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Nokia 2125i / 2126i / 2128i
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I totally suggest this phone!
yeah i got a nokia 2126i about 3 months ago from tracfone. Now naturully, it gets great coverage. it does however have some disadvantages.
PRO's: Great reception! thankyou, Nokia!
great games! it is so easy to get good at them!
slim and light weight
nicely spaced keypad
downloadable games
great ringtones
CON's: awful looking 65*96 screen
i've been having trouble with the battery. one night its fully charged the next it is dead
well, that's all. overall this is the best phone ive had so far. I totally suggest it!
Nokia Redeems Themselves in the CDMA Market
Nokia has a reputation of delivering bad CDMA phones. As a loyal AT&T Wireless customer I grew to love Nokia phones. Imagine my surprise when I went CDMA with Sprint and was stuck with a 6016. BAH! Now that I'm with Metro PCS, I'm happy with my service and phone.
This phone makes me take everything bad I ever said about Nokia back. The battery lasts almost forever. The sound quality is fantastic and the speaker-phone is loud and clear. Here's the breakdown:
Good Speaker-phone
Excellent Reception
Excellent Battery Life
Simple Nokia menus
No Toys like a camera
Overall, this is the perfect phone for the person who uses their phone for communication
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Great phone for basic users
I have a Nokia 2126i from Tracfone. If you are looking for a phone that has every feature under the planet, this phone isn't for you. If you just want a basic phone for regular use, this is the phone for you. Works great, with good sound quality, and the speaker is nice too. The flashlight is also handy for those few times you need it. The only thing that bugs about this phone is that it has no 2.5 mm jack. My old phone did, and now I have to buy $7 adapter just so I can use my headset. This is just a way for Nokia to make money, because you have to buy their headset with the special pop-port.
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Very Small!!
Good reception, quality (Clintonville, WI)
Great battery life
Poor games (A card game would be nice)
No 2.5 mm headset jack
Also, if you are buying a Tracfone, make sure you get referred by a friend. You get an additional 100 minutes, and another 4 months of service.
I love the phone, but have to give it a 4 because of no 2.5 mm jack. Good job Nokia!
Suprinsingly GOOD
I bought this phone to replace the one my company provided me (samsung sph a660). I was looking for a flip phone but could not find one that was only that: a Phone.
I 'settled' to go with a non-flip, the Nokia 2125i from Bell. Well I'm currently (3 months later) still in love.
This phone has AMAZING reception, well beyond my Audiovox (2), Samsung or any other ones I tried. Batterie is more than could be expected and it feels really good in my hand.
Key pad looks small but the keys are really easy to feel and this phone is probably the first one I can accurately dial on without looking at.
Another point that was important to me was a key combination to lock/unlock the keypad instead of a single key press for a specific duration (@3sec) like on my previous Samsung (sch350).
Finally, interface is easy to use, contacts can have multiple phone numbers and each can be assigned a speed-dial... which is not the case with the samsung software. Profiles ease the task of changing from vibration to ring and back when you get home.
In conclusion, I don't see any reason not to buy this phone (it was even 0$ with a 2 year renewal) if you're looking for a phone. If you're into gadget or bling-blings, i.e. camera, mp3, etc, then you may not like it. But if you're looking for a phone that's a phone, then the Nokia 2125i is what you've been looking for!
Excellent basic phone at rock bottom price from Tracfone
This phone is now being retailed by the infamous big box store at under $20. It lacks a few bells and whistles of the Nokia 2285, which I deactivated when I got hold the 2126, but I won't miss them. Who's going to use an internet minibrowser at Tracfone rates? It won't replace your PC or Xbox, and don't ask it to at this price.
The battery is larger than the 2285's and goes a few days longer before needing charged. Comes with a home charger, and the 12v car charger you will have to purchase separately is the same one that most other modern Nokias use.
The whole phone is smaller and lighter, so the screen is also smaller, but still more readable than the Motorola v120. In fact, the phone is so small that it approaches the lower limit for size in my opinion (if you have XL hands like me) but the keypad is still better and easier to use than the other bargain basement Tracfones I've mentioned. The speakerphone also comes in handy, especially since there's no handsfree jack. It has a handy flashlight and can record up to 30 second voice clips.
Reception is on par with any other phone I've used; reading the manual, I did not know that you should avoid putting your fingers over the top of the back side, it blocks the antenna, hurts reception/transmission, and even drains the battery further (another problem for XL hands). If you drive off the beaten path, in my experience this CDMA Tracfone will give you the best possible odds of being useable (over TDMA and GSM).
Again, if you need a cellphone (vs want a cellphone) this one fits the bill. Don't make the mistake of buying and activating this phone without using Refer-a-Friend, email me at email@example.com to find out how. Activate one this way and you can afford to throw it away after four months if you want (but you won't).
Great Phone
This phone is the best I've had on Verizon.
It gets a signal where neither of my LG phones would.
Call quality is very good.
No cons yet.
2128i review, verizon
I got this phone about 2 weeks ago. I was replacing an LG vx6100. Despite its lack of features, this is one of the best phones I've ever had.
1. Internal Antenna
2. Tiny overall size & weight
3. Lacks the terrible Moto/Verizon UI
4. Classic nokia ringers
5. Good speakerphone
6. Long battery life (3 days and counting and I still have 5/7 bars left.
7. Excellent reception, excellent!!
8. Flashlight
9. good for text messaging
10. No garbagy, bloated features
11. Can be used on pre/post paid service from Verizon
12. Cheap
13. Not a flip phone, I love candybar phones
1. No GIN apps
2. No camera (arguably a pro)
3. ... can't think of anymore.
In summary, this phone blows my vx6100, T730, and v265 out of the water for a fractional price.
A solid, simple quality phone
This phone is perfect for me â a no frills, solid Nokia. I got it through Verizon for $29. My philosophy for cell phones is the less moving parts, the better so this one fits the bill. It seems to drop more calls (I live in the greater Los Angeles area) than the 3589i it replaced but the benefits (smaller, much better looking, internal antenna) outweigh any drawbacks. It is so small I can throw it into my pocket and forget it is there. The screen is nothing to write home about but that isnât what I need a cell phone for. I canât tell you how many times Iâve already used the flashlight â true design genius.
Impossibly small (for CDMA)
Very solid
Good reception
Internal antenna
Replaceable faceplates
Speaker phone
Good looking
No built in 3.5mm headset jack (you need to use provided adapter)
Display could be brighter
In summary, if you like Nokia phones and are a Verizon this phone will fit like a glove.
Great phone
This is a great little phone. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an affordable phone to make calls without all of the extras. I bought it for my Grandparents. It has more features than they will ever use, but the basic features are easy.
Great reception in upstate New York/Rochester area (as good or better than my LG VX 6000)
Flashlight puts out great light
The speaker phone is one of the best I've heard
Solid "click" when buttons are pushed
Most of these are personal preferences
I'm not a fan of the Nokia menu system
No side buttons
Because the phone is small, it is easy to cover the internal antenna area of the phone reducing reception.
These are all minor quirks. Overall, it's great.
Decent for a very basik phone
This is decent phone for a person with small hands who does nor required 1-touch functions,
. excellent battery life, decent reception. Good loudspeaker
Flimsy feeling, case making crackling noises when squeeze. Only 8 1-touch numbers can be programmed. No analog roming.
Menus are not very friendly ( i compare to LG phones)
No standard 2.5 mm phone jack, which is big minus .
Bottom line: this is just eh OK phone to buy some time untill something better will show up.


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This post will have absolutely nothing to do with beauty. I hope you don't mind that. Sometimes I need to write about something other than a mascara, ya know? I used to write in diaries and journals daily. I miss those days. Even now if I wanted to write in a journal, I'd be consistent for a good week and then fall off the wagon.
Can I be honest? I mean, REALLY honest? I am crazy stressed out. I could blame the pressures of being a new mom but honestly, I think I was stressed before Elle Belle. I'm just one of those people who happens to always be on the edge about something: finances, job circumstances, weight, location, health. You name it and I stress about it. It's just who I am. And stress isn't always a bad thing. But lately, I've just been wiped out. Do you ever feel like you work too hard but at the same time you're not working hard enough? It's so tough to find a balance.
You ever want to get away? I mean, REALLY get away? Not worry about a thing and just jet to an island where the sun is plentiful and the only disturbance you hear are the waves crashing? I've been to Miami, Jamaica and the Bahamas…I know what paradise looks like. And man, how I'd love to visit again. But investing in a trip seems crazy when there are so many other expenses in my lane.
I'm not complaining. I'm grateful for every breath I take. I am thankful for my beautiful family, the opportunities that have come by way and the doors that I know will open for me in the future. I am confident and positive but hey I'm all about accepting ALL of my emotions and sheesh…I'm stressed.
I say all of that to say that posts may be slow and inconsistent. My only free time to really blog is after work and I'd rather spend time with Elle and prepping for the next day. And even after she goes asleep sometimes I want to sit in the dark and do nothing. Think about nothing. I just want to be.
Sometimes we DO so much. It's as if we forgot how to BE. Be in the moment. Be still. Be quiet. And maybe it's the Capricorn in me but I love the quiet. I need it sometimes.
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- Nepal has protested Kumar Lama's arrest, says it is committed to human rights
- He is accused of torturing two people at an army barracks in Nepal
- The alleged torture occurred during Nepal's civil war, which ended in 2006
- Human Rights Watch says a culture of impunity for rights abuses in Nepal must end
A Nepalese army colonel will appear in a British court Saturday to face torture charges linked to his alleged actions during his country's civil war, authorities said
Kumar Lama, 46, is accused of two counts of torture at an army barracks in the Nepalese Kapilvastu.
He is accused of intentionally inflicting severe pain or suffering, according to London's Metropolitan Police.
The alleged offenses occurred between April and October, 2005.
Lama is serving as a military observer under the U.N. Mission in Southern Sudan and was on vacation in Britain, Nepalese state media said.
His appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London comes two days after his arrest at a property in St. Leonard's-on-Sea, on England's south coast.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's counter terrorism squad searched his home.
The investigation into the torture allegations is being led by the squad, which also investigates alleged war crimes and human rights abuses.
Lama was arrested under Britain's 1988 Criminal Justice Act, which allows it to meet its obligations under the U.N. Convention Against Torture to prosecute anyone on its territory responsible for torture anywhere in the world.
Nepal summoned the British ambassador in Kathmandu on Friday to protest against the arrest, according to state-run Nepal Television.
The government demanded the officer's immediate release, the broadcaster cited Deputy Prime Minister Narayankaji Shrestha as saying. The Nepalese embassy in London has also been told to lodge a protest with the British government, it said.
Nepal's government is committed to ensuring justice, compensation and the human rights of torture victims, Shrestha is quoted as saying.
From the mid-1990s, Maoist rebels in Nepal fought a 10-year civil war to end the country's autocratic rule by the monarchy. More than 13,000 people died in the fighting.
The rebels signed a peace deal with the government in 2006, joined mainstream politics and won the most seats in a 2008 election for the Constituent Assembly. The victory transformed Nepal from a monarchy to a republic after 239 years of autocratic rule.
However, international rights group Human Rights Watch has warned of a lack of progress on accountability for violations since the political process stalled in 2011.
The group's Asia director, Brad Adams, welcomed Lama's arrest Thursday, saying it was "an important step in enforcing the U.N. Convention against Torture. Those responsible for committing torture in Nepal can no longer assume they are beyond the reach of the law in other countries.
"The lesson for the Nepal government and army is that it is time to end the culture of impunity that has left victims waiting for justice for far too long," he said.
Nepal has failed to prosecute anyone for torture committed during the civil war in the nearly seven years since it ended, the Human Rights Watch statement said.
Political disputes continue to plague Nepal, which failed to agree on a new constitution by a May deadline and has yet to hold new elections.
In December, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was deeply concerned about the continuing political deadlock in Nepal.
He urged the country's political parties to resolve their differences and form a broad-based government.
The U.N. said that despite the remaining challenges, there have been important achievements since the end of the civil war, including the integration of former Maoist rebels and removal of minefields.


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It's a bold idea, discussed for years behind closed doors and recently announced in a strangely understated and pro-growth way: Tear down the last mile of Interstate 280 and replace it with an wide boulevard – reminiscent of the removal of the Central and Embarcadero freeways – in order to facilitate the extension of electrified Caltrain and high-speed rail tracks into the Transbay Terminal.
For almost three years, city planners have been discussing the idea and drawing up closely guarded plans to tear down the freeway, discussions sparked by the state's Environmental Impact Reports on electrifying the Caltrain tracks and bringing high-speed trains into town. With an increasing number of trains traveling those tracks, access to the rapidly growing Mission Bay area from the west on 16th Street would turn into a traffic nightmare, either with long waits for an at-grade train crossing or the creation of ugly and uninviting underpasses for cars and bikes.
Mayor Ed Lee and other top politicians have long sought to bring those trains downtown in Transbay Terminal through a still-unfunded tunnel, rather than having them stop at the existing Caltrain station at 4th and King streets. But the existence of the I-280 pilings made it structurally impossible to send the train underground before it got to 16th street.
So the idea was raised to raze the elevated 280 freeway and better integrate Mission Bay and the Potrero Hill/Showplace Square area, where Kaiser plans to build a huge new medical facility, creating a bike- and pedestrian-friendly corridor without the shadow of an antiquated freeway overhead.
"If you get the freeway out of the way, it's a ton of space," said Greg Riessen, the city planner who developed and studied the idea. "The whole corridor of the freeway is blocking the ability to do anything else."
But it wasn't until the political class and their capitalist partners also realized the enormous development potential of the idea – raising money that could be used to fund the train tunnel – that it was finally floated as a public trial balloon for the first time this week. The Chron's Matier & Ross led their Sunday column with a short item on the idea, apparently tipped off to its quiet debut a couple weeks earlier.
The city's Transportation Policy Director Gillian Gillett unveiled the idea in a Jan. 7 letter to the Municipal Transportation Commission, repeating it Jan. 10 at a forum on high-speed rail held at the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. The letter was a response to the MTC's request for information on "San Francisco's policy goals and objectives regarding the much-needed electrification of Caltrain."
Yet rather than deal directly with that issue, the letter said the answer "must be broadened to address the need for growth in the downtown and South of Market areas," which it said requires funding to bring the trains into Transbay Terminal and to then let developers have at the 21 acres of land surrounding the existing Caltrain station, where transportation officials planned to store the trains.
"We need to create a faster and cheaper DTX [Downtown Extension project] alignment, realize the full value of the 4th & King Streets Railyard site, and eliminate the intrusiveness of I-280 in Mission Bay by terminating it at 16th Street and replacing it with a boulevard, based on the lessons learned from the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway to create a new Rincon Hill neighborhood, and the Central Freeway to create the new Market-Octavia neighborhood. Reenvisioning Caltrain electrification and the DTX could increase ridership, reduce costs considerably and create additional real estate value that would, in turn, provide for both more jobs to create revenue for both Caltrain and DTX and attract investment," Gillett wrote.
She calls current plans to electrify Caltrain "shortsighted because it reduces the City's ability to meet its regional job growth allocations, because more than 20 acres are covered with trains, and it eliminates an important opportunity to create real estate value which can be used to fund transit and Caltrain investments," she wrote.
The letter doesn't address where the increasing number of trains coming into San Francisco would be stored if the railyard is turned into luxury condos and commercial spaces, which has long been a goal of SPUR and other pro-development cheerleaders. High-speed rail officials have suggested Brisbane, but sources say city officials there have balked at the idea. Although Gillett hasn't returned our calls with follow-up questions, the Mayor's Office seems to see such logistical questions as secondary to this cash-cow idea.
So a staff-level proposal to solve a transportation challenge with an elegant multi-modal solution that follows in the city's tradition of tearing down freeways has morphed into a real estate deal. Quentin Kopp, the father of high-speed rail in California, has already derided the Transbay Terminal project (which is funded by the sale of state land surrounding the site to office tower developers) as little more than a real estate deal, and now the city is apparently seeking to extend that deal further into Mission Bay.
Former Mayor Art Agnos, who worked on both the Embarcadero and Central freeway tear-downs, told us, "In general, I really support the concept of demolishing freeways that bisect the city."
Yet he said there are many key details and questions that need to be addressed, particularly given the Mayor's Office support for the new Warriors arena on the Central Waterfront, a project whose unaddressed traffic impacts would be exacerbated by an intensification of development at the Caltrain station, into Mission Bay, and further south.
"It could drown the city, this tsunami of cars, particularly with all the development planned all the way down to Hunters Point," Agnos said. "I like the idea, but we need a serious discussion of the details, particularly with all these development proposals."


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British intelligence, apparently seeking to protect Robert Hannigan, the former Director of GCHQ; and Australian intelligence intelligence seeking to protect Alexander Downer, Foreign Affairs Minister and Ambassador to the U.K; have asked President Trump Trump NOT to release un-redacted FISA documents.
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Dodgers Announce 2013 Coaching Staff
The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their coaching staff for the 2013 season with eight coaches returning to the Dodger staff as well as three new additions. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement.
"All of these men have a passion for teaching and coaching," said Colletti. "They provide a vast array of experience and are well-respected with a proven track record."
2013 Dodger Coaching Staff:
Don Mattingly – Manager (third season)
Chuck Crim – Bullpen Coach (first season)
Trey Hillman – Bench Coach (third season)
Rick Honeycutt – Pitching Coach (eighth season)
Davey Lopes – First Base Coach (third season)
Mark McGwire – Hitting Coach (first season)
Tim Wallach – Third Base Coach (third season)
Ken Howell – Assistant Pitching Coach (first season, sixth on staff)
John Valentin – Assistant Hitting Coach (first season)
Manny Mota – Coach (34th season)
Steve Yeager – Coach (second season)
Mattingly enters his third season as the Dodgers' manager after leading the club to a second consecutive winning season and an 86-76 record in his second year at the helm. A former American League MVP, nine-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner and six-time All-Star, Mattingly is the ninth manager in Los Angeles Dodger history and 27th in franchise history.
Crim enters his first season as bullpen coach and his seventh in the Dodger organization after serving as an amateur scout (2007-08), Rookie-Advanced Ogden's pitching coach (2009), Single-A Great Lakes' pitching coach (2010) and Double-A Chattanooga's pitching coach (2011-12). Crim's staff at Chattanooga posted a Southern League-best 3.66 ERA in 2011 and was second best in 2012 (3.57). The Van Nuys native was a reliever in the big leagues for the Brewers, Angels and Cubs from 1987-94, posting a career record of 47-43 with 45 saves and a 3.83 ERA. Crim was the head baseball coach at Canyon High School in Santa Clarita from 2003-05.
Hillman will begin his third season as the Dodgers' bench coach and 23rd as a professional baseball coach, including three seasons managing the Kansas City Royals, five seasons managing the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan and 12 seasons managing in the minor leagues. His honors include being named "Sportsman of the Year" by the Foreign Sportswriters of Japan in 2006, Florida State League (A) Manager of the Year in 1996 and the International League (AAA) Manager of the Year in 1999.
Honeycutt enters his eighth consecutive season as the Dodgers' pitching coach, making him the longest tenured full-time coach on the Dodgers' staff. Since Honeycutt became the pitching coach in 2006, his staff has posted a Major League-best 3.77 ERA and rank second in the Majors in strikeouts (8544) and opponents' batting average (.248). Last season, Los Angeles ranked second in the NL with both a 3.34 ERA and a .238 opponents' batting average, while striking out 1,276 batters, the fourth most in the league. Under Honeycutt's tutelage, Clayton Kershaw (2.53) led the Majors in ERA for the second consecutive season and veteran starters Chris Capuano (3.72) and Aaron Harang (3.61) posted the lowest ERA of their careers in their first year with the club.
Lopes will enter his 26th season as a Major League coach and third with the Dodgers, returning as the first base coach and baserunning instructor after playing for the team from 1972-82. A pair of Dodgers set career highs in steals last season as Shane Victorino (39 SB) and Dee Gordon (32 SB) ranked fourth and eighth, respectively, in the National League. Lopes was a part of the longest-tenured infield in Major League history along with Steve Garvey, Bill Russell and Ron Cey from 1973-81.
McGwire takes the reins as the Dodger hitting coach after three successful seasons in the same position with the Cardinals. During his time as hitting coach, St. Louis led the NL in batting average (.269), on-base percentage (.337) and batting average with runners in scoring position (.274), ranked second in runs (2,263), fourth in slugging percentage (.416) and third in OPS (.753) in the three-year span. McGwire's tenure in St. Louis was highlighted by the Cardinals' 2011 season, when St. Louis led the NL in batting average (.273), on-base percentage (.341), slugging percentage (.425, T-1st), OPS (.766) and runs scored (762), while striking out a National League-low 978 times en route to a World Series title. In a 16-year Major League career with the Athletics and Cardinals, McGwire hit 583 home runs (363 with Oakland), the 10th-most in baseball history.
Wallach, who played for the Dodgers from 1993-96, begins his third season as the Dodgers' Third Base Coach. He has also spent four seasons as a minor league manager, setting a franchise record for victories (80) for the Dodgers' Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes in 2009 and being named the 2009 Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year. In 2011, Wallach was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
Howell was the Dodgers' bullpen coach from 2008-12 and in that time the club's relievers owned a 3.49 ERA, which was the third-best in the NL. In his four seasons as bullpen coach, the Dodgers led the National League with both a .234 opponents' batting average and 137 wins while ranking fourth on the circuit with 2,303 strikeouts. In his new role as assistant pitching coach, Howell will assist Honeycutt and Crim with their duties while also working with both the Dodger minor league affiliates and pitchers on rehab assignments. Howell pitched for seven seasons in the Major Leagues, including five with Los Angeles, and posted a 3.95 career ERA.
Valentin will enter his sixth season in the Dodger organization and first as assistant hitting coach. The 45-year-old was previously the hitting coach for Triple-A Albuquerque (2011-12) and Double-A Chattanooga (2010) and the manager for Double-A Chattanooga (2009) and Single-A Inland Empire (2008). Valentin is a veteran of 11 Major League seasons, primarily with the Boston Red Sox, winning the Silver Slugger Award at shortstop in 1995. The New York native finished his career with a .279 career batting average in 1,105 big league contests.
Mota will enter his 34th season as a coach with the Dodgers and 44th year overall in the organization. He donned a Dodger uniform as a player in parts of 13 seasons from 1969-80 and 1982 and finished his career as the all-time leading pinch-hitter in Major League history. Mota will assist the club in Spring Training and throughout the year while also expanding his role as a Spanish language broadcaster for the Dodgers on PRIME TICKET Fox Deportes.
Yeager enters his second season as a catching instructor with the Dodgers and will work with the club's Major League backstops in both Spring Training and throughout the season at Dodger Stadium. Yeager will also periodically visit the Dodgers' minor league partners and work with their catchers. He played 15 seasons in the big leagues (14 with Los Angeles) and was the 1981 World Series Tri-MVP for the Dodgers along with Ron Cey and Pedro Guerrero. Known as a stellar defensive catcher, Yeager led the NL in caught-stealing percentage in both 1978 and 1982.


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June 6, 2009
From this moment...
At the restruant...
This group asked if we wanted them to take our picture so we said sure and this gal from the group jumped in our picture...LOL
Then we thought... well, if she can jump in why not have a pic with all of them.....
This is Eric along the canal... kind of being silly...
Well, this is Eric after a few more beers, being a little bit more silly... HEY who is that chic anyway.. and why does she look so great in that top? And WHY is my husband soo close to her ta-ta's!?!
Yes, after 10 years, he's still the one I cling too.... and kiss!!
I think we make a great couple....
And here I am looking pretty HOT! LOL... not bad for 48! and he's pretty lucky too!
I love you E-man! XO
7 comments:
- Ami said...
Nina, those are awesome and hysterical pics!! I LOVE the one of Eric and the mannequin!! Bwahahaha!! But she has nothing on you, you're so pretty! Looks like y'all had a wonderful anniversary--here's to many, many more!!
- June 6, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- MindyRadio said...
Happy Anniversary Ninay!!! You better keep an eye on that one. I think he was trying to get that mannequins phone number....LOL
- June 6, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Carmen O. said...
Happy Belated Anniversary. Looks like you two know how to have fun! I'm in Adrian MI today while my son rehearses for HSM3. He doesn't drive and it's a 45 min drive so I stick around here. Where I'm at is a ice cream place and they have free WIFI. Try not to come too often, don't want to wear out my welcome :D.
- June 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Happy Anniversary to you both love the story this and the pics were so sweet and funny. Hugs XXX Beth
- June 8, 2009 at 12:31 AM
- Unknown said...
Happy Anniversary :) You look awesome! xxx Marlene
- June 8, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Leigh Anne said...
oooh NICE - seriosly ROFL at the chick jumping in your pic - your whole little story - good times! :)
- June 8, 2009 at 9:47 PM
- Ayelet {Jenny} said...
You look briliant, I wouldnt have ever guessed that you are 48! and yes you do look great together!
{Hugs} x
- June 13, 2009 at 5:28 AM


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I am employed at one of the large IT consulting firms as a developer. I have
been here for 13 years, right out of college, and I am making 63K. It's
decent money, but not great. I live in a major metro area in the south.
I know the economy is not at its best right now, but I am interested in
looking externally for a new position. This will be my first external job
search ever, and I know my situation is a lot different than it was when
I was trying to land a job right out of college.
I've read all the articles on resumes, cover leters, networking, and all
that stuff that you're supposed to read before embarking on a job search.
But I know you guys have some good advice, since I've been following this
forum for several months.
My main concern is that every job posting I see, whether it be a general
job site (ComputerJobs.com, Monster.com, etc.), a company's web site, a recruiting
company's web site, or the newspaper, seems to specify a very narrow and
specific skill set. That would be all very fine and good if my skills matched
the skills they are looking for, but that does not seem to be the case.
I've moved around quite a bit in my company, learning what I need as I go,
and I have a lot of different technical skills. Many of them are not exactly
the latest - COBOL, VSAM, VB3, VB5, some C++. I've always had success picking
up languages and platforms easily, so that is not a problem for me. Part
of my problem is that I've tended to work primarily on legacy systems, doing
some development and maintenance. I haven't gotten into much architecture
or design, and I haven't dealt much with any infrastructure issues. It's
mainly small-to-medium-sized development projects on an existing system.
But, I just don't see any ads that seem to be looking for that type of person.
I know that companies need people with those skills - we've hired several
just like that in the past. I don't know how the position was worded, but
these people have had similar skills as myself. They've been good solid
IT workers - not superstars with amazing and unique skills - and they have
for the most part been very loyal and stayed here for several years.
It almost seems like I'd be better off getting an entry-level position where
I would not be expected to be an expert on a particular platform or language.
I'm sure that with my experience and skills that I would do well with an
opportunity like that. But, I cannot take a position at an entry-level salary,
and I'm sure I would hear the word "overqualified" quite a bit.
So, how exactly should I approach this possible job search? I'm not in a
position where I have to change jobs, and I'd rather not have to devote a
huge amount of time or effort. Not that I'm lazy, it's just that I have
a job plus a family. Also, I really didn't have to work hard at all to get
interviews and offerings out college. Back then the thing I kept hearing
that employers were looking for was "experience", and now I have me some
of that "experience", so I would expect that things should be somewhat easier.
I know that the market for IT workers in general is not that great, and I
also know that some positions are going to be sent to places like India and
Mexico. But there are always some positions open, and the economy will improve
sometime. Again, this is not an urgent job search, but if there is something
better out there, I'd like to find it without a ton of effort. I hear of
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Prepared by a team of economists, led by Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan, the Survey is likely to make a strong case for accelerating economic reforms to neutralise domestic and global factors which have stymied growth.
As the official assessment of the country's economy, the Survey is customarily tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister ahead of the General Budget. The document is viewed as being important because it prescribes steps for the government to deal with various economic problems, leaving the onus of taking hard decisions on the government.
The major focus of the Survey this year is likely to be on pushing economic growth, which has been projected by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) at 5 per cent for this fiscal, sharply lower than the original estimate of 7.6 per cent (+/- 0.25 per cent).
Taking into account persistent contraction of industrial production and exports, the Survey is expected to suggest measures to deal with the issues impacting them.
It may, however, welcome the government's recent reform initiatives with regard to partially deregulating diesel price, opening up of FDI in retail and liberalising foreign
investment norms for various sectors, including insurance.
On the taxation front, the survey could pitch for early implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), with a view to expanding tax base and raising tax-GDP ratio.
The issues like surge in gold import and widening Current Account Deficit (CAD) too are likely to figure prominently in the Survey.


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9 July 2013 - UNDP Administrator Helen Clark spoke today at Activate summit in London about the links between technology and digital media and the next development agenda.
In an interview prior to the Activate Summit, Helen Clark referred to the open participation of people in policy making and governance as one of the enablers of sustainable development.
"I support participatory approaches to development which drive inclusive growth, equity and environmental sustainability. The role of technology is central in getting broad engagement in development and in driving development itself."
Helen Clark gave a keynote interview at the conference on "The role of technology in building open and responsive institutions" which feeds into the overall theme of the event "Transforming the world through digital innovation, technology and openness".
UNDP is a key player in the development field using technology to drive engagement and development itself. Together with the UN Development Group, UNDP launched a global conversation via social media, other websites and face-to-face meetings in order to involve people in the post-2015 development process.
"So far, more than 750,000 people from 194 countries have participated. The feedback suggests that people want the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) attended to; inequality tackled, women empowered and the environment protected. They are saying that it's not only access to services like education which matters, but also their quality. They want open, honest and responsive government too. Technology has a role to play in achieving that."
Technology enables wider dialogues on shaping the post-2015 agenda and helps drawing a clearer picture of what people need to empower their lives.
UNDP is also using technology to make its operations more efficient and transparent: since January, UNDP published more than 50 audit reports, and continues to provide information in accordance with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).
"It could be said that technology is taking us towards high-definition development – because the extent of communication we have with people paints a picture closer to that of a flat screen."


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After what seems like ages, Beauty Junkies Unite reviews a few pieces from JK Jemma Kidd Cosmetics. Target's beauty department is coming on strong!
Are you ready for Spring? Roselyn from Makeup Makes Me Happy has the full scoop on all of the upcoming beauty collections from designers like Chanel, Givenchy, Shu Uemura and more for 2009! A must-see!
Did the holidays completely stress you out? Beauty Beast explains how one little product from Origins can help you forget all of your worries in no time.
Beauty411 shares the details on the frosty new MAC Chill Collection!
Viva Woman shows you how to make an easy homemade bath scrub with Epsom salt!
Beauty Anonymous reviews Shiseido's Integrate Holiday 2008 Makeup Palette!
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Study found link between muscle strength, arthritis woes
THURSDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Stronger thigh muscles can help protect women, but not men, from the pain of arthritic knees, a new study finds.
The knee is the most common joint affected by osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease, a major cause of disability in the United States, researchers say. In the United States, nearly 27 million adults suffer from osteoarthritis, and 16 percent of cases in people aged 45 and older affect the knee. Almost 19 percent of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients are women and 13.5 percent are men, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, the new study finds that "stronger quadricep [thigh] muscles may protect older adults from developing the combination of osteoarthritis on X-ray and daily pain or stiffness in their knees," said lead researcher Dr. Neil Segal, director of the Clinical Osteoarthritis Research Program at the University of Iowa.
"We already knew that quadriceps strength was associated with better ability to walk and get up from a chair," Segal said. "However, one implication of these new findings is that quadricep strength may protect against developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis."
The report is published in the September issue of Arthritis Care & Research.
For the study, Segal's team followed more than 3,000 men and women between 50 and 79 years of age, all of whom took part in the in the Multicenter Knee Osteoarthritis Study (MOST). The trial was designed to find out if knee strength would predict knee osteoarthritis, either as observed on an X-ray or through patient symptoms.
Over two and a half years, the researchers evaluated each participant for thigh muscle strength. Muscle strength between the quadriceps and the hamstrings was used to determine weakness in the lower leg muscles. To see if people developed osteoarthritis, the researchers took X-rays of the participants' knees at the beginning and end of the study. They also asked about pain, aching or stiffness in the knees.
By the end of the study, 48 of 680 men and 93 of 937 women developed osteoarthritis detectable by X-ray. About 10 percent of the women and 8 percent of the men had symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, the researchers found.
These results showed that thigh muscle strength was not a significant predictor of osteoarthritis that was detected via X-ray. However, women with the strongest thighs had a lower incidence of symptomatic, or painful, knee osteoarthritis, Segal's group found.
And since the more painful form of knee arthritis, "is the type of osteoarthritis that brings older adults to health-care providers, this [finding] is important for public health," Segal said.
However, men with strong thigh muscles had only slightly better odds of avoiding painful knee osteoarthritis compared with men with weaker knee extensor strength.
It remains to be seen whether strengthening the thighs might help people avoid arthritic knees, the researchers stressed. "Our study was observational, so interventional studies need to be done to determine whether strengthening exercises for people with weak quadriceps will reduce their risk for developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis years later," Segal said.
Samantha Heller, an exercise physiologist, said a few simple, low-impact exercises can help people -- even those with osteoarthritis -- strengthen their thighs and knees.
"The exercises that people can do, and tend to do correctly, and can do on their own, are climbing stairs -- up and down," Heller said.
Heller recommends climbing stairs slowly, making the best use of the thigh muscles. "You don't have to run up or down stairs. You can go up and down even one or two steps at a time -- that helps strengthen the leg muscles. Strong leg muscles not only support knee health, but they support your independence as you get older," she said.
In addition, walking is good for your muscles and your bones, Heller said. Walking engages all the muscles in your legs, she added. "If you want to have happy knees, you want to have the muscles surrounding the knee strong and balanced," she said.
People can also see a physical therapist to get on a program that will strengthen the legs, Heller said. "There's a whole ton of leg and knee exercises you can do," she said.
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For more information on osteoarthritis, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
SOURCES: Neil Segal, M.D., associate professor and director, Clinical Osteoarthritis Research Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City; Samantha Heller, R.D., C.D.N., registered dietitian, clinical nutritionist, exercise physiologist, Fairfield, Conn.; September 2009 Arthritis Care & Research
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While it was refreshing to watch a story that centered entirely around one of the BAU members, Reid, Criminal Minds featured an entirely heartbreaking ending this week.
This week's episode began with Reid's discovery that his love interest had been kidnapped, by virtue of a single word uttered by her captor: "Zugzwang." The word itself prophesied pretty much how the story would go:
Hotch: And what did he say to you?
Reid: Zugzwang. It's a chess term. Describes a point in the chess game when a player realizes he'll inevitably be checkmated. He has to decide whether to resign, or to play through to the bitter end. | permalink
We eventually learned that the stalker was not a man, but a woman, and that she was a former student whose thesis had been rejected by Dr. Maeve Donovan - Reid's love interest. The stalker, convincingly played by Michelle Trachtenberg, in turn wanted to take away everything of importance to Maeve, including Spencer Reid.
We're used to seeing the most appealing innocent captive get rescued by the BAU at the last minute. So it was a bit of a shock to see that it didn't happen this time. The ending - though awful - was very well done. Right after we heard the gunshot, the camera panned across the shocked faces of the team, finally landing on Reid, whose face began to crumple in stark agony.
Matthew Gray Gubler (as Dr. Reid) fairly shone with his complete vulnerability, first when he finally revealed his secret to Hotch, and then to the rest of the BAU:
Reid: He thinks he'll get away with this. And, he might. I have a wealth of knowledge I should be applying to this case: behavioral patterns of violent stalkers, tactical recovery strategies, victim survival odds, but right now I can't focus on anything for more than four seconds at a time. Which makes me the dumbest person in the room. So, please help me. Help me find her. | permalink
Procedurally as well, this show was well written: I had a hard time putting it all together, just as the team did all the way through. Trachtenberg's brilliant portrayal of the unsub was all sweetness at first when she was in the kitchen with her hubby (Maeve's former fiance), and then turned completely dark as she smashed him in the head with a wine bottle.
The only weak spot that I could see was the scene where Garcia offered to show Reid what Maeve looked like and he declined. Emotionally it makes sense, but when investigating her disappearance, it doesn't. He should at least know what the victim looks like before he goes searching for her.
It was so good to see the team pulling together for Reid and it was interesting to see Reid choose Blake to help him brainstorm through 100.5 days of his communication with Maeve. But it was all offset by the horrible ending: all through Criminal Minds Season 8 I was rooting for Reid, hoping he'd have a continual love interest after they met. So disappointing to see it all end. No doubt Blake and Morgan will try to bolster his spirits, but I'm guessing he'll be a little broken for a while.
And now over to you: did you foresee the unsub being a woman? What are your thoughts?
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Rangers have intriguing battle at backstop
Returning Soto, former Blue Jays catcher Arencibia want to be strong combo
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers catcher J.P. Arencibia, having been a starter with the Blue Jays for three seasons, said he is not concerned about having to compete with Geovany Soto for playing time.
"I told Geo, 'Let's be the best catching tandem in baseball,'" Arencibia said. "He knows he can play every day. I can play every day; why not be the best tandem in baseball? I look at things in a positive light."
Soto said that's the only way to approach it.
"I never met him before coming here, but he's been awesome," Soto said. "We're working out together; we're going to have great communication this year."
Soto and Arencibia have a lot of work ahead of them before they can be considered the "best catching tandem" in baseball. But the Rangers do have an interesting situation behind the plate. They have two former highly regarded catchers who are trying to re-establish themselves as front-line players on a team that took the low-budget approach to addressing its backstop situation.
Soto, the 2008 National League Rookie of the Year Award winner with the Cubs, lost his job to Welington Castillo through injury and lack of production. He ended up being traded to the Rangers on July 31, 2012. Since then, Soto has been the backup to Mike Napoli in 2012 and A.J. Pierzynski last season.
"It was all about Welly," Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. "At that point in time, we had a young player and wanted to make sure we gave him all the opportunity to play virtually every day. That was our biggest consideration. Sometimes you have to make those hard decisions when you have a young player behind a guy like Soto. Geo had a lot of really good years in Chicago, but at that time we felt the right thing to do was to make sure Welly got that opportunity."
Arencibia was the Blue Jays' No. 1 pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft and became their starting catcher in 2011. The Blue Jays liked what they saw through his first two seasons, so they were willing to trade Travis d'Arnaud, another top catching prospect, to the Mets in a seven-player trade that brought back 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey. But Arencibia struggled through the 2013 season and was non-tendered by Toronto last winter.
"I think it's going to be pretty good," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We've got Soto, who has proved he's ready to step forward, and Arencibia brings a different element. He's got some power and he's already impressed me as a guy who takes care of his pitchers."
Soto, who was a free agent at the end of last season, comes into Spring Training as the No. 1 guy. The Rangers made that clear when they moved quickly in the offseason to re-sign Soto on Nov. 5. They made the decision because they liked the way Soto worked with their pitchers, they felt his throwing had improved working with roving instructor Hector Ortiz, and he showed improvement at the plate. Working with hitting coach Dave Magadan, Soto hit .324 (23-for-71) with five home runs after the All-Star break.
"Dave really opened my eyes to the idea I needed to cut back," Soto said. "I was searching too much and working too hard, instead of sticking to just one thing and staying true to it. Find something simple and stick with it."
The Rangers signed Soto with the idea they would still need a backup catcher. One possibility was Braves All-Star catcher Brian McCann, who was also a free agent. The Rangers saw McCann as an offensive threat who could split time between catcher and designated hitter. But once the Rangers traded Ian Kinsler to the Tigers for Prince Fielder, they decided it was more important to add a leadoff hitter and focused on their relentless pursuit of Shin-Soo Choo.
The additions of Choo and Fielder also made it difficult for the Rangers to bring back Pierzynski, who signed with the Red Sox for $8.25 million. The Rangers were able to sign Soto and Arencibia for approximately $5 million plus incentives.
The Rangers had already shown interest in Arencibia the previous winter when there was a possibility the Blue Jays might go with d'Arnaud. Instead, Toronto kept Arencibia, only to watch him regress in 2013.
Arencibia got off to a strong start. He hit eight home runs in April and by the end of May was hitting .231 with 12 home runs and 29 RBIs through 52 games. But Arencibia hit just .168 with nine home runs and 26 RBIs over his final 86 games. He tried to play through a painful strained left hamstring muscle in the second half but that only made everything worse.
"I was at my worst in the second half," Arencibia said. "It's tough to hit with no legs. You start to make adjustments and from that it only creates bad habits."
Arencibia probably should have gone on the disabled list. He also probably wasn't wise to engage in a media war with Blue Jays broadcasters Gregg Zaun and Dirk Hayhurst. Arencibia, believing he was standing up for his teammates, called out the two broadcasters in July for being too critical and negative about a team that was struggling.
Maybe it would have been different if Arencibia had been having a good year offensively. He wasn't and it turned into a media/Twitter war he couldn't win. It may have factored into Toronto's decision to non-tender him.
"He was a part of our team last year and he was the whipping boy," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "Some things came up and he fought this, fought that, and he brought a lot of that on himself. But he's a better player than he showed last year and I think if he makes some adjustments, I think he's going to have a very good Major League career.
"When a team struggles, you're always looking for reasons why. He had a tough year, from what we expected from him, especially after the start he had. He's a vocal guy, he's a standup guy and he played that social media [game]; that can backfire on you. But he's a standup guy. He came to play every day, he played banged up, he didn't run from anything and to be honest with you, those guys are rare."
Arencibia, who has 64 home runs in three-plus seasons, can hit for power. But he has a career .258 on-base percentage and just 74 walks against 400 strikeouts in 1,299 at-bats. Washington also wants Arencibia to work with Ortiz and first-base coach Bengie Molina on his receiving and throwing. But, like Soto, he has a reputation for being able to work with pitchers.
"He could always hit coming up," said reliever Jason Frasor, who was with Arencibia in Toronto. "He gives you 20 home runs -- how many catchers can do that? The more I threw to him, the more I trusted him behind the plate. All pitchers are better if they believe in their catcher. He does his homework."
When Arencibia was cut loose by the Blue Jays, the Rangers moved quickly to sign him. Now he gets a fresh start and so does Soto. The Rangers need at least one of them to step up and seize the job.
The best-case scenario is they do become the best catching tandem in baseball.


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Great American Bites: Elevation Burger feeds growing organic appetite
The scene: This rapidly growing fast-food burger chain has tapped into a surging trend, consumer desire for natural foods, and in particular, the currently red-hot demand for grass-fed beef. Typically, eating grass-fed burgers requires buying the specialty meat and cooking it yourself or going to a fancy steakhouse, but Elevation Burger is a quick and easy alternative. The chain launched in the Washington, D.C., area in 2005, and now has nearly three-dozen locations in 10 states, including Texas and California. It also has outposts in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
The main appeal is the ingredients themselves, especially the beef, which is 100% certified organic, grass-fed, free range and ground daily in each individual restaurant. Some consumers believe that this kind of beef is healthier for individuals, cows and the environment. But Elevation Burger does not stop at beef: The fries are cooked only in olive oil, the cheeseburgers topped with non-processed aged cheddar, even the bacon, veggie burger and cheesecake are organic. The stores themselves feature energy-efficient lights and appliances and are built from sustainable materials such as bamboo.
If none of this is important to you, Elevation Burger is probably not your top choice, since burgers of similar taste quality can be found at more widespread competitors for slightly less money (though prices are quite reasonable -- the standard Elevation Burger is $5.79 or about $8 as a bacon cheeseburger). Ingredients aside, Elevation resembles other fast-food franchises with strip-mall or standalone locations where you order at the counter, fill your soda from user-operated dispensers, and eat at simple tables. It is very clean and bright and has the feel of the just slightly more upscaled fast-food eateries like Moe's or Qdoba.
But there is one other reason to favor Elevation Burger among fast-food restaurants, and that is the high level of service. You order at a counter but food is delivered to you in metal trays by friendly staff who also bring napkins, clean up after you, and in a first among the dozens of restaurants where I have shot photos, even volunteered to take a picture of my wife and me. When was the last time someone at Arby's or Burger King came over and cleared your table, asked if you needed anything else, brought you a glass of water or inquired how you liked your meal? That's the fringe benefit, besides the food itself, at Elevation Burger.
Reason to visit: Grass-fed burgers, fries, shakes
The food: Like rival burger chain Five Guys, which also launched in the D.C. area, the standard Elevation Burger is actually a double with two patties, while a Kid's Burger containing just one is popular with adults as well. The patties themselves are slight, akin to McDonalds in size, so the double is not as excessive as it might sound. A third option is excessive, the Vertigo Burger, a stack of your choosing with 3-10 patties (yes, up to 10). The patties are slightly irregular and appear hand formed, and the list of toppings options is extensive, from organic bacon, mushrooms, blue-cheese dressing and 6-month-old, non-processed cheddar cheese (all extra), to lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, raw or caramelized onions, balsamic mustard, jalapeños and hot pepper relish (all included). Otherwise the only main course options are two veggie burgers (organic and regular), the "half the guilt burger" with one beef and one veggie patty, a salad and a grilled-cheese sandwich.
The burger is quite good, juicy and fresh, at the high end of the fast-food burger spectrum. It is similar to, but no tastier than, Five Guys or In-N-Out, while clearly superior to McDonald's, Burger King and their ilk. The toppings are noticeably fresh, from the crispy lettuce to the tasty pickles. Though quite good for the price and setting, the grass-fed beef itself does not have a distinctive taste as it often does when cooked in the form of steaks.
The "fresh fries," on the other hand, are excellent, skinny, hand-cut and crispy, with pronounced potato flavor, definitely a standout among fast-food places. However they are quite salty, which I like but could be a real turnoff to the more salt phobic. There is only one size, and for $2.69 it is huge, enough for two. Otherwise the only side dish options are a small salad and a cup of mandarin orange slices.
The other main offering of note at Elevation Burger are thick shakes and malts, all made with hand scooped Blue Bunny ice cream. Choose from chocolate, vanilla or coffee, with one or two unusual additions, mostly fruit, including real strawberries, mangos, and blueberries and bananas, as well as Oreo cookies and organic cheesecake. I had a chocolate shake with fresh bananas, which was nothing like the often undefinable shakes many fast-food restaurants dispense from a machine filled with mix. It was as thick as it could be while remaining drinkable with a straw, fresh and tasty, and while not as over the top delicious as the much pricier versions now popular at some gourmet sit-down burger restaurants, it is excellent for the fast-food arena.
Overall, among fast-food chains Elevation Burger easily holds its own on the burger front and excels at fries and shakes for this price point. You don't have to want to choose organic natural or grass-fed over the mass-produced commercial equivalents to eat here, but it is a good reason to seek the chain out.
Pilgrimage-worthy?: Yes, if you are among those making the choice to try and eat natural, grass-fed beef, it is hard to beat for convenience and price.
Rating: Yum! (Scale: Blah, OK, Mmmm, Yum!, OMG!)
Price: $-$$ ($ cheap, $$ moderate, $$$ expensive)
Details: 30+ stores in 10 states: Fla., N.C., Va., Md., N.J., Pa., N.Y., Maine, Calif., and Texas; www.elevationburger.com/EB.php#home
Larry Olmsted has been writing about food and travel for more than 15 years. An avid eater and cook, he has attended cooking classes in Italy, judged a BBQ contest and once dined with Julia Child. Follow him on Twitter, @TravelFoodGuy, and if there's a unique American eatery you think he should visit, send him an e-mail at email@example.com. Some of the venues reviewed by this column provided complimentary services.


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I did it last year and I'm stoked to make another round for what I'm thankful for in 2010. Though not too many things have changed this year, I'm still super thankful for tons of things in my life. I still love the Half Marathon distance (excited to run another one the day after Christmas!!) and I'm excited to share 13.1 things I'm most thankful for this year! Cliche, yes, entertaining, maybe, better than last year? I'll try! Every day when I wake up and shake out these 25 year old legs and open my eyes I realize that a new day has dawned and I've made it! I try to live every day to it's fullest and without breath in my lungs it just wouldn't be the same. I'm thankful for the chance to live each day to its maximum potential and am grateful that I have that opportunity to start fresh each day. What else am I thankful for? There are so many things to list but check out the 13.1 things I've got down below!
1. It pretty much goes without saying, but I'm so thankful for the fact that I'm alive. I can wake up every day and do what I want and I'm so grateful for the freedom that I have living in this country. Life is so short and I'm glad I'm constantly free to do what I want and when I want. I'm thankful for my safety and the free choices I can make. Thank you to the troops who make this a reality daily, and I never worry about my daily life.
2. I am so thankful for my friends that I have met online! Crazy, I know but they are some of the nicest and most encouraging people ever! Every time someone comes up to me at an Expo or at an event it means so much to me! I love meeting new people and everyone is so nice and genuine. Surprising, and kind of weird, but so glad that they have come into my life in so many different ways. I am so encouraged and inspired by so many people out there.
2. I am SO thankful for my roommate Shea! Without her, I wouldn't be as happy or in such a great place in my life today. She encourages me, loves me and makes me laugh SO hard. With our move to a new location this year, we have only bonded more and I'm glad she's been one of my best friends for more than 10 years! I can always count on her for some delicious junk food splurges and a trip to get a slurpee. :) She has introduced me to some great people who I also consider friends and it means so much to me! Her family treats me like their own and I love spending time with them.
3. I am thankful for my family. My little brother, who has the craziest stories ever and constantly entertains me and loves me. My cousins who are like sisters to me. It's such a fun dynamic when we all get the chance to get together and I'm grateful for all of them!
4. I'm so thankful for the chance I get to run. I can walk, I can run, I get to work out and have fun while doing it. I'm so grateful for the chance of movement and the ability to work out and go to the YMCA and enjoy it there! I love working out and it's well known that by working out you release endorphins and endorphins make you happy, right?! :)
5. I am so thankful for FOOD! I LOVE EATING! I can't even put into words how much I love it and mmmmm delicious! So today, after I get off work, you know I'll be grubbin' on potatoes! Yum-skiddie-umptious!
6.I love my job. Seriously. Love. May be the craziest, busiest, weirdest job ever but dang. I'm just a happy little clam there. So much fun with my co-workers, aka, 'the family'. Working 60 hours straight, crying between the portapotties and the dumpsters, picking up endless trash and the laughing was never something I thought would be my job, but I can't imagine doing anything else. Even when I work longer hours than I ever thought was possible doing the most random things possible, like getting yelled at Thanksgiving morning by crazy runners.
7. I'm thankful for forgiveness. Every day when I wake up and have my fresh slate, I'm glad that I believe in Christ and my sins are washed free. I'm glad the people around me and love me enough to forgive me. I am thankful for God for always being there for me throughout my life because he's shaped me to the person I am today by giving me struggles that made me a much stronger person.
8. I'm so thankful for new friends and old friends! They continue to make my life what it is today and help me enjoy everything throughout my life. Dinners, laughs, running and just being the listening ear, is pretty much all I could ever ask for. Thank you!
9. I'm thankful for volunteers. Seriously. At work you make my life so much better. Thank you for volunteering.
10. I am thankful for inspiration! So many stories and people inspire me and just learning more about these people make every day more interesting and make me want to challenge myself more. It's so exciting to see more and more people doing such amazing things.
11. I'm so thankful for living in such a great area where I can ride my bike, enjoy the warm weather (most of the time) run freely and have many different areas to visit from the beach to the mountains! I am so excited to do some of this again this year!
12. I am thankful for running clothes, supplex and capris. I have been living in work out clothes lately and man, they are the BEST. I am so thankful for all the advances in running clothes, chafing is sometimes rare, my shoes work out great now and I love, love, love wearing my running clothes, everywhere.
13. I am thankful for races where I can run! Even though I'm now on the opposite side of the spectrum, I'm so thankful for those races that I can run and still have fun and not worry about anything. With my job, I know I can't run any of the races we put on, but I'm so thankful for Race Directors, Event Staff, Security and everything else that goes into a race now, especially when I have nothing to worry about.
.1. Same as last year, I know this is the most important part of a half marathon, because this is the part of the race that takes you to the finish line! If you didn't run the last .1 you wouldn't run a half marathon, it'd just be another training run. I am so thankful for the person my mom was and who she helped me become. Even though she isn't here with me today I know she would be so proud of me and loves me so much. As I grow 'older', I realize more and more how great of a person she was and how she helped me in so many different and incredible ways. Looking back on something you lost really makes you realize how special your time with them was. I am so glad she was a part of my life and am thankful for the strong willed person she helped me become.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!


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Nephrologists are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the kidney and urinary system, such as inflammation of the kidneys, chronic kidney disease, or cancer.
Nephrologists may further specialize in treating certain age groups, such as pediatric nephrologists, who only treat children. Nephrologists may consult with people for short-term illnesses or procedures, such as for a kidney biopsy. Or they may care for people who have long-term (chronic) kidney problems or who are on dialysis.
Nephrologists can be board-certified in nephrology through the American Board of Internal Medicine, which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
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I met Byron at the Justice Center in west Boulder at 6 a.m. and we drove 12 miles up the Canyon to Castle Rock. It had been raining all week and I wasn't surprised to see the first pitch slab moves covered in water. This was my lead, as Byron wanted the crack and felt he was close to redpointing it. I stood in a sling on the first bolt, did one move, clipped and grabbed the draw at the second bolt and then made tenuous moves left and up over wet ground. This was a bit scary, but got to the crack without incident.
The crack itself is rated 5.8, but it's more like 5.9. It has a tricky, flared start and I was a bit desperate here and almost fell off. The rest of the pitch has some challenging moves, but interspersed with nice stances for placing gear. Fifty feet up I clipped the belay bolts and brought Byron up. Byron didn't like the wet slab below any more than I did.
Byron fired the crack pitch up to and over the roof to the leg-hook rest. He looked really solid, placing lots of gear easily. When I redpointed this pitch I had it down so well that I could go further between gear, but I needed to do that to save energy for the crux above. That doesn't seem to be an issue with Byron. He has power to burn.
At the crux Byron plugged a key jam with piece and had to downclimb, place a different piece, and remove the other piece. By the time he did all this, he needed a rest and hung on the rope. So close. After a brief rest, he fired the crux and up to the belay. He made the pitch look reasonable and since I had it down pretty well before, I figured it might go well for me also. Not so much.
The pitch has nice jamming, but it's tight in a lot of places and the crack leans a bit to the left, making it a bit more strenuous because of the difficulty with the feet. I barely made it to the stem rest below the roof and rested quite awhile. I pulled the roof with the thinnest of margins and rested from the leg-hook, though it isn't that restful, as your leg and abdominals are still working.
I climbed up to the crux, pumped silly and hung on the rope. After a rest, I climbed a bit higher and hung again. Finally, I was able to do the crux move and barely do the traverse to the right. I remember this was so pumpy when I first starting working this route and it eventually became really casual. It's back to be being really pumpy.
Ah, the memories... This is a great route. I should start working this baby again and try to get some fitness back. We rapped off and I was at work before 9 a.m.


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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is long gone working on secret new projects, and apparently the return to the creative process has inspired a must-share idea he thinks can solve one-time competitor Facebook's revenue-generating woes.
Stone said that after finally learning to love Facebook -- he needs to use it to communicate with his new co-workers -- he believes the social network should offer people a choice to pay $10 a month to avoid ads. Because ads, which the company he used to run also uses to keep that service free, totally suck.
"In general, the ads on Facebook don't seem particularly useful or engaging. However, ads on the service are universally tolerated because that's what makes Facebook free and free is nice," Stone wrote on Medium, a (free) blogging platform developed and backed by Stone and his fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams.
"They could offer Facebook Premium. For $10 a month, people who really love Facebook (and can afford it), could see no ads. Maybe some special features too. If 10 percent of Facebook signed up, that's $1B a month in revenue. Not too shabby."
Pure genius, no? Perhaps, but it's a genius shared by many who have pontificated over the social network's revenue-making options over the years. Actually, the more brilliant idea hidden in Stone's aha! memo is that Facebook should charge for lessons on how to use Facebook.
"Camille [Camille Hart, chief of staff at Stone's startup, Jelly] actually leaned over my shoulder and helped me go through every setting to simplify my Facebook experience on iPhone. Now I'm keeping up with friends and family on Facebook like a billion other people," he wrote.
Even Facebook shareholders may be willing to get behind the charge-for-tutorials idea, because clearly they're confused too.


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The /etc/security/audit_control file on each system contains configuration information for the auditd daemon. The file enables every system to mount a remote audit file system to store their audit records.
You can specify five kinds of information in the audit_control file. Each line of information begins with a keyword.
flags keyword – Begins the entry that preselects which classes of events are audited for all users on the system. The audit classes that are specified here determine the system-wide audit preselection mask. The audit classes are separated by commas.
naflags keyword – Begins the entry that preselects which classes of events are audited when an action cannot be attributed to a specific user. The audit classes are separated by commas. The na event class belongs in this entry. The naflags entry can be used to log other event classes that are normally attributable but cannot be attributed. For example, if a program that starts at boot reads a file, then an fr in the naflags entry would create a record for that event.
minfree keyword – This keyword is deprecated. Use the p_minfree attribute to the audit_binfile.so plugin.
The p_minfree attribute defines the minimum free-space level for all audit file systems as a percentage. The percentage must be equal to 0 or greater than 0. The default is 20 percent. When an audit file system is 80 percent full, the audit data is then stored in the next available audit directory. For more information, see the audit_warn(1M) man page.
dir keyword – This keyword is deprecated. Use the p_dir attribute to the audit_binfile.so plugin.
The p_dir attribute lists the directory locations. Each line value defines an audit file system and directory that the system uses to store its audit files. You can specify one or more directory locations. The order of the values is significant. The auditd daemon creates audit files in the directories in the specified order. The first directory is the primary audit directory for the system. The second directory is the secondary audit directory where the auditd daemon creates audit files when the first directory becomes full, and so on. For more information, see the audit(1M) man page.
plugin keyword – Specifies the plugin path for the plugin modules audit_binfile.so and audit_syslog.so. The audit_binfile.so module handles the creation of binary audit files. The audit_syslog.so module provides real-time conversion of Solaris audit records to text. The audit classes that are specified in the p_flags attribute of the audit_syslog.so plugin must be a subset of the preselected audit classes.
For more information about the audit_control file, see the audit_control(4) man page. For information about the plugins, see Audit Plugins and the audit_binfile(5) and audit_syslog(5) man pages.
The following is a sample audit_control file for the system noddy. noddy uses two audit file systems on the audit server blinken, and a third audit file system that is mounted from the second audit server winken. The third file system is used only when the audit file systems on blinken become full or unavailable. The minfree value of 20 percent specifies that the warning script is run when the file systems are 80 percent full. The settings specify that logins and administrative operations are to be audited. The operations are audited for success and for failure. Failures of all types, except failures to create a file system object, are to be audited. Nonattributable events are also audited. The syslog audit log records fewer audit events. This log contains text summaries of failed logins and failed administrative operations.
In the Solaris 10 release, the dir and minfree lines are deprecated. In the following example, the plugin lines do not contain a line break.
flags:lo,am,-all,^-fc naflags:lo,nt plugin:name=audit_binfile.so; p_minfree=20; p_dir=/var/audit/blinken/files, /var/audit/blinken.1/files,/var/audit/winken plugin:name=audit_syslog.so; p_flags=-lo,-am