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If it is Obito.
I will be HUGELY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED
I still hope it's the old lady from the Uchiha shop
If it is Obito.
I will be HUGELY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED
I still hope it's the old lady from the Uchiha shop
could have been Obito's dad.... even if obito gave his life gladly to save kakashi and rin, his old man would have felt sore and hatred against kakashi
As much as I would like the future/parallel universe idea, Kakashi is way to smart to let himself figure everything out so easily. I know everyone is stuck on the whole Tobi/Obito idea, but for some reason I am more curious about kyuubi telling Naruto he won't fail.
So now that the nine tails knows the secret of his jutsu can he some how make Naruto's attacks connect. The way the chapter ended made it seem like everything is in the bag, when in fact Kakasi is a large part in his attacks making contact. Just curious.
"I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them. "
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I don't get why Naruto was able to physically touch Tobi when they initially clashed with the headbutt. Tobi was clearly surprised that he didn't slip through but then went on to remark on the fact that he didn't even scratch the mask. Oh, and I don't think it's Obito, he just has his eye.
Maybe Tobi is the Obito from the parallel universe that Kamui is connected to. And maybe things happened differently at the bridge in that universe so he still had both eyes at the beginning, before he fought konan. Or did someone already give this theory?
Obito used his Kamui Amaterasu Tsukiyomi Izanagi Sharingan hack. I swear this is how he survived.
or maybe I think Tobi is negative Kakashi...
uses the same eye tech, different dimension, left/right eye.
it must BE it!
and btw what happen to my weekly Wednesday manga?
Tobi is rin i tell u.... Jk
About the hand thing, didn't kakasi only take the elbow part of the arm? (not the entire thing)
Other possibilites:
Tobi is madara's brother.
Just because it share the same dimension does the eyes have to be from the same person.
^I think so too. Madara knows about Kamen-Uchiha too, right? He knows the plan.


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Nail art experiment with bank tape :) Zig-zag manicure with CHG, Essie & Barielle
Hello lovelies,
just a quick post today with an experiment. I got inspired by Nailside creations and tried to create a zig-zag mani. I've used a matte white tape, I kind of call it a bank tape, don't know why.
As for used nail polishes - I've painted whole nail with China Glaze Street Chic, then the middle part is painted with Essie Mint Candy Apple and the tip is painted with Barielle Cashmere or Loose Me.
Next time I'll used different tape because this one wasn't that precise and left bits of glue. if you know about any better tape, let me please know x
viennettka 27/11/2011
Ježiš to je pěkný! Doufám, že ti někdo poradí tu lepší pásku, vrátím se sem a inspiruju se :-)
rock-or-not 27/11/2011
Really nice mani!!
I love it!
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Like a chocolate bar *yummy*
Yasinisi 27/11/2011
So pretty.. great design :)
Carolina 27/11/2011
This is so cool Lucy,I love the color combination you used.
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I love the contrast btw the mint and brown colors! It looks super pretty! really love it!!
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very nice - i like the brown and turquoise together!! :)
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Looks fabulous! Last time I tried using tape on a nail I used Sellotape and it took all my polish off - ooops! But this looks so lovely, great colour choices. x
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This is such a cute Mani...The colour Combo is so beautiful...X
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Good color combo.
I always use Scotch Tape, as it doesn't seem to pull polish off that badly...
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This is wonderful! One of my favorite color combos :)
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Duration: 8 February 2010 – 31 March 2010
Due to customs delay the works of Charles Arnoldi will be on display from Feb 8th - March 31st with the opening reception post-poned to March 4th from 5:30 - 8 pm.
As Vancouver welcomes the world to the 2010 Olympics, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery features New Paintings by American Master Charles Arnoldi.
Charles Arnoldi is a contemporary American artist who from an early age caught the attention of the art world receiving the Young Talent Award from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship among others. He is collected extensively throughout the United States and is in museum collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; and the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon among 20 others. His work is also in permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, Sydney, Australia; Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain; and The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Charles Arnoldi is widely recognized as a contemporary California artist known for his wood sculptures and brightly-colored, abstract paintings and prints. Arnoldi quickly gained recognition in the 1970s and 1980s Los Angeles art world for his innovative tree branch paintings and wood sculptures. His earlier works were almost primitive in their simplicity and shape resembling woven stick baskets delicately balanced. Later, as he moved away from wood sculpture, he became more interested in color, and created a number of abstract collages, prints and paintings. His paintings displayed free-flowing organic shapes like twists and loops with a sense of motion not seen before in his work.
Arnoldi has exhibited internationally including exhibitions at the Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois (1986), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1983), the Brooklyn Museum (1986) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (1992).
Artist Talk/Opening Reception - Thursday, March 4th - 5:30 - 8 pm


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Bitcoin Is Flawed, But It Will Still Take Over the World
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The Pink Cow is the first restaurant in Tokyo that lets you pay with Bitcoin, the world's most popular digital currency. In some ways, this California-Mexican cafe — a hangout run by an American expatriate who believes in new ideas — sits at the center of the Bitcoin universe. The digital currency was created by an anonymous computer programmer who many assume is Japanese, and the first big Bitcoin exchange — the web service where so many people bought their first bitcoins — is operated out of a Tokyo office not far from this wonderfully quirky bar and restaurant in the city's Roppongi district.
But when the Tokyo Bitcoin Meetup Group holds one of its weekly gatherings at the Pink Cow — bringing together Bitcoin enthusiasts from across the city and beyond — only about a third of them actually pay for dinner and drinks with bitcoins. People like Marco Crispini, an expatriate from Britain, and Aya Walraven, who moved to Tokyo from Canada, very much believe in the digital currency. And they own bitcoins. But they prefer not to spend them because their value just keeps going up.
You can see their point. In the month since Crispini and Walraven declined to spend their bitcoins on burritos at a mid-October meetup, the value of the currency rose from about $160 on the Tokyo-based Mt. Gox exchange to well above $700. In other words: What they would have spent on a $20 Cal-Mex meal is now worth at least $90.
The trouble is that this sort of bitcoin hoarding leaves many questioning the future of the currency. If economic incentives encourage people to hoard their bitcoins rather than spend them, the thinking goes, the currency will never fulfill the extravagant promises laid down by the biggest believers, who say it will streamline monetary transactions, free the world from the financial manipulation of big government and big banks, breakdown the financial walls between nations, and, well, remake the worldwide economy.
The concerns are justified. Even some of Bitcoin's most ardent supporters — like Fred Friis, one of the Tokyo Bitcoiners who regularly spends his digital currency at the Pink Cow — say that the consistent increase in the currency's value is a "legitimate issue."
But Friis also says — and rightly so — that the issue shouldn't be exaggerated. According to many economists who have closely followed the progress of the digital money, Bitcoin's recent ups — and downs — are to be expected from a currency so young, a currency that is just now attracting major attention from the mainstream population. The bottom could fall out of the market, but the currency could just as easily stabilize and reach a point where its value is consistent enough that people no longer hoard the stuff.
Yes, Bitcoin is what some call a deflationary currency. Because the system was designed to allow the creation of only a finite number of bitcoins (see our "Bitcoin Survival Guide"), there will come a point where, as demand rises, the value of the currency will only go up (making the price of goods and services fall, hence the term deflation). And that could lead to hoarding on an even larger scale.
But that moment is a long way off, and it won't necessarily prevent the currency from flourishing, says Peter Rodriguez, a professor of economics and senior associate dean at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. After all, many deflationary currencies have flourished in the past.
"The analogy is gold," says Simon Johnson, a professor of entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. "Gold is a finite resource, and until the big South African discoveries in the 1890s, there wasn't that much gold. But people were happy to make payments with it. The whole idea that people won't make payments with something that's finite and held as a store of value is not correct."
Bitcoin Deflated
Matthew Yglesias, an economics journalist and pundit who currently writes for the online magazine Slate, has long questioned whether Bitcoin can survive in the long term. "If you have persistent deflation, then simply holding the cash becomes a way of earning a return," he tells WIRED. "If that's the case, your economy will be starved of funds for investment and won't be able to grow."
The main issue here is that the worldwide network of computers that controls the digital currency only creates a limited number of bitcoins every so often and will one day stop making bitcoins entirely. This will happen in about the year 2140, and as some people manage to lose their bitcoins — misplacing the digital keys that control them — the supply of the currency will actually drop.
In theory, this means that, if demand for the currency continues to grow, the value of bitcoins will necessarily continue to rise. The result, according to Yglesias and many others, is that people will have little incentive to spend their money — and the bitcoin economy will come crashing down.
This limited-supply issue is the most common argument against the viability of the new currency. You read it so often on the web. It comes up time and again at Bitcoin meetups like those at the Pink Cow. And it's a very real concern for merchants who accept payments in the digital currency. "I dislike the pure deflation model," says Adam Sah, the founder and CEO of Buyer's Best Friend, which accepts the currency. "I wish bitcoin had more inflation built in, to encourage people to spend money and create a healthy economy."
But this issue shouldn't be confused with what is currently happening in the Bitcoin world. Yes, we've seen a steady climb in the value of the currency, and yes, this has slowed spending at some merchants. Michal Handerhan — the CEO and co-founder of BitcoinShop.US — says that his sales have dropped 20 percent in recent weeks. "People are holding their bitcoins," he says, "and won't let go." But that has little to do with the limited-supply issue. It's just that the currency is experiencing some very normal growing pains as more and more people jump on board.
The limited-supply issue won't really come into play for many, many years, and even if it does cause problems, there are good reasons to believe that these problems can be alleviated — reasons that go to the heart of the Bitcoin architecture.


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Gates Foundation announces massive vaccine commitment
A decade ago at Davos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda launched a global campaign to deliver vaccines and immunizations to fight disease in the developing world. On Friday at Davos, they turbocharged the effort, committing $10 billion over the next 10 years to the cause.
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The commitment appears to be the largest single non-governmental commitment ever given. Two of the previous biggest grants, each for $750 million, were given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, part of $4.5 billion it had spent on vaccines.
"We're essentially redoubling our commitment," Bill Gates said at a press conference, calling the fresh funding commitment "a great milestone."
He said the world "must make this the decade of vaccines."
Gates used the forum, where government and business leaders gather, to urge greater support from both sectors. "We can have a lot of impact and a lot of success," working together, he said. He added that the financial and economic crisis of 2008 had caused some governments to slow increases in spending, but he urged them to do more.
The Gates Foundation estimated that by widening the distribution of vaccines in developing countries to 90 percent coverage, the effort could prevent the deaths of 7.6 million children under 5 by 2019. The foundation also projected that an additional 1.1 million children could be saved with the rapid introduction of a malaria vaccine beginning in 2014.
Melinda Gates, appearing with her husband, said vaccinations and immunizations have made a huge impact on disease eradication in the last decade.
"The vaccine pipeline is very robust," she said, meaning that more are being developed. "We will have a malaria vaccine in our lifetime." (Melinda Gates is a director of the Washington Post Co.)
The announcement -- perhaps the biggest actual news to emerge from the usual Davos rush of speeches, panels and soirees -- was made at a crowded press conference in a subterranean conference room below the main Forum hall.
This is the biggest single commitment that the Gates Foundation has ever announced. For comparison, the next-largest global health announcement was at Davos in 2006, when the Gateses committed more than $900 million over 10 years for the fight against turbuclosis. The next-largest pledge overall was back in 1999, when they gave $1 billion to the United Negro College Fund.
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If Gates was smart enough to put the money into developing human-like artificial intelligence instead of this piecemeal nonsense, we'd have all the vaccines we need as a side effect.
Gates is in a unique position to make this happen, but just as happened with the internet, he has no vision for the future - no significant imagination.
Posted by: ian807 | January 29, 2010 11:12 AM | Report abuse
What does human-like artificial intelligence have to do with vaccines? AI is a dangerous path for science to go down. I applaud the Gates' humanitarian efforts. It is a shining example to all wealthy individuals that having so much money implies social obligations to do something for the betterment of mankind.
Posted by: kentuckywoman2 | January 29, 2010 12:51 PM | Report abuse
Gates has given billions, what is Steve Jobs doing with all his money?
Posted by: momj47 | January 29, 2010 1:17 PM | Report abuse
ian, what are you talking about? Human like AI is decades away; The brain operates with a power of 100 petaflops (Nick Bostrom of Yale). Let IBM, Intel, AMD, the national labs, and universities worry about that.
$1 billion to the United Negro College Fund
$10 billion in vaccines in 10 years
The Gate's generosity should be displayed as an example for all upper class citizens!
Email Obama: Nominate the Gates for the Presidental Metal of Freedom!
Nominate them for the Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted by: HokiePokie | January 29, 2010 1:34 PM | Report abuse
I need you to SHUT you mouth. You dare to criticize Bill Gates for choosing to use his moeny to help others he cares about?. If not for the internet, people like you would never have the chance to utter a word. How dare criticize some one for using their personal money to help others.I am not sure you can even help your neighbor pull is broken care from the garage let alone give some other person money. Moron
Does Bill Gates have the responsibility of choosing what happens in your future. You haave a brian just like he has one. Use it just like he is using his.
Posted by: nditebeck | January 29, 2010 1:40 PM | Report abuse
Steve Jobs had the right to choose what he does with his money. He is not compelled to do what Gates is doing.
Posted by: nditebeck | January 29, 2010 1:41 PM | Report abuse
If you recall, Bill Gates took A LOT of heat for not being a generous humanitarian, and he changed his evil ways. Why should Steve Jobs get a pass.
Posted by: momj47 | January 29, 2010 2:09 PM | Report abuse
In the category of no good deed goes unpunished, expect Gates to be hit by class action law suits just like everyone else associated with vaccines. Mr Gates might be able to conquer viruses, bacteria, germs and diseases, but the Trial Lawyers will win out.
Posted by: jfv123 | January 29, 2010 2:56 PM | Report abuse
Did Bill Gates ever hear of the expression "charity begins at home"? Think of how much of a difference it could make in American cities if this money were spent on low-cost, affordable housing for the working poor. Or funding Head Start up into elementary school. Or building and staffing health clinics in poor neighborhoods. Somehow, these rich philanthropists always find billions to spend overseas, but none at home, including Clinton- who milked these communities for votes while he was in office but turns his back on them now when they could really use his help.
Posted by: ripvanwinkleincollege | January 29, 2010 3:52 PM | Report abuse
Goddamn those evil, greedy capitalists! How DARE they profiteer on the backs of the poor and middle-class!! Let's tax them to oblivion, so we can spend their money on making a difference in the lives of the poor! Won't SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN??????
Posted by: LNER4472 | January 29, 2010 4:51 PM | Report abuse
Bill and Melinda Gates would do well to read "Algeria: The Realities" by the French ethnographer, Germaine Tillion.
Posted by: dino_saurus | January 29, 2010 5:34 PM | Report abuse
I don't quite understand the "charity begins at home" argument. Not to trivialize the problems many Americans are facing, but most of Gates' aid goes to people in a far graver situation dealing with matters of, literally, life and death - epedemics, starvation, etc. It's an emergency on a massive scale, and I find it commendable that the Gates's are addressing this.
It's not mutually exclusive either - Gates and many others are contributing within the U.S. as well. Also, national welfare has a lot to do with government policies, and I'd say the situation for low-income Americans is in no small part due to the Bush administration, which (consciously) worsened things quite significantly. A lot of initiatives on health care, education, infrastructure, etc. would be necessary, but they'd need solid support, and many still seem very hesitant or even hostile to this, deeming it "socialist"..
Posted by: hhedstrom1 | January 29, 2010 5:37 PM | Report abuse
I wonder what he has planned for all of Warren B's money?
Posted by: ozpunk | January 29, 2010 6:11 PM | Report abuse
Re: "Did Bill Gates ever hear of the expression "charity begins at home"?
The Gates Foundation spends massive amounts of money in the US, too, mainly on education for low-income students. Do your research before criticizing, look at their website.
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Posted by: setrjhytkytjefthtjhyju | January 29, 2010 10:05 PM | Report abuse
I stand corrected on the spending for low-income students in the US, and the Gates Foundation's work is commendable in this regard. However, I am not thrilled about supporting the historically black colleges. Although there are a few exceptions like Morehouse and to a lesser extent Howard, many are second-rate schools and many of their students would be better off attending other state colleges instead. After all, they're going to have to work in an integrated society, why not attend college in one as well?
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Meet the students in UO's new commercial
Meet the students featured in "You Will," the UO's commercial
Rebecca Rodas, 19, is starting her third year at the UO, studying family and human services. A graduate of Phoenix High School in southern Oregon, Rodas said she plans to pursue a master's degree after she graduates. Appearing in the commercial was "really exciting," she said. "I'm into video production, so it was fun to see how the professionals do it," she said. "Overall, it was a fun experience working with them and getting to represent the school."
Michelle Friend, 22, graduated in June with a degree in dance. A graduate of Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, Calif., Friend served two years as president of Dance Oregon, a student group at the UO. She can be seen dancing in the UO's previous commercial from 2010, "Be Bold," and that led to her getting cast in the new commercial.
"It's exciting," she said. "It's funny, because even with the other commercial," where she's seen just briefly, "I still get a million text messages. I imagine it's going to be like that with this one, but a lot more so."
Josef Khalifeh, 19, is starting his second year at the UO, majoring in human physiology with a double minor in chemistry and business. A graduate of Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Ore., he aspires to be a physician specializing in internal medicine.
"I love to help people," he said.
Originally cast as an extra, Khalifeh became one of the featured students.
"I've never been in a commercial before," he said. "It will be exciting to see how it turns out."
Emmanuel Bagumira, a native of Rwanda, is studying accounting and Spanish. Bagumira grew up in the capital city of Kigali, population 1 million, and said he enjoys the college-town atmosphere of Eugene.
"Besides the rain, I like Oregon. I like Eugene," he said. "People are so friendly. I like the feel of everything."
Bagumira is featured on "Many Faces, Many Voices, One Oregon," a Web project of the UO's Office of Equity and Inclusion.


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When asked to contribute work with a bordello theme to the Room X exhibition on this week in London, Dominic Wilcox came up with the Orgasmatron 3000, a leather clad washing machine complete with a saddle on top. Talk about dirty laundry. The dial is quite simple – just choose from settings that range from oh! to oooooooh! (Who says housework can't be fun?) Wilcox has an impressive array of tongue-in-cheek sculpture and installation work, such as a glove cast from his hand, a mattress in the form of his sleeping body and a bowl made out of the toy soldiers representing the armies that fought at the battle of Waterloo.
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The Orgasmatron 3000 is on display at Habitat, Regent St as part of the Room X exhibition.
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When it comes to his grandchild, Charles will exhibit parenting skills he never had with his sons. Born under Scorpio, the sign of intimacy and transformation, he will take a more nurturing role in the baby's life than protocol would assume. In fact, this baby will help Charles show off his soft side to the public, which will endear him in a big way -- upping his popularity to an all-time high.
The Queen is a Taurus, and that means this lady isn't up for change. Although she has made new amends for the newest royal -- as in allowing it to be in line to be the ruler of England whether it's a boy or a girl -- her concerns about the baby will have to do with the monarchy and its future. For her, updating tradition is the way she'll show her love, as she isn't one for displays of affection.
Although some assume Virgo Harry will be the crazy uncle who introduces his niece or nephew to the party life, many will be shocked to learn he will actually be a source of discipline. Not to say he won't be fun, but he'll take being an uncle seriously. This baby will straighten up Harry's act, as he'll want to be a good role model. For him, teaching by example is what he wants to bring to the next generation, making him take on a more mature rank now.
Like Harry, Pippa is a Virgo and will play a big role in the new baby's life. She's a giver, thriving on helping others, and will likely be a second mother to the baby. However, she knows her place, and will always defer to Kate and William. Being their biggest supporter will be her first priority, and then bonding with the baby. She'll take her role as aunt seriously, wanting to teach the baby the world from a practical point of view.
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Owning a sprinter van- being a owner operator
I'm in the army and i'll be getting out in less than 2 months. I'll be going back home to el paso, tx. I graduated from national tractor trailer school december 5th. I currently have a commercial drivers license class a with air brakes.
I'm looking into buying a sprinter van instead of driving tractor trailers. Can someone please help and tell me what else i must have or do besides buy a van. I know i need the obvious-vehicle insurance and my own health insurance. Do i need dot numbers or something? What's involved for me to learn the business? I would love to drive a sprinter van and deliver expredited freight. With no experience I definetly am not ready to be an owner operator. If I lease on with a company with my van do I still get benefits? How does that work? Am I responsible for my own health insurance etc..??? Please help!!! Thanks. MarcinLast edited by Chmiel08; 01-04-2013 at 10:26 PM.
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Please submit resume with cover letter to: firstname.lastname@example.com The driver of this vehicle (See website www.PTLLLC.com for photos) will also be expected to answer questions honestly about our company to prospective owner operators and drivers - recruiting - while on the road. Driver will also participate in various trucking shows - such as the Expedite Expo. This position will offer pay plus benefits. Driver applicants preferred to be domiciled in NW Ohio or SE Michigan. Applicants should be highly motivated and possess a professional image and demeanor. Hours will vary as to be expected with Expediting. This is a career opportunity. Interested parties should submit resume with cover letter to: email@example.com
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Might be moving a little too fast with limited knowledge. I would spend some time here in the forums and do a little research so you really understand what you are jumping in to.
Also, may want to consider driving for someone for a short period to test the waters PRIOR to making a expensive vehicle purchase.
BTW, welcome to EO and thanks for serving.fleet owner
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First off, as Dave said, thanks for your service!
Now for the rest. You say you definitely are not ready to be an owner operator. Based on your first post, I would agree. You need to do a lot more research. Here is why. You also said that you were looking to by a van. Well, the second you sign the note..or the check...whichever the case may be, your an owner operator. You own it and you'll be operating it. So, that's our first clue that you need to do some research.
I would suggest that you do a lot of reading here on the forums, try to get an idea of how the business works. I would also agree with Dave that you should probably try to drive for someone else first. I spent a few years researching the industry while still working at my previous career. I stepped straight into truck ownership with a paid for "used" truck...but your not going to have that much research under your belt (I have no way of knowing your financials). Driving for someone else is going to be your best bet and you can learn as you go.
You will still most likely have to furnish your own health insurance though. I don't know of anyone who gets paid health insurance as a driver in this industry. In fact, in most cases you'll be considered an independent contractor even driving for someone else. Which basicly means you'll get a percentage of the revenue or a flat rate per mile, and that's about it. You'll be as close to running your own business as you'll ever get without buying anything. There are a few employee drivers in this industry, but they are very few. You'll need to have a business mindset from the start in my opinion. Employee mindsets, even when driving for someone else, are not productive in this environment.
So that's my thoughts! Thanks again for your service!Last edited by Rocketman; 01-04-2013 at 11:26 PM.
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Thank you for all your advice- very well said. I will keep on learning and researching as much as i can. Oh and keep on asking the millions of questions that always pop into my head. Thanks for responding to my post. I appreciate it and your advice. Thanks for supporting.
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Thanks for your service. If you are leaving the army with 20 or more years of service good luck in what comes next. If not, consider seriously the benefits and security you'll be giving up before leaving the army for expediting. Now, if you decide steady pay with benefits isn't as good as long hours sitting in a van not knowing when the next opportunity is coming around then here's the plan.
Think about a career in anything, mechanics, refrigeration, barbering, paralegal or whatever. Any of those are going to require several months of study and learning at a minimum. This career should require serious study and effort as well. I suggest you read back at least two years if not more in the general, newbies and recruiter forums here on EO. That doesn't mean every word of every post but it does mean read the title of every single thread and any of them that sound remotely applicable to you and your circumstances read all of those threads.
Again, good luck and thank you for your service.It's okay if you disagree. I can't force you to be correct.
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Do you have a wife or kids which will impact your wanting to be home? Depending on what your time in the service was like you may find the need to just take some time off. When my brother left the Marines he went into a depression for a little while which in part I believe was caused by his tours in Iraq but the bigger issue was missing the brotherhood of the military. When you are out on the road you are alone and that may give you a chance to think and adjust but it may have a negative effect as well. I would avoid debt and have money in the bank before you bought a vehicle. Things can change quickly as an independent driver, I just had something that came up that could cause a big problem for me so you want to be ready to adapt and deal with stupidity.
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Owning a sprinter van- being a owner operator
Do you have wife or kids at home ?
Has anyone ever answered "yes, that's why I want to go OTR "?
Sorry for topic detour.
Glad this vet is getting intelligent,respectful advice.OOIDA # 463 ( Yeah, an old fart ). Expediting....It beats working for a living
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Curious, Chmiel; what's your MOS? If it involves trucking, maybe that will give you a leg up on finding a job (prior experience-wise)
From me, too: Thanks for your service
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I would first suggest contacting the VA in lieu if health insurance. If my memory is correct, you might have 10 years of VA medical benefits available to you without a service connected disability.
It won't cover eye glasses or dental, but depending on your tax returns, your deductable could be $0 to $50 depending on what kind of Dr you see. For just primary Dr about $9.
They are all over the country. Big and small towns to handle an emergency should the need arise.
As far as the other part of your question, read everything here you can. When you get home, or if your in the states, check out the local truck stops or Walmart parking lots for vans that have signage or if no signage that look like they might be expediters. Look for out of state lic plates, might be an indication.
If there is someone sitting in the front seat, approach and ask to talk with them. Most will talk with you and some will even speak english.
Write down the advertisers listed here and look for their signage.
Good luck and thank you.
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The best way to see if Expediting is for you is to find an owner that needs a co-driver and sign on with them for awhile,or if you have a buddy who will team with you check the Team Wanted ads. You have a class A license I would stay away from Vans for now and go Tractor or straight truck. Never buy a Truck and jump in. For example,years back I drove a straight truck for a couple out of New York,the husband sold a used car lot because of changes in state laws and he had a friend in expediting so he teamed with him for six months learned a lot about the business,loved it,so his wife got her CDL and they bought a new straight truck. They thought this is great made money for six months but then thought you know this being gone all the time is not for us after all! If they sold the truck they would lose money on it so they hired me. The moral of the story is I always recommend to anyone who ask about Expedited that they drive for an owner for at least one year before buying a truck. Thank you for the Service and I wish you the best of luck.
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that is good advice from all the above
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It is well known in precious metal circles that there exists a large silver short position at JP Morgan…By large I mean it is likely larger than the amount of physical silver traded in a year's time and large enough to bring the mega-bank to its knees if physical silver prices ever got out of hand. This has been rumor-fodder on the internet since at least 2008 when Bear Stearns collapsed and was subsequently acquired by JP Morgan (Here), however, little acknowledgement of this weighty charge has ever been offered by JP Morgan itself…until now.
On Thursday of last week Blythe Masters, head of global commodities for JP Morgan, told CNBC that the mega bank is not in the speculation business.
"It's not part of our business model. It would be wrong and we don't do it," she said.
The misperception, rampant in the blogosphere, comes from what JPMorgan [JPM 43.09 -0.80 (-1.82%) ] does for clients, Masters said.
"We store significant amounts of commodities, for instance silver, on behalf of customers. We operate vaults in New York City, in Singapore and in London. Often when customers have that metal stored in our facilities they hedge it on a forward basis through JPMorgan, which in turn hedges in the commodities market," she said.
Absent Master's acknowledgement of what JP Morgan does is any admission that JP Morgan might do unethical things with the bullion it stores. She correctly identifies the service JP Morgan offers, but outright denies any manipulative behavior based on the receipts for said commodities. We must ask ourselves – why would CNBC bring Blythe Masters out on TV to acknowledge something that hasn't been a news item on virtually any other MSM platform? If JP Morgan really wasn't manipulating commodity prices, why defend something they aren't being accused of? It would almost be better if they had continued pretending like the charge was never made. Does this mean something big could happen soon in the metals market? I don't know, but it definitely piques my interest.
The denial of manipulation also flies in the face of what an alleged JP Morgan whistle-blower had to say on the CFTC comments section (Full story HERE). The comments were quickly taken down from the CFTC website, leading some to believe that it was a REAL whistle-blower, not just some internet troller:
I wish to remain anonymous as of now as fear of termination mounts from what I am about to reveal. Robert Gottlieb is not my real name; however he is a trader that is involved in a lawsuit for manipulative trading while working with JPMorgan Chase. He was acquired during our Bear Stearns acquisition and is known to be the notorious person shorting in the silver future market from his trading space, along with Blythe Masters, his IB Global boss. However, with that said, we are manipulating the silver futures market and playing a smaller (but still massively manipulative) role in manipulating the gold futures market. We have a little over a 25% (give or take a percentage) position in the short market for silver futures and by your definition this denotes a larger position than for speculative purposes or for hedging and is beyond the line of manipulation.
As I have covered here, here and here, the price of silver is obviously manipulated to suppress the sentiment that paper money is declining in value. I think it's highly likely CNBC and JP Morgan are working tandem to precondition mainstream news-goers and unsophisticated investors to go back to sleep and be happy with their paper money. Silver, like gold, is a rigged market and can not be so for very much longer.


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"Meeting the challenge of balancing America 's needs for both nonrenewable resources and a clean, healthy environment requires accurate and unbiased scientific data. The ongoing work of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists provides information crucial to the creation of sound public policies that will ensure future supplies of mineral resources while protecting the health of our Nation's citizens. Three archives, in Anchorage, Alaska, Spokane, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona, are maintained by the USGS to help policymakers, industry leaders, government officials, elected representatives, and the general public make informed decisions on mineral issues based on accurate, up-to-date, and impartial mineral-resource information…."
Fossiliferous blue-black limestone beds in tramway cut 250 feet from wharf, Tokeen (Photograph) Wales district, Southeastern Alaska region, Alaska. 1912. Plate 10-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 682. 1920. E. F. Burchard. (Photograph on the U. S. Geological Survey Photographic Library web site.)
Many limestone and marble deposits occur adjacent to the coast of southeastern of which more than 56 locations are noted in this report.
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Alaska Native People of South Central and Upper Cook Inlet Alaska, by Colleen Mielke, presented on the Anchorage Borough, Alaska GenWeb Project web site.
"Alaska's Mineral Industry 2001," Special Report 56, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in cooperation with Division of Community & Business Development, Division of Mining, Land & Water.
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Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Oscar Wilder Underwood, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913. (This book is available on Google Books.)
Stone Creations from Alaskan Stone, by Gary McWilliams of Stone Arts of Alaska. Click on the first link to view many of Gary McWilliams' pieces/sculptures created from "Circus Conglomerate" from Prince of Wales Island; Pink Marble; Aphrodite Marble; Karheen Conglomerate; Prince of Wales Greenstone aka One Duck Greenstone; Jupiter Marble; and concretions, all found in Alaska.
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While the realm of academe and the world of business may seem miles apart, they share a common concern: how to attract the best and the brightest to the accounting profession. By now, many of us realize that we're not likely to recruit or retain an adequate number of the finest students by focusing on debits and credits. Debits and credits just aren't sexy enough. Accounting evokes images of someone burning the midnight oil with only their trusty calculator for companionship. Admittedly, not a very appealing thought for most. Why, then, do many accounting students choose accounting? Usually for a very mundane reason: job opportunities.
In considering how we can make accounting attractive to a larger number of students and, at the same time, enhance the practical aspects of accounting education, the F word comes to mind: fraud. Fraud is a lot more compelling and, yes, sexier than debits and credits. The names of many of the companies associated with the not-so-distant corporate scandals are still fresh in our memories, but the lessons about the skills needed to survive in the CPA profession appear to have faded. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act; SAS 99, Consideration of Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements; and the courts have made it clear that accountants are responsible for assuming the role of the public's financial watchdogs. CPAs can no longer afford to be ignorant about fraud. Yet a draft proposal last spring by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) to change the educational requirements of the Uniform Accountancy Act contained no mention of a fraud-detection course among the litany of other detailed requirements. How do we expect our future accountants to be able to detect fraud if they've never been taught how and where to look for it? This requires a change in mind-set, from one of professional skepticism to one of professional suspicion. Unlike errors and unintentional omissions, fraud is unique because it involves deception and concealment. As such, a whole different skill-set must be developed to effectively fulfill our professional responsibility to the public in this regard.
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As Joseph T. Wells, CPA, CFE, founder and chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), has said many times, "The books and records of an organization don't commit fraud, people do." Furthermore, according to the ACFE's 2004 National Fraud Survey, tips from individuals are the most common detection method. CPAs must therefore develop effective interviewing skills to assist in uncovering fraud. Courses addressing psychology and criminology, which can help students understand why, under identical circumstances, some individuals will commit fraud and others will not, would also be helpful. Communicating, both orally and in writing, is essential when gathering information and reporting the results of an engagement.
If we are to regain the respect and credibility of the general public, we need to change the perception of accountants as "bean counters" or "soldiers," both inside and outside of our profession. Accounting firms need to encourage their staffs to think independently, analytically, creatively, and, most important, ethically, in the conduct of their business. This may require a major change in the culture of some firms. The survivors will be those who are able to adapt to a dynamic environment and demonstrate that our profession's services add value to a business. Those who cannot or will not meet the changing needs of our society will go the way of the dinosaurs.
A few months ago, someone asked my five-year-old grandson what he wants to be when he grows up. His response was, "Either a paleontologist or a Power Ranger." Perhaps, someday, the accounting profession will supersede one of those choices.
I welcome your comments and suggestions on these and other issues.
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With that we should collectively say 'thank goodness' that Louise Mensch has spoken out, following other incidents of bullying which have come to light over the past few weeks.
Just imagine that you can suddenly hear the thoughts of all you come across, laid out in the starkest possible terms (that can be expressed within 140 characters).
No matter how much reassurance you might get from your mum on the phone afterwards, there would be no escaping the dire truth of how poorly many completely rational, upwardly mobile individuals regarded you.
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