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London stabbing thrusts Asian grocery stores under spotlight
By Kate Dubinski, Kelly Pedro, The London Free Press
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:55:50 EST PM
Food Island Supermarket, which opened just three weeks ago is located at Wonderland and Oxford streets in London. Two employees of the supermarket were involved in a stabbing at two homes on Beaverbrook Avenue nearby on Tuesday Jan 15. 2013. MIKE HENSEN/The London Free Press/QMI AGENCY
It sticks out like a sore thumb — more than a dozen people packed into a house built for a single family in a quiet London suburb.
Next door, there's another just like it.
But the portrait that's slowly emerging behind the two London houses — of Chinese workers brought to Canada to work in Asian supermarkets, living in cramped conditions — is being painted in several London neighbourhoods.
It was a stabbing Tuesday that thrust the two Beaverbrook Ave. houses under the spotlight.
One man was left fighting for life in hospital with neck wounds, still in critical condition Wednesday. Another is charged.
Police aren't saying whether the 23-year-old victim and the man charged, Yang Zhang, 21, are Canadians or foreign nationals.
But it's clear both houses — newer three- and four-bedroom properties that hit the market in the mid-$300,000 range — are filled with workers for the newly-opened Food Island Supermarket at Oxford St. and Wonderland Rd., several blocks away.
The Free Press was told by a woman who answered the door at 1703 Beaverbrook both the victim and the charged man live there, and that both arrived about a month ago from Toronto. She said she didn't know what led to the stabbing, but other roommates had told her the two were drunk.
Big-city Canada is accustomed to stories of temporary foreign workers brought to this country to work as domestics or labourers, sometimes only to find out once here they're forced into much worse — like the sex trade — and indebted to those who sponsored them, unable to get away.
London police — they've wrapped their probe — say there's no suggestion human trafficking is the case here.
But what's different for London is the below-radar world of Asian food stores staffed by workers, many from Asia, put up by their employers.
The Food Island Supermarket isn't alone.
An employee of another Asian grocery store opening in London, Superking Supermarket at Westmount Shopping Centre, confirmed it will employ temporary foreign workers from China.
They're already in Toronto, waiting to work, the staffer said.
The United Supermarket on Adelaide St., which has been open for two years, also puts its employees up in a home near the store, sources said.
Other Asian supermarkets bring temporary foreign workers to Canada and give them room and board for a portion of their pay, which is often low — perfectly legal under the federal program that imports workers for jobs Canadians don't want.
"A low-paying job in Canada is a high-paying job in China, especially if you come from a poor village," said Shih-Fen Chen, an international business professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.
"Historically, immigrants have come to North America to take the low-paying jobs people here don't want."
Next door to 1703 Beaverbrook is 1709, a similar-sized house. A man who answered the door there when The Free Press knocked said he doesn't speak English and closed the door.
It's unclear whether Food Island employees are temporary foreign workers or or why so many are living in two homes, but neighbours say both are packed with employees of the food store.
Public records show one house is owned by a numbered Ontario company that shares the same address as the food store, and the other by a person with a Mississauga address whose name also appears as an administrator for the numbered company.
Neighbhours have said both homes were recently heavily renovated.
Coming from villages to Canada where they may not know the languages or laws, things can be tough for Chinese workers in Canada, said Chen.
"If you look at Asian culture in general — they are humble, they do not complain, particularly in a country where they don't speak the language," he said.
Why don't more employers who rely on such help hire people already in Canada?
"They do and they complain," he said. "People who are here legally might quit or are fired because they complain too much about working conditions."
There are regulations to make sure workers aren't exploited, but often no enough resources are spent on enforcement, Chen said.
Many families take out loans for foreign workers to go to Canada, adding pressure on the workers here, said Sister Sue Wilson of the London Area Coalition of Assisting Trafficked Persons.
Since Canadian law ties work permits for temporary foreign workers to employers, those workers can't just walk away from a job, she added.
It's possible to get a new work permit, but that can take up to six months, said Wilson, and migrant workers can't survive that long without one.
Working and living conditions are very different in China, making it more palatable if a company offers to house many workers in a single-family home.
"They might come from a place where they don't have running water, no electricity, no indoor toilet. Here, they have all that and heat in the winter. It's acceptable," Chen said.
"Even if you're making $7 an hour, that's a lot compared to what you can make in China."
Go back to China. There are 1.3 billion Chinese in China, why should they be allowed to also gain a better life in someone else's nation?
This is ethnic displacement of white Canadians in their own country by policy,
That's genocide.
Send this to your politicians. I have.
Why are there 2 sets of rules? If this was a white Canadian hiring only white Canadians this would be taken to the human rights commision and yet this is being allowed at this store that they are hiring only chinese people. With a government that has no backbone what can one expect!!! Until Canadians say enough is enough this will continue!! What Canada needs is a political leader that will stand up for the Canadians that have fought hard for this country and say we want Canada back and make the changes that would put the country back on the right track before it is really too late!! This has to be the choice of the Canadian people. After all what are we paying one of the highest taxes in the world for? Is it to support newcomers or the Canadians already here?
I actually saw one of those fruitbats in a newspaper comment section indicate he actually believed the phrase "universal health care" meant anyone in the universe had a right to access it (or, at least, anyone on the planet).
This is the kind of treasonous drivel that's been slipped through the cracks. We were told that our social services were for us …. until they could get multiculturalism, political corretness and mass immigration together to make it for foreigners.
We were sold a King of Kensignton multiculturalism, and got Balkanization – the selling out of our country to foreign interests, while throwing heritage Caandians under the bus, and telling us to like it or be loathed.
How about you get out of Canada? What right do you have to claim this country as your own you should study Canadian History before you say that. The white Canadians in their own country by policy..you mean the land you stole from the natives? Also, you should research what genocide means. Genocide is when an entire group gets wiped out by violent means and an intent to destroy.. and you shouldn't be the one to say who gets a better life where and how.. these people are not stealing your jobs they are doing the jobs that the "white Canadians" don't want to do..that are too lazy to do. Well, if you don;t want it somebody else will take it.
… this country was built by "lazy" whites… This is the country where "hardworking" other races die to come and live… wondering why arn't their countries that attractive? Since they are sooo hardworking people…
We stole nothing from the Natives, foolish one. You're thinking of Americans.
Ever stop to think what all those treaties really are? They're rental agreements. Natives get taxpayer money etc because it's RENTAL FEES, basically. We're responsible for all the improvements and maintenance on the land, in exchange for having the run of things.
So. Are the Chinese and East Indians going to chip in their share? They don't seem to have a problem coming here and occupying the "stolen land", so what makes them any better?
And I don't see them offering us whites any treaties for all the hard work we did building stuff here.
This is not a matter of doing "the jobs white Canadians" don't want to do. Go to any other major grocery store in London and you'll see Canadians of all races working there.
You want to talk about research? Ever heard of exploitation?
This is a matter of a company exploiting foreign worker laws. They import people who are ignorant of their rights, pay them minimum wage and then claw all of it back by charging outrageous rents to live in appalling conditions and work in substandard working environments.
This hurts companies that play by the rules and provide good working conditions to their employers, since places that exploit foreigners can undercut them on price. This hurts the poor in this country, since they can't compete with foreign workers who work basically for room and board, and they just have to rely on the welfare system instead of a job. And that hurts the wealthy consumers who can take advantage of the lower prices, but have to pay taxes to support those put out of work. Finally, it hurts the foreign workers themselves, who are lured with promises of a better life and good pay, and instead are forced to live in cramped conditions and often are tricked into debt.
No one wins here but the no good, lying cheaters who are abusing the system for their own profit. There is absolutely no good reason to need foreign workers in an economically depressed city like London. There are plenty of people willing to work, just for a wage and under working conditions due to them under THE LAW.
Our country is being taken from us beneath our feet, and nothing is done.
We need a revolution against the traitors and their immigrant friends.
Notice how the article mostly just whines about how "hard" it is for immigrants who are taking our jobs from us? Pathetic and sick. Revolution now.
Stupid enough to humiliate ourselves.
Today I noticed, with endless disgust, frozen vegetables imported from… China.
It is not enough that the Chinese are everywhere, now I have to see their writing on food in… non-Chinese shops.
I am boycotting any type of food imported from China (or, pay attention, ROC, which is Republic of China). And everybody should do it.
Buying Chinese food is like punching our farmers in their faces.
Regarding the comment cecilhenry made : "Go back to China. There are 1.3 billion Chinese in China, why should they be allowed to also gain a better life in someone else's nation?"
What an ignorant comment made by someone who I assume thinks of himself of a "true Canadian". The reality is that foreign workers/immigrants are what built Canada up!
Lets make this clear, that the majority of true Canadians would never work at a minimum wage job because they think that they are entitled to more pay ( even if they don't have any skills or education). Instead they take advantage of the system and collect welfare for the majority of their lives. They play the system. Capable of work but simply unwilling and lazy. Social assistance is supposed to be just that-assistance. A temporary life line if you loose your job and there until you find another ( even if it is a minimum wage one).
How many of these workers in the asian grocery store do you think are draining our tax dollars and collecting unemployment? None! They unlike you, cecil henry, have honour, pride and self worth. Trying to make a better life for themselves on poor wages and paying taxes to support the "white Canadians" as you call them to sit on their keesters, have a easy life and get all the handouts. They came to Canada to make a better life for themselves, pay their taxes and save what they can. They are not taking jobs away from the " true Canadians". The opportunities in Canada are great. With a dream, determination and hard work anyone is able to make a better life for themselves, and deserve it.
The problem is not immigration, it is non-integration. CDNs of many races built a society to their mutual interest and benefit. Along come new immigrants who have allowed their own governments to turn their nations into shit holes, and suck up what CDNs built, bought and paid for. Then… they want to replicate their defective society here, turning chunks of Canada into yet another shit hole. Quit hating each other people, if you have resentment then visit it upon your own government, they allow your country to be sold, they buy votes through piecing out your assets. Pitting one race against another is the age old tool of socio-parasites (governments), it creates diversion from their feeding off of citizens and adds citizen / slaves to their herd. Canada isn't the governments country, it's the peoples country, you allow and enable their parasitic behavior. While you're at it, a little self loathing is in order, governments do as they please because their citizen / slaves are complacent or outright cowards that fail to act… Don't blame the immigrants, they are the symptom not the problem, if China allowed us to go rape and pillage their nation freely, we'd be there, just ask any North American Indian…
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Contracts were signed with Canada's SNC-Lavalin, Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea, and the Saudi companies Energy and Power Contracting Co., Haif Co. and Ahmad Al-Binali and Sons.
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Egan heads to Valley Parade.
Sunderland's John Egan has joined Bradford City on loan until the New Year.
The 20-year-old will remain at Valley Parade until 5 January 2013 and could make his debut against Chesterfield on Tuesday evening.
Phil Parkinson's side currently sit fifth in Npower League Two, four points outside the automatic promotion places.
Egan, a Republic of Ireland under-21 international, was named in Sunderland's first-team squad for the pre-season trip to South Korea, making his senior debut during the tour.
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True Confession: I had never seen James Cameron's Titanic before this week. The reasons are many and mundane, but so many elements of it have entered popular culture that it was easy to believe I knew as much as anyone who had seen it – "King of the World", doomed love affair, sinking ship, yadda yadda yadda.
I'm now glad I had the opportunity to grow up some more before seeing it. Cameron's film is all these things, but so much more: a history lesson, a study of the best and worst in human nature, and a reminder that life should be lived passionately. I don't think my younger self would have appreciated it as much, or been as horrified by the magnitude of the tragedy rendered on film.
For those of you like me, here's the premise: 101-year-old Titanic survivor Rose (Gloria Stuart) is flown out to the ship's salvage site to help treasure hunter Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) locate a massive diamond that was linked to Rose's family and lost in the disaster. Once there, she tells the story of her younger self's (Kate Winslet) fateful voyage, including her disastrous engagement to the selfish Cal Hockley (Billy Zane), whirlwind love affair with steerage passenger Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), and nightmarish ordeal when the great ship struck an iceberg in the freezing North Atlantic.
Re-released to coincide with both the 100th Anniversary of the sinking and the 15th Anniversary of the film everyone thought would ruin Cameron's career, Titanic has aged very well. Its period setting renders it timeless, its action and drama are universal in theme, and its state-of-the-art-for-the-time effects stand up to all but a few visible flaws.
It's also a wonderful testament to the ship as well as its passengers and crew. Though it remains to this day a symbol of hubris and failure, it's easy to forget how monumental a task it was to construct a vessel of its magnitude in the early 1900s. Though Jack and Rose end up in some pretty unlikely places as they wander, it's wonderful to see the speculation on what the experience might have been like. This speculation, of course, is based on Cameron's own interest in the events, which makes it feel all the more real.
Indeed, the re-release seems to be less of a simple cash grab than an opportunity to revisit and honour those who lost their lives. Or rather, it would, if not for the needless gimmickry of adding 3D effects to the film.
I'll be plain: do NOT see Titanic if you're merely curious about how it looks in 3D – you will be disappointed. Expectations for the 3D effects have been high, considering how well they were applied to Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar a few years ago, but that film was developed and shot with the technology in mind. Here the effect ranges from too subtle to be noticed to unnecessarily distracting. When the most pronounced 3D in the entire film is some wet strands of Winslet's hair in the foreground of a close-up of DiCaprio, I think it's time we seriously consider scrapping the gimmick entirely.
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Baltimore Restaurant Week 2010 is underway. While the two-week long event is always a great excuse for busy stay-at-home moms and dads to let someone else worry about making dinner and finally get a night out alone, there's no reason you can't also make it a family affair.
During Restaurant Week (January 22, 2010 - February 7, 2010) make a reservation for dinner and a babysitter at a restaurant you've always wanted to try. Then book a second reservation at one of the numerous kid-friendly restaurants participating this year.
To make it easy the Baltimore SAHM Examiner is including a list of downtown kid-friendly restaurants that are also participating in Baltimore Restaurant Week.
Bertha's Restaurant and Bar (Seafood)
734 S. Broadway, Lancaster & Broadway in Fells Point
phone: 410.327.5795
Kiddie burger, grilled cheese, and Peanut butter and jelly are offered for the kids.
Chiapparelli's Restaurant (Italian)
237 S. High Street in Little Italy
phone: 410.837.0309
Dino-shaped Chicken Fingers & French Fries, Cheese Ravioli, Spaghetti & Meatball ($6 each)
Frank & Nic's West End Grille (American)
511 W. Pratt Street
phone: 410.685.6800
The kids' menu includes mac and cheese, burger/cheeseburger with fries, salmon with fries, grilled cheese with fries, chicken fingers with fries, and pasta with butter and cheese ($6 each)
La Tasca Spanish Tapas Bar & Restaurant (Spanish)
201 E. Pratt Street Suite 1212
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In estimating how much money they'll make this year, some drug companies are betting that Congress will renew an R&D tax credit that expired at the end of 2007. But that's not a sure thing, and the companies could wind up with higher taxes (resulting in lower profits) than they're predicting, reports Peter Loftus of Dow Jones Newswires.
Wyeth, for example, is assuming the credit will be renewed. If the assumption is wrong, the company will wind up paying an extra $70 million, or five cents a share, the company's CFO told DJ. Bristol-Myers Squibb and Genentech are making the same tax assumption.
The credit, which lowered tax bills by about $5.6 billion across all industries in 2004, has been in effect almost constantly since the early 1980s. But it's never been permanent.
Several Big Pharma heavyweights — including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Abbott — aren't counting on the tax break to be re-upped.
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My 4yo is currently away for starting with Dave Stuart, I am really looking forward to him coming home and me being able to ride him myself.
It was a tough decision to send him away for this, as I have backed my previous youngsters myself. I just am so busy at work and have to rely on help from my husband (when he just wants to go play golf!
I am thinking that the experience my horse will get with Dave (who has backed hundreds of horses) will be better than me doing it, but will feel very strange then just getting on him and riding when he comes home rather than all the long reining and leaning over stuff.
For those of you who have done it, what are your best tips for a freshly backed horse when it comes home? Is it any different to when you have done it yourself?
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Linebacker Jonathan Vilma, receiver Lance Moore and tight end John Gilmore missed practice for the Saints on Thursday, and safety Roman Harper returned to team drills on a limited basis. Vilma and Coach Sean Payton both said he is fine. The team was just being cautious by giving him a day to rest his lingering knee injury -- especially because they were scheduled to make the cross-country flight to San Francisco later in the evening.
Payton said Vilma will participate in today's walk-through practice at Candlestick Park.
"He's good," Payton said. "We're far enough into the schedule now. ... We'll get him some work tomorrow in the walk-throughs. He'll be fine."
Harper also appears fine after increasing his workload in practice Thursday. Linebacker Jonathan Casillas also has practiced on a limited basis all week, signaling he could be ready to return from his knee injury.
Moore and Gilmore, however, are questionable. Neither has participated in team drills this week. The Saints will give their official injury statuses today.
PRAISE FOR KROMER: Payton confirmed that offensive line coach Aaron Kromer is scheduled to interview for the St. Louis Rams' head coaching job. Though he didn't specify when and where the interview will take place, he said the Saints were able to work it around their schedule.
"We've had it on our schedule and worked it out. From an operations standpoint, it will be very smooth," Payton said.
Although Kromer has never been a coordinator in the NFL, Payton said the league is "a very small circle," so Kromer has been well known and well respected during his 11 years with the Raiders, Buccaneers and Saints.
"He has been a huge asset to us," Payton said of Kromer, who joined the Saints' staff in 2008. "I worked with Aaron prior to coming here (at Miami of Ohio in the 1990s). He came initially as a running backs coach and then moved to the offensive line, handles our run game and is a real good talent. Again, he's a big reason for our success offensively.
"These types of things come with the success we're having. We talked about Curtis (Johnson) already (being named head coach at Tulane) and going back to Doug Marrone (who left to become head coach at Syracuse). Those opportunities I think are good ones."
PRAISE FOR ROGERS: 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers is right there with Saints tailback Darren Sproles among the biggest impact free agents in the NFL this season. Rogers earned his first Pro Bowl invitation and was second-team All-Pro after intercepting a career-high six passes.
Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams knows him well. He made a strong push for the Redskins to draft Rogers with the ninth pick in the 2005 draft.
"He is a real special player," Williams said. "And I've had a chance to have in all these years several Thorpe-award winning defensive backs. You have one here now with Malcolm (Jenkins). ... Carlos was a really good draft choice for us. I'm really pleased with how he's been able to grow as a player.
"And I've teased him for so many years how hard it is for him to catch the ball. He hasn't been a very natural catcher. And he's had a great year catching the football. ... He's just like some of these young guys here that I have been hard on before. I (was) very, very hard on him with the Washington Redskins, and he still remembers that. But he has a special place in my heart. He's a good young player."


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Let's face it: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has failed to make a name for itself in the extremely competitive smartphone processor market. The gaming specialist tried its darndest to give Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) a run for its money, but Qualcomm has a lot more money than NVIDIA. For all intents and purposes, NVIDIA is done with smartphones.
For example, last year's Xiaomi Mi3 had a Tegra 4 variant as well as a Snapdragon 800 flavor. The updated Mi4 that was just announced is purely a Snapdragon affair. The newest Tegra K1 chips that were announced at CES earlier this year has exactly zero design wins in phones that investors know of, and losing a spot at one of the world's fastest growing smartphone makers doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
So, where else can NVIDIA put its newest K1 chips into?
Say hello to Shield Tablet
NVIDIA has announced Shield Tablet alongside a Shield wireless controller. The company is positioning the new device as the "world's most advanced tablet built for gamers." Shield Tablet naturally runs Google Android, which has been NVIDIA's primary choice as a mobile gaming platform for quite some time. NVIDIA is also selling a tablet cover that can be used to prop up the device. Buying all three of these components will cost a total of $400.
This isn't the first time that NVIDIA has launched a first-party tablet. Late last year, NVIDIA launched Tegra Note, a reference platform for OEMs. The company sells Tegra Note 7 devices directly, but also had companies like Hewlett-Packard sell rebranded variants. Shield Tablet is a combination of NVIDIA's previous tablet attempts and its Shield handheld gaming device.
Lacking additional wins at third-party OEMs, Shield Tablet represents NVIDIA's third attempt to sell more Tegra chips by launching its own devices.
What ever happened to "Tegra K1 season"?
On the last conference call, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said, "It's about to be Tegra K1 season." Yet the K1 is lacking in the design win department. Thus far, there have only been two other devices announced sporting the K1. Xiaomi's MiPad was the first K1 device, so NVIDIA isn't completely out of Xiaomi's product portfolio. The second was Google's Project Tango. Now we can add Shield Tablet to the list.
Of these, the MiPad is likely the most promising in terms of unit volumes. Google's experimental tablet that senses environmental surroundings certainly won't move a lot of units. Given the high price tag and relatively niche market, Shield Tablet unit sales will also likely be modest. Huang knows that NVIDIA is not doing well in smartphones, which is why he wants to target other verticals at this point:
In terms of competition, there's lots of competition out there, but our focus with TK1 is automotive, gaming, and differentiated products, and customers who are looking for differentiated processors that can really bring some excitement to their devices. My expectation is TK1 is going to do great.
The Tegra segment's results have been deteriorating for quite some time, and NVIDIA has little choice but to salvage this business after investing heavily over the years.
The good news
Fortunately, Tegra is not NVIDIA's most important business. The GPU segment remains healthy and highly profitable. Tegra was always a risky proposition to begin with, as NVIDIA wanted to diversify into other markets. It was an expensive bet that didn't pay off financially for investors, but NVIDIA can still try to squeeze out a few more design wins in other market segments.
Eventually though, it might have to give up. Considering the fact that the Tegra operating losses ate through a third of the GPU segment's operating income last fiscal year, that wouldn't be such a bad outcome at this point.
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OK everyone, here is the official WorkoutScene.com review of the ever-popular Insanity program.
High intensity workouts are definitely enjoying a jump in popularity at the moment and Insanity has always been one of the most prominent. But is it worth the hype? Is it the real deal? Will this program really get you into the best shape of your life in a short 60 days?
Those are the questions we set out to answer.
As with all workouts reviewed on this site we've been through the program from beginning to end. What you'll read on this page are our thoughts, ratings and results based solely on our own experiences.
What is the Insanity Workout?
It is an intense workout program produced by a company call Beach Body, and created by a trainer referred to as 'Shaun T'. It is designed both for men and for women. Beach Body are very well known for producing massively popular fitness and diet courses and selling them online and via television. Some of their other titles include P90X and Hip Hop Abs. This is encouraging – that Insanity is brought to us by a company with a track record of hitting multiple home runs in the workout program market.
The word "Insanity" really does a great job of what you can expect to experience when following the program. For 60 days you'll train for 6 days each week at a level that does actually feel pretty insane. This program is all about high intensity, training harder than you ever have before and giving 110% for each and every workout.
The actual workouts themselves focus mainly on using your own bodyweight as the resistance, rather than dumbbells, barbells or other weights. This is definitely an advantage for most people as you don't really need any fitness equipment. It will however be necessary to watch each workout session so you can follow it; a basic television set that plays DVDs will do the job. We actually went through the whole program at home, most of the time in the living room!
Make no mistake; this program doesn't claim to use any short cuts, tricks or gimmicks to get you in shape. It is about pure hard work, nothing else. Shortly into the 60 days you'll definitely realize this for yourself. You're working so hard, sweating so much and giving so much effort that you'll be certain of at least one thing: Insanity is not a scam. It is the real deal.
What I included with the program?
You'll receive the following items if you decide to buy:
– 10 DVDs
– A comprehensive diet plan
– Workout calendar
– Progress tracker
As mentioned above you won't need any other equipment to go through the program – just some loose clothing and a good pair of gym shoes.
The Actual Workouts
A typical Insanity workout will last between 40-50 minutes on average. You're going to be active for the vast majority of this time, without much rest.
The actual structure is very simple. The program is based on what is referred to as Max Interval Training. Here you're basically exercising extremely hard for a few minutes, then taking a much shorter rest period. You'll follow that pattern over and over for the duration of each workout. Resting is usually limited to 30 seconds each time – just enough time to get some water.
You'll move from exercise to exercise in a kind of circuit, without stopping between them. The ONLY resting periods are the short 30 second breaks.
Also note that a warm up period is performed before each session. The warm ups towards the end of the course can be very tiring on their own, before you've even started the 'real' workout.
Workout Schedule and Variation
As mentioned, Insanity lasts for 60 days and you'll be training 6 times per week. There is a semi recovery break week after month 1, before the daily intensity again increases as you move into the second month.
During the first month you'll be rotating a selection of pre-defined workouts:
– Fit Test
– Plyometric Cardio Circuit
– Cardio Power and Resistance
– Cardio Recovery
– Pure Cardio
And yes, even though it is only month one these are all very difficult!! Your recovery week gives your body a chance to prepare for the start of month two, which is quite a bit more challenging. In general you can expect workouts to be not only more intense, but also longer as you move towards the end of the program.
Month two sees these new workouts added in to the mix:
– Max Interval Circuit
– Max Interval Plyo
– Max Cardio Conditioning
– Max Recovery
If you follow this through to the end and complete all workouts each week you should certainly be proud. And also looking awesome!
Is Insanity for You? Pros & Cons
This program is great for anyone wanting to get super lean, ripped, shredded etc in a short time period. It is very focused on fat loss and getting a 'beach body' type look. That is what most regular people want, rather than the bodybuilder style physique. For MOST people who just want to look and feel great, Insanity is a really good choice.
The other major benefit is that you can do the program at home with no equipment. That has to be a huge, huge plus point for a lot of folks.
Lastly, you literally get everything you need to start immediately. Just open the box and follow along. Nothing is left to chance, you don't need to do any guesswork or fill in any blanks. If you can stick with it, this is a 'paint by numbers' approach to looking awesome.
As Nike say: Just do it! If you do you'll certainly see results, because the program works. Plain and simple.
Although we love the Insanity workout program and have gotten really good results, there are some down sides.
Firstly, this is really hard. A certain percentage of people will just never finish it. You have to really want to be in shape and be totally committed to sticking with this program, otherwise you don't stand a chance.
Motivation can be difficult because this is a workout you typically do from home. Of course it can be done at the gym as well, but at home on your own you'll certainly need willpower to get through the course. It is going to be SO worth it if you do though.
Finally, having a basic level of fitness is somewhat required. If you're totally out of shape or very obese then you'll probably want to up your fitness before trying Insanity. Sorry, this is just our honest opinion!
Final Thoughts
Our review of Insanity is definitely positive overall. If you want to look better than you ever have before then buy this program, suck it up and put in the effort. You'll 100% get the results you want.
Lastly, if you like these style workouts but want to look at another alternative program. Check out my review of Max Workouts, which is quite a similar course.


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Remington keeps adding models to the lineup, and intends to stay in the 1911 business for the foreseeable future. Most of the other American handgun makers have their own sub-forums. Please set one aside for Remington, so that they have a chance to exist outside of the general 1911 forum.
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Vodafone paves way for VoLTE as it makes first successful 4G call
Claims technology will pave way for smartphone battery life improvements
UK MOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone has made its first successful voice call over LTE, less than a year after the arrival of its 4G network.
Vodafone announced on Wednesday that it made the successful voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) call in a specialist laboratory in Newbury, paving the way for a nationwide rollout. However, the network has yet to reveal when Vodafone customers will be able to take advantage of VoLTE, instead saying vaguely that it's working towards a commercial launch "in the future".
Once VoLTE is rolled out, however, Vodafone boasts that users will be able to make high-quality calls while using data simultaneously, adding that friends and family will be connected quicker than if they were making a traditional phone call.
VoLTE will also make way for high-quality video calling, Vodafone said, meaning "customers will experience their call as though face-to-face with each other".
Vodafone UK CTO Fergal Kelly said, "We've been continually developing and investing heavily in our UK network since it launched nearly 30 years ago.
"Our trial of VoLTE, less than a year after the launch of our 4G network, is the next major innovation, and is hugely important as we continue our work to build the UK's best network."
In a blog post, Vodafone also boasted that VoLTE could improve its customers' phones' battery lives, with the technology proving less power-intensive than calls made over 2G or 3G.
It said, "3G can be pretty battery hungry when it comes to calls. Sure, phones do more these days but 3G does need more power than 2G and both things combined can increase battery drain.
"By comparison Voice over 4G is a pretty efficient technology, and that means you may well see your battery life increase when it's available." µ
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I spent the weekend in the most fabulous way – I was at the CR Laine factory in Hickory, NC, to look over the samples of my new furniture line that debuts in April at the High Point Market! It was so exciting, and SO inspiring!
I cannot wait to show you the new upholstery pieces – they look fantastic, and they didn't even have the fabrics on them yet!
I wish I could show you everything, including the amazing floorplan with all of the fabrics and furnishings laid out in the CR Laine showroom – but I can tell you that this collection will be all about COLOR! That shouldn't surprise you, right?!
In just a few months, I can show it all to you! Until then, look for a few more sneak peeks on my Instagram feed in the weeks leading up to the April Market!
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An original collection of windows and views from windows, taken mainly in Italy and France but also Spain and Czech.
Windows offering views and fragments of reality embedded in them; windows being themselves a reality that surrounds and protects, preserves and binds; frame shapes, colours, tones and lights, where the observer projects itself, peering into images, known or unknown, universes revisited in a kaleidoscopic and fanciful itinerant carousel.
I like to photograph anything that inspires me; I like to find beauty where others don't... because the Beauty, like Verity and Goodness, is an antidote against pessimism, an invite to enjoy life. My photographic effort is therefore devoted to communicate and transmit the Beauty using light, perspective, colour and composition motivated by the passion, by the curiosity, by the patience and by the perseverance. In fact it is the passion and perseverance that drive me to come back more times and at improbable time in the same place waiting for the better light and framing, the most favourable moment o simply to put at ease the subject. I think that photography helps to see what surrounds us, which we often overlook. The camera helps me to avoid this error.
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Ben Kingsley mum on 'real Manadarin' Marvel One-Shot rumors
(CBR) Ben Kingsley will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a new short film, but the details of the project remain unknown. One report suggests the Oscar winner will appear in a new One-Shot that features "the real Mandarin," as opposed to the foolish actor Trevor that Kingsley played in "Iron Man 3".
For his part, Kingsley won't spill the beans on the "real Mandarin" rumor, telling Vanity Fair: "I can't confirm that."
"It's in progress. It will have to remain under wraps," the actor continued. "Marvel was so brilliant in the way they kept the transition from the Mandarin to Trevor Slattery in "Iron Man 3". They were absolutely brilliant at it. I so respect the way they dearly want to surprise their audiences. But we will just have to leave it in the realm of rumor."
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1 Culzean Castle
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Culzean (pronounced Cullane) in its dramatic clifftop setting was once again the work of the talented Robert Adam (1728-1792), commissioned by the Kennedy family to transform the old castle. Although he was a classicist, Adam added arrow slits and ba..
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Alloway is the birthplace of the poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796), whose birthday on 25 January is celebrated by Scots throughout the world. Built by William Burns, his eldest son, Robert, was born in the roadside cottage on 25 January 1759. The stable..
3 Crossraguel Abbey
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Only ruins remain of the second Cluniac monastery in Scotland, a brother monastery to Paisley Abbey founded by Duncan, Earl of Carrick in 1244. The abbey reached the height of its prosperity in the 15C when a great rebuilding programme was undertaken..
4 Auld Brig
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This 13C bridge, immortalised by Burns, was supposedly financed by two sisters whose betrothed were both drowned when attempting to ford the river in spate. The small cobbled bridge has survived although the neighbouring bridge was swept away in a st..
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An alehouse in the time of Burns, this is where Tam started out on his frightening adventures on a stormy night (Tam o'Shanter).


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College Hockey:Spartans Shut Out Buckeyes For Road Sweep
Thelan, Migliaccio Star For MSU
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A.J. Thelan had two goals to cap a four-point weekend, as Michigan State completed a sweep of Ohio State with a 3-0 shutout.
It was the first road sweep for the Spartans since Feb. 22-23, 2002, in Oxford; more importantly, it was the first time MSU has put together back-to-back wins against a single opponent since Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, when the Spartans swept the Ferris State Bulldogs in a home-and-home series.
"Well, obviously we played very well," said MSU head coach Rick Comley. "Migliaccio stepped in and played very well."
Sophomore Matt Migliaccio took over for starter Dominic Vicari at the end of the second period of Friday night's 4-2 win when Vicari injured his left leg. Migliaccio finished the night with 28 saves.
"I felt really comfortable," said Migliaccio. "I wasn't too up or too down. I wanted to prove to the coaching staff that I could play and play well."
After a scoreless first period, Thelan registered his first of the night at 13:03 in the second, a one-timer from the top of the right circle, to put the Spartans up 1-0. His second goal was nearly identical but came on the power play 58 seconds into the third period.
"The first goal, I just got the puck to the net and hoped that good things would happen. Coach emphasizes always getting pucks on net."
Adam Nightingale added an empty-net goal at 17:54.
"I thought overall we played better than we did last night," said Comley. "We seemed to have control at times. They didn't have the big run on us like they did last night. The timely goal was the power-play goal in the third period."
As was the case with MSU's 4-2 win Friday night, the Spartans had a little help from the iron around the cage. Toward the end of the second, Andrew Schembri hit the crossbar on a breakaway and at 14:30 in the third, Dave Steckel hit the right post. The Buckeyes outshot the Spartans 28-25.
"I thought both nights we had enough scoring chances," said OSU captain J.B. Bittner. "You've got to give credit to their goaltending."
The Buckeyes have dropped six of their past eight CCHA games, all six losses at the hands of clustermates Miami, Michigan, and Michigan State. Bittner said that this weekend's losses were not for lack of trying.
"I thought the effort was there both nights. First period, we came out hard like we had before. Then they got that first one — and I don't think we even dropped off. The effort was there, but we hit some pipes and goalie made some good saves."
Comley said that Friday's win took some pressure off the Spartans, who were concerned about playing Ohio State, a team they had not beaten before Friday in six attempts.
"They weren't quite as dangerous as they were last night," said Comley. "That's probably [the best] five periods of hockey as we played. I was very worried about coming down here and getting one win, let alone coming out of here with two."
Thelan, a freshman defenseman, netted his seventh and eighth goals of the season tonight and had two assists last night, his best weekend offensive outing of the season.
"I try to do whatever I can for the team," said Thelan. I love the offensive part of the game, but I love defense, too."
With the win, the Spartans (15-12-1, 11-6-1 CCHA) keep pace with the Wolverines, who beat Western Michigan 7-0, to stay tied for second, one point behind league-leading Miami, which bested Nebraska-Omaha 7-1.
"We're not worried about [first place]," said Comley. "We're just worried about putting together two games."
The Buckeyes (15-12-0, 10-9-0 CCHA) will have to wait until the outcome of the late contest between the Falcons and Nanooks in Fairbanks to see where they stand after this weekend's play. Head coach John Markell said that his team's effort was there, but the scoring is a concern. "I can't score for them. I can only show them how."
Next up for MSU is a two-game home series against Miami, Jan. 30-31, while the Buckeyes travel to Bowling Green for one game Saturday, Jan. 31.
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Bankruptcy – No Pension Panacea
In the 2010 San Diego City Council race, and in previous mayoral campaigns, the idea of bankruptcy for San Diego has been proffered. However, neither Vallejo, which survived bankruptcy, nor Stockton, now going through bankruptcy have demonstrated that public employee pensions can be discharged in bankruptcy court, at least in California. In California, after the Vallejo experience, the state passed laws requiring that cities contemplating bankruptcy enter into a mediation process. This requires that the city negotiate in good faith with creditors prior to entering bankruptcy proceedings. One group for whom there is no negotiation are the labor unions pensions. From Reuters:
Calpers and unions around the country have made it clear they see a pension as an iron-clad right, one that's legally protected even in a bankruptcy.
Whether pensions are contract rights, which can be changed, or property rights, which are protected under the U.S. Constitution, has never been tested in court.
My question is what happens when the pension costs exceed all other sources of revenue? Who pays then? In Providence, RI, the answer seems to be that if the money is really gone, then the city will have to go to court. From the New York Times:
. . . the Providence City Councilsigned off on a plan to end, for now, annual cost-of-living increases for about 3,000 retired police officers, firefighters and other employees getting city pensions. The change would save about $16 million in the 2013 fiscal year, the mayor said; cost-of-living increases would be reinstated once the retirement system is 70 percent financed, which could take well over a decade. The change would also apply to current city workers once they retire.
In an interview at City Hall last week, Mr. Taveras, a first-term Democrat, said he "absolutely" expected a lawsuit to delay the freeze on cost-of-living increases for pensioners. But he said he saw no alternative for the city of 178,000 short of receivership, which would allow for a bankruptcy filing.
"It could drag out," the mayor said of the expected legal battle. "But if we can't reform our pensions, I don't see how we can move this city forward. You could raise taxes, but I don't think you can raise taxes enough to cover the cost of this."
This case might make it to the Supreme Court on the theory that the city, as an extension of the state is violating the 10th amendment of the constitution:
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
I quoted the entire amendment, bu the key passage is "Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts." There are a number of counter-arguments, but I expect this to hit the Supreme Court sooner or later.
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As I periodically point out, the best public employee pension solution is to — whenever possible — get rid of public employees. Contract as much as possible out — even if it seems to save no money up front. Contracting out also eliminates the massive unfunded government/taxpayer liabilities for pensions, healthcare, disability, and who knows what else.
The HUGE side benefit of privatization is that it guts the unions — reducing or eliminating the most harmful single factor in California (and in all blue states, I suspect).


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I have an ADSL router connected to my PC using USB; internet works ok, but there is no appropriate network connection in the list of connections. I cannot change settings, share connection, etc. Is this normal or a bug? How to change settings of this connection?
UPD ipconfig names this connection as "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3". When I pull out USB, it disappears from the list. However, this connection is never shown under Control Panel/Connections


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Why It's Awful to Live Above an Outstanding Barbecue Joint
"The scent is coy, inconsistent, like a radio channel that's just out of range."
Our friends over at Bedford + Bowery have posted a poignant, first-person account of one man's completely serious woes, which began just as soon as he and his wife moved upstairs from Fette Sau in Williamsburg. Beguiling notes of rendered pork fat and wood smoke began to trickle through his apartment like phantoms, Noah Mackert writes, and meanwhile, inebriated people drinking bourbon neat and eating ribs late into the night made it hard for the couple to fall asleep. Mackert loves the 'cue, but in what unfolds like a classic fable, or perhaps an Ira Levin novel, he starts carrying a secret barbecue shame and worrying about "feeling like a man in a trench coat" should he deign to enjoy a meal at Fette Sau by himself. There's a bittersweet ending to the tale, too, but even that's overpowered by the greatness of brisket. [Bedford + Bowery]


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Logitech Faces Uphill Struggle
Logitech International Chairman and acting CEO Guerrino De Luca has apparently been on a charm offensive with investors over the last few weeks.
"I am very, very sorry," Mr. De Luca said on Thursday as the computer peripherals maker issued its third profit warning in six months. "I believe this will be the last. The situation will improve going forward."
Mr. De Luca, resumed his old role (he was CEO from 1998 to 2008) when CEO Gerald Quindlen left the company in July. But, it's unlikely even the smoothest of operators will be able to sooth disgruntled shareholders, who have seen 61% wiped from the value of their investments this year.
"They have disappointed investors, big time," said Stefan Gaechter, an analyst at Swiss brokerage Helvea. "They are losing investor confidence again."
Logitech, the world's largest maker of computer mice, has been hit by a series of problems, not least the collapse in consumer confidence which has hit High Street spending. The company has also been caught short by the rising popularity of tablet computers, which are estimated to sell 120 million units a year in Europe by 2015.
"Logitech's actual product range is out-fashioned, not unique and sells only by price," said Patrick Hasenboehler, an analyst at Bank Sarasin.
Mr. Gaechter added: "Five, ten years ago their products used to be sexier than they are today. They used to be a little bit like the Apple of the peripherals world, but they aren't now."
Mr. De Luca was refreshingly candid on the issues the company faces. "The worse the economic conditions, the stronger the product portfolio needs to be," he said. "In a difficult market, great products still sell, but we don't have enough great products in the portfolio."
Logitech has been launching new keyboards, joysticks and other peripherals for tablets, but analysts are skeptical as to whether this is enough. "The core retail products are not able to generate the growth rates and profit margins they have had in the past, they haven't really launched a killer application," said Mr. Gaechter.
Logitech's strategy so far has been to concentrate on growth in the PC market in emerging markets and also what it calls, beyond the PC, building its LifeSize video conferencing business and developing digital music equipment and its Harmony line of remote controls.
But the Asia-Pacific region only made up 20% of Logitech's sales last year, and cannot make up for the downturn in the Americas and Europe, where the company is also suffering from a flawed sales strategy which saw it increase its promotional spending without generating extra demand.
Lifesize, although growing, accounted for only accounted for 7% of its sales in 2011 fiscal year, and alone cannot turn the company's fortunes around. And although the company's collaboration with Google's internet TV product aroused a lot of excitement, it has not been successful.
In response Logitech has had to cut the price for its Revue set-top box to $99 from $249 to stimulate demand. As one analyst, who did not want to be named, said earlier this year: "The problem with Google TV is that it is like spending a whole evening watching YouTube. It gives you migraine."
Amid all these troubles, the search for a new CEO is probably the least of Logitech's problems.


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A UFO sighting over Toronto and in New York over the weekend caused a storm of panic from locals. And along with the news of another unidentified flying object comes a slew of conspiracy theories and allegations of government cover-ups, citing a July 28 Huffington Post report. Lions and tigers -- and maybe drones? Oh my!
In the skies over the cities of Toronto and New York a strange flashing light appeared Saturday night. According to witnesses, the UFO flew high above buildings, and hovered for a time. People caught off guard by the strange objects snapped images and took video footage of the illuminated orbs high in the sky.
When the strange lights appeared in the night skies, locals took to social media and sounded the alarms. A post on Twitter about the Toronto UFO read:
Strange light spotted up in the sky in willowdale. What's going on?! #strangelight#ufo #toronto pic.twitter.com/bL3Cim3Wfq
— Jacky Au Duong (@jauduong) July 27, 2014
Another person reported on the New York UFO with this tweet:
UFOs, drones or kites What's behind these strange flashing lights spotted over North York? http://t.co/4ALmFZyuXs pic.twitter.com/OeuecgaIKj
— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) July 27, 2014
A closer look at the two minute video shows a string of lights -- evenly spaced dots -- that appeared as a laser projected towards the object over Toronto. Some spooked gazers even called police.
Despite the heavy volume of reports on UFOs over decades of reporting, not one has proven that extraterrestrial life exists. Not even the infamous Area 51 has shown that space objects -- allegedly captured by the U.S. government -- have yield an iota of evidence that there are visitors from outer space.
Still, many are not convinced and hold fast to their beliefs in ET. Skeptics point to NSA spying, government/amateur drones, and a host of other conspiracies.
On occasion, flying objects like the UFO over Toronto and New York were proven to be nothing more than Chinese lanterns.
What say you about this latest sighting of a U-F-O?


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Some say, "God's not there," because He hasn't revealed himself in any tangible way in a long time. Others say God is a creation of man's desire to find a purpose for being here. The current movie 'God's Not Dead' seeks to show those who will listen that God is still present. He is still in the world He created, fellow-shipping with His creation when His creation answers the call.
God is said to reveal his presence in the world in four ways:
Nature - Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." The Bible is clear the universe had a beginning, something which scientists have recently discovered and affirmed. Scientists call it the Big Bang Theory, those in the Christian community call it God speaking and the universe existed. Now the vastness and complexity of the heavens and the earth testify to the presence of God and His hand in their creation.
Personality - Ecclesiastes 3:11, "He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." There is deep down inside of each person a "God shaped hole" which can only be filled by answering God's calling. While many try and ignore this calling it is still there and many try to fill the hole with anything but God.
Jesus - Matthew 11:27, "All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Jesus was God's son come into the world. He came to show the world what God was actually like and how far God would go to show the world His love for His creation. Jesus arrival changed the course of history.
The Bible, 2 Timothy 3:16, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof for correction, for instruction in righteousness." The Bible is God's inspired Word written down in order to remind mankind of His continued presence in the world. The Bible is the recorded history of God's relationship with mankind first to the nation of Israel then with all of mankind through Jesus. The Bible is not an outdated book, it is a book which has the same life, today, for those who read it as it did when God inspired each writer to put pen to paper.
These evidences are there for all to know God is still around, doing His work in the world. While many refute theses evidences or try to explain them away. The simple fact is the universe came into being, suddenly. Man has and always will have a strong internal desire to seek a high power, God. Jesus existed. the historical record accounts for the fact. The Bible is and always will be a book which changes lives.
There is however a more compelling argument for the existence of God, changed lives. Over the centuries millions of people have turned from paths of crime, sin, fruitless lives and degradation and answered God's call. They have become changed people who no longer live for themselves but others.
Don't take my word for it, examine the scriptures, weigh the evidence, see the movie, 'God's Not Dead,' do whatever it takes but make an educated reasoning about God not being there, before you make up your mind, your after life depends on your decision.


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Bank routing numbers are essential to making our money system work, but few people know what they are until they're asked to give theirs. If you've been asked for your bank's routing number, it's important to know what kind of information you're giving.
In order for checks to be processed electronically, every bank in the United States has been assigned a routing number unique to that institution. Essentially, this number acts as an ID number for the bank in any computerized transaction. Because of this, anyone who is signing up for a service that requires money to be withdrawn or deposited into their bank account must provide a routing number for their bank.
Finding your bank's routing number isn't too hard. Most people find it by looking at the numbers printed at the bottom of their checks. Practically all checks in America are processed electronically, so every check has the bank's routing number and the account number the checks are tied to printed at the bottom. The very first string of digits is the bank's routing number, the second string of digits is the account number, and the third string of digits is the check number.
It is very common for a variety of places to ask for a bank routing number. The most common place people usually have to give this information out is to their employer when they are signing up for direct deposit. This number, along with the account number of the employee is essential for their computer system to transfer money into the account of the employee.
Of course, because these transfers are done electronically, it is important to make sure that no digits are left out or written down wrong when signing up for a service that requires money to be transferred in and out of your account. Getting a number wrong will cause the computer to find the wrong account, and could result in fees from your bank.