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Well, now that welterweight sensation Manny Pacquiao 55-5-2 (38) is back on the winning track again, the proverbial talk of who and what's next for him has begun. Going into his recent fight with the game and iron-chinned Brandon Rios 31-2-1 (23) there were many questions regarding whether or not Manny (seen landing on Rios, in Chris Farina-Top Rank photo) was as an upper-tier world class fighter. Was he still hungry and dedicated enough to put in the time and necessary preparation needed to regain his stature as a fighter that he held two years ago? Did he still have it physically as a fighter and would he be able to shake the memory of being counted out face-down in his last fight?
Going by what has been said and written since he dominated Rios enroute to an overwhelming unanimous decision victory, I've come to the conclusion that many boxing observers believe Manny answered every question that was out there lingering over him as a fighter - and he did so, in their eyes, in a very positive way. And why wouldn't they feel that way, Manny did whatever he wanted to against Rios. He was never hurt or shook once during the fight and was able to hit Brandon at will with his newly developed straight left to the body along with whatever else he threw. Pacquiao's speed looked as good as it ever did and he was mixing up his attack beautifully whether he was pushing the fight or fighting in retreat just to set Brandon up.
It was a very entertaining fight despite it being completely one sided. However, I'm not sure if we really learned anything that we didn't already know regarding Pacquiao. Let's be honest, Rios may be very tough and determined with a great chin, but he's very limited. If you stay in front of him he'll push you and maul you all over the place. He's not really a big puncher and he must have his feet set to punch and get off. It's no secret that he's gonna come straight forward and try to pin his opponent against the ropes or corner. The problem he had in Pacquiao was that Manny kept his feet moving and didn't afford Rios much to hit. And while he was giving him different angles and getting away from Brandon's telegraphed shots, he was peppering him like a buzz-saw at random.
Rios didn't have tool one to beat Pacquiao with. The reality is there was nothing he could do other than mock Manny for not being able to really hurt him or knock him out. The fight was no contest and it wasn't because Manny turned back the hands of time and fought again like it was 2008/2009. The reality is, Rios was the perfect fighter for Pacquiao to look great against and he did. Toughness is a great asset, but toughness without weapons and tools in the tool box will only carry a fighter so far when he's got a super talented and skilled fighter in front of him who is just as tough. Manny was sensational against Rios, but it was Rios' limitations as a fighter that really made him look spectacular.
It was good to see that Manny can still get up for a fight, but I don't think he's the fighter he was two years ago. Based on how he looked against Rios, I'm not sure I'd favor him to beat Timothy Bradley in a rematch. I'm not convinced he can go get a fighter who is not right there for him. Sure, he's still plenty quick and can pop, but I think, despite what he showed against Rios, he's much easier to hit and is vulnerable to quicker fighters who also use their feet as we saw against Bradley and Marquez.
I'm not saying Paquiao has deteriorated dramatically, but I do think he's eroded enough to the point to where he's vulnerable to speed/quickness and fighters who box and move more than trade and fight. Couple that with he's not a great puncher at 147, and I can't make even a tiny case for him to beat Mayweather. I think Mayweather's size and style would be his undoing.
I read where Freddie Roach said that Manny's speed would bother Mayweather. I think the key word there is bother. I'd be stunned if Manny and Floyd fought and Manny didn't at the very least bother Floyd, but bothering him isn't close to beating him. I think Mayweather's straight punching and physical strength would bother Pacquiao a lot more. Let's be honest, every time Pacquiao fights most observers and non Mayweather fans are looking to find something to hang their hat on to suggest Pacquiao could defeat Mayweather. Perhaps some gleaned a little hope in what they saw from Pacquiao against Rios, but I didn't. I for one hope the fight never happens, but it will.
It will because Mayweather now knows he can beat Manny, two or three years ago he only thought it. He also knows that Manny isn't going anywhere and the fight is alive as long as he wants it. Sadly, the boxing public will go crazy and hysterical over a dud fight that's almost five years past the sell-by date when it finally happens.
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Bam Bam Rios admitted that he fought Da Manny not to get knocked out. He clearly said that if he would have put more pressure on to try to compete with Da Manny's speed that he "would have probably been knocked out...."
Wow! Da Manny would kayo the sorry-arse Bradley, PERIOD! The dude has benefited from hatred of Da Manny by U.S. mainlanders and a crooked Sin City woman judge who was notorious for shady scoring and an old angry judge who was upset at Da Manny for delaying the fight to warm up after watching a Pinoy-coached basketball team win the championship. And those in the loop and in the know know why. But political rightness won't let them speak the KNOWN truth. Whatever! In our shady, shifty, seedy sport, we have a lot of cowards, weasels and the likes who go along to get along.
No matter how long it is past due for Money May to fight Da Manny, Money May ain't gonna do it, because Da Manny will KAYO him! His pops and uncles know it. That is why they talk about fighting and beating Da Manny instead of being about it. The oldest art of propaganda war in the world = TOUGH JINGOISTIC TALK with no intent to ever made it a reality.
When it comes to mano-a-mano combat and war, to too many American fans, fanasties of victories have always been more powerful and satisfactory than engaging realities.
Sugar Ray Robinson ducked the "Black Murder Row," and most consider him the greatest pound-for-pound ever over Willie Pep, who ducked nobody and had a better win-lost-draw record than the Sugarman. And the Wiz Willie won a large percentage of his victories after breaking his back in a plane crash. The Sugarman -- with a well-put-together bidy -- couldn't match the boxing wizard. The most breaking the Sugarman would do is women's hearts and jaws from him whuppin' dey [sic] @sses.
Money May has clearly ducked Da Manny and lost a lawsuit against Da Manny for lies about Da Manny being on dat syet. Money May has been nailed by the crooked, weak-testing NASC a few times for being over the limit for roids and PEDs. NASC even raised the ratio allowed to better protect their boy Money May. And if it is a lie, Money May can sue T. Hauser and the other journalist who reported it.
Money May is a great undefeated fighter, who cannot beat everybodee and dey momma in his era like Finito Lopez, Slappy Joe Calzaghe and Rocky Marciano did. They didn't duck and make excuses to stay undefeated. Holla!
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- Chelley N said...
Ahhh, he is just too cute! Where will he stay while you're at work?
- February 18, 2008 at 3:45 PM
We have all of you in our hearts and prayers. I know it will be hard, but you are such great parents. This is his first step into the big wide world. Hugs!
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At a out of home daycare.
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A chilly day, heavy rain, a microburst and a tornado top the list of Michigan weather events on this day in history. From the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) archives here events that happened on July 22.
1909 - Bergland Dam reported 4.10 inches of rainfall, Iron Mountain had 1.87 inches, Watermeet had 2.98 inches and Stambaugh had 2.64 inches of rain. From July 19th to the 22nd, nearly 10 inches of rain fell across Upper Michigan and Northwest Wisconsin. 5.00 inches of rain fell in Ironwood with basements and cellars flooded. The Montreal River rose over a foot higher than ever observed before with a water main breaking during this second rainstorm in Ironwood.
1953 - Severe thunderstorms struck during the late evening as a cold front moved through. High winds downed numerous trees, and several streets in Grand Rapids were blocked by falling trees.
1960 - Detroit experienced its highest official wind gust during a severe thunderstorm of 104 mph wind at 5:18pm.
1974 – Record cool high temperatures on this day for several cities across the state. Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Flint only see a high of 66°. Alpena is an even cooler 62° and Houghton Lake comes in with 65°.
2010 – Thunderstorms swept across Lower Michigan during the afternoon with strong wind, tornadoes, and hail. One tornado was on the ground 1 mile west of the airport in Battle Creek. Golf ball size hail falls near Fennville and the weather station located at Parchment recorded a 59mph wind gust. Extensive damage occurred around Gull Lake in northeastern Kalamazoo County, where a microburst produced winds up to around 75 mph that brought down numerous large trees. Numerous trees and power lines came down across Allegan, Calhoun and Branch counties. Click here for a radar loop of the storms on this day. The attached slideshow has a few severe weather maps for the day.


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American gardeners don't grow sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) as often as their English counterparts, and that's a shame. While it may take a little more care and choosing heat tolerant varieties in the Midwest, having some sweet peas in the garden is well worth your time. These little beauties will fill the air with their delightful sweet scent and there is a pleasing range of colors to choose from. If you like heritage vining flowers there are sweet pea varieties to suit you. If you don't care for annual vines there are now sweet pea varieties that are great for hanging baskets, spilling out of containers or forming groundcovers. As a bonus, bees and other pollinators love sweet pea flowers.
In earlier times sweet peas were grown for cut flowers and they still make sweet smelling long lasting bouquets. English gardeners grew them, and still do, for flower competitions. Dozens and dozens of varieties were developed; thankfully many of those have been preserved if you take time to search them out. Some of the earliest genetic and plant breeding experiments were carried out on sweet pea plants. Several species of wild sweet peas were used to make garden sweet peas.
Most sweet peas are annuals, but they will often self-sow when grown in the garden. There are perennial varieties but these, while pretty, are smaller flowered and not fragrant. In general sweet peas form long vines which cling by curling tendrils around the object they are climbing. Shorter vined plants have been developed for baskets and containers and bushier plants for ground covers. The leaves of sweet peas vary from thick fleshy rounded leaves to narrow grass like foliage.
Sweet Pea varieties and where to get them
Most seeds and plants are sold as mixed colors although you can find named color varieties. Plants may be hard to come by at your local nursery although at least one on line garden catalog-
http://www.selectseeds.com - carries potted plants. Other catalogs that carry sweet pea seeds are
Some of the larger flowered, newer sweet peas are less fragrant than older varieties. If fragrance is important look for varieties labeled very fragrant. Here are some cultivars to look for.
Larger vine varieties
Fragrantissima many vibrant colors and very fragrant, large flowers
Old Spice, mixture of colors, fragrant, heat resistant and strong vines.
Spencer mix- variety of colors, large ruffled flowers with moderate fragrance
Chocolate Streamer- White flower base with chocolate speckling, rare
Beaujolais red wine color flowers, fragrant
Blanche Ferry, rose pink flowers an old American variety. named for daughter of DM Ferry seed comp.
Prince Edward of York- cerise and carmine flowers fragrant- 8 feet vines,
Prince of Orange Spencer – large clear orange clusters of flowers, mild scent
Queen Alexander – Scarlet flowers- fragrant
Lady Grisel Hamilton- lavender and mauve flowers, very fragrant.
Mollie Rilestone- cream flowers edged with pink with a light yellow flush
Rose pink Mammoth- very large pink flowers with white center but only mildly fragrant
Blue Celeste- large ruffled blue flowers with a strong fragrance
Short or compact vines
Sugar and Spice- smaller, good for baskets compact growth- color variety, fragrant
Cupid Black – dark purple, 8 inches high for baskets or ground cover
King Tut- blue flowers smaller – 3 feet vine, good for warmer areas
Color Palette- mixture of colors, compact for baskets
Windowbox Cupid – color variety, short vines
Perennial, wildflower types – not fragrant
Lathyrus sativus azureus- tiny blue flowers on short vines, sometimes sold as variety 'Electric Blue'
Lathyrus latifolius- usually sold as a mixture of pink, white and lavender flowers, smaller than cultivated flowers and long vines.
Sweet pea culture
Sweet peas like a sunny location in rich moist, but well drained soil. The seeds or even plants can be planted a few weeks before your last expected frost as light frost won't harm them. Plant them early because they love cool weather. Mice and birds can be a problem when seeds are planted as both love the seeds. You can place netting over spots where seeds are planted. If mice keep getting your seed sprout the seeds inside and transplant seedlings outside. In fact northern gardeners may want to start their sweet peas inside in April so that they get flowers before late summer.
Sweet pea seeds can be a bit stubborn in germinating as they have a tough seed coat. Many gardeners nick each seed coat with toenail clippers or a similar item. You can soak them until slightly swollen before planting but don't let them soak more than 12 hours or you will probably "drown" them. You can also place the seeds between layers of damp paper towels and place the towels in a plastic bag in a warm place. When the seeds begin sprouting plant them outside. If the tiny roots are anchored in the toweling tear off pieces of the paper towel with the plant attached rather than yanking them off the towel and plant paper and all.
No matter whether you plant seeds or seedlings keep them moist during their early growing periods. And as warm weather comes make sure to water your sweet peas regularly as they do not like drought conditions. Sweet peas are also heavy feeders so mix some slow release flower fertilizer into the soil before planting or water occasionally with water soluble fertilizer. This is especially important to keep container and basket plants blooming.
Vining types of sweet peas will need something to climb. Trellis or teepees of bamboo stakes can be used or plant them where they can climb fences. They don't climb building walls well as they need to twine around something.
Your plants will begin blooming anywhere from 60 – 90 days after they were planted, depending on variety. If summer is very hot blooming may be delayed until cooler weather. Pick the flowers or keep the dead blooms picked off before they develop seeds to prolong blooming time. Once they begin blooming if they are faithfully dead headed they may bloom until a hard frost. At the end of the season you may want to let a few seed pods develop and ripen to store the seeds for next year. Since sweet pea varieties cross pollinate easily you may get different looking flowers next year.
The most common problems with sweet peas are aphids and powdery mildew. Aphids can be controlled by washing them off the plants. Powdery mildew usually doesn't strike until late in the season, right before the plants will die anyway. To help prevent it make sure the plants aren't crowded and have good air circulation. You can also use garden fungicides if you wish.
Sweet Pea seeds are not edible and some are poisonous so don't let children or pets eat the seeds. Don't cook the pods or seeds or use them in salads. Sweet pea flowers also should not be eaten.
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In their past seven games, the Huskies have shot above 45 percent five times. To compare, UW shot 45 percent or better just two times in its first 14 games.
Sunday added to the impressive trend as the Huskies beat Washington State 83-57 at Bank of America Arena.
"We were so hungry after our loss to ASU," explained senior guard Kristen O'Neil. "It's great to go out, execute, play hard, and have fun."
The hot shooting has translated into big wins. Each of the Huskies past four wins have been by more than 17 points and Sunday's 26-point victory was the team's largest winning margin of the season.
Washington jumped on the Cougars early by building a 17-1 lead and that eventually became a 50-26 halftime score.
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The risks posed to New Zealand's economy and environment through the introduction and spread of exotic marine pest species are considerable, with potentially far-reaching consequences. Amenity values, recreational fishing, commercial fishing (including aquaculture) and coastal installations could all be affected to varying degrees.
Seafarers should be aware that new species can be transported to New Zealand waters attached to their vessels' hull as fouling growth. This applies to commercial vessels and even relatively small recreational vessels.
Pests may arrive in ballast water if a vessel has not carried out a thorough mid-ocean exchange of the water to be discharged in New Zealand. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) requirement is for at least 95 percent exchange or flow-through of three times the volume of a tank, at a position at least 200 nautical miles from shore and in water at least 200 metres deep.
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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing Act V, Scene iv Summary
- At Leonato's house, Leonato, Benedick, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursula, Antonio, Friar Francis, and Hero are gathered and recounting all the recent developments. Everyone's glad that Hero is innocent. Don Pedro and Claudio are innocent too, since they were only misled.
- Further, Leonato says it came out in the court examination that that though Margaret played a role in the deception, she didn't know it, and is innocent of the crime too.
- Leonato's glad things turned out so well, and Benedick is glad that he won't have to kill or severely maim his friend Claudio after all.
- It's about time for Don Pedro and Claudio to arrive, and Leonato begins to instruct people on the roles they should play. The ladies should all go away and not come back until they're called. When they arrive, they should all have their faces masked in some way.
- Antonio will play his part by pretending the masked girl he'll present to Claudio for marriage is his daughter, when actually it's Hero!
- With the ladies out of the room, Benedick speaks with Leonato and Friar Francis. Benedick points out that Beatrice likes him and Benedick also points out that he loves Beatrice (which Leonato then credits to himself, Don Pedro, and Claudio).
- Benedick doesn't quite piece Leonato's cryptic speech together, but he does say he'd like to be married to Beatrice today if Leonato gives his blessing, and the Friar gives some service. Everyone agrees that blessing, service, and a bride will soon be handed over to Benedick.
- Then Don Pedro, Claudio, and some others enter.
- Leonato asks if Claudio is still ready to marry Antonio's daughter, and Claudio graciously replies that he'll marry her even if she's an Ethiope (way to be racist, Shakespeare.)
- Leonato sends Antonio off to get "Antonio's daughter."
- Don Pedro and Claudio start heckling Benedick, who they think is looking out of sorts, likely over the marriage situation. Benedick doesn't reveal to them his intention to marry Beatrice just yet, instead he compares Claudio's mom to a cow. (This is a good read. You should definitely check out your book.)
- Before Claudio can call Benedick's mom a heifer, Antonio re-enters with all the masked ladies.
- Claudio gets handed a lady by Antonio, and Claudio would like to see her face first, but Leonato says, "Um, nope, first you marry her then you see her face, buddy."
- Claudio takes the mystery girl's hand and swears that he's her husband, if she'll have him.
- Then the lady whips off her mask. It's Zombie Hero! (Just kidding, remember she was never really dead.)
- Then there's some weird word play, and Claudio's like, "Wow! Another Hero!" and basically Hero explains that one Hero was defiled (or slandered) and died, while this Hero in front of him lives in utter innocence.
- Everyone's kind of confused, but Leonato clarifies that Hero was dead only while her slander lived on.
- "I promise I'll explain everything in more clear detail later, without punning, and possibly with footnotes and PowerPoint, but for right now can we please get to the church and finally have this wedding?" isn't a direct quote from the Friar, but it's his essential point.
- There's another hold up on the way to the chapel, as Benedick stops the Friar and asks which masked lady is Beatrice.
- Beatrice steps forth, and then she and Benedick engage in the most silly, passive aggressive (and, even we'll admit it, kind of endearing) exchanges ever to happen between two lovesick people. Benedick publicly asks Beatrice if she loves him, and she denies it —kind of. So Benedick also kind of denies it when she throws the same question back at him.
- Both seem a little taken aback, first by how publicly their word is being tested, but also by the fact that they each had "inside information" about the other's secret crush. They're about to shake hands and relegate each other to a life of being in simply the friend zone, but thankfully Hero and Claudio pipe up.
- Claudio shows off a little note he's stolen—it's a really bad poem in Benedick's handwriting, clearly meant for Beatrice.
- Hero is also a thief, as she's taken from her cousin Beatrice's pocket a similar note, declaring Beatrice's love for Benedick.
- Benedick and Beatrice realize their hands have revealed their hearts.
- Though they tease that they're only marrying each other out of pity, they finally just start making out (at least it's the first time in the stage directions).
- Don Pedro again teases Benedick about getting married (in spite of how often he railed against it). Benedick says he's willing to ignore whatever the world has to say against his marriage, and he'll also ignore all the things he's actually said against marriage.
- He also jokes with Claudio, saying he intended to give him quite a butt-kicking, but now that they'll be kinsmen they should get along.
- Claudio jests that he hoped Benedick wouldn't marry Beatrice, as Claudio wanted to see Benedick become a married man and also a cheater. Still, Claudio teases that Benedick might end up being a cheater anyway... if Beatrice doesn't keep a close eye on him.
- Benedick calls for dancing, though Leonato thinks they really should have marriages before dancing. The old man is ignored, and Benedick calls for music.
- Then Benedick teases Don Pedro about needing to get a wife.
- Finally, randomly, a messenger comes in and announces that Don John was captured and brought back to Messina. Benedick counsels Don Pedro to not worry about this right now, and instead, to be merry.
- Everyone exits in a dance.
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Users of the audio platform SoundCloud are targeted by scammers with spam and dubious software offers, according to ThreatTrack Security. Experts warn that over the last year cyber-criminals uploaded several files that misused brands of popular movies and TV shows to redirect users to spammy content.
The links embedded in the files lead to shady websites such as paid services, survey scams with fake prizes, and dubious software.
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To date 81 horses captured in the Calico roundup have lost their lives. That's 4% of the 1,922 horses Bureau of Land Management (BLM) removed from public lands in Nevada. The cause of death varies from broken neck and spines, to foals whose hooves separated from the bone, to mares with the inability to adjust a change in feed. Most of the death occurred in the short term holding facility. When you add the 40 plus foals that should have been born in that facility but were spontaneously aborted, the figure goes above 6%.
BLM officials are patting themselves on the back. They are more than pleased with these results. Wild horse advocates are not. "What livestock operator would be happy with loosing that many cattle?" asks advocate Willis Lamm.
Does the BLM assign any value to a wild horse?
Perhaps it's a matter of perception. Only a few of the Calico deaths will be logged as caused by roundup activities, the "Less than .5%" often quoted by BLM officials. Apparently the success of a roundup is gaged by how many horses were captured and how many deaths are counted as being caused by the roundup. The Calico roundup falls within those distorted guidelines. But what of the rest? Where are they counted?
Until recently, information on deaths in short and long term holding facilities was unknown to the general populace. Mr. John Q. Public living in Los Angeles or New York had no idea of the deaths occurring in the facilities. He may never know the real number.
The Broken-Arrow facility where Calico horses are currently housed does not keep track of in-facility births. The foals do not exist until they're freeze branded at 4 to 5 months old. A foal that dies in that time frame receives no mention, not even as a statistic. Babies seem to be the most expendable of all.
John Neill, BLM facility manager, says, " We just have a mental toll of how many are born." He guessed at about 80 foals so far. In regard to deaths, Neill said, "I really don't want to give a number on that. It's not accurate. There's been a couple who haven't made it, a couple that were euthanized." When asked about BLM policy, Neill replied, "as far as I know, it's not policy, it's just standard practice in the facility."
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BLM Mustang - before photo by Willis Lamm
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- These deals are usually for 14 months (some as much as 18 months!), so it's really less than 2% annual rate
- It actually builds your credit score!
Here are the risks or downside of using this method:
- It's a short term. You MUST be ready to either pay the money back at the end of the period (12-14 months), OR be ready to transfer the balance to another card (easy to do by following these steps)
- You are only paying 2% or so (depending on the deal) but you are paying it up front (when you do the balance transfer)
- Like borrowing any money from anywhere, it can put you at risk of not being able to pay it back
So how do you do it?
Step 1
First, get four credit cards with as high of a credit limit as possible.
Some of them you apply for will give you a decent credit limit. Others may give you a meager limit. There are two ways to deal with the meager ones. First, borrow against them (or just use them), and faithfully pay the minimum amount. After a while call and ask for a credit line increase. Usually they will increase it by some amount. You can continue doing this to keep bumping it up to where you need it to be.
If they won't give you a credit line increase, you may want to cancel the card and replace it with one more willing to work with you. I say you "may" want to cancel because credit cards you have that do not have a balance on them work in your favor. So as long as your outstanding credit limit across all cards is not too high, it's okay to keep cards that you don't use. Once it gets too high it's more difficult to get another card.
You want at least 4 credit cards (to begin with), but you want the ones that frequently do balance transfer offers. You'll know which ones because they've been sending you what you've considered "junk mail" for a long time trying to get you to take advantage of their 0% offers. All the big card companies do this: Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, etc. etc. etc.
Step 2
Next, take advantage of the largest balance transfer off you can get. Some will offer 4% transfer fee, but some will be as low as 2%. Take the best deal you can get. If you're just trying to build up to where you have the credit, the first offer you do will begin the onslaught of other card companies wanting you do take advantage of THEIR offers as well. This is good.
IMPORTANT: Many people think these balance transfers are ONLY good for transferring balances to pay off another credit card or debt. Not so. These balance transfer offers come as "balance transfer checks" in your mail. These checks can be written to your bank and deposited directly in your checking account, meaning you can spend them on WHATEVER you want. The online version of a balance transfer requires you to transfer to another credit card account. But balance transfer checks do not.
Step 3
Mark on your calendar (and make it remind you) when that balance transfer offer is up. You do NOT want to miss this date because the rate will go from 0% to 10%, 12% or even up to 18% or more. So whenever you do a balance transfer you mark it in your calendar and make it remind you 3 months before the rate expires.
Step 4
At the 3 month mark before the 0% expires you need to look to your next card you will transfer that balance to (start paying attention to your mail again). If you have at least 4 cards with high enough balances you can keep 2 or 3 filled with money you're borrowing, and transfer to the remaining one (with no balance on it) when the one that is filled expires. In reality you can keep doing this forever, and it just keeps improving your credit score as you do.
From before the year 2000 up until the downturn of the economy in 2007, credit card companies would do these balance transfers with NO FEE, and 0%! Imagine that. That's actually FREE MONEY. After the downturn, these "free money" deals went away, and the fees to transfer balance became generally 4% or 5%. Now, entering the year 2014, the economy is doing much better (and the banks are too), so these rates are back down to 2%. I would venture to say that if things keep improving we may see the 0% AND NO FEE offers come back as well. Watch your mail and see.
Again, borrowing any money can be risky. But if you need to borrow, find the best deal you can get. This method can be a way to get you started in your own business by getting access to capital, or to borrow money to purchase something in the cheapest way possible.


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Dear LA Teacher,
In August I start my senior year of high school. I'm thinking about becoming a writer. What can you tell us about the writer's life before I take the leap?
Curious Senior
Dear Curious Senior,
Jessica Tornese is the highly respected author of the Linked Through Time trilogy. She grew up in Baudette, Minnesota and used that setting as the basis for her novels. She enjoys reading, scrapbooking, playing volleyball, and she even relishes extreme outdoor sports like caving, ziplining, and white water rafting. Here is what she has to say about the writer's life:
1.Tell us something about yourself and how you became a writer.
I have always loved reading and writing. I would come up with the most depressing and deranged stories in middle school and high school. I was into VC Andrews, and Christopher Pike and things like that. It wasn't until after I got married and became a stay at home mom that I really became moved to write. I wanted to use my brain in a way that didn't require diapers and laundry. I was also feeling very nostalgic and sentimental about my family, which inspired my first books to include them.
2. Tell us about your novel and where readers can purchase a copy.
My books are available on Amazon- Linked Through Time is the first in the 'Linked' series. Lost Through Time is the second, and Destroyed Through Time will be available June 3rd in ebook and June 21st in paperback. They are all based on Kate Christenson, a young girl who accidentally travels back in time- only to reveal dark family secrets and a villain intent on changing more than one character's life.
3. What are your other published books and tell us a little about each?
I do have a self -published children's book, M&M Twins-Lost in Browser Cave. It's a fun adventure based on my real life caving experiences. I plan on writing a sequel soon- I have a lot of dedicated young fans waiting for it!
4. Tell us a little about your road to publication. Was it a long one? Do you have an agent? In your opinion are they even necessary?
I don't have an agent. I once tried to get one, but no one ever contacted me back, so I figured it was a sign to go out on my own. I sent my manuscripts out to a wide range of publishers and didn't hear back for a while, but Solstice picked up Linked Through Time and I continued it into a series that they kept investing in. I was pretty thrilled about that! I think the publishing part was the easiest compared to writing the story and marketing it!
5. How much of the marketing do you do?
I have done what I can. I am still trying to figure out social media and how to reach people. I think Goodreads helped when I advertised a giveaway, but I am not sure of results on Facebook and Twitter. I have paid for some advertising and learned a painful lesson- magazine ads (Expensive!) got me zero sales. However, mass email type soliciting, like on Bookbub, did really well, and that was a lot less in cost. I have given away tons of books for reviews, and I am going to keep giving. I just want people to read, and keep reading!
6. Anything you've found to be particularly helpful in marketing your book(s)?
Goodreads and mass emails to a specific audience.
7. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
I am a family girl, so I guess I would like for people to sense that in my stories. Also, I want my readers to have fun and escape a little bit- that's why I read books!
8. What would you like readers to know about you?
I am trying to experience life as much as I can. I will try most anything once, which is how I started writing. I love being outdoors, camping, snuggling with my kids at a movie, reading books on the beach, playing volleyball, sewing...I hope I can do more traveling in the near future. I would like to see Italy, Scotland, Spain, and Germany. (Mostly because of books I have read.)
9. Where can readers find you? Facebook? Twitter? Website? Etc.
I have a website with information about my books, but more importantly, I try to introduce new authors and their works on the site. I usually offer sneak peeks into the books so people can see if they might like the story. I am also on twitter at @jltornese and I am on Facebook under the name Linked Through Time. I would love it if readers would find me on Goodreads as well, under Jessica Tornese.
10. What did I forget to ask that you'd like to respond to?
I always like for people to interact with me about books. If you want to just send me a book suggestion, or a favorite author- I am all about it. I just love talking books! Pop by my website and leave a comment, or my Facebook page, or find me on Goodreads! Always looking for that next great book hangover.
After a decade of her life wasted in a futile search, Kate Christenson returns to Baudette, Minnesota to face more than just her failure. Broken relationships, broken hearts, and a slew of unanswered questions plagues her every move. Guilt and fear have turned her cynical and distrusting, and most of all, have left her alone.
When she encounters a stranger with the same hourglass birthmark, the past she has desperately tried to suppress comes roaring back with a vengeance. Hungry for answers, Kate pursues the stranger, eager to find another like herself.
But the answers she gets are beyond any she can imagine, derailing every idea she's ever had about time travel. Who is really alive? And who is really dead? What can be changed? And what is forever broken?
When Mary disappears, Kate is thrust into a race against time itself. But this time, it's more than just one life on the line.
I read the first two Linked Through Time novels and can't wait to read the third.
So now you have some idea what it's like to be a writer. It's about experiencing life, writing about those experiences, and authors like Tornese, take those experiences and fictionalizes them into exciting stories you can't put down. It's a fun life. Sound like something you'd like to do?
Best wishes,
LA Teacher
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LAL is an intersection between idea, place, and people, where we stand for a moment and discuss the kind of world we will create. The conversation eventually gives way to dance, which, in turn, gives way to conversation which, again, makes room for dance. We will win. There's no doubt." Darren Odonnel
LAL's music is the outcome of a deep and soulful collaboration between songwriter/vocalist Rosina Kazi and her flatmate Nick Murray (a. k. a. "Murr"). Murr's carefully crafted beats, basslines, and fragmented samples flow harmoniously with Rosina's sweet velvet voice and conscious lyrics on every tune they touch. In 1998 Toronto-based Public Transit Recordings (PTR) released their first compilation entitled Code 416 that featured separate tracks from each of them. Murr had already had his name in the spotlight as a member of Juno award-winning hip hop production crew Da Grassroots, while Rosina had been showcasing her soulful skills at Toronto events such as the legendary Desh Pardesh, besides hosting a radio show at CIUT 89. 5 FM where she guided listeners through T. O. 's Hip Hop scene. She had also worked for Tommy Boy Records, and her experience in the industry sharpened her insight into what she might want out of a label. This lead Rosina to join PTR, established by DJ Moonstarr (Kevin Moon) in 1998. She was lured by the sense of closeness that the small but vibrant label offered; in her words, "we're all still struggling, because it's totally independent, but at least you struggle with people that you trust."
It took Rosina a year to convince the reluctant Murr to start making music with her. Caught up in the hip-hop scene for a long time, Murray eventually began to drift away from what he came to see as a rigid and decadent genre, and began to explore new sounds and rhythms that would eventually appear in LAL's music. After Rosina began producing a few tracks on her own, Murr added his talents to the brew. According to him, the commencement of their work together marked a very new turn in their musical tastes and abilities. He told NOW Magazine's Matt Galloway in 2002: "this is a project that takes us both outside of ourselves and what we were used to doing." The 2002 release of their debut album Corners struck a chord with Toronto's urban and electronic scenes, blending subtle South-Asian and West Indian influences with deep reflective songwriting and soulful hip hop, loops, beats and basslines.
On their second record, Warm Belly, High Power, bandmates Rakesh Tewari (instrument), Nilan Perera (bass), Santosh Naidu (instrument) and Ian DeSouza (instrument) lend their talents to the creative process, giving birth to a new collective vision. This record shows what and who LAL really is: an intersection of talented artists with cross-cultural upbringings, forward-thinking musical tastes, and deep commitments to social justice and progressive change.
It is impossible to pigeonholed LAL's music as South Asian, hip hop, electronic, or anything else. This is evidenced by their ability to impress audiences at shows when opening for artists as diverse as Terry Callier (Jazz Café London), Nelly Furtado, Warsawpack, Roy Ayers, Digable Planets and State of Bengal. Their own headlining performances have been legendary events in Toronto and had crowds eagerly anticipating their next appearance. Whether Rosina is crooning live and acappella about the war in the Middle East, or Murr is releasing a spectacular burst of beats from his onstage arsenal, it's easy to tell that LAL's music is unique. It is not geared toward pleasing demographically-bounded markets or any other abstract theoretical monsters that the music industry often likes to feed. Their sound comes from their hearts, from what they believe in both socially and musically. If a whole lot of people happen to love everything about LAL's music, that's just a great side effect of this beautiful outpouring comes so naturally to Rosina Kazi, Nick Murray, and everyone that they work with in the process of perpetuating LAL.


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My favorite story of all time is:
"The Great Stories... the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too small to understand why... folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something." -Samwise Gamgee
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Besides SMITH, I read stories at:
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What six words would I tell my teen self if I could go back in time?
You're stronger than you'll ever know
The song that encapsulates the soundtrack of my life is?
Metric- Help, I'm Alive
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Michael Moore suggested 9 action points to President Obama regarding the bankruptcy of GM. Bottom line of his article: convert GM's car factories to mass transportation factories and promote energy efficient technology. Basically I would agree, though, I think it's only one side of the medal and that there are a few more things one might consider:
Working on symptoms never cures the disease. Transportation needs are caused by urban planning. I've seen Jacksonville, Florida and I can't possibly imagine how an urban structure like that one can be run by mass transportation. Providing public transportation services for such spread out areas – I'm talking about population densities as low as 970.9/sq mi in Jacksonville compared to 12,172.3/sq mi in Boston with decent public transportation for instance (source: Wikipedia, see map below) – is a tough task, and not very cost efficient or green. Urban sprawl at such dimensions leaves in most cases no other options than to rely on cars.
Other ways of individual transportation – bicycles, walking – require shorter distances to daily services (groceries, schools, doctors, etc.). Again, a large residential area and a huge mall somewhere along the highway make it impossible to introduce anything but car transportation.
Apart from being the most unpopular word in that country, increasing taxes on energy prices, like proposed in point 9, will hurt poor people first if the policy is not balanced out well. Wealthy people don't care as much about gas prices, they can afford better cars and probably live somewhere close to city centers where they don't even need them so much. Poor people on the other hand are the ones who have to take a 2 hour daily commute in an old inefficient car to get to work or bring kids to school. Taxes are an interesting lever in transportation and energy policy, but not the holy grail.
Rethinking urban structures, transportation and energy policies is a time consuming issue. It took almost a century to create the status quo, it's not gonna change in a single presidential term of 4 years. I believe this country must be prepared for a long way ahead.


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At least from me. A couple notes about best of 2006 lists today. First of all, Dave over at Largehearted Boy has compiled the most extensive best of 2006 music lists around on his site. Head on over for the lists.
Best of Lists A – M….
Best of Lists N – Z
And also, Im having some fun over at this site. It lets you compile "lenses" around whatever topic you want. So, of course, I did my top 15 albums of 2006. You can visit there now and vote for your favorite album from my top 15. You can also see YouTube videos of the bands, some Ebay auctions of vinyl from the top 15 and some other pretty cool features. Be sure to check it out and vote, Ill post the results here later.
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