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I love Yoga! Been at for about 4 years now. The only "exercise" I've ever started trying and never gave up on. I practice at least 4 times a week. There is one thing I will bet to differ on about weight. I have a tummy - I'm not fat per se, but I have a tummy and it does get in my way to doing a forward bend as deeply as I know I could if it wasn't there, and it gets in my way for other poses as well. But I DO NOT let it discourage me, because no matter what, because like I said, yoga has been the ONLY activity I haven't had to stop because it hurt me in some way. Too much walking, my hips hurt, step aerobics, my knees hurt, Zumba, everything hurt, yoga, ahhh! Nothing hurts! And I have improved so much over these 4 years and able to do poses I never dreamed I could do!
Yoga is terrific for losing weight! You're really in the "fat burn" in traditional yoga (not yoga-aerobics like at the gym). Don't get discouraged by the awkwardness of it at first. Many of my students have difficulty kicking their legs through from downdogs to lunges/warrior 1. You may just have to put the knee down of the leg your NOT kicking through, stablize yourself and set up for lunge or warrior 1. But, if all you do at first is down dogs to develop strength, flex and breath, you're on your way! Keep in mind, many people have trouble w/ the poses due to their proportions--i.e. long femur bones, short arms etc. --has nothing to do w/ weight. Everyone has a struggle; on the other hand, I really believe everyone has a pose they're naturally good at--just have to find it!
Hi Asther, you can also use the wall. Facing the wall, walk all the way towards it, then place your palms on the wall just above your hip bones, fingertips pointing up. Then walk yourself back until your body is at a right angle--legs perpendicular to floor and spine parallel. This will gently stretch the spine and hamstrings until you're comfortable going deeper.
Hi Pearl,
I am overweigh and would like to learn yoga more to help my leg and lose weigh. I do have a diet that I am on. I just don't like running, jumping as matter of fact i hate them. but i do like the yoga. but some of the pose look so hard. how do i begin.
The ardha is a great way to focus on stretching your hamstrings instead of your lower back while forward bending. This is great for those of us trying to learn the splits and stuff.
for beginner's tip, can i just let my hand hang or place my hand on either shins or knees which i feel comfortable??
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I would like to see either a link to a talking dictionary so that the pose you are looking at and reading about can also be enunciated at the same time and/or a video link for that particular pose is demonstrated.
this ia a good pose here to do when u have nothing to do at home .
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Oconee County deputies said they found $134,000 worth of marijuana at a Walhalla man's home after conducting an undercover buy with him on Monday.
Deputies said they executed a search warrant after buying some marijuana from David Foster, 52, where they found a bucket of marijuana along with 67 plants, $800 and 13 guns in Foster's basement.
Foster was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, distribution of marijuana and manufacturing marijuana.
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The Rancho Cordova couple who left a 7-week-old baby in a car while they gambled at Thunder Valley Casino near Lincoln were placed on four years felony probation today and sentenced to 60 days in jail for felony child abuse.
However, Thuan Huy Nguyen and Panfila Phu Phan, both 27, were given conditions that could help lessen their sentence.
Placer County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Penney said the two can apply for alternative sentencing such as a work project to fulfill the 60-day jail term.
In addition, if they successfully follow their probation, which includes a mandatory one-year parenting class, the two can have the felony conviction reduced to a misdemeanor after 18 months.
"I know they are truly remorseful," Penney said in court. "I believe these are good people who made a very bad decision. I hope they have learned from it and that they can be successful parents in the future."
Nguyen and Phan, who pleaded no contest to the felony charge on June 30, issued an apology that was read in court by their attorney, Anthony Palik, who said both were remorseful and know they had made a bad decision.
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The baby daughter, now six months old, is in the custody of her grandmother. The baby's parents have visitation rights and could become eligible to get their child back if they continue to comply with conditions of probation and of Child Protection Services in Sacramento County, said prosecutor Joe McInerney of the Placer County District Attorney's Office.
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In July 2011, I was awarded the National Environmental health Association (NEHA) sabbatical exchange award.
The NEHA Sabbatical Exchange is a prestigious two to four week professional development opportunity to observe international environmental health practices, policies and methods, and to share American expertise with professionals in Canada or Britain. Each year, one Environmental Health professional is selected from a nationwide pool of applicants. NEHA provides funding to cover the award winner's travel. I chose to conduct my sabbatical for three weeks in Britain to study landfills and brownfields in a high precipitation, high groundwater table island environment.
In Georgia, as in many areas of the United States, many environmental health issues arise as populations expand and contract (or vacate). Public Health is impacted by these population shifts as land use changes, and the potential for exposure to environmental contamination is evaluated. In Georgia, the state Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) reports that the number of closed, unlined, leaking municipal waste landfills with known groundwater contamination increased from 42 in 1995, to 126 in 2009. Also, the amount of waste being disposed of in lined, regulated landfills has increased from 45 percent (1994) to 98 percent (2002), and in coastal Georgia and other regions where hydrogeology is complex, land use is heavily regulated and waste is commonly shipped inland, with limited locations available for landfills.
As populations expand from cities into suburbs, water quality is at risk when the numbers of new septic systems increase additional pavement and road construction changes the natural surface water patterns, and additional sewage and solid waste is created. As populations contract and move back into cities, the number of people living near brownfields increases, causing potential for residents' exposure to chemicals in soil, groundwater and indoor air.
By studying well-established communities in highly-populated regions tempered by ocean currents and constant precipitation, much can be learned about the changes in environmental dynamics, health risks and community involvement. By investigating the culture and actions of British communities, land (re)use engineering and technology and health outcome information, we can gain insight to better address similar issues in America.
Several environmental factors can maximize or minimize exposure to environmental contamination. Factors such as soils, climate and temperature, remediation techniques and passive attenuation can all affect how chemicals migrate in the soil, water and air. Given a high-precipitation island environment, what are the differences between American and British approaches to protecting Public Health?
Both Britain and America struggle with increased waste production from an increase in consumption, and an increase of environmentally-persistent chemicals and bioaccumulation. As population size, consumption and waste production continues to increase, both countries must consider dumping of the "majority" into the backyards of the "minority". Environmental health professionals are responsible for enforcing protective measures, investigating human health hazards and conducting community education; therefore, addressing community concerns and involvement will be core functions of the environmental health profession.
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Rhubarb Shortcakes
Published: April 2013 Servings: 8
Roasted Rhubarb
- 2 pounds rhubarb, trimmed, sliced 1-inch thick
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
Biscuits and Assembly
- 1 cup cake flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour plus more for work surface
- 3 cups chilled heavy cream, divided
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
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8 servings, 1 serving contains:
- Calories (kcal) 560
- Fat (g) 39
- Saturated Fat (g) 24
- Cholesterol (mg) 135
- Carbohydrates (g) 52
- Dietary Fiber (g) 3
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Roasted Rhubarb
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine rhubarb, sugar, and wine in a medium baking dish or ovenproof skillet. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean and toss to combine.
Roast until rhubarb is very tender and juices are syrupy, 30-40 minutes, depending on thickness of stalks. Let cool. Discard vanilla bean.
Biscuits and Assembly
Preheat oven to 375°. Whisk cake flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and 1 cup all-purpose flour in a medium bowl to combine. Add 1 1/2 cups cream; gently mix just until dough holds together.
Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and form into a 9x6-inch rectangle about 1-inch thick. Cut dough in half length-wise, then cut crosswise 3 times to form 8 rectangular biscuits.
Arrange biscuits on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart. Brush tops and sides of biscuits with butter. Bake until golden brown, 18-20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool (biscuits can be served warm or at room temperature).
Beat remaining 1 1/2 cups cream in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. Split biscuits and brush cut sides with remaining melted butter. Fill biscuits with roasted rhubarb and serve with whipped cream.
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3550 sq ft 5 Bedroom only Minutes to the Strip in Las Vegas
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- sleeps 16
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Welcome to the Las Vegas Gem 4....
This 3,550 Sq Ft Tri-Level 5 bedroom, 3 bath Pool home with tile ,wood and Granite through-out has been staged to sleep up to 16 guests for a fraction of what it would cost on the Strip...You will enjoy our Game room with full-Size Oval Poker Table with seating for 8 ,our Imperial Billiards Table, Bar and Lounge with 50 in Flat Screen...Oh the Boys want to watch Sports, no worries we have another Lounge with 5o in Flat Screen so you can watch your favorite shows with On DEmand T.V....There is also another lounge to just relax...
The Bedroom set-up is King In Mbr and Queens in all the other bedrooms...The upstairs Master has it's own Private Bathroom and Dressing area and a 42 In Flat Screen...There is also another shared bathroom upstairs for the 2 bedrooms ....There are 2 bedrooms down stairs with one bathroom...One of the bedrooms is over sized and had 2 Queen beds with its own Flat Screen....We also supply 3 Queen Beautyrest Hi-loft Air Mattresses that can be set up in the oversized Bedroom downstairs and in either the Game room Lounge or one of the other 2 lounges...There is also a Queen size Sofa Sleeper in the downstairs Lounge...
The Beautiful Kitchen has stainless Steel appliances and Granite Counter tops with Eat-up Bar and is fully stocked to prepare all your meals...
Relax by the Pool while you Grill your favorites, Patio table for 6 with Umbrella and 8 poolside Zero Gravity Chairs or play a Game of HorseShoes....
The Las Vegas Gem 4 is only 6 minutes to The Heart of the Strip(2 miles) and Only 4 minutes to Rio Hotel and Casino(1.92 miles)...We are just off of West Flamingo...
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo should making test flights in less than 18-months on text flights from the Mojave Spaceport but plans are being laid for SpaceShipThree (SS3) and SpaceShipFour (SS4) according to an article in Flight International.
The report noted, "Virgin Galactic has begun studying a SpaceShipFour (SS4) that could serve as a satellite launcher. By 2014 a version of WK2, with its 13,300kg (30,000lb) payload capability, could air launch the two-stage SS4 vehicle. SpaceShipThree would be an orbital version of SS2."
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Capture Evil. Unleash Good. Kaos has blown up the walls of the feared Cloudcracker Prison freeing the most notorious villains in Skylands. It's up to you and the Skylanders to find and capture them. Using Traptanium, a magic material that can harness the power of the Elements , you have the amazing ability to trap the villains and return them to Skylands to fight for you! Begin the ultimate adventure as you explore Skylands in search of the escaped villains!
Traptanium Portal: Place the Skylanders on the new Traptanium Portal and bring the Skylanders to life.
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Just Dance Kids, the absolute leader in the Kids Dance games category, is back! With an all-new tracklist of kids' hottest songs, featuring original master recordings from their favorite artists, crazy dances by real choreographers, and exclusive kid-friendly features, children of all ages can Just Dance along with the rest of the family!
Key Features: - 30 all-new songs from kids' favorite Pop stars, TV shows, movies, and more - For the first time ever, Just Dance Kids features the original master recordings of great hits like "Hit the Lights" by Selena Gomez, "One Thing" by One Direction, "Give Your Heart a Break" by Demi Lovato, "Ready or Not" by Bridgit Mendler, and "Getting Ready to Wiggle" by The Wiggles.
There are also fun, new song covers re-recorded by kids including nursery rhymes for the youngest of fans. - Brand new choreographies and duets led by real kids - Fun and cooperative duets are back in Just Dance Kids 2014!
Kids can party with friends through complementary choreography featuring unique parts for each player. - Play cooperatively with up to 4 players in multiplayer mode for the highest team score! - Your favorite tools for parents return: Non-stop shuffle, Fitness tracker, and Custom playlists.
Just Dance 2014 is the future of party gaming. Experience parties the way only Just Dance knows how! With the hottest hits, exciting new features and always the coolest moves, Just Dance 2014 is your new party expert! The number one* dance game brings the party to every console.
Just Dance 2014 makes the most out of each platform with exclusive new features. It's really the next generation of your favourite party game. More tracks, more fun! Dance to over 40 new tracks!This awesome new Just Dance will make you dance even more, with more than 40 new hot tracks including PSY's "Gentleman". Dance with the entire world!
Just Dance 2014 is even more social, as you will be able to join Just Dancers all over the world and share unique dancing experiences with them through the whole new feature: the World Dance Floor! Own the spotlight with your friends!With the brand new on-stage mode, dance and sing at the same time with your backing dancers, as if you were really performing on stage!
Wii Sports Resort is an immersive, expansive active-play game that includes a dozen fun resort-themed activities. It maintains the wide-ranging appeal that attracted millions to the original Wii Sports.
Wii Sports Resort is easy to pick up and play, but comes coupled with deeper levels of play that are sure to challenge even the most experienced gamers.
Wii Sports Resort whisks players away to a resort thatís full of action, while introducing an unprecedented experience in physical reality.
Get set for some monkey business with Donkey Kong: Country Returns for Nintendo Wii.
Gamers young and old alike will go bananas for this brilliant side-scrolling platform adventure, where they have to help our hero recover his stolen banana stash from the troublesome Tiki Tak Tribe!
Swing on vines, ride minecarts and use exploding barrels to pass obstacles in a stunning array of beautiful environments as you go it alone or team up with a friend who can play as Donkey Kong's faithful little sidekick Diddy Kong.
With classic platform gameplay, bright colours, catchy music and multiplayer options, this fantastic game has everything for gaming fans aged 3 and above.
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Play Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Bowling and Boxing in the comfort of one's living room. No ball boys scurrying about, no oil from the alleys to get players dirty and no rain to keep anyone from a day at the court, park or course. Use the Wii Remote controller to mimic the actions of swinging a racket, bat or club, roll a ball down an alley or bring the left jab. Players can use their own Mii caricatures in the game and play them against their friends' Miis for a more personalized experience. As players improve, their Miis' skill levels will increase, so that they can see exactly how much better they've become. People of all skill levels can pick up and play any of the games in the unprecedented Wii Sports package, making this truly a title for everyone! This is what video games should be: fun for everyone. Wii Sports offers five distinct sports experiences, each using the Wii Remote controller to provide a natural, intuitive and realistic feel. To play a Wii Sports game, all you need to do is pick up a controller and get ready for the pitch, serve or that right hook. If you've played any of these sports before, you're ready for fun!
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Just Dance 2015 has the most interactive features and hottest track list yet. Here's what's new this year:
There are more than 100 million Just Dance players around the world and in Just Dance 2015, the community is as important as ever with the introduction of the all-new Community Remix feature. The feature allows players to record themselves dancing to songs from artists like Ellie Goulding, Pharrell Williams and Calvin Harris and share in the game. The community then votes on their favourites, which the development team will use to create remixed gameplay and ultimately bring fan footage into the game for millions of fans to dance against. Ubisoft is bringing the players into the actual game this year.
Fan-favorite features including the massive multiplayer mode World Dance Floor, video snippet creator Autodance and the sing along Karaoke feature are all back and revamped for the new game. With more than 40 tracks, there's quite literally something for everyone. Get "Happy"with Pharrell Williams, "Walk This Way" with Run DMC & Aerosmith or try "Holding Out for a Hero"with Bonnie Tyler's 1980s power anthem. Whether it's pop, hip-hop or rock you're looking for, check out a selection of Just Dance 2015 tracks:
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- "Summer" by Calvin Harris
- "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler
- "Only You (and You Alone)" by The Platters
- "The Fox" by Ylvis
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- "Love Me Again" by John Newman
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Have you got what it takes to beat The Cube? If you're a fan of the TV show, you know that the aim of the game is to win seven consecutive challenges chosen by The Cube in order to walk away with the maximum prize of £250,000. It's the same on your Wii console, although there are a couple of extra challenges and new ways to play. You can even challenge friends and family to see if anyone has what it takes and because you're playing for fun not real cash, you can play as many times as you like.
Use your Wii remote for a fun, challenging and realistic experience of The Cube. Features: Includes both The Voice and The Body featured in the hit TV show. Cut scene demonstrations for each challenge. Features 33 challenges. Extreme mode which features 5 difficult versions of the game's best challenges. Profiles letting multiple players track wins and losses. Stats for each game showing average wins and lives used. Multi-player Challenge and Head to Head modes.
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The Complete Saga brings the whole family together to play, for the first time ever, through all six Star Wars movies in one video game.
Developer Traveller's Tales adds new levels, new characters and new features to this tongue-in-cheek take on the Star Wars galaxy, as well as enhanced graphics and other unique functionalities serving the strengths of all consoles.
From the Trade Federation's 'peace offering' with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn to the space battle above Endor, The Complete Saga is everything you experienced in both LEGO Star Wars games and more.
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Roll up, roll up! The carnival is in town and it's time to party! Join Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, DK and more of your favourite Nintendo characters as they compete across five brand new game boards and more than 60 new mini games to win the coveted prize: a year's supply of candy! But Bowser isn't about to let them get away with it... For the first Mario Party on Wii, up to four players roll virtual dice and move around the game boards (ranging from a haunted house to a moving train and a treasure island) before competing in crazy mini games that make full use of the Wii Remote; such as tightrope walking, skipping, snow boarding, boat rowing, lassoing and even cake decorating.
As well as the main, madcap multi-player game, Mario Party 8 also features a special single-player only mode, a mini game-only mode, a bazaar where you can unlock new mini games and goodies, and a mode made specifically for playing as Mii characters! The world's enormously popular party video game is getting a lot crazier in Mario Party 8. Whether you're shaking up cola cans or lassoing barrels, you and your friends will be drawn into the action like never before using the Wii Remote.Age from 3 years.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the ultimate fighting game that pits a roster of Nintendo characters against each other in wild, item-filled battles on Nintendo-themed stages. Choose between the popular characters from famous franchises such Mario, Link and Kirby and duke it out in single player, or with up to 4 friends in multi-player. With the tons of content such as Adventure Mode The Subspace Emissary to enjoy and a huge collection of trophies and stickers to complete, there is never a dull moment in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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The new season is upon us and here comes your chance to take control of the action and drive your team to glory.
FIFA 15 for the Wii brings football to life in stunning detail so fans can experience the emotion of the sport like never before - witness the intensity of crowds chanting and cheering like on match day, and listen to commentators guide fans through the story of the game with Dynamic Match Presentation.
For the first time all 22 players on the pitch are connected with Emotional Intelligence and now players will react to opponents and teammates within the context, and relative to the narrative of the match.
Another clever development is Living Pitches technology that sees the grass wear and tear as the match progresses. Mud will stick to kits and Authentic Player Visuals make players lean, athletic, and true to their real-life appearance.
Player Control heightens the responsiveness of player movement, giving you more control and personality on the ball, and makes Man-to-Man Battles more rewarding than ever before.
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L to R R to L Alpha
Totally Awesome! Well the first two pitches are great! If I were to do the route again I would skip the third (which is Sunshine and quite exciting/scary), the fourth (sort of contrived feeling) and fifth pitches and link into the third (looks RAD!) and fourth pitches of Acapulco Gold.
P2. Up and left to the blunt arete of the beautiful gold plaque of smooth knobs. Halfway up the line of bolts, traverse right through a crux section (10+) and onto the slab under the big roof...Cool! This looks RAD!! Out the right side of the roof's apex is a traversing seam above a smooth face. A red Camalot extended with two runners fits well and deep in one of the slots low under the roof. I placed a red Alien in the handjam size slot at the beginning of the traverse, which allowed me to still lean off the jam and stretch up to the good undercling and place a bomber green Alien (green Camalot will then fit in the handjam, too). Prepare to get a little cramped-up on the undercling and cross-through moves out right. A brilliant sequence past the green Alien hits a double-handed sloper and shitty feet. If you can hold on, there are a couple options for gear. I placed a red Alien in an undercling (yellow Alien maybe in another slot or possibly a gold Camalot, big nut or Hex in the vertical crack in front of you). If you can't hold on to place a piece, its a big whipper onto the green Alien and maybe the slab. If your belayer is on it, it should be a clean fall (I tested this fall theory on my first go). Once you get to the lip/end of the roof, clip a fixed nut (if its there) with a doubled runner and power up the sequential corner all the way to the next roof. Ever so gingerly stem hard out right where a yellow or red Alien (better) fits. Yikes!! Another couple moves takes you to a bolted anchor with big quick-links. To protect the follower, I clipped the first bolt of Acapulco Gold's second pitch with a runner. (12b/c and amazing)
P3. Sunshine for 30 feet...Funky and run out to a good Lost Arrow (9 R). Weird knobs lead toward the roof (10- R. Load up the flake and make a crazy traverse (5.7 X) left across these wild tiered ledges to knobs and finally a bolted anchor w/o chain or links.
P4-5. Connect the dots of hard to see bolts that mostly follow cleaner gold knobs left of big, loose flakes. Just to the right of where Gram traverse finishes. (10- R with some fun knob sections)
lots of bolts...10-12 draws/runner combos, a couple med/small wired nuts (a bomber #5 Stopper was fixed at crux roof), maybe a #7 Hex or big nut(?), one set from blue Alien - gold Camalot sizes (double green - red Alien sizes helpful)


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DFW AIRPORT — Late next year, passengers headed to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport will be able to go all the way to the Terminal A on the DART Orange Line.
Currently, the Orange Line runs through northwest Dallas and into Irving, with the last stop at the Belt Line Station. DFW passengers can take a shuttle bus from there to the airport.
But in December 2014, DART light rail will go all the way to Terminal A.
The Orange Line extension is under construction.
"A large portion of the track — almost eight miles — is on airport property in some form or fashion, so it constitutes quite a length," said airport spokesman Perfecto Solis.
A new animation provided by DFW gives a video glimpse of what the trip will be like on DART rail in and out of the Terminal A station on the airport's northeast side.
Trains will pull in underground near the terminal. Passengers then take a walk of less than two minutes between the DART station and the terminal.
Once inside Terminal A, passengers take an elevator to the concourse, where — after clearing security — they go on to their gates, or hop on a SkyLink rail car to another terminal.
DART is spending $150 million to extend the Orange Line into the airport, while DFW is building the rail station at Terminal A for about $36 million.
"That project is moving along very well," Solis said. "That's roughly about 55 percent complete, and the airport's work will be completed later on this year."
The entire line should open in late 2014, with the trip from downtown Dallas taking about 50 minutes.
What passengers will really like is the price: $2.50 to DFW from anywhere in the DART rail system.
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I am not certain when the very first time was that
a senior U.S. Government official tried to link Tehran
to the Iraqi resistance's successful use of "explosively
formed penetrators" (EFPs and the like — recall the
earlier term "improvised explosive devices," or IEDs)
against the occupying forces. But I distinctly recall one famous occasion on February 2, 2006, when the then-director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte told the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence that "Tehran has been responsible for at least some of the increasing lethality of anti-Coalition attacks by providing Shia militants with the capability to build IEDs with explosively formed projectiles similar to those developed by Iran and Lebanese Hizballah." So let's count this as the first instance — even if somebody can name an earlier one — and proceed from here.
Okay then. What this means is that it's already been more than 18 months since the Washington regime expanded its propaganda campaign against Iran, from the grave and globally-marketed charge that Tehran is secretly developing nuclear weapons (ca. early 2003 — basically, for as long as U.S. forces have been militarily occupying Iraq) to the more recent charge that Tehran is arming and training "terrorist" forces that are killing U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians and preventing a peaceful, free, and democratic Iraq from developing. Or as U.S. Major General Rick Lynch has been telling every news agency that'll quote him, Iran's Revolutionary Guard is "facilitating training of Shiite extremists," and "Iranian munitions are making their way into the hands of Sunni insurgents," to quote the Washington Post's version of Lynch's remarks from the "Green Zone." So that by now "we've got to spend as much time fighting the Shia extremists as Sunni extremists," in Associated Press's rendering of the same briefing.
To date, the Washington regime has succeeded in lining up several powerful states (esp. Britain, France, Germany, and Japan), a majority of the Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the UN Security Council behind the first of these anti-Iran campaigns. But with opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq fairly widespread among the same centers of power — though due overwhelmingly to the success of the resistance inside Iraq, and nothing else — the Washington regime has faced a much more difficult task at making the second set of charges stick.
Catastrophically, even this appears to be changing, as the will and the focus and the energy that it requires to counter on a daily basis a truly committed, even fanatic gang of liars keeps wearing down the resistance to their latter set of lies.
Thus, though we read that Major General Rick Lynch's "mission is to block the flow of weapons and fighters into the Baghdad area" (quoting Associated Press again), surely another part of the Major General's mission includes marketing the allegation that Iran's Revolutionary Guard is sponsoring the "terrorists" who are killing U.S. troops inside Iraq.
Yet, as Lynch admitted to the American Forces Press Service ("Power, Influence Dictate Patterns of Violence in Central Iraq," Tim Kilbride, August 20), "The enemy's got this amazing capability of filling the void. If we go to an area and we conduct an operation and we leave, in about 48 hours he now controls that area again. So you just can't let him rest."
Lynch's remarks — he's obviously a "counterinsurgency" kind of guy — are straight out of the Vietnam War era, and we dare not miss the lesson they betray.
Forty years ago, what remarks such as these meant was that the entirety of South Vietnam was "VC," that is, was against the occupying military and the puppet regimes it had established in Saigon. So, too, within Iraq today, what remarks such as these tell us is that the bottom two-thirds of Iraq –beneath Kurdistan, that is — are controlled by "Al Qaeda" or by the "insurgents" or by the "terrorists" — but not by the occupying military and the puppet regime it has established in the "Green Zone." Which certainly excels at killing. But which possesses zero legitimacy. And enjoys zero loyalty. Except that which it purchases through bribes and fear.
Just as all of the South was opposed to the U.S. military occupation of Vietnam, all of the southern two-thirds of Iraq are opposed to the U.S. military occupation of Iraq.
The reason the "enemy" moves back in after "we leave" is simply because they already live there.
Once upon a time, "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD." And "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." ("Secret Downing Street memo," July 23, 2002.)
Working, therefore, from this now five-year-old account of the old set of lies, expressed so elegantly by Matthew Rycroft in his memorandum for his boss, and leaked unto posterity, the question of the hour that every last one of us ought to be asking is what "intelligence" and what "facts" are now being fixed around the policy of destabilizing the Islamic Republic of Iran, if not overthrowing it outright?
Does it not appear that if a U.S. military attack on Iran is ever launched, it, too, will be justified by the conjunction of Iran's alleged support for the "terrorists" attacking U.S. forces inside Iraq and Iran's alleged WMD programs?
And does it not also appear that, five years after the Downing Street memo, almost nobody has learned a single thing about how the Washington regime operates?
"Secret Downing Street memo," Matthew Rycroft, July 23, 2002 (as posted by the London Times)
Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senate, February 2, 2006
S/PRST/2006/15 — S/PV/5043, March 29, 2006
S/RES/1696 — S.PV.5550, July 31, 2006
S/RES/1737 — S/PV.5612, December 23, 2006
S/RES/1747 — S/PV.5647, March 24, 2007
"Iran's Nuclear Threat," Massimo Calabresi, Time Magazine, March 8, 2003
"U.S. general says Iranians crossing into Iraq to train militia fighters," Kim Gamel, Associated Press, August 18, 2007
"Iranian agents training militias in Iraq-US general," Ross Colvin, Reuters, August 19, 2007
"Power, Influence Dictate Patterns of Violence in Central Iraq," Tim Kilbride, American Forces Press Service, August 20, 2007
"Kurds flee homes as Iran shells villages in Iraq," Michael Howard, The Guardian, August 20, 2007
"Iran Trains Militiamen Inside Iraq, U.S. Says," Megan Greenwell, Washington Post, August 20, 2007
"U.S. stays firm on sanctions against Iran," Brian Knowlton, New York Times – IHT, August 21, 2007
"Tougher on Iran," Editorial, Washington Post, August 21, 2007
"Bush's New War Drums for Iran," Ray McGovern, ConsortiumNews.com, August 21, 2007
"Cheney & Iran: Here We Go Again?" Juan Cole, Informed Comment, August 30, 2007
"Open Letter to the World on the U.S. Threat to the Peace," ZNet, March 31, 2007
"American Power, Iran, and the New York Review of Books," ZNet, June 3, 2007
"Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entities," ZNet, August 16, 2007
"'By the Conjunction of Terrorism and WMD'," ZNet, August 21, 2007
Afterword. Five relevant paragraphs reproduced from John D. Negroponte's Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence, which he presnted before the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, February 2, 2006 (pp. 12-13).
Although regime-threatening instability is unlikely, ingredients for political volatility remain, and Iran is wary of the political progress occurring in neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan. Ahmadi-Nejad's rhetorical recklessness and his inexperience on the national and international stage also increase the risk of a misstep that could spur popular opposition, especially if more experienced conservatives cannot rein in his excesses. Over time, Ahmadi-Nejad's populist economic policies could—if enacted—deplete the government's financial resources and weaken a structurally flawed economy. For now, however, Supreme Leader Khamenei is keeping conservative fissures in check by balancing the various factions in government.
Iranian policy toward Iraq and its activities there represent a particular concern. Iran seeks a Shia-dominated and unified Iraq but also wants the US to experience continued setbacks in our efforts to promote democracy and stability. Accordingly, Iran provides guidance and training to select Iraqi Shia political groups and weapons and training to Shia militant groups to enable anti-Coalition attacks. Tehran has been responsible for at least some of the increasing lethality of anti-Coalition attacks by providing Shia militants with the capability to build IEDs with explosively formed projectiles similar to those developed by Iran and Lebanese Hizballah.
Tehran's intentions to inflict pain on the United States in Iraq has been constrained by its caution to avoid giving Washington an excuse to attack it, the clerical leadership's general satisfaction with trends in Iraq, and Iran's desire to avoid chaos on its borders.
Iranian conventional military power constitutes the greatest potential threat to Persian Gulf states and a challenge to US interests. Iran is enhancing its ability to project its military power in order to threaten to disrupt the operations and reinforcement of US forces based in the region—potentially
intimidating regional allies into withholding support for US policy toward Iran—and raising the costs of our regional presence for us and our allies.
Tehran also continues to support a number of terrorist groups, viewing this capability as a critical regime safeguard by deterring US and Israeli attacks, distracting and weakening Israel, and enhancing Iran's regional influence through intimidation. Lebanese Hizballah is Iran's main terrorist ally, which—although focused on its agenda in Lebanon and supporting anti-Israeli Palestinian terrorists—has a worldwide support network and is capable of attacks against US interests if it feels its Iranian patron is threatened. Tehran also supports Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other groups in the Persian Gulf, Central and South Asia, and elsewhere.
Update (August 30): Barnett Rubin speculates with respect to a possible U.S. military strike against Iran that the White House is engaging in some "test marketing" just like it did with respect to Iraq some 12-to-18 months prior to launching the full-scale invasion in March 2003. "Today I received a message from a friend who has excellent connections in Washington and whose information has often been prescient," Rubin explains. "According to this report, as in 2002, the rollout will start after Labor Day, with a big kickoff on September 11. My friend had spoken to someone in one of the leading neo-conservative institutions." ("Post Labor Day Product Roll-out: War with Iran," Barnett Rubin, Informed Comment Global Affairs, August 29, 2007.)
Rubin adds that his friend "summarized what he was told this way:"
They [the source's institution] have "instructions" (yes, that was the word used) from the Office of the Vice-President to roll out a campaign for war with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be coordinated with the American Enterprise Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, Commentary, Fox, and the usual suspects. It will be heavy sustained assault on the airwaves, designed to knock public sentiment into a position from which a war can be maintained. Evidently they don't think they'll ever get majority support for this–they want something like 35-40 percent support, which in their book is "plenty."
It kinda figures. Doesn't it? I always tell my friends to remember to emphasize the three major categories of the war-propaganda to which the Washington regime (i.e., taking into account the whole corporate-state-media-NGO nexus) would resort, once its principal decision-makers determined that sufficient momentum had been attained so that there couldn be no turning back from an attack on Iran:
1) Allegations about Tehran's support for "terrorism" inside Iraq, as well as its octopus-like support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and whomever else the Washington-regime manages to tack-on (e.g., Pan Am Flight 103 back in December 1988).
2) Allegations about Tehran's nuclear-weapons program, as well as Tehran's "defiance" of the "international community" and Security Council resolutions demanding that Tehran cease uranium-enrichment and other specific programs.
And, last but not least:
3) Allegations about Tehran's violations of its citizens rights, the Islamic regime's repression of women, its arbitrary and unjust repression of dissidents, and the like.
None of these three sets of allegations needs to be 100 percent false to count as war-propaganda — this depends on whether the Washington regime wants war (rather than simply to demonize a targeted enemy state), and whether and how thoroughly it selects from and arranges information about the target in a manner such that it stirs up paranoia and hatred towards it. But the fact remains that the Washington regime directed all three categories of war-propaganda at Iraq prior to launching the March 2003 invasion. And despite the critical findings of post-invasion inquiries about the fraudulence of Charges One and Two where Iraq was concerned, and the critical leak in Britain of documents such as the so-called "Secret Downing Street memo" (July 23, 2002), the regime has managed to resuscitate all three of these war-propaganda themes with respect to Iran. (For sources and comments dealing with the post-invasion inquiries, see Here – I and Here – II.)
As the serial invader of Afghanistan and Iraq threatens to attack yet another country in the region — in fact, a country geographically sandwiched in-between the other two countries – we've been watching it resort to the exact same sales pitches that it used previously.
Indeed. Among Western intellectual circles, No. Three appears to enjoy the greatest amount of "traction." (Compare "Release Haleh Esfandiari" to see exactly what I mean.)
"Post Labor Day Product Roll-out: War with Iran," Barnett Rubin, Informed Comment Global Affairs, August 29, 2007
"'By the Conjunction of Terrorism and WMD'," ZNet, August 21, 2007
For Your Archives (September 3): When the rightly notorious quote from the former White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card, which first entered the public realm on page A1 of the September 7, 2002 New York Times, under the half-illuminating, half-in-the-bag headline, "Traces of Terror: The Strategy. Bush Aides Set Strategy to Sell Policy on Iraq" (i.e., the second being the illuminating half), was first reported, the Times reported it exactly like this:
White House officials said today that the administration was following a meticulously planned strategy to persuade the public, the Congress and the allies of the need to confront the threat from Saddam Hussein.
The rollout of the strategy this week, they said, was planned long before President Bush's vacation in Texas last month. It was not hastily concocted, they insisted, after some prominent Republicans began to raise doubts about moving against Mr. Hussein and administration officials made contradictory statements about the need for weapons inspectors in Iraq.
The White House decided, they said, that even with the appearance of disarray it was still more advantageous to wait until after Labor Day to kick off their plan.
"From a marketing point of view," said Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff who is coordinating the effort, "you don't introduce new products in August."
A centerpiece of the strategy, White House officials said, is to use Mr. Bush's speech on Sept. 11 to help move Americans toward support of action against Iraq, which could come early next year.
("Traces of Terror: The Strategy. Bush Aides Set Strategy to Sell Policy on Iraq," Elizabeth Bumiller, New York Times, September 7, 2002.)


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So guys Im going out to yosemite this summer for anywhere from 3-5 weeks. And I started at looking at what to do while there and my itinery for the trip. I honesly have no idea where to start, any ideas? I will be climbing about half the time and hiking the rest.
First stop, El Cap Meadow!
Depends on what time of the summer you'll be there, may and early june you can probably climb in the valley, after that, it'll be so warm that you'd probably prefer to climb in toulume. If you like hiking and climbing check out snake dike, it's got about 8 pitches of climbing and 18 miles of hiking. You can do it in a long day, or spend the night along the way and do it in 2.
Depends also on difficulty level you want to climb. Post that up--we'll go from there!
Yeah and have you climbed crack before? You want single or multi pitch?
If you want to climb in the Valley it's more of a spring or fall place, Toulume and the High Sierra stuff in full summer. Either way with 5 weeks you should be able to; push yourself on shorter climbs, get on some longer stuff (staying more within your limit), and spend some time in the back country. When your ready to move fast combine this www.mountainproject.com/v/royal-arches/105862881 and this www.mountainproject.com/v/crest-jewel-and-crest-jewel-direct>>> for one of the best days on rock ever.
You can definitely climb in summer, you just have to change your tactics a little. When I was there last summer, we would wake up early 6am, and go climb a few pitch climb (up to 5 pitches for us), then get down before it got too hot. Relax during the day and either hike or swim in the river. Then in the evening when it starts to cool off, but before the sun goes down you get 2 or 3 hours of climbing at a shady crag. And there is always night climbing, if you're comfortable with that.
start by figuring out a gameplan for living in the valley for 3-5 weeks
I would consider spending 3-5 weeks in Yosemite and the Sierra in general , maybe some alpine routes , east side exploration and hiking . 3 - 5 weeks in only the Valley might get stale / difficult ... Enjoy .
Not trying to do anything too too hard climbing wise when Im out there but, single and and multipitch are fine, I have done some crack climbing out here in new england. I was planning on climbing el cap, and hiking around a lot while I was there. And I can go anytime over the summer starting around june 15-august 25th. And Im not sure who Im going with, my climbing partner is busy all summer :/. If anyone wants to climb with me while im out there, or tag along on hiking feel free.
"not trying to on do anything too too hard climbing wise . . . I was planning on climbing El Cap . . ." WTF? Am I missing something here?
31 Pitches of 5.9+, Im use to leading 5.11's and 5.12's, 5.9 isnt that hard.
Valley Climbs (too many tourist and too hot on the ground during the summer) Bouldering anywhere (before 9am of after dark during summer) 5.8 Nut Cracker-five pitches, easy for the grade classic 5.9 Central pillar frenzy- 4-5 pitches, link the first two pitches wonky chimney into amazing finger cracks (best hangover cure ever, finger cracks not the squeezy bit, that sucked) 5.10 Serenity Crack 3 pitches into sons of yesterday-make it ten pitches 5.11 so many option is you climb this grade. Astroman, Rostrum, El cap west face(I'm looking for a partner to climb all these this summer) High Country Climbing(best during the summer avoid tourons) Any bouldering Mathes Crest- (Amazing hike to easy climbing with rad views the entire way) Cathedral peak (most amazing 5 pitch 5.7 on the planet)Super Aesthetic Tenya peak(short approach 5.3 climbing) Awesome solo in the morning swim inn Lake Tenya in the afternoon. Hikes Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Any Grove, North Dome rest days float the Merced drinking brass monkeys, laugh at tourist from a high vantage point. If you need a place to place to crash, shower, or climbing partner. pm me when you get into Yosemite. I'll be there April through October.
Nothing like the casual stroll up El Cap to take it easy in the valley....Sounds like you might be asking for it (Rejection that is). Not only on here, but on one of the biggest faces in North America. French freeing/ Aiding is no walk in the park. (Pun intended)
Hmmm, 31 pitches of 9+ on the Captain, which route is that? I guess Salathe is kind of close, but at least a dozen of those are 3" or (much) wider...left festering wounds from my fists to my lats, but I'll be the first to cop to not having the best technique. Always tried to remember Largo's maxim of "never resort to thrashing" but somehow, I get up in something like Hollow Flake (or the next pitch, Hollow Flake Chimney---worse imo, but maybe I was off route...) and I am thrashing. Plus you've got a haul rope, helmet and bevy of other wall stuff, mental and physical (see Ryan's post) on to really make things more "unwieldy." You might find the quality of Yosemite crack climbing a bit different than that of NE...or maybe should be "quantity"... In general though, free ratings on the Captain's aid routes can seem "light" in places-say most of Mescalito, as you are accounting for a full rack. Still, I've been gripped out of my gourd on something like da Bismarck Pitch (10a-or was it 9+ muahahaha)....definitely could have used a 9-11" piece. My experience has been that it's actually all the hauling that crushes the "free climbing cuties" to steal another aphorism from Long. That's assuming you aren't going siege style top/down/bottom/up Still, there's no other sensation like being a "granite astronaut", hat tip to largo-again. GL.
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The nose route, and I will most likley send you a pm when I am there, Im 17 by the way lol
no way in haides I'd partner up with a 17 year old kid that I hadn't known for years to do a wall. I'd be pretty reluctant to try a wall with anyone that I hadn't climbed with and known for a while. I'm kind of torn because I'd love to have been 17 and contemplating the nose so I want to encourage you, at the same time, I know how much work is involved in a wall like that and I doubt your chances of success are very high. Go to the valley, climb hard and safe. I hope you have fun and learn alot. And not that it needs me to speak for it, but the nose is VI 5.13+, 5.9 C1, or 5.8 C2 I think all of that is significant, the biggest part I think you're ignoring is the VI grade 6 is a long climb, I have friends who are 5.12 climbers (they also had over 30 summits of rainier and more than 2 summits of denali between them). THey did the nose in a 38 hour push, by the end they were aiding through some 5.7 pitches. Good luck and climb safe.
If you are not emotionally and conceptually overwhelmed simply standing in the meadow gazing up at that massive monolith upon your arrival in Yosemite Valley, your mind is not in the right space. The Sierras are not Rumney or Quincy Quarry--they are mere playthings in comparison to these astounding mountains. You're only deceiving yourself if you believe otherwise.
I wouldn't make too much of plan. Just get there, flip thru a guide book, feel it out and go from there. It'll become quickly apparent what you should get on. Over-planned trips lose that sense of adventure, if that's what you're looking for.


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"... It has to be approved by the Cabinet. In that process, we have to take comment from every ministry. Some ministries have not given comment some have raised some questions... I think within next five to 10 days, it should go to the Cabinet," he told reporters after reviewing the Passing Out Parade of the newly inducted CISF personnel at the Regional Training Centre near here.
As soon as the matter was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, three of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes were ready for delivery in the plants of the American manufacturer Boeing, he said in reply to questions.
Mr Singh also said that there were enough pilots already trained to fly the three new aircraft.
Before being launched on international routes, the Dreamliner would be flown within the country for a few months, so that pilots get practical training on crucial functions like take-offs and landings.
Air India had two years ago sought a $710 million compensation package for the delay. Following this, several rounds of negotiations between the airline and Boeing took place. In the last week of May, AI Board agreed on the package from Boeing and sent it for approval by the government.
The national carrier had placed orders for 27 B-787s in 2005 and, as per the original schedule, Boeing was to have commenced delivery from September 2008 but failed to do so due to several factors, ranging from delays in supply of spares from other parts of the world to strike in the Boeing plant.
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The Dolphins' domination of the Packers in the trenches on both offense and defense Sunday is a promising sign for a team that is facing a difficult five-game stretch.
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The Dolphins had their third special-teams-related cut of the season on Monday, releasing veteran ILB Bobby Carpenter.
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Water Bottle Ban?
Is banning water bottles really a viable option? I've heard rumors about this for awhile but can't imagine stores really not selling bottles of water. Perhaps it would be better to fine people caught throwing recyclables into normal trash bins?
Has this gained momentum or not? any word on that
Banning Water Bottles
Most of our waste today is comprised of plastic. Plastic, which is made from petroleum, is a material that the Earth cannot digest. Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists, except for a small amount that has been incinerated, releasing toxic chemicals.
In the ocean, plastic waste accumulates in swirling seas of debris, where plastic to sea life ratios are 6:1; where birds and mammals are dying of starvation and dehydration with bellies full of plastics; where fish are ingesting toxins at such a rate that soon they will no longer be safe to eat.
The largest of these garbage swills is known as the Pacific Gyre, or The Great Garbage Patch. It is roughly the size of Texas, containing approximately 3.5 million tons of trash. Shoes, toys, bags, pacifiers, wrappers, toothbrushes, and bottles too numerous to count are only part of what can be found in this accidental dump floating midway between Hawaii and San Francisco.
Therefore, the City and County of San Francisco needs to be at the forefront in implementing a Plastics Reduction Program through both residential, commercial and governmental areas. Since manufacturers of products utilizing plastic forms are the responsible parties, CCSF could implement a tax-tiered structure based on per piece or GRW. Afterall, the manufacturers plastic items end up in our land-fills and or waterways, bays, estuaries and oceans. The manufacturers/producers would not be able to offset this tax by increasing wholesale, retail prices for items. Funds collected can then be earmarked towards building suitable plastic recycling plants converting the plastic into a biofuel for CCSF community and residential uses.
How about a tax on any the
How about a tax on any the sale of each plastic water bottle? Kind of like the surchage placed on glass bottles in some states?
Tax on Water Bottles
Hi, if there is to be any additonal "tax" on a water bottle purchase, I am of the opinion that it must not only be a burden on the consumer, but the manufacturer of the bottle and beverage. Think about it for 1 minute. Most of the bottles are probably manufactured in another country. Imported into the US, and filled at a distribution center. None of these two locals are even at point of sale. Therefore, what costs 4-5 cents to produce elsewhere, ends up costing the point of sale location much more in waste disposal. The consumer needs to be educated and rewarded. Educated about a viable return/recycle program and rewarded by incentive such a deposit/credit return. The manufacturer and bottler can be educated...produce bottles that are biodegradeable...yet we know they will kick and scream citing higher production costs, etc. Therefore the only way to get them on board is to tax, excise tax their production of non-biodegradeable bottles. There are ways to achieve 95% recycle and/or biodegradeable production, its just a matter of getting everyone on the same page.


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Big complication: You and your doctor could both be stiffed by the insurance company, and your doctor could demand the whole fee from you.
Cut your losses: Know your insurance company's "timely filing limit," says Nora Johnson, vice president of Medical Billing Advocates of America, a consumer-advocate group in Salem, Virginia. If you filed the claim late and owe the entire fee, consult a billing advocate (go to billadvocates.com to find one in your area), who may be able to negotiate what you owe. If the doctor's office was late filing but tries to collect the entire fee from you, pay your coinsurance and dispute the rest of the bill with the doctor's office. They filed late; they should absorb the difference, says Johnson.
Small mistake: You make an insignificant claim on your home owner's insurance.
Big complication: It can increase your monthly premiums, and you could be dropped as a customer. If dropped, it could be hard to find other coverage, as most companies share claim information.
Cut your losses: Before filing a claim, talk to your agent to help you decide whether to make the claim, advises Lamont Robinson II, a Chicago-based insurance agent for Allstate. You should pay small repairs (those less than $1,000 or less than your deductible) out of pocket. Also, raising your deductible to around $2,500 may lower your premium and deter you from making small claims.
Small mistake: You cash out your 401(k) when you leave your job.
Big complication: The loss of substantial future earnings. In 20 years, $2,500, the average 401(k) cash-out, can grow to $11,652 (with an average annual return of 8 percent).
Cut your losses: "Roll over funds into a personal IRA so your money continues to grow, tax-deferred," says Dean Schmitz of the Principal Group, in Des Moines, one of the largest U.S. providers of employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. In most cases, job hoppers can roll over multiple 401(k)s into a single account if the types of investments are the same.
Small mistake: You don't pay a student loan while you're out of work.
Big complication: If you stop paying a $20,000 loan with a 6.8 percent interest rate for 12 months, you'll pay an extra $1,360 in interest and fees, in addition to your original loan and accruing fees.
Cut your losses: Let your loan provider know that you're out of work. By law, every lender must offer programs for customers experiencing economic hardship, says Martha Holler, a spokesperson for Sallie Mae, the country's largest student-loan provider. One option: "Deferment, which is a set period of time when you don't have to make payments and the government may pay the interest," says Holler. If you don't qualify for a deferment, ask about forbearance, which lets you temporarily stop making payments and be considered current on your account. But interest continues to accrue, so you'll owe extra money at the end of your loan period.


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But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.
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I am so glad I found this series! An intelligent, young woman, former nurse-turned-sleuth in post WWI London was a both a setting and story I enjoyed immensely. After reading this, I went on to read the next 2 in the series and after reading those, have added the next to to my "to read" list. If you're looking for graphic, gruesome murders, CIA car chases and graphic sex in your mysteries, this series probably won't work for you. If you enjoy early 1930's England with a sanely-paced story line and exploring characters as they develop over several books, you should enjoy this.
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Wow, what a command of that era, and what an impact it had on women from England and the world. As a writer she threads her story lines and characters together, and these characters are interwoven across her books. She does not leave loose ends, she has developed a brilliant, intuitive and yet fragile detective. This series deserves the following it has and I can't wait for her newest books to come out. I would recommend starting with the first and working forward in order.
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If you've already read other books in this series, skip this first one. It's all backstory, all esential elements of which are repeated, in bits and pieces, in subsequent books. Actually, this book isn't really a "mystery" at all -- its a flat-out novel. There's nothing much to ferret out, no suspense worthy of the word, but it is an introduction to the excellent character of Maisie Dobbs. The series is wonderful, and very carefully researched so as to be historically accurate. The narrator does a great job on all of them -- I love the series, just not this first book.
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Beautifully written, beautifully told!!! Maisie Dobbs is a great character, strong, sensitive, reasonable and caring...and evolves as a person through the Great War and remnants thereafter. Winspear creates a bittersweet world that is intriguing and interesting. Narrator does a great job too. Look forward to the other books in the series.
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Masie Dobbs is an excellent historical mystery. It is of very high quality.
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I love Maisey. Like no other fictional detective! I agree 100% with what the other reviews so far have said.
But the subject matter is so very sad. It works for so many people but I'm not sure I will be able to continue the series. This fiction is too much like non-fiction. I look to novels to get a bit of a break from it all.
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If you like Miss Marple, you'll love Maisie Dobbs. Wonderful story, great mystery, excellent narrator. Can't wait to read the next one in the series.
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Very well written. Gives you a good perspective about WW1 and the impact it had on lives. Great characters. I will definately buy another.
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Facebook could have avoided the strident, weeks-long controversy engulfing its Beacon ad system if, when designing and deploying it, the social-networking company had followed basic social etiquette principles, such as being considerate and candid.
It's not too late, though. Following the common sense and time-tested advice of Mister Rogers and Miss Manners could help Facebook end the nightmare that threatens to harm its business, affect its relationship with advertising partners, and erode its end-users' trust.
That's the consensus from several industry observers and online privacy experts regarding the embattled Beacon, introduced several weeks ago to a sustained chorus of boos.
"Facebook created what it thought was a clever program, and a lot of people didn't like it," said industry analyst Greg Sterling of Sterling Market Intelligence.
Beacon, part of the company's new ad platform, tracks certain actions of Facebook users on some external sites, like Blockbuster and Fandango, in order to report those actions back to users' Facebook friends network.
The idea: To generate advertising that is more effective because it is intricately combined with people's social circle so that products and services are promoted in a more organic way via the actions of friends and family.
More than 40 Web sites have signed up for Beacon, although not all have implemented the system. Off-Facebook activities that can be broadcast to one's Facebook friends include purchasing a product, signing up for a service, and including an item on a wish list.
Responding to a round of initial complaints that the program was difficult to understand, manage, and avoid, Facebook tweaked it last Thursday, making its workings more explicit and giving people more control over it.
Although the changes didn't go as far as many had hoped, they were generally seen as encouraging. However, the calm didn't last long. On Friday, a CA researcher detailed tests showing that Beacon is more intrusive and stealthier than Facebook had acknowledged until then.
Stefan Berteau found that Beacon tracks users even if they are logged off from the social-networking site and have declined having their activities broadcast to friends.
In this case, users aren't informed that data on their activities at these sites is flowing back to Facebook or given the option to block that information from being transmitted, according to Berteau, senior research engineer at CA's Threat Research Group.
If a user has ever checked the option for Facebook to "remember me" -- which saves the user from having to log on to the site upon every return to it -- Facebook can tie his activities on third-party Beacon sites directly to him, even if he's logged off and has opted out of the broadcast. If he has never chosen this option, the information still flows back to Facebook, although without it being tied to his Facebook ID, according to Berteau.


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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Will Take Charge ground out a victory in the $600,000 Rebel Stakes on Saturday, nudging aside Oxbow for the victory by a head in the Grade 2 race.
The first and second finishers, both trained by D. Wayne Lukas, outpaced Bob Baffert-trained Den's Legacy for third.
Baffert won the past three Rebels but favored Super Ninety Nine, who started on the outside post in the 10-horse race, was out of the money.
Will Take Charge, a son of Unbridled's Song and Take Charge Lady, is owned by Willis D. Horton.
With Jon Court aboard, Will Take Charge carried a race-high 122 pounds and finished the 1 1/16-mile race in 1:45.0.
Will Take Charge paid $58.00, $16.20 and $9.80. Oxbow paid $7.80 and $5.60, and Den's Legacy paid $6.
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