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Vero Beach, Florida
For population 25 years and over in Vero Beach:
For population 15 years and over in Vero Beach city:
1,304 residents are foreign born (2.6% Europe, 1.4% Latin America, 1.3% Asia).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2012: $2,357 (0.8%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Port St. Lucie, FL (25.4 miles , pop. 88,769).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Hialeah, FL (123.4 miles , pop. 226,419).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (905.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities: Vero Beach South, FL (1.4 miles ), Gifford, FL (1.6 miles ), South Beach, FL (2.1 miles ), Indian River Shores, FL (2.1 miles ), Florida Ridge, FL (2.2 miles ), Winter Beach, FL (2.3 miles ), West Vero Corridor, FL (2.5 miles ), Lakewood Park, FL (2.6 miles ).
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Latitude: 27.64 N, Longitude: 80.39 W
Daytime population change due to commuting: +14,076 (+90.8%)
Area code: 772
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Crime rate in Vero Beach detailed stats: murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, arson
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2012, including police officers: 73 (52 officers).
Vero Beach, Florida accommodation, waste management, arts - Economy and Business DataUnemployment in July 2013:
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Population change in the 1990s: +207 (+1.2%).
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Tornado activity:
Vero Beach-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Florida state average. It is 4% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/15/1958, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 13.8 miles away from the Vero Beach city center injured 20 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 9/18/1954, a category F3 tornado 15.8 miles away from the city center killed 2 people and injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Natural disasters:The number of natural disasters in Indian River County (16) is greater than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 9, Fires: 5, Tropical Storms: 2, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Birthplace of: Parvati Shallow - Boxer, Ben Davis (basketball) - Basketball player, Daleroy Stewart - 2005 NFL player (Houston Texans, born: Nov 2, 1978), Albert Smidebush - College basketball player (Central Florida Knights), James McGirt Jr. - Boxer, Jamie Williams (American football) - Football player, Lynn Pride - Basketball player, Sean Crowley - College football player (Jacksonville Dolphins), Tyrone McGriff - Football player.
Main business address for: BIMINI MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT INC (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS), CALTON INC (OPERATIVE BUILDERS).
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Local government website: covb.org
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Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 7.53. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 13.4 miles away from the city center.
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Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2012: 19.6%
(17.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 43.0% for Black residents, 34.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 47.5% for American Indian residents, 7.7% for other race residents, 26.2% for two or more races residents)
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Religion statistics for Vero Beach city (based on Indian River County data)Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 50.80%
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Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 24
Number of supercenters and club stores: 3
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 20
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 28
Number of full-service restaurants: 100
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9.40% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($79,017 average adjusted gross income)
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($378 average AGI)
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,494 average adjusted gross income)
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($255 average AGI)
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See more detailed statistics of Vero Beach fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2011 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 21
Total length: 323 meters (1,060ft)
Total average daily traffic: 168,270
Total average daily truck traffic: 8,405
Total future (year 2030) average daily traffic: 279,856
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FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Vero Beach)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 256 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Vero Beach, FL)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 103 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 42 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 27 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 509 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Vero Beach)
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 12 (See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in Vero Beach)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 444 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft)
Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0501.00 , 0502.00, 0503.01, 0504.00, 0505.02, 0505.03
Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0501.00 , 0502.00, 0503.01, 0504.00, 0505.02, 0505.03
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Dave, On today's TAG call, you mentioned having reviewed some old emails from Roy and perhaps others on the issue of changing URIs, or being tempted to change URIs, in various circumstances. This was in the XRI-related discussion. In any case, it occurred to me that I should be considering such analyses in working up schemeProtocols-49. If you could send along some links to those emails I would very much appreciate it. Thank you. Noah -------------------------------------- Noah Mendelsohn IBM Corporation One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 1-617-693-4036 --------------------------------------Received on Tuesday, 19 April 2005 21:11:23 GMT
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"You brought gifts, mew?"
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"I shall show you my final trump card…"
"Good analysis…"
"It's time for you to come with us, Naruto."
March 2011 Ultimate Battle Tins
"The clones experience gets logged in our memory banks."
"I thought I recognized your scent!"
"What? Where?!"
"Your father always cared about both of you."
"Sheesh! That Sasuke always acts arrogant!"
"I don't want those words to be just empty talk!"
"You'll be done for if you stay here."
"I asked you if it's true!"
"Clone Jutsu is child's play."
"We have our connections inside of Anbu Black Ops. You try and sweep this investigation under the rug and we're gonna know about it."
"Ah I thought you were dead already."
"His teleportation jutsu makes him too fast for both of us!"
"Listen Itachi, if I find you've betrayed this clan I want you to know, You'll pay for your wrongs!"
This Jutsu card can be played from your Discard PileRequirements: Itachi Uchiha or Sasuke Uchiha + Entrance cost of 4 or moreTarget: 1 Ninja opposing the userEffect: If this card was played from the Discard Pile, give 1 Damage to the target, then remove this Jutsu from the game. Otherwise, give 2 Damage to the target.
"It can't be!"
Requirements: "Genjutsu" + Entrance cost 4 or moreEffect: Switch which Teams your opponent's Battling Teams are opposing.
Reduce this card's cost by 1 for each "Genjutsu" Ninja you control.Requirements: "Genjutsu" + Entrance cost of 5 or moreEffect: You control your opponent's next turn (you see all cards that player would see, you make all decisions for them and play their cards for them).
"Th-this…must be genjutsu."
Target: 1 Ninja Battling against the userEffect: Give 1 Damage to the target. Additionally, if the user has "Sharingan Eye", give 1 additional Damage to the target and move this Jutsu card to your hand.
Effect: Search your Deck for 1 Ninja card with "Uchiha" in its name, reveal it, and move it to your hand. Then, shuffle your Deck.
"We're not going to have as much time to ourselves."
Effect: You can search for 1 "The Symbol of the Proud Clan" Mission card or 1 Ninja with [LEAF POLICE FORCE] effect in your Deck show it to your opponent and place it in your hand. Then, shuffle your Deck.
"Itachi! Are you here? Come out! We got something to ask you!"
PermanentEffect: All your in-play Ninjas with "Uchiha" in their names get +1/+1. Additionally, Ninja cards with "Uchiha" in their names in your hand gets -1 Entrance cost.
"Since a long time ago… The Uchiha have always ensured the peace here. The crest is a testament of our clan's pride in a way of life centuries old."
Head of the Kurama Clan and father of Yakumo, he was unaware of the monstrous "Ido" personality within her.
"Both you and Itachi belong to the Uchiha clan, the distinguished clan of the Leaf Village. Have confidance in yourself!"
"Hi, Sasuke. Are you going to school?"
"You disgust me.""This is it, Sasuke."
Untouchable Tins Promo (2010)
"So, Naruto... You came too. "...Sasuke..."
"This stops now!!!"
""Know pain.""Is this the death you had imagined for me?"
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Still thinking on the whole geeky gadget thing. Part of what I'm trying to decide is long-term value. Sure, I could easily spend $300-$500 on electronic toys. But am I actually going to get anything out of them beyond what I have now other than a bit of ooh and ahh.
For example, the pedometer has been fun but never really necessary. I wore it very early on to get a rough estimate of how far I was walking. Then I walked a trail with distance markers and discovered how rough that really was. After that I used the map feature to calculate the distances.
I dusted it off and started wearing it routinely two or three months ago when I made 5000+ steps a Team Goal for the Supportive Sparklers. I've been tracking it since, but it doesn't go anywhere that relates to Fitness tracking - it's just one of the "Other Goals" I keep up with.
I haven't had it for 4 days now. If I really needed one badly, I could have gone and spent $10 or less for another. Or there's a wonderful SparkFriend who offered one she isn't using.
But ... I think if I'm honest, I'm not really missing it.
So then I started thinking about the other things.
Heart rate monitors. All of the cardio machines I use at the gym do have sensors to get heart rate. The only one that I can't use sometimes is the treadmill (won't do a reading at 4.0 MPH or faster). They do act up, but most of the time that's obvious. And I can FEEL the differences - I usually know before I put my hands on the sensors whether I'm in the higher end (140-150) or lower end (116-125) or in between.
Again, if I'm honest, it would be a novelty thing, fun information but I don't even keep my hands on the sensors on the machines because I don't need to see every change. The inconvenience and potential discomfort of a chest strap doesn't sound worth it.
Calorie counter. Reading all the information - both from those who responded to my blog or status feed (THANKS EVERYONE!) as well as on the various websites either reviewing or selling these devices - I suddenly realized something. I already know I burn more than SparkPeople's calculations allow for. (Based on losing closer to 1.35 pounds per week while eating calories in the top end of a range set to lose 1 pound ... and doing that consistently for months.) Knowing a more exact number won't change that.
Sleep tracker. Of all pieces, this is the one that piques my curiosity the most. I'd love to get the whole chart of how long it takes me to fall asleep, when I'm more deeply asleep, when I'm more lightly asleep, and so on.
But I know I can fall asleep pretty fast some nights and that other nights I'm laying still for a long time waiting to drift away. I know at certain points during the night I am more "near the surface" and very very easy to wake and other times when I am out like a rock and not completely aware of loud noises around me. I've woken at 3:30 am - 4:00 am to use the bathroom or because my phone vibrated with a text message - and gone right back to sleep after. I'm pretty aware of my sleep habits even if I don't have the exact numbers.
So what does it come down to? I really don't NEED a tracker. I can't even justify any of them to myself as being necessary for me.
All my pondering is currently leading me in the direction of no decision - or I should say a decision of "no".
This is ONLY to say these devices aren't really needed by me. My circumstances are, of course, unique to me. Don't feel any suggestions made were wasted - I know others were reading those comments as well and the information definitely helped me really question myself about whether I just wanted a gadget for the inner geek's sake or for a real need.
Cutting back - on SparkPeople time. It's not the best solution, but what I'm coming down to is that I simply cannot expect to keep up with the Friend Feed. I will miss SparkFriend's blogs. I will miss changes in their status.
Friend Feed. I looked and apparently there is no option to turn off the announcements of SparkPoints won. Well, there is for me to not show mine - but not to turn off it being displayed for others. The only things I have checked to show are "Weight Lost", "Blog Post", and "Status". Even so, it's not the SparkPoints that add a lot of time.
It takes me about 5-10 minutes to scroll through a single page, reading each item and clicking Like and/or leaving a comment, and opening the blogs in another tab. At best if I scrolled past the SparkPoints wins, I'd save myself half that time. Not very significant really.
Blogs, though ... I'm not sure what the average is, but just the first page I went through just now had 14 blogs linked. Each blog takes time to read, time to think about, time to write a response to. Vlogs might take longer depending on how much was uploaded. If my computer decides to slow down, internet chokes a bit, SparkPeople has a hiccup, even that can slow to a crawl. Those 14 blogs can take the rest of an hour to go through. That particular page only included stuff within the last four hours.
The conclusion I am forced to come to is that I simply cannot keep up with every status and every blog. Even with some hours or days slower than others, if it takes me an hour to keep up with 4 hours of updates, that would be 6 hours per day on SparkPeople NOT counting the time to track my food and meals, read articles, do a poll and trivia, huddle with teams, read blogs by teammates, post on team forums.
Clearly something has to give - and it's going to have to be my mindset that I must read every single blog and status. It's just not feasible or realistic. Right now I'm trying to do one page earlier in the day (or one hour's worth if I can do more than a page) and one in the evening.
I apologize in advance if I miss a blog, miss the chance to reply and encourage and answer and suggest. (I do answer most SparkMails, though not always same day - so if you very specifically want me to see a blog, you can always send me a message.)
The little "and more"
My June goal to price out dental visits and costs. There's a dentist's office a few buildings over from where I work. I stopped by to ask. She could only give me a price on the initial visit, but it does include the exam and xrays - and all costs of any work needed could be discussed at that point. So I have an appointment for the last week of June. and surpassed.
The Roth IRA that I opened is amusing me so far. I have to rethink how it works a little - because unlike a 401(k), the money doesn't automatically get added to where funds already are. I have to actually buy into the different things. Some of which have a minimum amount to do so and others have a price per "share". Lots of learning to do. But the amusement? I use Mint to track my accounts and added the IRA to it. It keeps bouncing daily, but I'm able to say I earned $1.55 (on paper) so far.
Of course, that's even less reliable than the scale. It can be $1 lost one day and $1 earned the next. It's fun as long as I can retain that viewpoint.
As my status today says, my pedometer bit the dust. It was a cheapie from Walmart - just the first and fastest place I could find one near me, nothing more. The LCD started flaking, at first just the last number became difficult to read because two bars stayed on permanently. No big deal - mistaking a 9 for a 0 wouldn't mean much when it was 12,389 versus 12,380 steps. Then the first number started flaking. Again, possible to work around because it was either 0 or 1, and a quick look to see if I was past 4 miles made it easy to tell which.
Yesterday morning, it gave up. The button would no longer toggle between showing miles and steps, the reset didn't change everything to clear it, and shaking it up and down to mimic steps weren't being counted. *toss*
NOW, the "fun" part of deciding how to replace it. I've gotten used to tracking my steps, though I don't use those for my fitness so much as just seeing the days I was more generally active. So I still want a pedometer.
But I've been mentally tossing around the idea of other things and it feels awkward to try to dig through the fluffy marketing to get to the brass tacks of how things really work in practice rather than theory. It's also a challenge to decide what is most practical.
Heart rate monitor
Calorie tracker
Sleep tracker
I'm amazingly hard on watches. (The one watch I kept for more than two years had the glass face replaced twice because I scratched it up so much.) I can't imagine being easier on a much bulkier object on my wrist.
I'm a klutz who routinely gets tangled with or caught by dangling wires. (Headphones would last a lot longer if the wires inside didn't break "so easily".) Seriously, door handles and door lock strike plates are my nemesis. So are my feet. In fact, anything that a wire could possibly catch on is a danger around me.
So I have the fun task ahead of me of figuring out:
1) What do I really "need"? What do I "want"? What is excess fluff that sounds good from their marketing but does me no real good?
2) Which are comfortable and durable enough to put up with my abuse? Will I have to sacrifice one thing for another (comfort for accurate heart rate, for example)?
3) Do I want something that is useless if I don't have a connection to some other device - as in an app or a website the data has to go to just to be read and understood?
4) What questions am I forgetting to ask that I might regret later if I make a hasty choice?
This is why I hate shopping most of the time. Even with geek toys, I feel like I'm forgetting the important question, the thing that will leave me wishing I'd bought something else or waited or passed.
I know I shouldn't complain at all. I have the option to buy what I choose without anyone complaining or saying I shouldn't spend that money on me. I have money to spend that could feed someone else for a week or two, easily. Doesn't stop me from going through all sorts of emotions:
Hmmmmm Wha?! Bleargh, data overload!
Tonight at the gym I happened to glance at the TV that had Piers Morgan doing an interview. Some of them I care very little for, but others have been quite fascinating. LL Cool J really impressed me, for example, with the thought he put into his answers. (Asked what he would pick if he could only do one � movies, TV, or music � he sat a while then said he would do made-for-TV movies that were musicals.)
His guest that I saw was a gymnast on the US Olympic Team � John Orozco. While he misunderstood the question he was being asked (What does it feel like to be as good as you are at what you do?), his answer intrigued me:
== I would say it takes a lot of willpower and a lot of sacrifice and a lot of self-motivation, because you're not going to walk in every day and feel like it's a great day and you want to get all this stuff done and feeling like all jolly, jolly, you know? ==
Another guest, Nastia Liukin, gave a similar answer when asked what it takes to be a champion:
== I think it obviously it takes a lot of hard work. But a lot of discipline, a lot of courage, motivation. You know, it's very hard to find that sometimes, especially on those days that I don't get out of bed or if it's raining outside and you just want to stay under your covers. But I never took a single holiday off. ==
What caught my attention is this. Even world-class athletes have down days, days when they'd far rather toss in the towel than practice and work.
Honestly, if we think about the training regimens athletes at that level put themselves through for years, it is pretty awe-inspiring. It is easy to get the idea that they've found some secret "Fountain of Motivation" that just keeps them going day after day, year after year. But they don't. Some days the motivation just isn't there and it takes gritty determination or force of habit to get moving.
We don't have to be world-class athletes to learn something from this. Look at all the other things they called on. Willpower, sacrifice, discipline, courage. When they didn't want to, they didn't sit down and whine that they didn't feel motivated. They reached elsewhere, found whatever part of themselves was available to give them a push or a pull in the right direction, and did it anyway because it needed to be done.
Don't wait for motivation. Don't ask for motivation. Just DO. Pull on your strengths to get it done. Are you stubborn? Use that by refusing to give in to the blahs. Are you lazy? Use that by making the alternative much more effort. Dig through all your personality traits and find ways your stronger ones can give you the boost that motivation alone is not.
Part of why this really hit me is that I've been pondering motivation for a while. There are MILLIONS of articles, posters, blogs, books, and quotes out there trying to help people find, keep or increase their motivation. There's scientific studies, even, because motivated employees do more work - making more money for their employers.
Constantly it seems, voices in blogs and statuses are saying:
"I've lost my motivation."
"Motivate me!"
"Not feeling very motivated."
How is it that with such an abundance of information on motivation, it seems so immensely difficult to actually stay motivated or motivate others? More personally, why is it that I don't even think of myself as motivated - yet I have no problem sticking to things?
Seriously. I don't go to the gym and do my workouts because I feel motivated. I go because I scheduled them into my day, I have a plan for them, and I plain and simple don't consider anything but illness, injury, or body exhaustion a valid excuse to skip a day. They aren't optional.
I'm not entirely sure what drives me. I just know my body needs it, set a little mental flag that says "this is not optional", and go. I don't really reward myself directly. I have no specific chart of goals and rewards. For every month that I do goals, the reward is the doing of the task, the knowledge I'm making progress, the enjoyment of the very doing.
I've been trying to read the Wikipedia article on Motivation tonight, and learned some interesting things about Intrinsic Motivation versus Extrinsic Motivation. I think I'd have to say I'm very heavily leaned toward Intrinsic Motivation, and not just in weight loss.
I still need to think on this quite a bit. But it's 1:40 am and I've been fighting my eyes trying to finish this somewhere - so here it is.
This isn't the first time I've made money comparisons to the weight loss journey.
I've been gradually researching IRAs. I know I need to do SOMETHING about my savings. I have no 401(k) options. Savings accounts earn terrible interest rates. (I honestly remember having a Wells Fargo account when I was in my teens that earned 5%, not the weak sub-1% offered these days.)
A few months ago, I went to a site to calculate how much I need to try to save up. It came up with almost $1 million if I retired at 70. That number blindsided me. There was just no way I was ever going to manage to save that much. The amount I'd have to sock away weekly was unreasonable.
Does that sound familiar at all?
How many of us have looked at our starting weight and an ideal weight from a table, calculated the difference between them, and been blindsided by the number? How many of us have had a goal date by which we wanted to lose a set number of pounds, only to discover we'd have to lose 3-5 pounds a week to get there?
I have to be honest. One of the reasons I originally set my SP goal to 160 had nothing to do with a reasonable and healthy weight. It had to do with the difference between saying I had 90-95 pounds to lose and saying I have 100 pounds to lose. Saying 100 just seemed too big. When I went to the goal page, I used the automatic calculator and didn't even look at the expected date to reach it. I didn't want to know how long it was expected to take.
What do we do when something is too much for us to confront? Often we avoid it. We let other things distract us. We don't get started, or we start then quit, because it's just too much and after a little early success we can feel how long it will be.
Last month, I did finally get up my nerve again and start digging some more, trying different scenarios. Cleaning through all my papers reminded me that unless Social Security collapses, I will have at least something other than what I can manage to save. I started planning last week to talk to an account rep at my bank to ask some questions.
And then today something really opened my eyes.
With the Kindle Fire, I often check the "Top 100 Free" ebooks and "buy" many of them. If I don't like them, I just delete them and no loss. Otherwise, I have a vast selection to pick from. Today I finished one and started another randomly (literally flicked the carousel a couple times and tapped one). It happens to be on saving for retirement without living like a pauper.
Like so many books on the topic, it starts with the point about how far along I could be if I'm in my 20s and I start now with some small amount weekly, such as $25.
Oh, yay. What good does that do me? I'm 43. I have a whopping $400 in a generic savings account, all added just this year.
But then it gave an example of someone who was in their early 50s. And the lightbulb went on.
How does putting this off longer help?!
Every single day I put this off is yet another day I'm not making progress.
Sure, I can be upset that I don't already have $200,000 sitting around growing ... but I can't go backwards. I have several choices:
1) I start now. I open an IRA, I set up automatic deposits. I let it grow for 25 years. Figure I put in $400 from my savings, add $15 a week, never changing. In 25 years I'd have put in around $20,000 and potentially have close to $50,000 (assuming a "low" return of 7%)
2) I delay it. In 5 years I start to really feel the pressure, so I start then. Same numbers, but 5 years less ... and I could be just barely past $30,000 instead of nearly $50,000!
3) I put it off indefinitely, never feeling the time is right. The $400 stays in my savings account. Maybe I'm smart enough to add $15 a week and not withdraw anything. I earn 0.85% interest. In 25 years I'll have put in around $20,000 and have a little over $22,000.
4) I don't just put it off. I give up on trying to save. Maybe I leave the $400 in savings just because. Woohoo, I have almost $500 after 25 years.
5) I give up completely and just spend my money freely. Why bother with a savings account that doesn't earn much? I spend it. Oh, hey, credit! I spend up and build crazy amounts of debt because it's easier than confronting my money issues. In 25 years, I owe $50,000 and have no savings and no income other than Social Security. Hope I like being homeless.
Well, DUH! Looked at like that, of course I want to take the first choice.
And yet ... I've gotten to this point because I delayed, put it off, gave up, and even sabotaged myself in years past. I've lived every single other choice.
Whenever I look at $50,000 versus $200,000 it makes me want to just delay more. How completely STUPID is that? Start now and I'll have $50,000 versus $30,000. NEITHER choice, NO choice I could possibly make will give me that $200,000 I could have had with better choices earlier.
Now, let's look at each of those choices translated to weight loss:
1) We start now. We make a few lifestyle changes. We find habits we can live with. We build on those bit by bit. In 10 years we are at or close to our ideal weight, perhaps more fit than we've ever been in our life, and we don't even have to think about many of the healthy habits - they're automatic. We might never be as physically fit as we could have been if we'd never gained the weight in the first place, but we're in great condition all things considered.
2) We delay it. In 5 years we realize we've put on another 15 pounds and REALLY need to do something. Our blood pressure has shot up, we have adult-onset diabetes, and it hurts more to move around. But, hey, at least we listen NOW. In 10 years, we've finally dropped most of the excess weight, but those extra 5 years overweight/obese did a number on our arteries and our joints.
3) We put it off indefinitely. Every once in a while we panic a little as we realize we put on another 5 pounds and briefly go through a spurt of trying to lose by one diet or another. We never consider changing our lifestyle - we just need to lose a few quick pounds. In 10 years, if we're lucky, we weigh a little less. Not enough to address the issues, but at least we did something.
4) We don't just put it off. We give up on ourselves. There's a few good habits we do half-heartedly, maybe, most notably when we want to fool ourselves into thinking we're trying. But for the most part we ignore the mirror, avoid pictures, and just hope that somehow magically one day we'll find a spell and be skinnier. In 10 years, we've added another 20 pounds and are even more overwhelmed by how long it would take to lose and how much work, which we don't think we can do.
5) We give up completely and figure we're already such an obese mess it makes no difference. We might as well eat whatever we want. We're killing ourselves, but at least we won't care about our weight if we do. In 10 years, if we're still alive, we've packed on another 100 pounds, our bodies are crippled by the weight, we're just one mass of health risks, one tick away from a heart attack or losing a leg.
Why would ANYONE ever choose the last option? The first choice will get us there fastest. We may not be there already, we may not be there at the end of 2012, but the first choice WILL get us there.
Start NOW!
In every moment from today forward, don't let the length of the journey scare you. The first choice WILL get you there. The first choice will give you the greatest chance at a healthier, fitter future and as many years as possible in that condition!
If you gain a pound or feel like you've failed in some way, think about whether the choices you are tempted to make in that moment will GUARANTEE you gain even more. If that's not the result you want, don't make those choices!
The first place I really noticed this was my wrists. My DDa has very little extra weight on her, but her wrists look padded compared to mine. My wrist bone is surprisingly prominent.
I've sort of noticed it in the past with my ribs. They're still padded, but I can feel each distinct rib easily. In addition, my collar-bone is becoming very easy to trace for my fingers.
Over the last week, though, I've begun to notice another area that has lost most of it's "natural" padding. I carry a lot in a duffel bag, pulling the strap over my shoulder. Never bothered me before. Now ... it's uncomfortable. I can feel the pressure of the bag across my clavicle. If I run my fingers out to my shoulder, I can feel the joint.
I still have considerable padding in some spots, without a doubt. I do have to seek my hip bones still (though admittedly I can feel them without too much effort where before I remember having to just guess about where they were). And my chin is still soft all the way around.
But other spots like my fingers have slimmed down considerably. I don't wear rings - haven't in many years - but I remember when the lower part of my fingers was puffier than the knuckle. That's long gone. I can feel tendon and bone now.
I know I'm weird. Feeling my body is far more fascinating than seeing.
Sweating. It's a fact of life at the gym.
I expect the sweat down my back. I expect the sweat on my neck. I expect some sweat on my brow.
I have three places I sweat that I never really anticipated:
1) the backs of my hands - sure, my palms sweat and I wipe them dry, but I have to pick up the towel to wipe the backs of my hands regularly
2) my elbows / forearm right in front of my elbows - this is the spot that annoys me most because it TICKLES. I am not ticklish, but I can feel the droplets form and end up wiping it dry often.
3) my knees - pretty much the leg version of my elbows. Thankfully at least half of my workout pants are snug on the knee of of material that lifts the sweat away. But the other half? Sweats end up with wet spots at the knee. And the shorts let me see all the spots of moisture forming.
Now, don't take this to mean I hate sweat or anything. I like sweating. It's just one more sign of the amount of effort I'm putting into my workout. I just never really thought about sweating as an all-over thing. I'm more used to sweating at the back of my knees and inside of my elbows in hot weather.


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TOKYO, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NHN Japan, the owner and operator of the free-calling and free-messaging app "LINE," announced on January 11 that its official camera app "LINE camera" has been downloaded over 20 million* times in just 10 months since the release of the service. (*Download figures are for iPhone/Android apps combined.)
This easy-to-use camera app allows users to edit and decorate their photos taken on smartphone cameras and then to share their finished creations with both LINE friends as well as other users across a range of SNS services.
One of the reasons for the LINE camera's success can be explained by an original feature which gives users the ability to decorate their own photos using LINE's popular Sticker Characters. The LINE camera was released on April 12 for Android and April 26 for iPhone, and about a month after this, on May 9, downloads exceeded the 5 million mark, followed by the 10 million mark 3 months later on August 7.
Even after this, the LINE camera continued to improve, adding new editing features much to the delight of its users. The app has continued to grow in popularity and has exceeded the 20 million-download mark in just 10 months since the service release.
Up until now, the LINE camera has reached the No.1 spot in the Free Apps category at App Stores in 14 countries and regions, and No.1 in the Camera category at App Stores in 27 countries as well as achieving the No.1 spot in the Camera Category at Google Play stores in 17 countries.
The LINE camera reached the No.1 spot in the Free Apps category in the following 14 countries and regions spanning the Asian region: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Nepal. NHN has also stated that there is increasing use of the LINE camera in Spain where it has also been ranked No.1 in the Camera Category at App Store/Google Play.
There may be a wide range of other camera apps which offer filters and other effects. However, the LINE camera has combated this by offering a vast array of functions such as filters, scattering of heart-icons, and the option to create hand-written messages -- all of which enable a finish which is similar to the Japanese photo decorating phenomenon, "Purikura." The secret of the LINE camera's success does not end here. The user-friendly interface and the option for users to decorate their own photos using LINE's popular Sticker Characters, as well as the photo-sharing options to various SNS including LINE, Twitter, Facebook, mixi, Sina Weibo, Renren, me2day, Cyworld etc., have all contributed to the LINE camera becoming popular all around the globe.
NHN has stated that it will continue expanding and improving features for the LINE camera and other LINE-related services with the aim of enriching and enhancing the communicative experience between LINE users.
About LINE camera
App Name: LINE camera
OS Support: iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4S (iOS 4.2 or higher) / Android 2.2 or higher
Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional/Simplified), Korean
Price: Free
Service Webpage: http://camera.line.naver.jp/en
About NHN Japan Corporation
NHN Japan is the local affiliate of South Korea's premier Internet company, NHN Corporation. NHN Japan is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with Akira Morikawa as CEO.
About LINE (http://line.naver.jp/en/)
LINE is a free-calling and free-messaging app, operated and owned by NHN Japan Corporation. The LINE camera is the official camera app for LINE (http://camera.line.naver.jp/en ).
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With the Product Color Swatches extension for Magento, you can easily display swatches of attribute options on configurable product pages. Show bright and eye-catching images of color, design, etc., as attribute options and be sure that customers will find out how the product will look like.
Visitors can select required attribute options by clicking swatches on product page. After the attributes selection is made, product name, description, price, and image are changed. It's much easier to decide which color or material matches an item when you see the result right away. A vivid picture of an item appears and fastens the process of customer decision making whether to buy a product or not.
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|Oct 14, 2003, 11:16 PM
China Launches Manned Space Mission
Congratulations to the Chinese for this achievement. They're awfully smart, and I wonder, if they ever get their political and economic systems fixed, whether they would become the next Super Power, leaving the U.S. behind as a supplier of movies, fast food concepts and Wal-Marts?
|Oct 14, 2003, 11:36 PM
We certainly are sending a lot of our greenbacks over there. Providing lots of jobs... for them.
If we continue sending jobs overseas, who in America will be able to buy their products in the future? I guess my sons and daughters could learn to speak the language and head to China.
Yeah, that might work.
|Oct 14, 2003, 11:59 PM
Rippin in Hood River, OR, USA
Joined Oct 2000
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Sure, if they want to earn 50$ a month.
|Oct 15, 2003, 12:13 AM
I read just a few years ago that 8 million Chinese still live in caves.
BTW, the last time I checked about 94% of Americans were still employed and I for one like to buy $50 microwaves vs. the $1300 one I bought 20 years ago.
|Oct 15, 2003, 12:45 AM
Surprisingly (or not) in this case things aren't as clear as we believe
- guess which country has lost the most manufacturing jobs over the last seven years ?
The US has lost 2 million over that timeframe - about 11% of the total here.
but China has lost 16 million - about 15% over the same time period !
I don't know how this will all come out, but people felt the same way as farming fell from 60% of the population to 3% over the decades.
more facts and figures here :
|Oct 15, 2003, 03:30 AM
I'm not that impressed with space travel any more. The Americans and Russians perfected the technology 30+ years ago, and it's probably available on the internet....
What impresses me is how they managed to fit a bain marie, steamer, and deep fryer into the capsule to keep the astronaut fed...
|Oct 15, 2003, 04:42 AM
Lets not forget that for centuries China was the pinnacle of advanced technology and thought on this planet. When Europeans were fighting their battles with swords and shields and no white man had set foot in the Americas the Chinese had actually developed solid fuel rockets as armaments. The Chinese had invented matches and paper fully a thousand years before such things were in use in Europe.
|Oct 15, 2003, 05:28 AM
What's wrong with giving a bit of credit where credits due? I congratulate them for doing it and hopefully it will all be a sucess, but i have the opinion there are a few here who might like to see them fail.
Let's not forget about the bloke that was put inside the thing and i'm hoping that the electrical wiring is better than the chinese motorcycle (scooter) I worked on today Not good!
Anyone else notice how clean the burn was from the rocket? what are they using as fuel?
|Oct 15, 2003, 08:40 AM
LM-2F (China)
Two-stage vehicle with four strap-on boosters
Stage 1 consists of four YF-20B motors that burn UDMH/N2O4, providing 665,800 lb of total thrust
Stage 2 uses one YF-22B engine and four YF-23B verniers burning UDMH/N2O4, generating a total thrust of 177,200 lb
Each strap-on booster uses a single YF-20B liquid engine, generating 166,450 lb of thrust each
I say good going China. I've read they have plans to go to the moon as well. I hope so. Humans in space has been stagnant too long.
|Oct 15, 2003, 09:08 AM
A little competition does wonders for everyone. Maybe if the Chinese went to the moon the US would focus on Mars and forget about the boring International Space Station and costly Shuttle taxi rides.
Mars in 2010!
|Oct 15, 2003, 10:07 AM
It strikes me that achievements of this scope are more than anything "Human" achievements, regardless of the propaganda and political aspects.
The more nations that throw some of their economic and intellectual efforts into space travel, the sooner it will be when we can really exploit the benefits of the solar system.
Maybe China is the Hundredth monkey!
|Oct 15, 2003, 11:06 AM
Have they released video of the launch yet?
|Oct 15, 2003, 11:31 AM
Every race has made a contribution to where we are. I know this sounds simplistic and the contributions have been varied, but they are still present.
Gun powder and rockets from China
Calculus from what is now Iran
Systematic and accurate accounting probably from the Jews
Many medical "discoveries" have been known for years by various tribal cultures in "uncivilized" areas of the world
Contributions to the calendar and atronomy have been made by the Egyptians and American (North and South) civlizations that no longer exits
Concepts of philosophy and law have come from all areas of the world
So when the term from "Human" achievement for Irusdog was mentioned, I think it said it all
Just think the Irish gave us Whiskey and the Scotts gave us Whisky
England gave us a ride to the New World and we in turn gave them a good effort at helping them resist domination by an Evil force (not an evil nation)
The Polish helped us with the Revolution
The Cherokees taught us how to build log cabins - now we are all one
What affect one can effect all -
Just rambling thoughts, but no nation is the best or the brighest, but the US is a good place to be because we do tend to absorb the best and the brightest from everywhere for a common good.
|Oct 15, 2003, 12:00 PM
I saw the launch on the news and it looked kind of like a Russian designed rocket. It said the lone astronaught would be put in a low orbit. I never heard anything about landing! Does anyone know how they're going to get this poor guy down?
|Oct 15, 2003, 12:05 PM
Forgot that part!
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Do Not Disturb
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While growing up in the late 70's and early 80's, my mother often worked late at night, and I was left home alone in the care of my good pal HBO. Some of the best horror films of all time were produced during that timeframe including the works of John Carpenter, Wes Craven, George Romero and Sean Cunningham. And I saw them all.
Maybe it's just me, but other than for a few rare exceptions, no one makes films like those anymore. Movies that make you afraid of the dark. Afraid to go up in the attic alone. Cautious about letting your toes hang off the end of the bed, as you can easily picture a bony, skeletal hand just inches away. I think most of the experience boiled down to a primal fear of the unknown, and uncertainty tends to breed in the dark of the night.
Do Not Disturb is designed to take us back to those days. Back when it was a lot harder to turn the lights off at night. We are not taking the "blood and guts" approach, though. Personally, I enjoyed the gory slasher films just as much as the other sub-genres, but I do not think it is fitting for this story. Do Not Disturb is a ghost story, and I prefer to emphasize the fear of the unknown instead of more graphic realities. To evoke fright, we will opt for what the viewer does not see, instead of what they do see. With any luck, after watching this picture, we hope you'll pause the next time you're in a hotel and see the iconic "do not disturb" placard on the door handle, and enter with guarded caution. Most of the films from that time period were also permeated with a fair dose of sexuality, and that is one element I intend to preserve. Although, I'm inclined more toward the semblance of mature eroticism characterized by films such as Basic Instinct than I am the teenage melodramas synonymous with the Friday the 13th franchise.
Another significant trait of that era was the music and sound effects score, and I firmly believe that the success of many pictures can be directly traced to this component. Recall the haunting background sound effect from Friday the 13th, or the music soundtrack from Halloween. Interestingly, director John Carpenter also composed the music scores of almost all of his better films, Halloween included. Based on the premise that music and effects play a central role in the overall experience, our expectations will be similarly high.
Aside from the cathartic experience of making this movie after being away from my filmmaking roots for so long, all remaining motives are based on profit, so the picture is also designed with an eye on contemporary marketing trends. The story chronicles the ill-fated experiences of a "ghost hunting" television series crew, as popularized by the televised series Ghost Adventures. It also cashes in on the proliferation of and fascination with high quality, consumer grade video. Everyone now has access to low cost HD video. Just check out You Tube.
So…do you believe in ghosts? You may say you don't, but as you read on, see how long you can resist the temptation to look behind yourself. Something just moved in the shadows over your shoulder. Did you hear that sound, even though faint? Think I'm wrong? Go ahead and look. No one will ever know.
Starring Ernell Manabat, Victoria Cameron, Gunter Nezhoda, E'va Stepniewska, Stu Chaiken, Marilyn Weinmann and Michal Green
Directed By James S. Horton
Produced By James S. Horton


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This shells and ribbon flower vase, by Roseanna Beck, is a fun and creative project that can also double as a gift for the home. The colorful flowers in the pattern are simple to make and a great way to add a dose of spring.
- 1 skein each Petal Pink, Paddy Green and White Red Heart 4-ply yarn
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- 2 yds. pink silk ribbon ¾" wide
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- 1 tin can approximately 4 ½" high x 3 ¼" diameter to fit inside of form
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- Cut rows off round plastic canvas to fit, leave unworked and with green whipstitch top to bottom.
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35th Annual Rockford Home Show
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My all-time favorite one was back from when he was 3 or 4 years old. He was crying and throwing a temper tantrum in his room and all of a sudden I hear: " Now my pants have fallen down, this is too much!"
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I just found a really cool genealogy app called Family.Show at http://www.vertigo.com/familyshow.aspx
It is a programme to showcase the WPF.net 3 technologies.
It is a really good example of how to make a complicated design more visually simple/attractive but still remaining powerful.
Not sure if it has much use is school but could perhaps be used in History lessons, perhaps English.
I will be showing it to a few teachers to see what they think.


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Works good, doesnt leak if you use teflon tape on the fittings w/ should be comon sense
I put a little teflon tape on the fitting and it worked great, no leaking and consistant readings. Its nice to have around so you dont have to pay a shop to do something...Read complete review
I put a little teflon tape on the fitting and it worked great, no leaking and consistant readings. Its nice to have around so you dont have to pay a shop to do something simple, but if you lack the common sense to put teflon tape on the threads so it doesnt leak maybe you should not be working on a car.
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Gauge filled with gasoline and leaked
The gauge is light duty but seemed to work ok the first time I used it. I replaced the fuel pump and was in the process of verifying the pressure of the new fuel...Read complete review
The gauge is light duty but seemed to work ok the first time I used it. I replaced the fuel pump and was in the process of verifying the pressure of the new fuel pump when the gauge filled with gasoline and spewed gasoline all over the engine compartment before I could get things shutdown. Poor quality internals from what I can see. HF warrantied it, but it took an extra 30 mile round trip to do it. Would have paid more for better quality.
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By cumminspower
from bluffdale , utah
About Me Auto Enthusiast, Casual Driver, Competitive Driver, Mechanic, Truck Enthusiast
Comments about Pittsburgh Automotive Fuel Injection Pump Tester:
Easy to use, product packaging claims it doesnt work with bosch fuel systems, but it does, i used it to check fuel pressure on my fass fuel pump, as well as my cummins vp44 diesel injection pump (bosch) works well gas, diesel, e85 ,biofuel, just use yellow gas thread tape, for more secure sealing
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Danielle
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it is what it is
By mike333
the gauge works as well as the hands that make it work.......... if one cant make the simple gauge work MAYBE they should close the hook......... just a thought. the tester is a very good product. as for anything we get what we pay for..........
Great Product
By David
Worked very well for me. A little teflon tape on the gauge thread when you put on the hose will keep it from leaking. Cannot beat this product for the money.
(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Works great
By Joe Flimsey
I got mine off of ebay (with better service) for the same price here with shipping. You do need to use fuel approved thread tape or it will leak, same goes with any pressure line really unless it's an AN fitting. JF
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By Greg
Worked well/good price/ follow instruction use teflon tape on threads/good value
By Jason
Worked great for me...The only problem i noticed was a little burr inside the threads on one of the fittings.
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Worked Perfectly
By The Wizard
from St Pete. FL
About Me Auto Enthusiast, Shade tree mechanic, Truck Enthusiast
Worked great once I figured out which parts to put together to fit my Ford Van.Here is a tip for attaching the main hose to the gauge. After applying Teflon tape, put the hose on finger tight, then, starting at the top of the gauge, peel the protective rubber boot back and off, leaving it hanging on the hose. This exposes the gauge nut so you can get wrenches on both the gauge nut and the hose fitting. Then you can tighten it up real good without damaging the gauge. Then slide the boot back on.Also, be sure to wrap a rag around the Shrader valve when connecting or disconnecting the hose under pressure because a little gas will leak out.It did the job I needed for a lot less money than other gauges.
Great set for the price
By Mike
from Washington DC
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This set is great for anyone that needs a pressure meter at an affordable price. That said, I have had problems getting it to seal properly so it doesn't leak. However it does work, and will definitely help you identify a bad fuel pump or clogged fuel line/filter. Definitely a good item to have.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Works perfect with a little tweak
By Gasguage
from Seattle, WA
Works just fine once you Teflon tape the connector. Make sure you use Teflon tape that is rated for fuel. Can be found at hardware stores and is a yellowish color. Other than that is works just fine.
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