I am Democratic,but I am really worry about the immigration policy.
It's very complicated. It might lead a lot of problems.

I don't believe what Obama will do.
However,I believe what Democratic party will come up with a good policy.

McCain went too far on this ad, though.

September 13, 2008
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New McCain ad blames Obama and Democrats for death of immigration overhaul effort.
New McCain ad blames Obama and Democrats for death of immigration overhaul effort.


(CNN) –
John McCain’s campaign is running a Spanish language ad in battleground states that blames Barack Obama and Senate Democrats for the failure of attempts to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws — even though the Republican nominee and his Democratic counterpart cast identical votes in the key Senate showdowns on that issue last year

“Obama and his congressional allies say they are on the side of immigrants. But are they?” asks the announcer in the 30-second spot, “Which Side Are They On?”

“The press reports that their efforts were 'poison pills' that made immigration reform fail,” he continues. “The result: No guest worker program. No path to citizenship. No secure borders. No reform. Is that being on our side? Obama and his Congressional allies ready to block immigration reform, but not ready to lead.”

But Obama and McCain cast identical votes in the major congressional showdowns on the issue last year. Both men cast votes in favor of an unsuccessful early June effort to end a filibuster. Later that month, they voted again to end debate on the issue – but again failed to shut down the filibuster effort, led for the most part by Republican senators.

The ad will air in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, all crucial fall states with significant Hispanic voting populations.

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Sunday, September 14, 2008; 9:59 PM

Bank of America has struck a $44 billion deal to buy Merrill Lynch, according to two people familiar with the negotiations, a merger that will unite the nation's largest consumer bank with one of its most celebrated investment banking firms.

Both boards have approved the deal and it is now being reviewed by lawyers, the sources said. Bank of America will pay about $29 for each share of Merrill Lynch stock. A formal announcement is expected tomorrow morning.

Bank of America is in a position to buy Merrill Lynch because until now the Charlotte company has been a bit player on Wall Street. Instead it runs the nation's largest retail bank, a business that remains highly profitable. That now gives it the money to go shopping for an investment bank, continuing a long tradition of opportunistic acquisitions.

In buying Merrill Lynch, Bank of America is taking a pass on Lehman Brothers, in which it initially expressed interest. But Lehman is far more troubled and Merrill Lynch offers Bank of America a far more attractive franchise, people familiar with the company's thinking said.

Merrill Lynch's crown jewel is the nation's largest retail brokerage. Bank of America views that business as a good addition to its own consumer financial businesses. The company already was the nation's largest retail bank, credit card company and mortgage lender. Now it will become the nation's largest retail brokerage too. Arguably no other American company sits closer to the heart of the consumer economy.

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For Bank of America, which is based in Charlotte, Merrill Lynch also offers the prestige of owning one of the nation's great investment banks. Bank of America has struggled to build its own operation. Chief Executive Ken Lewis declared last fall that he had "all the fun I can stand," as he announced that the company would slow its efforts to grow its own investment bank.

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Working with the Built-In BlackBerry Applications

In addition to the more general-purpose shortcuts listed in the previous sections, many shortcut keys are specific to the built-in BlackBerry applications such as Calendar and Address Book, as well as the standard BlackBerry Applications screen (also known as the home screen). In this section, I present a number of these BlackBerry applications, along with shortcut keys and techniques that apply specifically to those programs.

The BlackBerry Applications Screen

The BlackBerry Applications screen is often referred to as the Home screen or the Ribbon. It supports several shortcut letters to enable you to quickly jump to different programs. Table 1-3 lists known shortcuts you can use to access different applications while in the Applications screen. On newer devices, please note that in order to use these shortcuts, you will first need to disable the Dial from Home Screen option under Options ð General Options ð Phone. When this feature is on, the Home screen assumes that the keystrokes you enter are intended to be part of a phone number you wish to dial.

Table 1-3: Shortcut Keys in the Applications Screen
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Shortcut Key

Associated Application or Feature

A

Address Book

R

Alarm Clock

B

Browser

U

Calculator

L

Calendar

C

Compose E-mail

K

Keyboard Lock

M

Messages

D

Notes

O

Options

P

Phone

F

Profiles

V

Saved Messages

S

Search

T

Tasks

W

WAP Bookmarks

Changing the Icon List

Modern BlackBerry devices come with more and more built-in applications, and constantly having to navigate to the same application icons over and over again can become tiresome, especially if these icons happen to be located on the second or third row of icons.

The key to changing the list of application icons that appears on your BlackBerry is to use the key sequence ALT+trackwheel. If you press these two keys together, a hidden menu pops up that allows you to customize the order in which your application icons are displayed, as well as designate which icons are displayed or hidden.

Suppose that you are a big BrickBreaker fan and you are tired of having to always scroll to the BrickBreaker icon. Wouldn't it be great to have BrickBreaker on the first row of icons? Accomplishing this is easy:

  1. Navigate to the BrickBreaker icon so that it is the selected icon and press ALT+trackwheel.

  2. In the hidden menu that appears, choose the Move Application menu option.

  3. Use the trackwheel to move the BrickBreaker icon up to the top position in the applications screen.

The Applications menu can also be used to hide application icons you don't use. This can help you simplify your applications display so that you see only those applications you use regularly.

Suppose that you are not a games person at all and you actually want to remove BrickBreaker from your applications screen. To do this:

  1. Navigate to the BrickBreaker icon so that it is selected and press ALT+trackwheel.

  2. Select the Hide Application menu option.

Voilà! BrickBreaker is gone. Well, it is really not totally gone — it is still on your BlackBerry, but its icon is just hidden from the Applications screen. If you ever want to bring a hidden application icon back, just press ALT+trackwheel again and choose the Show All menu option. Doing this restores all of the hidden icons.

Switching Between Running Applications

Many people are not aware that a BlackBerry can actually have multiple applications running at the same time. For example, suppose that you are browsing a web site and decide that you need to make a phone call. You can easily call up the list of currently running applications by pressing and holding the ALT key and then pressing ESC, which displays a horizontal ribbon of icons. Use the trackwheel to switch to the application icon you wish to return to.

The BlackBerry Calendar Application

The BlackBerry has a fairly full-featured Calendar application that can synchronize appointments and other events with Microsoft Outlook and other popular calendaring solutions.

The downside of the built-in Calendar application is the awkwardness of navigating through days, weeks, and months using the trackwheel. Fortunately, you can use numerous secret shortcut keys to make navigating your calendar much more pleasant. Table 1-4 describes the various shortcut keys that can be used for quick navigation in the Calendar application.

Table 1-4: Shortcut Keys in the Calendar Application
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Shortcut Key

Meaning

A

Switch to Agenda view.

M

Switch to Month view.

D

Switch to Day view.

W

Switch to Week view.

G

Go to a specific date. A horizontal band pops up on the screen, enabling you to use the trackwheel to select the month, day, or year. You can then use the keyboard to modify the date component. Select the trackwheel again to jump to the specified date in the calendar. See Figure 1-5 for a screenshot of the Go To Date popup display.

T

Go to the current date. Jump to the current date in your currently selected view.

SPACE

Navigate to the next day, week, or month, depending on the current view.

N

Navigate to the next day, week, or month, depending on the current view.

C

Create a new appointment.

ALT+trackwheel

In Day, Week, and Agenda views, navigate forward or backward among the days of the week. In Month view, navigate forward or backward among the weeks in the month.

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Figure 1-5: The Go To Date popup screen that appears after pressing G in the Calendar application
Note

These shortcut keys will not work in the Day view if you are using the Enable Quick Entry option. When you start typing, Enable Quick Entry thinks that you are entering a new appointment rather than accepting what you're typing as shortcut keys. If you prefer to leave Enable Quick Entry on, you will be able to use these shortcut keys in only the Week, Month, and Agenda views.

To turn off Enable Quick Entry, use the trackwheel in the Day view to display the menu and choose Options to bring up the Day View Options screen, then scroll to the Enable Quick Entry item and make sure it is set to No.

The BlackBerry Address Book Application

BlackBerry users usually call up the Address Book application to quickly find a phone number or e-mail or to enter new contact information. Being able perform these actions quickly is important.

Finding Contacts

If you are like me and have a fairly large list of contacts in your Address Book, quickly finding the right entry when composing an e-mail or making a phone call can be frustrating, especially if you remember only a tiny bit of the contact's information.

For maximum efficiency, start by keeping your Address Book sorted in the same way you are likely to look for contacts. If you are in sales and generally organize your contacts by company, sort your Address Book by company. Similarly, if you are more comfortable searching by last name, set your sort option to use last names.

To change the sort order:

  1. Use the trackwheel to bring up the Address Book menu, and choose Options.

  2. In the Options screen, change the Sort By field to first, last, or company.

One of the easiest ways to find a contact quickly is to use the proper search technique. In the BlackBerry Address Book list, you can quickly jump to the right contact by taking these simple steps:

  1. Type the first few letters of the first name.

  2. Insert a space.

  3. Type the first few letters of the last name.

This method yields the name you were looking for with a minimum of typing and scrolling because you avoid having to type the full name or scroll up and down within many entries that start with the same letter. Note that this technique works regardless of the sort option you are using.

Editing Contacts

When you add a contact to the Address Book in a hurry, you sometimes enter only the minimum amount of information necessary, such as name and phone number. When editing an Address Book entry, the phone fields (Work, Home, Mobile, and so on) all allow you to enter their values using the number keys. You do not have to use the ALT key when entering numbers for these fields.

The BlackBerry Calculator Application

The BlackBerry Calculator application greatly benefits from the use of special keys. Without them, you are left with only the trackwheel as a means for pressing the various calculator buttons. Table 1-5 lists the known keyboard buttons that can be used with the Calculator application.

Table 1-5: Shortcut Keys in the Calculator Application (Standard Keyboard)
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Shortcut Key

Meaning

+ (or L)

Add

- (or U)

Subtract

* (or A)

Multiply

/ (or G)

Divide

) (or Y)

Clear Screen

((or T)

Clear Entry

Return

Calculate and Display Result

V

Square Root

#

Positive (Negative)

The 7100 models with the more phone-centric keyboards do not have labeled keys for add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Instead, you must use the keyboard equivalents shown in Table 1-6.

Table 1-6: Shortcut Keys in the Calculator Application (7100 Keyboard)
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Shortcut Key

Meaning

I

Add

U

Subtract

A

Multiply

G

Divide

Y

Clear Screen

T

Clear Entry

Return Key

Calculate and Display Result

V

Square Root

#

Positive (Negative)

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