Months After Sandy, Mucking And Gutting

On a recent day in the Rockaways, a neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., hazmat-suited volunteers far outnumber anyone else on the streets. They are "mucking and gutting" ? stripping homes to the studs to remove mold. Many residents are concerned about the health effects of mold exposure, according to community organizer Peter Corless. Mycologist Joan Bennett has been sampling fungi in homes damaged by Sandy to determine which species are present.

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Flora Lichtman is here with our Video Pick of the Week. Flora, you visited Queens, the neighborhoods called the Rockaways, that was really wiped out by Hurricane Sandy.

FLORA LICHTMAN, BYLINE: It was hit very hard. Yes, this is a peninsula in Queens. If you past JFK, you hit the Rockaways. And so they have a bay side and an ocean side. And if you walk on the ocean side, you know, the destruction is still quite visible. There are houses that were literally ripped in half and crumbling on the beach. The boardwalk was unzipped like a zipper. It just split in half. Just - it looks like lives were stopped, sort of, dead in their tracks.

FLATOW: Right.

LICHTMAN: You can see into people's living rooms.

FLATOW: Right. Right. Right. And, well, you found is that while - in your Video Pick of the Week, and documented terrifically, is that while people keep talking about the destruction, the physical destruction, there is insidious sort of destruction going on, which makes it impossible for them live there in those houses.

LICHTMAN: That's right. So people who were there who didn't - whose house does still exist, who have power and heat restored - so that's not everybody there - they're dealing with another kind of threat. And it's mold. This seems to be the sort of primary concern I heard from Peter Corless, who's a community organizer there. And many other people that I talked to, mold is one of the top concerns for people living there. Now, so as water came through, it left behind damp basements, some of which weren't pumped out for weeks or months. And now, people's homes need to be gutted because...

FLATOW: Totally gutted.

LICHTMAN: Totally gutted. This is the interesting thing: I talked to folks from Respond & Rebuild, Terri Bennett and Gabby Van Houten, and they - they're working on these houses, stripping them. And you have to just take out everything down to the studs.

FLATOW: Wow.

LICHTMAN: So the insulation has to go. We're not just talking about, you know, your knick-knacks.

FLATOW: Right.

LICHTMAN: Everything has to go.

FLATOW: Of course, the mold loves to eat the paper and the wallboard and all that stuff.

LICHTMAN: This is a fascinating thing. I spoke with Joan Bennett, who's a mycologist at Rutgers. And she has a sort of interesting relationship with mold post-hurricanes herself.

JOAN BENNETT: Yeah, nobody likes to lose their house. But to lose it to the life form that you've been studying all your life. My way of coping was, OK, I'm going to try to learn more about his.

LICHTMAN: So Bennett worked at Tulane and was living in New Orleans, and her house flooded and became completely molded over. And so her strategy was to actually survey what mold was there.

FLATOW: Right.

LICHTMAN: But she said, just as you stated, that mold - fungi eats a lot of stuff...

FLATOW: Right.

LICHTMAN: ..that they're great decomposers. That's what we know about them. They, you know, they take those logs in the forest and turn them down to nothing. And they are doing that in people's homes. So if you have wood floors or rugs. Cotton is a form of cellulose, so they'll brake down too. And the interesting thing she said is that a lot of people here have gypsum board with paper on the back. And that's the perfect food. Whereas in New Orleans, there is a huge mold problem, but the walls were spared for people, at least do have plaster.

FLATOW: Right.

LICHTMAN: You didn't have this much mold.

FLATOW: And now, at this cold snap, it's 10 degrees outside. The mold is still growing. But wait till the spring hits.

LICHTMAN: This is the big fear that I heard from Peter Corless and others that, you know, people are trying to get the - their stuff out now because as it warms up, and Joan Bennett suggested this too, there's going to be fungal explosion in places that haven't completely stripped out everything. So, you know, looking forward, it's just - this is a never-ending story of recovery.

FLATOW: And it's blocks and blocks and blocks of this stuff still.

LICHTMAN: Many, many blocks. I mean, most houses in front of them, I didn't walk down a single block without debris on the sidewalk.

FLATOW: Wow. That's our Video Pick of the Week. Flora Lichtman was out there in Queens, in the Rockaways. You can see, you know, you see on the news of people's furniture. But you don't get to go into the house like Flora did and see the mold that makes it impossible to live there for thousands people, and they have to rip out the whole thing and start over again. Thank you, Flora.

LICHTMAN: Thanks, Ira.

FLATOW: It's our Video Pick of the Week up there in our website on sciencefriday.com. I'm Ira Flatow in New York.

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Weird News: Man Hits 100 MPH On Way To Booty Call | YourTango

Would you break the law for your booty call?

No friend with benefit is worth endangering innocent lives, right?

Rule Number One of the booty call game: don't let them think about it. Thinking with anything other than your baby-producing parts is a recipe for someone not answering the door. If you think, you end up using the internet to self-abuse.?

More from YourTango: Why People Create Fake Relationships

Per the Chicago Tribune, a local man very much knows that getting there is 99% of the battle. In a rush to get to the domicile of a ladyfriend, he was clocked going 111 MPH and failed to brake for a both stop sign and a red light. After getting pulled over, the 21-year old man explained to the officers that he was merely breaking laws and endangering lives so that he could have sex with a woman whom he was not romantically attached to.

There is no doubt that the fuzz was sympathetic to his plight but hitting triple digits and blowing through red things (stop signs/ traffic lights) sort of ties their hands. Throw in trace amounts of reefer and you may have to text that woman to break into her in-case-of-emergency ?marital aid? kit.

And to add insult to blue balls, the man was sentenced to five days of medium labor picking up trash or washing cop cars. The man's next 18 months will feature probation and random drug tests. The potential booty call could not be reached for comment but, if I know the nature of these things, she probably watched an episode of Girls and went to bed after not hearing from him for 30 minutes.

This is the only reason I live in a city with plentiful cabs. Hopefully, the next time this young man has a booty call waiting, he'll obey traffic laws, invite her to his place or use Skype, like a gentleman. If I've heard it once, I've heard it a million times, amorous young men are a danger to themselves and everything around them and this administration needs to do something about it.

In similarly sad news, a Missouri man drove to a police precinct looking for a little comfort from this recent breakup and instead received a DWI, according to?Patch.com.

More from YourTango: Love Bytes: It's OK To Break Off An Engagement

Note to horny and forlorn men, cars are dangerous.

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White House Petition Demands Cellphone Unlocking Remain Legal

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A petition submitted to the White House demands the Librarian of Congress to rescind his recent decision which removed the unlocking of cellphones from the exceptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Due to the Librarian's decision, the unlocking of cellphones effectively becomes illegal in the U.S. on Jan. 26.

"As of January 26, consumers will no longer be able unlock their phones for use on a different network without carrier permission, even after their contract has expired," reads the petition. "Consumers will be forced to pay exorbitant roaming fees to make calls while traveling abroad. It reduces consumer choice, and decreases the resale value of devices that consumers have paid for in full."

Created by "S. K." from San Francisco, CA, the petition needs to reach 100,000 signatures before February 23 in order to get a response from the White House ? the White House recently raised the threshold from 25,000 signatures. At the time of this writing, 3,121 people have signed the petition.

"We ask that the White House ask the Librarian of Congress to rescind this decision, and failing that, champion a bill that makes unlocking permanently legal," the petition text concludes.

Should unlocking of cell phones be legal or illegal? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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Topics: edit-UnlockingCellphones, Mobile, petition, Politics, U.S., US & World, White House

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Cranston skater, partner win pairs short program | Turn to 10

By: NANCY ARMOUR | AP National Writer
Published: January 24, 2013 Updated: January 24, 2013 - 7:00 PM

OMAHA, Neb. --

Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir have taken a big step toward their first pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, easily winning the short program Thursday.

Castelli and Shnapir finished with 62.27 points, a whopping nine points ahead of Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay. The free skate is Saturday.

With defending champs Caydee Denney and John Coughlin out while he recovers from hip surgery, Castelli and Shnapir are heavy favorites. The NHK Trophy bronze medalists lived up to the billing, skating the most energetic program of the day. Their triple twist was huge, and would compare with any of the top couples in the world.

Their only real flaw was on their combination spin, which was horribly out of unison.

The women's short program is later Thursday.

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Studies show that fuel economy has become the number one concern among American car buyers ? but motorists have also been pressing for higher speed limits, which can sharply reduce the mileage a car gets.

While that might seem common sense, a new study clearly quantifies the impact of putting the pedal to the metal. And it finds that there are surprisingly few differences between vehicles, whether brick-like SUVs or sleek, wind-cheating sports cars.?

The Detroit Bureau:?Subaru Readying First Hybrid Model

?People really like rules of thumb, and if you?re increasing your speed from 50 to 60 miles an hour, we find for the largest number of vehicles fuel economy will go down about 12 percent,? said Brian H. West, a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Knoxville, Tenn., where the study was conducted.

Pushing a little faster, you?ll see mileage drop about 14 percent going from 60 to 70 mph, while fuel economy will dip yet another 16?percent if you nudge the speedometer up to 80.

While West says he ?wasn?t surprised? by the general results of the new study, he and the rest of the research team did make an unexpected discovery.? They had expected to see some types of vehicles do better than others, but the reduction in fuel economy was consistent across all vehicle classes, even the heaviest and boxiest SUVs, with only a one or two percent variations from the least to most efficient models.?

The Detroit Bureau:?Toyota, BMW Launch Fuel Cell Partnership

That included hybrid vehicles which are really designed for stop-and-go city driving where their batteries are constantly being recharged. At freeway speeds, there is little opportunity for them to regenerate energy that can be used to offset the gasoline they consumer. And, in fact, many hybrids actually have lower highway mileage ratings than what the EPA estimates they get in city driving.

While West declined to discuss the political ramifications, the new study could be used by proponents of increased fuel economy ? and opponents of higher speed limits.? A vehicle that might get 40 miles per gallon at 50 miles an hour would see something closer to just 25 mpg at 80 mph.

Highway speeds have risen significantly since Congress lifted federal restrictions first passed during the energy crises of the 1970s that, at one point lowered the maximum U.S. speed to 50 mph and then raised it to 55, the infamous ?double-nickel.??

The Detroit Bureau:?Despite Rebound, US Auto Sales Unlikely to Meet Prior Peaks

Late last year, Texas opened the country?s fastest highway, a toll road stretch near Austin with a top speed of 85 mph.

The increase in speeds has created havoc for both the EPA, which is mandated by Congress to oversee automotive fuel economy standards and testing, and the automakers depending on EPA results.

The tests that determine the figures on a new vehicle?s window label, the so-called ?Munroney Sticker? have been revised a number of times over the past four decades, most recently with the start of the 2012 model-year. The latest procedures include a brief burst at 80 miles per hour but the results generally reflect much less aggressive, low-speed driving, which means that a large percentage of American motorists will get lower fuel economy than indicated.

And the faster they go, the new Oak Ridge study confirms, the faster the gap will grow.

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The Definitive Guide to Cloud Computing for Businesses ...

Written By: Dan Stelter

Cloud computing and its related business lines are exploding. Three of the world's leading information technology research companies agree: International Data Corporation predicts global revenue for public cloud services will hit $73 billion by 2015, Gartner estimates the market will be worth $150 billion by 2014 and Forrester believes cloud services will be worth $241 billion by 2020.

Compare these estimates to the $40 billion estimated revenue generated by the cloud computing industry in 2012, and you see why there?s so much buzz. While the revenue estimates vary widely, the takeaway is the same: The industry will continue to grow at an explosive pace.

Behind the Cloud's Growth

There are a number of reasons that cloud computing for business is growing at a monumental rate:

Big data makes for big growth. To say there's been a dramatic increase in the amount of data being generated as a result of the Internet is putting it mildly. At the 2010 Techonomy conference at Lake Tahoe, then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt put it in perspective this way: ?There was five exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days, and the pace is increasing.? (An exabyte is a unit of information equal to one quintillion bytes, or one billion gigabytes.)

Now, debate exists as to whether that calculation is accurate ? it may actually take seven days ? but you get the point: We generate a massive, mind-blowing amount of information, at an exponentially higher rate than at any other time in history. This fact has created a need for business solutions that synthesize, analyze, process and store big data.

Increased mobility. If you already use cloud services, then you know that mobility is one of its greatest characteristics. People can work from anywhere there is Internet access, and they don't need to lug around a laptop to do so ? they can access their company's network via a third party PC or, more likely, a tablet or smartphone. In fact, a new survey conducted by the business technology group CSC found that accessibility to information through mobile devices was the biggest reason businesses adopted cloud computing.

Cost savings. Experts agree the cloud reduces IT infrastructure costs for small and medium-sized businesses, especially startups. Some of the savings include:

• Expenses required to purchase technology and applications and keep them current
• Maintenance expenses associated with fixing software and hardware
• Employee salaries required to maintain networks
• Hidden costs, such as the cost of recruiting IT employees and the facility and heating, ventilation and air conditioning costs associated with maintaining a network

Infrastructure flexibility. Although cloud technology doesn?t magically make most of your IT hardware disappear, it does offer more flexibility for your organization?s technological demands. Many businesses have found that using a hybrid of public and private cloud computing solutions provides the right mix of security and cost savings, and therefore the flexibility they need to continue growing.

Obstacles to Adoption

Some businesses aren't convinced that cloud computing will bring in the promised cost savings. There's a misconception that goes something like, ?Everything is hosted on someone else?s hardware, so there's? virtually no need for internal IT staff.? Many businesses find out that isn't the case.

Migration costs, employee training, occasional downtime, accurate bandwidth estimation and protection of information costs can be either forgotten in the total estimated cost or difficult to project. Although the cloud cost savings is often exaggerated, companies who take the time to carefully analyze the areas where the cloud functions most effectively do realize savings.

A second and much more prevalent concern is security. Smart IT managers question the security of the public cloud, as data stored there is more susceptible to hacking and viruses than private cloud data. One of the primary cloud computing challenges businesses face is middle managers who don?t want to spend money on the increased security of a private cloud and then get bogged down in contentious relationships with IT security managers. In reality, companies with security concerns often find that public cloud security is no more or less effective than the security in their own networks.

Finally, many businesses do find that the bandwidth they currently have simply isn?t sufficient for integrating the cloud into their existing IT infrastructure. For these businesses, integrating the cloud will be a considerable challenge, and one that may work best via a gradual, step-by-step process.

The Role of Mobile Devices

The proliferation of mobile devices among consumers and employees raises some interesting points about how tablet and smartphone technology integrates with the cloud. Morgan Stanley investment guru Mary Meeker predicted that by 2014, more people will access the Internet via mobile devices than PCs. Companies using the cloud are able to provide connectivity to their employees via the employees' mobile devices, prompting some workplaces to enact bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies. While BYOD raises some security concerns, it?s become a primary driver of mobile networking growth. Cloud services have responded by configuring access to data over a variety of common Internet connections, and most providers have iPhone and Android mobile apps for data access.

Early Adopters Have an Edge

The general consensus is in: The Digital Age is moving into the cloud. Moving your business to cloud technology won?t instantly transform it into an ultra-efficient market leader, but the business leaders of yesterday who made the switch are realizing substantial and long-term returns on their investment. It may be just the edge your business needs.

About the Author: Dan Stelter is a freelance writer with expertise in business and finance for the web. He currently runs his own web content firm where is continually focuses on how technology can benefit a business.

Source: http://www.technology-digital.com/web20/the-definitive-guide-to-cloud-computing-for-businesses

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Bangladesh fire victims' families wait for money

In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Bangladeshi man Ansar, who uses one name, reacts at his home near the gutted Tazreen factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two months after his wife and daughter were killed in a fire at the Bangladeshi garment factory, 55-year-old Ansar is scrambling to survive. Ansar has been unable to pay his rent for two months and fears that if he gets evicted and is forced to return to his home village in the impoverished north, he may never be compensated. The fire drew international attention to the conditions that garment workers toil under in Bangladesh, where the $20 billion-a-year textile industry is incredibly powerful and politically connected. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Bangladeshi man Ansar, who uses one name, reacts at his home near the gutted Tazreen factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two months after his wife and daughter were killed in a fire at the Bangladeshi garment factory, 55-year-old Ansar is scrambling to survive. Ansar has been unable to pay his rent for two months and fears that if he gets evicted and is forced to return to his home village in the impoverished north, he may never be compensated. The fire drew international attention to the conditions that garment workers toil under in Bangladesh, where the $20 billion-a-year textile industry is incredibly powerful and politically connected. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Bangladeshi man Ansar, who uses one name, holds photographs of his wife and daughter at his home near the gutted Tazreen factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two months after his wife and daughter were killed in a fire at the Bangladeshi garment factory, 55-year-old Ansar is scrambling to survive. Ansar has been unable to pay his rent for two months and fears that if he gets evicted and is forced to return to his home village in the impoverished north, he may never be compensated. The fire drew international attention to the conditions that garment workers toil under in Bangladesh, where the $20 billion-a-year textile industry is incredibly powerful and politically connected. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Bangladeshi man Ansar, who uses one name, wails holding photographs of his wife and daughter at his home near the gutted Tazreen factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two months after his wife and daughter were killed in a fire at the Bangladeshi garment factory, 55-year-old Ansar is scrambling to survive. Ansar has been unable to pay his rent for two months and fears that if he gets evicted and is forced to return to his home village in the impoverished north, he may never be compensated. The fire drew international attention to the conditions that garment workers toil under in Bangladesh, where the $20 billion-a-year textile industry is incredibly powerful and politically connected. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Bangladeshi Zamiron Begum, 45, weeps as she displays a photograph of her daughter Bobita Khatum, 18, a senior sewing machine operator who died in the fire at Tazreen Fashions, in the garment district in Ashulia, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. When fire ravaged the Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones' remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, they have yet to receive any of the compensation they were promised - not even their relatives' last paychecks. The remainder were burnt beyond recognition and their remains are undergoing DNA testing to prevent people from filing fake claims. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Bangladeshi Mohammed Hannan, 35, weeps as he holds a picture of his wife Ahenur, 30, an assistant sewing machine operator who died in the fire at Tazreen Fashions, in the garment district in Ashulia, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. When fire ravaged the Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones' remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, they have yet to receive any of the compensation they were promised - not even their relatives' last paychecks. The remainder were burnt beyond recognition and their remains are undergoing DNA testing to prevent people from filing fake claims. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ones' remains were burned beyond recognition. Two months later, the same families have yet to receive any of the compensation they were promised ? not even their relatives' last paychecks.

An official with the country's powerful garment industry said DNA tests must first be conducted to confirm the losses of more than 50 families. He would not say why the families have not even received the wages their relatives had earned before the Nov. 24 blaze.

Many of the families desperately need money after losing their primary breadwinners in the fire at the Tazreen factory, which made clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney and other Western brands.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, a foreign supplier and the government promised to give the families of the dead 600,000 takas ($7,500) each, finance the education of the dead workers' children and pay the November salaries of both dead and surviving factory workers.

"I have got nothing. Nobody is saying anything," said Ansar, who uses one name and who lost his wife and daughter in the fire.

The 55-year-old is too ill to work himself. His 16-year-old son, who also worked at Tazreen, managed to escape but was traumatized by leaving his mother and sister behind "amid the darkness and ash," Ansar said at his home near the gutted factory.

The boy got a job at another factory but was unable to work because of his trauma.

"My son cannot sleep," Ansar said, sobbing. "He wakes up at midnight and then cries for a long time. The same thing happens to him every night."

Ansar has been unable to pay his rent for two months and fears that if he gets evicted and is forced to return to his home village in the impoverished north, he may never be compensated.

The fire drew international attention to the conditions that garment workers toil under in Bangladesh, where the $20 billion-a-year textile industry is incredibly powerful and politically connected.

The factory lacked emergency exits and its owner said only three floors of the eight-story building were legally built. Surviving employees said gates had been locked and managers had told them to go back to work after the fire alarm went off.

A government panel concluded that the fire was sabotage. No one has been charged with setting the blaze, though three officials accused of locking in workers have been arrested.

Siddiqur Rahman, vice president of the garment association, said checks have been cut for families of the 59 victims whose bodies were identified. In addition, 80 workers injured in the fire received 100,000 takas each.

The other 53 people killed were burned beyond recognition and buried in unmarked graves, after samples of their DNA were taken. The garment industry demanded relatives provide their own DNA samples to ensure their claims were valid. Those samples are undergoing testing.

Rahman said the industry did not want to handle the claims haphazardly and said the money should be disbursed by the end of February.

"We will do whatever we have promised," he said.

He declined to explain why the victim's families had not yet received their November wages, which they would be entitled to whether the employee had died or not. Those wages are much smaller than the promised 600,000 takas; Ansar said his wife and daughter together earned around 10,500 takas a month as sewing machine operators.

When Ansar heard about the compensation, he gave the industry association photographs of his wife and daughter, their employee IDs and copies of their national identity cards. His son gave a blood sample for a DNA test days after the fire, but he has heard nothing.

"We went there; we met the BGMEA officials. They have asked us to wait. They don't make anything clear. They asked us to stay at home, not to go there," he said.

He has their phone numbers, but they don't answer when he calls, he said.

"I went there three times, but returned without anything," he said. "How long should we wait?"

"These families are very poor," said Mahmudul Sumon, an anthropologist from Jahangir Nagar University who is studying the fate of the victims' families. "They have lost their dear ones. Now they are suffering a lot, as many of the families have lost someone who was the main earner in the family."

Ruhul Hannan, who said his 35-year-old wife was killed in the blaze, sent his 18-year-old son for a DNA test, but so far he has received nothing, despite his pleas to the garment trade group.

"I am just waiting. They told me to wait until end of this month for the test result," he said.

Activists criticized the government, the garment industry and the factory for keeping important information secret, including the names of the victims of the fire and who has received compensation.

"Who died, who got compensated, who not? We don't have any clear idea," said Kalpona Akter of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. "There should not be any plot to play hide-and-seek."

She said the major Western brands that produced clothing in the factory have a responsibility to come to Bangladesh to check on the compensation situation. She also raised concerns about the DNA testing process.

"We don't know why it's taking too much time. If time is required, fine, but there should be proper reasons ... that should be explained," she said.

Ahedul, a mechanic who lost his wife in the fire but could not identify her body, said he has no idea what is happening with his claim.

"I have been asked to stay calm by the BGMEA," said Ahedul, who uses only one name. "They told me they will come to me. I don't need to go to them."

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?Death Wish? Director Michael Winner Dead At 77

“Death Wish” Director Michael Winner Dead At 77

Former filmmaker Michael Winner has died at the age of 77. The director passed away at his home with his wife Geraldine by his bedside in London on Monday. The director revealed in 2012 that he had been given just 18 months to live by liver specialists and considered ending his life at a euthanasia ...

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THE RESET: Obama: voters would blame both parties

President Barack Obama makes congressional Republicans the villains in the government's drama of lurching from crisis to crisis. But he also suggests Americans would "blame all of Washington" if there's a government shutdown or delays in Social Security benefits and other payments.

In his first news conference of the year and last of his first term, Obama said it's up to Congress, ultimately, to decide how to raise and spend money. "And if the Republicans in Congress have made a decision that they want to shut down the government in order to get their way, then they have the votes, at least in the House of Representatives, probably to do that."

Republicans control the House, Democrats the Senate.

Since Obama took office, gridlock on Capitol Hill has been the norm rather than the exception as one fiscal crisis has given way to another.

The government came close to defaulting on some of its obligations in mid-2011 when Republicans balked at raising the ceiling on the government's borrowing authority.

Congress now must again raise the debt ceiling for the government to keep borrowing money to pay its bills ? or face a first-ever default as early as mid-February.

Both sides have dug in. Republicans insist raising the debt ceiling must be combined with big spending cuts. Obama counters he won't negotiate any deal linking the debt limit to spending cuts. It would be "short-sighted" and "profoundly damaging to our economy," he said Monday.

He was asked if he would let the government grind to a halt if he disagreed with spending-cut proposals put forth by Republicans ? and if that happened, who'd be blamed?

Polls show voters are more inclined to blame Republicans than Democrats.

Even so, "I suspect that the American people would blame all of Washington for not being able to get its act together," Obama said.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/reset-obama-voters-blame-both-195431583.html

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Stocks edge lower; Apple extends decline

In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks opened lower on Wall Street as concerns about the government?s finances intensified, offsetting a report that showed retail sales rose in December. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks opened lower on Wall Street as concerns about the government?s finances intensified, offsetting a report that showed retail sales rose in December. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks opened lower on Wall Street as concerns about the government's finances intensified, offsetting a report that retail sales rose in December.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 32 points to 13,475 as of 10:26 a.m. EST. The Standard and Poor's 500 dropped five points to 1,466, the Nasdaq Composite index fell 21 points to 3,099.

Apple fell $12 to $490, its third daily drop. The stock hasn't closed below $500 in almost a year. Apple slumped 3.6 percent Monday on concern that demand for its iPhone 5 is slowing.

Concern about the state of government's ability to borrow may also be starting to weigh on investors' minds.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told congressional leaders in a letter late Monday that the U.S. government will reach its borrowing limit as soon as mid-February, earlier than expected.

Earlier in the day President Barack Obama had urged Congress to raise the borrowing limit so the government can continue paying its bills. He told reporters Monday that a failure to lift the debt ceiling could harm the economy and cause turmoil in financial markets. Republicans want spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit.

Stocks declined despite a report that showed retail sales increased in December. Consumers bought more autos, furniture and clothing, despite worries about potential tax increases. Sales rose 0.5 percent in December from November, slightly better than November's 0.4 percent increase and the best showing since September, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Both the S&P 500 and the Dow are up on the year, having surged in the first week of January after lawmakers struck a last-minute budget deal to prevent the economy going over the "fiscal cliff." The agreement prevented a series of tax increases and spending cuts that would probably have pushed the U.S. economy back into recession, according to economists.

Optimism about the outlook for global growth has also boosted stocks.

The S&P 500 is up 2.7 percent this year and closed at a five -year high of 1,472 last week. The 30-member Dow is up 2.6 percent since the start of 2013.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury price, which moves inversely to its price, fell 3 basis points to 1.81 percent.

Among other stocks making big moves;

? Lululemon Athletica, a maker of yoga apparel, dropped $5.39 to $66.88 after its revenue forecasts fell short of revenue analysts' estimates.

? Given Imaging Ltd. fell $2.17 to $16.03 after the medical equipment company said it was no longer considering a possible sale of the company and added that one of its largest shareholders plans to sell its stake.

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UBS Microsoft - Business Insider

Microsoft's Surface is off to a very slow start, in UBS analyst Brent Thill's opinion.

He estimates Microsoft sold just 1 million Surface RT tablets, down from his previous estimate of 2 million.

For some context, Apple is expected to have sold well over 20 million iPads. That's part of the problem. People are choosing iPads over Surfaces, says Thill. He also blames narrow distribution. Microsoft only sold the Surface at its stores last quarter.

He's cautiously optimistic about the Surface line. He thinks the Surface Pro which runs on an Intel chip will be strong with corporations, providing a good iPad alternative.

Overall, Thill says he's cutting estimates for Microsoft's holiday quarter based on bad data points about the holiday quarter:

Cutting FQ2 by $1.1B/$0.08 to $21.3B/$0.76 (Street $21.7B/$0.76) on lower Windows division revs to $5.9B (from $6.7B) on CQ4 PC sales -6.4% per IDC and our revised Surface RT sales e.stimate of 1M units (prior 2M). PCs also hit MBD transactional revs cutting MBD to $5.6B from $5.9B. With PC weakness likely to linger we cut FQ3 to $21.0B/$0.76 from $21.5B/$0.78 (Street $20.9B/$0.78). FY13 est?s cut to $79.6B/$2.80 (revs +8.0%, margins 36.6%) from $80.8B/$2.90.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-microsoft-2013-1

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Positive News for Israel in the New Year

With the holidays behind us, and the elections, I do have some good news to report about Israel.

No doubt, this is shocking to you.The population of Israel is booming, in contrast to most Western nations, and even many countries in the Arab world.? Meanwhile, Palestinian statistics consistently overstate their actual numbers by 1 million.? I have already written about this here.? One new point though ? the current 66% Jewish majority in the area of the pre-1967 Israel, Judea and Samaria could actually increase to an 80% majority in 2035, if Jewish immigration increases from the former USSR, France, Britain, Argentina and the US.? This is quite possible, in response to Israel?s positive economic indicators, the intensification of European anti-Semitism (largely because of growing Muslim populations), and the growth of Jewish-Zionist education.

? Israel?s economy is also booming.? Israel?s 2009-2012 economic growth of 14.7% leads the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, ahead of Australia ? 10.7%, Canada ? 4.8%, US ? 3.2%, Germany ? 2.7%, France ? 0.3%, Euro Bloc ? 1.5% decline. Also, Israel?s unemployment rate edged down to 6.7% in November from 6.9% in October. Tourism numbers went up to an all-time high of 2.9 million tourists in 2012. Simultaneously, much of the civilized world is or seems about ready to sink into a recession.? Also, unlike the US and many other nations, Israel does not have crushing debt and entitlement burdens.? Meanwhile, few of the non-oil producing Arab nations are doing well economically. More

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Top 10 Fastest Growing Tech Companies Of America - BloggingeHow

The world has now transformed into a complex web of extremely tough competition. It is evidently, the survival of the fittest these days as challenges to keep pace with life has increased dramatically. The competition obviously arises from the global success of International companies who have raised their standards too high that the contest even within internal networks sets to meet a certain high level of expectations.

Recently, Forbes, an international business magazine, revealed a list of 25 fastest growing American companies. The list of fairly dominated by the enterprise software and IT companies. ?Today I will share with you, the top 10 fastest growing American companies from among the list of Forbes.

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1) LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in proffessional occupation. It was launched in May 2003. As of January 2013, LinkedIn reports more than 200 million registered?users in more than 200 countries and territories. Its 3 year average sales growth have reached as high as 89%, with latest 115% sales growth in the past recent year.

2) Apple

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Its 3 year average sales growth go as high as 43 % with 63 % sales growth in the past recent year.

3) Qlik Technologies

QlikTech is a software company based in Radnor, Pennsylvania. QlikTech is the provider of QlikView, a Business Intelligence software, which combines the features of dynamic presentations, instantaneous data manipulation, and real-time data analysis. Its average 3 year sales growth have reached to 40 % with 37 % sales growth in the last year.

4) Athenahealth

Athenahealth, Inc. is a publicly traded American company that provides physician practices with online pracice management?and electronic medical record software, combined with medical billing?and other healthcare business services. Its stands at number 4 with 33% sales growth on average ont he last three years and 34% sales gowth in the last year.

5) Equinix

Equinix, Inc.?is an American public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data centres and internet exchanges. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers (IBX or "Internet Business Exchange") and interconnection services. The company offers colocation, traffic exchange and outsourced IT infrastructure solutions to enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and over 600 network service providers worldwide.

Equinix have managed sales growth of 32 % on average in the last three years with 27% sales growth in the past one year.

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ebIX, European forum for energy Business Information eXchange, is a non-profit European organisation with the objectives to advance, develop and standardise the use of electronic information exchange in the European energy industry. It has seen a sales growth of 32 % on average in the last 3 years and 28% sales growth in the past one year.

7) Aruba Networks

Aruba Networks, Inc. is a networking vendor selling enterprise wireless LAN and edge access networking equipment.?The company has over 1200 employees and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. Aruba's core products are access points (APs), mobility controllers, and network management software through their Airwave?Management Platform product.

It has 31 % sales growth on average in the last three years and 44% sales growth in the last one year.

8) Riverbed technology

Riverbed Technology is a technology company that specializes in improving the performance of networks and networked applications.?Riverbed's flagship product is the Steelhead Appliance, a networking appliance that combines several techniques to optimize data traffic and bandwidth utilization across a wide area network.

It has 31% sales growth in average three years with 24% sales growth in the last one year.

9) Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American multinational provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing?(BPO) services. It has recent year sales growth as high as 33% with average 3 year sales growth of 33%.

10) Shutterfly

Shutterfly?is an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service.?Shutterfly Studio is a computer application for organizing and editing digital photos. Studio is a free download from Shutterfly and is available for Windows XP, Vista, 95 and NT. It earns the number 10 spot of this list with last year sales growth as high as 54 % and 30% average sales growth of the last three years.

Source: http://www.bloggingehow.com/2013/01/top-10-fastest-growing-tech-companies.html

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Jennifer Lawrence At The Golden Globes: 'I Beat Meryl'

'Silver Linings Playbook' star and other Best Actor winners give hilarious and heartfelt speeches.
By Josh Wigler

Jennifer Lawrence
Photo: Kevin Winter

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Lung cancer scans backed for older, heavy smokers

January 12, 2013

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer

After decades of qualms about lung cancer screening, the American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend it, but only for current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74 and after a frank talk about risks and benefits.

The new guidelines, announced Friday, are a cautious but exciting step against the world's most deadly cancer, doctors who wrote the advice say.

It is based on a big study in 2011 that found annual, low-dose CT scans -- a type of X-ray -- could cut the chances of dying of lung cancer by 20 percent and from any cause by nearly 7 percent.

The study only included older people who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years or the equivalent, such as two packs a day for 15 years. Whether screening would help others isn't known, so scans were not advised for them.

"We're trying to make sure we restrict harm that might come from screening," such as unneeded biopsies and follow-up procedures when scans falsely suggest cancer, said Dr. Richard Wender, family medicine chief at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Lung cancer is fairly rare before age 55, so "the benefits of screening are going to be less if you start at a younger age."

Wender, a former Cancer Society president, led the guidelines panel. Three of its 20 members have ties to companies that make cancer treatment or imaging products. The scans cost $100 to as much as $400 and are not covered by Medicare or private insurers.

"We believe insurance companies should cover this test for the right people -- not for everybody," Wender said.

More than 160,000 people die of lung cancer in the United States alone each year, and the vast majority are diagnosed after the disease has spread.

Cancer screening has provoked great argument in recent years, especially over when and how often women should get mammograms and whether men should have PSA blood tests to look for prostate cancer.

Some of the most influential guidelines come from a government-appointed panel -- the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- but it hasn't considered lung cancer screening since 2004, when it said there wasn't enough evidence to recommend for or against it. An update is in the works now.

The Cancer Society used to recommend screening with chest X-rays but withdrew that advice in 1980 after studies showed they weren't saving lives. Since then, the CT scans have come into wider use, and several medical groups backed limited screening with them.

Many private companies also market CT scans directly to the public, including for some who are at lower risk for lung cancer than the people in major studies have been.

WellStar Health System, a network of hospitals and private doctors in suburban Atlanta, has screened nearly 900 people since 2008. Less than 3 percent were referred for lung biopsies because of suspicious findings, and of those, 70 percent turned out to have lung cancer, said screening coordinator Vickie Beckler.

The system generally follows the advice of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a group of top cancer centers, but eligibility for scans is "a very fluid area" that's being refined, she said. Patients younger than 50 need a doctor's referral for a scan, but if they want one and have major risk factors, "it should be their prerogative to have access to screening as long as they understand the risks and benefits involved and come to that decision with their physician," she said.

Kathy DeJoseph, 62, of suburban Atlanta, is glad she was screened as part of a study at WellStar. Several years of scans found nothing but last year, one detected cancer.

"I'd have been dead had I not had that scan," she said. "I was very, very lucky."

She also finally quit smoking after 40 years to qualify for lung cancer surgery.

Counseling smokers on how to quit is part of the Cancer Society's guidance. Having a scare from a scan "is a great motivator for people to quit smoking -- fear that they might have had lung cancer, that they dodged a bullet, really causes people to change and take a look at their behavior," Wender said.

People also should be told that a normal scan doesn't mean no change is needed.

"The absolute worse thing that would happen" is people thinking "now I'm safe and I can continue smoking," he said.

? Follow Marilynn Marchione on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MMarchioneAP

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World Baseball Classic 2013: Team USA building impressive lineup

Published Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:17 am EST Last updated 3 hours and 42 minutes ago

With less than a week before provisional rosters for the World Baseball Classic must be submitted, Team USA manager Joe Torre appears to be putting together a strong roster.

Well, make that a strong lineup.

All of the players known to have committed to playing for Team USA are position players: New York Mets third baseman David Wright, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun, Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy and Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones.

Also, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips tweeted Thursday that he had received a call from Torre but Phillips did not confirm if he would play. Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki told The Denver Post he plans to play, but he must be cleared by his club after missing most of the 2012 season with a groin injury.

The only pitcher known to have accepted an invitation is Minnesota Twins reliever Glen Perkins.

According to FoxSports.com, Chicago White Sox lefthander Chris Sale will not participate. Two Atlanta Braves, closer Craig Kimbrel and righthander Kris Medlen, have been issued invitations but have not yet accepted. Their teammate, right fielder Jason Heyward, turned down an invitation, according to the team?s website. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Texas Rangers closer Joe Nathan has been asked to play but is mulling it over.

Washington Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper also will pass on the 16-team tournament, agent Scott Boras told reporters last month. Harper did not want to be away from his team for what could be more than half of March, depending on how Team USA fares.

Players on Team USA are expected to assemble in Phoenix on March 4 for the March 7-10 first round. If it advances, Team USA would head to Miami for second-round games March 12-16. The semifinals and finals, scheduled for San Francisco from March 17-19, would require another cross-country trip.

Source: http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-01-12/world-baseball-classic-2013-team-usa-braun-mauer-jones-wright-tulowitzki

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LCC Campus Chat: Renewable Energy Technology

In an unsure economy, it's important to prepare for occupations where jobs are available. Currently, there is a shortage of skilled labor in manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.

Many of these jobs are changing to require skills in renewable energy systems. This labor shortage will limit the growth of the renewable energy sector particularly in Colorado, as it is a significant leader in the renewable energy industry. The demand for trained technicians in these industries and the transferable skill set to jobs in other energy and construction occupations will give graduates of Lamar Community College's new Renewable Energy Technologies (RET) Program a wide range of career options.

In 2008 LCC was awarded funding from the United States Department of Education to develop three new educational programs. With the Title III grant, LCC enhanced its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programs in prior years and developed and launched a construction trades program that includes the popular welding certificate option and historic preservation program. Renewable Energy Technology is the third and final program; courses began in the Fall 2012 semester.

Lamar Community College is the only two-year Colorado college to offer an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Renewable Energy Technologies degree. RET courses provide students with hands-on learning in laboratory and classroom settings with an opportunity for an internship. This intensive training gives students the skills and knowledge to enter the workforce quickly.

Colorado has some of the best scholars in the country to lead the renewable energy initiative. Did you know that Colorado is home to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the leading Department of Energy facilities for renewable energy and energy efficiency research, development and deployment? This state-of-the-art institution attracts some of the best talent in the country and will help anchor the renewable economy in the state.

While definitions vary, renewable energy most often includes solar and wind energy, as well as bio fuels. There is growth in the solar energy industry; the U.S. solar power market grew by a record 67 percent in 2010, making it the country's fastest-growing energy sector. And the Solar Energy Industries Association reports that Colorado is the fifth biggest solar market in the United States.

In the wind energy sector, Colorado ranks twelfth nationally in market share and employed approximately 6,000 people in wind energy jobs in 2010. For every 1,000 megawatts created from wind it is estimated to provide 3,000 new jobs in manufacturing, 700 in installation, and 600 in operations and maintenance. Colorado has also managed to attract major equipment manufacturers and suppliers in the wind energy industry.

With the growing demand for trained technicians in the renewable energy industry, Lamar Community College is helping students prepare for these occupations. In August 2012, LCC began offering courses in energy systems, design requirements, and installation techniques for these systems. These classes fulfill requirements toward the AAS in Renewable Energy Technologies (RET). This degree is designed for students interested in manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and repair of photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, solar thermal systems and biofuel equipment. I am particularly proud of the program of study, as about 80 percent of the RET Program's competencies are transferable to other energy and construction careers, giving them job options for careers beyond renewable energy.

Students will learn construction and welding techniques for energy systems, electrical and plumbing principles, and green building principles. They also take courses in Computer Aided Drafting, Power Theory, Wind Turbine Generation Systems, Energy Audit Techniques, and Solar Photovoltaic System Components.

Now is the time to take charge of your career in the hands-on, challenging field of renewable energy. A multi-dimensional program, LCC's RET courses can prepare individuals for employment in other energy and construction/trades-related sectors as well. For additional information or to apply for admission and enroll in courses, contact Kevin Forney at 336.6640, kevin.forney@lamarcc.edu or myself at 336.1523, kelli.gaines@lamarcc.edu. You may also apply for admission and register for courses at lamarcc.edu.

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Report: Lance to admit doping in Oprah interview

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Lance Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday.

The interview, scheduled to be taped Monday and broadcast Thursday night on the Oprah Winfrey Network, will be conducted at Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas.

Citing an anonymous source, USA Today reported that the disgraced cyclist plans to admit using performance-enhancing drugs, but likely will not get into details of the allegations outlined in a 2012 report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that led to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from the sport.

His representatives declined comment late Friday, including attorney Tim Herman, but Armstrong sent a text to the Associated Press early Saturday morning saying: ''I told her (Winfrey) to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly, honestly, candidly. That's all I can say.''

The New York Times first reported last week that Armstrong was considering making a confession.

The 41-year-old Armstrong, who vehemently denied doping for years, has not spoken publicly about the USADA report that cast him as the leader of a sophisticated and brazen doping program on his U.S. Postal Service teams that included use of steroids, blood boosters and illegal blood transfusions.

Winfrey's network announced Tuesday that Armstrong agreed to a ''no holds barred'' interview with her.

A confession to Winfrey would come at a time when some of Armstrong's legal troubles appear to be clearing up.

Any potential perjury charges stemming from his sworn testimony denying doping in a 2005 arbitration fight with a Dallas promotions company over a contract bonus worth $7.5 million have passed the statute of limitations.

Armstrong faces a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former teammate Floyd Landis accusing him of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service, but the U.S. Department of Justice has yet to announce if it will join the case. The British newspaper The Sunday Times is suing Armstrong to recover about $500,000 it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit.

Armstrong lost most of his personal sponsorship - worth tens of millions of dollars - after USADA issued its report and he left the board of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997. He is still said to be worth an estimated $100 million.

Livestrong might be one reason to issue an apology or make a confession. The charity supports cancer patients and still faces an image problem because of its association with its famous founder.

The New York Times reported that Armstrong may make a confession in an attempt to return to competition in elite triathlon or running events, but World Anti-Doping Code rules state his lifetime ban cannot be reduced to less than eight years. WADA and U.S. Anti-Doping officials could agree to reduce the ban further depending on what new information Armstrong provides and his level of cooperation.

Armstrong met with USADA officials recently to explore a ''pathway to redemption,'' according to a report by ''60 Minutes Sports'' aired Wednesday on Showtime.

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Wine Something for the weekend

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Springfield Musician Who Played With Elvis Loses Battle with Cancer

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Springfield musician who shared the stage with Elvis Presley has passed away.

John Richard Wilkinson, 67, lost his battle with cancer Friday, January 11. He died in his Springfield home where he was surrounded by family and friends.

The guitarist played with The King for the last ten years of the Presley's life.

KOLR10 Flashback: Springfield MO Man Reflects On Career Playing Guitar For Elvis

Wilkinson was born on July 3, 1945. He grew up in Springfield, where he attended GreenwoodLaboratorySchool.

John was drawn to music very early. At the age of 10, he famously snuck into Elvis Presley's dressing room before a show at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield.

"My actual words were, 'He can't play guitar worth a damn," Wilkinson told KOLR10 News in 2010. "He said, 'You think you can play better than me boy?' I said 'Oh, I know I can.'"

Elvis was amused and impressed and predicted they would meet again -- which they did. After playing in a high school band with his classmates called, "The Coachmen," John went on to make a name for himself as a folk and country singer and guitar player.

He traveled around the country playing with such groups as The Kingston Trio, The Goodtime Singers, Greenwood County Singers, and The New Christy Minstrels. John and Elvis met again in 1968, when the King of Rock 'n' Roll invited John to join his band.

John played more than 1,200 shows as Elvis' rhythm guitar player, right up until The King's death in 1977. After that he played less music, and made a living in retail and airline services management.

A serious stroke in 1989 left him unable to play the guitar. Nevertheless, for several years after that, he traveled the U.S. and Europe, appearing with the old TCB band and others, singing and paying tribute to Elvis.

Cremation and a private graveside service will be conducted by Gorman-Scharpf. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, or the charity of donor's choice.

Source: http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=752992

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