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If nature abhors a vacuum, the last months, indeed years, could have fooled me. Barack Obama and his enemies have gone back and forth over the same political terrain for more than five years....
To be honest, I couldn't care less how many laws they write, I wouldn't go to the Obamacare website for love nor money. The government needs to obey their own laws on hacking. I'd feel safer putting a computer on the internet without an antivirus program.
For once, why don't you be honest with yourself and your readers and expose Obama for what he is. Most of us already know but it would be nice to see one of his minions telling the truth for a change rather than having their lips planted firmly on his back side. I would think you'd get tired of the view back there. Man up Turner, and stop being the beady eyed liberal weasel you appear to be. If you heard the truth for a change, who knows, maybe even you could become a conservative after the proper cleansing and debriefing sessions.
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Turner, you are either the most easily fooled individual I've ever seen, or a person so full of crap it oozes out your ears. Let's take a quick look at Obama's election win. First, scant few in this country with any sense at all remotely believes he's legal to be president, and the fact that several voting districts showed favorable votes for Obama exceeding 100%. Since we depend on the government to give us the real poop on who won an election, and the fact that Obama had the media in his pocket, right bedside the owner of the company that wrote the software for the electronic voting machines, the man couldn't lose.
Obama has shown to be a liar, and the primary reason he keeps covering the same ground is to revisit the lies he told, and to cover his butt. I assume you remember his promise that those who wished to could keep their present healthcare coverage? Well, we saw how well that worked when millions lost their coverage, which came a no surprise to most of us.
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The writings of both Dr.Turner and Joe from Elkins are refreshing and dignified and thus are in sharp contrast to the repetitive offerings of Top Gun whose very name,(Poison pen name, that is), bespeaks hate,especially towards Afro-Americans which his keyboard has been pre-set to deny.
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Joe, Utopia doesn't exist anywhere other than in the minds of delusional liberals. You clutter that small cavity between your ears with psychotic images of a Clinton White House again, but it isn't going to happen. She has more dirt in her past, she could start a Georgia cotton plantation between her ears. Benghazi is here baby and it will be her demise if she tries a run for the White House. I suggest you try someone else because Hillary will NEVER sit in the White House, unless it's during one of the ego stroking sessions her and Obama has.
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For instance, they have fought Obama's attempts at socio-economic reform with some success.
The environmental initiations they drive back, even given the mounting evidence that things have gone wrong in trying to protect our air and water. Gun control is a virtual non-starter.
THANK GOD the Conservatives have STOPPED Obama the socialist lover from turning our christian nation into one that satan would be proud of. I guess that tells us which side Mr. Turner is on. He apparently hates the idea that we've STOPPED Obama's gun control stupidity and his further socialistic goals. Mr. Turner should get out more often; visit China, Cuba, Russia. Stay there a while. Speak out like you do here about those countries while you're there. See how far it gets you. Then, perhaps, you'll better understand what socialism, communism, marxism truly is. It's not the lies Obama tells you. Ask the immigrants that came to America from those countries. Turner trying to hard to defend Obama. LOL.
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Reading Turners, and other liberals' comments on here has proven to me one thing: It's getting much more difficult to continue trying to 'defend' Obama's socialistic policies, ideas and lawlessness!
Even one liberal contributor from Fox news stated she's TIRED of trying to defend Obamacare when it appears Obama isn't even trying to fix all the hundreds and still counting...problems mounting with the website and the truth about it. The lies Obama and dems told citizens about it have yet to come true. Can't keep your insurance; Can't keep your own doctors; Can't keep anything they promised. Lies and deceit is the ONLY way they got anything passed. It's just too bad there's that many ignorant voters that keep believing the lies. Apparently 67% of democrat voters woke up, that's the number of dems who said they would NOT vote for Obama aain if he could run. About time they woke up!!!
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THEN...arrest, charge and imprison Pelosi as SHE was speaker of the house then and SHE signed UNDER OATH that Obama 'qualified' and 'passed' ALL legalities 'required' under the Constitution of the United States to be a President of the United States.
There is going to eventually come a day of recompense. I think the democrats know this; is why they're retiring, resigning and RUNNING (away!).
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Liberals are not running away from anything or anyone nor are we about to "cowl down" to the likes of the Republican Party. If anything it sounds like the "right wingers" are in a panic by the way they rant and insult. Their party is drowning and dying in a pool of lies and deceit of their own making. It has been blatant and no matter how many times they repeat themselves it will not make the rederick suddenly become fact. They have screwed over the folks that they were supposed to be representing for a check from the wealthy. Lack of wealth doesn't make you blind or deaf. The people have seen and heard. They will vote accordingly. Nobody to blame but themselves.......
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I have a dream: Obama is impeached
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Harley:I have a dream: Obama is impeached.
One day, Harley...maybe we can vote some REAL men and women to office that CARE about our LAWS and do just that.
My dream is impeach, arrest, charge and IMPRISON without chance of parole!
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Oh, and while we're on the subject Hildy, I do not wish to attract anyone on the left and convert them to conservatism. It's odd that you mentioned flies, since they are attracted to dead and rotting objects, which just happens to be exactly what's left in the wake of anything controlled by liberals. No thanks, we don't want liberals polluting the conservative philosophy. We are busy right now sorting out the infiltrators who sneaked in under the radar by switching parties. Just so you know, you can't convert anyone to conservatism. It's a state of mind you are incapable of understanding.
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Hildy says:The cruel myth almost beatified by Top Gunner et al about our president being born in Kenya is a racist remark however hotly denied by those who claim they are not racially bigoted.
THAT has racist undertones Hildy.
Did you know that WHITE people are born and live in Kenya TOO? Obviously you ignorantly do not know that. Your own assumptions show how utterly wrong you can be without even trying hard. Liberalism is blinding you and causing you to attack others for no other reason but to CHOOSE to be mean-spirited!
Grow up. Educate yourself. Stop being so intolerant.
Left show NO tolerance; NO compassion. Pity!
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Hildy......STOP calling us racist. You're treading on dangerous ground. NOTHING in my comments is racist.
Not only blacks are born in Kenya. There are PLENTY of other races born and raised there. Educate yourself and learn some geography and learn about other places around the world and the people who live there. It may help for future reference.
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Play, you obviously haven't been paying attention to the news. Democrats are leaving the DNC like rats jumping off a sinking ship. Even the Intermountain has a article about a possible shift in who controls the government, state and federal. Whether you choose to admit it or not, the string of lies by this administration had doomed the Democratic Party. You can sit there like Nero and fiddle while roam burns if you like, but the left's fate is sealed. Hide and watch.
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Rome, pardon the typo.
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playfare says:They have screwed over the folks that they were supposed to be representing for a check from the wealthy.
Yeah those democrats took a LOT of $$$ from those wealthy wall streeters; bankers; big pharmaceutical companies. Here's the list in case you FORGOT about democrats BIG RICH DONORS:
From LIBERAL Huff Post: Michelle Obama urged Democratic donors at a fundraiser in Los Angeles Wednesday to "write a big, fat check" to help the party's incumbents and challengers win in November. Donors had to pay at least $1,000 to attend the reception, and could pay as much as $32,400 to meet the first lady in a separate, more intimate gathering.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield gave to dems: $28,491,678. AND...the hypocrite dems...Though President Barack Obama called super PACs a "threat to democracy" before embracing them last February in his own reelection effort, he and members of his inner circle had no trouble meeting with the kind of people who contribute to them.
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Democrat big money donors that the left like to 'downplay' because hey, according to the left, only the right accept big donations from big corporations. Yeah right. Hypocrites on left don't want you to know who and how much they get:
Reinier Beeuwkes III, president of the pharmaceutical company, Ischemix, and his wife Nancy, a retired nurse, are longtime Democratic donors and fundraisers--in the current election cycle, they've contributed a total of $259,300 to federal candidates and the Democratic Party. The Beeuwkes attended a White House reception with President Obama on Dec. 16, 2010, White House visitor records show.
Lawrence Fish is a prominent donor from the Northeast. He's chairman of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. a bank holding company, and also serves on the board of luxury jewelry company Tiffany & Co. In the aggregate, Democrats candidates were the leading beneficiaries of corporate and business campaign spending, but Republicans netted the largest donations fro
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In the aggregate, Democrats candidates were the leading beneficiaries of corporate and business campaign spending, but Republicans netted the largest donations from business to individual candidates.
More INDIVIDUALS give to the right; and more BIG CORPORATIONS give to the left.
So there Joefromelkins....your bias is showing on this easily researched problem. Dems 'pretend' to hate big corporations yet they receive MORE money from them than any other political party! Just one more proof of how hypocritical & deceitful the dems are. Smart folks are NOT deceived by the left. We KNOW the truth!
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I don't watch your brand of news. Faux "news" is just a mouthpiece for the "rightwingers". Keep on listening to the lies and drinking their "koolaid".
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Socialist Venzuela falling apart. Socialism ALWAYS FAILS!
Lib media won't report what's happening there because American liberals would SEE that they tried same thing Obama is doing here and it's FAILING.
Venezuelan health care system collapsing November 6, 2013 - 10:41 am
The perils of government-run health care. It's crumbling.........and protesting in the streets is getting their socialist prez killing citizens outcrys. Socialism is MISERY for all EXCEPT the socialist leaders that is. EXPECT THIS SOON FOR AMERICA under Obama's socialist policies! Obamacare already a failed healthcare and it hasn't even truly began to take effect on most yet. YET being 'key.'
Go online to news outlet hotair and find out what local/national media REFUSES to tell you!!!
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Venzuela's Socialist experiment like Obama's here is producing:
Equal misery for all!
Toilet paper shortages; govt murdering protestors; Rolling blackouts; Govt shutting down Twitter feeds; any source of info from its citizens;
The 'cult of Chavez' is still going strong in Venzuela. Venzuela prez asking for MORE special decree powers. Like he isn't a big enough dictator now.
Venzuela's socialist govt healtcare is collapsing. TAKE NOTE OBAMANITES!
Venzuela prez wants to "seize U.S. oil rigs."
Real life: Venezuela's Maduro orders military occupation… of electronics stores. Sound familiar America?
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playfare: once again YOUR false wrong 'accusations' and stupid 'presumptions' are dead wrong. How's it feel to always be WRONG in your childish assumptions of others?
Huffington Post is a liberal site and that is on THEIR site also. LOL. Not ALL liberals are so stupid evidently; even Huff Post 'admits' at times when the left are WRONG!
For your future reference: I have netflix NO cable; NO satellite dish. Therefore....NO FOX NEWS. So that puts your assumptions in the ROUND FILE!! Thanks for the laughs.
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The award for laughs goes to......
The left in here would like us to believe that all democrat politicians are POOR. OMG!! Laughing so hard...yep; isn't that funny?
I guess play thinks Rockefeller is a poor soul?? LOLOLOL.; Rofl...
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For Video: Venezuela's Maduro urges calm as his imposition of "fair" retail prices doesn't work out so well; go to the hotair 'dot' com site. SEE what's going on with countries that have already experimented with "socialism" like Obama's administration is trying here so you KNOW what to expect in America soon!!
Liberal media doesn't want you to know this is happening. Makes this administration look bad. tsk tsk....uh-oh!! As Rockefeller, Obama and other dems like to say; "that darn Internet." How dare the internet allow citizens to SEE what's really going on!
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Venezuela's "economic war" escalating quickly as Maduro throws 100 business owners in jail.
And what happens to those workers? STARVING!
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On Aug. 3 South Korean scientists introduced Snuppy, the Afghan hound who is the world's first cloned dog—and that set pet owners' tongues wagging. What would it be like, they wondered, to clone their own beloved critters? People asked the experts:
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WINONA- An award-winning musical comedy duo will return to the area for a spirited weekend.
SpiriTed- humorist Jonathan Richard Cring and musician Janet Clazzy-will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Winona United Methodist Church, 32114 Winona Road.
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In a population-based retrospective cohort study of older adults hospitalized for newly diagnosed heart failure, the composite outcome of subsequent death, acute myocardial infarction, or stroke occurred in 217 of 1146 new statin recipients (13.6 per 100 person-years) vs 12 299 of 27 682 nonrecipients (21.8 per 100 person-years), which is equivalent to an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.72. The principal benefit from statins was related to a reduction in all-cause mortality (adjusted HR, 0.67). Statin use is associated with a lower risk of death among seniors newly diagnosed as having congestive heart failure.
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Some patients with cryoglobulinemic syndrome develop frank non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), but the incidence and timing of this event are still poorly defined. This study retrospectively assessed the cumulative incidence and characteristics of NHL in a large series of patients with cryoglobulinemia syndrome observed in 11 centers belonging to the Italian Group for the Study of Cryoglobulinemia. The overall incidence of NHL after the diagnosis of cryoglobulinemia syndrome in 1255 hepatitis C virus–positive patients followed up for 8928 person-years was about 35 times higher than that in the normal population and was still 12 times higher considering only the aggressive NHL histotypes.
In the United States and many regions of the world, sudden cardiac death is one of the major public health concerns. The current guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation recommend vasopressin as an alternative for the treatment of adult shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation. Aung and Htay present a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials comparing vasopressin and epinephrine in the treatment of cardiac arrest. Evidence of benefit with vasopressin over epinephrine, with regard to return of spontaneous circulation, survival at different points after arrest, and neurologically normal survival, is lacking. At the same time, no harm with vasopressin was demonstrated. The authors recommend revising the guidelines for Advanced Cardiac Life Support to incorporate these findings.
It is now widely accepted that genetic variation is a major contributor to the interindividual variability in susceptibility to and outcome of disease. While the genetic cause of many rare Mendelian disorders has been ascertained, the role genetic variation plays in the pathogenesis of complex diseases that are the result of multiple genes, multiple biological pathways, and environmental factors (eg, infection) are just beginning to be understood. In this issue, Sutherland et al present their finding of an association of haplotype clades of the interleukin 6 gene with increased 28-day mortality in critically ill adults with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Interleukin 6 is a key proinflammatory cytokine in the pathogenesis of SIRS, and increased levels of interleukin 6 have been associated with fatal outcome in SIRS and sepsis. Associations of genetic variation with outcome from SIRS and sepsis will provide valuable insight into interindividual variability in the response to inflammatory stimuli, which could eventually lead to diagnostic tests to predict outcome. Therapy targeted to individuals at high risk by genotype for an excessive inflammatory response and poor outcome could vastly improve survival and quality of life. Patient-tailored therapy of complex disease is one promise of the human genome project.
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NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT A WOMAN'S BODY LEFT INSIDE A SEALED VAN, FOR DAYS IN MORIARTY. THE SEARCH WARRANT REVEALS HOW BADLY INJURED THE WOMAN WAS, WHEN POLICE FOUND HER. KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER REGINA RUIZ JOINS US TO EXPLAIN. DOUG, THIS SEARCH WARRANT SHOWS TAMMIE CESSNA'S BODY WAS FOUND IN BETWEEN SEATS, COVERED BY CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE HAD HEAVY BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA FROM HEAD TO TOE...BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. TAMMIE CESSNA'S BODY STAYED INSIDE OF VAN SEALED UP BY MORIARTY POLICE FOR DAYS AFTER HER FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING. Finding her in the van deceased was huge. WHEN POLICE FINALLY OPENED UP THE VAN, THE SEARCH WARRANT REVEALS CESSNA SUFFERED HAD SUFFERED A NUMBER OF INJURIES BEYOND BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. SOME OF HER TEETH WERE BROKEN, AND HER HAIR HAD BEEN CUT. AND POLICE SAY SHE HAD BROKEN FINGERNAILS TOO--WHICH INVESTIGATION SAY INDICATES SELF-DEFENSE. POLICE ZEROED IN ON CESSNA'S BOYFRIEND MARK CHAVEZ--- He had motive, he had opportunity, POLICE ARRESTED AND CHARGED CHAVEZ . BUT, HE WAS LATER LET GO, BECAUSE THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR HASN'T DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH. At the time I think he was prematurely charged, I talked to Cessna's family this week and they say they are still very upset that when the van was found here at the Super 8 motel, it wasn't immediately opened and searched. But, the Chief says his officers followed procedure. Can I sit there and say that we messed up? No, by no means, procedure wise things could have been done differently, but in hindsight we did the best job we could have. CESSNA'S BODY WAS FOUND MORE THAN A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.. BUT, IT WILL STILL BE A FEW MORE WEEKS BEFORE THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR'S OFFICE COMPLETES ITS REPORT--- A REPORT THAT COULD BE THE EVIDENCE INVESTIGATORS NEED TO MAKE AN ARREST. it is a waiting game, again I would rather it be thorough than not because we have to cross our t's and dot our i's POLICE SAY MARK CHAVEZ IS STILL A PERSON OF INTEREST. POLICE ARE ALSO WAITING ON FORENSIC EVIDENCE, INCLUDING D- N-A AND FINGERPRINTS, TO BE PROCESSED.
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The mesmerizing story of Hillary Clinton's political rebirth, based on eyewitness accounts from deep inside her inner circleHillary Clinton's surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary brought her to the nadir of her political career, vanquished by a much younger opponent whose message of change and cutting-edge tech team ran circles around her stodgy campaign. And yet, six years later, she has reemerged as an even more powerful and influential figure, a formidable stateswoman and the presumed front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, marking one of the great political comebacks in history. The story of Hillary's phoenixlike rise is at the heart of HRC, a riveting political biography that journeys into the heart of "Hillaryland" to discover a brilliant strategist at work. Masterfully unfolded by Politico's Jonathan Allen and The Hill's Amie Parnes from more than two hundred top-access interviews with Hillary's intimates, colleagues, supporters, and enemies, HRC portrays a seasoned operator who negotiates political and diplomatic worlds with equal savvy. Loathed by the Obama team in the wake of the primary, Hillary worked to become the president's greatest ally, their fates intertwined in the work of reestablishing America on the world stage. HRC puts readers in the room with Hillary during the most intense and pivotal moments of this era, as she mulls the president-elect's offer to join the administration, pulls the strings to build a coalition for his war against Libya, and scrambles to deal with the fallout from the terrible events in Benghazi--all while keeping one eye focused on 2016. HRC offers a rare look inside the merciless Clinton political machine, as Bill Clinton handled the messy business of avenging Hillary's primary loss while she tried to remain above the partisan fray. Exploring her friendships and alliances with Robert Gates, David Petraeus, Leon Panetta, Joe Biden, and the president himself, Allen and Parnes show how Hillary fundamentally transformed the State Department through the force of her celebrity and her unparalleled knowledge of how power works in Washington. Filled with deep reporting and immersive storytelling, this remarkable portrait of the most important female politician in American history is an essential inside look at the woman who may be our next president.From the Hardcover edition.
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This popular text for primary trainees in teaching primary ICT has been updated in line with the new computing curriculum. What do you need to know to teach ICT and computing in primary schools? How do you teach it? This book provides practical guidance on how to teach ICT and the computing curriculum in primary schools alongside the necessary subject knowledge. It explores teaching and learning with applications and technologies, addressing the role of the professional teacher with regards to important issues such as e-safety. This Sixth Edition is updated in line with the new curriculum for computing. It includes new material on how to integrate programming and computational thinking and explores how to harness new tools such as blogging and social media to enrich learning and teaching. Written in an accessible way, it will help trainees to develop confidence in their own approach to teaching. ICT and computing is both a subject and a powerful teaching and learning tool throughout the school curriculum and beyond, into many areas of children's learning lives. This text highlights the importance of supporting children to become discerning and creative users of technology as opposed to passive consumers.
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Students and faculty at The University of Texas-Pan American during Summer Session II were among the first to reap the benefits from the installation of "Smart Classroom" technology into 32 classrooms in 10 separate buildings on campus this year. The completion in July of these initial classrooms - Phase One of a three-year initiative to equip a minimum of 90 classrooms with enhanced technology - brings University President Dr. Blandina Cárdenas a step closer toward fulfilling one of her premier goals announced at her investiture December 2004.
At that time Cárdenas said the University needed to prepare students for a life in which technology was a tool not a control and called for an acceleration of the University's plans in the area of technology.
"We are living in a time of such rapid technological change that it's critical that our students just embrace that technology and make it a part of the way they learn because that's how they are going to be working," Cárdenas said, noting she hopes to have every single feasible classroom at UTPA technology ready in two years from this September as a result of her Technology Equipped Classroom Initiative.
Dr. Gary L. Wiggins, chief information officer and head of the Office of Information Technology, a unit of the Office of the President, serves as the initiative's account manager. Cantu also worked closely with Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo in the selection of the initial classrooms to have the enhanced technology installed.
"This technology allows faculty and/or students to show power point presentations, Web-CT material, streaming video webcasts, textbook material, pictures/graphs/illustrations/objects, math formulas on paper, laptop computer input and DVDs, VHS and CD ROMS," Cantu said.
Although the Department of Video Resources has been designing, installing and maintaining technology equipped classrooms since 1996, only 50 classrooms until now had multimedia presentation systems said Cantu and because they were done a few at a time, the systems are all different he said. "This initiative provides a standardized system that can be installed campuswide allowing the faculty to readily become familiar with the equipment and to utilize it easily."
Describing the Phase One installation process, Cantu said the physical plant electricians and carpenters as well as the telecommunication services personnel worked tirelessly to make the rooms ready for equipment installation, which was done through Troxell Communications from Houston. Troxell worked nights when classrooms were not being used to complete the rooms in time for the start of Summer Session II.
Reaction by both faculty and students to now having access to smart classroom technology has been highly positive. Ned Wallace, lecturer in history and philosophy, said the addition of this type of technology in the classroom is an important investment the University is making for its students.
"Smart classrooms offer several powerful learning tools. For example, in my American Heritage classes we can now regularly access the Internet to locate photographs and more information about various historical events. It really helps to make history come alive. In my logic class I have been able to show a DVD composed of several excerpts from Hollywood movies that demonstrate fallacious arguments. It really serves to augment and reinforce the material we study in the textbook," Wallace said.
Sonia Chapa, lecturer in communication who has used the new technology in her Fundamentals of Speech class, said she appreciated how easy the equipment was to operate and said it has been useful in her class in developing speech delivery skills by enhancing the students' ability to use visual aids during their presentations.
Student reactions range from descriptions such as "awesome" and "really great" to "it saves me time" and "helps me in my reading."
Alex Juarez, a junior majoring in computer science, said he has been in several classes where the new classroom technology has been used by the instructor and thinks its use has been really helpful to students.
"A lot of the devices that the professors are using are really helpful especially when you have access to the Internet, because when he (instructor) posts things to the Internet, we are all able to see it at the same time in class so we are able to interact. Also the learning does not end there; we can go home and continue where we left off here in class," he said.
Cantu said his department will conduct user training during the two first weeks of the fall semester and also formulate a tutorial that will be available on the department Web site - www.panam.edu/dept/videoresources/
After completion of the first 90 classrooms, upgrading of older equipment in other classrooms will continue, Cantu said, as well as the provision of the enhanced technology features in new classrooms when they are built. For example, he said, installation of this new technology is almost complete in 11 classrooms and one conference room in the new Education Building. Phase Two of the initiative, which will provide installation of up-to-date smart classroom technology into at least 30 more existing classrooms, is scheduled to start in the fall.
Besides the cementing of new technology into the core of education alongside math, English and history, the mastery of it, according to Cárdenas, can be a great equalizer.
"If a student or if a worker masters the technology then it doesn't matter whether they came from a poor background or a rich background. They know that technology, they know how to use it and they know how to get the most out of it. They are equal at their starting point in their ability to produce. I consider it a great equalizer if used right," she said.


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Startup Predicts Soccer Results
WARSAW — If someone could predict with 90% accuracy the outcome of a soccer game, you might be tempted to put a bet on that match.
Betegy, a startup here in the Polish capital, is claiming just that on some games in major European and global leagues.
CEO and founder Alex Kornilov, a Ukrainian who came to Poland to study, said the company has just signed a deal with a U.S. broadcaster to provide forecasts for its soccer service. The details will be made public shortly. The company is working on a prediction engine that will be able to forecast the score.
At the heart of the company is an algorithm that takes in a huge range of factors. These include not just past performance, but things such as whether it is the manager's birthday, a significant home match, even the weather. "Imagine that, say, Manchester United is playing Liverpool," said Mr. Kornilov. "We know that Manchester United has more players who can strike from long distance. Usually in poor weather the manager will tell players to shoot from further out. Knowing these small things allows us to tweak the analysis in favor of Manchester United."
Last year, the company was analyzing games in just five leagues–France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.–but has now grown that to 25, including Japan and Latin America.
The company came about almost by accident. Although based in Warsaw, Mr. Kornilov had a software firm in Ukraine. One of his developers had, as a hobby, worked on as soccer-prediction engine. He approached Mr. Kornilov.
"I didn't believe it, so first I turned him down. But he came back. So I said 'OK, you are so insistent. I will open an account with a book maker to bet on the Bundesliga [the main German league].'"
He put in €50 ($64.60) and bet according to the predictions the engine produced. "When that went to €300 really quickly I realized 'this is it'. We spent months testing it to prove it. It really worked."
Not every game can be predicted, and different leagues command different levels of confidence. The U.K. Premier league has high levels, since there are a few strong clubs and that gives the league stability, Mr. Kornilov said. "On games that we can call, for some matches we can predict with around 92% to 93% accuracy. For others it is around 55% to 60%." Given there are three possible outcomes of a match, picking at random would give a 33% chance of success.
The same stability was true of the German, Spanish and Italian leagues, all of which had predictable "super clubs." But he said there were some leagues where the success rate falls off. "The French league–totally unpredictable."
The company is working on tournaments as well as leagues. In the recent Confederation Cup, Betegy correctly predicted Brazil's victory, although Spain was widely tipped. The company didn't quite get the score right (it predicted 2-1; the result was 3-0).
The company is considering branching out into other team sports such as basketball and American football. But it's not for every sport, even ones that attract large amounts of betting. "There is no one in Ukraine who understands cricket. I don't even understand the rules," he said.
The five factors for success
- Current form. How good a team is right now. How has it performed over the last five matches. Poorer teams on good form can outperform stronger teams on a losing streak.
- Motivational factors. Is it the manager's birthday, do they need to win because they are at home for the 100th match? Anything that is likely to add extra motivation.
- Individual player analysis. Who is on the pitch? Are key players who hold the team together missing?
- Weather. This can be very important to some teams.
- Luck. You can't factor everything.


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"I have four senior boys that are in my starting lineup and they've just been the workhorses of this team the past few years," Belding coach Ernie Cox said. "Today they stepped up to the next level in the second baker game and the first regular game."
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> Dear all,
> I have the subjected components configured to have single sign on in Linux
> box against W2K3 AD.
> In which, 3 W2K3 AD handling the authentication and name service. Linux box
> is ldap and nss client in such case.
> I have a concern of the failover behavours when W2K3 AD masteer Kerberos
> server is fail-over.
> And I have done the following tests already,
> If the master Kerberos server is down,
> # An already cached user (probably by nscd), can be login by su or ssh
> And the new password changed in the Kerberos server which is taked
> over the slave server takes effect.
> # A non-cached user, though, cannot even login by su or ssh, finally
> ended up with user doesn't exist.[/color]
Sounds like either AD is not replicating, or not replicating fast enough
for your tests. Or you krb5.conf is not pointing at all the DCs. It could
also be NCSD has cache negative response for some time, but not as
long as it would a positive positive responses.
Is you nss ldap configured to use multiple DCs?
> Some users of this kind of, can issue kinit, but some are not.
> I tried getent passwd, it gives me all the users in AD with UNIX
> attribute even for whose ended up by user doesn't exist in su or ssh.
> I am wondering, if krb5.conf can only specify one admin_server (master
> Kerboers server), how does it handle failover suitation when this master
> server is down? Is anyone out there try this approach and has the similiar
> concern? Let's share and disccuss.[/color]
AD does not have the master/slave concept, so you can point the admin_server
at any one of them. The MIT 1.6.3 looks like it might find more then one
admin_server so try it out specifyng all your DCs.
> Thank you very much.
> Best,
> Jacky[/color]
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Beef bowl prices at Sukiya outlets to be cut by 30 yen for limited time
Prices of "gyudon" (beef bowl) meals at Sukiya restaurants will be lowered by 30 yen to 250 yen from Dec 5 to Dec 10.
Sukiya operator Zensho Co said the price cut will be implemented at all its outlets. However, during the six-day period, the menu will be reduced to three dishes—regular "gyudon," curry rice and chicken mince rice bowls, Zensho said.
Meanwhile, Yoshinoya Co on Friday introduced a chicken bowl dish to its regular menu.
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Asperity, the U.K. leader in employee benefits, leverages Giftango's platform to provide digital gift cards within rewards programmes in the U.S.
Dublin, Ireland, December 5, 2012 – Giftango Corporation, the eGift card company redefining the standards of gift cards, has been selected by U.K. employee benefits leader, Asperity Employee Benefits, to manage and fulfill eGift cards for Asperity's newly launched U.S. operation.
Giftango's digital gift card distribution is a perfect fit for Asperity's innovative web-based benefits platform. Asperity strives to create rewards programmes that are employee-focused, providing excellent user engagement and products that generate a positive response from employees. Tapping into national brand gift cards through Giftango's platform means Asperity customers benefit from a wider selection and instant delivery.
"We evaluated the major eGift technology and fulfillment providers in the US and found that Giftango had the best solution to meet Asperity's unique needs", said Glenn Elliott, CEO and Founder of Asperity. "Giftango provides us with an enterprise global platform, fast delivery and consistent reporting which were our key requirements."
"We are thrilled about our relationship with Asperity," said Marcell King, VP of Merchant and International Sales for Giftango. "As Giftango continues to grow internationally, building relationships with industry-leading partners like Asperity is essential and creates valuable opportunities for the merchants we work with and Asperity."


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In the tradition of Emotional Intelligence and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Daniel H. Pink offers a fresh look at what it takes to excel. A Whole New Mind reveals the six essential aptitudes on which professional success and personal fulfillment now depend, and includes a series of hands-on exercises culled from experts around the world to help readers sharpen the necessary abilities. This book will change not only how we see the world but how we experience it as well.
Very important, convincingly argued, and mind-altering. (Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?)
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Our self-contained unit is enclosed in an all weather van for year-round operation. It is mounted on an FL70, two-wheel drive, with four independent outriggers for leveling. A 200-gallon on board water tank is located in rear bumper. The total weight of the equipment is approximately 26,000 lbs. and may be loaded to approximately 30,000 lbs. The probe is located as near the center of gravity as possible to take advantage of the existing reaction force.
Typical probe depths normally range from 25 to 180 feet with some probes extending to 230 feet plus. Probe depths are often limited by the inherent of the cone itself, or the imposed load restriction due to repeated heavy stressing of rods. We feel that the Dutch Cone Penetrometer we are currently using strikes a good balance between the down pressure and overall cone and rod capacity.
The Seismic Cone Penetration test (SCPT) consists of measuring the travel times of body waves propagating between a wave source and the ground surface and an array of geophones in an in-situ seismic cone penetrometer. These body waves comprise shear waves (S-waves) and compressional or primary pressure waves (P-waves). Performing this measurement during CPT soundings is much quicker and less expensive that standard crosshole tests or downhole tests.
The seismic cone penetration test (SCPT) combines the seismic downhole method and the logging capabilities of the cone penetration test (CPT) to provide rapid, reliable and economic means of determining soil stratigraphy, relative density, strength, shear and compressional wave velocities. From interval shear wave velocity and the mass density of a soil layer, the dynamic shear modulus of the soil over a specific interval may be calculated.
One capability of a typical CPT probe that is often overlooked is the ability to perform dissipation tests pore pressure versus time. This test involves recording the dissipation of pore pressure as it approaches static equilibrium. Dissipation tests can be performed at any depth by pausing the advancements of the probe. Dissipation test data determines the groundwater table.
The CPT probe has the capability to acquire pore pressure data versus time. At anytime during a CPT test, the push can be paused to record pore pressure dissipation as at approaches static equilibrium, thus allowing real time decisions regarding the depth(s) of the test(s), compressibility and permeability within the surface strata. No time is required to initiate a test. The time required for a test from seconds to hours is fully dependent on the soil.
Cone Penetrometer Testing employs a technique that pushes, instead of drills, an instrumented probe into the soil to obtain soil properties.
Major components of a CPT system
Instrumental probe
Data acquisition system
Push vehicle
The CPT Probe Measures
Tip stress
Sleeve friction stress
Pore water pressure
General CPT Advantages
For most applications, CPT is faster and more cost effective than conventional drilling and sampling. CPT sensors allow detection in situ, which eliminates errors due to poor or improper sampling techniques.
A complete, real time profile is created from ground surface to depth of penetration, thereby identifying important layers that may be missed in an interval sampling approach.
CPT is a minimally invasive approach to site characterization that minimizes potential cross contamination in environmentally sensitive areas. Drilling waste is virtually eliminated. This brings significant savings in the cost of hazardous waste disposal.
There is a significant reduction of exposure to potentially hazardous material, which means increased worker safety.
Engineering Analysis Parameters
The engineering analysis parameters that can be determined using a typical CPT probe include:
Soil stratigraphy
Soil behavior type
Relative density (Dr)
Overconsolidation ratio (O.C.R.)
Blow count (n)
Friction angle (o)
Undrained shear strength (Su)
Groundwater table location (with dissipation tests)
Compressibility (c) (with dissipation tests)
Permeability (k) (with dissipation tests)
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Sometimes boring can be beautiful, which has held especially true for tech blue chip IBM (NYSE: IBM ) . By sticking to its knitting and making gradual improvements consistently over time, this established name has managed to nearly double the performance of the broad markets over the last decade. However, the stock has seen its fair share of volatility in the last several months on the heels of a weaker-than-expected Q1 earnings performance. In the video below, Fool contributor Andrew Tonner takes a closer look at IBM. Is it a buy today?
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THERE ARE many intriguing subjects 76ers fans will be scrutinizing Thursday night when the revamped team takes to the floor for its first exhibition game against the Magic in Orlando.
Of course, the most anticipated new arrival won't be playing as center Andrew Bynum is still rehabbing his sore knee with the hopes of getting back on the court in time to be ready for the seasons opener against the Denver Nuggets on Oct. 31.
Still, with so many new faces there are quite a few storylines worth pursuing. Here's a list of some things to look for.
* The improvement of Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner. Holiday has had a wonderful training camp, showing a much improved passing ability and a consistency in taking the ball to the basket and scoring. Maybe the most improved part of his game, though, appears to be his outside shooting. With a roster now sprinkled with legitimate three-point shooters, Holiday has proven himself so far to be among the best on the team.


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TechFest 2010: Project Gustav
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Adding the shadow of the brush gives it a much more realistic feel and the brush stiffness control is nice too.
I was so impressed with this demo- blows away from any other painting applications I've seen.
"It's all about me anyway. That's a wrap" ... nice
Pretty awesome stuff. Would be cool to see something like this come to fruition on a certain two screened tablet MS is supposedly working on.
Oh...... so want to get this baby, but, I need to take art class first. I can't draw LOL.
I see that fan brush and immediately want to paint happy little trees.
Or happy litle clouds
I wonder if there's "liquid white" in one of the tool palette's?
I'm sure I'm missing something here... apart from the 3D paint brush cursor, what in this application isn't already available in Corel Painter? Paper texture, blending paints on the canvas, brush shapes... Pretty sure I've seen all that in at least Painter 9 or 10. What am I missing that makes this so amazing?
That one gets a thumb up for sure. Very nice and well-thought work.
Wow... please, incupate this in an Expression tool, like Expression Design ! And generates nice vectorial XAML Ok, I am a dreamer, but yesterday, I just saw a designer ditching Illustrator in favor of Expression Design over transparent gradient effects. Now I do think everything is possible.
I'm interested to know what's going on behind the paint mixing happening on canvas. Does it have any depth or is it all just flat raster effects? Can you start a new layer to simulate the layer underneath having dried, but still gain interference from the brushstrokes underneath? I'll grant that a paint program is no doubt an order of magnitude more complex (considering not only the number of objects deforming the surface's mesh at one time but the added complication of hue transformation), but if Sega Rally Revo on the XBOX 360 can record all the deformations to the track throughout an entire race from every car tire driving on it, then can't something similar be happening on the mighty PC?
Also, when do we get to use transparent paints and|or metallic paints with variable specularity? I guess the transparent|transluscent side is summed up in Laura's question about watercolours, but I've been keen to see specularity play a role since the early '90s when I first encountered digital paint programs. It's just one (well perhaps two to be effective) more channel to add, really, so why is no one doing it? With today's graphics cards, we can rotate images arbitrarily onscreen, and it would be great to watch light change across the surface of the image.
Alternately, you could rig up webcam|lightmap array support and have the environment in front of the monitor reflected in the shiny parts of the image, deforming to the topography of the brush strokes. This way you could either rig up head tracking (I mean, you've got Johnny Lee. You've no excuse for not having exposure to the idea.) or simply have the image onscreen be affected to the same degree as all physical objects in the room when you change the room's physical lighting or orientation of the display.
I am just so sold on this idea and it's frustrating that people aren't doing anything with it when it's been technically possible for years now (albeit on a less fine grain detail level than is possible today).
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Brandon Webb retired from baseball earlier this year, and now the former Arizona Diamondbacks ace looks to retire his Scottsdale, AZ, home. Webb, who earned three All-Star nods and won the 2006 NL Cy Young Award while with the D-Backs, has listed his desert dwelling for $1.595 million.
Records show Webb bought the property, found within the gated and private community of Paso Fino Estates, for $1.75 million in late 2005 – shortly after the right-hander had cemented himself atop the Diamondbacks rotation with a 14-12 record and 3.54 ERA season.
The following year, Webb earned Cy Young honors with a stellar 16-8 season. However, he managed just two more full seasons with the Arizona ball club before a rotator cuff injury forced him to sit out the majority of the 2009 season. Webb resurfaced with the Texas Rangers in 2011, signing a minor league deal with the team, but never made it past Double-A Frisco before it was announced he had sustained another rotator cuff injury that would ultimately require surgery.
Webb's property is your standard desert dwelling, Tuscan style with a beige color palette and stone façade. Built in 2004, the energy-efficient house offers a total of six bedrooms, six bathrooms and nearly 6,500 square feet. Interior highlights include custom hardwood cabinetry, granite countertops and a palatial master with a jetted spa. It also sports a finished basement with guest quarters, a climate-controlled wine cellar and wet bar, and a movie theater. Outside, Webb's backyard rounds out with a pool and spa setup that has both a waterfall and a water slide.
Webb, who officially hung up his cleats in February, recently made an appearance at Chase Field for the Diamondbacks' throwback night. Also in attendance for the three-inning alumni event were former D-Back players Reggie Sanders, Matt Williams, Steve Finley and Luis Gonzalez. Sanders, who played for the team in 2001, listed a luxury condo in Myrtle Beach last year.


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Firefighters gather to honor their own at annual awards banquet
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Steve Bryan, president of the Jordans Chapel Volunteer Fire Department board of directors, accepts the Wayne County Firemen's Association "Firefighter of the Year" award Tuesday night. It is named after former Mount Olive Fire Chief G. Edgar Summerlin.
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In 1978 Lake Land College began its honors program. The purpose of the program is to provide enriched learning opportunities for outstanding students through honors courses and the opportunity to participate in independent study for honors credit in specialized areas of interest.
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By Errol Castens/NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – Aldermen are expected to approve proposals on Tuesday for three new residential complexes.
Oxford Planning Commission approved the developments, which will have 175 units, earlier this week.
Molly Barr Trails is designed as 72 units on 5.3 acres of land on the northwest side of Molly Barr Road. Near the airport and bordered by the Community Green affordable housing neighborhood, the site fronts streetside bike lanes and the rails-to-trails bike path that leads to the University of Mississippi.
"Because of the proximity to this corridor and the advantage it offers as an alternative transportation route, the applicant is installing bicycle racks adjacent to every building," City Planner Tim Akers stated.
Developer Julian Allen also has requested a transit route change that would bring buses along Molly Barr.
A 96-unit development, Taylor Bend, was approved by the Planning Commission for a 7.36-acre site on the south and east side of Old Taylor Road. That property is adjacent to the city's busiest bus route, and developers hope to encourage residents to use it by building a transit shelter.
Old Taylor Road is scheduled to have bike lanes added to its width in the near future. The Mississippi Department of Transportation also has promised roundabouts for both ends of Old Taylor's interchange with four-lane Highway 6/278. No date has been confirmed for the construction.
A 1.75-acre complex was approved for land on the east side of County Road 101 (Old Highway 7) just north of the city limits. The development will consist of seven free-standing houses, each with a fireplace, a 10-foot-deep front porch and twin screened back porches.
After real estate demand lessened with the economic downturn, Oxford saw discounted prices and foreclosures on condos and apartments. Several straight years of increased enrollment at Ole Miss, however, have begun to raise demand for off-campus housing.
Lorinda Krhut, director of student housing and resident life at the university, said the record freshman class of 3,571 means only between 500 and 600 upperclassmen can live on campus.
"We have three new buildings that will open fall 2012 that will accommodate 865 students," she said. "Depending on the financial stability of the country and the economy as well as our department, we will continue to build."


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SOS Funds 25 New Biodiversity Conservation Projects
22 November 2012: The Save Our Species (SOS) initiative has announced its support for 25 new projects. In this second round, SOS is funding conservation projects on dolphins, dugongs, manatees, gibbons, rhinos and tigers, as well as lesser known but similarly threatened species such as river turtles, Asian crocodiles, flying foxes, freshwater fish and plant species.
SOS is a global coalition initiated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the World Bank.
US$2.5 million in additional funding has allowed SOS to double the number of active projects, but is still not enough to address ongoing conservation needs, according to Jean Christophe Vié, Deputy Director of IUCN's Global Species Programme and SOS Director.
The new SOS projects will be implemented by NGOs in the Americas (Belize, Colombia and Mexico) Africa (Gabon, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal and South Africa) and Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Viet Nam). To date, SOS projects have worked with more than 150 species listed as threatened on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, with a focus on both wildlife and local communities. [IUCN Press Release] [SOS List of Projects] [GEF Press Release]


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Lockdowns lifted at 2 Sacramento elementary schools
Police searched area for possible burglars
Two Sacramento elementary schools were locked down Thursday as authorities in a neighborhood searched a blocked-off area for possible burglars.
The lockdowns have since been lifted. Officers took down a perimeter around 1:30 p.m.
The Sacramento Police Department first responded to an area on Swift Way on reports of a suspect vehicle in the area, but police did not locate those linked to the possible burglary.
Two people once inside the vehicle ran away on Matson Way, police said.
Rosa Parks and Mark Hopkins elementary schools were locked down as a precautionary measure.
Rosa Parks closed down voluntarily.
The two schools were not within the perimeter, just nearby, police said.
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Police have released the name of a 19-year-old killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Falls Township, Bucks County.
He was Todd Blackshear, of the 200 block of Academy Street in Trenton.
The crash happened about 3:44 a.m. on Route 1 North, just north of the intersection with Route 13.
Blackshear was driving a white 1992 Toyota Camry when he lost control of the vehicle, which struck a guard rail twice and then hit a concrete barrier twice, before coming to rest across two lanes of traffic, according to police.


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I had a similar problem with My Trip Logistics page and for this page I envisioned writing about how I made my career break happen – financially, mentally and emotionally. However, I had way more content than I think anyone would want to read in one sitting and so I'm setting up a list of posts in which I discuss how I made the decision, framed my thoughts, saved the loot and finally, how I communicated the decision to my friends, family and colleagues.
- How I Ended up in Puno, Peru
- Backpacker Expense Management 101: Budgeting
- Backpacker Expense Management 101: Saving – Part 1
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