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Ajoutez une touche glamour et étincelante à toutes vos tenues avec ce superbe collier prénom écriture script.
Au design chic et raffiné, ce bijou absolument séduisant deviendra votre accessoire préféré.
Disponible en argent massif, en plaqué or jaune ou rose et en or 14ct de belle qualité ce collier au charme fou met en valeur le prénom ou le mot de votre choix grâce à une police d'écriture script fraîche et délicate. Une fine chaîne en maille vénitienne ou rollo proposée en plusieurs longueurs est fixée de chaque côté du prénom.
Comme toutes nos créations ce bijou répond aux plus hauts standards de qualité et garde son éclat au fil du temps.
Commandez dès aujourd'hui cet étonnant collier personnalisé pour un cadeau touchant et inoubliable à offrir ou pour vous faire plaisir.
Livraison gratuite aux quatre coins du monde sans minimim d'achats!
September 5, 2017
J'adore ce collier, qui semble de très bonne qualité, le «mot» est plus épais que ce que je pensais et ça c'est une très bonne surprise :) Petit bémol au niveau de la longueur: j'avais demandé un 35cm et il me semble que se soit plutôt entre 40 et 45cm d'où mon 4 étoiles :S
Chère Salomé je vous remercie pour votre note. Votre entière satisfaction est notre priorité. Pensez-vous que le collier est plus long à cause de la longueur du prénom? A ce propos nous vous conseillons de tenir compte de la longueur du pendentif au moment de sélectionner la longueur de chaîne. Quoiqu'il en soit je vous contacte par mail pour vous proposer une solution. Bien à vous!
September 1, 2014
The only thing I didn't like was the fact that you can't preview your name in your chosen font. Everything else is perfect!
July 5, 2014
The necklace arrived within a week and is absolutely beautiful, I wear it every day! I only wish it was possible to change the length of the chain myself, but that's a minor issue :)
October 8, 2019
Collier magnifique. Très bien fait et qui ne bouge pas. Très contente de mon achat. Ecriture script très original qui sort de l'ordinaire. Je pense en commander un autre pour ma fille ou pour offrir
December 9, 2018
I have recived my necklace before the previous date and I am so happy ! The necklace is beautiful and the client service answers very quickly if you have a question. Thanks a lot from FRANCE !!! Le collier est magnifique !
December 14, 2017
Super joli ! Conforme a la description, livraison dans les temps.
November 23, 2017
Parfait, exactement ce que j attendais
October 12, 2020
Not as thick as I would have liked it to be but it was perfect otherwise i wish they had a option for a thicker chain otherwise they are A1 quality . Spend the money go 14k you won't be disappointed
July 13, 2020
The chain was a little thin and popped in a week but very nice.
June 12, 2020
Purchased this necklace for my daughters 16th birthday. 100% satisfied. My daughter loved it. The script design has a nice weight to it. Overall would definitely recommend. Please note, COVID-19 ruined my shipping timing so she couldn't recieve it on her birthday. We purchased 4 weeks before her bday, and it was delayed approx. 7 weeks. Use this time frame as a guide.
June 11, 2020
My 13 yr loved it!!
June 5, 2020
Took a little while to come but I love it
June 1, 2020
My kids ordered me this necklace for My birthday & the necklace is great! It took about 10 days to come In the mail (Dallas, Texas, USA). I used a different website with a name/text generator to see what the necklace should look like & the necklace I received was exact. 14k yellow gold, no tarnishing, no turning green!! Good customer service response. Love it
January 4, 2020
Truly I love this beautiful piece of jewelry...I bought for my daughter for Christmas gift now I'm gonna purchase for myself. Thx Onecklace
January 3, 2020
Beautifully scripted and very elegant. Received on date promised and my wife loves it. Like the box chain but wish it was offered with rope chain as well.
December 28, 2019
Ordered 2 nameplate necklaces for my daughters (2 different styles & metals). Shipping was fast and the quality on these items is just right (not too thin). Quoting my daughters once they set their eyes on these necklaces, "This is gorgeous, just so gorgeous" and "Oh my God, this is fire, love it."
October 27, 2019
I ordered one in 14k Gold, and I absolutely love it!! The box chain and the script is beautiful!!
August 23, 2019
August 15, 2019
I had actually got this as part of a birthday gift for my sister and she loves it... can't wait I get the other 2 I ordered for myself and my bestie birthday also.
August 14, 2019
My wife was happy
July 28, 2019
I ordered necklace for my granddaughter, its just beautiful so shiny and such great quality. I love it and will order more. I got the rollo chain, its very shiny and I am so happy with the necklace. Impressed overall!
July 19, 2019
Very good quality. I love this necklace ♥
July 13, 2019
Absolutely in love with my necklace!
June 14, 2019
I was hesitant to purchase sight unseen. I searched the internet for fonts and found a match to the ONecklace example "scriptina font", typed my name to see & was pleased with the look. Ordered the sterling silver & I'm VERY HAPPY with my purchase! I would definitely order from ONecklace again!!!
May 24, 2019
Love the look just wish another letter could have been capitalized!!!
May 19, 2019
I purchased this necklace for my daughter's first Mother's Day and it truly exceeded my expectations and she loved it! Great quality and very beautiful!
March 9, 2019
I absolutely love my necklace! I've ordered multiple necklaces for my girlfriends as gift and they love them also!
November 26, 2018
My girl loved her script necklace! Nice quality and quickly delivered for a great value! Thank you!
November 19, 2018
My necklace exceeded my expectations!
October 29, 2018
Awesome Customer Service. Timely responses to change requests. My Sister was 100% satisfied with her gift. Words cannot describe this personlized Script Name Necklace. Thank You!
October 4, 2018
Loved it.
June 25, 2018
Super! Thank you!
June 20, 2018
I really like it!
June 13, 2018
The necklace arrived faster than I first anticipated as I was worried it might not make it for the celebration. Everything was up to the point in terms of quality and design!
June 11, 2018
Very quick shipment. Everyone loved their necklace. Thank you :)
June 6, 2018
Very nice! Happy
May 29, 2018
Love l,love,love!!! I love seeing my business name in a custom design just for me!
May 28, 2018
I love my necklace and I've gotten so many compliments on it. This is my 5th or 6th necklace from Onecklace. They are awesome!!!
May 28, 2018
I purchased this as a gift for my daughter. She loved it but unfortunately she broke it. I contacted customer service and they were kind enough to replace it free of charge. Well after a few months she lost the replacement so I went and purchased another one and it looks just as beautiful as the first two!! I hope they never stop making this nameplate with stunning lettering style because everyone who sees it also buys one!!!!!
May 8, 2018
I pleased with the design. It's even more beautiful in person. I was impressed with the nice pouch and cleaning cloth that came with the necklace. I will definitely order again in the future!
March 2, 2018
Fantastic necklace identical to the PLL series!!
January 22, 2018
I got one for my daughter!! We both absolutely love it.
October 9, 2017
I ordered a 18"" in gold and it was just the right length and I love it,,I'll be ordering a silver one in a different style...
May 30, 2017
I just love this necklace so much. It's great quality and looks beautiful on. I will definitely purchase from here again!
February 8, 2017
My daughter is huge fan of Pretty Little Liars and I noticed that they wore "name" necklaces and found that one necklace made them. I ordered the necklace and it is good quality and eye catching. My daughter wears it every day.
January 12, 2017
The necklace is exactly as I expected it to be. The shipment is fast and the information given always accurate. They keep you well-updated about the status of your order. I am very happy with my new necklace and will order more in the future, definitely!
December 29, 2016
She loves it, I love it. Only thing I could wish for is an example of the script before purchase.
December 27, 2016
I bought this item add a gift and couldn't be more pleased. It's beautiful in person and the quality seems very good. My friend was delighted to receive this!
December 19, 2016
I am so pleased with my purchase
December 5, 2016
I recently ordered this item with the 18" box chain. When I received it in the mail, the product was just as I had pictured but I was unhappy with the length of the chain. I contacted customer service and they couldn't have been more helpful. I was able to send it back and exchange my necklace for a new one with a 16" box chain as I felt this length suit me better. I am in love with my necklace! My mother even ordered one as well because of how much she loved mine. I am looking forward to ordering from ONecklace again in the future.
December 1, 2016
This necklace is just beautiful. When I received it I was thrilled. I've bought a name necklace for here before and I was kind of upset at how flimsy it was but not this one ! It is very sturdy and has a beautiful rose gold colour.
Hi there,
I am so glad you are happy with the quality of your new rose gold necklace, but I'm sorry to hear you were unhappy with the quality of your original necklace. I have contacted you about possibly be interested in sending this gold plated necklace back to us and we can remake this free of charge in double thickness. We await your response if this solution will work, as we'd like to ensure you are 100% satisfied with your purchase.
Thank you!
November 13, 2016
It's a quality necklace, but I would ask to see how your name or word before ordering the Script Name Necklace. My daughter's name looks slightly odd. We would order again. Also, I would suggest that you put a photo of the alphabet so people would see the letters.
October 20, 2016
I love my name plate necklace in rose gold. I get comments on it constantly. The customer service reps are also very kind and helpful. The Post Office lost my order and customer service were patient and resolved the matter swiftly. I will definitely be buy more products from Onecklace.
October 5, 2016
it is amazing!!
September 13, 2016
Very good experience: Fast fabrication and delivery. I love that is it not chucky like most name necklaces, instead it is delicate and more feminine.
September 13, 2016
I simply loved the design, I chose a scripted name necklace with a box chain and the quality was really great. The name plate is sturdy and doesn't bend easily so I don't have to worry about it when I wear it everyday. The collection in the website is simply amazing. I definitely plan to purchase more designs soon. The only thing that I wasn't satisfied with was the additional cost for shipping. Since I'm an international customer, I wish Free Shipping was an option. Otherwise, extremely satisfied with the purchase.
September 12, 2016
I was very well pleased with the necklace. I can't wait to give it to my granddaughter on Thursday.
September 9, 2016
Just stunning! I always get compliments on the script lettering. Has not tarnished yet and have used it several times.
September 8, 2016
Beautiful item. Myself and my best friend really like them!
September 8, 2016
I purchased this necklace for my daughter after seeing them on PLL It did not disappoint. Unique font on the name and the rose gold is very pretty.
May 9, 2016
5 stars a crossed the board. I received my necklace in a timely fashion and it was exactly what I ordered!!! I will definitely order again!!
March 2, 2016
I give this product 5 stars. It's beautiful and such good quality! Shipping wasn't bad either I have nothing bad to say about this!! :)
February 13, 2016
I had brought a silver necklace with my name on it.. After wearing it for about a week the necklace broke! I can't lie it is a very pretty necklace but it is poor quality & very flimsy!!
Dear Tatiana,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are so sorry to hear this has happened. We have emailed you to see how we can fix this for you as it is not up to our standard. We would love to have a new necklace send out to you. Please email our customer service team back to set this up. Thank you.
February 9, 2016
Gorgeous lettering, cute size and lovely quality
February 2, 2016
I was so excited to receive my necklace in the mail and once I did it was like "Love at first sight". However, I've been wearing it for almost a week and noticed that the silver is fading. The whole necklace is starting to tarnish which surprises me because I don't wear it when I shower. I really wanted to give a good review of this necklace but I'm disappointed with the outcome.
Dear Sherrie,
The silver used in all our products is the highest quality 925 sterling silver. Tarnishing is a natural process that occurs with time depending on the oxidation in one's body. The best way to clean your necklace is with a silver polisher you can find in any supermarket. There are even polishes that can delay the process of tarnishing.
If however you are unhappy with your product I would like to offer you an exchange. I want you to love the quality of your necklace just as much as the look and design. I do want to ensure all our customers are left 100% happy and more than satisfied with their products. Please email at: [email protected]
January 26, 2016
Bought these for our three daughters as Christmas gifts. They all loved them - ages 24, 14 and 9. The youngest never takes hers off! Appears to be excellent quality, durable, and absolutely beautiful. Will be ordering one for myself!
November 23, 2015
Necklace was very detailed and great price.
November 21, 2015
I love my necklace, very nice quality...The font is beautiful.
October 25, 2015
I absolutely love this necklace! The quality of the finish and the actual chain exceeded my expectations. The necklace has weight to it. Several people have complimented the necklace. I am extremely happy and will definitely be back as a repeat customer!
October 25, 2015
I absolutely love this necklace! The quality of the finish and the actual chain exceeded my expectations. The necklace has weight to it. Several people have complimented the necklace. I am extremely happy and will definitely be back as a repeat customer!
June 3, 2015
I am very happy with my name necklace purchase. The quality is great and the font is beautiful. I receive so many compliments when I wear it. I will be a repeat customer for sure!
June 2, 2015
May 14, 2015
I wear mines every day love it
May 12, 2015
Great quality, very satisfied.
March 10, 2015
I ordered the Sterling Silver Script Name Necklace and I love it! It is just the perfect size, very beautiful and I receive a lot of compliments on my necklace. The service online is very simple and user friendly. The delivery took just a few days. I received the necklace carefully packed with a certificate on the silver quality. I am very satisfied and will certainly recommend this work!
January 5, 2015
I have several different styled necklaces from this seller. This one is just as beautiful as the others. I've gotten many compliments on this necklace as well.
December 9, 2014
This turned out beautiful in its looks. I purchased this item for my 12 year old daughter. However, I think it needs more weight to it, maybe a bit thicker. Also it should have a heavier chain. I am worried that she might break the chain.
November 15, 2014
I was waiting two weeks for this beautiful necklace! I'm glad it looks so good!
October 22, 2014
Thank you so much for doing so cute necklaces:-) i am very satisfied with my name necklace and i am sure, that this is not my last order to make on Onecklace.
September 2, 2014
I have ordered 3 necklaces from your site and I am satisfied with the quality of the product and also delivery service. Thanks
September 2, 2014
Love my necklace it's exactly what I thought and more. Thanks.
July 2, 2014
This product is amazing, for a person like me that can find any personalized items due to having a unique name. The necklace is beautiful and delicate, I could me be more impressed Thank you
May 20, 2014
I am so happy with my purchase. I get so many compliments. I ordered the chain in 18" and my name rests about two fingers below my collar bone. I took a chance ordering this necklace without knowing how it would turn out but I believe this font allows any name to look beautiful. I will definitely recommend this website and will be shopping here again for gifts.
April 27, 2014
At first I noticed Silver Script name necklace on the girl in the office- it was small but delicate detail and I ordered gold plated one for myself and after receiving it, wearing and noticing how good it was I ordered it for my friend as names day present and she admitted "it is rarely beautiful present she has ever got"
April 4, 2014
Great quality good-looking silver necklace. Thank you very much!
March 27, 2014
Dainty, feminine necklaces are all the rage this season. The necklace is so beautiful and intricate , plus I finally have one with my name on it! It's hard finding "Colleen" at a normal jewelry store. I love it and wear it everyday! :) Would definitely repurchase from here again, and that's saying a lot because I'm a picky shopper.
February 17, 2014
I'm very happy with the materials and necklace overall!
Attention! Pour les bracelets c'est différent, la longueur du pendentif est comprise dans les longueurs 14cm, 16.5cm et 19cm.
Après avoir rempli tous les champs, cliquez sur le bouton "Ajouter au panier".
Une fenêtre s'ouvre avec les spécifications de votre commande pour vérifier si tout est conforme. Ensuite procédez au paiement en cliquant sur bouton "Payer".
La dernière page apparaît pour: saisir vos coordonnées et une éventuelle "autre adresse de livraison"; sélectionner le mode livraison et le mode de paiement.
Enfin pour finaliser votre achat il suffit de cliquer sur le bouton "Paiement".
Vous serez alors dirigé vers le site web de traitement sécurisé des paiements.


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Discover for free which first names would suit you or your baby !
Meaning of name Emigdia
Etymology : Spanish feminine form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).
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Who are they?
While they are reserved and secretive, Emigdia and Happy are nonetheless assertive and determined characters. They are virtuous and seductive while remaining simple and natural... However, they possess complete mastery of their emotions and others can find this intimidating. They loathe thoughtlessness, mediocrity and superficiality. They aspire to all that is pure and natural, and are selective with extremely high standards. Perfectionist is the word, they are idealistic and seek to constantly advance and improve themselves. They are ambitious and industrious, and time is on their side. Nevertheless, although they are capable of tremendous patience in life´s most important moments, they can be abrupt and lack moderation where the little things in life are concerned. Disciplined and determined, they are even inclined to be somewhat authoritarian. Stubborn and headstrong, they don´t abandon their dreams or their principles easily. Emigdia and Happy are quite conventional and have their feet firmly planted on the ground; they are capable of assuming their responsibilities with a cool-head and competence and efficiency. They may be possessive, but they are nonetheless generous. As children, they are pleasant and rewarding, growing up without posing any real problems. They make protective and responsible big sisters who are disciplined and hard working at school.
What do they like?
Emigdia and Happy are on a quest for perfection and aspire to harmony and love. They like to keep the peace, so they are willing to be conciliatory in order to maintain pleasant relationships with their loved ones, although they can sometimes lack tolerance... When it comes to choosing a partner, they are particularly demanding because they need to be able to respect and admire the man who wins their heart; and he will have to tread carefully because if he breaks it he won´t get a second chance. Choosing is often a difficult task. They are remarkable housewives; warm, welcoming hostesses and exemplary mothers: yes, they are almost perfect!...
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Family, friends and loved ones occupy a central place in Emigdia and Happy ´s lives, and they could decide to dedicate themselves to setting up a home in the first part of their lives, because stable home roots are essential to their emotional equilibrium. Nevertheless, they are active, dynamic and original women, who won´t tolerate being pushed into the background for very long. They are therefore likely to be attracted to one of the following domains: the medico-social field, justice and any other occupation that will enable them to feel directly useful to others, activities in connection with esthetics, art, creation, decoration, sewing, flowers or nature..., one of the independent professions or a management position involving responsibility.
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It sometimes happens that two different first names have the same meaning. This has nothing surprising: both first names have the same figures of numerology. It is as in astrology: two persons belonging to the same sign present the same characteristic...
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Thanks to the numerology, we propose you daily a horoscope personalized for your first name. Love, money , Shape: discover what waits for you for today. In Bonus every day find your daily lucky figure .. Horoscope of the first names
Love :Couples: The complicity between the two of you will be reinforced. Singles: An admirer will make themselves known.
Money :You are trying to decide whether or not to make a property investment. Take your time.
Health:You won't see any results without some effort Emigdia .
Your Lucky number : 80

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The Melting of Winter
"See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.12
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.13
The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."
~Song of Solomon 1:11-13
Spring has sprung all around, but my heart still holds winter. It's been hard to shake the ice from the cobwebs of my thinking.
Not that there has been great crises, or catastrophic events that hold me hostage. But often neglected little things sneak in and stir up grief: A friend moving far away; Children who expand their wings in prep for flight; Unexpected news that seems unfair. And then, there's that thorn in the flesh-- that one thing that doesn't always sit noticed at the front (which makes you think you've licked it.) Just when you aren't paying attention, you find you're back for a refresher course-- a humbling reminder that you are not your own.
In the midst of these things, I cling to what comes so natural to me: distraction. Busy-ness, Facebook, Netflix. Self. Barren places that carry no seeds for life.
So spring came late to my heart.
Over the years, in order to avoid pain (big or small, I deal with it all the same,) distractions looked different, and perhaps I assumed they were more significant: too much exercise, over-focus on food, self-medicating, tight scheduling. But all distractions do the same thing: they keep our focus off of the One who gently calls: come to me.
He calls, and though I know the freedom of His garden, the distractions render me lazy. I no longer remember with clarity the joy set before me. I've settled for much, much less.
What's more? Only He sees the depths of my heart, where beauty doesn't reign, still he calls, "my beautiful one, come." Which humbles me all the more.
Stubborn pride, deliberate disfunction, and unlovely places in the heart… and he calls out beautiful. Why wouldn't I run when He offers freedom in the garden of His truth? I need only the willingness to get up and go; to do what is not natural to me and set aside distractions. Let Him into the pain, He will do the rest. Only God can plant the seeds that give life (and healing) to the soul. Here on earth and in heaven.
The winter of my heart has just begun to melt and it started with a call: "Come, my beautiful one, come with me."
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My printer had run out of ink and the replacement cartridges could only be bought online. Simple enough. But unfortunately my grandmother didn't want her credit card information "all over the Internet." Her solution was for me to buy a whole new printer. As I stood outside Staples with my new industrial-looking printer, I made up my mind. I needed my own bank account so this kind of ridiculousness wouldn't happen again.
Soon after, I visited a Chase Bank branch and learned about a student checking account that I qualified for. I decided to open one. All I needed was my Social Security card, one other form of identification, and $20 to start the account. They told me I didn't need my parents permission if I was 17 or older. Even better, there was no minimum balance. A balance is the amount of money in your bank account. The minimum balance is a set dollar amount that the bank says you must have in that account at all times or you may have to pay a fee.
Having a bank account makes me feel secure about stepping into adulthood. If used correctly, a bank account can actually save you a lot of unnecessary costs.
Unfortunately, more than 825,000 New York City adults don't have accounts. Maybe keeping cash at home seems more convenient, or people are afraid of bank accounts because they seem complicated with a lot of strings attached. But the reality is, having a bank account can be an easy and important way to take responsibility for your financial future.
At a recent forum called "Banking Under the Mattress: Financial Literacy and Unbanked New Yorkers," sponsored by the Center for New York City Affairs, public officials and financial literacy advocates explained that there are high costs associated with not having a bank account. For example, if you have a check to cash, you pay a check-cashing fee. If you have a bill to pay, you pay a fee to get a money order. And for adults without bank accounts, it's difficult to get a low-interest loan if they need it. That means "unbanked" people face big obstacles when they try to buy a home or start a business.
With a bank account, cashing checks and writing checks is free, and you're much more likely to get a loan if you need one. But according to Jonathan Mintz, the commissioner for the city's Department of Consumer Affairs, people get scared off because banks often have unpredictable fees, like overdraft fees. Don't know what overdraft means? The panelists explained it this way:
You "overdraw" your account when you pay for something with a check or debit card but don't actually have enough money in your account to cover it. Say you pay for a $5 mocha-latte with your debit card, but you only have $4 in your account. Instead of saying "funds not available," the bank will cover you for that extra dollar, but then typically charge you a $35 fee for the transaction. Your $5 coffee purchase could end up costing you $40. Do that more than once, and you might be scared out of ever having a bank account.
But it doesn't have to be that way. To encourage New Yorkers to get bank accounts, the city helped create the NYC SafeStart Account. It eliminates all of those fees that you worry about with a typical bank account: there are no overdraft fees and low monthly fees, if any.
Unfortunately, these features are only guaranteed for the first two years you have the account, and SafeStart accounts are only available at a handful of small banks that aren't in every neighborhood. There are other options, though.
Every bank in New York is required by law to offer a simple, low-fee account. In these accounts, you're required to make a starting deposit of at least $25, and after that you're only required to keep a minimum balance of a penny at most. However, there may be a monthly fee of about $3, or a little more if you make more than eight withdrawals each month. (A withdrawal means taking money out of your account, either by writing a check, getting cash at an ATM, or using a debit card to purchase something.)
If you do decide to get an account, whether it's a SafeStart account or something else, it's smart to shop around. Many banks don't advertise their most basic bank accounts, so ask what their most basic free or low-cost checking account is. Find out if there's a monthly fee and how many transactions are allowed per month, then decide if these rules fit your own monthly banking needs.
This might all seem far-off for many teens, but if your age is in the double-digits, you're pretty close to being on your own. Soon enough, you will have a job and need to learn how to manage your money—n ifs, ands, or buts. Believe me, just saving your cash under the mattress or in a dresser drawer isn't wise. Just ask my aunt, who saved hundreds of dollars in a drawer full of scarves. When her daughter helped her remodel the house, lots of stuff got thrown out, including her cash!
To find out how to open a SafeStart account call 311 or google "NYC SafeStart."
Managing your money without a bank account can be pricey. Here are some common ways unbanked people end up paying more:
Pre-paid debit cards: Pre-paid debit cards are becoming more popular with some employers as an alternative to a paycheck, but there are lots of hidden costs. Take, for example, the Rush Card. You're charged a fee for activating the card (up to $20), a monthly fee (up to $10), ATM fees, a fee to check your balance, a bill payment fee, plus mysterious "convenience" and "maintenance" fees. By the time you're done paying fees, you won't have much left on your card.
Money orders: Without a checking account, you have to use money orders to pay bills. They cost only $1.10-$1.50 at the post office (of course, you'll probably have to wait in a long line). But at banks, you'll pay much more: Money orders were $7 at one bank near the NYC office. At that rate, you'd waste $84 annually just by paying rent with money orders.
Check cashing fees: When you get a paycheck, check cashing services take a cut of your hard-earned income. It's not much—only a buck or two for a $100 check—but if you have a bank account, your bank will cash those checks for free.
A bank account is only a good thing if you know how to use it. Bank fees are generally low, but they can also be sneaky. Here's what to watch for:
Overdraft fees: Like we said before, these are a stinker. They're expensive—usually between $8 and $38 per transaction—and they sneak up on you. Fortunately, a new law requires banks to ask you if you want this "overdraft protection"—they'll try to make it sound like a good idea, but just say no. You might get embarrassed if you try to spend more than you have, but at least you won't be in debt.
ATM fees: These can add up quickly if you use any old cash machine. Plan ahead: Use your own bank's ATM for free and skip the fees.
Credit card finance charges: At some point, credit card companies will start courting you. Credit cards seem great when you spend $500 and only have to hand over the minimum payment of $15 or so at first. But every month that you don't pay off your bill in full, you're racking up serious "finance charges," which is just another term for interest. If you pay late, you can get hit with big penalties, too. And be alert, or the credit card company may switch your due date to another day of the month when you're not looking.


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Yep - I still love this thread
That is really neat Megan about your family really being your family in blood and not just love.
Yep - I still love this thread
That is really neat Megan about your family really being your family in blood and not just love.
@Megan That is a find you will cherish forever. I too got goose bumps! Really happy for you!!
Amazing story!
I'm related to the poet John Godfrey Saxe on my mother's side... I think he was actually on my mother's mother's side, but don't quote me on that. I've been thinking about buying a book of his poetry from Amazon and seeing if I like any of it since I'm scared to/not allowed to read the books my mother has of his work since they're all from the 1800's and not in very good condition.
Indecently I've also got a Native American in my family tree (on my mother's mother's side) she was the family's 'dirty secret'... my Great Great Grandfather's family didn't want anyone to know... her name was Annettie (my middle name is Annette after her because my Nana misspelled it when she gave my mom her middle name and my mom gave me her middle name, but we're both technically named after Annettie...) She (Annettie) was actually from Canada (so really she was Native Canadian) if I recall correctly... I think my mom has some of her documents. I've heard Iroquois and Mohawk tossed around but I think one is actually part of the other so I think it's possible to be both... if anyone knows which one is a sub-sect of the other I would love to know... also it should be noted that although my Great Great Grandfather's family was ashamed of her pretty much every generation since has been proud to call her ours.
My aunt's cousin is Kellie Pickler according to her grandmother. I also know that my great great great grandmother was a Native American princess in the Mic Mac/Algonquin tribe around New England, not exactly famous but still a cool fact nonetheless!
hi conway tweety was my cousin his real name was harold jenkins my grandmother use to keep him when he was little.
There is no one interesting in my family, but it is sure enjoyable reading your stories. Most of all the two brothers.
Here is a neat story about how my dad's parents met.
My dad's parents we pen pals before they met. My grandma submitted her name and information to a children's magazine that she read and my grandpa also read. In August of 1952 her information was put in the magazine.
In the first letter that he wrote to my grandma he had her name wrong, because the people at the magazine printed it wrong (they wrote Leda instead of ALeda - you can see it near the bottom of the page - Leda Talbot). After they had been writing for a while my grandpa and his mom flew to Utah (from Vancouver, B.C. Canada) to meet my grandma and her family. After my grandpa returned to Canada they continued to write and my grandparents were married on 31 March 1958.
Not really famous or infamous but a fun story none the less
OMG that is just so WONDERFUL! Your grandma is famous...she was printed in a magazine...LOL. Anyway, I am so glad you shared it especially the page of the magazine! What fun!
great Story, Thank you for Sharing, Kelenna. I enjoyed so much.
No one as far as I know. My fiance's family is related to a past US president. I can't remember his name. It's nice to read others stories
I'm not related to anyone famous, that I know of. But both sides of my family are split 50/50 with Irish and Cherokee Indian. My mothers side of the family can be traced back to Ireland, where the family there still has a castle (Which is now a museum).
Kaleeena, it´s a fantastic story.
April, having the castle of your ancestors as a museum, is awesome!
No one famous here, either...but my maternal grandmother stems from Oneida Indian in Wisconsin and I am told on my father's side, that our relatives used to own a piece of land that is now the London Airport. Side note...my mom graduated with Patrick Swayze! Does that count? LOL!
Wow, this is fun!
No one that was ever written down anywhere But I think my Great Grandma was a bad woman cause she up and changed her name one day no papers anything and back then things were different she lived with her fake name till the day she died.
My Dad, who has recently passed away, told me that his mother was related to David Livingstone, the missionary and explorer. I'd love to find out if this is true, and if so, exactly what the connection is.
No famous people that I know of. Good, strong grandparents on my mother's side though. My grandmother is my hero.
I'm stuck being a New England WASP on my Dad's side as I'm directly descended from William Brewster off the Mayflower, and Rebecca Nurse, one of the survivors of the Salem Witch Trials.
I am from Australia and we have a very famous rock band here called Cold Chisel, the lead singer Jimmy Barnes is my cousin by marriage. It is what we in Australia call a Prick Relation....... (Aussies and their Slang). Also on my dad's side of the family Donald Campbell (Land Speed Record Guy) is like a Great Great Uncle or something like that, he was my Gran's Father's Brother........
And I have a famous name..........
Sarah Fergusson.............
Wow, really great stories, Thank you for sharing.
My family has both sides of the coin. My maternal grandmother was a cousin to US President Warren G Hardin. Then, on my dad's side, my grandmother always told us we were kin to Tom Dooley ( yes the one who was hanged for murder and had a song and movie made about him). His sister was my great,great-grandmother and the family never believed he was guilty!
My mom was big into genealogyand I have taken over where she left off. I have traced both sides of the family and found that both of these claims(?) are true. I'm in the process of trying to authenticate another of my paternal grandmother's assertions that she was half Cherokee Indian. Indian records are not easy to get to but I'm trying!
In my immediate family, does it count that my oldest brother was a US Congressman for four terms? We are proud of him.
wow you guys! What a great time I had reading all your amazing stories! ...I hope you're all scrapping them lol ...could make for an interesting challenge too
I just re-read this thread and the stories are quite interesting. I don't have any "famous" people in my family that I know of and nothing turned up in my cousin's husband's research on our family. But I did find out that my ancestors were from Scotland - Orkney Islands to be exact. They came to "Canada" with the original Hudson's Bay Company back in the 1600's and part of the first settlers of North America. I have Aboriginal (americans call them Native) blood in my family as far back as we could find. I believe that it showed that my father's family was Ojibway. On my father's side, our ancestor came in with the Hudson's Bay company in the early 1600's and his wife died in childbirth. They had a wet nurse come in who was an Aboriginal woman and he ended up marrying her. I always wondered were my red hair and freckles came from when all my family had dark brown or black hair. There were also some family that came in with the Selkirk Settlers in what is now the Manitoba area and have ties to Louis Riel - not biological but associated with the Rebels and the uprising challenging the Canadian government. We haven't done any research on my mother's side, but we do know that her family is Cree and my grandmother even spoke a bit of Cree.
Wow Cat,
That is a very interesting family history.
Too my knowledge I am not related to anyone famous but I've never really thought about going any farther in my family tree than my great grandparents, although now I'm thinking it could be quite interesting.
Oh yes Tina, that counts! That is so cool
My great-great-great grand-father was Francois Bourassa, a well known figure in Quebec History. Involved in the rebellion of 1837-1838 on the side of the Patriots with the title of Captain of a company of Freres-Chasseurs (Brother-Hunters), he took refuge in United States when he ascertained the failure of the revolt. He was however arrested and incarcerated at the Montreal prison on his return to the country. But not having participated in the clashes against the British Volunteers, he obtained his freedom without a trial some days later. In 1847, he became Captain of the 3rd Battalion of Militia of the county of Chambly, rank that he maintained until 1859.
The 3rd of July 1850, he was elected Municipal Councilman of the Parish of Saint Jean by the Council of the County of Chambly, a function that he filled until 24 July 1854. Partisan of the abolition of the Seignorial System which had become at the time, burdensome and unnecessary, he was elected the 22nd of August 1853 at the same time as the notary Pierre Paul Demaray of St Jean, as one of the delegates to take part in the Convention for the abolition of the Seignorial Rights in the district of Montreal.
A year later, in July 1854, he ran with the support of Louis Joseph Papineau, the Chief Patriot, as the liberal or candidate of the "Reds" as they called the liberals at that time, in the new county of Saint Jean which had just been created following a overhaul of the electoral district. We can mention that the county of Saint Jean had been formed by carving a part of the territory of the counties of Huntingdon and of Chambly. It grouped the parishes of Lacolle, St-Valentin, St-Luc, L'Acadie and St Jean (parish and village) The electoral campaign lasted the whole month of July and the voting occured on several days. It is finally the 1st of August 1854 when Francois Bourassa was declared elected Member of Parliament of the County of Saint Jean in the Parliament of United Canada being carried by a majority of 434 votes over his opponent the notary Tom Robert Jobson of Saint Jean.
Also of note, his father was the first mayor of Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, Quebec. His hephew was the well knows Henri Bourassa.
This is an interesting convo! I think the person people would be most interested to know that I am related to, is Elvis Presley. My mom was his 6th cousin, so that would make him my 7th cousin.
On my Dads side I am related to Sarah Turnbow who has a famous cabin down south some where I have never been nor do I know any of my dads fam but him


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Video: Dash cam captures brawl between SC firefighters, police
Fire Chief Andy Martin and his brother Tommy Martin were arrested Feb. 14 after deputies allege both men assaulted sheriffs at the scene of a crash
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CHESTER, S.C. — A heated roadside disagreement turned physical between two Chester County firefighters and the sheriff and his deputies at the scene of a traffic accident in February, Highway Patrol dash camera footage obtained by The Herald shows.
The incident stemmed from a disagreement about traffic control following the Feb. 14 accident on S.C. 9, about 10 miles west of Chester. After the scuffle, two volunteer firefighters — West Chester Chief Andy Martin, 57, and his brother, Tommy Martin, 61 — spent a night in jail on assault charges.
The fracas started after firefighters and law enforcement agencies responded to the accident scene, where a tractor trailer had run off the road in the afternoon.
Andy Martin, who claimed to be the incident commander, wanted S.C. 9 closed to traffic during the cleanup. When sheriff's deputies and state troopers wouldn't close the road, Andy Martin used his emergency radio to make comments about the 2016 election – when Sheriff Alex Underwood would be up for re-election.
A short while later, Underwood and several of his top deputies arrived at the scene.
Video from two Highway Patrol vehicles shows the Martin brothers speaking with Underwood and the deputies. Although there is no audio with extended sections of the videos, it appears they are having an argument, with Underwood, the deputies and the Martins leaning forward as they speak, gesturing and pointing.
About eight minutes after Underwood arrived, the video shows him stepping forward, so that he is less than two feet from Andy Martin. Underwood points and Andy Martin takes a step back and crosses his arms. Andy Martin then steps back as two other men step up to stand next to him.
Tommy Martin, meanwhile, moves next to his brother. Just a few seconds later, Andy Martin is shoved aside by one of the other two men. It's unclear who that man is or with what agency he is affiliated.
Tommy Martin then puts his hands on Underwood.
The police report states that Tommy Martin "pushed Sheriff Underwood with his right arm."
In the video, the same man that pushed Andy Martin then pushes Tommy Martin several times, causing him to bump into Andy Martin.
Tommy Martin then pushes that man back and they begin to scuffle. Andy Martin also moves forward into the tussle, but another man grabs him. Three of the four men appear to slip on the snow and ice on the ground and Underwood and several other men move in to assist.
Andy Martin gets off the ground and is held back, while Tommy Martin and several other men move behind a car. It's unclear what happens behind the car, but when they appear again, Tommy Martin is on his feet, being held in place by two men while continuing to move around.
Andy Martin steps forward and picks up an unidentified object off the ground and reaches out to hand it to someone. But a man — apparently the one who earlier shoved Andy Martin aside — walks toward him and pushes him back, and a second round of struggling begins.
Audio Picks Up At That Point On The Video
The man appears to go behind Andy Martin and wrestle him to the ground. Someone yells, "Put your hands behind your back."
Andy Martin is put in handcuffs and someone can be heard saying, "This ain't got nothing to do with 911; we've got a wreck out here."
The comment is an apparent reference to an ongoing dispute between the sheriff's office and Chester County officials, according to the police report. Underwood is fighting the Chester County Council's effort to transfer control of the 911 emergency dispatch system from the sheriff's office to County Supervisor Carlisle Roddey.
A few minutes later, both Martin brothers are walking around, although Andy Martin is still in handcuffs.
"It's a bad day in Chester," someone says. "I've been on the fire department 40 years, and I've never seen anything like this."
Eventually, Tommy Martin left the scene and Andy Martin went back to helping clean up. A day later, on Feb. 15, both brothers were arrested at their homes and jailed overnight.
Dan D'Agostino, the attorney for the Martins, declined to comment on the video Saturday because he hadn't seen it.
The Herald obtained the video through a Freedom on Information Act request filed with the state Department of Public Safety.
Chester County's fire chiefs asked the state Attorney General's Office to investigate whether Underwood and his deputies committed misconduct by interfering with firefighters at the scene. The Attorney General's Office asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate, as did Underwood.
Underwood has not said why he asked for a SLED investigation. In February, he told The Herald that the Sheriff's Office's job was to assist other agencies at an accident scene, not to act as the agency in charge.
Underwood could not be reached for comment Saturday, but in February, he said assaulting a police officer will never be tolerated.
"The law applies to everyone, regardless of who you are or what profession you are in," he said then.
The Martin brothers had been scheduled to appear in court last week on the assault charges, but the trial was postponed because of the ongoing SLED investigation. No new trial date has been set.
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ECE597 Project Network based OGG player
The goal of this project is to have the Beagleboard act as a network based mp3 player. The Beagle will be programmed using a custom, protocol for transferring files from a network based server (x86 pc) to a Beagle. Speakers will be attached to the Beagle, where the file will be played back. Possible extensions are a LCD for displaying id3 tag information, and buttons for user interaction (next track, previous track, etc.) on the GPIO interface.
This project is part of the ECE597 32-bit Embedded Linux class at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.


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Around this time of year, people start finalizing their summer travel plans, buying plane tickets for far-off destinations. What do you do when you're up there?
Some people are completely relaxed on a plane, as calm as they are on the ground. But most of us are at least a little bit agitated to be in a tube, six miles up, hurtling through the sky. As a result, our attention spans are shortened. We're more easily distracted. If we're going to watch a movie, it has to have an absorbing story and lots of incident — not necessarily action; in fact, action isn't ideal on a tiny airplane screen; but stuff going on. It has to be immediately accessible and maintain interest throughout.
This applies even if you're in business or first class, but especially if you're in coach. If you're in coach, you just want the trip to be over with, so anything that can eat up a big chunk of time, in a way that makes you forget that you're in the middle seat, is a welcome distraction.
My general advice is, if you're on a plane, don't re-watch something you've seen already. It almost guarantees impatient viewing and a lack of transport. Watch something new. As for my specific advice, above are some suggestions for way-above-ground viewing. You'll find that there are some movies that are so-so on the ground that get a lot better as the air gets thinner.
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The woman who recorded Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks that got him banned from the NBA insisted on Wednesday she was never his mistress but rather an employee, friend and caretaker who saw him as a "father figure."
Appearing on the nationally syndicated "Dr. Phil" television show, the woman, V. Stiviano, 31, denied repeatedly and emphatically that she had ever had been physically intimate with the 80-year-old billionaire.
"I have never had any sexual relations ... any kind of sexual contact with Mr. Sterling whatsoever," she said.
Stiviano also insisted she never used seduction to obtain the expensive gifts he furnished her, including several luxury cars and the $1.8 million Los Angeles duplex, as Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly, has alleged in a lawsuit.
"It was not a sugar-daddy relationship," she told TV therapist Phil McGraw, adding that Sterling lavished her with gifts "because he cares about me, and I'm a good human being."
"We have a very nurturing, loving relationship," she said. "The way I saw it, he was looking for me and what it is that he never got from his own children. I looked at him as a father figure. I looked at him as a mentor."
Stiviano said their relationship, while not sexual, transcended personal and professional boundaries.
She said she earned a regular paycheck as an employee but had no "set title."
"I was not only his assistant. I was his caretaker. I was his mother, I was his secretary, I was his driver. I did everything for this man in the last three years," she said.
According to Stiviano, it was her role as Sterling's secretary and a personal life coach of sorts that led to the racially charged scandal that has engulfed the Clippers and the National Basketball Association.
Sterling came under fire last month after the website TMZ.com posted an audio tape of him berating Stiviano for associating with black people and urging her not to bring minorities with her to Clippers games.
Stiviano said the recording in question was one of many she made of her private conversations with Sterling, all with his permission and knowledge, as a kind of self-help therapy.
"The purpose of the recording was for him to learn things about himself, for me to show him things about himself that sometimes he didn't want to believe and accept," she said. "I would play those things back to him just to remind him of how he acted or how offensive he can be toward another person."
Sterling, in a separate CNN interview last week, denied that he knew he was being recorded and said Stiviano had "baited" him into making provocative remarks, which Stiviano denied.
She also denied again that she had anything to do with publicizing the recording. She said it was either given or sold to TMZ by an unnamed friend to whom she had, for unspecified reasons, entrusted a copy of the tape.
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GM missed 'red flags' on deadly ignition switches
DETROIT -- The legal case against General Motors involving faulty ignition switches could turn in part on a seemingly innocuous word deep in an investigator's report about a Maryland teen who died in 2005 after speeding away from a party.
Amber Marie Rose, after arguing with a boy, got into her Chevrolet Cobalt, jammed down the accelerator and lost control in a nearby cul-de-sac, slamming into a tree. The impact crushed her against the steering wheel. She wasn't wearing a seat belt. She'd been drinking, too.
Despite the crash, the air bags didn't go off, triggering an investigation ordered by federal regulators. Buried in the report, now nearly a decade old, was a curious fact: The ignition switch was turned to "accessory" — the setting a driver uses when he or she wants to listen to the radio or lower the windows without the engine running — and not "run," as would be expected for a moving car.
GM was told directly about that report in 2007. Seven years later — nine after the crash — GM now says it is possible if the key is inadvertently jostled from "run" to "accessory" in a defective ignition, it could disable the air bags in cars like Amber's.
Despite the questions that raises about the safety of certain model year Cobalts, GM is shielded from civil liability because the old GM, which made the car, declared bankruptcy in 2009. But lawyers and consumer advocates want to use it and other accidents to knock down that liability shield by proving GM intentionally withheld information it knew about the ignition switch problems during the bankruptcy proceedings.
They say a decade-long record is full of red flags — Amber's crash being one of them — that should have tipped off GM and federal regulators to potentially lethal problems with the ignition switches way before GM's bankruptcy.
"There's no question they have enormous liability potential here," said Clarence Ditlow, head of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Auto Safety, which has raised the specter of more deaths and crashes due to the defect. "The only question is how much."
GM says it did not understand the full scope of the danger until well after the bankruptcy. And CEO Mary Barra has apologized and commenced an internal probe using an outside investigator.
The company — which has linked the ignition switch defect to 12 deaths and 31 crashes — has promised to cooperate fully with regulators but remained mum on whether it will use its liability shield.
GM has recalled 1.6 million vehicles globally, including 2005-07 Cobalts and 2003-07 Saturn Ions, Pontiac G5s, Pontiac Solstices and Chevrolet HHRs, promising to replace an ignition switch that a driver's knee or heavy key chain can inadvertently move out of position, potentially disabling the power steering, air bags and other equipment.
A time line GM provided federal regulators appears full of warning signs over the years.
■ In 2004, GM learned of "at least one incident" when a Cobalt lost power when the key moved out of the run position because of inadvertent contact with the steering column.
■ In 2005, a GM engineer proposed a new ignition switch design, but that redesign was later canceled. That same year, two newspaper stories mentioned "unplanned engine shutdowns" in reviews of the Cobalt.
■ In late 2007, a GM investigating engineer learned of four crashes where the key was found to be in the "accessory" mode instead of in the correct "run" position.
"The truth is they knew they had this recall (coming)," said Shelby Jordan, a partner with Jordan, Hyden, Womble, Culbreth & Holzer in Corpus Christi, Texas. "There is no question that GM knew that this was a problem. They even told their dealers privately about it (before bankruptcy)."
Harvey Miller, GM's bankruptcy attorney, said the shield should stay in place, even if it can be proved that GM knowingly withheld information. Under the bankruptcy code, he said, there's a six-month deadline to revoke it.
It's a point on which automotive safety experts and attorneys familiar with GM's recall vehemently disagree, saying the long paper trail shows various GM engineers and technicians knew about the problem for more than a decade before agreeing to a recall.
"How can you be bound by a six-month time frame if you have no possible way of discovering the fraud?" asked Bob Hilliard, a partner with Hilliard Muñoz Gonzales in Corpus Christi and the lawyer who has filed a class action against GM.
On April 1, Barra and others will testify before a House subcommittee on Capitol Hill. The committee said it wants to know whether "this tragedy could have been prevented and what can be done to ensure the loss of life" doesn't happen again.
Strictly speaking, the question of whether GM should or shouldn't be liable is not a central focus of congressional committees looking into the recall, but the documents and testimony they dig up could provide courtroom fodder and have a bearing on whether the company's bankruptcy protection holds up.
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee staff got a briefing from members of GM's legal team. This week, GM and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates auto safety, will provide documents to congressional investigators that may help explain why it took so long for a recall to be ordered.
At the same time, the Justice Department, which last week fined Toyota $1.2 billion for misleading consumers, regulators and allegedly committing wire fraud, is investigating the GM recall as well. Taken together, the investigation will determine the exposure, legally and otherwise, to a resurgent GM's reputation and bottom line.
The automaker says that despite complaints, numerous internal reports, dealer service bulletins and even a design change for the ignition switch approved by a company engineer, it wasn't until late last year — well after bankruptcy — that the information started coming together.
Senior executives, the company also has said, weren't informed until the end of January this year. If that proves to be true, lawyers say, it could limit liability.
What is clear from a review of records, however, is that GM personnel were aware of problems associated with the Cobalt and Ion ignition switches early on in the models' lives. It's less clear how high up the corporate ladder that information traveled.
As early as 2004, GM was looking into solutions to better ensure keys weren't jostled out of position. But after considering the time, cost and effectiveness, those changes were shelved. In 2005, dealers were told to offer inserts for keys to keep the weight of key rings from moving the switches.
There was even a change to the switch — signed off on by a GM engineer — for some 2007 model year cars and those thereafter that apparently solved the problem. Safety advocates say that should have prompted a recall of earlier models that were still using the old type of ignition switch.
Timothy Logsdon, a former GM engineer and accident reconstruction specialist for Peter R. Thom and Associates, finds it hard to fathom that others at GM didn't know about the design change to the switches, as the company maintains now.
"That change was made knowing they had this issue of the key going from 'run' to 'accessory,' " he said. "GM processes are absolutely button-down. ... It's difficult for anything to go unnoticed."
What's unclear is whether anyone at GM before 2013 linked the issue with air bag deployment.
"They knew what they needed to know to take action to institute a recall," said former NHTSA Administrator Joan Claybrook. "That's very damning. That's a long period of time."
It wasn't just GM that seemed to be missing the signals, however: NHTSA was ordering reviews of crashes involving now-recalled vehicles as early as 2004. But as late as December 2010, it told then-U.S. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who wrote on behalf of a constituent concerned about a stalling 2006 Cobalt, that it could not "act on isolated problems."
"(There) is insufficient evidence to warrant opening a safety defect investigation," the regulator said.
GM's protection from its pre-bankruptcy liabilities isn't unusual. U.S. bankruptcy law is designed to encourage companies that are failing to find a way to restructure and continue to stay in business.
To make that possible, bankruptcy law allows a company to emerge as an entirely new legal entity. In GM's case, it was no different. In fact, Chrysler has even more comprehensive protection from pre-bankruptcy claims.
"It's a really important concept to bankruptcy ... to put it all behind them and move the new company along," said Jay Westbrook, a business law professor at the University of Texas. "The new GM literally is the new GM."
But Westbrook says he believes GM's liability shield could be on shaky ground if attorneys can show GM officials knew about the defects and concealed it from the bankruptcy judge.
Proving that, however, would mean asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber to reopen the automaker's historic bankruptcy case and proving fraud — a high hurdle to clear.
Hilliard, in Corpus Christi, is preparing at least four lawsuits against GM involving accidents that occurred before the automaker filed for bankruptcy. Amber Rose's mother, Laura Gipe Christian, is a potential client. She has created a Facebook site, "GM Recall Survivors," to link families who lost loved ones in crashes with information about the company and the now recalled vehicles.
"They were fraudulent. They didn't disclose the information they had," said Christian. "They knew about it prior to filing bankruptcy and they did not disclose it to my knowledge."


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Nick Clegg and Vince Cable seemingly adopted the successful tactics of Ukip's Nigel Farage today as they drank pints in a pub after their party's election drubbings.
The pair opted for a central London pub as they launched new proposals designed to help pub landlords in their first public appearance together since bitter infighting tore through the Liberal Democrats.
Ukip leader Mr Farage has often been pictured with a pint of beer while on the campaign trail helping his eurosceptic party surge in the polls, most notably with victory in last month's European elections coupled with big gains at councils across England.
Snap opinion polls also suggested Mr Farage comfortably beat pro-European Mr Clegg in two televised debates between the duo ahead of the election.
The Lib Dems' bashing at the ballot box has prompted soul-searching among members and continued questions over Mr Clegg's future as leader, with some suggesting his position as the party's figurehead has had a major impact on their dwindling popularity.
Lord Oakeshott, a close friend of Mr Cable, also resigned from the party after admitting he had commissioned research which indicated the Lib Dems could fare better at next year's general election with a different leader.
Business Secretary Mr Cable was forced to deny he was part of a plot to oust the leader.
And with Mr Clegg and Mr Cable attempting a show of unity i t was almost a case of pints all round - and an apparent nod toward Mr Farage's relaxed beer in a pub approach - in the surroundings of the Queen's Head in Piccadilly.
Deputy Prime Minister Mr Clegg pulled a pint of London Pride beer for Mr Cable and an Archer Mild Ale for himself as the pair talked pubs, policy and chandeliers in the pub.
The senior Lib Dems were greeted by a sizeable press pack as the focus continued to centre on the pair's working relationship.
At one stage, Mr Clegg was leaning on the bar with a pint in his hand while Mr Cable had one hand on his hip and a beer in the other as they tried to use the relaxed surroundings to show they are at ease in each other's company.
As they sat down side-by-side at a table decorated with flowers and with their pints in tow to continue talking with staff, they were treated to camera flashes and television cameras from reporters gathered on the rain-soaked street outside.
Both Mr Clegg and Mr Cable appeared to enjoy around half of their drinks before the media were asked to leave the pub.
As he eyed the menu, Mr Clegg said he would have fancied the slow-roast pork although he was not placing an order.
The Lib Dem leader said L ib Dem MPs will meet tomorrow - the day of the Queen's Speech and the new parliamentary session - as the party attempts to ask the "most searching questions" after the poor election results.
He said: "Vince has been very, very clear - he had absolutely no idea what Matthew Oakeshott was getting up to with his polls.
"All I would say is, setting personalities aside, we had a really bad result last week.
"It's the most normal thing in the world that, after such a bad result, Vince, myself, the whole party - we're having a parliamentary party meeting tomorrow - that we really ask ourselves the most searching questions about what we can do to make sure we get our message across."
Mr Clegg said this included stressing his party's role in developing the economy, pensions, taxes and schools.
Mr Cable told reporters: "We work together, I support his leadership. We're going to move on from some very difficult elections. I'm optimistic we are going to turn this corner."
He added: "I haven't been communicating with Lord Oakeshott recently."
Asked if he had the support of his entire team, Mr Clegg said: "Yes, I think the team is very united.
"I think we've surprised people over and over again, have done in the last four years, but of course we've had a tough time of it.
"Going into coalition cost us a lot of support - the day we did it - and that's understandable because there are some people who don't like the fact that we have reached across political boundaries to do what we think is the right thing for the country."
Asked if the visit was a show of unity, Mr Clegg said: "No. Vince and I have worked together for years as party colleagues, as old friends, and will continue to do so.
"Clearly we've had a really difficult time - just look at the election results - neither Vince nor I are in any way trying to brush that under the carpet."
He added they were "determined to work together, as is the whole team in the Liberal Democrats" to learn the lessons of the election results.


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E'Clips Salon and Barber Shop opens in Winsted
Winsted >> Winsted's Main street welcomed an old favorite with a contemporary twist. E'Clips Salon and Barber Shop, 244-46 Main St., cut the ribbon on what the owner, Keith Steiger, calls a "grand re-opening."
Joined by Mayor Mary Ann Welcome, members of the Economic Development Commission and members of the Board of Selectmen, Steiger opened his shop for business June 20.
Though the salon and the barbershop were open for nearly 40 years each, both had different owners.
"Sandy Lemelin owned the salon for about 35 years," Steiger said, "and Dick Wells owned barbershops in town for about 40 years."
After gaining ownership of both shops last year, Steiger made a few renovations to make sure there was easy access from the salon to the barbershop.
"Both owners retired at the same time," he said. "And I officially took it over June 16 of last year."
Steiger and his two employees, manager/stylist Jessica Patrick and stylist Ally Liutermoza decided to keep the shop's traditional feel while making sure to provide his clientele with a modern and up-to-date styles.
"He gets it with the 12-year-olds," said Mary Kelley of Norfolk who's been Steiger's client since he was a student at Torrington Academy in 2010. "No one has talent like him and I've even been to New York City and have been very disappointed. I'll just come home to Keith and he just fixes it."
Kelley now brings her daughter to Steiger, who does her purple streaks and "peek-a-boos."
"We can have generations of people come," Steiger said. "We can do dad for a haircut, and they can bring their kid here who wants a Mohawk and we still do perms and blow outs on the salon side for mom and vibrant colors for the daughters."
With years of experience, Steiger says he hopes to bring the styles of Paris and London to Main Street.
"We're not hair dressers trying to wing it," he said. "We want to be just what the people need."


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Opinion: Remembering Bork
Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, reflects on the passing of Robert Bork. Photos: Associated Press
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Is there a good reason to mark a class public?
Paul Stovell was watching a talk I gave with Keith Pleas at Teched US 2006 on building your own Enterprise Framework. The basic jist was that architecting/designing/building a framework for other developers is a different task than coding for end users.
One thing that is valuable for context is that Keith and I were playing roles in this presentation. Keith was playing Einstein in his Ivory Tower, the developer who wants perfect purity and follows all the rules. I was playing Mort the realist, the developer who just wants to get the job done. We went back and forth with white slides for Keith, Black for me, each of us declaring the extreme view, then coming together on the final slide with some pragmatic and prescriptive guidance.
Paul had an issue with the slide on Extensibility where I, as the hyper-realist, said:
- If they extend it, they will break it
- Use Internal more
- Seal first, ask questions later
He said:
Frankly, I think this is crap.
[Paul Stovell]
For goodness' sake, Paul, don't sugarcoat it, tell me how you really feel! ;) Just kidding. He has some interesting observations and (some) valid points.
If you are developing a framework or API for someone else to use, and you think you know more about how they plan to use your API than they do, you've got balls. [Paul]
I mostly agree with this. However, you certainly need to have SOME idea of what they are using it for as you're on the hook to support it in every funky way they might used it. It is reasonable to have some general parameters for how your API should be used. If you design it poorly, it will likely get used in ways that may end up giving the developer a bad experience or even breaking the app.
For example, in a logging service we had a method called ConfigureAndWatch that mirrored the log4net ConfigureAndWatch. It's meant to be called once per AppDomain, and never again. Because it was not only poorly named (since we too the internal implementation's name) and it didn't offer any suggestions (via exceptions, return values, or logging of its own) some users would call it on every page view within ASP.NET, causing a serious performance problem. There's a number of ways this problem could be solved, but the point is that there needs to be a boundary for the context in which an API is used. If we had constrained this more - and by doing that, we think we know more than they do - then some problems would have been avoided.
Scott goes on to give an example whereby he actually made every class "internal" in his API, and waited for users to tell him what classes they wanted to extend, and extended them one by one. [Paul]
This little bit of inspired brilliance was not my idea, but rather Brian Windheim's, an architect at Corillian. We had an application that consisted largely of base classes and developers were insisting that they needed infinite flexibility. We heard "infinite" from the developers, but not the business owner. Brian theorized that they didn't need as much extensibility as they thought, and shipped a internally basically sealed version. When folks needed something marked virtual, they put it in a queue. The next internal version shipped with something like 7 methods in one class marked virtual - meeting the needs of all - when originally the developers thought they wanted over 50 points of extensibility.
The point of Brian's exercise was to find a balance between extensibility, both explicit and implicit, and supportability.
When you mark something virtual or make a class public, as a
developer framework designer explicitly expressing support for the use of that API. If you choose to mark everything virtual and everything public as Paul advocates, be aware of not only the message you send to the downstream developer, but also the unspeakably large combinatorics involved when that developer starts using the API in an expected way.
Cyclomatic complexity can give you a number that expresses the complexity of a method and offer valuable warnings when something is more complex than the human mind can comfortably hold. There are other tools (like NDepend and Afferent Coupling, Lattix and it's Dependency Structure Matrices and Libcheck and its measure of the churn of the public surface area of a framework) that can help you express the ramifications of your design decisions in fairly hard metrics and good reporting.
If you mark all your classes and methods public, be informed of these metrics (and others) and the computer science behind them and acknowledge that you're saying they aren't right for you. Just be aware and educated of the potential consequences, be those consequences bad or good.
Can you honestly rely on people who are "just playing" with a technology to tell you which bits they will need to be extensible 12 months into the future?
You totally can't. When you're designing for Users, you do a usability study. When you're designing for Developers, you need do a a developability study.
Microsoft actually does more of this than most folks think. Sure there's the Alphas, Betas and CTPs, but there's also TAP (Technology Adoption Programs) programs, Deep Dives where folks go to labs at Microsoft and work on new technology and frameworks for a week while folks take notes. These programs aren't for RDs or MVPs, they're for developer houses. If you're interesting, ask your local Microsoft rep (whoever organizes your local Nerd Dinners perhaps) how you can get into an Early Adopter Program for whatever technology you're hoping to influence. They really DO listen. We just came back from a Deep Dive into PowerShell and got not only access to the team but a chance to tell them how we use the product and the direction we'd like to see it go.
Scotts [sic] philosophy, and that of many people at Microsoft (and many component vendors - Infragistics being another great example), seems to be to mark everything as internal unless someone gives them a reason to make it public.
That's not my philosophy, and I didn't say it was in the presentation. It was part of the schtick. The slides looked like this with Keith as Ivory Tower Guy first, then Me as Realist guy, and the "in actuality" slide last with guidance we could all agree on. However, I still think that marking stuff internal while you're in your design phase is a great gimmick to better understand your user and help balance good design with the important business issue of a supportable code base.
The salient point in the whole talk is be aware of the consequences of extremes and make the decision that's right for you and your company. (Very ComputerZen, eh?)
Paul's right that it is frustrating to see internal classes that do just what you want, but simply marking them public en masse isn't the answer, nor is marking everything internal.
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Area Code and Exchange (206) 485 in Washington
Exchange Code 485 for Area Code 206 covers the city of Seattle, King County in the State of Washington. It is centered at N 47º 36' 22.35", W 122º 19' 55.45". This Exchange Code was introduced on 10 March 2016 and is designated as being used for Landline telephones.
This Exchange covers telephone numbers ranging from (206) 485-0000 to (206) 485-9999.
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NXX/Exchange Code: 485
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