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This wine is as refreshing as the splash of a wave and the mist that rises from it. It has a lovely citrus quality, like a spritz of zest when lemon peel is bent or pricked.
There's a suggestion of grass — in the morning, cloaked in dew — and a swirl of other citrus fruits, especially pomelo, lime and grapefruit. You may notice a whiff of lemon blossoms in the aromas that rise from the glass.
The wine has broad appeal at the table. It stands up well with moderately spicy foods, especially those based on green chiles. It's outstanding with simple roasted chicken, especially when it has been basted with lemon and butter. It's also lovely with kale salad and if there's a bit of feta cheese included it's even better.
Even feta cheese drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice is a great match.
As good as these pairings are, the wine soars with seafood. Oysters-on-the-half-shell, maybe at the coast? Don't forget this wine, well-chilled. Steamed clams, spaghetti Vongole, petrale sole meuniere? This wine flatters them all and is in turn flattered by them.
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comScore October 2011 data shows iPhone up to 28%
New comScore data has shown that the iPhone 4S launch helped keep Apple's smartphone share growing in the US despite Android. Although Android grew 4.4 points to a new high of 46.3 percent in the US between July and October, the iPhone grew a point by itself to 28.1 percent. As usual, all of Android's gains were at others' expense, with the BlackBerry dropping as much as Google gained to sink to 17.2 percent.
Microsoft's combined Windows Phone and Windows Mobile share was down to 5.4 percent, and Nokia's Symbian was now just 1.6 percent.
The growth was enough to put the iPhone into double-digit share among all cellphones, at 10.8 percent. Samsung was the leader but was exactly flat, while LG, Motorola, and RIM were all losing ground to Apple.
Results here won't reflect the full impact of the iPhone 4S on the market. While Apple saw banner iPhone sales on the opening weekend, it had just two weeks of its new phone on the market. Apple had said that sales of the iPhone had dropped in the last few months before the 4S as customers waited for the new device. Data in the next month or two later will show more of the full scale of the launch as well as the effect on Android of losing Sprint as a 'safe zone' where the iPhone doesn't compete.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — South Carolina is getting a $553,918 grant to help reduce the amount of pollution created by diesel school buses, the U.S. EPA announced this week.
The federal funds will be used to replace old buses with new low emission hybrids and to retrofit existing buses with cleaner technology.
The EPA is using dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund proposals from last year's National Clean Diesel Campaign grant competition. The state project will create jobs while protecting South Carolina's air quality, the EPA said.
The South Carolina Department of Education (SDE) will replace four existing 65-passenger school buses with four hybrid electric buses. The department will also retrofit crankcase ventilation filtration systems on 500 of its 1995 model buses. That upgrade will result in an estimated 4.7 ton reduction in diesel emissions, according to the EPA.
The state received a $244,500 Clean School Bus USA grant last year and $500,000 under the same program in 2006. The latest grant was one of six announced Monday in the EPA's southeast region.
Education officials will work with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to decide where the four new hybrid electric buses will be put into service, based on environmental and air quality conditions throughout the state. The new grant will also pay for the DHEC to conduct training on specific actions school bus drivers should take to eliminate unnecessary diesel idling.
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Jack MacTaggart, a single, young lawyer working in Pasadena, unexpectedly finds himself representing Mrs. Sydney Everett, a wealthy, much-fawned over client of the law firm Henley and Hargrove.
Mrs. Everett's usual attorney is Jared Henley, grandson of the firm's founder, but because "Jared was vacationing in Cancun or Bimini, or wherever it was that slow-witted grandchildren with trust funds went to mate with others of their kind," MacTaggart is tapped for the job.
The case involves the sudden demise of Hush Puppy, Mrs. Everett's show horse, who is found dead in his stall one morning. Hush Puppy was insured for $2 million and, naturally, Mrs. Everett expects to collect.
The insurance adjuster isn't in a hurry to settle such a large claim, and he isn't the only one who thinks the death suspicious: the veterinarian confides to MacTaggart that he's pretty sure Hush Puppy was poisoned; Tara Flynn, a talented equestrienne who manages the stables at the expensive riding club where Hush Puppy boards, believes Mrs. Everett is the kind of person capable of poisoning her own horse to collect the insurance money. "And that's the worst thing you'll ever hear me say about anybody," says Tara.
Making note of Tara's statement (not to mention her good looks), Jack pursues the truth. Their long business relationship notwithstanding, the law firm of Henley and Hargrove can't represent Mrs.
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With Hush Puppy out of the way, Tara and her horse, Escalator, sweep the next contest against Olympic-level horses and riders. Can MacTaggart trust anything Tara says? Maybe Hush Puppy was the only thing standing between Tara and the championship.
Full of exciting details pertaining to the high-stakes world of show jumping, fans of legal mysteries will enjoy a fast-paced and entertaining read in "Hush Money," by Chuck Greaves. Mr. Greaves is a native New Yorker with 25 years' experience as a trial lawyer. He now lives in Santa Fe and is a featured speaker in Albuquerque at UNM's upcoming writer's conference in April. This is his award-winning first novel; a second novel featuring Jack MacTaggart is due out in June.
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Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's political action committee raised $313,000 during the past six months, or six times as much as the $52,000 raised by the state Republican Party.
Meanwhile, a committee run by state House Speaker Ken Martinez, a Democrat, raised $171,000, more than five times as much as the $33,000 raised by the state Democratic Party.
A big reason for the mismatch is that donors believe they'll get more bang for their buck by giving to an elected official rather than to a party, a University of New Mexico political scientist told the Albuquerque Journal ( http://bit.ly/1eBREEZ).
"What can the party give me? Not that much, because the party doesn't have any institutional power. It doesn't have any representation. But if I give to a legislator or an executive or someone who actually has official power, then I'm potentially gaining private benefits," Professor Lonna Rae Atkeson said.
The $52,000 raised by the Republican Party is just under half of what the party raised during the same period of 2011.
That was an off-election year similar to 2013, but the governor's personal PAC was in its infancy, and she had not begun re-election fundraising.
Republican Party Chairman John Billingsley said donors' increased interest in giving directly to the governor's PAC has made the party's job more difficult, particularly in raising money to help candidates lower on the ballot.
Billingsley ran for the party chairmanship last year on the premise that the party should distance itself from political PACs that take sides in Republican primaries.
Susana Martinez used PAC money in 2012 to weigh into Republican primary contests.
Democratic Party Chairman Sam Bregman said his party has pushed to expand its fundraising from past years but still has work to do to.
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You all loved
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Sushmita, who set many hearts panting as the sexy teacher in
Main Hoon Na
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Reports are that Mukul Abhyankar has signed the tall Bengali beauty to play the role of a hooker in his film titled 'Dogs', which also stars
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Abhyankar bets that when it comes to doffing the saree on screen no one dares to beat Sushmita.
Diana Hayden
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'Dogs' is the story of a master-slave relationship where Rishi plays a mentally deranged man and Big B is a dog trainer. Sushmita is a prostitute, whom Rishi wants to possess instead, she gets attracted to Bachchan and causes bad blood between the two heroes.
The buzz is that Sushmita will have at least one steamy sex scene in the film.
Sushmita herself says, "It's certainly not a tame stuff. I always look forward to challenges. Provided there's scope for acting, I don't mind exposing within certain limits. But beyond that it would be difficult."
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I am fairly stunned! I've just washed, dried and ironed quite a few small lengths of quilting fabric, intended for bag making. I saw on the selvedge of one piece the wording- only licensed for non commercial and home use. My jaw dropped!!
How would this hold up legally if people used this fabric to make items for sale on e.g. Etsy? If all fabric manufacturers/designers took this approach, how would sewing continue for small home manufacturers?
Has anyone else come across this? I have a huge stash of both the usual clothing fabrics and quilting fabric, and this is my first experience of it.
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I should think that it would be unlikely to hold water in court. When you sell something as a WAHM, you aren't selling the fabric, you are selling the item you have made. Its unreasonable for the fabric manufacturer to expect to maintain such control of its product.
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Orla Kierly has this on all her fabrics as well so I've seen it a few times. Since I've also seen tons of stuff on Etsy made with Orla Kierly fabrics, I don't think anybody takes any notice of it.
I really don't think the lawyers are going to chase up a single handicrafter on Etsy making a couple of bags. They might be more keen to chase up someone buying bolts and bolts of the stuff and making 100s of bags sold in shops, I suppose.
One woman. One sewing machine. One giant stack of fabric. What could possibly go wrong?
You might try checking the designer or manufacturer's website, many have some information about very small scale production use, or a place to get in touch about permission.
Sometimes it's very easy, and free, to get permission, or it's already allowed.
Where it gets tough are things like Disney or sports teams. It probably wouldn't be worth the time or money to get permission.
I always thought this quite interesting. Amy Butler originally also tried to control this but gave up after not too terribly long. I feel like its a scare tactic--you can't avoid doctrine of firdt sale by writing something like that on it!
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The fabric has been sold first (?) to the fabric shop and second, to the customer.
Cut off the selvages if the wording is haunting you. The designer cannot control who buys their fabric or they could go out of business.
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I wonder what the definition of "commercial" is in this case. Maybe it is more like making things in a factory and selling huge amounts to Walmart?
We went through all this with embroidery designs. Some companies care some don't. There were a few scare campaigns launched in the early, mid 2000's but they really didn't hold water in court. There was even this company that told you, you have to send money and some people actually did. Only a court order can order you to do that, and threats of taking your computer and embroidery machine. Basically I believe it came down to that you can sell anything you make it and commercial use would like setting up a factory and supplying it with said fabric. The major players don't really have the time to run after it.
I think you would most likely get into trouble if you were selling items made from fabric with licensed images on it (e.g., Disney characters, sports team logos).
That is true, I remember hearing from someone who got a Cease and Desist letter from Disney after daring to try to sell a Disney quilt. However, Disney are at a pretty radical extreme of that kind of behaviour.
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As reported by Allakhazam.com, one of the things that fans of Star Trek Online wanted to know was if the Borg would be included in future expansions of the game. "We've thought about it," said Zinkievich. "There are some daunting design problems, one of which would be how to deal with Borg PCs being part of the Collective. That being said, we've had some creative and cool conversations about what it might be like to play as the Borg, so maybe there will be something in the future!"
In many MMOs, players are upgraded with either currency or articles gained through defeating opponents. In Star Trek Online, there will be a different way of enriching oneself. "We're not going to have Federation captains looting corpses for gear," said Zinkievich. "Much of your currency will come either through rewards or trading. You will be able to get new technology from races you meet as you explore, or you can create new items with resources you gather or trade for and information you learn as you complete missions." Zinkievich added that there might be other ways of obtaining currency, such as "discover[ing] technology or a resource in a salvaged ship or on a planet. If you're a Starfleet captain who finds a new Klingon weapon, for example, it would make sense that you might try to adapt the technology for yourself or return it to the Federation for analysis."
Time travel will be part of Star Trek Online. "Not only does time travel play a big part in the Trek Universe, but its also really cool," said Zinkievich. "We already have content in development that will send players through time." Time travel should include seeing older ship classes. "Many of the ship classes that youre familiar with will show up in the game," said Zinkievich. "We already talked about time travel, right?"
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The Nevada Military Support Alliance is accepting donations for the families of Nevada Guard members killed during Tuesday's shooting rampage at the Carson City IHOP.
To donate, visit www.nvmilitarysupport.org and click on the button for the Guard victims. Choose the Nevada Military Support Alliance from the drop-down menu, and fill in the fields below.
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Carson Tahoe Behavioral Health Services announced it will provide grief free counseling for those impacted by Tuesday's shooting. Call 775-445-7350 to obtain help; those needing immediate care are encouraged to call the toll-free crisis line at 800-283-7671.
A makeshift memorial to three Nevada National Guardsmen and one civilian gunned down Tuesday during a shooting rampage at a Carson City IHOP has become a local symbol of mourning, confusion and anger.
"Why?" people asked Thursday as they stood before the flowers, stuffed animals and cards left for victims Maj. Heath Kelly, 35, of Reno; Sgt. 1st Class Miranda McElhiney, 31, of Reno; Sgt. 1st Class Christian Riege, 38, of Carson City; and Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67, of South Lake Tahoe. The Guard said Thursday that Riege was posthumously promoted to master sergeant effective Tuesday.
The man authorities said killed the four and wounded several others -- including an unidentified woman still hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head -- killed himself following the shooting.
Eduardo Sencion, 32, was responsible for the most violent attack both in the history of the Carson City community and for the dozens of law enforcement officers who responded to the IHOP, Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong said.
Investigators are digging into Sencion's past to determine if they can piece together the motivation behind the shooting, Furlong said. Detectives were still trying to validate information regarding possible psychiatric issues and could not say Thursday if that led to the killings, Furlong said.
"'Who is this guy?' is what they're trying to find out," he said. "Can we make a determination of a plan or a target? How did he get the gun? Who knew he had it? What rights did he have to have a gun?
"I want the answers. But I know we will not know," Furlong said of why Sencion went on his rampage. "We can't place ourselves in his mind, and he's gone."
Furlong said he is encouraging grief counseling for the first responders who witnessed the "worst law enforcement disaster in Carson City." He said many of the bloody footprints inside the restaurant belonged to police, not the suspect or the victims.
"This is a mass-shooting, mass-casualty response," he said. "When you hear that you think of floods and earthquakes. You don't think of something happening like that at a restaurant."
Those who paid their respects at the makeshift parking lot memorial were also still in shock.
"I'm really angry. Why?" asked Rick Beavers, who said he can see the IHOP restaurant sign from his bathroom window. "This is no different than a terrorist attack. What could the reason be for all of this?
"When those people sat down at the restaurant, they didn't know they were going to lose their lives," he said. "This just shows you how short life is. It's unbelievable."
Authorities said the Nevada Guard members were having a breakfast meeting when they were gunned down. Beavers said he and a friend typically sat in the same booth where the military officers sat.
"Can you imagine the fear that went through them?" he said. "I sit in that booth. I can see everything that they were seeing. How do you get out of a booth and get away from someone shooting at you?"
Eric Leavenworth, also of Carson City, was having a hard time believing what happened.
"My God, they were just having breakfast," he said. "Some guy blows in with a rifle and snuffs out their lives? For what?
"It doesn't make sense. It never will make sense," he said. "May these good people rest in peace and their families find comfort."
Joyce Munoz and Steve Linnell of Washoe Valley also came down to the memorial to pay their respects and say a prayer for the victims and their families. Both said they are not fearful of similar attacks, as Tuesday's shooting appeared random. Police in South Lake Tahoe said that in 2000, Sencion had an incident with law enforcement that caused an involuntary committal, and his mental capacity was examined. Sencion's relatives also indicated that he might have had mental health problems.
"We will probably never know what possessed him to do this," Munoz said, disappointed that the parking lot memorial was not larger.
Linnell said he was still shocked at the incident.
"This is Carson City, and you don't expect things like this to happen here," he said. "I've lived here for 36 years, and this incident just shows how the world is changing. This is our home. This should not have happened."


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During the summer between fourth and fifth grades, Adam "Melonhead" Melon, who lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., tries to stay out of trouble to earn a trip to New York City to see the giant "stink flower." Sequel to Melonhead (BR 18329). For grades 3-6. 2010.
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Ben is worried about leaving Aggie, his dog, at the vet's overnight. When Aggie comes home wearing a cone so she won't bite her stitches, Ben finds a cheerful way to make her feel better. Three short chapters. For preschool-grade 2. 2010.
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Just before the first annual chihuahua race in Salt Lake City, fourth grader Teddy Kreb's speedy chihuahua Phantom goes missing. Although Addie May Jones is annoyed by her classmate Teddy's constant teasing, the two join forces to figure out what happened to the dog. For grades 2-4. 2010.
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The major festival season, and its burgeoning live streaming component, wrapped up with last weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival. But just because there aren't 130 acts doesn't mean festival season is over. Neil Young's famed Bridge School Benefit Concert will stream for its second year in a row this Saturday with a lineup that includes Jack White, Guns N' Roses, The Flaming Lips, Foster the People, and Lucinda Williams.
This LA Times review of a previous Bridge School concert provided insight as to this is such a beloved event. "This is my favorite gig in the world," said Sheryl Crow. "After 20 years of touring."
The debate over digital music file sharing rages on, with TorrentFreak embracing an upcoming study that shows file sharers in the U.S. also buy 30 percent more music than non-file sharers and have music libraries that are 37 percent larger.
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Vizag continues to fill up its appointment diary for summer camps with a host of additional activities and classes that range from photography to Kuchipudi. So after a first round of summer camps to liven you all, MetroMela invites you to explore these as well.
Budding photographers
For those aspiring to be perfect shutterbugs, Visakha Camera Club is offering photography classes (both theory and practical). The classes would be taken from 6.30 AM to 9.30 AM, on four consecutive Sundays only, and would cover basics of photography, cameras, lenses, films, digital photography, photo composition, usage of filters and flash photography. To join up, all you need to have is a camera of your own, to be between 12 and 80 years of age and to have the willingness to sacrifice your Sunday late morning nap!
Traditional dance
Kuchipudi aspirants can contact Kuchipudi Kalakshetra and enroll for their special summer camp 'Kuchipudi dance classes', beginning 1 May. Spread out over 30 days, this camp would focus on the intricacies of this classical Indian dance form and would also impart related learning on music, culture and literature.
Spiritual awakening
Sri Gita Prachara Samiti, an organization that is devoted towards promoting the essence of the Bhagavad Gita, is starting a ten-day summer training camp for kids in the age group of eight to 16 years at its premises. The camp would begin from 1 May, from 6.30 AM, everyday. The organization would be teaching yoga, meditation, Gita Pranayam, basics of Sanskrit language, shlokas and Vedic chanting and recitation. On completion of this camp, the participants would receive a certificate of appreciation from the Sri Gita Prachara Samiti.
Fun times in store
The five-star hotel 'The Park' in Vizag goes on to give a break to parents in Vizag as they can enroll their kids at the ongoing special 'kids' summer camp' to last until 17 May. Kids, from six to sixteen years, can join up for classes in swimming, basketball, chess and exciting fun games, with snacks and movies and magic shows thrown in for good measure. You can contact 9849154488, for more details.
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The Vizag branch of Charmika Academic Research and Development Institute (CARDI) is conducting a special summer camp 'Chill Pill-09' for kids to enhance and improve memory, concentration, learning skills and, more importantly, to 'de-addict' them from unhealthy television watching. This camp would be held in association with the Yoga Village, at the yoga center's premises, from 1 to 25 May. Classes would begin at 9.30 AM with yoga and classical music and go on until 3 PM with classes in painting, art, cartoon and movie-making, creative writing, dramatics, etc. Special puppet shows too would form a part of this camp. CARDI is the Vizag branch of the Hyderabad-based educational society (with another branch in Vijayawada). This institute works with children suffering from psychological and behavioral problems/setbacks, by conducting special programs using academic and cognitive assessments and by counseling. It interacts directly with schools in helping to identify such students and in training teachers to deal with them, although parents are also encouraged to personally contact CARDI. For more details on the summer camp, you could either call Deepti Sowjanya on 0891-6459404, 6460626 or visit the CARDI office at 2A, 2nd floor, Kutpilli Apartments, Diamond Park, Dwarakanagar, Vizag – 500017.
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Macworld Special Features
Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco is going to have many events for users to participate in this year, with three Feature Presentations, 150 training conferences, and several other notable events. Macworld VP Paul Kent told MacNN that The Feature Presentations consist of the Macworld Magazine "Best of Show" awards on Wednesday afternoon, while Thursday morning holds David Pogue's "Macworld Live", and Thursday afternoon will see Andy Ihnatko's "The Process of Elimination" game show. All Feature Presentations will be accessible to registered Macworld Expo attendees.
"Best of Show" will feature all of the latest and greatest products from vendors at the conference in one place. Macworld Magazine's team of Mac product experts will be on hand to showcase products, while giving opinions on each. Macworld's "Best of Show" will occur at 2:45PM on January 16th.
"Macworld Live" is a David Letterman-style headed by New York Times technology columnist and celebrated author David Pogue, as he covers news from the show, and will feature guests, and his famous song parodies. Pogue is holding some surprises in store for attendees, and the show will happen on January 17th at 9:00AM.
Andy Ihnatko's "The Process of Elimination" game show is an open forum event where Ihnatko will pose various Apple-centric and general trivia questions in order to help one lucky contestant win the mystery grand prize. "The Process of Elimination" will be held on January 17th, at 2:45PM.


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The banding of osprey chicks at Cheesequake State Park allows conservationists to identify the osprey's place of birth in case it is injured or killed.
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As two adult osprey circled overhead, National Park Service Ranger Jeanne Heuser climbed to the top of a 17-foot high platform and snatched an osprey chick from its nest. Once back on the ground, she placed a lightweight, silver band on the fledgling's leg and safety returned it to its nest.
About a dozen people, including naturalist Jim Faczak, Heuser and members of the Edison Wetlands Association, donned heavy boots on Thursday, June 25, and trekked through the saltwater marshland at Cheesequake State Park for the tagging of the osprey chicks. ...


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Friday, July 6, 2007
Alumni Stories: Jesse
Jesse's Story...
My entry in the Medieval Studies program occurred toward the end of another Bachelors degree, in Mathematics. When I had started that program there had been some promise of employment opportunities which a few years later hadn't quite developed as planned, so I entered a second degree with the specific intent of raising my academic credentials for entry into a Masters of Library and Information Studies - both in simple terms of GPA, and in terms of having a wider range of academic background to which I could refer.
I then went on to complete the MLIS at UBC between January 2005 (immediately following my last medieval course) and November 2006. I chose Medieval Studies as that degree to enhance my application credentials due to a combination of what one might call vested interest (my family are all of various Northern European descent, being Canadian or American for only the last three generations), appreciation of the wide range of scholarship within the one program, and more specifically being totally engaged by the MEDI electives I had taken mid-way through my BSc – more so than any other free electives.
Despite current qualifications as a Librarian, I am continuing to investigate opportunities to further enhance my Academic qualifications, as the field is just competitive enough that another Graduate degree would be a tremendous asset for upward mobility. To that end, I am looking into a manner of utilizing the skills, concepts, connections, and experience gained in the Medieval Studies program in order to devise some manner of Interdisciplinary research program as just one of several avenues.
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SwitchEasy, USBfever launch three new iPhone 4 cases
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USBfever case includes rechargable battery
Three new cases, one a power pack, have launched for the iPhone 4, two from SitchEasy, the Vulcan for iPhone 4 and the Glitz for iPhone 4 and one from USBfever, the Power Pack with Click Stand for iPhone 4. SwitchEasy's Vulcan is a hydro polymer semi-soft case that is both resistant to scratches and tears. It is a thin, semi-transparent case with coverings for all buttons and jack and dock add-on seals. It ships with two anti-static screen guards and arrives in either ultra black or ultra clear. The Vulcan for iPhone is shipping now for $20.
The Glitz for iPhone is also hydro polymer with a polycarbonate hard surface with a glimmer shield that creates reflections at multiple angles. It too has coverings for all buttons and jack and dock add-on seals. It offers good grip but can be easily slid into and out of shirt and pants pockets. The black case ships with two screen guards and a video stand for $28.
USBfever's Power Pack with Click Stand is case with an ultrathin rechargeable battery built in. It charges via a micro-USB port and has overcharging protection. The battery is rated at 1400mAh, the case has a kickstand for media viewing and arrives in black, with white versions to ship soon. It costs $40.
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A Caldwell teenager is fighting for his life at a Houston hospital after being critically injured in a two vehicle crash Saturday night around 8:45.
The crash happened in Burleson County near Lyons and shut down traffic on FM 60 east for about two hours.
Department of Public Safety trooper, Sgt. David Adkins says, 16-year-old Christopher Schultz was traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his vehicle and veered into the path of a westbound Dodge truck.
Schultz suffered a serious head injury and was transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan where he underwent emergency surgery and was later airlifted to Texas Children's Hospital.
Adkins says the two people in the pickup were not injured.
Of the three people involved in the wreck, Adkins says, Schultz was the only one not wearing a seatbelt.
Meantime, a candlelight vigil is held Monday evening in Caldwell. The gathering will take place at 7 p.m. downtown on the square near the courthouse. Organizers are inviting those who attend to wear boots in honor of Christopher Shultz and are encouraging everyone to bring a candle.
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High Strung, the Luxury Flats
must be something in the water up there: Besides turning out
the one and only Jerome Bettis (our favorite NFL running back
ever!), Detroit has produced a staggering amount of
great pop music. Wunderkinds Brendan Benson and Jack White
are Detroitians; acts from Alice Cooper to the Stooges to
Kid Rock have proudly flown their hometown flag. So the High
Strung have quite a legacy to live up toand from the sounds
of their second disc, Moxie Bravo, theyre well on
their way to adding to that legacy. Their sorta soulful indie-rock
sound makes all the right referenceslisten for shades of
Big Star and the Beatles, early Sloan, and contemporaries
like the Shins and the Bigger Lovers. Opening tonights show
are the Luxury Flats, a Hudson-based rock act who sound like
a T-Rex-obsessed My Morning Jacket. Highly recommended. (March
16, 9 PM, $5, 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, 432-6572)
Street, Thursday
2002 death of multi- instrumentalist Mary Hansen made many
longtime fans lament the passing of Stereolab: Her contributions
to the bands shimmering, experimental sound were innumerable.
Lo and behold, the group moved on; their most recent disc
of new material (2004s Margerine Eclipse) was regarded
as one of their best. Since then, theyve been all about the
cataloglast year, Stereolab released Oscillons From the
Anti Sun, a 3-CD/1-DVD boxed collection of EPs and B-sides,
spanning the groups remarkable 15-year history, and theyre
currently traveling in support of Fab Four Suture,
a compilation of singles released over the last year or so.
Pitchfork-approved psych- folkers Espers are also on this
evenings bill. (March 16, 8:30 PM, $20, 10 Pearl St.,
Northampton, Mass., 413-584-7771)
Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Square, Friday
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad may have begun the year as
sad pandastwo of their members were thrown in jail for smoking
a doobie in public. While they have received an otherwise
warm response from their home city, perhaps these Pandas are
looking for a new habitat. These masters of chill dub reggae
will be supporting the release of their new album Slow
Down. The group have played on bills with the Wailers,
the Meditations and even Vanilla Ice. As the Ice Man would
say: Check out the hook while the squad of Giant Panda Guerillas
revolve it. (March 17, 10 PM, $5, 388 Broadway, Albany,
Lights, Friday
the good people at Northern Lights tomorrow for their St.
Patricks Day Party with music by Celtic Cross. This seven-piece
Irish band may be exactly what the doctor ordered for the
big night (in addition to a healthy dose of green beer). In
addition to their traditional music, Celtic Crosswho have
been playing together for 18 yearswill also likely do some
rock & roll, country and R&B covers to keep things
interesting. In addition to her musical ability, lead singer
Kathleen Fee is a champion Irish step-dancer. Maybe if youre
lucky, shell show off some of her moves tomorrow night. This
show will be broadcast from 4-7 PM with Uncle Vito on WPYX
106. (March 17, 4 PM, $8, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park,
Performing Arts Studio, Saturday
OConnell, the acclaimed singer who began in the early 80s
with Celtic band DeDanaan, will be stopping in Albany as part
of her full St. Pattys weekend schedule. OConnell emphasizes
the relationship between writing and singing, doing both in
service of each individual song rather than conforming to
any specific genre. On that note, her newest album (Dont
I Know) is a mix of jazz, pop, rock and occassional glimmers
of the traditional Irish sound. Her previous work has encompassed
a broad range of collaborations: She played a street singer
in Martin Scorseses Gangs of New York, and has recorded
or performed with Bela Fleck, Dolly Parton, Van Morrison and
Rosanne Cash. Come hear the voice that Rolling Stone
has described as crystalline with a pearly timbre.
(March 18, 8 PM, $25, 339 Central Ave., Albany, 465-5233)
(Thursday), catch the Brian Kaplan Band,
Hector on Stilts and Bryan Thomas
at the Skyline in downtown Albany (8 PM, $5, 472-8150).
. . . Tomorrow (Friday), the New Age Cabaret will
host a show at its temporary home in the Scarlet
East complex on North Pearl Street; Sugar Eater,
Society High, Graystar, Kicked
and Still Reaching are scheduled to perform
(6 PM, $8, 436-3465). . . . At the Egg on Saturday,
catch a family show from Dan Zanes and
Friends (3 PM, $8-$12, 473-1845); later that
night, catch Al Kooper and Sonny Landreth
at the same venue (8 PM, $24, 473-1845). . . .
Folk legend Richie Havens performs at the
Clark Art Institute on Saturday night (413-458-2303).
. . . At Valentines this Saturday, its Sucka
Brown, Honeycreeper, and Northampton,
Mass.-based pop band Pop*A*Wheelie (9 PM,
$5, 432-6572). . . . While were on the topic
of Northampton, Canadian songstress Kathleen
Edwards returns to the Iron Horse Music Hall
this Monday night, along with the Joel Plaskett
Emergency, featuring former Thrush Hermit
frontman Plaskett (7 PM, $20, 413-584-0610).


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I don't know exactly where to start with this one.. but here I go...
When I first got Rain, she was fat and happy... such a wonderful little filly! I kept really good care of her, and she never lost any weight, and was never unkempt or at immediate risk for injury... and then for a brief amount of time I had to say goodbye to her... I had broken up with my boyfriend of 3 years, and I was forced to leave her behind until I could get the sources up here in South Carolina to bring her up here.. Finally, after about 3 months, everything was set, and Rain was ready to come home!
When I went to pick her up.. my Ex Boyfriend had padlocked all the entrances to the yard... I couldn't get in to pick her or Joey up (Joey was left behind too and we were there to pick him up as well, but I am not including him in the story because this is more focused on Rain.). Finally, I get my Ex to come back and tell him he needs to let me have my horses before I called the police. Finally he released them to me and I started on the Road back to SC.
We picked them up at 12:00 at night, so I couldnt see them that well.. and on the road back I stopped at a truck stop to buy navajo blankets to put over her and Joe since it was a very chilly ride. Finally we got back at 7:00 in the morning, and unloaded them.. The sunlight just started shining and I was shocked when I finally got a first good look at my filly.. She was thin as a rail.. her winter coat hiding months of neglect.. she hadn't been fed properly, was wormy, and had terrible rain rot. I.Was.Furious.
How dare you take out your frustrations with me, by abusing my animals?! Joey was very much neglected as well, but he was having trouble maintaining weight before. I know they got absolutely no hay, and probably only got 5% protien feed once a day. I started crying and hugging her just constantly apologizing and promising her I would never let her get harmed again.
She has been here for two months now, and is looking much, much better. Her rain rot is nearly completely gone, and she is gaining a lot of weight (she has quite the hay gut!!!) I had no idea how good she was looking until I saw the comparison pictures... take a peek for yourself:
Before I left my ex:
Upon Arrival to SC (from my Ex's "loving" care):
Her love for me never faultered, which made me sob... I wanted her to be mad with me for leaving her in such a terrible situation, and letting that happen to her.. but she loves me, she has never been angry at me.. she has completely forgiven me for practically abandoning her for those few months.
I love this filly so much, I am absolutely blessed to have her


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AT TOP: Randy Brashers takes a spin around the Xtreme Racing Center track. / Nathan Papes/News-Leader
Cat's Pajamas is one of the shows playing at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in 2013. / submitted
Branson events
There are many events planned in the Branson area. Here are some; visit individual attraction sites for more.
» May 26: Memorial Day celebrations and fireworks at Chateau on the Lake and Big Cedar Lodge; chateauonthelake.com, big-cedar.com
» June 8-July 21: National Kids Fest at Silver Dollar City; silverdollarcity.com
» July 3: Branson Landing 6th Annual Liberty Light Up Concert & Fireworks, starting at 8 p.m. bransonlanding.com
» July 4: Fourth of July celebrations at Silver Dollar City, Shepherd of the Hills Homestead, Big Cedar Lodge, Chateau on the Lake and Hollister
» July 6: Fireburst 2013 at Kimberling City, from 9-9:30 p.m.
» July 20-Aug. 4: Ride the rides and dance in the streets after dark at Silver Dollar Citys Moonlight Madness; silverdollarcity.com
» Aug. 2-4: The 25th Annual Downtown Fiddle Festival in downtown Branson. Preliminary round 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 2, finals noon-5 p.m. Aug. 4; downtownbranson.org
» Aug. 8-10: Shepherd of the Hills Summer Cruise, featuring a Show n Shine of more than 500 cars and trucks at Shepherd of the Hills Homestead; supersummercruise.com
» Aug. 23-Sept. 2: Southern Gospel Picnic at Silver Dollar City; silverdollarcity.com
» Sept. 1: Labor Day celebrations at Chateau on the Lake and Big Cedar Lodge. chateauonthelake.com,
» Sept. 12-Oct. 16: National Harvest Festival at Silver Dollar City; silverdollarcity.com
» Sept. 19-21: The 40th Annual Autumn Daze Arts & Crafts Festival in downtown Branson, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; downtownbranson.org
» Sept. 22: Revolution3 Triathlon, a competition in which participants swim, bike and run; rev3tri.com
Find lists of golf resorts, more shows, and Branson headliners at the end of this story.
Clint Black is one of many headline acts playing in Branson this year. He will perform at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre this fall. / submitted
Visitors to the Xtreme Racing Center must watch a mandatory safety video before being allowed to drive on the track. / Nathan Papes/News-Leader
If you think Branson is the same nearby staycation town youve visited in summers past, look again.
The Midwest vacation spot has been changing faces, changing shows and building extreme attractions.
Missing and missed are Andy Williams, who died in September, and Yakov Smirnoff, who left Branson to go on tour. Tony Orlando and Roy Rogers Jr. will spend their last seasons in Branson this year.
And the February 2012 tornado that tore through Branson can still be seen in some vacant lots where buildings were destroyed, primarily on the east end of Missouri 76.
But there are a lot of new shows and attractions in Branson this year as well.
(And thats not all. Click these links for related stories about things to do outdoors , family fun attractions, places to stay , fine dining , free things to do , Branson ice cream shops and tips for saving money .)
One example of a new Branson show is Ayo starring Voices of Glory at the Hughes Brothers Theatre. Voices of Glory is a vocal trio consisting of siblings Michael, Avery, and Nadia Cole, aged 20, 17 and 13, respectively.
Lena Hughes, manager of the Hughes Brothers Theatre, said the siblings, who were finalists on Americas Got Talent in 2009, have powerful, beautiful voices.
Weve seen a lot of talent come through town, and these kids are some of the finest talent weve seen, Hughes said.
The trio first appeared in Branson last winter, singing a few songs during the Christmas show at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre, but this is their own full show.
Speaking of the Moon River Theatre, perhaps no venue in Branson raised more questions going into the 2013 summer season. When longtime international star Andy Williams died in September after battling bladder cancer, some wondered about the future of the theater that bears his name.
But Moon River has a full slate of acts for this year. It is the new home of longtime Branson act Liverpool Legends, a Beatles tribute band founded by Louise Harrison, the sister of Beatles guitarist George Harrison. It is also home now to another longtime Branson performer, Irish singer Daniel ODonnell. The theater will continue to hostCats Pajamas and Oh What a Night, as it did last year.
For the holiday season, the theater will continue its annual tradition with the Andy Williams Christmas Show. This years production will star the Osmonds and the Lennon Sisters, two acts who made many appearances on The Andy Williams Show in the 1960s.
We are going to keep Andys variety format and big production, said theater General Manager Lynn Meredith. We felt that the Lennons and the Osmonds, that was a natural. I had discussed it with Andy, and he liked the idea.
In the autumn, the theater plans Moon River Weekends, in which a different headline act performs each weekend. Those will include Clint Black, Randy Travis, Lee Greenwood, Rich Little and the Happy Together Tour, which features the Turtles, Micky Dolenz, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Band, and Mark Lindsay.
Here are some other new acts in Branson this year:
Dancing Queen: ABBAs Greatest Hits, will play at the Kings Castle Theatre.
Dudu Fisher returns to the Caravelle Theatre for his first full season in Branson.
The Adventures of Marco Polo will begin in July at the White House Theatre with a cast of more than 50, large sets and elaborate costuming.
And returning for its first full season in Branson is The Price is Right Live! at the Welk Resort Theatre. The live show gives audience members the chance to come on down and win prizes, just like on the TV show, by playing the same games such as the Big Wheel and Plinko. TVs Jerry Springer will be the celebrity guest host May 24-June 8.
Some performers have new homes this year.
In addition to acts moving to the Moon River Theatre, longtime Branson magician Kirby VanBurch has moved to Music City Centre, which will be renamed the Kirby VanBurch Theatre.
Barry Williams has a new home and a new show at the RFD-TV Theatre with Totally 70s Music Explosion. Williams, known primarily for his role as Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch, leads the show with a cast and a live band that revive the 1970s through music and Williams personal experiences.
And there are the Branson standards. The citys two longest-running shows Presleys Country Jubilee and the Baldknobbers Jamboree Music Show are still going strong.
Other longtime Branson shows include the Shoji Tabuchi Show, Dolly Partons Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction, Jim Staffords Rockin Comedy Show and the Showboat Branson Belle.
Extremely fun
Branson also has some new attractions.
Perhaps the most anticipated and publicized is Silver Dollar Citys new roller coaster, Outlaw Run. It is promoted by the park as the worlds steepest wood roller coaster (with a 162-foot drop at 81 degrees), the only wood roller coaster to twist upside down three times, and the second fastest wood roller coaster in the world with a top speed of 68 mph.
In addition to that, there is the Xtreme Racing Center. There, participants can ride high-powered cars that travel up to 40 mph. The attraction, located on Missouri 76 Bransons strip also includes Sky Surfer. According to spokesman Bob Nichols, Sky Surfer was developed on the property. It is an elevated board that allows the rider to surf along the air.
There is also the Promised Land Zoo, on Shepherd of the Hills Expressway, a walk-through animal park scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend.
Another animal attraction, Bransons Wild World, features a new exhibit called Deadly & Dangerous. It contains one of the Midwests largest collection of venomous snakes, as well as octopi, spiders, dangerous fish and a mountain lion.
The Titanic Museum this year features a new gallery called Children of Titanic. It is a tribute to the 133 children on board and chronicles what they saw, heard and felt from the moment they boarded the doomed vessel.
At Branson Landing, a new zip line called Parakeet Petes is scheduled to open July 1. According to Landing spokesperson Tammy Scholten, the ride will take passengers across Lake Taneycomo, where they will enjoy a spectacular view of the Landing, the lake and downtown Branson.
Another new Landing attraction now open is Glowgolf, an indoor, glow-in-the-dark mini-golf course.
Other new shops and restaurants at Branson Landing include the Black Oak Grill, Verona Accessories, Sports Zone, Brighton Collectibles, the Paddlewheel Pub and Del Sol.
The Factory Merchants Mall, often called the red roof mall, is closed. However, many of the stores have moved to the Shoppes at Branson Meadows.
Headliners this summer and fall
Headliners this summer and fall
The Andy Williams Moon River Theatre is not the only venue booking headline acts this year.
» The RFD-TV Theatre will host Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis, Crystal Gayle, T.G. Sheppard, Janie Fricke, Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw and Joe Diffie. Check http://www.rfdtvthetheatre.com/ for details.
» The Clay Cooper Theatre will feature Mel Tillis on several weekends this fall. For details, check claycoopertheatre.com.
» The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre will host Bill Cosby, Neal McCoy, America, Three Dog Night, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Mathis, Sawyer Brown and the Gatlin Brothers. And the Oak Ridge Boys themselves will appear this autumn as part of their 40th anniversary tour. For details, check oakridgeboystheatre.com.
» The Black Oak Amphitheater, in nearby Lampe, will host Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Journey. For details, check www.blackoakamp.com.
» Larrys Country Diner, at the Starlite Theatre, features different guest stars each weekend, such as Ronda Vincent and Riders in the Sky. For details, check www.starlitetheatre.com.
» To learn more about acts at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre, visit http://www.andywilliamstheatre.com/.
Golf Branson
Golf Branson
Branson is becoming known for its easy access to many high-quality golf courses in picturesque settings. For information on any of the courses below, such as fees, dress codes and hours, visit explorebransongolf.com/courses or golfbranson.com.
Branson Creek Golf Club has been named a top public golf course in the state by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. Designed by golf course architect Tom Fazio, the course has a challenging layout in the Ozarks landscape. Located south of Hollister at the Branson Creek development, it is a short drive from the Branson Airport. Contact: 417-339-GOLF (417-339-4653); bransoncreekgolf.com.
» Holiday Hills Golf Resort features beautiful landscapes, lakes, creeks and waterfalls. It is just east of Branson on Missouri 76. Contact: 417-334-4838; holidayhills.com
» Ledgestone Country Club at StoneBridge Village meanders though a beautiful mountain setting with zoysia fairways and bentgrass greens. Contact: 417-335-8187; ledgestonegolf.com.
» Murder Rock Golf Club is an award-winning course that takes advantage of the natural beauty of its Ozarks setting. It is located south of Hollister in the Branson Creek community, just a short drive from Branson Airport. Contact: 417-332-3259; murderrock.com.
» Payne Stewart Golf Club is a tribute to legendary local golfer Payne Stewart. It also takes advantage of its Ozarks setting to create an enjoyable golf experience. Contact: 417-337-2963; paynestewartgolfclub.com.
» Pointe Royale Golf Village is a championship course that runs along the banks of Lake Taneycomo. Contact: 417-334-4477; pointeroyalegolf.net
» Thousand Hills Golf Resort is an award-winning golf and lodging resort located in Branson on Wildwood Drive. Contact: 417-336-5873, 877-262-0430; thousandhills.com.
» Top of the Rock Golf Course, south of Branson at Ridgdale, is closed for renovation but is expected to reopen this summer. Contact: 417-339-5312; big-cedar.com.
100 shows
100 shows
Branson features more than 100 shows at dozens of theaters. For a listing of all shows in Branson, visit explorebranson.com/shows#A.
A sample of some of the longer-running shows not mentioned in the story include:
» The Brett Family
» The Buck Trent Country Music Show
» Clay Coopers Country Express
» Dalena Ditto Country Variety Show
» Doug Gabriels No. 1 Hit Tribute Show
» The Duttons, Hamner Barber Variety Show
» The Haygoods
» The Hughes Brothers in It
» Joseph at the Sight & Sound Theatre
» Legends in Concert at Dick Clarks American Bandstand Theatre
» Mickey Gilley
» Pierce Arrow
» The Texas Tenors
» Todd Oliver & Friends
» The Roy Rogers Jr. Show (in its last season in Branson)


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After last weekend's semifinal games, all the No. 1 seeds survived, while just one of the No. 2 seeds suffered an upset. All of the title games will be played this Saturday at Waynesboro High School's Indian Stadium.
In the varsity division, Big Spring Gold and Gettysburg will face off at 6:30 p.m. Both teams shut out their semifinal opponents - BS Gold dominated Mercersburg, 30-0, while Gettysburg defeated Shippensburg, 14-0. No. 3-seeded Shippensburg and No. 5-seeded Mercersburg will play in the third-place match at 1:30 p.m.
In the mid-varsity division, rivals Chambersburg and Scotland will play for the title at 5 p.m. No. 1-seeded Chambersburg took down Shippensburg, 16-0, to advance, and No. 6-seeded Scotland pulled off a big upset, taking down Hamilton, 22-12. Hamilton and Ship's consolation game will be played at noon.
Finally, the junior varsity championship game will feature undefeated No. 1 seed Scotland, which will play Gettysburg at 3:30. Scotland and Gettysburg both easily advanced - Scotland beat Waynesboro, 28-13, while Gettysburg had a victory over Carlisle, 33-12. Waynesboro and Carlisle will kick off the day in the third-place game beginning at 10:30 a.m.
KYFL playoffs
(Seeds in parentheses)
Gettysburg 14, Shippensburg 0
Big Spring Gold 30, Mercersburg 0
Saturday's Games
(1) BS Gold vs. (2) Gettysburg at Waynesboro, 6:30
Third Place
(3) Shippensburg vs.
Chambersburg 16, Shippensburg 0
Scotland 22, Hamilton 12
Saturday's Games
(1) Chambersburg vs. (6) Scotland at Waynesboro, 6
Third Place
(2) Hamilton vs. (4) Shippensburg at Waynesboro, noon
Gettysburg 13, Carlisle 12
Scotland 28, Waynesboro 13
Saturday's Games
(1) Scotland vs. (2) Gettysburg at Waynesboro, 3:30
Third Place
(3) Carlisle vs. (4) Waynesboro at Waynesboro, 10:30 a.m.


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Hi Eva,
I heard that to have good credit you need to open a new credit card every two years or so. Is that true? I got my first credit card seven years ago, and I now have three total. I opened the other two this year. I'm not itching to open any more – but would it help my credit to get a new one every few years? — George
Dear George,
There are many strange credit score myths floating around out there, but you've definitely come across one of the more peculiar ones. No, no and no, you absolutely do not need to open a new credit card every two years to have good credit.
The myth may have arisen from a combination of facts that are correct in their own right, but become incorrect when combined. First, yes, you do need to have several active credit cards to maximize your credit score. Second, it's best not to apply for too many credit cards within a short period of time, so spacing out applications over a period of time, even two years or so, is a good idea.
However, that does not mean that you have to keep applying for credit cards every two years to maximize your credit score. On the contrary: In your case, with three credit cards total, you are in great shape. Unless you want to get another credit card to enjoy a greater variety of credit cards — such as a rewards credit card and a low-interest credit card — you don't need to do anything.
In fact, adding more credit cards can also hurt you. Here are some reasons applying for a new credit card could be counterproductive:
New credit and credit inquiries affect credit scores. Each time you apply for a credit card, the card issuer pulls a copy of your credit report, and this inquiry ends up on your credit report and temporarily dings your credit score. Credit inquiries fall under the "new credit" component of FICO scores, which accounts for 10 percent of your score. While a single inquiry every two years is not likely to hurt you, it's better to avoid inquiries for credit you don't really need. The new credit part of FICO scores also takes into account how many new credit accounts you have and how long it has been since you opened a new account. Opening too many accounts within a short period of time is generally viewed as a sign that the person may desperately need credit, and that's considered a big negative.
It's hard to juggle a lot of cards: Let's say you're 30 now. If you open a new card every two years until you're 60, you'll end up with 15 credit cards in addition to what you have now. That leaves you with a high (and possibly tempting) cumulative credit limit and a lot of cards to keep track of. It also leaves you in the position of having to cancel cards, which could hurt your credit, depending on how much debt you're carrying on other cards. Plus, canceling older cards can shorten the length of your credit history in the long run — another good way to hurt your score.
On the other hand, there are times when opening a new credit card can improve your credit score. Getting a larger overall credit limit across all your accounts can affect the credit utilization component of your credit score. This is a measure of how much of the available credit you are using, and it accounts for 30 percent of FICO scores. It's best to keep that ratio low by keeping your balances low, and having a larger cumulative credit limit helps with that. But because you already have several credit cards, this may not be relevant, particularly if you don't carry balances on your credit cards.
Your best bet to improve your credit score is to stick with the credit cards you have and follow good credit management habits. These three easy practices will keep your score at its best:
To apply for a credit increase, call your card issuer once a year and ask if you're eligible for a credit limit upgrade. Some issuers allow you to make the request online. In some cases the issuer will be able to approve you for the increase without pulling your credit report. If they do need to pull your report before giving an answer, make sure to decline if you're planning on applying for another loan in the near future as a hard pull of your credit will ding your score by a few points for a short time.
Applying for another credit card occasionally won't hurt you, but, since you don't really need one, why bother? With the credit cards you already have, if you follow the simple practices above, you're well on the way to excellent credit.
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Providing a theoretical foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism, Olga Bogdashina explores the effects of different perceptual and cognitive styles on the communication and language development of autistic children. She stresses the importance of identifying each autistic individual's nonverbal language with a view to establish a shared means of verbal communication. She offers an explanation of why certain approaches, for example PECS, might work with some autistic children but not others. Offering real in-sights, the 'What They Say' sections enable the reader to see through the eyes of autistic indi-viduals and to understand their language differences first hand. 'What We Can Do to Help' sections throughout the book give practical recommenda-tions on what to do in order to help autistic individuals use their natural mechanisms to learn and develop social and communicative skills.
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Language: English
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Bankruptcy Court, off North Market Street, faces a threat from proposed legislation.
Behind the glassy facade of a downtown Wilmington high-rise in courtrooms packed with dark-suited attorneys, lofty corporate dramas with billions of dollars at stake are played out every day.
This fall, however, those attorneys' attention has been drawn to a different sort of high-stakes game, one that's being played out miles from the city, in the halls and committee rooms of Congress.
That's where a quietly advancing offensive is gearing up against Delaware's position as the nation's premier venue for big corporate bankruptcy cases, putting at risk the millions of dollars that flow ...


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This image has been doing the rounds on Twitter a lot recently as it so brilliantly shows how we treat pedestrians in so many of our streets. It comes from Daniel Sauter from Urban Mobility Research who was recently in the country to speak at the 2Walkandcycle conference as well as doing an IPENZ talk in Auckland.
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One - Out in the cold
Two - Tears fall down my cheeks
three - Tears that can fill a lake
Four - Fallen angels cry.
Five - falling from a the heavens
Six - Searing pain fills my heart
Seven - Still no one in sight to lend me a hand
Eight - Evil eyes watching me
Nine - no one's out there to help.
Ten -To night i will fall for ever.........
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SANTA FE (AP) — About 400 people, including politicians of all stripes, filled the Capitol Rotunda to pay final respects to longtime House Speaker Ben Lujan.
Among those at the first visitation and memorial service Thursday for the 77-year-old who died of lung cancer on Dec. 18 was former Gov. Bill Richardson.
Richardson called Lujan a small, gentle guy, but a political giant.
A second visitation and rosary will be held at Friday evening in Pojoaque (poh-WAH'-kay). A funeral Mass is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe, with interment to follow at Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Cemetery in Nambe.


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All this may seem remedial to anyone remotely familiar with the group, but it bears repeating in the face of the cool reaction Stereolab's latest long-player, Sound-Dust, may get. Listeners hoping for a radical departure from previous outings may be disappointed to find that the disc doesn't necessarily break new ground - lush arrangements, enchanting melodies and otherworldly tones abound, but that's to be expected from Stereolab. But to assess this apparent lack of progress as aesthetic stasis or another signal of the group's lapse into irrelevance would be to overlook the ways in which their prolific output (eight LPs and scores of singles and EPs in the span of 10 years) incessantly reworks the same themes and ideas, as if the band wanted their records to blend into a seemingly endless, repetitious whole. It's a subversive pop formula that questions assumptions about innovation, originality and aesthetic progress, and one that Sound-Dust recalculates in superb fashion.
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Q: Can Quicken end users enabled for EWC still use Web Connect?
A: Yes, Quicken end users can still log in to the FI's website to initiate the download process and it will not impact their online services state.
Q: If QBOE end users experience script failures, is there a workaround?
The alternative is for them to use WC download.
End users will have to contact the appropriate product's support channel to escalate the issue for our script team to investigate.
Q: What is the difference between Direct Connect, Express Web Connect and Web Connect?
Direct Connect still provides the best end user experience given its ability for the FI to support email, bill pay, transfer from within the product.
EWC saves the end user steps during each download.
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1. Right click the account in the Quicken Account List.
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· This account is connected via Express Web Connect.
· This account is connected via Web Connect.
· This account is connected via Direct Connect.
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If the end user is using Web Connect, in the Account Details screen, click the "Activate One Step Update" button and follow the onscreen prompts to complete the One Step Update activation process.
If the end user is using Direct Connect, given this is the preferred method, there is no option to change to Express Web Connect.
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Quicken was designed to aggregate each account on its own request, regardless of how many accounts the user has.
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Go to the Quicken Account Register for the account in question:
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5. Quicken will go online to connect to Intuit's aggregation server and set up the account for Express Web Connect. It will also connect to the financial institution's website to retrieve any new transactions.


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Cut out sugar: Down 20 lbs in 9 weeksposted @11:01am ET on August 23, 2012
I am part way through my journey: 20 lbs down. I promised myself that I wouldn't go into too much detail about how I'd done it until I was down 20 lbs, but now I am here so I have written about what I have done on my blog here:
I hope other people will be inspired to try this tactic too -- it's healthy, and it's free.
I mentioned diet.com as a good place for people to go if they need community -- I suggested maybe we could start a "No sugar" support group here.
@ 2:34pm ET on August 28, 2012 Congratulations on your weight loss!
@ 3:23pm ET on August 28, 2012 Thank you CSL Bailey! I'm down another 1.5 now.
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In October 1980, a woman was found dead in a wooded area of Wiggins. One month later, another woman was found dead in a wooded area of Harrison County.
To this day, no one knows who these women are, how they died or who is responsible for their deaths.
Harrison County investigators are not giving up. They have recently taken another look at the cases and with today's technology they are hoping to get answers. ...