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How to make your Wikipedia Searches easier - Powerset WalkThroughJanuary 7th, 2009 Mucked up in Wikipedia's sea of information? Is it too hard to pin point what you were actually looking for? Don't worry, it happens to most of us. So what do you need to add precision to your searched topic? Well, there are roads open if you are ready to try.
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How to Program intelligent (AI) Lego Mindstorms robots with JavaMay 18th, 2005 A good article from JavaWorld which describes how you can build intelligent robots that can learn and show emergent behavior. It uses artificial neural networks.
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Halfway through a two-week economic tour, Senator Barack Obama turned the topic to Social Security on Friday, sharply criticizing Senator John McCain for his stance and suggesting that Mr. McCain is a flip-flopper.
“My opponent in this general election, John McCain – his idea of Social Security amounts to four more years of what was attempted and failed under George W. Bush,” Mr. Obama said, referring to Mr. McCain’s previous support of private accounts within Social Security. “Yesterday, he tried to deny that he ever took that position, which leads us to wonder if he had a change of heart or a change of politics.”
Mr. Obama flew from Chicago this morning to take his economic message to this key swing state, and made his first and only public speech of the day to a group of fewer than 50 senior citizens at a retirement facility here.
Speaking alongside his wife, Michelle, and the state’s Democratic governor, Ted Strickland, Mr. Obama laid out his plan for Social Security and retirement, which calls for an adjustment of the cap on the payroll tax, and to eliminate income tax for senior citizens making under $50,000 a year.
Mr. Obama told the crowd that the “tax cuts for the rich” that Mr. McCain has proposed would provide “essentially no benefits to the vast majority of senior citizens.”
Some economic policy analysts have criticized Mr. Obama’s plans, suggesting that the tax system already adequately protects low-income older Americans.
The McCain campaign quickly issued a statement responding to Mr. Obama’s speech, saying that Mr. Obama’s tax proposals would raise taxes for some senior citizens
“Barack Obama likes to think that his tax increases will only hit a few Americans, but in truth, his economic plan will be a disaster for everyone, especially seniors,” said Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman.
The two-week economic tour continues on Saturday in Philadelphia, and on Monday and Tuesday in Michigan.