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Since today's the first full day of Jalopnik's new discussion system, Kinja (a portmanteau of kinky and ninja, I'm guessing) I wanted to treat today's Car Hacks as something of a test. I'd love it if these posts could become their own discussion groups of sorts, as commenters and us writers can talk about ideas, share… »

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The executive director of the state Republican Party is urging GOP voters not to meddle in the Sept. 18 Democratic primary.
In a letter today to state GOP members, Dylan Nonaka says there's talk among Republicans about voting for one of two leading Democratic gubernatorial candidates because he is more moderate. That was an allusion to former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
Nonaka says others may vote for the other Democrat -- an allusion to former U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie -- because he may be easier for the Republican nominee to beat in November.
Nonaka says such strategies have not worked in the past and won't work this year.
The letter was first reported on the Hawaii Free Press website and confirmed by a state GOP spokeswoman.


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Big Bear, Ca, September 5, 2011, 12:00pm - The final event in the Conquer the Bear series will take place this Saturday, September 10th. The series which started in February this year with Snowshoe the Bear, has seen athletes through a technical mountain bike course, a lengthy around the lake paddle and now athletes must Endure the Bear with a … [Read more...]
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Big Bear, Ca, July 6, 2011, 12:00pm - Part three in the Conquer the Bear Series is this weekend. Paddlers from all over the world will converge in Big Bear to compete in one of the three races at the 4th Annual Big Bear Paddlefest. Those interested in learning more about the different types of paddling, or want to try out different types of … [Read more...]
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Racers climb up fire road 2N10 at the start of the race. Big Bear, Ca, June 20, 2011, 3:00pm - This past Sunday cyclists came from across California, Oregon, South Africa, Mexico and beyond to compete in the Kenda Cup Team Big Bear Mountain Bike Race Finals in Big Bear. This event was also part two in the Conquer the Cub and Conquer … [Read more...]
Blues Singer/Songwriter Brother Yusef Presents A "Blues In The Schools" Workshop
Big Bear, Ca, June 6th, 2011, 3:00pm - On June 7th the students at North Shore Elementary will be lucky to have their music and American history lessons combined into one when blues singer songwriter Brother Yusef presents a "Blues in the School" workshop. Brother Yusef, who has developed a program for young people, will be entertaining and … [Read more...]
Events Have Economic Impact In Big Bear
Big Bear, Ca, April 14, 2:00pm - The Event Resource Office of Big Bear Valley presented an executive summary of visitor economic impact in relation to 2010 Big Bear Special Events. The study focused on 18 events including the Amgen Tour of California: Big Bear Climb, 4th of July Fireworks, Antique Car Club Fun Run, Oktoberfest, and … [Read more...]
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Big Bear, Ca, February 7, 2011, 11:00pm -Snowshoe the Bear 2011 was a great event enjoyed by all who participated. Children young and old participated in 5k and 10k snowshoe courses. 77 women and 83 men participated in the 5k snowshoe course, with 31 men and 21 women competing in the 10k course. The big winners of the day … [Read more...]


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WASHINGTON: "Pure intimidation" is how one of America's most respected analysts of the Chinese military characterized the act of a Peoples Liberation Army Navy skipper who "painted" a Japanese naval ship with his fire control radar.
The action raises the stakes in an already troubled dispute between the two Pacific powers as they maneuver for influence, with the current focus being on the uninhabited Senkaku Islands. What's particularly worrying is the involvement of warships, when previous confrontations were largely limited to Japanese Coast Guard and Chinese non-military "maritime surveillance" vessels. Keep reading →


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A number of the teachers at Indian Hill Middle School are growing beards as part of a charity initiative to raise money for a staff member's grandson, who has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. Among the participants are: back row left, Mike Dietz, Eric Bass, Alex Fries and Mike Duncan; front row left, Steve Tranter, Josh Kauffman, Nick Carpenter and Mike Wahl.
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the accident happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday evening on State Route 608 in Lake County, just north of Geauga County line.
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Sunday Holy Communion Service,
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Schroeder Resigns Because the COP Wants a Lutheran Leader
For the past six months, the COP has pressured me to become a Lutheran leader, but I like being a Church and Change follower. My downfall was that blog I refuse to read or even mention by name. So many inside secrets came out that the COP was always reading it, trying to find out who was leaking all the information.
The trouble was, they read it so often that they started dwelling on those doctrinal graphics. It was bad enough to have Luther, Chemnitz, Melanchthon, and the Book of Concord quotations on attractive Photoshops. What really hurt was seeing the quotations from our own beloved teachers contrasted with them.
I would not have minded if you-know-who had labeled Luther quotations MISLEADING, the way our beloved seminary does. But he let them speak for themselves, apparently. I don't know. I never read that blog. And I really hate his Photoshops of me - the ones I have heard about. I never look at them.
So the COP gradually began to read the Confessions on their own. They never told me. I could have warned them. I would have said, "Why give up all that Thrivent booty? The foundations? The love of our ELCA brethren and sistern?" They wanted to go on their own and quit Thrivent, ELCA, the Lutheran Federation, and Lutherans Concerned.
I lost my temper and said, "Well, I resign. I have never been for justification by faith. UOJ was good enough for Knapp, Walther, Scaer, and Valleskey. It's good enough for me." And they accepted my resignation. A prophet is not without honor, except in his own synod, I guess.
Now I am at a loss. The other synod leaders have been reading that awful blog too. I heard the page-views were gigantic. Sickening.
I am going to have trouble finding a job, but I won't leave UOJ behind.
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To continue about books, from my last post, I want to mention one downside to Magcloud vs. Blurb. Blurb has a rather easy program for putting together a book (BookSmart), and Magcloud, simply doesn't. One must use another program and create a pdf. Magcloud suggests a number of programs for this. I started out with Word, but only ran into problems. I ended up using a trial of Lightroom 4 which was perfect -- maybe even easier than BookSmart (because of an autofill option). Unfortunately my trial runs out in 30 days, so if it works and I want to use it again next time, I have to buy it (~$200). Just more information for those of you considering publishing a book. : )


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Bob Sturm: Tashard Choice's breakout game shows evaluating weakness of Jerry Jones, Wade Phillips
SportsDayDFW phoned Bob Sturm to comment on the Cowboys' win at the Indianapolis Colts. The following are highlights of a transcription of the interview:
What do you think of Jerry Jones' comments that Tashard Choice was not playing more because of his performance on special teams. And does Choice, who ran for 100 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown against Indy, deserve a spot in the running back rotation in the future?
The whole public comment from Jerry seemed incredibly odd. It's like relating the ability to return kicks to playing wide receiver, they seem largely unrelated in many respects. Just looking at the job Choice did today and in his other opportunities in the NFL, it sure seems he brings something to the party Marion Barber absolutely does not, and that is the burst to the corner. To beat the Colts to the edge, that's something you cant leave on your sideline. It's a bit disconcerting that the franchise sees him every day in practice and never noticed that playmaking ability and continued to run barber out there in big doses until he's hurt.
We as media and fans depend on the Cowboys to know their roster better than we do. And I swear we seem to talk about this every week. It was Bryan McCann and Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (McCann replaced Owusu-Ansah on kick returns) two weeks ago and now we're wondering how Choice can have him nailed to the bench when he has that ability to run to the edge.
On Colts quarterback Peyton Manning's four interceptions:
I really thing the Cowboys deserve credit for the takeaways but it reminds me when star quarterbacks don't have all their personnel, they try to keep their throws the same with the understudies running the routes. This goes back to comparing Brett Favre to Peyton Manning (what I wrote on Friday) I saw Favre throw a record amount of interceptions in 2005. There comes a point with replacements due to injury that you have to change your throw selection to be on the same page. It's odd to see Manning like this right now, but he's been doing it every week. I am not sure it's so much a Cowboys issue as a Colts receiver issue.
It goes back to the Cowboys ability to know their personnel. To see Sean Lee drop into coverage confirms what they told on draft day but disputes what Wade Phillips told us the first two months of the season that they didn't see Lee as a nickel coverage type of linebacker. It's bewildering that they could not use a linebacker to drop back in coverage, that they tried to tell us Jason Williams, whom they subsequently released, was better for that.
That (personnel evaluation) is a big weakness for general manager Jerry Jones. I think Wade and Jerry together saw that they took Jason Williams with their top pick and 2009 draft and trying to use every fiber of their being to find a spot for him and to validate their pick. And sometimes to validate your pick, you don't believe what your eyeballs are telling you. Going back to the Owusu-Ansah, he's a fourth-round pick and Bryan McCann is undrafted. They have more investment in Owusu-Ansah, kind of like they have a bigger investment in Barber than Choice. Or they have a bigger investment in Jason Williams, so they tell us Sean Lee can't play that position when he obviously can. These things that consider a trend, trouble me. Hopefully, Jason Garrett can improve on this.
I thought of another example: The fact that so many capable offensive linemen have been jettisoned to Miami – Pat McQuistan, Joe Berger and Cory Procter. That once again would suggest were you weren't quite sure what you had there.
What about the fact that you have to throw guys into the fire?
There's certainly something to that. And that's why so many fans have been calling for auditions in live game action for guys like Choice and Lee. The best way to find out is to see how they respond on Sunday. Maybe one of the blessings in disguise of 2010 is that we are starting to see more of that.


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Among 16-gigabyte smartphones, Apple's iPhone 5c ranks first among available storage, with 12.6 gigabytes, or 79 percent of its advertised space, according to Which. Not far behind, in third place, is the flagship iPhone 5s, which ships with 12.2 gigabytes of capacity available, representing 76 percent of the advertised capacity.
Sandwiched in between those two is the second-place Google Nexus 5, sporting 12.28 gigabytes of space, reflecting 77 percent of its 16 gigabytes of storage.
Coming in dead last in the analysis conducted by Which is the Samsung Galaxy S4, which has just 54 percent, or 8.56 gigabytes, of its advertised space. It's speculated that this capacity is limited by the amount of customized software Samsung includes on the handset, including its Android skin "TouchWiz," and features such as eye tracking.
One benefit the Galaxy S4 has over Apple's iPhone lineup and even Google's Nexus handset is the inclusion of an available microSD card slot. Galaxy users can buy their own card and insert it into the handset, boosting available storage by up to 64 gigabytes, while iPhone and Nexus 5 owners must stick with their original built-in storage.
However, Google has taken steps with the Android operating system to restrict usage of external storage, likely in an effort to ensure handset performance is not slowed. As a result, Android applications cannot be installed to external storage, and any inserted memory card can only be used to host media files and documents.
That means Galaxy S4 owners are only left with 8.56 gigabytes to install applications -- more than 4 gigabytes less than are available out of the box on Apple's mid-range iPhone 5c.
The analysis isn't the first time Samsung has been called out for offering limited space, though it is one of the first tests to include Apple's latest iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models. Last year, when Samsung was taken to task over Galaxy S4 storage, the company responded by advising users to buy a microSD card.
"For the Galaxy S4 16GB model," Samsung said in a statement, "approximately 6.85GB occupies [the] system part of internal memory, which is 1GB bigger than that of the Galaxy S3, in order to provide [a] high resolution display and more powerful features to our consumers."


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Talk about site-specific art: all the modern art, photography, and architecture models and plans here, created between 1870 and the present, were made in Berlin (or in the case of architecture competition models, intended for the city). Russians, secessionists, Dadaists, and expressionists all had their day in Berlin, and individual works by Otto Dix, George Grosz, and Georg Baselitz, as well as artists' archives such as the Dadaist Hannah Höch's, are highlights.There's a set price for the permanent collection, but rates vary for special exhibitions, which are usually well-attended and quite worthwhile. Bus M29 to Waldeckpark/Oranienstrasse is the closest transportation stop.
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Wow, remember back in February when there was one, maybe two, fun shopping events in a week? Now my head is spinning so fast from all the happenings I can barely keep track of them all (like, hey Thaw was last night and it was just a boatload of fun!). So, let's run down the list:
This week the judges narrowed down our original 28 Seamless in Seattle contestants to our top 12 finalists (check them out here). These talented designers will all be featured in our fashion show on Wednesday, June 8. The 2011 winners will be revealed on the night of the show, plus the designer with the most "Likes" on our Facebook page will win the "Reader's Choice" award given out on the night of the show. Vote now and vote often!
Speaking of the fashion show, Seattle magazine is holding an open call for models for the Seamless fashion show next Tuesday, May 10th. Full details here.
And two events you shouldn't miss this weekend:
Tim Gunn will be in town tomorrow for a Lucky Brand denim fashion show at The Bellevue Collection. Earlier this week I caught up with Gunn and he dished about Seattle's notorious casual style, what jean styles are right for your body and who should (and shouldn't) wear the new wide-leg trouser trend. Read up on the full interview here, and meet him in Bellevue this weekend.
And if you haven't quite figured out that Mother's Day present yet (maybe my mom will take a hug?), take your mom shopping at the Intiman Theatre for the latest installment of the EtsyRain craft show featuring Etsy goods from over 60 local vendors including Haute Goat, Thea Starr, Sweet Petula and Seattle Sundries. The free fair runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and is full of sweet jewels, tote bags, bath and beauty products and other crafty finds for Mom.


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There is a subset of macro-economics (governmental economics as opposed to micro-economics which pertains to business and individuals) that is by far the most misunderstood, mis-reported, and blamed unfairly(mostly by the GOP)âThe Federal Reserve System; itâs time to do some myth-busting.
By giving in to participating on social networking sites like Twitter, LiveNewsChat, Facebook, etc., I get a LOT of questions (and arguments) about economics. âThe Fedâ is by far the most misunderstood aspect of governmental economic principles (macro-economics) especially among conservative supporters and pundits (gawd I hate that expression).
Myths about the Fed are legion (repeated ad nauseam by pundits and politicians) and it seems that chairman Bernanke realizes that the more exotic Fed policy becomes, the more he must inevitably debunk memes in order to justify his actions. Lowering rates during normal times is fairly uncontroversial and easy to understand, except when a Democrat inhabits the White House. The last Republican to reduce the defict by even a single dollar, was Calvin Coolidge, yet the deficit increases under Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. never seemed to matter.
Even though activities of the Fed are likely to result in a lower national debt over the long term, I often hear the complaint that the Federal Reserve is enabling bad fiscal policy by keeping interest rates very low and thereby making it cheaper for the federal government to borrow.
However, the responsibility for fiscal policy lies squarely with the Administration and the Congress. There Federal Reserve is not even a governmental entity. It receives itâs authority and funding from the nationâs private banking system, itâs Board of Governors and does not answer to Congress nor the Administration. At the Federal Reserve, they are tasked with implementing monetary policy to promote maximum employment and price stability, as the law under which they operate requires. Using monetary policy to try to influence the political debate on the budget would be highly inappropriate and apparently it is only the GOP that feels comfortable using unintended, obscure parliamentary procedures to further their political agenda (i.e, debt ceiling increases).
I also hear quite often that the Fed is destroying the dollar by continuing to âprint more moneyâ, but to discuss âthe dollarâ is to really discuss two different concepts that are easily confused.
One is the exchange rate of the dollar against various currencies. It goes up, down, etc. It is but one tiny fraction of the calculation that the Fed makes in determining U.S. monetary policy.
What the Fed watches â and which matters for consumers â is inflation (the ongoing measure of its purchasing power of items that people buy).
Itâs clear that inflation has been modest by historical standards, and that the Fed has been a good steward of the dollar.
Myth-busting the GOP federal Reserve Claims
Most arguments about the Fed begin with the fear of
First of all, itâs patently false that the Fed has consistently been buying a lot of U.S. debt issue. It has bought some for sure, but only as dictated by demand. Each time a QE has stopped, there were far-flung forecasts that interest rates would spike. Of course, they did not, despite the predictions of such luminaries as PIMCOâs Bill Gross and the GOPâs liar-in-chief and supposed economic wunderkind, Paul Ryan .
The idea is also theoretically wrong. Asset prices are normally determined by availability, desirability, and/or demand for those assets, not the changes in these characteristics over short time frames. If bond investors lose confidence in U.S. debt, there would be a huge amount of U.S. debt paper for them to try to sell, driving rates up, no matter how much of the new issue the Fed might be buying.
Lastly, when did people who constantly worry about the size of the U.S. deficit (GOP?) begin believing that the Fed can monetize a significant part of a large deficit, for four years, without any negative consequences? That assertion has not happened and directly disproves their claim.
The so-called supply-side fanatics have repeatedly proclaimed that the âprinting of all that moneyâ should have expanded the monetary base exponentially and produced runaway inflation by now.
It hasnât.
And the conspiracy theorists continue to repeat the mantra and emergency exit of all baseless argumentsâ¦âjust wait, itâs comingâ.
Another favorite is that the evil government is hiding the true rate of inflation (you mean the way George W. Bush did?). Wrong again. Independent estimates are not significantly different from the official gauges.
The persistence of the deficit-hawk meme, however, despite year after year of failure, is a testament to the voting publicâs lack of understanding regarding the differences between business and governmental economics and the depth propagandists on FOX and AM Radio have achieved.
But itâs also a sad statement of on the politicization of exploiting economic fears for political purposes, despite the damage it causes.


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Kaya pala laging talo Volleyball team ng Pamantasan Lunsod ng Muntinlupa kse imbis na magtraining ng volleyball pagpapasikat ang ginagawa... hahahaha
Sexy boys.
Theyre dancing is actually really really good, it could do without too much of the ass shaking though
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Taragis na mga bakla to. Nag cut ng classes para magpasiklaban! Mga bakla talaga.
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So it turns out that the Republican men running state government in Michigan not only object to women making decisions about their own bodies, they also object to women referring to their bodies in anatomically correct terms.
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Merry Christmas Issaquah assists families in need
November 26, 2013
By Christina Corrales-Toy
When popular Bellevue eatery Lil' Jon restaurant went up in flames June 13, it was a heartbreaking blow for regulars that frequented the spot, known for its breakfasts.
It was even worse for Issaquah resident and Lil' Jon server Marita Davidson, who temporarily lost her job, as the restaurant underwent a major rehabilitation.
"It's been there so long and nothing tragic has ever happened there before, so we were all in shock and devastated by that," she said. "It was hard to regroup after that with the loss of income."
Davidson will return to her job in mid-December, when the restaurant is set to reopen after extensive repairs, but it is this kind of sudden, unexpected occurrence, that moves Issaquah Community Services into action.
The all-volunteer organization offers emergency financial aid to residents of the Issaquah School District in the form of utility payments, rent assistance and other miscellaneous contributions, depending on a client's specific need.
Issaquah Community Services helped Davidson, who cares for her three young grandchildren, pay for her rent and power bill while she got back on her feet.
"They're just so wonderful. They make you feel so welcomed when you come to them," Davidson said of the all-volunteer staff.
Issaquah Community Services receives about 500 requests for emergency aid each year. The organization currently has an annual budget of just more than $100,000.
The nonprofit is maintained by a team of 25 volunteers, allowing nearly every penny donated to go directly to the families in need.
Merry Christmas Issaquah is the organization's most important fundraiser all year. Organizers set a $75,000 goal for 2013.
The fundraiser — spearheaded by The Issaquah Press since 1981 — set a record for the number of donors last year with 244, but fell short of its $75,000 goal, raising $68,683.
Issaquah Community Services relies on a trained team to assist people in need — especially if the person requesting assistance is embarrassed or reluctant.
That's one of the things Davidson said she appreciated most about the organization — a staff that understood the needs of their clients and were sensitive to their situations.
"They're an organization that really cares about people that are coming to them in need, and they don't make them feel 'less than' just because they're asking for help," she said.
The holiday fundraising drive accounts for about 80 percent of Issaquah Community Services' annual budget.
The fund has received more than $800,000 in donations since its inception.
Davidson said she would always be grateful to Issaquah Community Services for coming into her life at a time when she most needed it.
"There's no one else like them out there, that helps the way they do," she said, "and with the attitude that they have."
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Rosecrans' Maddie Chandler shoots the ball during a game this season. The Bishops play Holgate in a Division IV state semifinal at 6 p.m. today at Ohio State's Value City Arena.
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Two years ago, shortly after Montalto accepted the position as head coach of the Vikings soccer team, he was approached by Collick. In need of a special teams boost, Collick asked Montalto to gauge some of his players' interest in kicking for the football team. ...


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How to go from stressed out to certain with your finances in 2014.
An effective budget will take you from stress to certainty with your finances. Check out this budgeting success story from "petra09″ in the You Need A Budget forum to see how she transitioned from constant money worries to peace of mind – in spite of losing her job.
"In Feb, I hit a wall with controlling my finances. The year prior, due to a generous gift, I had become debt-free and yet within a few months I was again on the way to credit card debt hell. Despite all my efforts, I was still confused each month as to how my expenses were miraculously covered by my income and the credit card [debt] was growing again.
On top of this, I knew my job was going to be cut in a matter of months and despite shoving money into an account each month, I had no idea if it was enough or why I didn't seem to be getting anywhere with savings. Then there was a car to buy, a cat surgery required, and my own surgery to pay off. Going to the grocery story was an exercise in guilty "I think I have enough" purchases, going out with friends was a drink away from a panic attack, and no matter what I did, I never felt confident all the bills would be covered.
I would neurotically check my balances, but never know whether it was enough despite spreadsheets, post-it notes, and a very patient boyfriend who couldn't understand my feeling of helplessness due to his own innate budgeting ability. Worst of it: I knew I wasn't in true danger. I had friends in far worse situations, not to mention folks who were relying on friends and family to keep them from losing their homes. Why couldn't I just get this right? What would happen if I didn't do something?
I googled budget software and threw myself at the mercy of YNAB hoping I wasn't a completely lost cause. I gave myself completely to the Four-Rule methodology, gave every dollar a job, and told myself that even though I didn't know where that $60 was going to come from to pay for it, at least it was better than doing nothing.
Ten months later, I was happily reviewing my end-of-year numbers and came across a note I'd made that day in my "Rainy Day Funds" line item:
My 2013 Financial Goals:
1) Pay off debt ($1103.20)
2) Save $6000 in emergency money ($600/mon)
3) Put $1000 down on car payment in Nov ($111/mon)
I sat back in my chair and was overwhelmed in gratitude and pride. Thanks to YNAB, I had not only completed each and every one of those goals with money to spare, I had done a complete 180 on how I felt about finances.
I no longer worry about if I can pay off the credit card balance – now it's always paid off in full each month. I can go out to drinks with friends and not sit there in a state of panic of whether that cocktail means I can't make rent at the end of the month (I don't even understand how that could happen now). When I got the layoff date, I was quickly able to finance my car (with a generous down payment) without worrying about how I was going to make the monthly payment while unemployed. Why? Because I had not only met my emergency savings goal, but I had modeled out what life unemployed would look and had budgeted appropriately. Now that I'm job hunting, I'm armed with data to know whether or not a salary will work for my life rather than hoping everything will be covered "somehow." I'm confident in my spending and saving decisions rather than paranoid and stressed.
YNAB gave me the control I needed over my finances to take back my life and make my money work for me rather than hold me hostage each month. Every time I open my app and add a transaction or budget for Feb in Dec, I feel good. I know I'm taking care of myself and with the habits YNAB has helped me form, I'm just kinda a better human being. This year, my 2014 financial goals won't be a "hope this works…" dream – they'll be solid numbers I know I can make happen.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to the YNAB team and this forum. You've changed my life and I couldn't be more grateful. I think my friends are a little sick about how much I love this software, but seriously, I couldn't be where I am without it.
Have an awesome successful 2014 and happy budgeting to all!"
4 Responses to "How to go from stressed out to certain with your finances in 2014."
I could have written this post (although not nearly as well). I have been fortunate to have reasonably high salaries for many years of working, but somehow the bottom line never seemed to follow and I felt those some feelings of "What happens if something changes". I found YNAB though a ad on daringfireball, of all things and gave it a shot (Have to say the 37 day-trial is genius).
Bottom line is nearly the same – all debt except the mortgage gone, really looking at every purchased before making it, which by itself was a lifestyle change I should have made 20 years ago.
It's hard to explain to others the power of the YNAB system, but I try and several people close to me got a nice gift certificated this year for Christmas. I can only hope they can really make it work.
Thanks to all here for the great stories and encouragement.
I can totally understand these feelings of freedom, calmness, and gratitude. To say that YNAB has totally changed the way I deal with money is still an understatement.
12 months ago I was at the edge of getting into serious financial trouble and sinking deep into debt – for the 4th time during the last 5 years. After losing my job in spring I knew that this was litetally the last chance to become mature in how I deal with money.
Only 9 months later I have paid off most of my debt, have settled payment plans for the remaining debt, am totally aware of my financial situation and how to live inside my means, and have turned around my whole life in terms of money. I now have some solid data to work and plan with.
And best of all: For the first time in over 10 years I am able to spend money on myself (clothes, fun, going out, etc.) without guilt, fear or worries.
This is such a liberating feeling, and if this was the only goal I achieved in 2013, the year would still be a total success!
I've only been using the system for a month, and I'm $679 up from where I expected to be, which can be allotted to rainy-day funds. I need a bit more training on the software to understand how to conceptualize it on the budget — DH promised he'd watch the training DVD with me and go through the workbook. I already did it on my own, but I do need his help.
What I'm proud of is that Dec wasn't the thriftiest month, and yet I'm still $679 up! I'm really excited about this.
My goals for 2014 are:
1. pay off credit card;
2. get to month ahead and buffer;
3. rebuild emergency fund.
Any goals after that would be
1. saving up for home down-payment (for live-income property);
2. saving up for things that will need repair/replace in the coming months (our computers, part of our work and play, are 4 and 2 yrs old — so they'll need work; we may need to replace a car);
3. save as much as humanly possible in retirement funds.
I am a total Ynab convert since February 2008. My goodness, nearly six years of peace of mind. Since 2008 I have eliminated my overdraft and have a serious positive balance. Paid off, five maxed out credit cards and even have some serious savings.
I now get slightly freaked out if I haven't updated Ynab for a while. It doesn't take long to do once or twice a month and I love knowing that I am in control of my finances and the bank is not taking any of my hard earned money as punishment for having an overdraft, nor are the credit card companies charging me hefty interest fees, which effectively double the cost of anything I buy.
Yipee I'm free to live as I want
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Hey everyone, names Will. from Hayward CA (near San Francisco) i own a 1982 Datsun Maxima. Had the car for about 5 months and plan on working on it for the rest of my life hahah. just took some new pics so i thought id show em'
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Expanding rather on a theme from earlier in the week, this is why I believe dressing well is a source of unexplored pleasure for men.
For a few years it has been acceptable for men to be into cooking (to care what goes into their body). The feminine aroma has finally been left behind with the previous generation. It's also now acceptable for men to regularly visit the gym (to care what their body looks like). The homoerotic associations have pretty much gone.
But caring about how you dress is still considered effeminate or 'gay'. Clothes are the last area where modern man cannot be seen to be making an effort. So he doesn't.
That's his first mistake. The effort should never be seen, whether you're into clothes or not. The best style is casual, easy, nonchalant. It's just something you threw on in the morning. Such is the quality of your wardrobe and your accumulated taste that it may actually be what you just threw on that morning.
What's more, the world's male style icons were not pretty boys. Cary Grant, Gianni Agnelli or Edward VII; Steve McQueen or David, the Duke of Windsor: all of them probably had more women than you. They were real men, famous men, stylish men. And they never flounced.
Clothes are as necessary as food or fitness. You have to put something on, so why not make it something you like?
Make it something that flatters you. Or, perhaps a more alien concept today: make it something that flatters other people. For dressing well to meet someone is a compliment to them. If you turn up to a meeting dressed smartly, then it reflects your opinion about the importance of the person you are meeting and the meeting itself.
Women understand this well. If someone throws a dinner party and goes to great lengths to make their house, their food and their person attractive, what impression do you give by not going to a fraction of that effort in your own dress?
But all this could just sound like scolding. By far the biggest reason for dressing well is that it is an opportunity to express who you are. I don't care if you do that through wearing bespoke suits or vintage seventies Japanese-print T-shirts.
However, the fact is that most men that wear jeans and a T-shirt are not expressing anything, apart from laziness. They say they're comfortable. They're not. A soft-cotton shirt and flannel trousers are much more comfortable – they feel more like pyjamas than jeans. Men are comfortable in that attire because they are used to it, because it is easy.
It's time to stop hiding behind excuses that mask fear, and dress up.
Bespoke, if you can afford it, is the answer. Because bespoke allows you to design your own clothes. Not everyone that uses bespoke has suits made. My tailor has made cycling jerseys, cropped jackets and capes. It's limited only by what you can imagine.
Of course suits make up the majority of bespoke clothing and most of this book will be concerned with them. But many of the principles, from cloth selection to tips on the fitting process, apply equally well to other types of dress.
Tailoring can be scary. It's not easy to know how to describe what you want or whether you're getting value for money. That anxiety is dispelled by knowledge, which is what these posts endeavour to provide. Whether you're bespeaking a whole new suit or just having some jeans altered, the facts you need are here somewhere.


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Amber Rose: I had a C-section instead of planned home water birth
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Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa's son, Sebastian, had a plan of his own when it came time for his birth. In an appearance on "The Ricki Lake Show" on Tuesday, the 29-year-old model opened up about the Feb. 21 delivery of her first child and how her plan of a home water birth "went down the drain."
After watching Lake's film about home births, "The Business of Being Born," Rose was so inspired that she decided to have a home water birth as well. "Today was the first day of my home birthing classes," she tweeted Jan. 13. "No meds, no hospital, just the privacy of my own home. I'm so excited for this experience!"
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Rose had a birthing pool, midwives and a doula ready to help her, but at 37 weeks pregnant, the first-time mom-to-be learned that her baby was breech, or feet-first.
"My ideal birth plan was just down the drain," she said on "The Ricki Lake Show." "I tried mugwort, acupuncture and then my last resort was an inversion, which is when you go to the hospital and they manually try to turn your baby," she revealed. "They push his head down and push his butt up. ... It hurt a lot. It was very painful. I cried."
But the procedure didn't work, and Rose accepted that she would have to undergo a C-section to deliver her son. "Of course it wasn't ... what we wanted to happen, but as mentally prepared as we were for the home birth, we had to get as prepared for the C-section," Khalifa, 25, explained in a prerecorded video clip.
"When I went in, I was terrified, shaking. I was so scared," Rose shared. "But then Wiz came in [and] he just talked to me the whole time."
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Their son, Sebastian "The Bash" Taylor Thomaz, was born on Feb. 21. "All of a sudden we heard Sebastian cry and then we both started crying," Rose recalled. "We were like, 'Oh my gosh, our baby's here!'"
"I feel like I made the right decision," Rose said. "But I knew right after having a C-section that [with] our next baby I definitely want to have my baby at home."
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Bob Thomas, RMP, CRS, GRI, owner of KTB Property Management in Sacramento, a local leader in the residential property management field, has recently returned from the 24th annual Convention of the National Association of Residential Property Managers held in Crystal City, Va., Oct. 16-19.
The association celebrated its 24th convention anniversary during the event while the various general sessions emphasized professionalism and leadership by example. Workshops offered current attendees information to help residential property managers keep abreast of the lasts developments in the industry. Suppliers and vendors were also present with samples of goods and services for improving the management of property.
"The NARPM annual convention is a great way to keep in touch with current trends and changes in our industry and to locate products helpful for efficient property management and professional development" said Thomas. "Workshop topics ranged from the latest trends in social networking to ethics to managing effective and profitable teams. As always there was a strong emphasis on the NARPM designation program in residential property management."
Thomas has received his Residential Management Profession designation from the National Association of Property Managers along with a Certified Residential Professional Designation from the National Association of Realtors. He is also a graduate of the REaltor Institute placing him in the top 1 percent of all property managers nationwide.
More than 600 individuals were in attendance at the annual event. There are more than 4,000 members of NARPM, the nation's only professional organization dedicated exclusively to enhancing the professionalism and ethic of the residential property management industry.
For more information contact: Thomas at his office, 8880 Cal Center Drive, Suite 400, in Sacramento, call 916-2179180 or visit ktbpropertymgmt.com.


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REVIEW: Chasing Smoke by K. A. Mitchell
Dear Ms. Mitchell.
This book reads like what I imagine being inside a guy's head must be like. Lots of stonewalling, lots of mixed motivations, lots of confused emotions. This ability you have to get emotions perfectly right and to show how they are so very wrong-headed is both the beauty and the problem with this book.
Daniel Gardner is back at his childhood home in Easton, PA for Christmas and then to supervise the final packing for his mother's move to Harrisburg. The story opens with a break-in at his mother's house on Christmas Eve. In the aftermath, he meets Detective Trey Erikkson, his teenage crush and first-fumblings compatriot. They haven't met in 15 years since Trey ran away to bootcamp and there's hard feelings between them, as well as the mystery that encompasses the break-in, Trey's mother's murder and father's imprisonment for it, and later criminal shenanigans.
It's the suspense plot that made the book less than brilliant. While I could get behind the conspiracy theory of the final revelation and I enjoyed the slow reveal of Daniel and Trey figuring out the mystery, the plot itself was Swiss cheese. Why would Daniel's mother's move spark the break-ins? Why wasn't the culprit looking for the item he was looking for before the move? And, oh look! There just happened to be a letter stuck in a drawer of an otherwise completely empty desk! And, oh! it's just what our heroes need for the case! Please. And, eventually, why, exactly, were Trey's parents were killed? Considering this was the foundational act for entire book, the explanation lacked a little believability. There were explanations, don't get me wrong, but the reasons were so flimsy, much suspension of disbelief was necessary.
And that's a shame, because the book was wonderful, relationship-wise. As with Collision Course, the characters were so real. Frustratingly so, for most of the book. These were two guys, both of whom had trouble accessing and expressing their emotions, trying to work through more than 20 years of feelings between them, sorting out the good from the bad and the new from the old. You did an amazing job of integrating these layers. There were no intrusive info-dumps. All memories and old feelings were appropriate to the present-day situation in which they arose. I was never lost, except in that the characters themselves were lost.
And, as I said above, herein lies the genius and occasionally the downfall of the story. Both Daniel and Trey, in self-preservation and sheer bloody-mindedness, spend lots of time avoiding their emotions. Acting from emotional self-preservation, their motivations, both overt and unspoken, changed almost as often as they had sex (i.e.: a LOT), which made them incredibly realistic and maddeningly frustrating at times. I frequently marveled at your skill in building the incredibly convoluted inner lives of these men as I wanted to slap some sense into both of them.
As always with your writing, the story itself raised the emotional crises to which the characters responded, which is the way it's supposed to be. That is, while both characters were dealing with the issues that the last 20 years of their relationship raised, the main emotional arc of the story came from their interaction with each other. None of the "I loved you as a teen, but you rejected me, so everything I do now is response to that decade-and-a-half old diss!" They worked through those issues as they worked through new issues that their modern day interaction raised.
I think this internal exchange Trey has shows everything I'm trying to say:
Trey let his head fall back against the corkboard with a deep thud, but it didn't seem to restore his common sense. He still wanted to take Danny upstairs, into his bed, where they could try some of those things they'd missed out on fifteen years ago. When Trey had been too scared, scared of himself and scared of Danny to let it go that far. Trey had plenty of time off in the bank. He'd take a few days leave and they'd live on pizza and sex until the lube ran out.
And he didn't care if Danny had a boyfriend waiting,* that in a few weeks Danny would be back in D.C. and Trey would still be here with his Post-Its and pictures and printouts. He just wanted. He hadn't let himself want anything in so long he could actually feel it, like some animal rolling around in his guts, clawing a hole Trey had to find a way to fill before he bled to death.
He forced a memory of his father into his mind. "Promise." It was one of the last coherent things his father had said to him, before the mini-strokes had eaten away the rest of his language skills. Trey didn't have any business taking a week off to fuck his brains out. And then there was the realization of how much smaller his life would be when Danny left it again.
I said in my last review of your work that you have a gift for writing sex and that's still true. I'd say at least a third of this book is sex, but I never got tired of it, I never rolled my eyes at yet another sex scene, because every single one advanced the emotional plot, every single one pulled me in and was damn hot, and every single one was different and fun. The book was worth reading for that alone–not that it's pure stroke fiction, because it's not. But it's female stroke fiction: it's just as much about the emotions as the sex. As it should be.
I adore your writing. And for what I read for–the emotions, the characters, two thick-headed men stumbling their way to love–this book delivered in spades (whatever that means). The romance of this book gets a solid and thoroughly enjoyed B and finally made me go out and buy the rest of your backlist (::sob:: not big enough!). The suspense plot, however, probably gets a C- and that's generous. But as the romance is so much more important, both to me AND to the narrative, the novel as a whole gets a B-. And I look forward to your next book, whatever it might be.
-Joan/Sarah F.
*The boyfriend is dealt with beautifully, BTW. No cheating, I promise.
This book can be purchased in ebook format from Samhain beginning on June 9, 2009.


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Snarkasm wrote:XFX is usually double lifetime. Hard to beat.
The AMD Radeon HD 6800 and 6900 Series cards support six simultaneous displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600.
I dunno what DP is. I connected the monitors using the group way because IIs the monitor you're connecting to displayport connected with DP?
Is that DP adapter an active DVI to DP adapter?
If you're creating a group (what Eyefinity calls "SLS"), are all monitors the same resolution?
Please note that creating a group gives you
the advantage of being able to span games across multiple displays, or the taskbar
across multiple displays. A group is not
needed for the "connect a bunch of monitors"
aspect of Eyefinity.
There are two types of DisplayPort adapters. Active and passive. All of your adapters need to be active type. Check online to make sure that they are.
If you're having issues making an eyefinity group, you are doing some of the following things wrong:
1. Your DP adapters for the third (or more) monitor are not active.
2. You are trying to connect a monitor to HDMI.
3. All monitors are not of the same native resolution.
Yes, all the monitors should be 1440x800 if they're all the same. The PC doesn't know you've rotated any of them unless you tell it, though, so it's fine.
Even so, the PC won't care. As long as the drivers and the display agree with their orientation.
Thrax said:
Disclaimer: I work for AMD.
The AMD Radeon HD 6800 and 6900 Series cards support six simultaneous displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600. This requires monitors, splitters or hubs that support DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport. Using this technology, you can run 3 displays per Mini DisplayPort port on these cards. MST-enabled hubs or displays are pretty rare (and expensive) until the spring, but I wanted to point out that the multi-monitor capabilities of these cards is going to improve again in the spring.
Without using hubs or splitters, you can get four simultaneous displays working on these cards. You can connect two 1920x1200 monitors via DVI, and any monitor beyond that has to be connected to one of the two Mini DisplayPort jacks on the card. If your monitors aren't mDP, these cheap adapters will do the trick.
If you would rather use three 2560x1600 displays, connect two displays via mDP, and connect the third to the top DVI port.
At this time, NVIDIA cannot support more than three simultaneous displays, and you must buy two GPUs to do it.
//EDIT: For your needs, I recommend the Radeon HD 6850.
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Today's birthday (Jan. 2). Your calm demeanor makes you well suited to a pressurized situation. Career: You'll have early success with very little training, but catch up on studies in March so you can take advantage of an opportunity. You'll save the day for someone in June. Your lucky numbers are: 50, 3, 33, 28 and 9.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Tension might be caused by a loved one you sometimes compare yourself to.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). You're careful not to waste time, especially not the time of a total stranger.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). You will be rooting for someone, hoping to lift this person to new levels.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Everybody wants something. Start with the people who want something small.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). People will reveal their character to you; you just have to know what to listen for.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You don't want to push the ones you love into uncomfortable areas, but you have to.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Be careful not to waste time wishing things were different than they are.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What you do today you do specifically to please yourself. You deserve it!
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are both smart and wise, so you make internal notes, not public remarks.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People seem to hate leaving you, but you have a schedule to keep, too.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You rather enjoy the self-reflection that comes when there is no one else around.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You sense what people long to hear and will express it beautifully. You don't mind.
Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate


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Senate Joint Resolution 127 proposes to amend Article I of the Tennessee Constitution by adding anti-abortion language. Tennessee has interpreted its due process rights to mean that women have "procreational rights" and, although supporters of the resolution claim that this provides broader protection than that provided by the federal government, Tennessee courts found these rights do not differ from those in Roe vs. Wade.
In Davis vs. Davis, a woman and her ex-husband fought over frozen embryos and a person's right to decide to become a future parent. The man won and so, the birth of procreational rights. So why do our legislators want to afford women fewer protections than men? Why would men be secured their "right to privacy," as guaranteed in Article I, Section 8, where due process and liberty are fundamentally contracted, while women have "fine print" limiting their liberty?
SJR 127 would add the fine print, and in one year it will be on our ballots. Be sure to check out how legislators voted. Our chance to vote comes in 2014.


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David and Sam get married
Postedon Oct 14, 2010 at 01:00 pm
Keith Berner reports on a wedding that recently took place in Washington D.C. - "the utter joy of the event was transcendent" - although the happy couple still faces heavy challenges due to the federal government not recognizing their marriage.
Bridal Bliss: Love at First Sight
Postedon Oct 13, 2010 at 02:30 pm
Bobbi Misick profiles the wedding of Aisha Mills and Danielle Moodie of Washington, D.C. (the first lesbian wedding ever featured by Essence Magazine), who were recently married in Long Island, N.Y.
Anti-marriage equality group asks U.S. Supreme Court to take D.C. marriage case
Postedon Oct 13, 2010 at 11:00 am
A group headed by Bishop Harry L. Jackson which had opposed the freedom to marry in the city says it filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the justices to take their case.
Freedom to marry law an economic boon for CT
Postedon Oct 11, 2010 at 01:00 pm
On Oct. 10, 2008, the Connecticut Supreme Court legalized marriage for same-sex couples, and since then an estimated 2,500 gay and lesbian couples have traveled here to be joined, generating what one economist calculates has been a $40 million stimulus for restaurants, hotels, wedding photographers and caterers.
Will Obama appeal DOMA court rulings?
Postedon Oct 08, 2010 at 12:00 pm
President Obama's commitment to repealing the Defense of Marriage Act is likely to come under enhanced scrutiny next week when the U.S. Justice Department announces its decision on whether or not it will appeal federal court rulings against the statute.
Marriage is being saved by gays—in the District
Postedon Sep 30, 2010 at 11:15 am
Jonathan Capehart discusses the dramatic rise in weddings taking place in Washington D.C. since the enactment of the freedom to marry there.
Will you marry us, Virginia?
Postedon Sep 21, 2010 at 08:00 am
Melissa Castro writes about proposing to her partner and discusses Virginia, which does not have a marriage law that is inclusive of lesbian and gay couples.
Immigration overhaul could leave gay couples out
Postedon Sep 13, 2010 at 10:30 am
Though five states and D.C. issue marriage licenses to gay couples, a large number of the 24,000 so-called binational couples in long-term relationships live in states that do not allow or recognize gay marriage, and federal immigration laws do not allow sponsorship of foreign-born spouses for same-sex couples as they do for heterosexual U.S. citizens.
Kerry Eleveld: 'If you don't support marriage equality, you don't support equality.'
Postedon Sep 07, 2010 at 08:00 am
Kelly Eleveld discusses The Washington Post's endorsement of an anti-gay candidate: "When The Washington Post endorsed Delano Hunter for D.C. City Council it endorsed homophobia by justifying his stance against marriage equality.
Leslie Gabel-Brett: Obama Stand Does Gay Americans No Favors
Postedon Sep 03, 2010 at 10:30 am
Lambda Legal's Leslie J. Gabel-Brett criticizes President Obama for what some see as a lack of progress on LGBT-related issues.


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It was maybe the next best thing to being there.
Down the road from the Academy Awards, musicians and models found common schmoozing ground at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar viewing dinner in West Hollywood.
Lithe supermodel Naomi Campbell sat next to music mogul Quincy Jones, then gripped hands and chatted with Steven Tyler and the party host himself, Elton John.
Bono, wearing his customary tinted shades, gleefully kissed Jones on the top of his head, then hugged statuesque model Petra Nemcova.
"Elton's a warrior on the HIV, AIDS scourge, since before anyone can remember," Bono told The Associated Press. "Like Bruce Springsteen is 'the Boss', Quincy is 'the President.' He is so unique. And Elton is both 'the king' AND 'the queen.'"
Other music royalty at the party included Dave Grohl, Michael Buble and pixie-haired Miley Cyrus, the latter flitting around in a sexy backless white dress.
— Solvej Schou — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/Solvej_Schou
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POSTED: 10:15 p.m. HST, Jul 5, 2011
LAST UPDATED: 2:05 a.m. HST, Jul 6, 2011
A Waikoloa house was fully engulfed in flames when Big Island firefighters arrived at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Fire officials say the cause of the blaze is suspicious, and police are also investigating.
No one was injured in the fire, which caused an estimated $310,500 damage to the home located at 68-3820 Manuaihue Place.
According to bystanders, there were no known occupants, fire officials said.
Firefighters got the call at 4:23 p.m. and were on scene in seven minutes. The fire was under control by 5 p.m., according to a press release.
Nine fire companies responded to the call.


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Leading by Example
#SharetheKhayr #InspiringYouth #QIttihadWindsor
The Calgary chapter served close to 3000 meals (!)
The Toronto team pulled out all the stops!
The folks in Melbourne served up a real treat in conjunction with Youth Projects and FreshPlus.
The Kuala Lumpur Chapter proving as usual that excellence is a habit, a great effort from a huge volunteer team ma sha Allah.
Choosing a park in London, UK was an excellent idea for Qabeelat Shams where they gave out not just food but clothes, shows, toys, and much more! Make sure you click on the links above to see more...
Our Sweden team really took to the streets, feeding hundreds who didn't find their way to the centre...
Few do local community work as good as our Melbourne team. True champions, and so cool too!
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The collective work of moms everywhere is so incredibly significant that it almost seems too limiting to honor them only one day each year. Thousands of years of paternalism has allowed society to feel entitled to receive the oft unnoticed contributions mothers offer households, while presuming moms' ignorance in other categories - especially household finances. It would, however, be a dreadful mistake to ignore the keen financial instincts of moms.
Married couples have a tendency to dole out household duties in the form of roles for which individuals are best suited. This is an entirely wise strategy that optimally leads to a more efficient and livable familial space.
Even if Mom is the household member least interested in asset allocation, insurance deductibles and itemized deductions, it's vitally important to include Mom's non-financial thoughts in financial decisions. This is because personal finance is more personal than it is finance, among other things. Here are three areas of personal finance where a mom's stereotypical instincts are especially valuable, if not vital:
2. Investing - Here again, Dad stereotypically makes investing decisions by focusing on that which gives the best opportunity for return, downplaying the inherent likelihood that the stock or fund with the greatest potential for return also possesses the highest probability of loss. But woe to the man who ignores Mom's gut feeling to make capital preservation a higher priority in the handling of the family nest egg. The world's best investors focus more on risk than return.
3. Nurturing - Financial planning is a process, not a product, and much like moms are often the parent most attuned to the nuanced evolution of their offspring - from newborn to adult - a mother's nurturing instincts are well suited to seeing that the financial planning process has a forward-thinking trajectory. While dads are stereotypically project-oriented - occasionally spending weeks, months or even years in a special place called Oblivion - moms are often best suited to get the myriad of financial to-dos produced in a plan checked off.
It's rare that we'd range as far as household finances to find affirming words for moms on Mother's Day, especially when considering the plethora of other tangible and intangible benefits they bring to our families, but financial planning is yet another important subject in which a mom's innate maternal instincts should be recognized and heeded. And thank you to moms: all of you reading this, one special mom of mine who still nurtures so gently, and my wife, an inspirational example of motherhood who truly brings a healthy balance to me.
Ryan Fox is the Gettysburg director for the Financial Consulate, a fee only financial advisory firm. He can be reached at 717-334-1861, email@example.com, or www.ryanfox.info.


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|Identification of functionally important amino acids in a novel indigo-producing oxygenase from Rhodococcus sp. strain T104.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 18404265 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|A novel indigo-producing oxygenase gene, designated ipoA (1,197 bp) was characterized from Rhodococcus sp. strain T104. Three indigo-negative mutations (A58V, P59L, and G251D) were obtained through random mutagenesis using an E. coli mutator strain. Subsequent saturation mutagenesis resulted in the identification of nine and three amino acid substitutions that restore activity in the A58V and P59L mutants, respectively. Activity was not restored in the G251D mutation by any other amino acids. Interestingly, activity in the A58V mutant, where a methyl group is only replaced by an isopropyl side chain, is restored by a variety of amino acids, including polar ones. A molecular modeling study suggests that the residues at positions 58, 59, and 251 of the T104 IpoA enzyme are far from the active site, indicating that the mutations must alter the overall structure of the enzyme.
|Na Ra Kwon; Jong-Chan Chae; Ki Young Choi; Miyoun Yoo; Gerben J Zylstra; Young Min Kim; Beom Sik Kang; Eungbin Kim
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|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2008-04-11
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|Title: Applied microbiology and biotechnology Volume: 79 ISSN: 0175-7598 ISO Abbreviation: Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Publication Date: 2008 Jun
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|Created Date: 2008-05-19 Completed Date: 2008-09-09 Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8406612 Medline TA: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol Country: Germany
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 417-22 Citation Subset: IM
|Department of Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
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Amino Acid Sequence
Amino Acid Substitution
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*, genetics, isolation & purification, metabolism
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Indoles / chemistry, metabolism*
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Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Oxygenases / chemistry*, genetics, isolation & purification, metabolism
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Rhodococcus / chemistry, enzymology*, genetics
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Traffic takes the roundabout looking east along 131st Street at Hazel Dell Parkway in Carmel.
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The Carmel City Council is poised to refinance more than $100 million in debt in pursuit of $3.6 million in savings.
The only question? Whether the savings will come mostly upfront or be spread over coming decades.
The debt stems from three bond issues from 2005 and 2006: $28 million to widen Hazel Dell Parkway and install roundabouts, $52 million to help pay for The Center for the Performing Arts and $72 million used for several road projects. ...


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Ya'akov's fight with the angel.
According to Ramban, Ya'akov's fight with the guardian angel of Eisav alludes to the suffering of the Jewish people during the times of Exile.
The fact that Ya'akov was later healed completely (see below 33:18 and Rashi ibid.) indicates that when the exile finally ends there will be no remnant whatsoever of Jewish suffering. In other words, the key emphasis here in Ya'akov's battle with the angel is not the injury that Ya'akov suffered, but rather, the fact that it was only a temporary injury.
Thus, when we observe the prohibition against eating the sciatic nerve (gid hanashe), our emphasis too should be a positive one. Namely, that rather than focusing on Ya'akov's injury to the sciatic nerve, we should stress the fact that later he was totally healed, representing the ability of the Jew to withstand all the tribulations of exile and emerge unblemished.
(Based on Likutei Sichos vol. 25, p. 174; Sefer Hasichos 5751, p. 263)