Half of Americans leave landline behind

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Devin Coldewey , NBC News

A new study indicates that fully half of Americans are living in a household that uses only or mostly mobile phones ? but the remainder is slow to convert.

The Centers for Disease Control's?National Health Interview Study conducts in-person interviews throughout the year, asking about everything from health and insurance status to household telephones. They've put together some of the data from the first half of 2012 and the results, while not shocking, are significant.

Of the more than 20,000 households interviewed, just over half used wireless (i.e. cellular) phones for all or nearly all phone?calls ? 35.9 percent were wireless-only, and 15.9 percent had a landline but rarely used it. That adds up to 51.8 percent of all households, which is less than 2?percent more than for?the same period last year.

Why such a small increase? While younger people are adopting wireless phones as their only phone in record numbers, older folks are hanging onto their landlines. The percentage of people going wireless only steadily decreases as age increases: Only a quarter of those aged 45-64 were totally wireless, and just a tenth of those above age 64. That said, every age segment saw their wireless-only population increase by between 1 and 5 percent.

The highest percentage of wireless-only users appears to be among adults living with unrelated adult roommates ? 75.9 percent, almost three times the proportion of people living only with spouses or other adult family (but down slightly from last year's numbers).

So young people in population-dense areas, especially renters and people with low income, are happy to leave behind the expense and inconvenience of a landline. But for people who have had a landline for years, relatively few choose to abandon it.

The rest of the study, including methods and many more statistics, can be found at the CDC's website.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBCNews Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

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New Jersey's Online Gambling Bill Passed by State Assembly ...

December 17 2012, Matthew Kredell

Online poker once again is on the verge of being approved by the New Jersey legislature.

New Jersey's Internet gambling bill passed through the state assembly Monday by a vote of 48-24-4. State Sen. Ray Lesniak, the bill's leading sponsor, promises that the Senate will do the same Thursday to put the legislation back on the desk of Gov. Chris Christie.

?We're all teed up and ready to get approval in the senate Thursday,? Lesniak said in a phone interview. ?It will be voted on and it will pass for sure.?

In January of 2011, the assembly approved a similar bill by a 63-11 vote. That bill ended up being vetoed by Christie. It is unclear what Christie will do after the Senate passes the bill ? now known as A2578 ? Thursday and puts it back on his desk.

The closer vote this time around was due to less support from Republicans following the governor's veto of the last bill. Lesniak said he didn't believe the decreased support from Republicans is any indication of what the Republican governor will do with the bill.

?It certainly didn't say anything last time when they all supported it and he vetoed it,? Lesniak said. ?You can't read it either way in terms of the governor's intentions.?

With news that federal efforts have stalled for the year, New Jersey has become the focus for people looking for a return to the golden age of online poker.

One reason for the excitement is a report that PokerStars, the world's most popular Internet poker site, has interest in purchasing a struggling Atlantic City casino in order to return to the U.S. market. The bill passed by the assembly was amended earlier this month to remove a provision that would have prohibited the licensing of companies like PokerStars that served U.S. customers following enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

Lesniak told PokerNews that the move was made with the thought that Atlantic City should welcome investment from the world's largest poker site.

With federal efforts again having gone nowhere, it appears the focus of online poker licensing and regulation will be on the states going forward. The Reid-Kyl proposal suggested for Congress this year would have allowed only for poker while prohibiting other forms of online gambling. Since that bill failed, New Jersey can go ahead with its plan to authorize all casino games currently being offered in Atlantic City casinos to be played online.

?We must position New Jersey's gaming industry to thrive in the 21st Century, and that involves authorizing a legally sound Internet gaming law,? Assemblyman John Burzichelli, who sponsored the bill, said in a press release. ?This is another key piece of our effort to boost New Jersey's gaming industry by expanding and modernizing our wagering options. This will rejuvenate our tourist industry while increasing employment, capital investment and much needed urban development.?

Lesniak has indicated that he hopes other states will follow New Jersey in legalizing online poker and allow the Garden State to provide the services to their residents, creating a larger pool of players. Nevada and Delaware are the only states to approve online poker, though they are still working on creating the framework.

?Most everything else has migrated to the Internet and taken advantage of the consumer and revenue options it offers, and New Jersey should be no different,? added Assemblyman Vincent Prieto in the release. ?This is a carefully crafted bill designed to ensure Internet gaming on casino games is offered in the right way.?

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Are you opting for a cheap storage space for storing your frequently used articles? Quite often you may think of buying a new cupboard or box. An effective storage solution which does not require a whole lot of investment in terms of time and money is actually possible if you have a garage with ample space. Of course, you need to put in some effort to clean and arrange the garage for storing purposes.

When you are making use of your garage as a place for cheap storage, there are mainly two advantages.? The first one is that you get good storage space out of less investment, and the second is that you simply get an excuse to keep your garage neat and tidy. More often than not, you would have always longed for a garage which is well arranged, but never got around to getting it done for the lack of time and motivation. Once you have decided to make use of the space in the garage, you would automatically prepare a simple plan to arrange the things in it. You may have several items to be stored in the garage such as tools, seasonal sports equipments and miscellaneous gears etc.

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obtain good storage out of your garage

Always make a list of the inventory. Sometimes there are many things thrown carelessly on the garage floor. You need to sift through the pile and get rid of the items that you no longer need. Now you may end up with what actually you have to store in the garage. Usually there is a belief that storing all these stuff will be very costly as you have to buy a complete garage storage system which is capable of keeping motor cycle parts to boat parts. But this is not true because most people do not need such large storage units.

One good method is storing your stuff in cabinets. It does not mean that you need to buy new and fancy garage cabinets. You can use old kitchen cabinets for this purpose. If you don?t have such an old cabinet then you will find them at garage sales, thrift stores or in auctions. May be one of your friends has a few to spare. Usually used kitchen cabinets will have some wear and tear and you can obtain them at pretty reasonable price.

Now arrange your garage and get yourself an affordable storing option!

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My Little Puppets

Collections are fun, right? Well, fun for everyone but the people being collected. Yeah, I don't think they like this situation too much.

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My dream is to write. To write without smudging all the words on the paper and getting a big black smear on my hand.

Hey, lefties can have impossible goals too, guys!

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This seems like it'd be very interesting, but I just have one question: is this more of a lit or semi-lit roleplay?

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Mm, literate, I don't mandate post length requirements, but I personally have a goal to write 500+ words per post, so the roleplay will probably hang in that medium.

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So I'm looking at new roleplays and I think, "Puppets, that sounds interesting." I read the plot and decide I want to join. I see all spots open but one, with your name on it. My first reaction was, "It seems like we like ALL the same roleplays." THEN I saw GM by your name and scrolled up. Now I'm just wondering how I'm in ANOTHER roleplay with you. Coincidence?

And we're all just a little insane...

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Haha, great minds think alike, of course ;) We're both just so epic that we can't help but run into each other everywhere :P

It's good to see you Gez :3

pieluver

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That's true ^_^, we ARE pretty epic. And good to see you too :3

Shall begin making character....NOW!(Or in a few minutes)

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So, I just wanted to pop into the ooc here while I continue to brainstorm. The first thing that entered my mind as I read the description: psychotically delicious. I was also going to warn you that I may not be able to get in more than one post a day... then realized that wasn't an issue, so never mind on that note. Otherwise, if you're looking for the point of this message, it's to say 'hi' and that you should be seeing a character from me shortly. Also if my character isn't up to par I shall be lurking regardless!

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Hallo! Haha, I'm glad this roleplay already seems to be fitting your needs :3 I'll be around, waiting for dem characters!

And it's nice to meet you! (Also, late welcome to RPG!)

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Cake-ception?

Anyway, back to business, I feel compelled to show up as well, since everyone else who plans to be applying is (peer pressure!). And so, Hello~

EDIT: Also, do you have an aversion to face claims/ using pictures for characters? Or is that alright to go ahead with? (The sight I'm from never used them, so I'm somewhat gif-happy at the moment.)

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:D Cake!!

Hallo to you! You can use whatever you like ^^

I just want to let everyone who will in the near future look at this, we currently have two submissions for female characters. So we don't have all girls and no guys, I will be updating the main page with how many applicants there are for each gender, because I don't want to turn down to many awesome profiles for young ladies because there simply isn't enough room. So everyone keep an eye out and keep in mind that male characters will have much less competition for those open spots :3

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South Africa is not "falling apart": Zuma

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa is not "falling apart" and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) can run the continent's biggest economy, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday, as he sought to dispel the concerns of rating agencies and investors about sluggish growth.

In his opening address to an ANC conference to choose its leadership for the next five years, Zuma said two downgrades by international ratings agencies this year did not mean South Africa was in trouble.

"We want to dismiss the perceptions that our country is falling apart because of the downgrades," he said. "We continue to do our development work, we continue to plan for a recovery."

At the conference this week held in the central city of Bloemfontein, Zuma, 70, is expected to garner enough support to head off a challenge to his party chief post from Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

Retaining the ANC leadership puts Zuma in pole position to secure a second five-year term as South Africa's president in the next national election in 2014.

Spicing up the contest for top ANC jobs, former mineworkers' leader and anti-apartheid hero Cyril Ramaphosa, now one of South Africa's richest men, has agreed to stand for the post of ANC deputy president currently held by Motlanthe.

"He (Ramaphosa) is running," a senior party official told Reuters on Sunday.

In his speech, Zuma said the government was relying on its long-term National Development Plan as its strategy for undoing the "glaring and deep" inequalities left by decades of white-minority apartheid rule, which ended in 1994.

"Today, the ratings agencies and investors are asking whether the ANC can continue to manage this economy so that we can grow, create jobs, manage our debt and provide policy certainty," Zuma said.

"Yes, the ANC will continue to provide strong economic leadership and steer our economy boldly."

South Africa's economy is forecast to grow 2.5 percent this year, well short of the 7 percent the government says is needed to make a serious dent in 25 percent unemployment.

Zuma also called for an end to internal faction-fighting and corruption in Nelson Mandela's 100-year-old liberation movement, which faces accusations from critics that it has lost its moral compass under the scandal-hit Zuma presidency.

Party insiders said Ramaphosa's inclusion in the ANC leadership team could help to restore the party's image.

This has been undermined by growing popular disillusionment over the ANC government's failure to tackle still widespread poverty and unemployment and over persistent problems of graft, cronyism and mismanagement.

Ramaphosa, now 60, won international renown as a campaigner against apartheid when he led a mineworkers' strike in 1987, and he also helped draft South Africa's post-apartheid constitution before becoming one of the country's most successful and respected businessmen.

(Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)

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Home Improvement Tips To Help You Out | Pest Control Experts

Home improvement is not just a hobby for the mechanically-inclined. There is more to home improvements than just improving your home?s look. When properly executed, the right home improvement project can increase your home?s value. This article will equip you with advice to get a good return for your home improvement project.

If there?s a home improvement project that you?re doing, getting extra bricks is something you may want to consider. It is next to impossible to get a good color match if there are needed repairs termites or additions in the future. As with any style, brick styles rarely stay the same for long. Buying extra bricks is cost effective and can be stored so you can use them later.

Purchasing a smaller microwave, or a microwave that you can install over the stove, is a great space-saving tip to use in a smaller kitchen. These microwaves replace the hood of the range and are available in many price ranges, depending on the features desired. They are great for making all types of foods. This can change the way you cook forever.

New windows will reduce both heating and cooling costs and upgrade the look of any home. You will be rewarded with substantial savings on your heating and cooling bills.

Pick out a color that you want in your room. Try to create complementary color schemes for the most formal rooms of your home. Complementary colors can be identified by their color wheel opposites, for example, red and green. The method of choosing a color scheme is an effective way to present an appealing visual challenge.

Paint is a great budget-friendly home improvement. Paint is not very expensive, and can serve as the chief factor in a home renovation. A new coat of paint in any room in your house can yield a completely different and vibrant look. Keep in mind that you may always change it if you don?t like it.

Replacing old light fixtures is a great little pick-me-up for your kitchen or bathroom. If you have track lighting with old fashioned canned lights, you can exchange it for modern, attractive lights for less than $1000 by hiring a good electrician. For example, many people love the modern, distinctive look of a pendant light or chandelier.

The long blind cords in your home should be cut, tied or put in loops. This will help ensure the safety of children and pets. Leave exterminator charlotte just enough cord so you can use the blinds, but don?t leave any that will cause a problem. Eliminate the extra to avoid accidents from occurring.

Safety is job one when tackling home improvement projects. Although a hardhat might seem like a funny accessory, it can be a life saver if something falls and hits your head in the midst of a repair. Hard hats, breathing masks, and goggles are all safety equipment you need.

The tips you read here are just a small sample of what can be done to improve a person?s home. Continue learning so you can better your home improvement skills. Doing some research in advance can impact whether or not your home renovation project is successful. You should be completely educated on the project you are planning.

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