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101-Year Old Peace Village Resident Reflects On “Blessed” Life

Posted by REBECCA PALUMBO, Community Contributor

8:46 AM CDT, September 4, 2013

Positive attitude may be key to Amy Boberg’s longevity

Palos Park, IL – In 2011, Applied Psychology magazine published a review of 160 different studies that found, by clear and compelling evidence, that happy people tend to live longer and healthier lives. Studies included long-term research, following people for over 40 years, and analyzing how optimistic attitudes positively impacted wellness and longevity.

Amy Boberg could have saved those researchers a whole lot of time and energy. The “101-and-a-half” year old is living proof that a positive outlook makes for a long, healthy life.

Amy is one of the oldest senior residents at Peace Village in Palos Park, waking up each morning hoping to touch someone in a positive way, to put a smile on someone’s face. “I’m not a complainer,” says Amy. “I am blessed and have always been.”

Her life began on January 24 in 1912, the fourth of seven children born to parents Henry and Elizabeth VanLente in Holland, Michigan. “There were the first three – one brother and two sisters; then I came along followed by two younger sisters and one brother. I don’t remember the older ones being at home.” She does, however, have a vivid memory of November 11, 1918. That’s the day that the Allies and Germany’s agreement (the Armistice) went into effect. “The streets were unpaved and we weren’t allowed in them; but that day, everyone was pouring into the streets, dancing and crying. My mom was crying and she had a good reason. My brother was on a ship heading for Europe and that ship turned around that day. That happiness gave her a lot to cry about.”

Amy’s upbringing was solid. “I never had a thought that something else might be better. My parents were wonderful." Her mom’s whole focus was on taking care of her family. Meal times (both at noon and evening) were filled with pleasant conversation and served as a vehicle for family members to really get to know each other. The VanLente family was active at Trinity Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan, where Amy sang in the choir.

Entertainment was home-grown, with the family around the radio and Amy with a notebook. “We sat by the radio, listening to programs and music. We would write down the words. I had a big notebook full of song lyrics.”

As time progressed, technology came into her life. “I remember the first stop-and-go lights being installed and how we used to run to watch the airplanes when we could hear them flying over the house.”

In 1929, after graduating from high school, Amy came to Chicago to help a cousin, who was a pastor’s wife, move into their new parsonage. She remained there for a while. Early in 1930, Amy met Lambert Drenthe – they were married in 1932. “Oh, we were just kids at age 20 in those days. We were just so happy with what we had; we didn’t give a thought to what we didn’t have. Lambert was employed as a printer at the Pullman Company. He started there when he was 17 and worked there until they closed shop in 1956. We were very blessed through the Depression, because Lambert always had a job.”

They paid $25 a month for a flat in Chicago and when Lambert’s hours were cut by Pullman, the landlord came to visit. “He said, ‘I heard what happened and now your rent is only $20 a month.’ He didn’t have to do that, but that’s what people did in the Depression,” recalled Amy.

She credits that era for forming significant financial attitudes in their lives. “Because of the Depression, we learned how to use our money wisely. We learned how to save. We didn’t get what we wanted; we got what we needed. We had everything we needed, and we put the rest aside.” She also saw how reactions formed the future. “When bad things happened, you could fight it and learn from it, or you could sit in a corner and give up.” Amy has never sat in a corner.

In 1941, the Drenthes purchased their first home, near 95th in Chicago’s Fernwood neighborhood. “Can you believe this? We paid just $6,900 for that house. People can’t believe it when I tell them that,” she chuckles. “The house had the front landscaping included, venetian blinds in the front and carpeting on the stairs. And it was all included in the price.”

“We never had children,” says Amy, “but I found my second family when we moved into a brand-new neighborhood. Oh, the neighbors we had there were just wonderful. My neighbor’s kids – Jay Van Dahm, George (and Mary) Van Dahm and Joan (and Dale) Essenberg – are like my own kids still to this day. Their children are like my grandchildren.”

In 1958, the Drenthes moved to Evergreen Park, where they would live for 28 years. “I had a wonderful marriage. We were very compatible – we played golf together and played cards together. My husband was my best friend.” Lambert retired in 1973.

Amy experienced a fall in 1969, which broke her hip and ended her working days. She skims over her long recuperation, preferring to emphasize that she made a full recovery and walked without assistance for many years. “It’s been 44 years since I broke my hip, and I didn’t need a cane until 2002. Now, I use my chair, since 2004, and that chair is a miracle!”

In the early 80’s, the Drenthes moved to a condo in Palos Park. “It was 1990 that I began noticing what other people didn’t notice. Lambert was just not the same. I knew we had to start looking for a place like this.” They selected Peace Village because it was close to home, attractive and had a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. “We moved in on a Wednesday and I was already on a committee on Saturday. In my years here, I’ve been on almost every committee you can be on. I love it here.”

In 1993, Lambert passed away. “We were married 61 years,” Amy reminisces. “And they really were all wonderful years. I had a wonderful marriage.”

Amy took full advantage of the social life available at Peace Village. “I don’t tell anyone else how to adjust, but I do tell them this – ‘get acquainted, get out, do things. You might get a little lost, but they’ll help you find your way’ – I don’t say much more than that. They’ll see for themselves how wonderful it is here.” With her friendly attitude and self-imposed rule against “grunting all the time”, Amy has made many friends in her years at Peace Village. “I believe people should come here earlier. Don’t wait until you’re really old. Come here and enjoy life – there is so much to do.”

She relates, “I got married again here too.” In 1997, she married Lawrence Boberg, an old friend who was also a resident at Peace Village. “It was just beautiful. We were married in the Fireside Room. There were flowers on all the tables and everyone celebrated with us in the Dining Room. It was a lovely reception.” The Bobergs were able to travel together until 2005, when Lawrence passed away.

The celebration of her 100th birthday was arranged by Mary and Joan, those “adopted” children. “They did such a lovely job. There were family members from all over the country – both my blood family and my second family. We were all together – all compatible.” Over 30 people attended the party in Mary and George’s home in Frankfort. “You see what I mean? I am just so blessed!”

Now, at 101 plus, Amy is involved in the Peace Village Choir and in daily card games after dinner. “I’m still having a good time; I’m still happy. It just takes me a little longer to get around,” she smiles. Her tidy and welcoming apartment at Peace Village, she notes, has been her home for almost a quarter century now. “I have always felt sheltered and loved. This place has given me the friendship of concerned and caring people. I am happy living in my home here at Peace Village.”

She credits her longevity to good genes, as her father lived to be 95 and she had three aunts, from both sides of the family, who lived to 100. “I am blessed,” she repeats, “I am so happy it was my legs that went instead of my head. I keep a smile on my face and a song in my heart and God keeps my heart beating. I would like everyone to feel that way.”


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Crystal Cardenas, 25, was taken into custody at about 10:30 a.m. as she was walking in Spring Valley, authorities said. She remained jailed Tuesday at Las Colinas Women's Detention facility on one count of murder.

Homicide detectives have been investigating the death Cardenas's daughter, Elizabeth Holloway, since they were called to the family's apartment in the 300 block of Milbrae Street on the evening of Jan. 17. Holloway was not breathing when paramedics arrived. They took her to a trauma center, where she died at 11:56 p.m.

"The autopsy revealed that she died from a blunt force trauma," said Lieutenant Kevin Rooney of the San Diego Police Department. "In the pathologist's words, it was a concentrated blow," he added.

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Nobody knows how many are out there or how much damage they do.

They are stealthy, nocturnal predators; often diseased; sometimes despised; living and breeding in dumps and abandoned buildings, by apartment dumpsters and barns; avoiding humans, even those trying to help them.

We're talking about feral cats, and by some estimates there could be as many as half a million in Connecticut alone.

One expert calls the issue a "clandestine problem" because most people never even see these furtive creatures, or if they do spot them, just assume they're somebody's domestic kitty out for a stroll.

There are birding enthusiasts who'd like to see every last feral feline rounded up and killed to stop what ornithologists believe is the wholesale slaughter of our native wildlife. Feline lovers are equally fierce in defense of feral cats, lobbying against federal and state regulations or laws they fear might justify mass euthanasia, arguing that "managing" the problem through sterilization is the best and most effective response.

About the only things the bird geeks and cat freaks agree on is that there's no easy solution, and any serious attempt to dramatically reduce feral cat populations is going to cost a lot of cash.

According to one state official, Connecticut may be the only state in the nation attempting to control feral-cat populations by subsidizing efforts to capture, sterilize and release these wild felines. Last year, the state Department of Agriculture's program spent something like $80,000 on spaying and neutering nearly 1,000 feral cats.

If unofficial guesstimates by scientists and experts are correct, that between 330,000 and 500,000 feral cats are roaming Connecticut, then this state's sterilization program is less than a drop in a big freaking bucket.

"It's a complicated issue," admits Jenny Dickson, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. She calls the idea of trying to kill all the feral cats in Connecticut to protect endangered or threatened native species "a very difficult question" and one that may simply never work.

"People have caused the problem," insists Donna Sicuranza, president of a non-profit mobile clinic that's been working on sterilizing Connecticut's feral cats for the past 15 years. "It's not the cats' fault."

Bob Johns, spokesman for the American Bird Conservancy, says new scientific studies by the Smithsonian Institute and others indicate the number of birds being killed by feral and free-roaming domestic cats may be even more staggering than the 500 million to one billion birds a year previously estimated. He also agrees that the only real solution is changing the behavior of cat owners.

We've got something like 70-90 million domestic cats as pets in the U.S. Another 60 million or more may be feral, and they're all descendants of "beloved" pets that were dumped by their owners, or allowed to stray, or just got lost.

So the abandoned animals are left to scavenge and hunt to survive. They frequently band together in "colonies" that can sometimes number in the hundreds. Unless they're spayed or neutered, they rapidly reproduce. Unless they get vaccinated, they often become diseased with things like feline HIV, hookworm, occasionally rabies, and other conditions that can spread to domestic animals.

(Rabies among feral cats is a risk because they're more likely than domestic cats to come in contact with so-called rabies-vector species like raccoons and skunks. Of the 195 animal rabies cases recorded by the state in 2011, only seven involved cats, domestic or feral, according to state public health statistics.)

Between disease and the risk of being eaten by coyotes, hawks, bobcats, foxes or fisher cats, the life spans of feral felines are often less than half that of domestic cats, which can frequently live 15 years or more.

And it doesn't take long for the offspring of strayed or abandoned cats to become truly feral.

"Feral cats go out of their way to avoid you," says Sicuranza. "They only come out at night and they avoid people at all costs." She points out that, unless a kitten is "socialized" through human contact in the first few months, that animal is unlikely to ever become an affectionate house tabby that someone might want to adopt.

The biggest reason why it's so tough to control feral cat populations is that human pet owners keep on doing the same irresponsible things, feeding an apparently endless supply of abandoned cats into the feral pipeline.

"What we're saying is that local communities need to take far more responsibility than they have in the past for feral cats," Johns insists. He argues that simply feeding and sterilizing feral cats isn't going to solve the problem. "It isn't going away, and it's only going to get worse," says Johns. "Euthanasia may be a last resort, but if that's what it takes…"

The trouble is that, even if you could kill all the crafty feral cats in an area, more would likely arrive and the problem would continue.


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Gay pride will be evident in Las Vegas with a parade Sept. 6 and a daylong festival Sept. 7.

The colorful procession through the streets of downtown Las Vegas -- this will be its 15th year -- kicks off at 8 p.m. It will be led by grand marshal Edward Padilla, an HIV/AIDS activist in Southern Nevada for nearly three decades.

Popular drag queen Frank Marino and his cast from Divas Las Vegas at the Quad will serve as celebrity grand marshals.

Prizes will be awarded for the best walking units, vehicle units and floats.

From noon-10 p.m. on Sept. 7 members of the LGBT community and their friends will gather for the annual Pride Festival at the Clark County Amphitheater, just north of the junction of Interstate 15 and Charleston Boulevard.

The celebration will include live entertainment, more than 100 exhibitors and food and drink tents. There will also be a family activity zone where parents and kids 12 and younger will find a variety of events.

Tickets, available at the gate, cost $15 for adults and $10 for youths ages 6-17. Children 5 and younger will be admitted free.

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They haven't quite reached the status of the 1974 Cardiac Cardinals, but the
2005 Rams certainly are heading down that path.

The '74 Big Red, the first St. Louis NFL team to reach the playoffs, were
involved in nine games decided by a touchdown or less in what was then a
14-game regular season.

So far, all three games for the '05 Rams have been decided by five points or

"I'm going to need some heart pills here soon," wide receiver Torry Holt said.

Only twice previously since the move to St. Louis have the Rams been involved
in three consecutive games decided by five points or less:

-- In 2000, the Rams lost 38-35 at Tampa Bay on Dec. 18; won 26-21
at New Orleans on Dec. 24; and lost 31-28 at New Orleans on Dec. 30 in a
wild-card playoff game.

-- In 2002, the Rams won 28-24 at home against San Diego on Nov. 10;
won 21-16 at home against Chicago on Nov. 18; and lost 20-17 at Washington on
Nov. 24.

And now comes '05 ... Marc Bulger throwing an interception at the San Francisco
24 with 52 seconds left in what became a 28-25 loss. ... Kurt Warner poised to
take a shot into the end zone, only to have the game end on a 10-second runoff
of the clock because of an Arizona penalty in a 17-12 Rams victory. ...
Tennessee's Steve McNair throwing high and wide into the end zone with 29
seconds left in a 31-27 Rams victory.

For those watching at home, the unofficial motto of the '05 Rams is: No lead is
safe; no deficit insurmountable. Don't touch that dial.

"It's good that we were able to close it out (against Tennessee)," Holt said.
"But at some point in time we have to say enough is enough. Let's finish a
ballclub out early, and let's get out of here with a clean victory."

Easier said than done in the NFL, in which nearly half of the games in any
given season are decided by seven points or less.

"That's the NFL today," Bulger said. "Every game seems to be close. The rare
exception is you'll have a blowout, or you'll get blown out. It looked like it
was going to go that way against us" Sunday.

It sure did. Rarely has a Rams squad looked as outclassed in the opening
quarter as the team did against Tennessee.

Not only were the Titans ahead 10-0 after one quarter, they outgained the Rams
111 yards to 5 in the process.

"They took us to the woodshed offensively in that first quarter," coach Mike
Martz said. "They outhit us. They outdid everything. We couldn't move the ball;
we couldn't get a first down."

But if the '05 Rams have shown anything, it's that they never feel they're out
of a game.

In the opener, against San Francisco, they nearly rallied from a 28-9 deficit
in the third quarter. And with Adam Archuleta's interception return for a TD
providing a huge spark, the Rams eventually were able to overcome Tennessee.

"The toughness and the attitude that has come out in these last two games in
tight ballgames is pretty terrific," Martz said. "That's what you feed on.
That's what gets you going."

Instead of panicking early against Tennessee, the Rams regrouped.

"You can't get down mentally," offensive guard Tom Nutten said. "Obviously,
there's still a lot of game left to play. You're trying figure out where the
mistakes are. And you realize, they're not doing anything crazy. It's nothing
that we haven't seen. It's just one breakdown here, another breakdown there.
And it's just: 'Let's tighten up and let's play.'"

In situations like that, Martz relies on the moxie of veterans such as Nutten.

"We call on that at halftime a great deal," Martz said. "When we say, 'We've
been through this before men. We know how to react to this. What needs to be
done? Here's what we need to do."'

Against the Titans, pass protection issues had a lot to do with the Rams' early
struggles. For a while, taking a seven-step pass drop was hazardous to Bulger's

"Blaine (Saipaia) was struggling to be blunt about it," Martz said. "We were
trying to get things going, and we couldn't."

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I'm sure that there are other small churches that have contributed significantly to this nation's culture, but I likewise rather doubt that any church in America has had a more profound impact on the culture of the rural South than has East Fork Baptist Church, located about a mile off Hwy. 24 in rural Amite County, Mississippi.

The church has been there for more than 200 years, not far from the east fork of the Amite River for which the church was named. With 240 or so members on the books, the present pastor says that "on a good Sunday" some 50 to 70 souls gather to worship.

There are literally hundreds of such small, rural houses of worship around Mississippi. But what makes this church and the Smithdale community east of Liberty is that they spawned two of the most memorable characters in Mississippi's history - minister, writer and civil rights activist the Rev. Will D. Campbell and Nashville comedian and Christian storyteller Jerry Clower.

Campbell, born in 1924, and Clower, born in 1926, share the roots of their educations at East Fork Consolidated High School and both were members of East Fork Baptist Church. Campbell was at age 17 ordained to preach at East Fork Baptist, where he had been baptized in June, 1931.

Clower accepted Christ as his savior at a July, 1939, revival and was baptized on the same day with his future wife, Homerline.

Campbell died June 3 in Nashville at age 88 after an extended illness. Clower died in 1998 at the age of 71. They interacted in church and in school. One local historian suggests in her writings that they were distantly related.

But that's where the similarities end.

I was fortunate to come to know Jerry Clower reasonably well and to maintain a relationship with his late brother, Sonny, as well. Jerry Clower was loud and boisterous, the kind of man who sucked all the air out of the room when he entered.

His stories were funny, but clean. He never told a joke on stage that he could not have told from the pulpit at East Fork Baptist Church. His was a born-again, evangelical Christian who was affiliated with Christian pursuits in both his business and personal life.

He used his fame to engage in evangelism and he avoided the trappings of fame. He was a by the Good Book Christian who lived his faith each day.

Campbell, who I met in Oxford and with whom I maintained an intermittent correspondence, embraced the hard Nashville cases like Johnny Cash, Tom T. Hall and Waylon Jennings. In a Rolling Stone interview in 1970, Campbell - the model for the late Doug Marlette's Rev. Will B. Dunn in the comic strip "Kudzu" - was a minister who did not attend church, made and drank whiskey, and whose vocabulary was peppered with robust but well-chosen expletives.

Few Mississippians of his generation had more courage in embracing the cause of civil rights or advocacy for the poor, the downtrodden and the marginalized. His writings were brave and important and he was not afraid to be critical of organized religion. His ministry was to those who did not trust churches or the institutions that supported churches.

Here's a suggestion. Find some recordings of Jerry Clower's tales of the Ledbetters and share his lamentations on the life of poor God-fearing rednecks in the Amite County of his childhood. Then read Campbell's "Brother to a Dragonfly" or "Forty Acres and a Goat" along with "Providence" and "The Convention."

Their politics were different. They came at their respective artistries from different philosophical points. But the echoes of gnawing rural poverty, isolation, hopelessness and the sometimes blind faith that only God and hard labor offered any respite are so familiar. Both men told marvelous stories, stories that flowed from the east fork of the Amite River.

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  • Perps Had Michelle Obama’s Personal Info: TransUnion Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013 | 3:19 PM ET
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    A data breach apparently affecting the first lady of the United States, and singers Beyonce and Britney Spears—among others—resulted from an old-fashioned "pretexting" attack, rather than a sophisticated computer hack, a company told CNBC.

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    Authorities were grappling with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars.

  • That's classified! Not anymore. US agencies like the FBI will begin sharing some classified information with companies to help prevent hack attacks.

  • CyberThreat Weekly Recap: Week of March 8     Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 10:00 AM ET
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    CNBC's Scott Cohn reports on the growing number of CEOs speaking out on the danger that cyber threats pose to their company.

  • BP Fights Off Up to 50,000 Cyber-Attacks a Day: CEO Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | 5:40 PM ET

    At the IHS CERAWeek Conference in Houston on Wednesday, CNBC spoke to BP CEO Bob Dudley about the persistent cyber threats that companies like his receive.

  • BP CEO Talks Cyber-Attacks     Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | 12:00 AM ET

    BP CEO Bob Dudley talks about the constant cyber-attacks to BP and how they protect themselves.

  • Where Apps Meet Work, Secret Data Is at Risk Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 11:03 AM ET

    Chinese hackers are one problem. But so are employees who put company information online with their smartphones and tablets.

  • US intelligence officials are trying to figure out the motive behind recent corporate hack attacks -- and where the biggest threats lie.

  • Evernote Says Hackers Stole Some User Data Sunday, 3 Mar 2013 | 1:02 PM ET

    Evernote, a Web-based note-sharing service, said it was resetting the passwords of its 50 million users because hackers managed to breach its computer network.

  • Businesses far too often fail to take basic steps to protect their digital infrastructure, or realize the biggest threat may be inside their own company.

  • Hack Attacks Give Insurance Business a Boost Saturday, 2 Mar 2013 | 4:30 PM ET

    Death is one of the only guarantees in life — that and taxes. And now, perhaps, getting hacked can be added to the list, and that's been a boon to the cyber-insurance industry.

  • Hacking in America: The Growing Problem     Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | 11:00 AM ET

    CNBC's Scott Cohn reports on the growing problem of cyber attacks. Even Ben Bernanke addressed it in his testimony to Congress this week. Many companies, however, are wary of reporting attacks, he says, and that's a problem.

  • "Spearphishing" is an approach that tricks a targeted individual to reveal information that can be used to infiltrate the company or government agency that person works for.

  • Is Washington to Blame for Chinese Cyberterrorism? Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013 | 11:51 AM ET

    Reports linking the Chinese military to scores of hacking attacks on US businesses was deeply troubling and completely unsurprising if we judge by Washington's reaction to the news.

  • CNBC's Eamon Javers interviews Mike Brown, a retired Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, and the current General Manager of RSA's Federal Business. Brown explains that the sequester will hurt U.S. cyber security and affect the private sector. He also believes that greater awareness of cyber-attacks is needed.

  • Ken Silva, the President of ManTech Cyber Solutions International tells CNBC¿s Eamon Javers how stock prices can be influenced by cyber-attacks and that investors care about companies' responses to online criminals.

  • CNBC's Eamon Javers interviews Pat Calhoun, McAfee's senior vp and general manager of network security on how the sequestration will affect cyber security in the U.S., and how McAfee is defending against malware threats.

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  • Online Pirates to Get Six Strikes Under New System Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013 | 9:32 AM ET

    Internet users who illegally share music, movies or television shows online could soon receive warning notices from the nation's major Internet service providers.

  • A New Cyber Cold War Tests US Ties to China Monday, 25 Feb 2013 | 1:18 PM ET

    An omission by the Obama administration last week underscored the U.S.'s heightened sensitivities over how directly to confront China's new leadership over hacking.

  • CNBC's senior correspondent and lead investigative reporter, Scott Cohn also appears on "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today" and on MSNBC.

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  • When a person enters information on a website, like an email or credit card, it gets stored in that company’s data base. Those web-based forms are a simple tool for users, but they are also another way hackers can exploit a company’s system. Instead of inputting a name into the website, cyber spies can put in a specially crafted text that may cause the database to execute the code instead of simply storing it, Alperovitch said. The result is a “malicious takeover of the system,” he said.

    By attacking business computer networks, hackers are accessing company secrets and confidential strategies and creating huge losses for the overall economy.

  • China is working feverishly to counteract its slowest GDP growth in recent years, and one of the ways it’s doing so, say U.S. officials, is through the theft of American corporate secrets.

  • US businesses are enduring an unprecedented onslaught of cyber invasions from foreign governments, organized crime syndicates, and hacker collectives, all seeking to steal information and disrupt services, cybersecurity experts say.

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  • In conventional terms, front running is something that happens within a firm. That definition has changed recently.

  • You don't have to be Edward Snowden to hide your email from the NSA. Here is a basic primer on email encryption.

  • Cloud computing means being able to access the Internet anywhere, anytime and being able to use any and all of the data and applications you want.


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China on Friday unveiled a series of measures to tighten property lending in its latest attempt to cool the country's overheating real estate market and curb mortgage lending risks.

The central bank and China Banking Regulatory Commission said in a joint statement that it will ban banks from lending to developers found to have been hoarding land. The changes were expected to take immediate effect. Downpayment requirement for second homes were raised to 40% from 30%, and requirements for commercial properties such as offices and shopping malls were increased to 50% from 40%, the statement said.

Mortgage rates for such purchases must be no less than 1.1 times benchmark rates, it said.

"Recently, property prices had gone up quite fast, which is obviously irrational," the statement said. "Once prices tumble, bad loans at commercial banks would surge."

The statement said it would still encourage people to buy their first homes. Downpayments for buying homes smaller than 90 square metres will remain unchanged at 20%, while for larger homes, the rate will be kept at 30%.

It is the second time since last year that the government has guided commercial banks to raise the downpayment requirements for home purchases.

Since 2005, China has raised interest rates, imposed new taxes and restricted lending to cool the robust property market out of concern that a possible collapse might endanger China's financial system and hurt its economy.

However, increases in property prices have accelerated this year, fueled by excess liquidity brought about by the country's widening trade surplus and hot money inflow driven by China's yuan appreciation.

Property prices in 70 major cities jumped 8.2% in August from a year earlier, with prices going up 20.8% in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen and 12.1% in Beijing.

Share prices of Chinese listed developers such as China Vanke have lost ground in the past few days on domestic reports that the government would soon take steps to curb property speculation.

Sources familiar with the policy told Reuters earlier this month that such steps were imminent.

China Construction Bank, the country's top bank lender for home purchases, said on Thursday it was tightening loan requirements for buyers of second homes. Measures adopted by the state bank are largely in line with the official announcement on Friday.


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T-Mobile confirmed that it does not make a profit on the phone, suggesting that Google helps out with a subsidy when purchased at Google Play.

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No, T-Mobile isn't hosing customers who buy its Nexus 5.

T-Mobile on Friday said it would offer the Nexus 5 starting November 14 with a down payment of $42 and 24 monthly payments of $17. Add that up, and you get $450, which happens to be $100 more than what Google is charging for the phone at its Google Play store.

The natural assumption, given this is a Google phone, is that T-Mobile is somehow generating a tidy profit on the highly coveted device. But that's not so, says T-Mobile. A representative confirmed to CNET that it pays full retail price when it purchases the phone from Google's manufacturing partner, LG.

CNET contacted Google about the pricing structure of the Nexus 5, and we'll update the story when the company responds.

The difference in pricing does suggest Google is offering a subsidy for the Nexus 5, giving customers who buy directly from Google a break on the device.

It isn't immediately clear why Google would subsidize the phone, as it doesn't make up the loss through service fees. It's possible Google may want to drive more traffic into Google Play, turning it into a more mainstream distribution outlet for its products.

The Nexus 5 certainly has its fans. It's won rave reviews, with CNET editor Lynn La praising the "excellent price" and calling it "the best Nexus phone by far."

Indeed, many have wondered how Google and LG managed to pack in so many high-end specifications while keeping the full, unlocked price at a reasonable level. An unlocked iPhone, for instance, will start at $650, with only contracts and subsidies bringing it down to $200.

T-Mobile, meanwhile, argues it offers a better deal on an upfront basis. Rather than fork over several hundred dollars at once, T-Mobile customers can pay a small fee at the beginning and pay the rest off in installments, even if the total cost is $100 more than at Google Play.

Sprint began selling the Nexus 5 for $50 with a two-year contract. Like T-Mobile, it lists the "regular price" as $450.

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iPad finally has competition: Pierre Cardin

The designer releases a beautiful, Android-powered tablet computer at a remarkably affordable price. What next? The PradaPad?

Admire the lines. Sigh at the sheer, breathtaking Frenchness that oozes from every pore. Marvel that, now, finally, holding an iPad will be nothing more than wearing H&M.

For famed designer of beautiful, expensive, and possibly quite useless things, Pierre Cardin, is releasing an iPad rival.

Of course, I'm serious. It's Monday.

The Pierre Cardin PC-7006 Tablet PC (which really could do with a better name) represents the true triumph of form over function. It boasts a tagline that expresses everything one could hope for: "Stay Connected In Style With The UK's First Designer Tablet."

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I know that many of you, because you're that way about fashion, will be wanting to know about the specs. Well, it's Android-powered. Yes, 2.2 Froyo. And it offers a 7-inch capacitive touch screen (800x480), built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, and a front-facing 1.3 mega-pixel camera. It even has 3G. Well, as long as you avail yourself of a designer dongle.

Then there's the beautiful, exquisite Pierre Cardin logo on that utterly fetching carry case.

You must be thinking by now that a machine such as this will cost you both arms, both legs, and an ear or two. But, no. This fine, timeless piece is retailing at just 275 British pounds. Which, if the markets hold steady for seven more minutes, might be around $450.

I know that Steve Jobs will, this morning, be quaking at the thought that someone has dared to compete with the iPad at the level of design.

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Samsung's promised 'next Galaxy' has been confirmed for Vodafone.

Samsung's promised 'next Galaxy' device is coming to Vodafone, the red-tinted network has confirmed.

Almost certain to be the Samsung Galaxy S3, Vodafone customers keen to exchange money for the South Korean company's upcoming gadget can cruise on over to this site and register for updates.

Unfortunately this latest bit of news doesn't give anything away about what we can expect from the S3 itself. I know what we're looking for though -- a source speaking to CNET UK has tipped the next Galaxy phone to be a modest upgrade to the Galaxy S2, introducing goodies like a quad-core processor.

That chimes with hardware leaks last week as well. The big kicker is we've been told not to expect Samsung's latest phone to be called the Galaxy S3. Could it actually be called the 'next Galaxy', a la the new iPad?

Earlier today Samsung spat out a teaser trailer for its new blower, snidely jabbing at Apple customers with some not-so-subtle bleating sheep, and showing off the same splodges that adorned the official S3 invite.

All will be revealed on 3 May at a London launch event -- CNET UK will of course be present to bring you all the news as it happens, so keep your peepers peeled and your browser locked on.

Being such a big product, I'd be amazed if the Galaxy S3 didn't make its way to every major UK network, so don't despair if you're an Orange, O2, T-Mobile or Three customer.

Are you planning on buying Samsung's 'next Galaxy'? Let me know in the comments, or on our Facebook wall.

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I just love the fun and colors of vintage Easter toys and decorations. Here some pix of part of my collection when I had it on display at my local public library. I have probably 3 times as many items now - but they are all boxed up. Someday I will get them all out and play with them. For now I must content myself with these pix.

I remember seeing these types of toys in the big fancy Easter baskets on store shelves when I was a kid. I probably even had some when I was very young. But, as the saying goes, "youth is wasted on the young" -- I am glad to have them to play with NOW, when I know to take care of them.

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    I listed this under Christmas -- Collectors Weekly needs to add some more categories, like TOYS and HOLIDAYS -- also how about "COLLECTIONS" or GROUP DISPLAYS. --Marianne Dow
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    Really great collection:)) I have been trying to find vintage Easter, but I can't find anything but the current cheap stuff from Dollar Tree. I started collecting vintage Christmas last year and made some pretty good finds. There is so much I want to post on this site, lol. It will take me a while, but eventually I will get more pics up.
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This is a beautiful hand drawn sketch numbered 74 or 76 out of 100. Can't be sure of the number and did not want to take them back out of the protective cylinder to check. These are done by a man named Jerry Easter. According to a museum in Cherokee NC these came from the Oregon area or the Western United States Region.

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    I lived in Pakistan in the mid 60's and this was the exact style of bike that you saw every where. 28" wheels, rod brakes, heavy steel frame. There were millions of zillions of them! India too. I know a family that had one made in 1900 and it was basically the same as a new one. Google Indian bicycle and you see that in 2013 they are still the same!
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Marist men's basketball coach Chuck Martin announced to the additions of Daye Kaba and Javon Parris to the team on Friday. Kaba is a transfer from Boston College who will serve his NCAA-mandated year in residency during the 2008-09 season, and then will have two years of eligibility remaining. Parris will have two years of eligibility beginning this season.

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In recent weeks, the Rise & Fall series has chronicled the progress (or regress) of college basketball's major conference teams. But if I equated each team to a civilization, I was mistaken. It is really the NCAA conference that equates to a burgeoning civilization or nation, each with its sometimes stable and sometimes rotating member states. Like civilizations, the prestige and power of conferences wax and wane..

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People have been emailing me this week asking how I came up with the groupings for the Conference Rise & Fall articles. While the groupings I used were based on a mix of intuition and stats, here are the actual conference RPI's over the last decade. Notice the clean split between certain league divisions.. for example, the BCS leagues and non-BCS leagues. The difference in avg RPI between the best and worst BCS leagues (ACC & Pac-10) is 2.7, which is almost as big as the gap between the Pac-10 and the closest non-BCS league.


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CU-Boulder students are invited to C4C on Thursday, Jan. 17, from 6-11 p.m. for a welcome back Buffs New Year! event. Students attending will enjoy food, fun activities, a performance by Comedy Central comedian/magician Derek Hughes, a video game tournament and open mic night. A meal swipe is required for entrance into the C4C dining area.

The event is sponsored by Housing and Dining Services and the Residence Hall Association.

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6-9 p.m., Dining Center Atrium: specialized food menu, photo booth, Henna artist, music

7:45 and 8:45 p.m., Colorado Room: Derek Hughes performances (45-minute performances)

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Editor's Note: Student teams from throughout Colorado will demonstrate their payloads at the final Launch Readiness Review set for Friday, Aug. 1, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Discovery Learning Center, located on the southwest corner of Colorado Avenue and Regent Drive in Boulder. The review is not open to the public, but reporters and photographers are welcome to attend.

Undergraduate student teams from 11 colleges and universities in Colorado will launch high-altitude balloon experiments Aug. 2 from Deer Trail, Colo., testing new concepts and technologies that could be used on future space flight missions.

The experiments range from scientific instruments that could be used to measure weather conditions in a Mars-like environment to prototype devices that would deploy upon landing and operate a planetary rover.

More than 400 students have been involved in developing the experiments since the "DemoSat" project was funded through a $100,000 grant from NASA in December 2002. The project is an expansion of the successful "BalloonSat" program developed by Chris Koehler, deputy director of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium headquartered at CU-Boulder.

"Our high-altitude balloon programs give students hands-on experience in designing, building, flying, operating and analyzing real space engineering and science experiments," said Koehler. "It's a really great experience for freshman and sophomore engineering students because it enables them to see the wide range of paths their future careers could take."

In the DemoSat program, students have worked with NASA scientists and engineers from the Jet Propulsion Lab and Ames Research Center, as well as faculty from their own institutions to develop the ideas and prototypes.

The experiments, which will be launched on two balloons, will reach an altitude of about 100,000 feet before the balloons burst and the experiments plummet back to earth. Students will track and retrieve their devices using radio communications and GPS data.

In addition to providing experimental data of potential use to NASA, the CU-Boulder team will be testing technologies for a later mission. Students will launch a version of the decision-making and communications software they designed for "Three Corner Satellite," a stereoscopic imaging mission being developed in collaboration with Arizona State and New Mexico State universities.

The systems are intended to rank the quality of photographic images taken during flight and transmit only the best images to the ground, thus making the best use of satellite downlink times.

"The balloon experiment offers a quick and inexpensive way to test the image-ranking algorithms and communications technologies," said project manager Kevin McWilliams, a senior in aerospace engineering sciences. "We'll get the data back in just two to three hours."

The students also must tackle a number of other engineering challenges to have a successful experiment, including protecting their payload from temperatures nearing minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit, pressure close to vacuum and descent speeds exceeding Mach 1.

CU-Boulder sophomores Nick Pulaski and Cameron Hatcher said the project has been an excellent learning experience.

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COLUMBIA — A man was sentenced to 12 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Monday after pleading guilty to first-degree armed robbery of a Domino’s Pizza in September.

Ejhlon Kashif Marks, 23, formerly of 1632 Towne Drive, was sentenced by 13th Circuit Court Judge Jodie Asel to 12 years for first-degree robbery and four years for unlawful use of a weapon after robbing the Domino’s on 1500 I-70 Drive S.W. His sentences are concurrent.

According to court documents, on Sept. 12, Marks grabbed a victim from behind and placed an automatic handgun to the victim’s neck and demanded that the employees give him the money in the cash register. Before leaving on foot, Marks pointed the gun at two employees and stole the money in the register, according to the court documents.

After being identified by the victims, Marks was arrested with some of the stolen money still in his pants pocket, according to court documents.

Marks previously pleaded guilty to first-degree trespassing on Feb. 25, 2004, and was sentenced to 10 days in the Boone County Jail, according to Missouri CaseNet.

Marks was scheduled to go on trial Thursday.

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City seeking trash for kids to turn into art

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COLUMBIA—Wallpaper samples can become a little girl’s purse, and last year’s calendars can become colorful new envelopes under a city plan to turn recyclables into art.

The Public Works Department is asking the public to contribute certain items for a Recyclebration to be held at Columbia’s Festival of the Arts on Sept. 29-30. The event is for families and children to use these unwanted materials to create art.

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“The goal is to teach kids you can take things and give them new life,” said Rosemary Frank, who is coordinating Recyclebration for the city. “You can give them new life and keep them out of the landfill.

“I remember someone took six-pack rings and made a giant snowflake,” she said. “There’s so many ways to take and reuse materials. The snowflake is hanging behind my door now.”

Kay McCarthy, cultural programs specialist at the Office of Cultural Affairs, said Recyclebration is a good way to reach out to the estimated 10,000 people who come to the festival and educate them about recycling.

“It is something people can do at the festival, but they can also do it at home,” McCarthy said. “They can be saving recyclable things and letting the kids play that way. It’s a creative way to have them play.”

Recyclebration has been around for about 10 years, McCarthy said. It is one of the events put together by Public Works’ volunteer program.

“Our program is rare in that not a lot of cities have a volunteer program aimed at recycling,” said Jill Stevem, public information officer for Public Works. “Other cities have modeled after programs like our household hazardous waste facilities, where we take things like oils, paints, gas, batteries, things you can’t throw in landfills or pour down drains.”

Public awareness is leading to action, she said; the amount of stuff recycled in Columbia has gone up 37 percent in four years.

Frank sees Recyclebration as an event that integrates a creative process into recycling education.

“It’s more of a celebration,” Frank said. “There’s a lot that goes on in that booth. We’re talking to children and their family members, asking them if they do recycle and informing them about it.”

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    Latitude: 35.788902       Longitude: -91.640732

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    Batesville Municipal Arpt3.0mi/4.8km S
    AMTRAK Train Station45.0mi/72.4km NE
    Little Rock Reg. Arpt.102.0mi/164.2km S
    Memphis Int'l Airport130.0mi/209.2km SE
    Note: Distance is displayed as straight line from the city center or point of interest. Driving distance may vary.
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