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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Pistorius' girlfriend was a model, law graduate
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The woman who was shot dead in double-amputee Olympian runner Oscar Pistorius' house was a model, a law school graduate and an entrepreneur who cared about empowering women and was to give an inspirational talk Thursday at a Johannesburg School.
Publicist Sarit Tomlinson said Reeva Steenkamp, known simply as Reeva, was one of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World for two years running, appeared in international and South African advertisements and was one of the celebrity contestants on Tropika Island of Treasure filmed in Jamaica.
At Twitter, she tweeted messages urging women to stand up against rape alongside her excitement about Valentine's Day. "What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow?" she tweeted. "It should be a day of love for everyone."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pistorius-girlfriend-model-law-graduate-122753586--spt.html
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Monday, February 11, 2013
The Truth about Grants for Home Improvement | Allied Grant Writers
As the old saying goes, ?there?s no place like home.? It is the place where we usually find peace and solace after a hard day?s work. But owning one is a huge investment that goes with great responsibilities, especially with repairs because not every person can afford to maintain its good and safe condition.
Even though renovation or repair is a predictable part of every homeowner?s life, which oftentimes gives better freedom of mobility into and around the house, it also provides essential facilities within it. With the current economic situation, doing so may seem few and far between.
If your house, however, is in desperate need of modification, but you are currently on a tight budget and cannot afford repairs, don?t despair. There are several funding opportunities that are available all over America.? Funds from state and federal governments, as well as the local government, are available to assist you with your need for renovations or modifications. The key to access such is to be eligible with them.
Government Grants for House Repair
Grants for home improvement by the federal government generally have strict standard procedures. Several federal programs provide financial assistance for renovation or improvement that has safety concerns or structural issues. But remodeling, such as cosmetic changes, will definitely not be approved.
State and Local Governments
These types are available for certain types of recipients and their qualifying standards may vary substantially. Although the guidelines for the programs may be strict, you can still acquire free money if your project is covered by their mandate.
Eligible types of repairs include:
- Door widening and installing ramps
- Improving access to rooms and facilities
- Providing a heating system suitable to your needs
- Adapting heating or lighting controls to make them easier to use
- Improving access to and movement around the house to enable you to care for another person who lives in the property
- Extending a property where the existing space is inadequate or inaccessible
Qualified Fund Seekers:
- Frail elderly
- Persons who are at least 62 years old and above
- Homeless veterans
- Veterans with disability
- Low-income elderly
- Persons with disability who have the need to improve their houses
Veterans, especially those with disabilities, must be aware that the U.S. government wants to help them live more comfortably. Under H.R. 1293, the Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009, entitles veterans with disabilities to home improvement grants that will friendly with their conditions and enable them to live in a safer and more comfortable place. Apart from the Increase Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs has three programs that offer cash awards to qualified veterans:
- The Home Improvements and Structural Alterations Grant
- The Specially Adapted Housing Grant
- The Special Home Adaptation Grant
In most cases, grants for home improvement are given for free. There is no need to pay them back. But be mindful that they come with a huge responsibility and certain rules and regulations that need to be observed.
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Source: http://www.alliedgrantwriters.com/grant-blog/the-truth-about-grants-for-home-improvement/
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Ohio Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Sam Mullet Sr. stands in the front yard of his home in Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet, 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years. The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Sam Mullet Sr. stands in the front yard of his home in Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet, 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years. The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Amish men and women leave the U.S. Federal courthouse Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Sam Mullet Sr., 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S., was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years. The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Amish men and women leave the U.S. Federal courthouse Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Sam Mullet Sr., 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S., was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years. The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
An Amish woman leaves the U.S. Federal courthouse Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Cleveland. The ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Sam Mullet Sr., 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years. The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
An Amish man pretends to take a photo of the media as he leaves the U.S. Federal courthouse Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Cleveland. Sam Mullet Sr., 67, the ringleader in a series of unusual hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish religious followers in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, and 15 family members received sentences of one year to seven years. The defendants were charged with a hate crime because prosecutors believe religious differences brought about the attacks. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
CLEVELAND (AP) ? Denying he ran an Amish cult, the 67-year-old ringleader of hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow members of his faith in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, while family members convicted of carrying out his orders got one to seven years.
The judge said the defendants had violated the constitutional rights protecting religious practice that had also benefited them as Amish. Authorities had prosecuted the attacks as a hate crime.
Before his sentencing, Samuel Mullet Sr. told the judge he had been accused of running a cult. Mullet, his ankles in chains and a white beard down to mid-chest, said that if his community is seen as a cult, "Then I'm going to take the punishment for everybody."
The 10 men and six women were convicted last year in five attacks in Ohio Amish communities in 2011. The government said the attacks were retaliation against Amish who had defied or denounced Mullet's authoritarian hold over the splinter group he started in 1995.
The case has opened a rare window to the lives of the insular Amish, who shun many facets of modern life and are deeply religious. Amish believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards once they marry. Cutting it would be shameful and offensive.
"The victims were terrorized and traumatized," U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster said, noting that the same constitution that exempts them from jury service and permission to leave school at 14 was turned against the victims. "Each of you has received the benefits of that First Amendment."
With relatives of victims and his family sitting on opposite sides of the public gallery, Mullet said he has lived his life trying to help others.
"That's been my goal all my life," Mullet said to a hushed courtroom, with his fellow defendants and their attorneys sitting at four defense tables and filling the jury box.
"I'm not going to be here much longer," said Mullet, who didn't elaborate on any health issues.
The government had asked for a life sentence for Mullet, while the defense asked for two years or less.
Some defendants tearfully offered to take the brunt of the blame and punishment on behalf of Mullet or their spouses. Addressing the judge one by one, they said there would be no more beard-cutting attacks.
Freeman Burkholder, the 32-year-old husband of a Mullet niece and father of eight children, apologized to the judge.
"I won't do it again," he said.
Anna Miller, 33, married to a Mullet nephew and mother of six, also apologized, turning to relatives of victims as she said, "I'm sorry, it won't happen again." Like most of the women, she was sentenced to one year.
Federal prosecutor Bridget Brennan urged the judge to punish Mullet adequately.
"He is a danger to this community," she said. "He is capable of controlling 15 defendants."
Brennan repeated key testimony against Mullet and said he has remained the leader of his eastern Ohio community despite being locked up since his arrest in late 2011.
U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach, whose office directed the prosecution, said he was confident the law would withstand a constitutional challenge.
As for Mullet, "I think the sentence he got was harsh; I think it was appropriately harsh," Dettelbach said. "Mr. Mullet's conduct in court today reiterated yet again his utter failure to respect the rule of law and his utter lack of remorse."
The jury had sided with prosecutors' arguments that the defendants should be found guilty of a hate crime because religious differences brought about the attacks.
The judge said the defendants have two weeks to file appeals of their sentences or convictions. Defense attorneys have indicated such appeals are likely.
Rhonda Kotnik, attorney for Kathryn Miller, a 24-year-old mother of three who received a one-year sentence, said appeals would focus on whether the hate-crimes law is unconstitutionally broad and whether restraining the victims to cut their beards amounted to kidnapping.
"There are lots of issues," she said.
Nine of 10 men who were convicted have been locked up awaiting sentencing. The six women, who all have children, have been free on bond.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Cops: Pocket dial, low battery led to Ohio burglar
SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) ? Authorities in Ohio say a pocket-dialing prowler got himself arrested after his cellphone turned informant. Twice.
Investigators say an emergency operator traced an accidental 911 call on Tuesday night to a home in Sidney, about 60 miles northwest of Columbus.
Shelby County sheriff's deputies dispatched to check on the house found a window forced open. They arrested Douglas Wolaver, of Piqua, inside.
The sheriff's office says Wolaver was found in a bathroom after his phone's low-battery alert led deputies to his hiding place.
Wolaver is charged with breaking and entering. A phone listing for him was disconnected.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cops-pocket-dial-low-battery-led-ohio-burglar-195602429.html
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Boeing battery maker sees no 787 impact on earnings
Kyoto, Japan (Reuters) - GS Yuasa Corp , which makes batteries for the Boeing Co
The Kyoto-based company maintained its operating profit forecast of 10 billion yen ($107.88 million) for the year to end-March.
All Boeing's 787s are out of action as investigators in Japan and the United States try to find the cause of two incidents with the plane's lithium-ion batteries - a battery fire on a Japan Airlines 787 at a U.S. airport and an emergency landing on a domestic All Nippon Airways flight after battery problems triggered a smoke alarm.
($1 = 92.6950 Japanese yen)
(Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-battery-maker-sees-no-787-impact-earnings-080425248--finance.html
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
'Warm Bodies' heats up box office with $20 million
This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows Nicholas Hoult in a scene from "Warm Bodies." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Jonathan Wenk)
This film image released by Summit Entertainment shows Nicholas Hoult in a scene from "Warm Bodies." (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Jonathan Wenk)
NEW YORK (AP) ? The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening.
On a weekend that Hollywood largely punts to football, the PG-13 film from Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment easily led the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Super Bowl always means a significant slide in movie-going on Sunday ? studios predict a decrease of as much as 70 percent from Saturday to Sunday ? but "Warm Bodies" still lured many teenage fans.
The film is about a zombie whose love for a human redeems him. Lionsgate, which also released the "Twilight" saga, is calling it a "rom-zom-com" for its mix of humor, romance and the supernatural. The film appealed particularly to females, who made up 60 percent of the audience.
"They've definitely cracked the code on how to attract that teen audience with films like 'The Hunger Games,' 'Twilight' and something like 'Warm Bodies,' which definitely plays right into the sweet spot of that demographic," says Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
David Spitz, executive vice president of Lionsgate, said the studio courted female teens with "Warm Bodies" by pairing its trailer with the last "Twilight" film, "Breaking Dawn, Part II."
Younger female audiences have some history of turning out on Super Bowl weekends. The most successful film released the weekend of the big game was in 2008, when "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" opened with $31.1 million.
"There was just nothing in the marketplace like this," said Spitz. "Is it more zombie horror? Is it more romantic comedy? Is it more comedy? It's a mixture and that's the reason why the film found an audience."
Action films continued to fare poorly in 2013, as Sylvester Stallone's "Bullet to the Head" opened with just $4.5 million for Warner Bros. That meant his brawny cohort Arnold Schwarzenegger bested him when his "The Last Stand" opened with $7.2 million in January.
But both openings were poor. Along with the weak performance of Jason Statham's "Parker," which has taken in $12.4 million in two weeks for FilmDistrict, moviegoers aren't turning out for traditional R-rated action movies. That trend should reverse itself when Bruce Willis' "A Good Day to Die Hard" opens Feb. 14, Dergarabedian said.
Last week's top film, Paramount's "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," dropped to second with $9.2 million on the weekend.
The other debut of note was Lionsgate's "Stand Up Guys," which stars Al Pacino and Christopher Walken as veteran gangsters on a last hurrah romp. Though it opened in limited release in 659 theaters, it took in just $1.5 million.
The most Super Bowl-appropriate film in theaters, the Oscar-nominated "Silver Linings Playbook," continued to add to its stretched-out run for the Weinstein Co. The film, which centers on a family of diehard Philadelphia Eagles fans, came in third place, adding $8.1 million for a cumulative total of $80.4 million.
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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Warm Bodies," $20 million.
2. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $9.2 million, ($15 million international).
3. "Silver Linings Playbook," $8.1 million, ($7.8 million international).
4. "Mama," $6.7 million, ($2.4 million international).
5. "Zero Dark Thirty," $5.3 million, ($3.7 million international).
6. "Bullet to the Head," $4.5 million, ($1.1 million international).
7. "Parker," $3.2 million.
8. "Django Unchained," $3 million, ($30.6 million international).
9. "Les Miserables," $2.4 million, ($12.2 million international).
10. "Lincoln," $2.4 million, ($13 million international).
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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "Django Unchained," $30.6 million.
2. "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," $15 million.
3. "Lincoln," $13 million.
4. "The Berlin File," $12.8 million.
5. "Les Miserables," $12.2 million.
6. "Miracle in Cell No. 7," $11 million.
7. "Life of Pi," $10.1 million.
8. "Flight," $9.2 million.
9. "Silver Linings Playbook," $7.8 million.
10. "Skyfall," $6.7 million.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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