japan. Rice is used not only in food, but also in drinks. Sake, which is made from rice, is an alcoholic drink that is consumed often in Japan. Since many years ago, short-grain rice is the only kind of rice that is common in Japan. Japanese recipes have been heavily influenced by other nations. China is a source of many of the customs and traditions of Japan, such as chopsticks and soy sauce.
The major religion of?Japan is Buddhism and it has a large influence on their cuisine. Buddhist practices made the Japanese shun having meat in their food at one time. Because of this, sushi is very popular in Japan. Sushi is fish with rice. Something else that has influence Japanese recipes is the division of foods into categories of color and taste. Some examples of the food categories by taste are sweet, salty, and sour, delicate and bitter. When they are categorized by color, they are black-purple, red, green, white and yellow.
The Japanese have begun to use meat in their meals again, beginning in 1868. The Japanese have also incorporated Western food, like ice cream and coffee into their foods that they eat. They have also been influenced by different appliances, soups, and mixes from the United States.
Rice is a huge food staple in many Asian cultures and Japan is no different. They eat rice in practically every meal. Sometimes they steam the rise, and other times they might boil it. Ramen noodles, which are common in the instant form in the United States, are also eaten by the Japanese.?Japanese recipes?also contain parts of bamboo, seaweed, and ginger. The Japanese also eat special pickles with are called tsukemono. It is common for them to eat these pickles very often during the day.
Because Japan is an island surrounded by water, the Japanese also incorporate a lot of seafood in their diets, such as sashimi, which is seafood drenched in soy sauce. Another common Japanese custom is to use ingredients in their food that have not been frozen. Hence, they tend to eat vegetables and grains that are in season, which they can eat right away. The Japanese are also very well known for making food look pleasing to the eye.
The Japanese are also well known for making cuisine in which they mix together a bunch of different ingredients in a single dish. One example of this is sukiyaki, which contains beef, tofu, and a variety of vegetables. They also eat beef which they mix with vegetables into a broth. This makes a dish that the Japanese call shabu-shabu.
Not all of Japan eats food that is unusual in the United States. In Hokkaido Japan, they eat meat that has been barbequed as well as corn in potatoes, which is very much similar to the meals of the United States. The Japanese are known for eating extremely healthy foods, so they are a very healthy population of people. Japanese recipes make for delicious, healthy foods.
Source: http://food.sasaoo.com/2013/01/the-food-of-the-japanese/
Monday, January 14, 2013
French actor Depardieu sides with Putin, criticizes opposition
MOSCOW (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu, recently awarded Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin, has praised the former KGB spy and said his political opponents offer no real alternative.
Depardieu, who has been accused in France of abandoning his homeland to avoid a proposed 75 percent tax for millionaires, told the state-run Rossiya-24 television that Putin personified Russia's complex and fascinating national character.
"I like this man very much, he is a very powerful political activist. He has political wisdom," the 63-year-old star of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Green Card" said in comments aired late on Sunday, according to the channel's Russian translation.
The translation was dubbed over the original French, which Rossiya-24 said would not immediately be made available.
Depardieu, who is also due in court to answer charges of crashing his scooter in Paris with more than three times the legal alcohol limit in his blood, said Putin had admitted to liking his "hooligan essence" when the two met in the Russian resort of Sochi last week.
Putin's opponents accuse him of cracking down on dissent since his return to the presidency for a six-year third term last May. The European Union and the United States have also expressed concern that Moscow is rolling back democratic freedoms.
"The Russian opposition has no program, nothing. There are very smart people there, like (former world chess champion Garry) Kasparov, but what works well for chess is completely unsuited to politics," Depardieu said.
Opposition activists were quick to react. Violetta Volkova, defense lawyer for several opposition members facing charges over anti-Putin protests, wrote sarcastically on Twitter: "Prominent political analyst Depardieu..."
Putin's critics have failed to make inroads into his grip on power in over a year of protests sparked by accusations of widespread fraud in parliamentary elections in December 2011, and the presidential vote last March.
The protest movement has gradually lost steam, though tens of thousands of people marched through Moscow on Sunday to protest against a Kremlin-backed law that bans Americans from adopting Russian children.
After the protest, leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov was quoted as inviting Depardieu to take part in the next anti-Putin rallies, given his interest in Russian politics.
Putin says he has developed a friendly personal relationship with Depardieu, a popular figure in Russia, where he has appeared in many advertising campaigns, including for ketchup.
(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/french-actor-depardieu-sides-putin-criticizes-opposition-200223489.html
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Hoop dream: Ireland fan shoots to get coach into Hall
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By MIKE ISAACS | misaacs@pioneerlocal.com January 9, 2013 10:30PM
Dr. Paul Smulson of Wilmette, once a Skokie neighbor of former Loyola Basketball Coach George Ireland, wants to see Ireland and his team inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Massachusetts. | Dan Luedert~Sun-Times Media
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When Dr. Paul Smulson visited the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., he had little idea the experience would set him on a tireless course for the next three years.
Nowhere in the building was there a trace of Loyola University Coach George Ireland and his 1963 championship team.
?There was 1961 and 1962 and then 1964,? Smulson said. ?But what happened to 1963? It wasn?t there.?
In his campaign to get Ireland and his ?63 championship team into the hall, the Wilmette oral surgeon has been driving the lane over and over, looking for his shot.
It could come next month during the NBA All-Star Game when the latest inductee into the hall is scheduled to be announced at half-time. Smulson admits he is isn?t terribly optimistic ? he?s experienced too much defense leaving him a bit weary ? but he will be glued to the set and ready to celebrate.
?When I started this, I thought it would be a cakewalk,? said Smulson. ?I never expected this to still be an issue.?
In the last three years, Smulson has collected 10 full notebooks of clippings making a case for the local coach who died in 2001.
Ireland helmed Loyola?s basketball team for 24 years, many of them while living in Skokie. That?s when he met the teenage Smulson, a neighbor on Kostner Avenue. Following the famous ?63 season, when Loyola captured the national title by topping Cincinnati in a thrilling overtime game, Smulson visited the coach?s home, marveling at his trophies, banners and Loyola memorabilia.
Smulson loved basketball, went to Loyola games and saw Ireland?s teams compete on the Loyola floor on the North Side of Chicago.
?He was not only a hero to me, but I wanted to be a coach just like him,? he said.
He became closer to the grand coach who considered Smulson his best friend by the time he died.
Yet, Smulson is reluctant to talk about their tight friendship because he doesn?t want to convey that a personal connection is all that drives him.
?I don?t even bring up that I was friends with George Ireland when I make my case,? he said. ?It doesn?t have anything to do with why he should get in.?
There are many reasons why he should, even beyond his four 20-victory seasons during the ?60s, the four times he took the Ramblers to the NCAA tournament and the one time he took the team to the NIT. The ?63 championship saw Loyola coming back from a 15-point deficit to beat a two-time defending champion in one of the most memorable games in history.
The 1966 Texas Western basketball team fronting an all-black starting lineup against an all-white Kentucky team in the finals receives much credit for the integration of college basketball. Yet, Smulson and other Ireland fans note that Loyola quietly took major steps forward on that court a few years earlier.
?At a time when the 1960?s civil rights struggle was still emerging, when segregation had yet to be broken, when college basketball was still predominately a white sport, Ireland had four black players in the starting lineup of his 1963 title team,? read the New York Times obituary of Ireland, one of the many clips in Smulson?s library.
Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen, a Loyola University graduate student in the ?60s, agreed to Ireland?s request to tutor some of his players.
?I remember (Ireland) was a big, barrel-chested guy who commanded your attention,? Van Dusen said. ?I was sort of in a corner, and I just said yes, feeling I should do something for the school.?
Smulson came to see the mayor, requesting that he send a letter to the hall to support Ireland, which he did.
?What touched me was how much he cared for the success of his students,? the mayor wrote. ?This was no easy time for coaches like Ireland. It was during the Civil Rights era, and it?s forgotten the courage it took to put African-Americans on a basketball court.?
Why other coaches have received more attention for helping to integrate college basketball and graduating their players is open to conjecture.
Ireland ?spoke his mind,? Smulson said, and maybe that?s a reason; he could be blunt but he certainly cared greatly for the welfare of his players.
The Skokie mayor is one of many whom Smulson has recruited in support of getting Ireland and his team the ultimate recognition. Politicians, sports figures, owners and other important people have been contacted by Smulson and have joined the campaign in one way or another.
Ed Kelly of the Chicago Park District called him ?a pit bull,? an apt description echoed by Smulson?s wife, Robin.
?He doesn?t stop,? she said. ?He said he would stop several times but he keeps doing more.?
Jerry Harkness, the Loyola starter under Ireland who went on to play in the NBA, insisted Smulson was going to be the one to get the team in. Harkness was part of history when in a 1963 game against Mississippi State he shook the hand of a white player, a monumental moment because of the time in which it occurred.
In 2012, nearly 50 years later, the two teams played again for the first time and paid homage to ?The Game of Change.?
To Smulson, Ireland was a coach of change.
In October, Smulson visited the hall again to make a case for Ireland. While the hall has shown interest in an exhibit on the Loyola coach and his team, there has been no guarantee about induction.
?I was told that no one seems to know who this Loyola team is,? Smulson said.
He believes his efforts these last three years played a part in the hall creating several new committees to better scrutinize who deserves induction, and now a veteran?s committee will decide Coach Ireland?s fate.
In the meantime, Smulson tells anyone who will listen why his friend should be a permanent member. Smulson will know how his game ends on Feb. 17 when East meets West. The ball is in the air and he is hoping for nothing but net.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Home Loan Calculators and Tools from Sovereign Bank ? Part Two
Now, continue our discussion about calculators from Sovereign Bank. Some of its calculators are quite helpful in your mortgage decisions. For example, you can easily find out:
Which loan term is better?
If you are considering which loan term (15 or 30 years) to lock in, take advantage of this calculator from Sovereign Bank to help you make a decision. With this calculator, you can get an estimate of the monthly payments you should expect to make under different loan terms.
The result of a calculation will tell you whether a 15-year loan will cost you less or higher than a 30-year loan, based on a variety of information, such as interest rate, loan term, loan amount, purchase price and others. In fact, for this calculator, loan terms don?t have to be 15 years or 30 years. You can compare home loans with term options of 1 to 40 years.
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Whether you should pay points?
Indeed, paying points can help lower your mortgage interest rates. However, I would like to say it actually doesn?t make financial sense for every homeowner. This calculator is just offered to help you determine whether paying additional charges for a lower interest rate is a good deal.
It will calculate the monthly payment for two mortgage loans: one with less points and one with more points. In addition, by calculation, you will be shown that ?The loan with the greater points will cost you less or higher than the one with lesser points over xx years. You will have to own your home for xx months to break even on your refinancing?.
To use the tool, you have to enter a lot of terms, such as loan amount, interest rate, origination charge, your state + federal tax rate and yearly property tax. Be noted that if your loans carry a variable rate, additional information will be required, including:
? Months before first adjustment
? Months between rate adjustments
? Maximum rate adjustment
? Maximum rate, minimum rate
? Margin, index rate
? Index rate change per adjustment
? Months between index adjustments
This definitely helps you a lot in determining whether to pay points.
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Should I refinance?
Many of you may choose to refinance at a better interest rate, a lower monthly payment or a longer loan term. Indeed, refinancing comes with these benefits. However, I would like to say whether refinancing is a good deal for you ? it depends!
If you are considering refinancing and want to know if it makes sense for you, take advantage of this refinancing tool from Sovereign Bank. It calculates whether the decision to refinance your mortgage is a good one based on the following terms you have to enter:
? Regarding your current loan (original loan amount, original term, years already paid, balloon year and interest rate)
? Regarding your new loan (term, balloon year, origination charge, charge for specific interest rate, other settlement services and interest rate)
? Regarding your property (appraised value, yearly property tax and yearly property insurance)
? Regarding yourself (your savings rate, your state + federal tax rate and years before you sell)
The result of a calculation will tell you whether you can save and how much you can save by refinancing. Be noted that the calculator isn?t used to evaluate a cash-out refinancing, as it compares costs for the same loan amount.
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Additionally, certain fees involved in your mortgage and your loan process can also be figured out with ease, through the following calculators.
Calculate your payments on adjustable-rate mortgage
This calculator gives you an estimate of your initial monthly payment for an adjustable-rate mortgage loan, based on the loan amount, initial interest rate, index rate, months between rate adjustments, minimum rate, maximum rate and other terms. The monthly payment shown includes principal and interest, taxes and insurance as well as mortgage insurance if applicable.
Be aware that currently two widely used indices for adjustable-rate mortgages are the yield on 1-year constant-maturity U.S. Treasury bills (CMT) and the 11th District Cost of Funds Index (CPFI).
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Calculate your mortgage down payment
Most of you may be aware that the interest rate on a home loan determines (in part) the monthly payment. However, many of you may be unaware that your down payment also has an effect on the monthly payment.
This calculator just allows you to see how various down payment percentages will affect your monthly mortgage payment. It gives you an estimate of your monthly payments under two loans with the same features (such as loan term and origination charge), except for down payment and interest rate. This is because, in general, the higher your down payment, the lower the interest rate.
http://partners.leadfusion.com/tools/sovereignbank/home07/tool.fcs
Calculate your average yearly tax savings
With this calculator, you can get to know your average yearly tax savings on a mortgage loan and your after-tax interest rate on the loan. To get the information, all you need to do is just to enter the following information at no costs.
? Loan amount, term, interest rate
? Origination charge
? Charge for specific interest rate
? Other settlement services
? Your state + federal tax rate
? Appraised value
? Yearly property tax, yearly property insurance
http://partners.leadfusion.com/tools/sovereignbank/home08/tool.fcs
Calculate your closing cost for mortgage loans
For most mortgage loans, there are closing costs to pay for items such as title service, inspections, recording and appraisal. This closing cost calculator from Sovereign Bank would give you an estimate of what closing costs you need to pay.
Just fill in the required terms at the calculator, such as purchase price, loan amount, interest rate, adjusted origination charges, yearly property tax and yearly property insurance. You will be shown a variety of mortgage settlement charges you need to pay.
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Calculate the monthly payment for PMI over different down payments
In most cases, if you make a down payment of less than 20% of the purchase price, you are required to buy private mortgage insurance. Your down payment would affect your mortgage insurance rate as well as your monthly payment on a mortgage loan.
This calculator from Sovereign Bank just shows how your down payment affects them. The tool gives you an estimate of your monthly payment for private mortgage insurance over a range of different down payments, based on the interest rate, term, appraised value, yearly property tax and yearly property insurance you are required to enter.
http://partners.leadfusion.com/tools/sovereignbank/home13/tool.fcs
Calculate your closing cost for refinancing loans
As we know, refinancing generally makes sense if the amount you can save is enough to cover the associated settlement charges.
So, you can use this calculator to work out your mortgage closing costs (or settlement charges) for a given set of loan terms, such as purchase price, loan amount, term, interest rate and adjusted origination charges.
This tool divides settlement charges into two categories: origination charges and other settlement services.
Do you find that most of these calculators from Sovereign Bank require you to enter loan terms (such as interest rate and loan amount), your state + federal tax rate, yearly property tax and yearly property insurance? Anyway, no matter what information is required, make the information as actual as possible. So, you can get the numbers you need to make a right decision with these tools.
Note: Calculators mentioned in this article (Part Two) also allow you to print, save or share the information. Simply supply the required information, including your name, state and email address. If you choose to enroll in Sovereign?s eCommunications Program, you will receive special online offers, product updates and industry news.
Note: This web site is not affiliated with or associated to Sovereign Bank. Visit Sovereign Bank official service pages if you are looking for guaranteed information or professional financial advice.
Thanks for your visiting! We're always trying our best to complete the mortgage information presented here to help you get the most of your mortgage. Bookmark our site and revisit now and then for the latest info.
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Most People Make Blunder Connected With Dialling The Pet Dog ...
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Justin Bieber's 'As Long As You Love Me' Video: Growing Up Is Hard To Do
Bieber dives headlong into adulthood — and takes a beating from Michael Madsen — in his brand-new video.
By James Montgomery
Justin Bieber in his "As Long As You Love Me" music video
Photo: Island/ Def Jam
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