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WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA -- I had been a QVC member since the 80's, with a flawless history. We temporary moved to Europe and my daughter was going to manage the domestic invoice payments. This worked extremely well until QVC made a decision for me. I had shipments go to my daughters or brothers - whichever I would visit next on home leave - the bill to remain the same: my daughter's address. Somehow they picked up my address in Holland, and took it upon themselves to change the bill to. I called my daughter and she said she had no idea why they were change it, all invoices were paid IN FULL, ON TIME.
At the same time, Holland closed their formal post offices, and assigned retail businesses the duties. As a side note, I purchased from many other US companies and all transactions were without issue. We had to abruptly return to the US as my brother had died, my mother was about to and my sister was in need of help in caring for Mom, as my sister had been diagnosed with cancer. I had to pack up the European house, do all exiting paperwork, including all requirements to ship two dogs.
After moving back I ordered several QVC items, my life was still in limbo as my mother died and my sister had surgery and her health rapidly declined. This meant I'm constantly on the road, my banking was done online. One day while home, I noticed an envelope from QVC - it was a letter saying they closed my account and turned me over to collections. I owed $1,900 approximately. I had not realized there was a problem.
I called immediately to figure out what went wrong. All invoices were sent to Holland and they said I should have thought to have mail forwarded. I told her our company didn't send us to Europe to use our expertise because we were dummies. I asked if they had any knowledge how mail works over there, no they didn't. It wasn't their problem. I said that they had gotten the closing letter to the correct address so why didn't they see what had happened. In all the years I had been an excellent customer, paying mostly in full every time. I asked who changed my address from US to Europe. They said it didn't matter, their job is not to tell me to pay my bills.
I offered to pay ASAP, but no, they said I had to deal with the collector. After all was said and done, I paid the total direct deposit to the collector. I was advised that QVC would still send an adverse filing on my credit rating. The fact of all the mix up, decisions they made with no authorization to change addresses, etc. made no difference. In setting up accounts for our return to the States, this problem has been an issue. When I tell the vendor to look at ALL my credit history, no matter how far back, is a clean slate, it's usually resolved.
Since then I have written letters and called QVC asking why all the changes were made without my authorization and the answer is the same. Account closed, no further action by them. Their customer service / accounting departments have plummeted in the past few years. I am not alone, search the net, many people have experienced the same thing. Makes no sense.
WESTCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA -- QVC Easy Pay, Not easy and a true nightmare. On air the hosts continually boast how simple it is the open an account and use Easy Pay with your first order. This is completely untrue, which in my book is a deceptive business practice.
I ordered my nephew an advance order of a PS3 which QVC cancelled, stating I must pay it in whole upfront because of have no pay history with them? Excuse me? You have lost this sale and the sale of a laptop for my college-age daughter. Toys"R"Us has layaway and so does Best Buy. I love the convenience of shopping online or by phone at unusual hours, but if QVC sold washing machines and mine was broken, I would carry my clothes to a creek and beat them with rocks before I'd give QVC my business.
QVC cancelled my brother's account because whoever lived in the foreclosed home he moved into apparently owed on orders. What does this have to do with a current occupant? You all do realize people move right? Also QVC will not take debit cards for Easy Pay although it states clearly on the customer service tab they do. If you feel debit cards or prepaid cards - which I might add 1/2 of the US population has - due to changes in Social Security, no longer issuing a paper check and forcing many to find a way to deposit funds with lower fees than a traditional bank, then you need to connect with Pay Pal like HSN and Shop NBC do, that would solve that.
Nowhere on your CS tab in Help and Support does it state that people cannot use Easy Pay on 1st order and I'm curious how anyone can build a payment history if you cannot use Easy Pay to begin with, that is just stupid. Also it clearly states that debit cards are accepted. It is none of the CS reps' business why a customer doesn't use a traditional bank and lastly if a person has their proof of residency such as mortgage, lease, utilities, etc., then you need to take into consideration especially in today's economy that many people buy foreclosed homes (this in itself would indicate that someone couldn't or wouldn't pay their TV shopping bills).
Do you all have so much business that you can afford to alienate a new customer or lose someone who's shopped years simply because the bought a home? If so, I'd like your secret because the company I work for we need business, so send your overages our way.
I find it appalling that customers are misled, and once hooked in, you close accts. at will - no explanations - as I can see on 5 different complaint sites online as well as the BBB of PA. I suggest anyone considering ordering for the holidays, do so now because once they demand a blood and DNA sample photos of you in front of your house with the mortgage broker with a newspaper dated that day, you are unlikely to get your order so save yourself the hassle. HSN has fewer payments, and charges all taxes and shipping upfront but are far more flexible with the use of debit, prepaids, etc. and they will allow PayPal in lieu of a debit card.
I found the PS3 at my local Toys"R"Us on advance sale and it is 40.00 cheaper and I was able to layaway. Research your options, you can most likely fare better somewhere else with the hassles the QVC CS team gives you, if they even show you the courtesy of a call or email prior to cancelling your order or closing your account with no explanations
WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA -- Some of the complaints about QVC may be valid but others really shock me. QVC is a business like any other. If you don't pay the electric, it gets shut off...etc., etc. They don't blacklist people without good reason. There seem to be a lot of compulsive buyers who when the big credit card bill comes in and they lose the race to the mailbox to their husband, or find they bought too much that month and can't afford the bill....then try to return way too much and are put out when QVC halts their "buying privileges".
I surely don't blame QVC for closing accounts if over 50% of someone's purchases keep being returned for various excuses as they have to pay for the restocking or throwing the items out that can't be resold. People keep out of trouble by being a savvy, responsible shopper. Don't buy more than you can pay for. I can tell many are not telling the WHOLE STORY here. If you know you are going to lose your job or plan ongoing bankrupt, don't continue to buy on credit and don't expect special consideration.
I have not one bad experience in buying or returning items from QVC but I don't buy more than I can pay off in 2 months either. Yeah I got a lot of wants...but I don't let that get in my way of being a responsible shopper. I don't buy big ticket items such as chairs and computers at QVC. You drive a car before you buy it, don't you? Just because you get a 10,000 credit limit doesn't mean you need to spend that amount. It's the consumers responsibility to keep out of trouble...not the company. If you can't control TV shopping urges, then turn the channel.
And for the one commentor who went Chapter 13 bankrupt and thinks she is so "entitled" to keep charging items on QVC and has admitted publicly she is scamming the company by fake names?? You disgust me and people like you are the reason this country has such economic woes. You ruin everything for the responsible folks. You have bad credit for 10 years and can't blame everyone else for your irresponsibility, so suck it up and put on your big girl pants.
You probably are on public assistance of every kind too and feel entitled to charge up luxury big ticket items and is why you ended up bankrupt. I hope they have charged you with fraud. As for those who didn't fit into the shopoholics and scammers categories....my comments are not directed to you.
WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA -- Despite the fact that I'd like to do differently, I will be very short and to the point with this complaint and try to take my emotions out of it. My mother ordered me a Dell Inspirion laptop from QVC for Christmas. I didn't even plug the computer in until the following day. On December 29th, the computer stopped working and I doubt I've used it more than 3 or 4 hours combined.
I spent an hour and half on the phone with Dell and they were unable to remedy the problem. They gave me several options, but the point that stuck out with me the most was they said "because I had purchased the laptop through QVC they were unable to replace the computer immediately" however, they could send me discs where they could walk me through a repair that would take a "very long time" and "was very confusing" - their words, not mine.
Or they also gave me an option to send a technician to my house to switch out the motherboard but were unable to send someone for up to a week. I understand that Dell was trying to be accommodating and I thanked them for that, but I was unhappy with the idea of getting a BRAND NEW COMPUTER and then immediately having to have repairs done to it.
Following this information, I contacted QVC because with my new computer came instructions that if I had any problems, I was to contact their customer service. When I was finally connected with a representative, she was curt and rude with me from the very instant she introduced herself. I gave her the short synopsis of my computer malfunctioning and that at this point it was a complete loss. She said "what do you want me to do about it".
I told her I wanted a new computer and I needed it immediately due to a high volume of work and school work that I had looming and she said well, "all I can do is offer you a refund, the computer ships directly from Dell and it's their problem". Here's the thing, the computer was purchased through QVC, I want QVC to fix the problem. I told her that I was not satisfied with a refund. At that point, I didn't want to talk to her anymore because I could instantly tell she was not going to be helpful.
At this point, my parents are out $1000, I have a computer that is not functioning, and I'm inconvenienced because I've had to take time out of my day for a problem that should have been fixed like this: "We'll send you a new computer with overnight shipping right now. It should be there tomorrow".
I have worked in customer service my ENTIRE life and I have eaten a TON of crow when people ask for things even when they are in the wrong, I oblige because the customer is always right. Well, I'm right, QVC is WRONG and this is terrible customer service. I encourage you to DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH QVC. AGAIN DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH QVC. Save your money time and hassle by going directly to the consumer.
QVC has cancelled my account...several times. We had a CHAPTER 13 bankruptcy a few years ago. QVC was one of the accounts listed in that bankruptcy. In a Chapter 13, you pay back just a percentage of what you owe to each company. The company, in return, HAS THE OPTION OF EITHER ACCEPTING OR REJECTING the terms of the Chapter 13. QVC ACCEPTED THE TERMS of our Chapter 13. Then, a couple of YEARS later, I had ordered something and when I went to check the status of my order, my account had been CLOSED.
When I called and asked WHY, I was told that I "owed QVC money" and until that was resolved, I was no longer "allowed to shop" with them!! I explained that they had ACCEPTED the terms, but got nowhere. So, I opened another account...under an alias using the same address, email, etc. I got away with that for several months when they once again caught on, and closed my account.
So I used my DOG'S name this time, and my maiden name and opened yet ANOTHER account and for some time got away with it and was ordering to my heart's content. They closed my account sooner this time so I called to find out WHY and was told the same thing. They called me by my real name and I told them I was not that person, and why would they cancel my account, and they said any account using the DEBIT CARD number I was using would "not be allowed to shop with them". So, I simply got a different debit card with a new number.
I once again changed my name and this time got away with it for TWO YEARS which really made them mad, lol. I tried to get into my account yesterday and saw it once again had been closed down and my order cancelled. The common denominator in this: each time my account had been cancelled, it was when I had ordered something expensive. Like the one time it was a big screen TV, another time, an 8-foot Christmas tree, and this time it was a Dyson vacuum cleaner which I didn't really need; just thought it was a good deal.
So once again I called these phlegmwads and they said that "I owed QVC money", and I told them I did not owe them anything and they said that a person by my real name DID. So I told them I was "living with relatives" and was told that "NO ORDERS OR ACCOUNT WOULD BE ACCEPTED FROM ANYONE AT MY HOME ADDRESS!!! That was when I told them right out that they only cancelled my account because of the Chapter 13 bankruptcy in which they had ACCEPTED THE TERMS, and they therefore had NO RIGHT to cancel my account!
There was silence on the phone; they had nothing to say as I let them know that I KNEW why they kept closing my account. QVC feels they can discriminate and that is against the law. THEY ACCEPTED THE TERMS OF THE CHAPTER 13 and therefore, I do not see HOW they have the right to tell me I cannot have an account there. I intend to start calling attorneys to file a lawsuit against them for discrimination as that is exactly what they are doing.
They are royally ticked that we filed a Chapter 13 and only paid back a small percentage of what we owed, HOWEVER, THEY HAD THE OPTION OF NOT ACCEPTING THOSE TERMS, IN WHICH CASE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD HAVE CONTINUED UNTIL AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED. IF an agreement had not been reached, IF they still refused to accept the conditions, we would then have had to pay them in full...but THEY ACCEPTED THE TERMS!!! So, as far as I'm concerned, they have no right to ban me from shopping at their site.
The only reason I am fighting this is strictly on the principle of the issue. IF I cannot find a lawyer who will take this case, I will once again open an account under a NEW name, and I have several other ADDRESSES I can use as I have lots of FRIENDS who will let me have things delivered to their homes. I also am getting yet another debit card number, and will be using a different phone number as well.
They will NEVER be able to stop me from shopping there, and I am going to do this just to prove to those idiots that they cannot do this; it is not right, and I'm not going to take it. They simply don't know who they are dealing with, lol.
Last year I bought a tablet for my son. It arrived with someone's information all through the tablet. I called QVC, asked them how can I give this as a gift already used so I returned it. It was going to take forever to get another one so I ended up canceling and it took so long to get my refund - it was over a month. So this year here I go again, I bought another tablet and the same thing - another used one and it's an item that cost $200.00.
I think I should receive a new one and I'm praying I receive a new one and that it arrives before Xmas. Every time I purchase something on QVC, I think really hard about it because of their return policy. When you shop with ShopNBC they send you another item before they even get the return item back and that's the reason why I purchase so much from them. No more QVC for me.
BRADENTON, FLORIDA -- Buy from a reputable local store you can trust instead. Ordering went smoothly but that's where anything positive about purchasing my mattress set through QVC ended. It took several weeks to arrive and if I hadn't phoned and emailed several times, I might still be waiting months later. The promise was it would ship within 7 days, and they claimed it did.
Once it finally arrived, the material on the bottom of the box spring tore when the delivery guys removed the shipping plastic. They tore it. They then advised me that QVC would ship a replacement right away, I only had to contact them. They also said they noted the damage was caused by removal of the shipping plastic on their paperwork.
I began by emailing QVC support immediately. They responded that a replacement would be shipped right away. After several more email exchanges, they finally advised me that I needed to call the support number to sort it out. When I called, they said they had no record of the situation and that they would need to have a supervisor call me back. The call never came.
After further calls I continued to get the same response, that someone would call me back, which never happened. During the last call I made, they began accusing me of causing the damage but that a supervisor would call me back. I never received a call. Months later I still have the damaged box springs. My conclusion is don't buy anything from QVC. If there is a problem, they won't back it up. Buy from a local store you know you can trust and that provides dependable customer service.
I just read a complaint written by another person regarding QVC jewelry and I had the exact same thing happen to me today. I took some of my gold and silver jewelry to a very reputable gold and coin exchange that was recommended to me by several people and I was SHOCKED when the jewelry examiner told me that my QVC jewelry that was "supposed" to be 18k gold and 925 sterling was actually only PLATED. All of the pieces were stamped 18k and 925 sterling.
The gold and coin exchange went through a very specific process to determine the authenticity of the jewelry and I feel that they were very honest. They gave me $550.00 for the pieces that did not come from QVC and just handed back the pieces from QVC and said they couldn't accept them. The gold and coin exchange would not benefit in any way by turning away real gold and silver pieces. They did not try to give me a few dollars for the QVC pieces. They simply said they couldn't accept them. I had several pieces from QVC and needless to say, I got ripped off. I will never patronize QVC again.
DO NOT BUY ROYAL PALACE RUGS FROM QVC. I received as a gift a rug from Royal Palace Rugs sold through QVC. The rug is literally FALLING APART! I have contacted QVC and received NO help from them in working with Royal Palace. Royal Palace has NO PHONE NUMBER and the email address on their website DOES NOT WORK. QVC said they do not have a phone number for me to be able to reach them.
QVC cannot help you if the item is a gift from several people and you don't know who bought it. I have contacted the President's office at QVC and still no help! QVC is actively selling this company's product but tells me they have no way of reaching them or helping me reach them about my rug. That sounds a little weird! I am stuck with an expensive rug that falls apart every time I vacuum it!!!! DO NOT BUY RUGS FROM QVC!!!
I purchased a Dell Computer in December 2008. I set it up with four payments deducted from my bank account each month. I received the laptop; it was defective. I returned the item on January 29, using the QLabel that is provided by QVC through their website. This is where the nightmare began: The label specifies that you have to ship through USPS. I took the item to USPS. USPS will NOT provide a note or copy of a piece of paper indicating you left the item with them. USPS does not even scan the item that it is in THEIR possession until UPS...yes, UPS picks it up to deliver to QVC.
Why would UPS pick up an item from USPS and deliver it to QVC? Wouldn't it make more sense to just take the item to UPS and have them deliver it that way? Anyway, the problem is that the numbers on the label are NOT USPS numbers. Consequently you have no way of tracking the item. They're not even UPS's numbers! That laptop literally sat at the post office for TWO WEEKS before UPS picked it up. According to the supervisor at the Post Office, USPS doesn't even "Scan" it until UPS picks it up. So that means it just sat there in a bin in the back of the Post Office with no record of it being there but my word and perhaps a couple witnesses.
Nice way to handle a $2,000 item. Anyone could escond with it, and you'd never know. FINALLY UPS picked it up two weeks later. FINALLY QVC tracked it (of course, the day they received it...not when it was in transition from California to South Carolina).
And FINALLY, 25 days later, QVC is "processing" my refund...BUT, drum roll, QVC wrote me a note saying if my credit of $900 does not show up WITHIN TWO MONTHS on my bank statements, THEN I can call or notify QVC and they'll look into it. Yes! They actually had the gall to tell me NOT TO CALL OR NOTIFY THEM FOR TWO MONTHS!! By that time, it would be THREE MONTHS TO GET A REFUND. Believe me, I'm NOT waiting two months if it doesn't show up IMMEDIATELY. I can get a COURT DATE quicker. I'm D-O-N-E with these jokers.


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ARGO tells the unbelievable true story of how CIA specialist Tony Mendez masterminded a mission to rescue six U.S. citizens who escaped a kidnapping by Iranian militants in 1979. The six men have found shelter in the home of the Canadian Ambassador, but are still stuck behind enemy lines. The plan to get them out: use CIA agents, filmmakers and investors to masquerade as a group preparing to shoot a film in the region where the men are hiding.
The goal being to try and convince the upstart revolutionists that the trapped U.S. citizens are part of the crew. Even Hollywood couldn't come up with an idea this original…or crazy.
Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, who is joined by Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman and Kyle Chandler in the film's impressive cast, ARGO is a cinematic history lesson unlike any other.
"Argo is a marvel of cunning, an irresistible blend of cool realism and Hollywood hokum." -David Edelstein, New York Magazine
"Ben Affleck's electrically suspenseful, cunningly original true-life thriller, is the rare movie that has great fun while touching a raw political nerve." -Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"The best film of the year. The craft in this film is rare. It is so easy to manufacture a thriller from chases and gunfire, and so very hard to fine-tune it out of exquisite timing and a plot." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Beloit, WI -- The Beloit College Men's Basketball team put the clamps on a Cornell College rally in the second half and ran away for a 94-68 win on Saturday in Flood Arena.
Tyler Butke scored a career-high 31 points, 20 in the opening half, while James Lazarcik had another double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds to lead Beloit.
The Bucs broke the game open midway through the first half, going on a 10-0 run to turn a tight 22-20 lead into a 32-20 edge with 8:11 left. They got the lead up to 20 at 45-25 2:56 before the half before settling for a 49-32 halftime advantage.
Cornell kept battling and came out of the lockerroom on a 13-6 run to pull back within ten at 55-45 at the 15:08 mark. But the Buccaneers put together a 16-0 run to lead 71-45 with 8:51 remaining and it was over except for the final score.
Steve McAfee Jr. had 15 points and a career-best seven assists while Chris Bremner scored 13 and Max King 11, both career-highs. The Buccaneers shot 58.1% for the game (36-62) and recorded 22 team assists on their 36 made field goals while committing just eight turnovers.
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Cytokine Profiles in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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The purpose of this study is to compare the cytokine profile of tonsillar and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to compare the blood mononuclear cell cytokine secretion profile between patients with obstructive sleep apnea and controls without apnea.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Procedure: tonsillectomy
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|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
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|Local and Systemic Cytokine Profiles in Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Controls
- levels of cytokines released from PBMCs of OAS subjects and controls [ Time Frame: just prior to surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- cytokine level comparison between PBMCs and tonsillar lymphocytes within OAS groups [ Time Frame: at time of surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|April 2006
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|December 2008
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|September 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Procedure: tonsillectomy
We will recruit subjects with OSA about to undergo adenotonsillectomy and collect a blood sample and portion of their tonsils after the induction of general anesthesia. The mononuclear cells will be isolated from both these tissues and stimulated with different markers and cytokines assayed and compared. We will also recruit patients with no symptoms of OSA undergoing unrelated elective surgery and ascertain the absence of OSA by having the parents fill out a sleep questionnaire. We will then collect blood samples from these patients after the induction of anesthesia and examine the cytokine secretion profile and compare it to that of the children with OSA.
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- OSA documented by polysomnography and clinical symptoms.
- Patients with no symptoms of OSA and negative sleep questionnaire.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant systemic disease except mild asthma
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00456573
|Contact: Fuad M Baroody, MD
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|University of Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
|Principal Investigator: Fuad M Baaroody, MD
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|April 3, 2007
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|June 2, 2008
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Keywords provided by University of Chicago:
Pediatric Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Nervous System Diseases
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
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Yea i kicked it hard :P .
But they did say there are a lot of bugs so if i didn't want to get the story spoiled which the alpha has about 10 hours of it in i should stay away from this cause its really buggy .
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South Dakota State Jackrabbits
South Dakota State is 2-5 after one month of competition in the 2012-13 campaign. SDSU scored its most notable win of its Division I era in its opening dual versus Indiana. The Jacks defeated the Hoosiers 19-18 at the Huskie Duals in DeKalb, Ill.
SDSU is led by head coach first-year head coach Chris Bono, who took over the program in the spring of 2012.
SDSU hosts its first home dual of the season. Following today's dual, the Jacks take a break from competition for nearly three weeks and do not return home for one month (Jan. 11 vs. Simpson College).
The Jacks faced stiff competition since opening its dual season at the Huskie Duals. Since its 2-1 opening weekend, the Jacks were topped by four major-conference schools, nearly knocking off Stanford (L, 22-11).
The Jacks continued to excel at the middle weights since the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open. Senior Dustin Walraven (149) and sophomore Cody Pack (157) both cracked Gregg Henry's/WrestlingReport D-I Rankings. Walraven was ranked No. 33 prior to Nov. 24, but dropped out last week. Pack is currently ranked No. 33.
The two wrestlers at the middle of the Jackrabbit lineup are a combined 20-12 overall and 8-6 in dual competition.
SDSU Probable Lineup
125 - Aaron Pickrel (8-7)
133 - Brance Simms (11-8)
141 - Ben Gillette (3-10)
149 - Dustin Walraven (11-6)
157 - Cody Pack (9-6)
165 - Joe Brewster (6-7)
174 - John Nething II (5-7)
184 - Hunter Weddington (1-8) or Shea Nolan (4-7)
197 - Brandon Ballard (5-9) or Joe Skow (2-3)
285 - J.J. Everard (3-8)
SIUE Cougars
The Jacks face the Cougars for the fourth time in school history. The two teams are even in the all-time series at 1-1-1. The tie opened the series in 2009-10 and the Jacks won last season's meeting.
SIUE is 2-4 on the season after back-to-back weekends of dual competition. The Cougars went 1-2 at the Iowa Duals in Iowa City. After an opening loss to Iowa (49-0), SIUE rebounded with a win versus Iowa Central (36-4), but lost its closer to Division III Cornell (Iowa) (21-20).
Last weekend, the Cougars went 1-2 once again at the Indiana Duals. SIUE dropped its opener to Indiana (33-11), once again rebounded versus Gardner Webb (24-21) and once again closed with a loss versus Bucknell (25-15).
SDSU defeated the lone common opponent, Indiana, two weeks prior to its win versus SIUE.
SIUE Probable Lineup
125 - John Petrov (0-0)
133 - Patrick Myers (9-1)
141 - Drew Vrbenec (4-4)
149 - Dillon Pousson (3-6)
157 - Grant Sullivan (0-0) or Alex Davis (3-2)
165 - Jake Residori (7-3)
174 - Deshoun White (3-6) or Connor McMahon (0-0)
184 - Jake Tindle (1-3)
197 - Josh Wood (6-4)
285 - David Devine (4-2)
SDSU topped SIUE 25-15 in Edwardsville. The Cougars forfeited at the 125 spot before winning the next two decisions by decision and pin. SDSU won three in a row, two major decisions and one decision, to take a lead it would not relinquish. SIUE won the next two matches, but the Jacks closed out the Cougars in the final two matches for the win.
Senior Aaron Pickrel (125), Walraven and senior Joe Skow (197) are the only probable wrestlers who competed versus the Cougars last season.
South Dakota State 25 - SIUE 15
125 - Aaron Pickrel forfeit
133 - Brendan Murphy (SIUE) dec. Nick Chavez, 11-5
141 - Dillon Pousson (SIUE) fall Dustin Walraven, 2:16
149 - Andrew Youngblom dec. Derrick Pousson (SIUE), 7-4
157 - Nick Flynn maj. dec. Kyle Lowman (SIUE), 15-7
165 - Dillon Reid maj. dec. Steven Ross (SIUE), 12-3
174 - Deshoun White (SIUE) dec. Joe Rasmussen, 8-4
184 - Cole Brandt (SIUE) dec. Tony Lisek, 9-3
197 - Nick Mart dec. Cole Rogers (SIUE), 8-4
Hw.t - Joe Skow forfeit
One SDSU team point deducted for throwing headgear
Day 2 Recap
Joe Brewster placed eighth at 165 pounds as the Jackrabbits competed at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas.
After qualifying for the second day, Brewster won his opening match to reach the podium, while Brance Simms lost in the round of 12, one round shy of the top eight.
In the 133-pound consolation bracket, Simms narrowly missed the podium. He dropped an 11-7 decision to Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota State) in the round of 12 on Saturday.
In the 165 consolation bracket, Brewster made the most of his second day by making the podium. Brewster won his opening match by 6-3 decision versus Caleb Marsh (Kent State), who was on a three-match winning streak. In his second match, Brewster dropped a narrow decision 4-1 versus Peyton Walsh (Navy). The loss sent Brewster to the seventh-place match.
As a team, the Jacks finished tied-for-29th with 9.5 points.
Day 1 Recap
Brance Simms (133) and Joe Brewster (165) both advanced, but took different paths to day two.
Simms opened the day with a first-round loss to Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley) by 12-2 major decision. Simms rallied, however, winning three-straight matches by decision. Frist, he knocked off Charles Costanzo (Army) 6-2, the most points scored by either Simms or his opponent during the streak. Next, he edged Esteban Gomez-Rivera (American) 3-1. Simms completed his day by topping Western Wrestling Conference foe Kasey Garnhart (Wyoming) 4-1.
Simms faces Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota State) in the consolation bracket.
Brewster advanced in conventional fashion, scoring two-straight decisions in the championship bracket. Brewster beat Alex Elder (Oregon State) by a single point, 4-3. In the second round, he needed an extra period to score a 3-1 win versus Isaiah Jimenez (San Francisco State).
Brewster faces Caleb Marsh (Kent State) in the consolation bracket.
Dustin Walraven (149) and Cody Pack (157) were both first-round winners, but dropped matches to ranked opponents in the second round.
"Overall, I am a bit disappointed with what went on today," head coach Chris Bono said. "We still have a lot of work to do. We have a chance to place two guys tomorrow, which is exciting, but we had a couple injuries and did not weigh in one guy. I am pleased with the effort and the fight, but it is time to start posting some results. Hopefully tomorrow we can get two guys to place and finish the tournament strong."
For complete wrestler-by-wrestler results and the full recap visit GoJacks.com.
Head coach Chris Bono announced SDSU Wrestling Camps, as well as Get Bonofide Wrestling Camps.
SDSU Wrestling Camps include four camps in Brookings: Team Competition Camp, Get Jacked Intensive Training Camp, Jr. Jackrabbit Commuter Camp and Get Jacked Technique and Drills Camp.
Get Bonofide Wrestling Camps include June dates in Reeds Springs, Mo., Brusly, La., and Jacksonville, Fla.
For more information on all camps, click on the camp links above.
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A mom's letter to all teenage girls draws controversy
Kimberly Hall, a Texas mother to a daughter and three sons, posted a letter titled "FYI (if you're a teenage girl)" on her blog "Given Breath" this week.
The letter, a plea to girls who post provocative photos on social media, was inspired by an inappropriate photo (not pictured) that she said a girl had sent her son. (Photo: iStockphoto.com/double_p)
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I know your family would not be thrilled at the thought of my teenage boys seeing you only in your towel. Did you know that once a male sees you in a state of undress, he can't quickly un-see it? You don't want our boys to only think of you only in this sexual way, do you?
The letter has sparked heated blog posts and discussions among parents on social media.
Some parents liked the way Hill delivered her message. One commenter writes, "Fantastic post. We need this in today's world!" Another writes, "This is such a respectful, heartfelt plea to young ladies today. As a youth worker, I believe that this is vital for young ladies to understand. I will be reading this to my youth group tonight."
But others didn't think the onus should be on the girls to keep a boy's mind pure. In dad blogger Mike Juliannelle's reaction piece on Huff Post Parents, he writes, "It's not up to the women to protect men from themselves."
A blogger named Lippy, the mother of two girls, called Hall's post "horrendously hypocritical and disgustingly sexist" on her blog The Lippy Lactator. She posted, "I am going to take a stand for my girls who will be told they are nothing more than how they dress." Then she wrote her own letter "To my Incredible Daughters."
Hall's choice to place a beach photo of her boys flexing in their swim trunks in the letter did not sit well with many readers. It prompted comments like this one: "I agree with others that the pics are inappropriate coupled with the message. Girls won't be able to 'unsee' these pics either."
Hall wound up deciding to repost the original letter, calling it "FYI #2 (the one where everyone's covered up)" with different -- clothed -- photos of her kids. Above the reposted letter, she wrote:
Readers, two days ago I wrote this post for my normal audience, which is usually very small. That said, I included recent pictures of my kids at the beach, and many new readers found that to be a grave lack of discernment, especially considering the topic. I agree, and so you can find the same post here with different photos.
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Used this Valera SwissFon dryer only once but is enough for me to write a review. Hair looked nice initially (no flyaways, silky etc) however within 24 hours hair became completely flat, no body left, looking extremely shiny to the point of looking very greasy, and also showing static. I couldn't wait to go washing my hair the next day as it felt like I haven't washed my hair for too many days. I wonder if there is such a thing as too much ions from the dryer. I have normal medium dark hair, so I can not imagine if you have fine thin hair -- this dryer will be a wrong choice.
If you are interested in its physical specifications, here it goes: it is a medium size dryer (though they look really small in the picture), the barrel measures 6.5 inches long, handle 7 inches, wide nose with 2.5 inches in diameter, back vent 3.5 inches in diameter, cord 8.5 feet, weight 1 Lb (yes I weighed it). It claims super silent, however I can not really call that super silent, though not loud. It doesn't have dual voltage. It comes with 1 year warranty, however "warranty fee" cost $15.
Regarding speed and temperature, it has two speed, low and high. The low is a little too "low" too gentle, I could barely feel the blow. I need to use the high speed for normal drying, and it feels just right, not blowing too hard like some other dryers. It has three temperature settings, cool, eco and max. "Cool" gives lukewarm air, not cool air, eco gives nice and warm air, max gives much warmer but not too hot air. I like the combination of speed 2 and eco temp for drying purpose.
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(d) The term "corporation" means a public corporation and a private corporation, as defined in this chapter;
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(f) The term "private corporation" means any corporation (other than a public corporation) which is organized for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone and which is chartered under special Act enacted after June 18, 1934, of the State or States within which it is to operate such zone;
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Right after watching this clip from ABC News about the Wisconsin teen (right) who made her prom dress and accessories (including shoes!) from Starburst wrappers, I saw ABC's segment on a hot new party trend, Mom Proms. Hilarious!
In a nutshell, moms dig out their old prom dresses and hold a girls' night out in their dated gowns, corsages, and big hair. The founding "Mom Prom" moms in Michigan turned their annual Mom Prom into a charity event.
The whole time I watched the Mom Prom segment, I thought how perfect a retro candy buffet would be at an event like this.
Just as the Starburst-clad Wisconsin teen's prom theme is Candy Land, so can a Mom Prom's! Here are some ideas I found to carry out such an event, 1980s style … and much to the horror of your children:
Have you ever attended or organized a Mom Prom? If so, e-mail me at [email protected]. I want to hear all about it!
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LISBON – At Thursdays budget hearing the Lisbon Central School Board of Education noted that the district has only enough money in its fund balance to last until the end of the 2014-2015 school year.
With $1.6 million in fund balance allocated in to close the $12.8 million 2013-2014 budget, Superintendent Erin E. Woods said the school needs to see an increase in state aid in the short term to back ends meet.
This years budget saw the district receive $6.4 million in state aid, representing 53.2% of the total budget, an increase of $190,000 over last year. The total budget is $280,649 more than last year.
Business Manager Wendy S. White estimated the district has $2.3 million left in its unrestricted fund balance, including the $1.6 million allocated this year.
I think we will use about $400,000 of this years fund balance, she said.
Its still a lot of fund balance to be using, but I guess we dont really have a lot of choice, Mrs. White added.
But with retirement fees and health insurance costs continuing to rise, the district will be hard pressed to close its budget within two years if state aid remains at its current level.
This year the school lost one teaching position to attrition. A teachers assistant also retired and will not be replaced.
In addition, the elementary school counselor will be reduced from fulltime to halftime along with a Spanish teacher. A middle school English teacher will likewise be reduced from fulltime to .625-time.
The district also increased this years tax levy by 4.25 percent to $3.12 million.
Mrs. White noted the Board of Education could have opted to increase the tax levy by 5.02 percent, but decided against it.
President of the Board of Education Blake P. Gendebien said the goal was to stay close to 4 percent, if possible.
Mrs. White said increasing the levy by another 1 percent would have only added $30,000 to the budget.
The budget vote will take place on May 21 and this year voters will have an opportunity to take a survey after they cast their ballots.
Ms. Woods said the goal is to find out why people voted the way they did, if they felt they were informed about the issues and how the district can better serve and communicate with the community.
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The Suburban Music Study Club endeavors to promote a high standard of classical musical performance, and supports scholarships for talented and deserving young musicians.
It was founded by Alice Malcolm-Switzer in 1899 as the Music Study Club of Newark. The Club eventually moved from Newark to the Maplewood-Millburn area where meetings were held in private homes. In 1980 the Club moved to its present location, the Chase Room in the Madison Library.
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Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 98 Dial-Up Networking Security Upgrade Release Notes 1. INTRODUCTION =============== This security upgrade for Windows 98 Dial-up Networking is designed to enhance the protection of both dial-up and VPN connections by strengthening several aspects of password management and data encryption. 1.1 INSTALLATION NOTES ====================== Execute the Dun40.exe file and follow the instructions it displays. At the end of the installation process you will be required to reboot your PC. 1.2 MSCHAP V2 ============= A new MSCHAP secure mode (MSCHAP V2) has been implemented, providing mutual authentication, stronger initial data encryption keys, and different encryption keys for the transmit and receive paths. To minimize the risk of password compromise during MSCHAP exchanges, MSCHAP V2 drops support for the MSCHAP password change V1, and will not transmit the LM password response. For VPN connections, a Windows NT 4.0 server (updated as described below) will negotiate MSCHAP V2 before negotiating the original MSCHAP. An updated Windows 98 client will accept this offer and use MSCHAP V2 as the authentication method. To ensure that no VPN clients authenticate using MSCHAP, the server can be set to require MSCHAP V2. This will prevent legacy clients from presenting their credentials in an MSCHAP or PAP or CHAP exchange, and is a likely configuration for networks that require the most secure authentication method. 1.3 SECURE VPN MODE =================== If there are special circumstances in which you wish to ensure that your PC uses only the new MSCHAP V2 for all VPN connection attempts, a new client-side registry flag, SecureVPN, can be used to force this behavior. When this flag is set, your PC will only accept MSCHAP V2 authentication for any VPN connections. In addition, this flag will require data encryption for all VPN connections. Dial-up connections are not affected. NOTE: Most users will not need to use the Secure VPN flag. This flag should be used with care because it will affect the behavior of all VPN connections from your machine. In general, the required use of MSCHAP V2 and data encryption can be enforced more easily on the server. The registry setting which will force a Windows 98 client to use only the new MSCHAP V2 secure mode and require data encryption for PPTP connections is defined below. By default, this registry variable is absent, meaning "do not force secure mode on PPTP connections". The value of this variable is checked just before a connection is attempted. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess DWORD: SecureVPN Value: 0x00000001 == Force secure mode (MSCHAP V2 plus data encryption) on all PPTP connections Value: 0x00000000 == Do not force secure mode on PPTP connections (default) 1.4 LM RESPONSE SUPPRESSION =========================== This release also provides a new registry variable which prevents the client from sending the LM response to a legacy MSCHAP challenge, as defined below. By default, this variable is absent, meaning that the client should send the LM response (in order to maintain compatibility with legacy servers). This variable affects both dial-up and VPN connections; its value is checked just before a connection is attempted. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess DWORD: UseLmPassword 0x00000001 == Send LM challenge response (default) 0x00000000 == Do not send LM challenge response (send only NT challenge response) 1.5 FORCING STRONG ENCRYPTION ============================= Windows 98 Dial-up Networking already supports a checkbox to require encryption for a specific connection. Clients which support 128-bit encryption will accept any level of encryption (128-bit or 40-bit) offered by the server. This upgrade provides a new registry flag, ForceStrongEncryption. When set, this flag will require 128-bit encryption for any connection which has already been set to require encryption. (In other words, setting the new registry flag essentially changes the meaning of the existing checkbox from "require encryption" to "require strong encryption".) NOTE: As originally installed, Windows 98 Dial-up Networking supports 40-bit encryption. An optional upgrade will be available to users in North America which adds the ability to support 128-bit encryption as well. The registry flag which forces strong encryption is defined below. By default, the flag is absent. The value of this flag is checked just before a connection is attempted. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess DWORD: ForceStrongEncryption 0x00000001 == Requires 128-bit encryption for any connection which already requires encryption 0x00000000 == No effect; does not force strong encryption (default) 1.6 SERVER UPDATES ================== This upgrade is fully compatible with legacy Dial-up and PPTP systems. However, in order to benefit from MSCHAP V2, both the client and server must support this new mode. Server support for MSCHAP V2 is included in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. ARTICLE-ID: Q152734 TITLE : How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack Servers running the Routing and Remote Access Upgrade should first apply the above, and then also apply rras30-fix from the same location. NOTE: RAS and PPTP servers must be maintained to current Windows NT Service Pack levels. A Windows 98 client machine may not connect to a Windows NT Server that has not been updated to Service Pack 3 or above. 1.7 OTHER CHANGES ================= The details section of the connection status display has been modified to identify the specific form of CHAP that was used in the connection. Standard CHAP is displayed as "Challenge Authentication Protocol"; legacy MSCHAP is displayed as "Microsoft Challenge Authentication Protocol"; and MSCHAP V2 is displayed as "Microsoft Mutual Challenge Authentication Protocol". 1.8 REMOVING THIS UPDATE ======================== IMPORTANT: This section is different from the same section in the Release Notes that is available with the Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking Security Upgrade. This security upgrade does not provide its own uninstall program. If you wish to remove the upgrade, you can accomplish this by removing and re-installing Dial-up Networking as a whole. If you installed Windows 98 as an upgrade, this process may ask for your original Windows 98 CD. If you have defined connections in the Dial-up Networking folder, these will not be lost. However, all information regarding ISDN devices (including switch type and spid) will be lost, so you should record this information before proceeding. (ISDN information can be created or reviewed by running the ISDN Setup Wizard which can be found in the Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Communications menu.) Perform the following steps to uninstall Dial-Up Networking: 1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs tool, click the Windows Setup tab, click Communications (do not click the check box, click the word "communications"), and then click Details. 2. Click the Dial-Up Networking check box so that it is no longer selected, click OK, and then click OK again. Please note that this removes VPN as well. 3. When prompted to restart your computer, click No. 4. Click the Start button, point to Find, click Files or Folders, and then click the Name And Location tab. 5. In the Named field, find and delete the following files from the Windows\System folder: Pppmac.vxd Rasapi32.dll Rnaapp.exe 6. Close the Find dialog box. 7. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs tool, click the Windows Setup tab, click Communications (do not click the check box, click the word "communications"), and then click Details. 8. Add Dial-Up Networking and VPN, click OK, and then click OK again. 9. Restart your computer when prompted.
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Best Effective Money Saving Tips For Moms
Being a mom you have to look for ways to keep the family happy and well taken care in all aspects. Money saving tips is important for the entire family whether you are a stay-at-home or working mom. Here are some of the best money saving tips that can help moms save for a rainy day. They have worked for me and I hope they do for you.
Scale back on some bills
It's time to start cutting back on some of the things you don't need in your home. Do you need a premium cable plan with so many stations that you rarely watch? Do you need unlimited telephone minutes? As a mom, this are decisions that you can decide on as they are not necessities. Sometimes, you may decide to get rid of your home phone because you already have a cell phone. You can also save on electricity bills by turning off lights after leaving a room, the thermostat or using appliances carefully. You may think that this savings are not much, but when they are all added up at the end of the month, you could be surprised.
Limit eating out to once every week
As much as the kids enjoy a date eating out, limiting eating out could save the family a huge chunk of money. Although eating out may seem convenient, it is really a huge expense in the long run. You do not have to cut eating out completely, but making it once a week is okay. When going out, do not go to those expensive restaurants, go to cheaper options. You may be surprised they have awesome deals for families.
Buy and sell second-hand
There are so many options for gently used toys and clothes for your children you will be spoilt for choice. They are not only found in yard sales in your community but also in online stores such as ebay. Furthermore, you can always buy good quality household items as the same places at cheaper prices than what you would have spend on buying them new. Even if you may have set up a budget for new stuff in your house, buying gently used stuff can really amount to huge savings which you can use for other activities such as sports. Additionally, you can also sell items you do not use in your home such as clothes your kids have outgrown or toys they do not use.
Clip and trade coupons
Organize to meet up with other moms in your community to clip and trade coupons that you are not in need of for ones that can be of help. You will be able to save money on groceries and help other moms in your community do the same.
It's the little things that add up
Keep a list of every penny spend each day for just a month. This will help you see those little things that are costing you so much every end of month. Like the cappuccino you order ever morning in the office when tallied up could easily add up to $700 a year or ordering pizza for your kids every Saturday night. When you sit down and add up those little expenses, you realize that they are not as little as they seem after all.
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Supporters saw the old aviary at the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park as an iconic structure that should be saved forever. Others believe the large A-framed structure had outlived its usefulness.
And soon the aviary will be coming down to make way for the $255,000 project to erect a pavilion in its place.
Zoo and city officials met on Tuesday with a representative of D.E.W. Builders, Adams Center, to discuss the upcoming project.
Although he could not give an exact date when demolition will begin, City Engineer Kurt W. Hauk said afterward that work should start in the next several weeks.
For Zoo Executive Director John T. Wright, it was good to hear that the vacant 30-year-old structure will soon be gone, adding he will be glad to be "done and over it."
It was nearly four years ago that the Thompson Park Conservancy, the group that runs the zoo, first approached the city about tearing down the aviary.
Dean E. Widrick, president of D.E.W. Builders, said it should take less than a week to demolish the aviary, but he could not say when the pavilion project would be completed. Zoo officials stressed that the project should not interfere with zoo operations nor any special events planned for the spring.
The city will honor the late Mayor Karl R. Burns by naming the pavilion after him.
Board President Robert D. Gorman, the Watertown Daily Times managing editor, said he and other zoo officials learned during the pre-construction meeting that the city wants to put up a sign signifying the commemoration on the pavilion's entrance and have it installed before the building opens later this year.
"We've been waiting for four years, so I guess we can wait a few days for a sign," he said.
The project has gone through a series of major changes during the past four years. Last summer, the council scrapped an indoor educational facility because its projected cost had risen to more than $1 million.
The contractor will supply the city with a pre-engineered, 50-by-50-foot cross-shaped metal pavilion. The pavilion will be similar to the one installed last year at the J.B. Wise parking lot north of Public Square.
The zoo project will include landscaping and an audiovisual system and a wall to accommodate that system. The pavilion will be used for events such as classes, presentations and private parties.
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If you purchase a vehicle with a lien, you are responsible for payment of that lien before you can transfer the title into your name.
A service is available to check for liens and unresolved financial obligations on an Arizona titled vehicle.
Liens fall into two general categories: financial liens and other liens.
Financial liens appear on the front of the title, in the space marked "Lienholders" and are generally for a defined period of time. When the lien is paid/satisfied, the vehicle owner receives a "lien release." The owner may take the lien release to an MVD or authorized third-party office to obtain a new title or give the buyer the signed and notarized title with a lien release from the lender.
Other liens can be added electronically and are not shown on the title. They are not for a defined period of time and can be added or deleted at any time. For example, if a vehicle owner owes child support fees (Child Support lien) or court fines/fees (Operation of Law lien), a lien can be placed on the vehicle record that prevents the title from being transferred to a new owner until those fines/fees are paid. These liens must be paid before you can transfer the title into your name.
The buyer and seller should go to an MVD or authorized third-party office together to transfer the title. Many third-party offices are open evenings and weekends.
Do not pay for the vehicle until you have verified the title can be transferred.
Please note: New liens are added to vehicles every day; therefore, you are taking a risk if you check the record and pay for the vehicle a later time.
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I was following a tutorial I found from the internet how to tell a form to print its result to php page. this is the tutorial http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/ ... rogramming
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The next time your child plays cowboys and Indians he can be dressed like the real thing. This authentic outfit features a top, pants, and headband. The clothes are brown suede-like material that look natural. The shirt has long sleeves, a red and white tribal print on the front, black bands with Indian designs, and lots of long fringe on the hem and wrists. The headband has a design that matches the shirt's bands and there's a single red feather standing up in the back. The bow and arrow, as well as other accessories like face pain, sandals, and a tomahawk, are sold separately. This is an outfit your boy will love wearing at Halloween or playtime. The Boy's Running Bull Costume will make him feel like a real Native American brave.
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Culture Catalysts
2nd Tuesday of the month / Aug 2012–May 2013
Chicago is a hotbed of arts and culture. Our city is home not only to amazing artists, important art spaces, and renowned universities but also to cultural leaders at the forefront of innovation in cuisine, music, fashion, literature, and beyond. Culture Catalysts is a monthly series that celebrates and provides a platform for Chicagoans at the epicenters of these scenes. Each month, get to know the work of a different Chicago-based thought leader, meet the artists featured in our Chicago Works exhibition series, and discover those who influence arts and culture in our community.
Aug 14: Heidi Norton, BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works artist
Sep 11: No event
Oct 9: J.C. Gabel
Nov 13: John Edel
Dec 11: Paul Cowan, BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works artist
Jan 8: Michael Williams and Richard Cahan
Feb 12: TBD
Mar 12: Martin Kastner
Apr 9: TBD
May 14: TBD
Heidi Norton
Heidi Norton (American b. 1977, lives in Chicago) received her BFA from University of Maryland and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she is currently a professor of photography. Norton has had solo exhibitions in Chicago at Johalla Projects, Northeastern Illinois University, and Ebersmoore, and in San Francisco at Hungry Man Gallery. Her work was also included in the exhibition Snapshot at the Contemporary Art Museum in Baltimore, and in other group shows Mark Wolfe Contemporary in San Francisco, Monique Meloche Gallery and Andrew Rafacz Gallery, both in Chicago, and in New York at NADA Hudson, and the Knitting Factory. She is represented in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and in the Midwest Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Norton's work is featured in the exhibition, BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Heidi Norton.
Click here for an audio recording of Norton's talk.
J.C. Gabel
J.C. Gabel is the founding editor and publisher of STOP SMILING, the magazine for high-minded lowlifes, which published from 1995 to 2009. He is presently Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of literary organization The Chicagoan as well as Hat & Beard Press, a new book imprinted dedicated to nonfiction titles in the realm of art, architecture, design, film, music and pop culture. He is also an editor-at-large for Chronicle Books and Taschen Books and writes regularly for a variety of culture magazines, including Print, Bookforum, Playboy, The Oxford American, and Wallpaper.
Click here for an audio recording of Gabel's talk.
John Edel
John Edel is the Founder and Executive Director of The Plant. After purchasing the building in July 2010, he immediately began deconstruction and renovation with a vision of intentional reuse, economic development, and truly sustainable food. John's foray into building redevelopment was at the Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing Center, a green business incubator in the Stockyards Industrial Corridor. As General Contractor, Edel took the facility from a burnt-out shell to 100 percent occupancy while using a mixture of waste-stream recycled materials and leading-edge technology to make the building exceptionally energy efficient and pleasantly non-toxic. The renovation was assisted by a core group of volunteers and by bartering with suppliers, tenants and scrappers. In previous careers, John taught computer graphics, designed sets for broadcast television, art directed video games, and worked as a chef on private railroad cars. He has a lifelong dream of combining industrial preservation and plants in a productive, conservatory-like project.
Paul Cowan
Paul Cowan was born in Kansas City and currently lives and works in Chicago. He received his BFA from Milwauke Institute of Art & Design and an MFA from University of Illinois at Chicago. Exhibitions include Clifton Benevento in New York, Shane Campbell in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Young Art in Los Angeles, James Cohan in New York, Golden Age in Chicago, Michael Jon in Miami, and Green Gallery in Milwaukee. Cowan's work is featured in the exhibition, BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Paul Cowan.
Michael Williams and Richard Cahan
Michael Williams and Richard Cahan, co-authors of Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows, have collaborated on seven other books, including Real Chicago, Richard Nickel's Chicago: Photographs of a Lost City, Who We Were: A Snapshot History of America, Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home, and The Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed Its River and the Land Beyond. They own CityFiles Press, a Chicago publishing company that focuses on art and photography books.
Martin Kastner
Martin Kastner is the founder and principal of Crucial Detail. Kastner, born in the Czech Republic, trained as a blacksmith and spent some time restoring historical metalworks at a castle in Western Bohemia before moving onto natural materials design and sculpture. He founded Crucial Detail in 1998 shortly after his arrival in the US. He is best known for his Alinea serviceware concepts, which landed him on The Future Laboratory's list of 100 most influential individuals in contemporary design. Alinea book, which he designed in collaboration with Naissance Inc., was one of the winners in 2009 Communication Arts Design Annual for Best Book Design and is included in Altitude's The Best of Cover Design. His work has been featured in numerous publications running the gamut from Gourmet to Fast Company.


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Bozeman, MT (Sports Network) - Paul Egwuonwu recorded a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Montana State Bobcats defeated the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, 83-79, in Big Sky Conference overtime action at Worthington Arena.
Antonio Biglow chipped in a team-high 27 points and seven steals for the Bobcats (12-16, 4-12 BSC). Flavien Davis was one-rebound shy of a double- double with 18 points. Christian Moon added 11 points.
For the Lumberjacks (11-19, 8-11), Gabe Rogers scored a game-high 29 points. Stallon Saldivar chipped in 14 points, six boards, and five assists. Max Jacobsen had 12 points and six rebounds.
In the first half, NAU knocked down 13-of-24 from the floor and 5-of-13 from long-range. MSU made 18-of-30 field goal tries including 6-of-12 beyond the arc, en route to a 47-35 advantage at the break.
In the second half, MSU led NAU 73-71 with 30 seconds remaining but Rogers nailed two free-throws with 17 seconds left to force overtime.
MSU scored the first four points in overtime and made 4-of-4 from the free- throw line in the last 20 seconds to seal the win.


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FORT DRUM Before civilian behavioral health providers treat their military patients, they should become educated on military culture.
That was the message from Miyako N. Schanley during Samaritan Medical Centers annual behavioral health conference Tuesday at The Commons. The Army reservist, who is also executive director of the SUNY North Country Consortium, was promoted Wednesday to the rank of brigadier general and for assignment as commander of the 411th Engineer Brigade, New Windsor.
She said soldiers who have been posted to Afghanistan and Iraq have unique situations.
Only about half of a percent of Americans have fought in these conflicts, she said. Theyre an all-volunteer military. Very few Americans are able to understand what our veterans and active duty soldiers have been through.
The first suggestion, Mrs. Schanley said, is for providers to be aware that the military has its own laws, clothes and language. Providers should never say, I know what youre going through unless theyre true to their word, she said.
Its particularly difficult to relate to if you havent been in the military, she said.
To put things into perspective for the crowd of nurses, doctors, therapists, social workers, and other medical professionals, Mrs. Schanley said people in the military often move every few years, are deployed, sacrifice personal special events or occasions, are on duty 365 days a year, and when in combat they have to continue with their job despite traumatic situations where a buddy has been killed or they witnessed an improvised explosive device go off and harm several fellow service members or the enemy.
Deployments, in particular, also take a toll on families left waiting, worrying and wondering at home, she said.
You would think every homecoming and reunion is joyful, but it is not, Mrs. Schanley said. Its coming back to any roles that have changed.
The best thing behavioral health providers can do for their military patients, she said, is to give them a chance to ask questions about what theyre going through or treatment itself, and to be sensitive to situations they may have experienced.
Because of the areas large military population, many off-post providers treat service members and their spouses and dependents. Post-traumatic stress disorder is one of the more common diagnoses of local service members that area behavioral health providers treat, which is why Tuesdays conference focused heavily on that diagnosis.
Presenters Dr. Todd L. Benham, Fort Drum behavioral health chief, and Candace M.Monson, director of clinical training at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, said providers should also be on the lookout for an updated diagnostic statistical manual of mental disorders. Expected to be released within a few weeks by the American Psychiatric Association, the manual will restructure how clinicians may help patients deal with trauma.
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